After obtaining acceptance by AT&T and Vodafone for use on their wireless data networks, AnyDATA’s DTP-600W module enables high-speed Internet access to HSPA standards...

Two appointments have been made by the Grameen Foundation. Norman Buckham will be the new regional CEO for Africa; David Edelstein becomes Director of the Grameen Technology Centre and Vice-President of Technology Programmes...

The government of Angola has commissioned a complete ID management system, the contract for which has been awarded to DGM-Sistemas...

An African customer wishing to remain private has ordered an Amos 5 satellite from Spacecom Satellite Communications Ltd. This satellite is due for launch in mid-2011; for the time being an Amos 5i will fulfill the customer’s communications needs...

ABI Research’s new report looks at preparations for the introduction of 4G. While ABI anticipates that LTE is only expected to roll out in late 2010, it is encouraged by the interest shown in LTE trials: 100 mobile networks showing interest, and more than 40 from the Asia-Pacific region...

Kazakhtelecom is now able to offer internet protocol-based services to business and residential customers in Almaty, thanks to a new next-generation network which is pioneering IP over Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing in the CIS...

Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica, uses his experience of the emerging markets to explain how marketing techniques are geared towards both avoiding offence and building up customer relations...

Tadiran Telecom has been awarded tenders to two large-scale telecommunications projects in mainland China. The projects will be implemented by KTT, Tadiran’s subsidiary in China...

Sky Network, a subsidiary of Sri Lanka Telecom, has been granted investment approval by the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka to provide island-wide WiMAX broadband coverage, according to the Sri Lankan newspaper Daily Mirror’s website...

Research released by Frost & Sullivan and Colibria shows that mobile social networking is set to increase ten-fold in South America and Africa to a combined total of 527 million users in a market worth almost US$2.4 billion...

The first 4G wireless broadband network in Trinidad and Tobago has been deployed by the majority state-owned operator Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT). The company was issued a temporary licence for the deployment of its fourth generation network in April...

 A recent feature from Reuters compared the markets for 3G in China and looked forward towards 4G. In particular, it reviewed the successes of China’s three major players. Michael Schwartz reviews the article and adds his own thoughts...

Thailand’s long-delayed 3G auctions have once again been postponed, with the government claiming that the terms for the country’s existing 2G licences must be standardised before the new licences can be issued...

Twenty-three cities across Mexico are set to benefit from high-speed wireless internet services, thanks to a US$700 million investment from MVS Comunicaciones SA, Clearwire and Intel...

Commuters on Kazakhstan’s busiest railway line, Almaty-Astana, can now enjoy high-speed mobile broadband and phone services on their journey thanks to a contract between satellite specialist SES World Skies and local telco Astel...

Wire-line infrastructure will be a better-understood product in Colombia as a result of the recently announced partnership between China’s ZTE and Colombia’s Javeriana University. Technologies such as NGN, transmission and net access are leading candidates for study...

More than 3,500 rural sites on Peru will enjoy the benefits of broadband satellite communications thanks to a contract signed between Gilat and Telefonica del Peru. The contract is part of Telefonica Latinoamerica's initiative to deploy broadband services across the region...

Research and Markets estimate that smartphone sales in China are set for real growth: over 73 million by 2013, which equates to 31% of all handset sales...

Ruckus Wireless has launched its Wireless Broadband Access (WBA) solution: it is claimed by the company to be the world's first end-to-end Wi-Fi solution that “challenges” 3G, LTE and WiMAX models...

Stephane Boyera, Programme Manager to the World Wide Web Foundation, accompanied Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Web Foundation Director Rosemary Leith on their visit to Kenya and Uganda. The journey followed on from their presentation to the 2009 Internet Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Stephane Boyera’s account is summarised here...

MTN Cameroon has announced the launch of MTN Virtual, which is aimed at orienting the economics of telephony towards those consumers in Cameroon who are at the base of the consumer hierarchy...

Nokia Siemens Networks has been selected by VMS MobiFone for its 3G network roll-out in South Vietnam. Over-competition and subsequent failing revenues are a motivating force behind VMS MobiFone’s decision...

Major operators in 15 Middle East markets come under the scrutiny of a new analysis from Reportlinker. The countries’ telecoms infrastructure and fixed-voice sector are described and ranked in order of tele-density...

Video and streaming over 2G and 3G will soon be a possibility in India’s South Zone thanks to a recent contract drawn up between BSNL and Dilithium. Michael Schwartz profiles Dilithium and summarises its success...

A collaboration between German satellite provider Satlynx and Middle East satellite operator Arabsat will provide the Central Bank of Iraq with a new, fully redundant satellite network that will provide the foundations of an extensive communications platform...

Confirming its plans to move into the smart phone industry, computer giant Dell has unveiled the Mini 3 and announced partnerships with two of the world’s largest mobile operators...

Telecel Globe’s subsidiaries have now been rebranded under the name leo. In Namibia, the operator, previously known as Cell One, has chosen Nokia Siemens Networks to enable new services in a country offering major growth potential...

Entertainment is the core of Nokia’s latest mobile, the 5330 Mobile TV Edition. Designed via 3G technology to be an entertainment hub, the 5330 unites mobile broadcast TV, networking, gaming and music...

Ericsson and Zain have joined forces to combat poverty in the Amansie-West district of Ghana’s Ashanti region. Working with the Millennium Villages project, the telecom giants have deployed mobile communications services to six villages...

Some telecoms commentators have commented that the skill-shortage in India will mean higher wages and consequent deployment to Eastern Europe. Tony Kalcina, Chief Product Officer, Clarity, explains how India is already overcoming these potential dangerous obstacles...

Jinny Software, a supplier of messaging and media platforms to mobile network operators, is trialling its VoiceSMS service with several Mobile Network Operators in countries across Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania and Burkino Faso...

Nokia-enabled devices in Hungary can now bring the Nokia Messaging email service to their owners. Nokia Messaging is described as an easy to set up and use push-email service whereby users cab mobilise ten personal email accounts on one device...