It creates the ultimate communications equipment that allows everyone from troops in Afghanistan to sailors in the Atlantic to be constantly a call away. And now Thrane & Thrane is finding that information junkies and…
Zimbabwe becomes a convenient customer for unwanted US banknotes and Japan starts doling out cash to cheer people up.
Is Australia the new South Korea? Why the Polynesians want their own passport, Pacific islanders bail out of the atolls and how Aussie men rate as good partners.
China heads to Australia on the hunt for arable land and Germany goes back to boat-building basics.
From Portugal's telecoms giants to a Brazilian flip-flop maker, we pick 15 companies making waves in Portuguese-speaking world and beyond.
We learn about the election battle of Russia’s opposition, learn why Japan’s SoftBank is investing in US telecoms, and hear from Istanbul Design Biennial.
The fallout over revelations that the US government compelled a telecoms company to hand over logs of telephone calls, why North Korea has surprised its southern neighbour by inviting it back to the negotiating table, and…
On tonight's Daily we discover what's causing rioting and looting in the Argentine town of Bariloche and ask whether the sale of the New York Stock Exchange $8bn was a good deal. Plus, can the Blackberry 10 can save the…
Sudanese-born Mo Ibrahim oversaw the launch of the UK’s first mobile phone network in the 1980s before taking his telecom expertise back to his home continent. Celtel, the company he founded, was sold for €2.48bn in 2005…
Thanks to its commitment to a lightning-fast wireless future, South Korea has become a laboratory for mixing pop culture with big business, blurring the line between bands and brands. Is this the media model for things to…
Wednesday 26 January
Despite the predictions of most political analysts, the appointment of a new Lebanese prime minister took very little time. Following the fall of Saad Hariri’s coalition government two weeks ago, a new prime minister was…
Wednesday 10 November
It looked as though China stepped up the game to challenge the US, or at least US space-supremacy, at the end of last month when it launched another satellite in its second-generation Compass Navigation Satellite System …
Wednesday 28 July
"Who owns the Bacardi Bar in Bishkek?” is not the type of question that generally troubles the sort of UN and World Bank diplomats who gathered in the Kyrgyz Republic’s capital for this week’s donor conference.
Thursday 13 December
It’s a pretty safe assumption that subscribers to fashion news sources aren’t signed up in order to be kept abreast of the latest developments in American foreign policy. So, last week, when the word “ambassador” was thrown…
Tuesday 1 May
London’s sense of identity has an undeniably old-school feel to it.
Thursday 23 June
The world news agenda might have moved on to new locations, but the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster in Japan on 11 March continues to make headline news at home. As summer approaches and…
Tuesday 12 July
In Libya’s slow moving war, it’s been a struggle just to get a working phone line.
Friday 2 April
When Kenneth Kaunda stepped down as president of Zambia in 1991 he did something no other African head of state had ever done before.
Monday 17 June
With the results in for Monocle's annual Quality of Life survey, our editor reflects on what makes a city liveable. Can a tech hub trump a cobbled courtyard?
Psychotherapy vouchers for French workers, an interview with Iceland's "minister of ideas", and why renewables are an attractive investment in hard times.
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