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 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)...  

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...

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.

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...

On2 Technologies, which specialises in video compression solutions, has licensed its VP7 video codec to 21ViaNet (China). Founded in 1996, 21ViaNet is a carrier-neutral Internet Data Centre (IDC) service provider in China...