Consumer Ecosystems APC acquires NetBotz, expands data monitor portfolio American Power Conversion has completed the acquisition of privately-held NetBotz, a provider of IP-based environmental and video monitoring...
Trends & Forecasts Payment not percentage: Motorola settles with Telsim Motorola has settled its financial and legal claims against Turkish cellular phone operator Telsim and the Turkish Savings and Deposit Insurance...
Trends & Forecasts Chinese Telecoms Giant demands Protection at Home Michael Schwartz commented recently on an Indian Minister's opinion that priority should be given by Indian operators to local telecoms...
Satellite Networks Oil lubricates Cameroon telecoms Cameroon will soon enjoy the benefits of a telecoms spinal cord carried in a backbone stretching right down the country...
Wireless Networks Brazil boosts 3G; Vivo signs Motorola mobile speed-up Vivo, South America's largest mobile telephone carrier, has commissioned Motorola to expand its CDMA network, including additional Motorola...
Trends & Forecasts China cell phone market increases to 377M users Cell phone ownership figures for China grow and grow. As of 30 September China boasted 377 million mobile phone subscribers, or a teledensity of...
Devices & Platforms New Nokia Handsets aim for growth markets Nokia has introduced a pair of CDMA handsets designed expressly for the world's fastest-growing regions...
Satellite Networks Nera/Inmarsat begin beta testing of BGAN terminal Nera Satcom AS is set to join Inmarsat in the beta testing of Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network service on the Nera WorldPro 1000...
Humanitarian Comms Disaster management: Meshing for mission-critical operations Recent events have shown just how critical a part good communications play during disasters. Developing...
Satellite Networks E-Link Americas selects Nera SatLink for satellite broadband Internet E-Link Americas, a not-for-profit corporation established to promote connectivity for social and economic development in Latin America and the...
Vendors Huawei opens its first inTouch Lab Experience Centre Aimed at encouraging global telecoms players to pool their ideas, Huawei’s inTouch Lab and Partnership Plan target fellow companies in the...
Consumer Ecosystems Slovakia sees wireless world first Twenty cities in Slovakia, including parts of the capital city Bratislava, have become the first anywhere in the world to switch on Flash-ODM....
Trends & Forecasts Cisco to invest US$1.1 billion in India Network equipment manufacturer Cisco is set to make its largest investment to date outside the United States.
Wireless Networks Wireless makes up half of Huawei's income; wireless subscribers top 140 million More than half of Huawei's revenue this year has come from its sales of wireless products. From being, in Huawei's words: "just a mere...
Trends & Forecasts AT&T looks to 20% Growth in China, but India a Bigger Market China's phenomenal growth in telecoms has long been praised but some of the early promise expected by investors in the 1990s does not seem to have...
Devices & Platforms Linksys/Skype Team up for Cordless Handset Cisco's Linksys division is working with Skype, one of the leading global voice over Internet communications companies, to market a new cordless...
Devices & Platforms Sony Ericsson Unveils 3G Smartphone Set to start shipping during Q1 2006, Sony Ericsson's 3G UMTS P990 smartphone is billed as the first commercially available smartphone to adopt the...
Satellite Networks Globecomm Systems and Samacom Announce Middle East Service Using its teleport facility in Dubai, UAE, as a hub for operations, Samacom is linking with satellite communication services provider Globecomm to...
Wireless Networks 450 Mhz for low teledensity areas Nokia is underlining its interest in GSM technology on the 450MHz frequency band. The company believes GSM450 frequency is a viable solution in...
Wireless Networks Nokia and China Putian Set up 3G Joint Venture Nokia and China Putian have recently signed an agreement to set up a joint venture in 2006 to focus on R&D, manufacturing and sales of 3G...
Consumer Ecosystems Voice answered email Mobile-owning professionals can now answer emails by voice. This is the boast by Visto Corporation, which has launched Mobile Secure Voice...
Humanitarian Comms Nortel aids flood monitoring Five major China water resource utilities are establishing critical, real-time flood control monitoring and drought relief systems to protect...
Enterprise Ecosystems Guizhou Court turns to Sybase efficiency boost Sybase Software (China) Co Ltd has recently deployed a Management Information System for the Supreme People's Court of China of...
Trends & Forecasts Venezuela fines/shuts Nokia, Siemens, Ericsson Venezuela's tax agency Seniat declared last Wednesday that it had imposed fines and ordered the temporary closure of various foreign companies'...
Trends & Forecasts Jordan becomes Arab cellular market's most competitive player Jordan has overtaken Palestine as the most competitive Arab cellular market, the two followed closely by Algeria.
Trends & Forecasts Bangladesh offers new GSM licence Bangladesh is opening up its telecoms market by inviting open tenders for another GSM licence, for 15 years initially.
Trends & Forecasts To make or not to make - that is the Indian question As India prepares for its largest ever expansion of telecoms the Indian Ministry of Telecommunications is considering a proposal to make it...
Trends & Forecasts Burmese mobile users allowed to SMS Burma's (Myanmar's) few mobile phone users are to be permitted use of SMS services for the very first time.
Revenue & Billing VimpelCom chooses Intec real time charging and mediation Vimpelcom has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Intec Telecom Systems for state of the art online and offline mediation across its mobile...
Revenue & Billing Intec continues Nigerian expansion Medallion Communications, a newly launched interconnect clearing house for all telecommunications service providers in Nigeria, has commissioned...
Revenue & Billing Intec InterconnecT v7 boosts Indosat growth and profitability Indonesia's second largest telecoms operator, PT Indosat, is looking to increase growth and profitability within its fixed and international...
Trends & Forecasts West Africa: A common ICT Market? Fifteen West African nations have today (7 October 2005) agreed to a common regulatory framework for their national ICT markets...
Satellite Networks The birth of Broadband for a Mobile Planet Recent changes to Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service has seen coverage offered by the satellite network increase by about a...
Service Management Intec boosts billing in West Indies Deregulation and its consequent competition have led Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago to order three Intec OSS/BSS products to...
Wireless Networks Nokia provide IP voice service in fixed and mobile networks Using the opportunity of the Broadband World Forum in Madrid, Nokia has introduced a portfolio of solutions for operators and service providers...
Consumer Ecosystems Nokia, Telemar Oi trials fixed-mobile convergence solutions for Brazil Nokia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Brazil's Telemar Oi....
Consumer Ecosystems Hungary gains push to talk technology T-Mobile has commercially launched Hungary's first push to talk service. It is available in T-Mobile Hungary's 2G and 3G networks and uses a Nokia...
Consumer Ecosystems UAE sees first PoC service Emirates Telecommunications Corporation has selected Nokia to supply the first Push to talk over Cellular network solution in the United Arab...
Consumer Ecosystems Nokia signs first Connect eRefill solution in China Account top-up via SMS and balance transfer for subscribers to Jiangxi Mobile Telecommunication Co Ltd are now a reality thanks to a contract signed...
Devices & Platforms More phones, lower prices for Nokia Earlier this summer, Nokia sold its one billionth phone. The customer is based in Nigeria and Nokia is quick to acknowledge the significance of this...
Consumer Ecosystems Huawei patents top 8,000: ten every day China's State Intellectual Property Office has revealed that in the first half of 2005 Huawei posted 1,231 patent applications, making the company...
Devices & Platforms Nokia unveils new-growth market mobile Nokia is expanding its range of mobiles designed for new growth markets...
