ABI Research has conducted a survey on using mobile phones for person-to-person payments. Interest was low in the seven countries surveyed. Interest in the developing markets was greater - but ABI did not ask anyone in those countries. Michael Schwartz reproaches...

In an important first for the Iraqi market, Asiacell – the largest private Iraqi company and the first and only mobile telecommunications company to provide coverage for all of Iraq – has announced a major strategic partnership with AMWAL, a consortium of Iraqi banks...

Reportlinker has announces their new market research report on the Saudi Arabian telecoms market. Looking towards 2014, Reportlinker is confident of major growth in the Saudi 3G sector...

me2me AG has selected Iperia’s MobileVX platform for Visual Voice Messaging as part of its “String of Pearls” strategy, which aims to offer a full suite of voice and web services to Mobile Operators and other Service Providers...

MCB, one of Pakistan’s leading banks, has passed an important milestone. In less than eight months the bank’s MCB Mobile service has processed more than US$10 million worth of transactions...

The Dominican Republic will soon benefit from a new mobile WiMAX network, which is to be constructed by Samsung...

The emergence of the Wholesale Applications Community was perhaps the most significant event of Mobile World Congress 2010. Developing Telecoms' editor-in-chief Alec Barton ponders how this will affect the industry...

Developing Telecoms' editor-in-chief Alec Barton gives his impressions of Mobile World Congress 2010...

 Synchronica has unveiled Mobile Gateway 5, a complete mobile messaging suite that enables operators to offer push email and synchronisation, instant messaging, social networking services, and web feeds to consumers and business users regardless of the handset they use...

This month, BSNL will roll out WiMAX services in Dhakor of Greater Noida, which is located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The area is under the remit of the Indian National Capital Region...

Alcatel-Lucent and Bulgarian telco Vivacom have signed a five-year partnership focusing on the end-to-end strategic transformation of Vivacom’s fixed and mobile network throughout the country. Vivacom is outsourcing end-to-end network operations to Alcatel-Lucent as of March 1, 2010...

A new report from Companies and Markets provides a detailed analysis of the Central American telecoms market, listing great successes as well as markets which the authors considered to be under-achievers...

A new contract signed by Trace Systems will be supporting US Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), including the Joint Network Operations Control Centre. Valued at over US$55 million, the contract will involve more than 40 IT experts supporting the Joint Network Operations Control Center in Afghanistan...

  Suntrica has brought out a new range of solar-powered chargers, including a community charger for rural villages in emerging markets, as well as and chargers for iPods and iPhones...

Two dozen carriers worldwide have taken the opportunity of the Mobile World Congress to unveil what they describe as the “Wholesale Applications Community,” an “open international applications platform.” It is generally accepted that the lobby has been formed to respond to the success of the Apple iPhone App Store...

After its success in Spain, mobile operator fonYou Telecom is to offer its Online Mobile Telephony platform to other mobile network operators...

NEC Corporation showcased its new digital signage solution at Mobile World Congress. The new solution, a full scale digital signage service named “PanelDirector”, is a cutting-edge advertisement distribution application service that enables telecom carriers to offer a first-class cloud service to their corporate customers while generating additional revenue...

CelleBrite Ltd., a provider of mobile forensic solutions, announced application upgrades to the UFED family of products at Mobile World Congress 2010...

ITU has signed an important Cooperation Agreement with Singapore-based smartBridges Solutions, a leading provider of wireless broadband equipment, to provide WiMAX and WiFi systems to strengthen ITU’s on-the-ground disaster response capabilities...

LSI Corporation has announced its next-generation link communication processor designed to allow migration of network traffic to IP-based networks...

Genaker, a supplier of mobile business productivity solutions, has unveiled a Push-to-Talk over Cellular client, based on the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) standard for iPhone and BlackBerry devices...

In response to the growing needs of satellite broadband providers, Comarch has developed a solution combining pre-integrated CRM, BSS and network management systems...

Cystelcom Sistemas, a supplier of 3G mobile video solutions, unveiled the latest innovations from their Veedia 3G Mobile Video Solutions line at Mobile World Congress...

Conexant Systems, a provider of semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications, has teamed with AnyDATA Corporation to deliver “connected” frame and home security reference designs for products used in 3G broadband cellular networks...

CommuniGate Systems took the opportunity of Mobile World Congress 2010 to announce iPeachy3D from iPeachy...

GyPSii has been selected by Genasys as its exclusive mobile social network partner. In partnership with Telefonica, they will launch a consumer-focused application to subscribers across Latin America...

Teleca and Imagination Technologies have announced that they will collaborate to create a range of optimised demonstration platforms for Flash and Flash Lite...

Teleca and Imagination Technologies have announced that they will collaborate to create a range of optimised demonstration platforms for Flash and Flash Lite...

Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, has selected Comverse to deploy a multi-channel mobile advertising platform in its network, allowing Kyivstar to launch targeted promotional campaigns to its subscribers...

Marvell, a provider of integrated silicon solutions, announced the newest addition to the ARMADA family of application processors at Mobile World Congress 2010..

The first test cases required for an LTE device certification scheme have been validated and approved by GCF, the Global Certification Forum...

 OMTP has announced the newest release of its BONDI terminal initiative which is gaining increasing industry support...