Is the labour shortage in science, technology, engineering and mathematics causing those sectors to decline? Murray Stassen wonders whether it’s a problem of numbers, or whether the qualifications simply aren’t there

Sir Richard Branson is making a move for the Mexican telecoms market – most of which has been monopolised by Carlos Slim. But Branson is unlikely to be Slim’s greatest threat

A company’s success in the telecommunications industry is all too often dependent on cross-department cohesion

Mexico’s biggest telecommunications provider has taken it upon itself to bring all Mexicans, whatever their social status or income level, into the digital age

American aerospace and defence firm Rockwell Collins is set to heavily expand its commercial operations after acquiring transport communications firm ARINC for $1.39bn

World Finance interviews Mohammad Attiya, President of TradeNet, on the potential for his ‘app store model’ and the lessons that can be learned from Amazon

Two of Germany’s leading telecom firms are looking to join forces after abandoning a deal over a year ago

World Finance interviews W Y Lin, President of Tatung, on how the electronics conglomerate drives economic and environmental sustainability

World Finance interviews David Wiernik, President of NNG, on how the sat-nav firm managed to provide “All of Europe in less than 1GB”

World Finance interviews Mohammad Al Mannai, CEO of Qatar National Broadband Network, on the key to Vision 2020

World Finance interviews Costis Papadimitrakopoulos, CEO of Globo, on Globo’s GO!Enterprise Server

World Finance interviews Nicholas Brooke, Chairman of Honk Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation

World Finance interviews Görkhan Bozkurt, CEO of Türk Telekom, on convergence of voice and data, fixed and mobile, being the future for Türk Telekom

World Finance interviews Aldo Mareuse, Group CFO of Orascom Telecom, on the first merger of many

With the number of mobile device subscriptions expected to hit 7.1 billion in the next five years, designers and manufacturers are preparing for a fierce battle in emerging markets. Tessa Albrecht looks at the leading firms’ strategies and the increasing patent litigation between them