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Polkomtel Selects Oracle to Enhance Customer Experience

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Category: Service Management
19 February 2008
9410 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
8827 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
12281 views
  • 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
8746 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
10380 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
9438 views
  • 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
9289 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
8388 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
8629 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
9385 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
11711 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
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  • 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
11975 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
8593 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
9040 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
8980 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
9039 views
  • 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
9359 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
10913 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
10168 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
13203 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
11029 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
7340 views
  • 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
17074 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
10348 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
10226 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...

Algeria's fixed, cellular revenues are projected to grow in lead to privatization

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
27 January 2008
12743 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Algeria
  • Privatisation
  • Arab Advisors
The imminent transfer of Algeria's telecoms services from state to private ownership is keenly anticipated. During the build-up to final roll-out revenues are expected to show substantial growth. The Arab Advisors Group has issued a report on this exciting issue...

WiMAX is lever to France Telecom plans for expansion

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
27 January 2008
13393 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Middle East North Africa
  • 4G
  • Wireless
  • WiMAX
  • France Telecom
Many of the Western European operators appear inward-looking, almost unwilling to look into overseas markets even when the latter make up the real areas of growth in the context of current global telecoms...

Subex boosts Prevea credit risk management solution

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Category: Revenue & Billing
27 January 2008
9812 views
  • Revenue
  • Billing
  • Global
  • Customer Service
Subex, which specialises in OSS solutions, has released an enhanced version of its Prevea credit-risk management system...

Zain creates Mid-East roam-free zone, buys Iraqna, launches in Saudi via NSN

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
18 January 2008
14609 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Mergers
  • Zain
  • Iraq
  • Saudi Arabia
 Developing Telecoms reported last month that Zain was on its way to creating a roaming-free market in Africa, with a dozen countries all enjoying one single telecoms market. Since then, Zain has announced a single roaming-free market for its Middle East customers...

Ninety percent of Lebanese GSM users send SMS; youth market tops nearly 96%

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
18 January 2008
11430 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • SMS
  • Lebanon
  • GSM

SMS has taken hold in the Lebanese market. As Lebanon’s telecoms market may well be on the way to liberalisation, Arab Advisory Group figures show that only 10% of GSM users do not use SMS...

Saudi Arabia Internet users spend over US$3 billion in B2C e-commerce in 2007

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
18 January 2008
10057 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Saudi Arabia

Spending by Saudi Arabian Internet users reached over US$3.2 billion last year...

Huge global growth in SMS continues over New Year - Acision

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
18 January 2008
10253 views
  • Global
  • SMS
  • Mobile
  • Acision

Acision has announced that global SMS traffic was 30% higher over the 2008 New Year period when compared to the equivalent in 2007. People are obviously texting in the changes rather than ringing them in…

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