Software and IT overtakes financial services as leading FDI sector for projects in 2010

The software and IT sector saw increased FDI in 2010, pulling ahead of financial services as the leading sector for FDI projects in 2010.

Communications boom in Latin America

Latin America's communications sector shows impressive growth, achieving record capital expenditure in 2010

GoGrid reveals global ambitions

US cloud computing company GoGrid signals its intention to service  customers around the world, starting with a new data centre in Europe

US and Tokyo top creative industry rankings

Cost and quality rankings for the creative industries sector show the Japanese capital edging out London as the leading investment environment and the US dominating the country rankings

ICT lead

Convergence to fuel ICT boom

The ongoing convergence of the electronics and telecoms industries, fuelled by technological advances and consumer demand, is stimulating FDI around the world in areas as diverse as mobile media to energy solutions

ICT

Looking ahead: Why ICT will continue to dominate FDI

The information and communication technologies sector is already a leading light in FDI and is only going to grow in importance. Mike Curran and Douglas Clark look at what the future holds for the industry

a good call

A good call

After making the largest direct investment by a European company into Pakistan five years ago, Norwegian telecoms provider Telenor is sold on the sub-continent.

Lost in translation

In a globalised world, communication can be vital in the success of a product, so the language used must be understood locally. Erika Morphy looks at the complicated task of translation.

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