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Satcom specialist Newtec has now installed its Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS) multimedia concept at the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) facility in Algiers. It is intended to allow video and audio material to be shared over large geographical areas. ASBU's new MENOS networking capability is designed to support all of the transmission applications required by ABSU broadcaster-members...
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The Global VSAT Forum has issued a plea for its members to support the recent ITU initiative "Connect the World". The Forum believes that the initiative will bring the power of its private-sector members to bear in increasing the developing world's access to communications...
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Fintur Group, a mobile operator consortium operating widely in Central Asia and Eastern Europe, has chosen Subex Operations Support Systems to combat fraud. Integration of the new system will be carried out by Gantex...
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Cubans are now able to buy mobile phones. They can now use pre-paid systems to make both national and international calls. This is the first time that this has been possible in Cuba and reflects a limited programme of economic liberalisation which Raul Castro is authorising, not least in ending bans on electrical consumer goods...
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Claiming to offer higher-quality video encoding at lower prices, Media Excel have introduced a video encoding/transcoding hardware platform based on the Texas Instruments Da Vinci processor...
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Intensive competition from mobile phones and the problematic fixed-line market in China have led to a major consolidation in that country...
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Three organisations - South Africa's Education Department, Nokia, and the not-for profit Mindset Network - have launched M4Girls, an educational initiative based on Nokia 6300 mobiles aimed at raising maths standards among teenaged girl students in South Africa...
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East Africa is one of the most dynamic markets in Africa. Most countries in the region are experiencing high GDP growth and favourable market and regulatory conditions. Tanzania is one of the most attractive with 7% GDP growth, stable political conditions, dynamic operators and a low mobile penetration level...
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The Cuban government announced last week that it will allow the general public to purchase prepaid mobile phones - a privilege previously only afforded to key government officials and foreign workers. Despite the previous restrictions, some Cubans had managed to acquire mobile phones from foreigners. Nevertheless, usage has remained low. According to Analysis research, mobile penetration stood at only 1.8% at the end of 2007, up from 1.6% in the previous year...
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Zain has achieved another first by bringing its groundbreaking borderless "One Network" mobile service to four countries in the Middle East. This service, which made telecom history when it was launched in Africa, today allows Zain's 14 million customers in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan and Sudan to be part of a pan Middle East mobile community, providing them the opportunity to communicate between these countries and be treated as local customers in terms of pricing, while using their home network service...
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Etisalat, the leading telecommunications carrier and Internet Service Provider in UAE, has chosen the Kirusa Voice SMS solution for offering the Voice SMS service to their subscribers in the UAE. With the launch of this service, an Etisalat subscriber has the option of sending an SMS message in their own voice...
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MACH, the provider of business processes to optimise roaming profitability, today announced that I.C.E. (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad) Costa Rica has moved from VeriSign to become a new MACH client...
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Ufone, one of the leading mobile carriers in Pakistan, has launched the Awaz SMS service based upon the pioneering Voice SMS technology from Kirusa, the world's leading vendor of Voice SMS and a leading developer of mobile value added services...
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ECI Telecom, a global provider of networking infrastructure, announced today that it has signed a cooperative frame agreement with CJSC Synterra, one of Russia's largest national telecommunications operators, for delivery of the XDM AE and BroadGate AE Multi-Service Transport Platform (MSTP) solutions to support the carrier's 60,000 km-long network, one of Russia's largest nationwide transport networks...
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Altobridge has won a three-year, fully managed services contract with leading Mongolian mobile communications provider, MobiCom Corporation. The contract is for the provision of communications across rural Mongolia using Altobridge's unique GSM architecture, which enables operators to dramatically cut the costs of delivering communication services...
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AIRCOM International, the leading independent mobile network planning and optimisation consultancy, has been appointed by Malaysia's Packet One International, to provide planning support to its WiMAX network. Packet One has chosen AIRCOM's ASSET tool to help plan and optimise the network, prior to a full roll out later in the year, making it one of the first to commercially deploy one of the largest WiMAX networks on the 2.3Ghz spectrum in the world...
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WiMAX suffered a major setback when the partnership between US operator Sprint Nextel, one of the technology's strongest advocates, and wireless high-speed Internet service provider Clearwire fell apart in November 2007. Now a new frontrunner has emerged with ambitious plans that may strengthen the case for WiMAX...
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- Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
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The FOA has created a new certification programme covering "Fiber Optic Network Design"...
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The 200,000 fisherman that work on Lake Victoria will soon be using mobile phones to call for help if they get into trouble on the world's second largest inland lake. In an initiative coordinated by the GSMA's Development Fund, mobile networks will be expanded to cover Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, fuelling economic and social development of the lakeside communities and potentially reducing the number of fishing-related deaths each year...
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GyPSii, the geo-location and mobile social networking provider, has partnered with Shanghai Rannuo and China Unicom to launch its GyPSii service during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing...
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As projects continue in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Andrew Wireless Solutions is helping to ensure wireless coverage is well up to standard in Beijing Metro's six rail lines...
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The ITU has deployed 25 satellite terminals to help restore vital communication links in the aftermath of severe floods that have inundated low-lying districts across Zambia. A total of 3,418 homes and 44 schools collapsed as a result of heavy rainfall, and ensuing floods have destroyed roads and communication links, hampering the coordination and delivery of assistance...
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Veraz Networks recently announced the availability of its latest Network-adaptive Border Controller, the next generation of Session Border Controllers (SBC)...
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Colibria, the leading new generation provider of mobile instant messaging (MIM) and Presence-enabled solutions, recently announced availability of its Colibria Lite client to support low cost Java based handset growth in emerging markets...
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Sonus Networks has announced the latest release of its industry-leading software. Sonus 7.1 which claims to deliver a new levels of IP-voice capability...
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China Unicom, one of the largest mobile carriers in the world, has deployed the marketing delivery platform from Pontis to enable them to plan and deliver marketing offers tailored to their customers' needs...
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Better Energy Systems recently announced two new handheld solar power systems...
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The ITU Regional Cyber-Security Forum recently ended with the adoption of the Doha Declaration on Cyber-Security. Recognising that cyber-security has global implications that need regional and international efforts as well as close collaboration between governments and industry, the Forum urges each country in the region to develop capabilities using a new ITU Cyber-Security Framework...
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Liberalising telecoms in Saudi Arabia and conflict-torn Iraq will result in major growth markets for the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector. What is more, the Arabian Gulf ICT market is one of the fastest growing in the world, with Middle East telecoms and broadband Internet expected to generate US$70 billion in annual sales revenue by 2015. These are two claims by the organisers of Middle East Communications 2008...
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GyPSii, a geo-location and mobile social networking provider, has partnered with Dopod in China to provide location-based information and content features and services for use on mobile phones or via the Internet. The new services will be available to members of the Dopod Club...
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After a series of major - and sometimes spectacular - failures in Internet services in the Middle East and Indian regions, FLAG Telecom (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe) has undertaken the construction of a far stronger cable between Egypt and France...
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XIUS-bcgi, which aims to delivering revenue-generating solutions to mobile operators and MVNOs worldwide, along with the Bahraini-based International Agencies Company Limited, have announced that Zain Bahrain has deployed XIUS-bcgi's InstaRoam product to provide roaming service for start-up mobile operators...
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ECI Telecom has unveiled a new converged framework for next-generation products, solutions and services. The company claims its new ECI 1Net supports smooth transition to Next-Generation Networks...
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A new Networking Skills Gap study commissioned by Cisco has revealed a future gap of nearly 27 percent between supply and demand of Internetworking experts by 2010. The shortage equates to nearly 90,000 qualified professionals who would need to be trained before then to meet the expected demand...
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