Inevitably, many will see the terror attacks allegedly committed by Anders Behring Breivik last Friday as the work of a deranged individual. However, there is no question that Breivik, whatever his personal problems, chose to make his crimes political in nature, first by detonating a bomb in central Oslo near a key government building and… [Read more]
Interest in the Northern Sea Route (NSR, via the Arctic Circle) is intensifying, with a Norwegian-flagged bulk carrier due to become the second non-Russian-flagged vessel to pass through the shipping lane. The potential of the route continues to pique interest as the ice recedes, and Russia is keen to develop it into a trade route… [Read more]
Mobile operators worldwide are readying for the next technological gear-change as fourth-generation (4G) networks begin to be deployed, potentially offering a four-fold increase in data transmission rates that will herald a new era in mobile internet services. Hundreds of millions of dollars are set to be spent on building out the core equipment platforms that… [Read more]