Nokia announced an agreement with PCCW mobile, a leading mobile carrier in Hong Kong, to provide the mobile email platform for the carrier’s mobile business services. The Nokia Intellisync solution will allow PCCW mobile to offer secure, easy-to-use mobile email to its business and consumer customers under its own brand. The Nokia mobileware offers PCCW
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Ericsson and Napster announced an agreement with Swisscom Mobile, the largest Swiss mobile operator, to become the company’s exclusive mobile music service provider with Napster Mobile. The service will give Swisscom Mobile subscribers access to the easy-to-use Napster-branded mobile music service and its unparalleled music selection. The Napster Mobile service, co-developed by Napster and Ericsson,
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According to data compiled by TrustLayer Mail, the managed security service from Panda Software, 90% of email that reached companies in May was spam. This data has been extracted from a study of those companies who have contracted this service. “Spam is more than just annoying. Unless there is a good mail filter system in
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— Shipping companies looking for “shell†vehicles to enter stock market  A surge in property investments, mainly by foreign buyers, has pushed land prices to record highs, with one investment banker saying that prime coastal plots are becoming scarce. “There are only 40 plots of commercial seaside land available for sale,†said Constantinos Loizides,
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— Tony Christodoulou makes honours list  Tony Christodoulou, New Zealand Honorary Consul and founder and CEO of Nicosia-based Action Global Communications, has been appointed an Honorary Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours list. The award is for Services to New Zealand – Cyprus relations, and
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— 12 new players to be signed on, budget seen at CYP 15-20 mln  Peter Theo Vasiliou, the Cypriot-born entrepreneur who made his money in property in the UK, wants to inject millions of pounds and boost the fortunes of AEL football club in Limassol, which in recent years has been struggling and has
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The Institute of Directors of Cyprus has sent a letter to the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) demanding the compulsory adoption of the CSE’s Corporate Governance Code. IoD Cyprus Chairman Evdokimos Xenofontos in an open letter to the CSE and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stressed the aim of the corporate governance code is to
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Alkis Hadjikyriakos Frou-Frou Biscuits (FBI) has rejected a call by a prominent shareholder and family member to discuss the matter of why the company is not implementing the CSE’s Corporate Governance Code at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 7. FBI is citing a clause according to which shareholders may request
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By Michael S. Olympios, Chief Consultant, Allied Business Consultants  In an unprecedented display of shareholder disregard, the board of FBI, or Frou Frou as it is widely known, refused to admit a director’s call to include in the upcoming AGM agenda a proposal to adopt the corporate governance code. The company issued a short
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World Environment Day focused on the worrying impact that climate change is having on the polar regions, their ecosystems and communities, and the consequences for this world and its six billion inhabitants. “But how can climate change and the melting of glaciers affect little old Cyprusâ€, one may ask. Apart from the fact that many
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