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Broadway signs comprehensive agreement to launch GyPSii into India

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
22 February 2008
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  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • GyPSii
GyPSii, the world's leading geo-location and social networking service provider for mobile phones and Internet devices, has signed an agreement with Broadway Pvt. Ltd., to offer the full suite of GyPSii services to the world's second largest and fastest growing mobile market with 233 million mobile subscribers and growing at a monthly rate of over 8 million...

WIN launch fully managed content service Magti Fun for MagtiCom

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
22 February 2008
9497 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Georgia
  • WIN Plc
  • MagtiCom
WIN plc, specialists in interactive mobile entertainment and information, and MagtiCom, with more than one million subscribers, the largest mobile operator in Georgia, together announced the launch of Magti Fun, a fully managed content service portal provided by WIN...

WIN launch fully managed content service Magti Fun for MagtiCom

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
22 February 2008
8378 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Georgia
  • WIN Plc
  • MagtiCom
WIN plc, specialists in interactive mobile entertainment and information, and MagtiCom, with more than one million subscribers, the largest mobile operator in Georgia, together announced the launch of Magti Fun, a fully managed content service portal provided by WIN...

Machine-to-Machine Communications Provides Mobile Operators with Revenue Generating Opportunities

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Category: Revenue & Billing
22 February 2008
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  • Global
  • M2M
Network revenue from machine-to-machine communications is projected to grow at three times the rate of the mobile handset business, according to Harbor Research. With typical per-dollar revenue profit margins for cellular M2M services also considerably higher than the handset market, operators investing now can benefit from this growth opportunity...

AdaptiveMobile Launch Parental Controls for Mobile Devices using Cisco's Service Exchange Framework

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
22 February 2008
8328 views
  • Global
  • AdaptiveMobile
  • Parental Controls
AdaptiveMobile, the leading provider of mobile subscriber protection for enterprises and individuals, today unveiled a powerful set of parental controls that operate across any mobile device, network or technology. The solution, which combines the AdaptiveMobile Policy Control Framework with the Cisco Service Exchange Framework...

Jasper Wireless Expands Global Coverage with Signed Operator Partnerships in More Than 45 Countries

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Category: Service Management
22 February 2008
9811 views
  • Global
  • M2M
  • Jasper Wireless
Jasper Wireless, the licensed global machine-to-machine (M2M) mobile operator, has announced that it has signed operator partnership agreements in over 45 European, American and African countries...

IDEA Cellular Selects Oracle's Siebel CRM to Provide Service to Pre- and Post-Paid Customers

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
21 February 2008
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  • Central South Asia
  • Oracle
  • India
  • Idea Cellular
  • Siebel CRM
Oracle today announced that IDEA Cellular Limited, a leading mobile operator in India and a part of the Aditya Birla Group, has selected Oracle's Siebel CRM to deliver a unique customer service experience to pre- and post-paid mobile subscribers across its entire operations in India...

Polkomtel Selects Oracle to Enhance Customer Experience

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Category: Service Management
19 February 2008
9402 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Poland
  • Polkomtel
  • Siebel CRM
Oracle today announced that Polkomtel, a leading mobile provider in Poland, has selected Oracle's Siebel CRM, Oracle Communications Order and Service Management, Oracle Communications Service Activation and Oracle Communications Inventory Management to help improve operational efficiency, enhance customer service and enable rapid deployment of next-generation services...

Turkey's prepaid market-leader migrates entire prepaid portfolio onto Digitalk IP platform

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
19 February 2008
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  • Middle East North Africa
  • Turkey
  • VoIP
  • Digitalk
Millenicom, Turkey's largest calling card and call shop operator, has migrated its entire prepaid services portfolio onto the Digitalk Media Application Server (MAS), providing a full set of turnkey value-added features and applications on the multiservice platform.

RAD Unveils Market's First Cell Site Gateway for Simultaneous Backhaul over SHDSL and ADSL2+

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Category: Wireless Networks
19 February 2008
8811 views
  • Backhaul
  • Global
  • Wireless
  • RAD
RAD Data Communications has unveiled its fully "future-proof" ACE-3205 cell site gateway. "RAD's ACE-3205 cell site gateway is triply unique," says Gaby Junowicz, Director of Business Development at RAD Data Communications...

MTS and Microsoft to Work Together to Deliver Mobile Services Across Russia and CIS

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
19 February 2008
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  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Russia
  • MTS
  • Microsoft
  • CIS
  • Mobile TeleSystems OJSC
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC , the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, and Microsoft Corp today announced their co-operation to deliver new mobile communications services for MTS customers. The collaboration is aimed at extending the range of products in MTS' market-leading portfolio of value-added services...

Redknee to Provide Turnkey Converged Billing to Inmarsat

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Category: Revenue & Billing
19 February 2008
8735 views
  • Global
  • Redknee
  • Inmarsat
  • Converged Billing
Redknee Solutions Inc. announced that it has been selected by Inmarsat plc. to provide a real-time Turnkey Converged Billing solution...

End2End provides fully managed Content Retailing Solution to Vodafone Turkey

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Category: Service Management
19 February 2008
10370 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Vodafone
  • Turkey
  • Content
  • End2End
  • Retail
Vodafone Turkey, Turkey's second largest mobile operator, has successfully launched End2End's fully outsourced Content Retailing Solution replacing Vodafone Turkey's previous platform service...

ZTE demonstrates 5.76Mbps HSUPA at GSMA Mobile World Congress

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Category: Wireless Networks
19 February 2008
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  • Global
  • Wireless
  • HSPA
  • Technology
ZTE demonstrated the company's newly IOT (Inter Operability Testing) tested 5.76Mbps HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) network equipment at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008, following the successful launch of ZTE's 7.2Mbps HSDPA/2Mbps HSUPA network equipment at China's PT/Wireless & Networks Comm exhibition in October last year...

ZTE Showcases Industry's First SDR Base Station at GSMA Mobile World Congress

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Category: Wireless Networks
19 February 2008
9279 views
  • Global
  • ZTE
  • Technology

ZTE has launched the ZXGW B8036 SDR (Software Defined Radio) base station. The ZXGW B8036, the world's first pre-commercial SDR base station, supports GSM and WCDMA simultaneously within software...

Redknee to Provide Real-Time Messaging Rating and Charging Solution To Vietnamese GSM Operator

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Category: Service Management
15 February 2008
8379 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Redknee
  • Vietnam
  • Mobifone

Redknee Solutions has announced that it has been selected by Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services Company to provide a real-time messaging rating and charging solution. VMS, operating under the brand name MobiFone, is a GSM service provider with the largest market share (approximately 39%) in Vietnam...

Redknee Introduces Rating and Charging Innovation

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Category: Revenue & Billing
15 February 2008
8625 views
  • Billing
  • Global
  • Redknee
Redknee Solutions, a leading provider of innovative software that monetizes and personalizes services and content for mobile operators, has announced the launch of IP Rating and Charging (IPRC) 5.0...

Max Telecom Completes First Phase of Nationwide WiMAX Rollout in Bulgaria

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Category: Wireless Networks
15 February 2008
9373 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Cisco
  • Broadband
  • Bulgaria
  • WiMAX
Max Telecom today announced it has completed the first phase of its WiMAX rollout in Bulgaria, using the Cisco AE Mobile WiMAX technology paired with its access and aggregation solutions. Max Telecom plans to expand coverage to 90 percent of Bulgaria's population by the end of 2009...

GTI launches Africa's largest commercial WiMAX network in Algeria

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Category: Wireless Networks
15 February 2008
11700 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Algeria
  • WiMAX
Galaxia Telecom International PLC, the telecom integrator and operator specializing in the innovation and deployment of wireless broadband technologies, has announced the listing of the company's shares on the Open Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the launch of its first mass market WiMAX network in Algeria...

Kirusa enables world's first exchange of Voice SMS messages across mobile networks and vendors

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
15 February 2008
9283 views
  • Central South Asia
  • SMS
  • Pakistan
  • Kirusa
  • GSM
Kirusa, the world's leading vendor of Voice SMS and a leading developer of mobile value added services, has demonstrated the world's first exchange of Voice SMS messages between diverse carriers using different Voice SMS systems...

Essel launches Indian mobile video portal via BSNL

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
15 February 2008
11953 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Video
  • BSNL
Essel Group, India's largest entertaiment/media conglomerate, has turned to the expertise of U-Turn Media to break into the mobile portal market in Northern India. The Group will be working with wireless operator BSNL...

Barcelona to witness new mobile advertising alliance

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Category: Service Management
15 February 2008
8586 views
  • Global
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Advertising
  • Barcelona
A group of leading software players has recognised the need for greater monetisation of mobile network resources, supported by highly flexible advertising campaigns . The Mobile Advertising Alliance has chosen the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona to publicise its launch...

Satellite VoIP receives WTL boost

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
08 February 2008
9031 views
  • Global
  • VoIP
  • Satellites
Enhanced results for users of European Space Agency services are the intention of recent collaboration between ESA and World Telecom Labs, the Brussels-based maufacturer of VoIP equipment...

Andrew sells satcom business to Resilience Capital Partners

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Category: Satellite Networks
08 February 2008
8969 views
  • Satellite
  • Global
Private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners, of Cleveland, Ohio has purchased the Satellite Communications Division of Andrew Corporation. Andrew Corporation, the CommScope subsidiary, has completed the sale of its Satellite Communications business to Resilience Capital Partners, a Cleveland, Ohio-based private equity firm...

Thomson turnkey brings mobile TV to the Baltics

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
08 February 2008
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  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Latvia
  • Mobile TV
A DVB-H trial by Latvian Mobile Telephone is using Thomson's Management and Encoding System. Thomson's Mobile TV solutions are being demonstrated during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona...

Globul Selects Cisco and Personeta to Launch First Integrated Mobile and Fixed-Line Telecom Service

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Category: Service Management
08 February 2008
9353 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Cisco
  • Globul
  • Bulgaria
  • Convergence
Cisco and Personeta have announced that the two companies are delivering a fixed-mobile converged voice solution to Globul, the fastest-growing mobile operator in Bulgaria...

Zain earnings are record for Kuwait

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
08 February 2008
10895 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Finance
  • Kuwait
  • Zain
Kuwait's private sector has experienced its highest ever net profits posting, thanks to mobile operator Zain...

Aircom, XL agree on Indonesian ASSET supply

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Category: Service Management
08 February 2008
10157 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • Aircom
  • Asset
  • Distribution
Better planning and more efficient networks are the promise of Aircom International's ASSET system. ASSET is now more widely available thanks to a recent distribution agreement for the Asia-Pacific region. AIRCOM will be exhibiting at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona...

Playing games with 3G

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Dr. Nicolae Oaca
Category: Trends & Forecasts
04 February 2008
13187 views
  • Regulation
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • 3G
  • Romania

Orange and Vodafone are winners in the contest for the last two 3G licenses in Romania. At least that is how it now appears, in a story which has lessons for regulators and operators in emerging markets worldwide...

2008 Aid + Trade Conference takes place in Geneva

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Category: Humanitarian Comms
27 January 2008
11011 views
  • Disaster relief
  • Global
  • Aid
The 2008 International Aid + Trade Event brings together the global humanitarian relief, aid and development community to share knowledge and experience, improve coordination and communication, increase the effectiveness of aid response and humanitarian relief and embrace the challenge of integrated aid and development...

Talia 'Good Works' Scheme offers free hardware for NGOs and Charities

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Category: Satellite Networks
27 January 2008
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  • Middle East North Africa
  • VSAT
  • Talia
Talia, one of the largest suppliers of satellite Internet for North Africa and the Middle East, is launching its new 'Good Works' scheme at the 2008 International Aid + Trade conference in Geneva, Switzerland...

Algerie Telecom pioneers African FTTH strategy

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Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
27 January 2008
17062 views
  • Cable
  • Middle East North Africa
  • triple play
  • Broadband
  • Algeria
  • FttH
  • Fibre-optics
This year will witness a national Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) network throughout Algeria in what is believed to be Africa's first business strategy to incorporate FTTH...

Transitioning to an IP core for emerging telecoms

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Category: Wireless Networks
27 January 2008
10334 views
  • Global
  • VoIP
  • IMS
  • ngn
  • Telrad
Moving to a VoIP paradigm presents real challenges for operators in the emerging markets. Developing Telecoms asked Yossi Ben Harosh, President & CEO, Telrad Networks, to outline some of the difficulties that can be expected - and to suggest the best way forward...

Fibre-optic Group advocates OM3 naming system

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Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
27 January 2008
10210 views
  • Cable
  • Global
  • Fibre-optics
  • FOA
Fibre-optics professionals should be simplifying the classification of fibre-optics, particularly in the face of competition from copper products...

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