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Telenor Pakistan awards infrastructure upgrade to NSN

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Wireless Networks
21 May 2009
9839 views
  • Central South Asia
  • NSN
  • Pakistan
  • Telenor
  • Nokia
  • Upgrades

Pakistani mobile operator Telenor Pakistan has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to expand and upgrade its network infrastructure. The five-year contract will have to take cognisance of low ARPU and persistent power shortages.

Ericsson brings FTTH to India

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
20 May 2009
10243 views
  • Cable
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Ericsson
  • FttH

Radius Synergies, which provides in-building management solutions for buildings in India has commissioned Fibre-To-The-Home from Ericsson. A 3,000-unit complex in New Delhi is believed to be the first recipient of this technology which enables IPTV in high definition, VoD and 100Mb/s download...

Vietnam to be a mobile giant in five years

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Trends & Forecasts
20 May 2009
10173 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • 3G
  • Mobile Broadband
  • Vietnam

Web-based analyst Seeking Alpha is predicting that Vietnam will emerge as a major market for mobile broadband by the end of 2014. Vendors of 3G equipment are expected to benefit from the boom...

MTS: we will double 3G cities by year-end

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Trends & Forecasts
19 May 2009
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  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • 3G
  • Russia
  • MTS
  • Internet Penetration

Russian 3G player MTS has announced an ambitious strategy for the Russian market. Aware that many international players do not have an advanced presence in Russia, MTS is confident that its current presence in more than 20 cities will double to 50 by the end of this year...

O3b Networks to boost broadband in DRC

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Satellite Networks
15 May 2009
9563 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • O3b
  • DRC
  • Wireless Broadband
  • WiMAX
  • Congo

O3b Networks is to help build the world's first ultra-low-latency, fibre-speed satellite network. One of the locations to be served will be the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where O3b will be partnered by Global Broadband Solution (GBS)...  

Andrew enlarges Chinese 3G plant in Suzhou

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Trends & Forecasts
15 May 2009
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  • Asia-Pacific
  • 3G
  • China
  • Manufacturing
China is warmly embracing 3G, which is putting pressure on locally-based manufacturers to produce equipment to the highest standards. One such company is Andrew Corporation which is enlarging its Suzhou manufacturing plant to meet growing demands...

Orange, Orascom stalemate over Mobinil?

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Trends & Forecasts
14 May 2009
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  • Middle East North Africa
  • Orange
  • Egypt
  • Orascom
  • Mobinil
  • network operators

The long-running dispute between France Telecom and Orascom over ownership of Egypt's main mobile operator Mobinil has resulted in Orascom being forced to sell its holding to FT-Orange. But some analysts now think this may benefit Orascom in the long run...

life:) partners Huawei to build 3,000 base stations in Ukraine

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Michael Schwartz
Category: Wireless Networks
14 May 2009
10280 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • 3G
  • Huawei
  • Ukraine
  • life:)

A 3G network of 3,000 base-stations is set for construction by Huawei as part of Ukraine’s network development. Commissioner of the contract is life:), a local GMS operator whose services can be reached by almost the entire population of the Ukraine.

Latin America telcos bypass IPTV to meet market demand - Pyramid

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
08 May 2009
10402 views
  • Latin America
  • IPTV
  • Entertainment
  • Internet Protocol
  • Pyramid Research
Pay-TV is set for continuing fast growth, according to a new report by Pyramid Research. IPTV will be overshadowed by other methods of bringing TV services to the region, primarily because of regulatory hurdles and the telcos' need to look to other methods of bringing IPTV to Latin America in the light of ever-increasing and immediate customer demand...

India's WiMAX subscribers to top 13 million by 2013

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
07 May 2009
10546 views
  • Central South Asia
  • 4G
  • India
  • Broadband
  • Wireless
  • WiMAX
  • Maravedis
Research firms Maravedis and Tonse Telecom have released the third edition of their India Wireless Broadband and WiMAX Market Analysis and Forecasts, 2009-2013 report. They predict reasonable growth in the WiMAX sector by 2013...

DOXTV, NDS pioneer Chinese DVD, VoD

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
06 May 2009
11336 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Video
  • Entertainment
  • Digital
DOXTV has chosen the end-to-end technology suite from NDS to bring Digital Video Records and Video-on-Demand to China for the first time. Stated intention of the two players is to bring content-plus-technology to allow China's pay-TV operators to transform the TV experience for audiences...

An antenna and a tin can? Enter the cantenna

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Category: Devices & Platforms
05 May 2009
12655 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Telephony
Rachel Chavula is based on Malawi's Mzuzu University Campus. She specialises in finding roles for the cantenna - a US$2.50 combination of tin-can, antenna and short wire. Singly or in tandem, the roles for this novel piece of equipment are fast expanding...

Distance learning in conflict zones: tales from the African Virtual University (AVU)

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Sidiki Traore
Category: Humanitarian Comms
04 May 2009
11687 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Education
  • Somalia
  • Distance Learning
Somalia's collapse into civil war in the early 1990s has led to a generation without an education and with none of the safeguards expected under the rule of law in a normally functioning country. Distance learning has come into its own, and so has the African Virtual University. Sidiki Traore, who has been with the AVU for over ten years, tells us how...

Intelsat 22 Satellite aims for incremental capacity in high-demand regions

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Category: Satellite Networks
04 May 2009
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  • Global
  • C-Band
  • Intelsat
  • Ku-band
  • Boeing
Boeing is set to construct a new satellite for Intelsat which will be active at 72° longitude over the Indian Ocean area. The satellite is designed to address the demands of high-growth service areas, more specifically C-band for Africa/Asia and Ku-band to bridge South-East Asia, the Indian Ocean and the African coast...

Etisalat, Nokia work to boost advanced Mobile Internet in UAE

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
01 May 2009
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  • Middle East North Africa
  • Nokia
  • UAE
  • Etilasat
  • Online payment services
Etisalat and Nokia are collaborating to provide convenient payment options for accessing OVI Maps and N-Gage Mobile Gaming services in the UAE. Both are aiming to increase sales of advanced mobile Internet...

NFC takes its next step with the Nokia 6216 classic

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Category: Devices & Platforms
01 May 2009
7970 views
  • Devices
  • Global
  • 3G
  • Nokia
  • Near Field Communication
Nokia has introduced the third of its Near Field Communication devices, the 6216 classic. Using a SIM base for the first time, Nokia is enabling operators to build NFC services via the SIM card. The content services include images, weblinks, audio files, contact data secure payment and ticketing...

Hitachi Cable announces Apresia as Japan/Vietnam backbone switch

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Category: Wireless Networks
30 April 2009
10465 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Vietnam
  • Ethernet
  • Data Centre
Hitachi Cable has announced the selection of its Apresia Ethernet switch series by Global Data Service Joint Stock Company (GDS). Headquartered in Hanoi), GDS is a joint venture data centre service company launched in Vietnam by NTT of Japan and its Vietnamese counterpart Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group...

Wananchi to provide triple play services to Kenya

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Tomslin Samme-Nlar
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
30 April 2009
11615 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Kenya
  • Digital TV
  • Zuku
Wananchi Group, a cable TV and broadband Internet services provider has contracted Kenyan based system integrator, Seven Seas Technologies to deploy an all digital TV service in Kenya, to be branded Zuku...

Bharti Telesoft rebrands as Comviva

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Category: Operators
30 April 2009
11582 views
  • Service Providers
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Comviva
  • Bharti
  • Corporate

Bharti Telesoft, which provides integrated VAS solutions for mobile operators in emerging markets, has announced its new name, Comviva, and its new company name, Comviva Technologies Limited. This major change will be accompanied by a company-wide re-branding initiative to present a unified approach to the market...

Bahrain to appoint consultant to take telecoms to 2030

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
27 April 2009
10908 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Broadband
  • Bahrain
  • Tenders
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in cooperation with the Minister responsible for her Telecommunications Sector, HE Sheik Ahmed bin Attiyatalla Al Khalifa, has issued an invitation to consultancy firms to submit proposals to assist the Minster and TRA in adopting the most appropriate policy for Telecommunications Universal Services & Access...

ForgetMeNot Africa removes need for PC and Internet during mobile messaging

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
27 April 2009
9708 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Messaging
  • Convergence
  • ForgetMeNot
ForgetMeNot Africa, a specialist in unified messaging for telecommunications operators, has announced that it is launching its Message Optimiser  service throughout Africa. MO allows carriers to immediately provide cost-effective comprehensive unified messaging services (email, Instant Messaging and SMS) without the end user requiring any Internet access, device upgrades or application downloads...

Zain Nigeria taps Tekelec to raise consumer offerings, lower operating costs

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Category: Service Management
17 April 2009
9355 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Zain
  • Nigeria
  • Customer management
  • Tekelec
Zain Nigeria, Zain Group's largest mobile network operator, has selected network signaling company Tekelec to help its migration to an all-IP network. The move will enable Zain Nigeria to offer its subscribers the multimedia applications typically associated with the more advanced IP network on its current network...

China Telecom expands into new provinces

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
17 April 2009
9451 views
  • Billing
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • China Telecom
China Telecom is rolling out new services to prepaid customers in two provinces, Hubei and Sichuan, covering an additional 150 million people. The new services will include 3G and are delivered using HP's Internet Usage Manager (IUM)...

Smart billing helps operators boost NGN revenues

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Category: Revenue & Billing
17 April 2009
7590 views
  • Global
  • Customer management
  • ngn
At the recent CTIA Wireless event in Las Vegas a key trend was the growth of innovative pricing and billing techniques. These can both raise mobile operator profits and subscriber satisfaction in the context of Next-Generation Networks...

ILS Proton soars to its half-century of launches

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Category: Satellite Networks
16 April 2009
6621 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Russia
  • ILS
  • Launches
International Launch Services (ILS), which provides mission and launch services to the commercial space industry, has successfully carried the W2A satellite to orbit on behalf of Eutelsat Communications of France via a ILS Proton. The Proton vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...

Mecca pilgrims benefit from world's largest indoor wireless coverage

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
15 April 2009
7331 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Indoor Wireless
Communications in Mecca's King Abdul Aziz Endowment have been vastly improved since Powerwave and its Saudi Arabian partner ACES were selected by Mobily Saudi Arabia to deploy the world's largest wireless coverage within the towers currently comprising the Endowment...

Endorse satellite installer certificates and you improve quality

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Category: Satellite Networks
15 April 2009
8861 views
  • Global
  • VSAT
  • SES
  • Training
  • Intelsat
Intelsat and SES are advocating VSAT installation training for technicians in both developing and developed countries...

Türk Telekom chooses Envivio convergence for massive IPTV service launch

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
14 April 2009
10346 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Turkey
  • Turk Telekom
  • IPTV
  • Envivio
Envivio Inc, which provides IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, has sold its Convergence Series video head-end to Türk Telekom's local IPTV project...

cVidya deploys MoneyMap revenue assurance at Antel Uruguay

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Category: Revenue & Billing
14 April 2009
9286 views
  • Latin America
  • Uruguay
  • ngn
  • cVidya
  • MoneyMap
cVidya Networks, which specialises in enhancing telecom data integrity, revenue assurance and dealer management systems, has announced that Antel, Uruguay's state-owned telecoms service provider, has signed an agreement for implementation of cVidya's MoneyMap suite solution throughout its operation in Uruguay...

Improving SMS delivery and revenues in Latin America

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Vince Lesch
Category: Trends & Forecasts
03 April 2009
11429 views
  • Latin America
  • SMS
Vince Lesch reviews successes in enhancing SMS in Brazil and Argentina, as well as in Latin America as a whole...

Thuraya launchs PCO in Zambia, Cameroon

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
31 March 2009
9359 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Zambia
  • Cameroon
  • Thuraya
Thuraya's drive in the emerging markets has been rewarded with the launch of Public Calling Offices in Zambia and Cameroon. Both countries are set to benefit from a versatile business tool oriented towards small entrepreneurs...

Arab cell rates revealed: Egypt and Yemen are winners

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
30 March 2009
11204 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Egypt
  • Yemen
  • Mobile Tariffs
Arab Advisors Group has analysed the cellular tariffs for 19 Arab countries - and 46 operators. The research shows that Egypt and Yemen are the winners in terms of low-cost cell rates...

Syniverse to provide mobile number portability for India

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Category: Service Management
27 March 2009
8876 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Syniverse
  • Customer management
Syniverse has been selected by the India Department of Telecommunications to implement mobile number portability in the country. Number portability, clearing house and centralised database solutions will be Syniverse's responsibility for the next ten years...

Telefónica O2 extends 2G/3G to customers in Slovakia, Czech Republic

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Category: Service Management
26 March 2009
9347 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • 3G
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia
Nokia Siemens Networks is set to expand O2's delivery of mobile services to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. A three-year contract will see NSN as sole supplier of 2G and optionally 3G to Prague and Brno...

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