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Wednesday, 07 November 2007 |
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Internet access in Cameroon was off in the last seven days following a "technical failure" . I nternet cafes operators and users have been hard hit by the development. "We are experiencing more financial problems as we have suffered huge losses. We have to pay for the usual charges while we have not been earning anything for nearly a week," Alain Nyamsi, manager of a café in Douala complained. "We have no been able to work for nearly a week. Without Internet, phone call or fax abroad, we have no services to offer to customers. We have no alternative but to close," said a young lady employed in a café in the city. Nearly all the Internet cafés in Douala have closed temporarily, pending the return of the Internet provision. Read more at Afriquenligne |
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Thursday, 25 October 2007 |
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Yahoo! Vietnam on Tuesday announced a new internet coffee shop initiative to serve the needs of people and businesses in the country and to further capitalize on the growing market. The opening of its first Internet coffee shop in HCMC is considered as the next step of Yahoo! to penetrate deeper into Vietnam after the U.S.-based Internet service provider launched Yahoo! Hoi va Dap in the country in late August. Yahoo! says that the country now has over 15 million people online, or an Internet penetration rate of 18%. It forecast the number of users will double to 30 million in 2010. Read more at Saigon Times |
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Thursday, 25 October 2007 |
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Korean firm Sabiclub Corp. is putting up more high-end Internet café branches in the Philippines as it targets the growing demand for online gaming in the country "I want to go for gaming first in the Philippines," said Don Hun Lee, CEO and president of Sabiclub Corp. -Hooked is the first Internet café network gaming branch of the Korean company that features desktops running on Intel's latest Core 2 Quad processors. The company has installed more than 50 desktop PCs that are running on the powerful Intel processors. Configured like Korea's famous "PC Bangs," roughly translated as PC rooms, i-Hooked offers a spacious area, reclining leather seats and a high-end setup for gamers who play a lot of online or networked games, said Hun Lee. Read more at Inquirer.net |
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