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Barcelona: What a difference a year makes

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Alec Barton
Category: Energy & Sustainability
27 February 2009
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  • Global
  • Mobile World Congress
Alec Barton, Publisher of Developing Telecoms, gives a personal view of his visit to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Please do not supply him with any paper press releases. And go green - this is the example the emerging markets can show the developed markets...

TOT selects 3Com advanced networking to connect 30,000 Thai government employees

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Category: Service Management
27 February 2009
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  • Asia-Pacific
  • Thailand
  • Government
TOT, Thailand's largest telecommunications company, has chosen 3Com solutions to provide the network communications infrastructure at the Bangkok Government Centre, a brand new mega-project of the Thai government...

Aircom strikes performance management deal with Croatia's Vipnet

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Category: Service Management
26 February 2009
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  • OSS
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Croatia
  • Aircom
  • Performance Management
Independent network planning and optimisation consultancy Aircom International has announced a contract with Croatian mobile operator Vipnet to supply its Optima Performance Management solutions across both the Core and Radio Access networks...

Telkomsel boosts mobile broadband via NSN Direct Tunnel

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Category: Wireless Networks
26 February 2009
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  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • Mobile Broadband
  • Telkomsel
  • Data Transmission
Indonesia's Telkomsel will enable a growing number of its 3G/HSDPA customers to enjoy the best quality unblocked data access as a result of its commissioning Nokia Siemens Networks' Direct Tunnel, which reduces transmission link requirements...

Russian mobile firms are now among the largest in Europe - Wireless Intelligence

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
25 February 2009
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  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • MegaFon
  • Russia
  • VimpelCom
  • MTS
  • Wireless Intelligence
Fast-growing mobile markets in Eastern Europe such as Russia are rapidly shifting the make-up of Europe's mobile operator market, according to new research by Wireless Intelligence. The new data reveals that major operator groups in the region - most notably the Russian-based operators MTS, VimpelCom and MegaFon - are now accumulating customer bases that rank among the largest in Europe...

Ovum at Barcelona: no more femtocells? Commerce/philanthropy duo for emerging markets?

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Category: Wireless Networks
24 February 2009
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  • Global
  • Ovum
  • ICT
  • Mobile World Congress
As the mobile industry gathers in Barcelona to set out its roadmap, Ovum analysts provide their opinion of the most interesting announcements made in the frst 48 hours...

Mongolia's remote GSM service wins award

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
23 February 2009
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  • Asia-Pacific
  • Mongolia
  • Altobridge
  • GSM
MobiCom Corporation, a leading Mongolian mobile network operator has received an award for ‘Best New Technology' in recognition of its remote GSM service, which is provided by Altobridge's Remote Community Solution and enables service delivery to isolated small user groups...

Kaspersky Lab unveils Mobile Security 8.0

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Category: Revenue & Billing
19 February 2009
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  • Security
  • Global
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Cybercrime
Kaspersky Lab will unveil the beta version of its new solution Kaspersky Mobile Security 8.0 at Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona...

Anam announces major Vietnamese operator for its SMS smart services

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
17 February 2009
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  • Asia-Pacific
  • SMS
  • Vietnam
  • Anam Mobile

A move back to SMS will be one of the talking points of this year's Mobile World Congress, according to Anam Mobile, which is announcing three new international operator customers at Barcelona...

Botswana's Gabz FM delivers interactive listener experience via Derdack message master xsp

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
17 February 2009
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Botswana
  • Messaging
  • Radio
  • Derdack
Derdack, provider of mobile messaging platforms and notification workflow software, has announced that Gabz FM, a licensed Botswana radio station, is live on the latest version of message master xsp...

Kirusa announces Voice SMS Version 5.0

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
17 February 2009
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  • Global
  • SMS
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Kirusa
Kirusa, a vendor of Voice SMS and developer of mobile value-added services, will be announcing the immediate availability of Kirusa Voice SMS Version 5.0 for examination at Mobile World Congress (MWC) at Barcelona...

Movius to launch new messaging and presence solutions at MWC

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
16 February 2009
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  • Global
  • Messaging
  • Movius
  • Voicemail
Movius Interactive Corporation will be unveiling new mass market applications at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, including visual voicemail solutions that can be deployed with any device and a new suite of presence-based solutions...

Materna Communications to showcase broad range of new equipment

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
16 February 2009
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  • Global
  • Smart Metering
This year's exhibition presence by Materna Communications will see the unveiling in Barcelona of a full range of new products. In addition to its established product portfolio, Materna is in particular opting for innovations that will be playing a major part in telecoms in general this year...

On2 Technologies to display new high-def mobile video solutions

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
13 February 2009
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  • Global
  • Mobile Video
  • On2
  • HD Video
On2 Technologies, specialist in video compression solutions, will demonstrate high-definition mobile video solutions at next week's Mobile World Congress...

Fibre boom in Pakistan propels partnership between Digital Solution and Aspen Optics

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Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
13 February 2009
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  • Central South Asia
  • Pakistan
  • Fibre
This year is going to be a year for fibre network boom in Pakistan. To support the construction of a massive fibre-optic infrastructure in Pakistan, Digital Solution, as distributor for Aspen Optics, will introduce the latter's fibre connectivity products, including media converters, fibre switches and next generation optical transceivers...

Better Energy Systems brings out Solio Mono multi-device charger

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Category: Devices & Platforms
12 February 2009
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  • Devices
  • Global
  • solar power
  • Hybrid
  • Energy
Better Energy Systems, which manufactures portable renewable energy products, will be introducing the Solio Mono multi-device solar hybrid charger at Mobile World Congress 2009...

General Cable wins long-haul submarine fibre-optic contract

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Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
11 February 2009
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  • Cable
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • PT Telkom
  • Fibre-Optic
Kalimantan and Sulawesi will soon be joining the rest of Indonesia in enjoying the benefits of high-bandwidth fibre-optic submarine cable. PT Telkom has awarded the contract for a 1,000-mile-plus link to General Cable Corporation subsidiary Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) and partner Fujitsu...

Asia-Pacific SMBs will spend US$153 billion on IT and telecom in 2009

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
11 February 2009
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  • Asia-Pacific
  • AMI
  • Forecasts
  • Businesses
New York-based Access Markets International has been predicting where small and medium businesses will be  spending the most money. The company identifies China, Korea, and India as the top three markets...

Synchronica signs Entel PCS as first Latin American operator

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
10 February 2009
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  • Latin America
  • Chile
  • Brightstar
  • Synchronica
  • Mobile Gateway
A key contract win for Synchronica in Chile means that Entel PCS becomes its first Latin American operator.  Strategic partner Brightstar has helped Synchronica's Mobile Gateway into the Chilean market...

Explay to launch Colibri mobile-projection module at Barcelona

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
10 February 2009
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  • Global
  • Mobile World Congress
During next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, multimedia specialist Explay will be unveiling Colibri,  its third-generation projection module...

Howler: bandwidth shortage a real restriction on emerging market progress

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Category: Wireless Networks
06 February 2009
9136 views
  • Global
  • Bandwidth
Bandwidth, or rather the lack of it, greatly affects the ability for emerging markets to communicate with the world at large. The G.711 codec, as adopted by all incumbent wireline telcos in developed markets, requires at least 64kb/s of bandwidth per channel. G.711 requires minimal resources due to its relatively uncompressed content but is very sensitive to network problems (especially prevalent on IP networks)...

PT Telkom extends OSS contract with Clarity

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Category: Service Management
05 February 2009
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  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • Clarity
  • PT Telkom
Clarity will extending Operational Support Systems platform to handle all voice, data and IP services offered on PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia's (PT Telkom) CDMA network...

NSN simplifies UCell Uzbekistan's billing data collection, processing

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Category: Revenue & Billing
05 February 2009
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  • Central South Asia
  • NSN
  • Uzbekistan
  • UCell
  • Customer Services
Uzbekistan's fastest growing GSM operator, FE Coscom LLC whch operates under the UCell brand, has selected Nokia Siemens Networks' (NSN) charge@once mediate convergent mediation solution to collect and process data for the accurate billing of more than 2.8 million prepaid and postpaid customers...

Improving interconnection between Next-Generation Networks

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Dawn M. Hogh, Vice President Marketing, Veraz Networks
Category: Trends & Forecasts
04 February 2009
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  • Asia-Pacific
  • Interconnection
  • ngn
  • Veraz Networks
Asia-Pacific is already the world's most dynamic market for mobile telecommunications services and providers need a way to manage the rapidly increasing cross-operator traffic they handle but also to enable and support voice and data roaming services. Veraz Networks' IP Packet eXchange (IPX) offers an architecture for interconnecting GSM and CDMA mobile operators, fixed networks and application service providers...

Infineon launches next-generation ultra-low-cost mobile phone chips

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Category: Devices & Platforms
04 February 2009
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  • Devices
  • Global
  • Low-cost
  • Handsets
  • Infineon

Infineon Technologies has announced its third generation of ultra-low-cost (ULC) mobile phone chips. The X-Gold110 is claimed by Infineon to be a very cost effective one-chip solution for GSM/GPRS ultra-low-cost phones. System costs (bill-of-material) for mobile phone manufacturers are said to be 20 per cent lower compared to existing solutions...

Veraz announces Nortel DMS replacement programme

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Category: Wireless Networks
03 February 2009
8580 views
  • Global
  • Finance
  • Multimedia
  • Veraz Networks
Multimedia Generation Network (MGN) specialist Veraz Networks, which provides application, control, and bandwidth optimisation products, has announced a programme to enable service providers using Nortel's legacy DMS circuit switches to quickly migrate to a next-generation IP network powered by Veraz's MGN portfolio...

Cable & Wireless rolls out next-generation multi-service platform in India

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Category: Wireless Networks
03 February 2009
12832 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Next-Generation Network
Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia & US has today announced the launch of its Next-Generation Network known as the Multi-Service Platform in India...

Mobile World Congress 2009: Anite launches mobile WiMAX host tester

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
02 February 2009
9138 views
  • Global
  • Mobile World Congress
  • WiMAX
  • Anite
Anite, which specialises in testing technology for the wireless industry, today announced the launch of its Mobile WiMAX Host Tester, claimed to be the only Host Testing Solution (HTS) available in the market for Mobile Station Stack (MSS) developers and integrators...

IDC predicts pockets of opportunities in Philippines ICT

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
02 February 2009
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  • Asia-Pacific
  • Philippines
  • Forecasts
  • IDC
Despite the anticipated cautious spending on Information and Communications Technology in the Philippines, IDC predicts that specific pockets of opportunities will exist...

WFN Strategies supports Windward Telecom's Trinidad offshore project

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Category: Service Management
30 January 2009
8512 views
  • Latin America
  • WFN Strategies
  • Offshore
  • Trinidad and Tobago
WFN Strategies has been contracted by Windward Telecom Ltd of Trinidad and Tobago to provide network planning and design services for the Trinidad Offshore Fibre Electronics (TOFFE) project. WFN Strategies will oversee the development of a network architecture which meets the needs of the offshore oil and gas industry operating in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as perform an initial cable route study...

NSN, Saudi Telecom lead the pilgrims to Mecca

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
30 January 2009
10984 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Telephony
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Religion
Saudi Telecommunications has successfully handled another year of the holy Hajj pilgrimage, a two-week-long event that welcomed millions of visitors. Well aware of the importance of reliable communications, STC partnered with Nokia Siemens Networks to provide voice and data services to Mecca's Hajj pilgrims...

SES New Skies NSS-9 satellite arrives in Kourou for February 12 launch on Ariane-5

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Category: Satellite Networks
30 January 2009
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  • Global
  • NSS-9
SES New Skies has announced that its NSS-9 satellite has safely arrived at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, onboard an Antonov cargo plane. The NSS-9 spacecraft, manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation, will now be readied for launch onboard an Ariane 5 booster, scheduled for take off on February 12, 2009. The launch window for NSS-9 onboard Ariane 5 opens at 22:09 GMT time...

Tadiran provides US$3 million IP telephony network to Vietnamese BIDV bank

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Category: Wireless Networks
29 January 2009
8656 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Vietnam
  • Banking
  • Tadiran
  • IP Networking
IP networking solutions from Tadiran Telecom have been chosen by the Bank of Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) to provide an IP telephony network of 60 systems and sites throughout Vietnam...

Mobile Word Congress exhibitors announce new products and services

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
29 January 2009
8266 views
  • Global
  • Barcelona
This year many companies GSMA's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona will be launching new products and services. Developing Telecoms provides a round-up.

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