Monday,
December 16, 2002
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A handyman sells old computers on a pavement in Kolkata last week. Old computers are often taken to village schools and given to underprivileged children to give them some understanding about computer technology.
Heinrich von Pierer, Chief Executive of German electronics and engineering company Siemens AG, presents a new Siemens S55 mobile phone before the annual news conference in Munich. He said Siemens expects declining business sales and orders in fiscal 2003.
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Bulgarian worker monitors a production line for DVDs (Digital Versatile Disk) in a factory in Stara Zagora, 220 km east of Sofia. The small Balkan state was previously criticised by Western agencies for audio and video piracy but in the past few years authorities have stepped up efforts to crack down on illegal production.
An attendant from China Mobile, the largest wireless carrier in the mainland, keys in the e-mail address of a visitor after his portrait was taken by a mock mobile phone during ITU Telecom Asia 2002 in Hong Kong December 2, 2002. A senior Chinese industry official said China’s brisk mobile subscriber growth rate is likely to fall next year after a healthy 2002.
— Reuters
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