Clickatell has extended its free SMS services to organisations providing aid to Haiti. The versatility of SMS has made it the communication channel of choice in the aftermath of the recent earthquake, and Clickatell’s move is sure to be welcomed not just by aid workers and residents in Haiti, but by those donating to the numerous charities providing aid to the country...
Brazil has long been a high performer in the world of emerging telecoms markets - in overall economic terms, she is a member of the CIRB group. And yet there are still challenges she needs to meet to become a mature telecoms power. Michael Schwartz analyses...
While the final death toll from the earthquake on Haiti has yet to be established, it is clear that many of the world’s leading organisations, public and private, have supplied emergency equipment and food and drink on a massive scale. This article by Michael Schwartz looks at the early help given by the telecoms sector...
| Haiti disaster - a telecoms success story...? While the final death toll from the earthquake on Haiti has yet to be established, it is clear that [ ... ] |
| Redknee secures new West African operator A West African wireless operator is to deploy Redknee’s real-time converged billing and customer c [ ... ] |
| Rohde & Schwarz targets next-generation mobile radio with LTE offering Next month in Barcelona Rohde & Schwarz will put on display its complete product portfolio for n [ ... ] |
| Eagle Mobile, Kirusa partner for Europe’s first Voice SMS solution Eagle Mobile, which has just commenced mobile operations in Albania, has formed an agreement wit [ ... ] |
| Play the emerging markets right to gain from mobile social messaging Synchronica’s CEO Carsten Brinkschulte shares his vision of the mobile messaging industry over the [ ... ] |
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3GVision has confirmed that it will be among the exhibitors at the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The 3GVision stand will be dedicated to a wide variety of mobile barcode reading solutions including an advertising campaign tracking platform...
Sharply contrasting with her neighbours, Bangladesh’s fixed-line sector is in good health: it grew by 158,000 lines in 3Q09. The sector’s market-leader was the casualty: BTCL’s share fell eight percentage points to 54% in the year to 3Q09. Companies and Markets’ new report has all the details...
Zain’s customers in Malawi, Niger and Sierra Leone are set to enjoy Zap, the company’s mobile commerce service. While Zap in Malawi is only at the pilot stage, the service has been up and running for nearly a year in East Africa...
Andrew has launched what it describes as “the world’s first” location protection server, the GeoLENs Policy Server. Developed in collaboration with operators, it ensures that access to location information is limited to those who are authorised. In fact, one timely scenario where Policy Server would not restrict location information is in emergency situations when public safety workers are attempting to locate users in distress...
Altair Semiconductor, a 4G chip company developing advanced mobile semiconductors for handheld devices, and SkyCross, a global antenna designer and manufacturer, have announced cooperation on high-performance LTE product solutions...
The Asia-America Gateway submarine cable system has received a boost with the news that the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) will use Level 3’s landing station connectivity. The latter extends PLDT’s pan-Asian voice, data and video network into the United States...
3GVision has confirmed that it will be among the exhibitors at the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The 3GVision stand will be dedicated to a wide variety of mobile barcode reading solutions including an advertising campaign tracking platform...
Three months after launching its Voice SMS service in Uganda, MTN has ordered an upgrade to triple the capacity of the Voice SMS system following an impressive adoption rate. Launched across Uganda, the service is based on technology from Kirusa, and has already seen adoption by over 11% of MTN’s subscribers...
Arthur Noonan, Sales Manager (EMEA) at Omnix Software, presents us with a clear insight into the varied and sometimes outright physical safety and security threats facing mobile operators around the world...
Date: February 24th - 25th, 2010
Location: Hilton Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa
Organiser: TM Forum