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Two Indian mobile operators, Airtel and Idea Cellular, have agreed to use fastmobile Inc fmX software technology to support a series of message service trials. fastmobile designs and supplies integrated messaging and content services for mobile network operators: the fmX platform is to be used in trials exploring the impact of mobile communications in developing countries...

Lucent Technologies has unveiled its Base Station Router, a Bell Labs innovation that integrates key components of 3G mobile networks into a single network element, thus "flattening" what is typically a more complex architecture...

Quebec-based PolarSat is supplying its FlexiDAMA hub and remote terminals to the Guangdong Dapeng LNG Company...

Indonesian operator Hutchison Telecom Indonesia, a joint venture between Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd and the CP Group of Indonesia, has awarded Nokia with a convergent charging solution contract that will see it provide, integrate and manage an innovative network solution for Hutchison Telecom Indonesia...

Mobile operators in developing countries have bought or ordered more than 12 million mobile phones from Motorola under the Emerging Market Handset programme run by the GSM Association (GSMA).

Mobitel, the Bulgarian mobile operator, has commissioned Openmind Networks to deploy its SMS Intelligent Load Optimiser and its SMS Direct Deliver Router. These new systems enable Mobitel to deal with higher volumes of SMS traffic more efficiently and cost effectively...

Nokia has won a US$170 million GSM/GPRS network expansion deal with China' s Henan Mobile Communications Corporation Ltd. The contract is intended to greatly enhance network capacity and coverage in the Henan province, putting Henan MCC in an extremely competitive position.

Globalcom Satellite is now unveiling the Nera WorldPro 1000 portable satellite terminal. The terminal will operate via Inmarsat's powerful new 4th generation satellite network on a service called BGAN...

Openmind Networks is deploying its SMS personalisation system called My SMS with the Bahrain Telecommunications Company. My SMS enables Batelco to introduce innovative solutions to its customers by offering them new, value-added services based on the most successful non-voice service to date, namely, SMS...

Mobile Telecommunications Limited of Namibia has signed a five-year exclusive contract with Motorola Limited for the supply of GSM/GPRS/EDGE and Canopy access network equipment...

Andrew Corporation has introduced a compact tower-mounted amplifier designed to provide operators with options for coverage and capacity enhancement for 3G networks...

Nokia has won a new MSC Server System contract with Telefónica Móviles Ecuador , which operates under the movistar brand, to enable more cost efficient voice service. Telefónica's subsidiary in Ecuador marks a new customer for Nokia and strengthens cooperation with Telefónica Móviles.

Nokia and Greek mobile operator Cosmote have signed an agreement for the supply of WCDMA 3G radio network. With this 3G deal, Nokia, a long-term GSM infrastructure supplier to Cosmote, further cements its role in the development of Cosmote's mobile networks in Greece and elsewhere in the Balkans.

Wataniya Telecom today opened the first High Speed Downlink Packet Access network in the Middle East and Africa region, thereby making it the first operator in these two areas to offer mobile services beyond 3G.

Andrew Corporation has introduced what is believed to be the industry's first all-digital remote radio head, a high-power unit that is intended to provide cost savings and coverage flexibility for global 3G networks...

Nokia has reached a five-year managed services agreement to run Hutchison Essar's network operations in nine circles in India . Nokia will assume the operation of Hutchison Essar's networks in Gujarat , Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, Uttar Pradesh (East and West), Rajasthan, Haryana and West Bengal , thus allowing the operator to better focus on its customers and core activities...

BSS/OSS supplier Intec has launched a new mobile charging, customer and revenue management solution particularly applicable to the developing world...

Indonesian mobile operator Natrindo Telepon Selular has awarded Ericsson a contract to build, operate and manage its new 3G / WCDMA network in Jakarta and surrounding areas.

Philippines wireless service provider Smart Communications Inc and Nokia have signed an agreement for the supply of WCDMA 3G network technology. Nokia will deliver a WCDMA 3G radio network, including the Nokia High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) solution, a 3G upgrade to the existing circuit and packet switched networks, and related services.

For the first time ever subscribers in India and China will enjoy direct telecommunication services, including global hubbing, thanks to an agreement signed by Reliance Infocomm and China Telecommunications Corporation...

In response to increasing demand for IP-based solutions with built-in power availability capabilities, American Power Conversion has announced that the Nortel Business Communications Manager 50 now offers an interface to APC’s USB-signalling uninterruptible power supply products...

Andrew Corporation has introduced a software system that works with the Teletilt(r) ATC200-1000 local rack-mounted controller and enables real-time adjustments to base station antennas from anywhere an Internet connection is established...

Agilent Technologies Inc is celebrating a US$14.5 million order with India 's primary communications service providers Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Tata Teleservices Ltd to provide operator support  services solutions...

Eastern China's Fujian Mobile Communications has chosen Nokia's Push to Talk over Cellular platform for businesses in Fujian province, and plans expand the service to consumers at a later date...

Mexican communications company IUSAcom and New York-based Vistula Communications Service Inc have signed a deal to provide Voice Over Internet Protocol communications services...

Nokia network reseller CommTel Network Solutions Australia will establish a new market for Nokia, having signed an agreement to supply broadband DSL solutions and related services to Telecom Cook Islands Ltd...

AlanDick Group has announced an agreement with Redline Communications, a provider of standards-based broadband wireless equipment...

GlobeTel will be installing wireless networks in 30 Russian cities. The company will complete this provision of high-speed communications by the start of 2009 and will be acting on behalf of LLC Internafta in order to supply broadband, VoIP and several other services...

Nokia has announced three new Bluetooth headsets: the BH-800, the BH-900 and the BH-200 at the Consumer Electronics Fair, Las Vegas...

Afghan Telecom has announced that its new District Communications Network has recently gone live...

SES Global, the world's largest operator of satellites, is to buy New Skies Satellites for US$760 million...

Eurotel Praha has selected UK-based wireless network optimisation specialists Arieso to maximise performance of its new 3G network, which went live at the start of December...