Sistelindo, a local service provider for AT&T Global in Indonesia, has announced that it is working with Digitalk, an independent developer of multi-service voice switching platforms, to provide VoIP services throughout the country...

Inner Mongolia Mobile has deployed a cost-saving solution to allow significantly increased GSM connectivity in remote villages without increasing costs...

Image Share is a service allowing a mobile customer to share images with the person he or she is speaking to. Several companies have just carried out trials of Image Share with the help of China Mobile's laboratory in Beijing ...

Maxis Communications and Irish remote communications specialist Altobridge, have announced an agreement to deploy remote GSM wireless communication systems to communities and enterprises cut off from standard telecommunications...

Infineon Technologies has announced that its ULC2 (second generation ultra-low cost) platform, based on the single-chip E-GOLD voice solution has been selected by ZTE Corporation, a leading China-based telecommunication equipment manufacturer...

Grameen Foundation recently announced a new online assistance center to help microfinance institutions bring the benefits of telecommunications to poor communities around the world...

Telecom equipment made in India and Singapore should have easier entry in each others markets as the two sides agree a deal that will eliminate the need for product testing and certification in both countries...

It may be wishful thinking now but a US$10 cell phone is definitely in the minds of researchers at Berkeley 's Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).

Developing countries in Asia offer great potential for PC makers, but companies must offer better value for users if they are to be successful in emerging markets...

Chen Haofei, Secretary-General of TD-SCDMA Forum, attended the recent Sixth International Mobile Communication Industry Forum. He was invited to speak during the 3G Venture Capital Investment session of the Forum. His views on the potential influence of TD on Chinese telecoms are summarised here...

Asia-Pacific is witnessing major and rapid growth in demand for IT. One consequent question is whether the region is ready for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). According to analyst Frost and Sullivan demand for SOA is in its own turn due for no less than 40% growth in the next two years. Developing Telecoms summarises Frost and Sullivan's Asia-Pacific SOA Readiness Survey.

Gaming has followed the recent spurt of economic growth now taking place in Macau . Wireless indoor solutions from RFS have helped make winners of the new casinos...

Brunei must not fall behind in a globalised and highly competitive world. And ICT is the lever to keep up with the pace. Brunei Communications Mininster Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia Haji Awang Abu Bakar

took this as his theme when addressing CSPS-UBD Policy Forum 2007...

Completing the hat-trick of PLDT / Smart contracts is the selection of Comverse as provider of a billing platform for a highly comprehensive range of fixed, mobile and convergent services...

Developing Telecoms has always been highly impressed by the rise and rise of telecoms in the Philippines. In that sense it came as no surprise to us to receive three recent reports relating to PLDT and demonstrating how advanced communications have become in this country. UTStarcom's winning bid to deploy a next-generation-network leads our coverage...

Our second report this week on the Philippines looks at the problems faced by the huge number of Filipinos based overseas as they try to keep in touch with their friends and families based in their home country. Filipinos based in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait can look forward to low-cost mobile communication resulting from Roamware's new contract with PLDT subsidiary Smart Communications...

China's north-south telecoms divide has become more pronounced with the news that China Netcom and China Telecom will not look for business opportunities in each other's 'territories.'

China Mobile's programme for attaining VoIP network migration in Shaanxi Province is now complete, thanks to softswitch solutions from Huawei. VoIP network migration has as its aim the optimisation of network structure, lower operating and maintenance costs, and an enriched end-user experience. The world's first-ever large-scale All-IP transformation is the result...

Ten million subscribers to Indonesian mobile operator PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL) are now set to enjoy mobile video technology. Source of the technological empowerment is a partnership of IP Unity Glenayre, Dilithium, Polycom, locally based PT Asia Quattro Net and Inphosoft...

China is a market which astounds observers with amazing regularity. On this occasion two sources of surprise are almost in competition. The first is that China has just completed a 4G trial in Shanghai and moved to full development - the surprise being that it has achieved this before rolling out 3G. The second surprise is that Chinese 3G has taken so long, as one of our own recent reports has noted...

Huawei's GSM-Railway end-to-end solutions are intended to comply with several highly respected standards in order to satisfy the demand for communications on high-speed railways. A recent inspection of Huawei's GSM-R laboratory in Shanghai revealed a test at speeds of 430 km/hour on the local Maglev rail system...

Comptel, an Operational Support System software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, is supplying Macau’s CTM with provisioning and mediation solutions to support 3G services...

Yunnan Mobile Communication Co, a subsidiary of China Mobile with over ten million subscribers, is currently deploying Comverse's InSight Open Services Environment, to help subscribers complete and manage calls...

Alcatel-Lucent and Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau SARL are collaborating on a new IP service...

Currently boasting the largest subscriber base of satellite handheld users, UAE-based Thuraya will be launching a new satellite, Thuraya-3, by the end of March 2007...