A steady decline in ARPU is challenging the economics of mobile operations on the African continent. As a result, operators are paying increasing attention to reducing cost to make subscriber additions add value. They are also looking at data services to increase ARPU.

The Ubuntu developers are hurrying to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software that the open source and free software communities have to offer. This is the Ubuntu 7.10 beta release, which brings a host of excellent new features.

Note: This is still a beta release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released in October 2007.

ESA and the Agency for Security of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar have signed a cooperation agreement with the objective of using satellite navigation to improve air traffic safety over the African continent.

Carbon credits are a tradable permit scheme. They provide a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by giving them a monetary value. A credit gives the owner the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide. Carbon credits are generated as the result of an additional carbon project.

Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers.