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There has recently been confusion in Qatar as to whether VoIP calls are legal or not, so much so that the country's Supreme Council for Information and Communications Technology (ictQATAR) has had to issue a statement confirming that such calls are indeed legal. 

Using the European Space Agency's Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme, telecom operators across Africa and the Middle East can now improve VoIP over satellite services.

Colibria, which provides new generation Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) and presence-enabled solutions, has launched its Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Instant Messaging Server...

Sogeti, a member of Capgemini Group, has announced that it will open a global Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Centre of Excellence in Mumbai, India...

South African based mobile marketing company Multimedia Solutions has been purchased by Sovereign Wealth Corp., in a move that will allow the company to expand its operations internationally and reach high growth markets such as Brazil, India, and Asia...

Tata Communications has announced the launch of its Telepresence services, the first ever offering to deliver both private and public Cisco TelePresence rooms to businesses across the world...

Baidu.com, the largest Chinese language internet search engine, is launching an instant messaging application with real-time video chat as it aims to hold on to its top spot...

Redknee has announced the launch of Mobile Money Airtime Reseller which enables completely voucherless, pre-paid wireless airtime top-up. This addresses the needs of many high-growth / emerging market operators and subscribers...

As industry convergence and triple play take root, the DSL Forum has decided on a new name and identity which it feels reflects its current role more accurately...

Children around the world will more easily call for support, counselling and intervention, thanks to the new global child helpline number being advocated by the ITU...

The Millimeter Wave Division of ELVA-1 has announced another installation of its specially modified PPC-1000 Gb Ethernet mm-wave link for Czech ISP JHComp. Both residential and business customers will benefit from Internet and voice service improvements...

Philippines based 3G Mobile Operator, CURE, has selected 3ple-Media's award winning Mercury multimedia platform as its core mobile multimedia platform...

In a joint statement seemingly intended to deflect previous criticism of Telecom World events, the ITU and the State of Geneva have promised improved facilities for participants at and visitors to next year's global ICT event, ITU Telecom World 2009...

Claiming to offer higher-quality video encoding at lower prices, Media Excel have introduced a video encoding/transcoding hardware platform based on the Texas Instruments Da Vinci processor...

Three organisations - South Africa's Education Department, Nokia, and the not-for profit Mindset Network - have launched M4Girls, an educational initiative based on Nokia 6300 mobiles aimed at raising maths standards among teenaged girl students in South Africa...

Etisalat, the leading telecommunications carrier and Internet Service Provider in UAE, has chosen the Kirusa Voice SMS solution for offering the Voice SMS service to their subscribers in the UAE. With the launch of this service, an Etisalat subscriber has the option of sending an SMS message in their own voice...

Ufone, one of the leading mobile carriers in Pakistan, has launched the Awaz SMS service based upon the pioneering Voice SMS technology from Kirusa, the world's leading vendor of Voice SMS and a leading developer of mobile value added services...

GyPSii, the geo-location and mobile social networking provider, has partnered with Shanghai Rannuo and China Unicom to launch its GyPSii service during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing...

Colibria, the leading new generation provider of mobile instant messaging (MIM) and Presence-enabled solutions, recently announced availability of its Colibria Lite client to support low cost Java based handset growth in emerging markets...

Sonus Networks has announced the latest release of its industry-leading software. Sonus 7.1 which claims to deliver a new levels of IP-voice capability...

GyPSii, a geo-location and mobile social networking provider, has partnered with Dopod in China to provide location-based information and content features and services for use on mobile phones or via the Internet. The new services will be available to members of the Dopod Club...

Fast growing Synchronica has announced a worldwide agreement with Brightstar Corp for distribution of its award-winning mobile push email and synchronization technology Mobile Gateway. The company has also demonstrated its commitment to emerging markets by announcing it has raised an additional US$3.9 million to further fund its push into emerging markets...

Tata Communications leading provider of a new world of communications, announced today the expansion of its Global VPN service to China through an NNI agreement with China Enterprise Netcom Corporation Limited, a value-added telecommunication services and integrated IT solutions provider and subsidiary of CITIC...  

Digit Wireless, Inc. has announced its Fastap technology has been certified under the Chinese text-entry standard GF 3006 2001 Standard Scheme of Chinese Phonetic Alphabet Input with Universal Keypad by China's State Language Commission...

Digit Wireless, Inc. was selected by the HeadStart 2008 Organization in India as one of 2008's leading innovators of mobile technology entering the Indian market. The HeadStart award recognizes Digit Wireless as a company pioneering interface innovation in mobility and communications with its cutting edge Fastap Hindi Language Platform...

This week, Wayfinder's award winning navigation services are being launched in Chile through the mobile operator Movistar. This is Wayfinder's first entry into the South American market...

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) will be delivering its largest-ever Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) agreement in a contract with Global Mediacom designed to being a mobile TV network to Indonesia...

GyPSii, the world's leading geo-location and social networking service provider for mobile phones and Internet devices, has signed an agreement with Broadway Pvt. Ltd., to offer the full suite of GyPSii services to the world's second largest and fastest growing mobile market with 233 million mobile subscribers and growing at a monthly rate of over 8 million...

WIN plc, specialists in interactive mobile entertainment and information, and MagtiCom, with more than one million subscribers, the largest mobile operator in Georgia, together announced the launch of Magti Fun, a fully managed content service portal provided by WIN...

WIN plc, specialists in interactive mobile entertainment and information, and MagtiCom, with more than one million subscribers, the largest mobile operator in Georgia, together announced the launch of Magti Fun, a fully managed content service portal provided by WIN...

AdaptiveMobile, the leading provider of mobile subscriber protection for enterprises and individuals, today unveiled a powerful set of parental controls that operate across any mobile device, network or technology. The solution, which combines the AdaptiveMobile Policy Control Framework with the Cisco Service Exchange Framework...

Oracle today announced that IDEA Cellular Limited, a leading mobile operator in India and a part of the Aditya Birla Group, has selected Oracle's Siebel CRM to deliver a unique customer service experience to pre- and post-paid mobile subscribers across its entire operations in India...

Millenicom, Turkey's largest calling card and call shop operator, has migrated its entire prepaid services portfolio onto the Digitalk Media Application Server (MAS), providing a full set of turnkey value-added features and applications on the multiservice platform.