Government

The White House is seeking comment on a draft plan for establishing a trusted identity system online, with the goal of making Internet transactions more secure and convenient.  read more »

France Telecom has recorded a major victory in its quest to recover US$300 million from the Kenya government after alleged over payment for Telkom Kenya assets in 2007.  read more »

Rwanda has become the second country in East Africa to eliminate Value Added Tax on mobile handsets, in its latest effort to increase uptake of telecommunications services.  read more »

Reaction has been mixed following announcement of the Uganda government's plan to remove the Value Added Tax on computer software licences, a major thorn in the side of vendors.  read more »

Sierra Leone's international mobile gateway, which has been run as a monopoly to strengthen the national carrier, Sierratel, will be deregulated as the Africa Coast to Europe ACE fiber-optic project enters the implementation phase, according to government officials.  read more »

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission won't block Google's US$750 million acquisition of mobile advertising vendor AdMob because the deal isn't likely to harm competition in the emerging mobile advertising market, the agency said Friday.  read more »

The Chinese Government is set to terminate circumvention methods of its mandatory Internet filter ahead of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre next month, according to the Tor Project founder.  read more »

The Communications Commission of Kenya has stirred up the country's telecom market by introducing a regulatory regime aimed at curbing anticompetitive behavior by the dominant service providers in the ICT sector.  read more »

Corruption in World Bank-funded ICT projects in Africa is expected to come down following the institution's decision to involve the private sector in the implementation of the initiatives backed by the institution's money.  read more »

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has invited companies to apply for mobile TV licenses, 14 months after it withdrew a similar invitation.  read more »