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Alon Aginsky, President, CEO and founder of cVidya Networks, outlines his company's ambitions in emerging markets in view of the recent success of their MoneyMap solution in Panama...

Philippines wireless service provider Smart Communications and Nokia have completed the first High Speed Data Packet Access (HSPDA) call in the country...

Fastmobile, which specialises in mobile integrated messaging and content solutions, has announced that Globe Telecom of The Philippines has selected its fmX (fastmobile Experience) technology as the platform for the new package of advanced value-added messaging services about to be launched.

Mobitel Slovenia is using Nokia's hosted Push to talk over Cellular solution for trials in its home market...

Ubiquitous availability, immediacy and ease of use feature high up in the list of reasons why Short Messaging Services are so important for businesses to get right. The findings come from a report by global mobile message carrier Clickatell, and by the Chief Marketing Officer Council...

Lucent has been selected by Telemar to supply and deploy solutions for the operator's network evolution...

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd is inviting tenders to supply enough mobile equipment to roll out 63.5 million lines.

Schema, a specialist in network optimisation software, has released Mentor, which Schema believes to be the first wideband CDMA, EVDO and UMTS optimisation solution based on actual network usage...

The Middle East and Africa 's largest fixed line operator is set to replace 12 of its billing systems with replacements from Convergys Corporation...

The Financial Post, one of Kenya 's leading business weekly newspapers with 50,000 readers, has taken serious steps towards data protection with the implementation of American Power Conversion Back-UPS uninterruptible power supplies...

Nokia and Ukrainian mobile services operator Astelit, which operates under the brand name life:), have extended their existing frame agreement for the supply of network equipment and services...

Baidu.com, a major Chinese language Internet search provider, and Nokia are collaborating to make mobile search easier and more convenient in Chinese-speaking markets, including mainland China , Hong Kong , and Taiwan...

The Bolivian Power Company (COBEE, or Compañía Boliviana de Energía Eléctrica) has integrated its SCADA, PLC, data information and telephony transport services by deploying Optimux-XLE1 optical multi-plexers manufactured by RAD Data Communications...

Sky Link, the telecoms holding company established to develop a nationwide CDMA450 network in Russia , has selected Lucent to expand and upgrade Sky Link's network within ten new regions in Russia , thereby supporting additional services...

KazakhTelecom, Kazakhstan 's national carrier, along with Lucent and Winncom Technologies, will be deploying a new, Internet protocol (IP)-based next-generation network for KazakhTelecom in Astana, the nation's new capital. It will support advanced voice and data services for business and residential subscribers...

Lucent will be extending three existing frame agreements with Telekomunikacja Polska for the delivery of switching and broadband access equipment, as well as services to enhance TP's national broadband access network. The total value of the extensions amounts to US$36 million for 2006...

Nokia is now the first equipment vendor to manufacture both mobile devices and network infrastructure equipment in India . It has also achieved the milestone of manufacturing over one million handsets in India , the market set to become the second biggest mobile device market in the world in terms of volumes by 2010...

In a move to further consolidate its market position, Subex Systems Ltd, the Bangalore-based telecom software product company, has announced an agreement with Virginia-based Mantas Inc. to acquire its business assets related to fraud management...

NMS Communications has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Openera Technologies, a provider of mobile application handset solutions for converged mobile networks...

Globe Telecom is read yi ng itself to launch 3G in the rural parts of The Philippines now that is has started to roll out its 3G network in several central urban business districts...

Nokia has won a managed services contract from "du" (a new participant in the growing United Arab Emirates (UAE) market) whereby it is to supply the entire core and a large proportion of the radio network for GSM/GPRS/EDGE and WCDMA 3G...

With the advent of blade and other high-density server configurations, heat densities continue to climb to challenging levels. In many instances, the amount of heat generated per rack exceeds what traditional data centre cooling solutions can handle effectively...

Nokia is set to expand GSM/GPRS/EDGE network coverage for Thailand's second largest mobile operator Total Access Communication PLC as part of an existing exclusive frame agreement...

Lucent Technologies has completed the first stage of deploying a real-time charging solution for Russian mobile service provider MegaFon...

Subex Systems Ltd, the Bangalore-based telecom software company, is in discussion with several telcos for a beta site for its Ontrack end-to-end subscriber risk management solution...

Turkish satellite operator Turksat has ordered its sixth communications satellite from France' s Alcatel...

Nokia has now opened the extension to its Reynosa , Tamaulipas plant in Mexico , which is intended to boost its mobile-device production...

Nokia intends to strengthen its multidisciplinary design unit by forming a single company-wide design organisation...

Algeria' s rising demand for telephony has created a new opportunity for the country's major mobile operator. Orascom Telecom has teamed up with its fellow Egyptian company Telecom Egypt to set up Consortium Algerien de Telecommunication and run Algeria' s second fixed-line system.

Declaring that it is ready for competition with Etisalat, Emirates Integrated Telecommunication Company (EITC, UAE's second telecommunications operator) has announced that it will launch mobile phone services in the second half of this year, and will aim for 30% market share within three years...

CoreMedia, a provider of interoperable digital rights management, has announced that Vivo, the largest mobile operator in the Southern Hemisphere, has selected CoreMedia DRM for its comprehensive digital content services. Also ordered are the MMBox/DiNO Platforms from Portugal Telecom Inovação...

Thomson Cirpack soft switches have been purchased by Americatel, an affiliate of Chile' s national telecommunications carrier Entel, and service provider in Guatemala , Honduras , Peru and El Salvador..

Andrew Corporation has won a strategic multiyear contract from a Tier 1 operator in the Middle East for a major geolocation system deployment...