Wireless Networks

Alvarion is strengthening its presence in the fast-growing market that is Central Russia. Its BreezeMAX system has been selected by inter-regional operator CenterTelecom for WiMAX Deployment in the country’s Central Federal District...

Qualcomm is launching its Wireless Reach initiative in Sri Lanka by opening a Last Mile Initiative centre in Wennappuwa. The centre, known as Easy Seva, is one of 15 that will be launched in the country with support from Qualcomm, Dialog Telekom, the US Agency for International Development, the National Development Bank and Synergy Strategies Group...

Protege QV - Promotion of Technologies that Guarantee Environment and a better Quality of Life - is a Cameroonian NGO created in 1995. It aims to promote individual and collective initiatives to induce rural development, protect the environment and improve community well-being. Avis Momeni, Executive Director of Protege QV, introduces his organisation to us and then describes an exciting and vital project...

Uganda Telecom and Alcatel-Lucent have signed a contract to extend Uganda Telecom’s GSM/EDGE mobile network and deploy the first 3G UMTS/HSPA network in Uganda, one of the first such deployments in the East Africa region.

Rural subscribers using Latvia’s copper-wire network are to enjoy the benefits of DSL broadband thanks to a contract placed with Alcatel-Lucent by Lattelcom, the consortium of the Latvian government and Telia Sonera.

Alcatel-Lucent and telecoms provider Synterra, have formed a strategic partnership to deploy Russia 's first Universal WiMAX network...

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

The new Slovakian mobile network operator Telefonica O2 has selected Nokia Siemens Networks as the sole supplier of the mobile network it launched earlier this year...

Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) is responding to the demand in cost-effective IP transit capacity in Africa. Its new IP Trunking DVB-S2 platform service is designed for the entire African continent...

Basing its claim on the fact that it now serves 50 million DSL customers worldwide, Huawei is promoting itself as the leader in IP DSLAM technology. This report explains how Huawei justifies its claim...

Huawei has successfully deployed the largest High Speed Packet Access network in the Middle East and North Africa region for Etisalat in UAE...

Reliance Communications of India is undertaking the largest wireless network expansion project by any operator across the world... 

Teledata Networks has now launched its BroadAccess-100 New Outdoor Mini IP DSLAM, aimed at easing upgrades to triple play...

Telrad Networks has announced that its Commatch 6004 platform, which allows voice over WiMAX through existing TDM switches, has been deployed on two live networks in Poland. The deployments are in turn part of a deployment of Alvarion’s WiMAX solution. Commatch 6004 is intended to allow WiMAX VoIP over existing TDM switches with seamless interoperability...

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...

The world’s first wind and solar commercial network GSM cell site has been deployed combining the technology and commercial expertise of Motorola, the GSMA and MTC Namibia...

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...

Veraz Networks has announced an IMS over WiMAX deployment that is one of the first such commercial installations in the Americas. The company's ControlSwitch has been chosen by Onemax as an IMS core to offer wireless broadband applications...

Nokia Siemens Networks has now introduced its new Village Connection, a solution aimed at providing affordable rural connectivity and coverage in new growth markets. Village Connection is based on an easy concept: build rural connectivity village by village, exploiting a franchise-based business model between operator and local village entrepreneur...

Kasenna Portal TV ushers in third generation IPTV Middleware - and gains number 2 spot for VOD server software...

Huawei and TransTeleCom are cooperating to supply a next-generation network to Russia which will reduce transmission costs, provide users with multimedia services and evolve towards an all IP environment for the country.

Set to run from this September, Wind Telecom's new wireless broadband network will offer high-speed broadband services to urban and rural customers across the Dominican Republic .

A group led by Bahrain Telecommunications Co., Hong Kong's PCCW and U.S. Verizon Communications have won initial approval to operate Saudi Arabia's new fixed-line phone network, Saudi regulators have announced...

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...

Siemens Networks has been commissioned by the Arabian mobile operator Qatar Telecom (Qtel) to operate its UMTS mobile network in the State of Qatar... 

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...

TVA, the Brazilian pay TV company, has a business vision of delivering mobile broadband and hyper-connected communications to businesses and consumers alike. For this reason, TVA has commissioned Nortel to work on a WiMAX trial designed to exploit 4G to the maximum...

RCS & RDS, the Romanian fixed and greenfield mobile operator, has selected Nokia as its WCDMA 3G core and radio network supplier. The company looks forward to a quick entry into the Romanian 3G mobile market and, under the brand name Digi.Tel, to offer a wide range of services.

Several of Pakistan's regions, together with capital city Islamabad, are set to experience an expansion of their networks...