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Synchronica has launched a self-care mobile email solution for businesses that works with employees' existing handsets...

BH Telecom end-users can enjoy new triple-play services enabled by NSN. Key to the project are NSN switching and broadband access solutions to optimise BH Telecom's legacy assets, as the company advances towards an all-IP network of the future...

High-end video streaming has arrived in China. China Telecom has selected NSN to achieve the launch, utilising the latter's 3G CDMA EVDO service...

Comverse has announced that TELE2 Russia has selected its  Multimedia Messaging Centre (MMSC) and Mobile Internet Gateway (MIG) to optimise messaging and browsing for its more than ten million subscribers...

Aircraft featuring broadband for passengers will total nearly 800 by the end of 2009, according to analyst In-Stat. Reflecting apparently insatiable demand from passengers for broadband, revenues from this stream will exceed US$1 billion in three years...

DOXTV has chosen the end-to-end technology suite from NDS to bring Digital Video Records and Video-on-Demand to China for the first time. Stated intention of the two players is to bring content-plus-technology to allow China's pay-TV operators to transform the TV experience for audiences...

Etisalat and Nokia are collaborating to provide convenient payment options for accessing OVI Maps and N-Gage Mobile Gaming services in the UAE. Both are aiming to increase sales of advanced mobile Internet...

Wananchi Group, a cable TV and broadband Internet services provider has contracted Kenyan based system integrator, Seven Seas Technologies to deploy an all digital TV service in Kenya, to be branded Zuku...

ForgetMeNot Africa, a specialist in unified messaging for telecommunications operators, has announced that it is launching its Message Optimiser  service throughout Africa. MO allows carriers to immediately provide cost-effective comprehensive unified messaging services (email, Instant Messaging and SMS) without the end user requiring any Internet access, device upgrades or application downloads...

China Telecom is rolling out new services to prepaid customers in two provinces, Hubei and Sichuan, covering an additional 150 million people. The new services will include 3G and are delivered using HP's Internet Usage Manager (IUM)...

Communications in Mecca's King Abdul Aziz Endowment have been vastly improved since Powerwave and its Saudi Arabian partner ACES were selected by Mobily Saudi Arabia to deploy the world's largest wireless coverage within the towers currently comprising the Endowment...

Envivio Inc, which provides IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, has sold its Convergence Series video head-end to Türk Telekom's local IPTV project...

Thuraya's drive in the emerging markets has been rewarded with the launch of Public Calling Offices in Zambia and Cameroon. Both countries are set to benefit from a versatile business tool oriented towards small entrepreneurs...

On2 Technologies, which specialises in video compression solutions, has licensed its VP7 video codec to 21ViaNet (China). Founded in 1996, 21ViaNet is a carrier-neutral Internet Data Centre (IDC) service provider in China...

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland is now giving students non-stop Internet freedom with a new Meru WLAN. Meru saw off competition from five companies, notably in eliminating breaks in service and coverage being encountered on campus...

Visafone Communications Limited, a wholly owned Nigerian telecoms company, has launched Voice SMS across Nigeria. The Voice SMS solution has been sourced from Kirusa, a provider of Voice SMS and developer of mobile value added services...

Value-added services will play a greater part in Africa, South-East Asia and Latin America as a result of a partnership between Bharti Telesoft and Sofrecom...

Bharti Telesoft has formed a partnership with Grand Technology, a telecom solution provider in the Middle East, notably in Yemen, for their Data Services Hub...

Yahoo! has announced the launch of a new mobile service to be known, not surprisingly, as Yahoo! Mobile. Available initially only for Apple iPhones and top end handsets from other makers including Windows Mobile smartphones, the service will be of interest in emerging markets where the Yahoo! brand still has significant traction...

Following an agreement with Chuan Wei (Cambodia) Co Ltd, Alcatel-Lucent will be providing Cambodia with a nation-wide WiMAX Rev-e (802.16e-2005 standard) wireless broadband network, the first in the country. The service should launch in mid 2009...

A move back to SMS will be one of the talking points of this year's Mobile World Congress, according to Anam Mobile, which is announcing three new international operator customers at Barcelona...

Derdack, provider of mobile messaging platforms and notification workflow software, has announced that Gabz FM, a licensed Botswana radio station, is live on the latest version of message master xsp...

Kirusa, a vendor of Voice SMS and developer of mobile value-added services, will be announcing the immediate availability of Kirusa Voice SMS Version 5.0 for examination at Mobile World Congress (MWC) at Barcelona...

Movius Interactive Corporation will be unveiling new mass market applications at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, including visual voicemail solutions that can be deployed with any device and a new suite of presence-based solutions...

This year's exhibition presence by Materna Communications will see the unveiling in Barcelona of a full range of new products. In addition to its established product portfolio, Materna is in particular opting for innovations that will be playing a major part in telecoms in general this year...

On2 Technologies, specialist in video compression solutions, will demonstrate high-definition mobile video solutions at next week's Mobile World Congress...

A key contract win for Synchronica in Chile means that Entel PCS becomes its first Latin American operator.  Strategic partner Brightstar has helped Synchronica's Mobile Gateway into the Chilean market...

During next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, multimedia specialist Explay will be unveiling Colibri,  its third-generation projection module...

Anite, which specialises in testing technology for the wireless industry, today announced the launch of its Mobile WiMAX Host Tester, claimed to be the only Host Testing Solution (HTS) available in the market for Mobile Station Stack (MSS) developers and integrators...

Saudi Telecommunications has successfully handled another year of the holy Hajj pilgrimage, a two-week-long event that welcomed millions of visitors. Well aware of the importance of reliable communications, STC partnered with Nokia Siemens Networks to provide voice and data services to Mecca's Hajj pilgrims...

This year many companies GSMA's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona will be launching new products and services. Developing Telecoms provides a round-up.

Boingo Wireless has added 10,904 China Telecom hotspots to the Boingo Roaming Network in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces and Shanghai; the locations are the first three of 18 provinces and three municipalities that will be added to the Boingo network. With the addition of these locations, Boingo members will enjoy broadband connections throughout the Yangtze Delta, including airports, hotels and cafés...

India is growing rapidly in both mobile phone penetration and Internet usage, making it an ideal market for a "mobile email for all" solution. India's 12 wireless operators signed up a record 10.16 million new subscribers in March 2008, bringing the total customer base to 261.09 million, and making India the second largest wireless market in the world, overtaking the US with its 258 million subscribers. India is also now the third largest country in Asia when measured by the number of Internet users, with 60 million users...