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Outsider RCS&RDS wins Romanian 3G gamble, favourite Cosmote crashes out

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Dr Nicolae Oacã
Category: Trends & Forecasts
30 October 2006
15005 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • 3G
  • Licensing
  • Romania
Obviously not a superstitious person, Catalin Marinescu, the head of Romania's General Inspectorate for Communications and IT chose Friday October 13 to announce the results of the contest for Romania's last two 3G licences...

Golden Telecom selects Nortel 4G for mobile WiMAX field trial

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Alec Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
26 October 2006
12756 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • 4G
  • Russia
  • WiMAX
  • Nortel
  • Golden Telecom

Golden Telecom has commissioned Nortel to provide a solution for launching a mobile WiMAX field trial in Moscow based on Nortel 4G technology.

deltathree expands VoIP in Latin America

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Alec Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
25 October 2006
10684 views
  • Latin America
  • Colombia
  • VoIP

A growing customer database in Latin America is expected to enjoy VoIP solutions thanks to an expansion in activity in the region by deltathree...

Nokia supplies GSM core network to Telefónica Móviles Perú

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Alec Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
24 October 2006
13072 views
  • Latin America
  • Peru
  • Nokia
  • GSM

Nokia has implemented a complete GSM core network for Telefónica Móviles Perú...

Telecom trio use biofuels to boost mobile coverage

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Alec Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
23 October 2006
14722 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nigeria
  • Ericsson
  • MTN
  • Power
  • Biofuels
Three influential organisations have come together in a pioneering experiment aimed at expanding the coverage available to mobile customers...

EMC joins up 56 UNHCR offices in 23 countries

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Alec Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
23 October 2006
11047 views
  • Satellite
  • Global
  • Disaster Management
  • EMC
  • UNHCR

Emerging Markets Communications has won the contract to provide satellite communications and to integrate United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees offices worldwide...

Solar power debuts in South Pacific with VIA Information Community Centre

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Energy & Sustainability
23 October 2006
10118 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • solar power
  • Samoa
The South Pacific has been largely ignored by global ICT deployment initiatives. Chip-maker VIA Technologies has just announced the first-ever solar-powered cyber community centre in the South Pacific. The project harnesses the power of the sun to provide people in rural and remote communities with reliable and clean computing and Internet access.

IBM looks to future, sets up new business unit

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Alec Barton
Category: Vendors
23 October 2006
10550 views
  • Global
  • IBM
  • Convergence

Looking into the future of telecoms and, in particular, communications convergence, IBM has set up a new business unit aimed at fine-tuning and updating IBM's strategies...

 

The long term future for WiFi

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
19 October 2006
10540 views
  • Global
  • WiMAX
As commercial support for WiMAX strengthens one is entitled to ask questions about the long term future of the technology. We consider the pro and cons of WiMAX.

Pakistan and India see huge WiMAX potential

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Trends & Forecasts
17 October 2006
15188 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Pakistan
  • WiMAX
Following his analysis of WiMAX technology development globally, Michael Schwartz looks at the potential for WiMAX in South Asia.

Lucent optical systems build Eletropaulo telecom network

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Alec Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
16 October 2006
10775 views
  • Latin America
  • Brazil
  • lucent
  • Sao Paulo

Lucent Technologies has signed a new contract with Eletropaulo Telecom, a telecom service provider forming part of AES Eletropaulo's electric energy distribution group and operating in the state of Sao Paulo .

Nokia and Intel bring wireless broadband to future notebooks

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Alec Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
16 October 2006
10219 views
  • Global
  • Nokia
  • Intel
  • HSDPA

Nokia has developed an HSDPA connectivity module for notebook computers, which it claims will expand mobility by bringing wireless wide-area connectivity to notebook users...

Andrew boosts Heliax family with aluminium cable

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Alec Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
16 October 2006
9335 views
  • Cable
  • Global
  • Aluminium

Extending the existing copper products in its Heliax family, Andrew Corporation has introduced a selection of corrugated aluminium-cable products designed to be a cost-effective, high-quality extension to its copper corrugated transmission-line systems...

Nigeria's students welcome Intel's e-classroom

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Alec Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
16 October 2006
33038 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nigeria
  • Education
  • ICT
  • Intel
  • PCs
  • OLPC

A project to make ICT available at all times for pupils in schools in the emerging markets has received a major boost...

Saudi Arabia - financing the future

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Trends & Forecasts
13 October 2006
12134 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Finance
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Growth
The very fact that Saudi Arabia needs to consider the financing of its future growth and development is an indication of how much has changed in the Kingdom in the past few years. It's not that the oil is running out. But other issues such as demographic change and regional instability are leading to a re-evaluation of future plans.

Cambodia goes 3G as MobiTel drops video phone porn facility

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Alec Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
13 October 2006
18396 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • 3G
  • Cambodia
  • MobiTel
  • Hun Sen

Earlier this year Developing Telecoms reported on the obstacle that was holding the country back from the wireless Internet. Now Cambodia can now look forward to 3G services.

The Digital Divide is an infrastructure divide

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Robert G Rogers, GIIC
Category: Wireless Networks
06 October 2006
28446 views
  • Global
  • Infrastructure
  • Digital Divide
Robert G Rogers is Executive Director of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission. In a forceful statement on the Digital Divide he identifies what for him is the crucial question - lack of infrastructure.

Lucent enhances Belize Telecom rating/charging services

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Alec Barton
Category: Revenue & Billing
05 October 2006
10913 views
  • Latin America
  • SMS
  • Prepaid
  • Customer Service
  • Belize
  • lucent

Deployment of Lucent's SurePay solution will integrate Belize Telecommunications Limited's existing GSM, AMPS and wireline charging/billing systems into one platform...

Nortel GSM-R network to improve Indian Railways safety and efficiency

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Alec Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
05 October 2006
16618 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • GSM
  • Transportation
  • Nortel

Indian Railways will use wireless railway communications technology from Nortel to help improve safety and efficiency on one of the most important and busiest rail arteries serving India' s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh...

Thuraya redesigns Thuraya DSL, raises data speed

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Alec Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
05 October 2006
10548 views
  • Global
  • Satellite Phone

Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company has introduced further enhancements to its high-speed data product Thuraya DSL...

Global effort by Thales, RFS brings nationwide TV to Tanzania

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Gérard Daudu, RFS
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
05 October 2006
12035 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Television
  • RFS
  • Thales
Radio Frequency Systems,  has just completed a television broadcast project in Tanzania that will  bring free-to-air television to more than 90% of the population that has access to electricity...

Globecomm gets $2.7million contract modification for Afghan Army

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Alec Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
05 October 2006
11924 views
  • Satellite
  • Central South Asia
  • Afghanistan
  • Globecomm

Globecomm Systems Inc, a provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, has received a contract modification worth US$2.7million.

Teledata Networks supplies Kazakh Telecom with NGN access networks

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Alec Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
05 October 2006
10832 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Kazakhstan
  • IP
  • Teledata

Teledata Networks, has announced an US$8milion contract to deliver its BroadAccess Multiservice Access Gateways (MSAGs) to Kazakhtelecom, Kazakhstan' s Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC)...

EMC supports humanitarian efforts in Lebanon

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Humanitarian Comms
05 October 2006
12053 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Lebanon
  • Disaster Management
  • EMC

Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) has recently connected an EMC Quick Deployment kit which is now fully operational in Beirut, Lebanon .

Teledata Networks helps modernise Telefonica Moviles Guatemala

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Wireless Networks
25 September 2006
13382 views
  • Latin America
  • Guatemala
  • Telefonica Moviles
  • ngn
  • Gateways

Guatemala has a wireline tele-density of less than 30%. Michael Schwartz was briefed on the modernisation - and on the role of key contractor Teledata Networks - by Teledata Networks' new CEO Eran Ziv...

Colombia Movil expands GSM with mobile soft switch

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Alec Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
25 September 2006
10542 views
  • Latin America
  • Huawei
  • Columbia

Colombia Movil, the country's third largest mobile operator, is to bring enhanced services to over 560,000 users across Colombia 's five biggest cities...

Advantech AMT brings out Adaptive DVB-S2

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Alec Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
25 September 2006
9797 views
  • Satellite
  • Global
  • Microwave
  • Advantech

Advantech AMT, the Montreal-based manufacturer of satellite and terrestrial wireless communication equipment, is looking to enhance the quality of the terrestrial microwave products it introduced earlier this year...

Alcatel launches Europe's first IP Transformation Centre

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Dr Nicolae Oacã
Category: Trends & Forecasts
25 September 2006
15070 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Romania
  • IP

Last week Alcatel officially inaugurated its new IP Transformation Centre (IPTC) in Antwerp, the first of its type in Europe. Dr Nicolae Oaca took a break from covering the hectic 3G market in his native Romania to summarise developments.

Infrastructure is not enough!

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Affamefuna R Ene
Category: Blogs & Opinion
22 September 2006
11837 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nigeria
  • Digital Divide

Feedback is increasing sharply at Developing Telecoms - thank you to all concerned! This, following on from our on-going Digital Divide Special Focus, comes from the Head of Technical Standards at the Ministry of Communications in Abuja, Nigeria.  It argues that capacity building needs to be centred on schools.  Short and to the point, we couldn't agree more.

China - BT's hope for the future?

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Alec Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
21 September 2006
12419 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Broadband
  • China Netcom
Britain's BT Group can expect its revenues from China to grow over the next three years as it doubles investment in the market...

Nokia and Vietnam Multimedia boost live DVB-H mobile TV

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Alec Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
21 September 2006
15436 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Nokia
  • Vietnam
  • Mobile TV
  • DVB-H
  • VTC

Mobile TV services will be rolled out in Vietnam by the end of this year...

Comcor Group to deliver Nortel IP telephony to Moscow

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Alec Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
21 September 2006
13165 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Russia
  • VoIP
  • ngn
  • Nortel

A Next Generation Network (NGN) with integrated multimedia platform for advanced IP-based applications is set to provide Moscow personal, mobile and secure multimedia services...

Nortel provides next-gen optical network for Russia's Golden Telecom

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Alec Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
21 September 2006
11674 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Russia
  • ngn
  • Nortel
  • Golden Telecom

Part of the first stage of its interregional transport backbone network, Russian operator Golden Telecom is planning to extend secure, affordable voice and broadband Internet services across Russia.

Thai broadband leader upgrades - Redback the lucky bidder

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Alec Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
21 September 2006
10296 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Thailand

Redback Networks Inc, a provider of next-generation broadband networking systems, has announced that its SmartEdge multi-service edge routers have been selected by True Corporation...

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