Thailand’s beleaguered 3G auctions have now stalled indefinitely, following a decision by the country’s Supreme Administrative Court to uphold a complaint made by the state-owned operator CAT Telecom, which alleged that the Thai regulator, the National Telecommunications Commission, was not authorised to oversee the auctions...

Access to telecommunications services is increasingly viewed as a basic right, and consumers – particularly in the developed world - often take for granted the availability of these services without considering the ramifications...

China Mobile’s search engine will reportedly launch in 2011. The operator has entered into a joint venture with Xinhua to compete with market leaders Baidu and Google...

ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré today challenged global leaders to ensure that more than half of all the world’s people have access to broadband networks by 2015, and make access to high-speed networks a basic civil right...

India’s mobile market may soon be opened up to MVNOs as the country’s government considers ways of bailing out the eight operators which won bids for mobile licences two years ago...

The Central Region of the Russian Federation has been named as the site of a new Global Network Operations Centre (GNOC) to be built by Nokia Siemens Networks...

Thailand’s long-delayed 3G auctions have met with yet another setback, with the state-owned operator CAT Telecom filing a legal complaint in which it claims that the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) does not have the requisite authority to hold the 3G auctions...

 Massive potential in the Chinese triple-play market has attracted the attention of CAMEO Communications and set-top box manufacturer Coship Electronics, who are looking to capitalise on the emerging popularity of triple-play...

Central Europe has witnessed its first LTE network launch – and it has skipped 3G entirely. Two Polish mobile network operators, Mobyland and Centernet, have formed a partnership that has launched a commercial LTE network on the 1800MHz band...

The Indian government’s security concerns over the country’s telecommunications networks have featured prominently in recent telecoms news, but what exactly are the implications of India’s proposed security measures? Is India right to be concerned about the possibility its networks being hijacked by foreign vendors or operators? Where do the roots of these concerns lie? And what can be done to resolve this issue?

Vodafone has announced an agreement to sell its entire 3.2% interest in China Mobile, clarifying that the two companies will continue their commercial and technology cooperation. Vodafone expects the cash consideration to be approximately £4.3bn before tax and transaction costs...

A new push email service is being launched in Costa Rica by the country’s incumbent operator, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). The mass market service, branded Syncronizate, is based on Synchronica’s Mobile Gateway middleware, and will be used to add new push functionality to the existing ICE webmail service Acelera...

The Indian government’s security concerns regarding the telecoms industry have been well publicised in recent weeks, with rumours of a ban on the import of telecoms equipment causing a stir amongst foreign vendors...

A new registration system has been put into effect by operators across China as part of a drive to combat the increasing use of mobiles for the purposes of spam and telecoms services fraud...

Russia’s largest operator VimpelCom and Egyptian operator Orascom have confirmed that they are holding talks to discuss the possibility of a US$25 billion merger...

The Russian city of Kazan has become the newest beneficiary of LTE technology, having played host to the launch of what is believed to be Russia’s first LTE network...

Kuwait will soon witness the launch of new mobile broadband services from Zain, the country’s largest operator. The rollout will be enabled by the billing and charging software provider Redknee...

Strong growth in the Asian telecommunications market has seen a correspondingly strong development of infrastructure. Research and Markets have conducted an in-depth examination of the telecoms infrastructure in each of the region’s economies...

Chinese consumers will soon be able to purchase Android-powered handsets, with both Motorola and Sony Ericsson confirming that they will release new TD-SCDMA-based devices as exclusives for various Chinese operators...

Movistar Chile, a subsidiary of Telefonica, will soon be able to offer its subscribers higher peak data rates courtesy of a new, more efficient mobile broadband network...

Fixed broadband costs over five times more relative to average incomes in BRIC countries than in developed nations. In an interview with Developing Telecoms, Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary General of the ITU, called on developing and emerging markets to lower the cost of broadband relative to monthly incomes in order to narrow the ‘broadband divide’...

Subscribers of China Mobile will soon be able to enjoy consumer BlackBerry services, as the world’s largest telecoms operator has partnered with manufacturer RIM to launch the services across China...

Haitian operator MultiLink S.A. has extended high-quality data services such as Voice over IP (VoIP) to a large number of subscribers across Haiti. With Nokia Siemens Networks’ microwave radio network, the Caribbean service provider has enhanced its network capacity and coverage...

Two of Thailand’s biggest telecoms operators will be allowed to bid in the country’s upcoming 3G auctions, even though they should be disqualified due to restrictions on foreign ownership...

 A new report from Research and Markets details the growth and popularity of mobile services in the Philippines, examining why mobile has eclipsed fixed-line across the archipelago...

New Q310 information on the telecoms markets of Qatar and the UAE is now available, and the results, while mixed, indicate positive growth and a bright outlook for the future...

Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) has become the first privately owned Indian operator to secure a deal for 3G network equipment. The firm has commissioned Nokia Siemens Networks to provide technology and expertise pertinent to its 3G rollout...

A new push email service has been launched in the Philippines by Smart Communications, the archipelago’s largest mobile operator...

Two new entrants to the Russian telecoms market may be awarded LTE spectrum this week – a potentially controversial development since both Osnova Telecom and RusEnergoTelekom (RET) are backed by the Russian government...

Huawei’s continued attempts to break into the US market have hit another setback as US authorities move to stymie a potential contract between the Chinese vendor and the American operator Sprint Nextel...

Thailand’s 3G auctions, set to take place on the 28^th and 29^th of September, have so far attracted eight bidders...

Having identified an increasing demand for mobile satellite products throughout the continent, Gilat Satcom is set to expand its operations in Africa...

Mexico’s most recent spectrum auction has awarded the winning bidder with a nationwide allocation of 30MHz in the 1710MHz to 2170MHz frequency band. The winning bid was placed by a partnership between the media company Grupo Televisa and the mobile operator NII Holdings (Nextel)...

Orascom Telecom has reportedly increased the coverage of its North Korean network, Koryolink, to encompass ‘several’ additional cities...