Two of the largest mobile operators in the Egypt have criticised the drastic security measures enforced by the country’s ailing government in the face of ongoing unrest...

Adding to the objections of European telecoms vendors, a European Commission document has criticised the state financial support received by Chinese vendors ZTE and Huawei...

The biggest mobile operator in Russia may be pursuing a merger as a means of furthering its ambition to become a major global telecoms group...

India’s telecommunications authorities could still enforce a ban on RIM’s BlackBerry device, as RIM has missed the most recent deadline for granting the government monitoring access to its enterprise services...

Kuwait is one of the wealthier members of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), ranking third in GDP per capita behind Qatar and the UAE, but a closer look at its telecoms sector reveals a major lack of competition in its fixed-line market...

Several private-owned operators in Thailand have received a large bill from none other than TOT, the country’s state-owned operator...

India’s telecommunications minister Kapil Sibal has outlined plans to disassociate spectrum from specific licences, instead letting mobile operators purchase spectrum via a “market-driven mechanism” – with auctions being a possibility...

A large-scale, citywide network of Wi-Fi hotspots is being deployed by Chongqing Telecom, a unit of China Telecom, in the southwestern Chinese city...

Subscribers of Indosat, one of Indonesia’s largest telcos, will soon be able to enjoy new and innovative mobile applications following the launch of the operator’s Application Incubator Program, which will encourage and support the developer community to build differentiated mobile applications...

Telenor’s opposition to VimpelCom’s proposed acquisition of Wind Telecom (formerly Weather Investments) shows no sign of letting up, with the Norwegian firm initiating a court case to protect the “pre-emptive rights” that it enjoys as a key VimpelCom shareholder...

Two of the major Internet service providers in China will soon offer social network integration of Nokia’s Ovi Maps service, meaning that customers will be able to update their status to let their contacts know their whereabouts...

Bhutan could be deemed one of the world’s more insular countries, and the development of its telecommunications sector has been far from typical...

The UAE’s leading national university, the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), is deploying a new state-of-the-art campus network...

The rapid growth of smartphones on Guam is prompting GTA TeleGuam to expand its 3G wireless network capacity for handling the rising data and voice communications traffic...

The Middle East’s first Cloud telecom operator, GO Telecom, has announced a partnership with CommuniGate Systems to offer a new telecommunications service, Go Terhal, in Saudi Arabia...

In spite of the worldwide economic downturn (during which India’s economy showed strong resistance compared to its western counterparts), the overall SMB channel partner universe in India has shown organic growth over the last two years...

The South African operator Cell C has announced the launch of a new service named “MyTools”, a cloud telephony service built on global technology firm fonYou’s OMT-9000 platform...

Mobile payments could soon be greatly facilitated across Latin America following the announcement of a new joint venture between MasterCard and Telefonica...

One of Saudi Arabia’s leading operators is addressing dramatic traffic growth through the construction of a resilient, adaptable and scalable nationwide network...

Wireless landline services provided throughout the Philippines by Bayan Telecommunications are to be resold under the Cordia WiLL brand as part of a new agreement between the operator and the CSP Cordia Corporation...

As part of an ongoing spat with its Indian partner Essar, Vodafone has released a statement declaring its stance on the matter...

The availability and cost of finance is a key factor in the consolidation process now taking place amongst Communications Service Providers (CSPs) in emerging markets. Without access to finance deals cannot take place...

Panama’s América Móvil subsidiary, Claro Panama, has launched the operator’s mobile Instant Messaging (IM) service, Claro Messenger...

Customers in rural Albania will soon have access to free satellite broadband Internet, to be provided by the Albanian Post in conjunction with SES ASTRA...

Vodafone Albania will soon provide high-quality and high-speed broadband 3G services across the country. Albania’s leading mobile operator has chosen Nokia Siemens Networks to build its 3G network, and enhance the experience for its users and visitors roaming onto its network...

NEC Corporation has unveiled a new flexible backhaul solution, the iPASOLINK 400...

The managed network services provider Reliance Globalcom is set to upgrade a key cable route connecting Western Europe with the Middle East...

The newest version of QIP, one of Russia’s most widespread IM services, is now powered by Spirit DSP’s TeamSpirit 3.1 Voice and Video engine...

Paul Chester Children’s Hope Foundation (PCCHF) is partnering with Guardian 24/7, a telemedicine company founded by military physician Dr. Sean O’Mara, to bring greater medical access to patients in Kenya...

Mobile Instant Messaging continues its spread across Latin America, with Claro Perú becoming the fifth subsidiary of América Móvil to launch the Claro Messenger service...

A new alliance has been formed between three major Asian operators – China Mobile, South Korean KT, and Japan’s NTT Docomo – aimed at providing “new experiences and greater convenience” to mobile subscribers in Northeast Asia...

In the past year there have been a number of changes of ownership and take-overs among communication service providers (CSPs) in emerging markets. This is part of the process of the network consolidation taking place across emerging regions as the realities of operating in low ARPU markets, such as increased competition and rising fuel and labour costs, begin to bear down on CSPs...

One of Indonesia’s largest operators is continuing the consolidation of their network onto one management platform in order to offer improved CDMA Fixed Mobile services to its 16 million subscribers...