Russia has the potential to become a world leader in advanced mobile communications if it follows a transparent and objective approach to licensing third-generation spectrum, according to the GSM Association.

Alcatel-Lucent and Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau SARL are collaborating on a new IP service...

Vodafone is set to launch a £7bn plus offer for the Indian mobile phone operator Hutchison Essar as the company prepares to fight off rival bids for India's fourth largest telecoms carrier...

Mobile Telecommunications Company, is set to deliver high-speed mobile services such as mobile video, multimedia messaging and web browsing in Kuwait via Nortel optical solutions...

Currently boasting the largest subscriber base of satellite handheld users, UAE-based Thuraya will be launching a new satellite, Thuraya-3, by the end of March 2007...

Arab Advisors Group has launched a new report which analyses the cellular tariffs for 42 cellular operators in 19 Arab countries.

Shanghai Unicom, a branch of China Unicom, recently took the opportunity of a press conference to announce several new mobile services...

Texas Instruments is expanding its portfolio of WiMAX solutions with 2 new announcements in the WiMAX sector...

WiMAX,Wireless Broadband, Global: Samsung Electronics Co has unveiled a three-way gadget that combines a phone, personal computer and music player...  

Malaysia's government is encouraging the roll-out of 4G/WiMAX in its country next year by announcing that it will issue two appropriate licences in the next few months.

Bharti Airtel Limited has awarded Nokia an estimated US$400 million contract to expand its managed GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks in eight Airtel circles and to deploy a pan-Indian WAP solution across its networks.

Slovenia's Masterline has agreed to distribute PacketLight Networks productions and solutions for storage and disaster recovery. Michael Schwartz learnt more from PacketLight CEO Coby Hanoch, and asked him for his views on Slovenia as a place to trade.

Over the last five years, the fixed telecoms sector in Central and Eastern Europe has faced major challenges from mobile, which has appeared unstoppable. However, it is now believed that the decline in fixed-line penetration may show signs of slowing down - and that in some markets there may yet be some growth...

According to the ITU 45,000 exhibition visitors attended ITU Telecom World. But how many were from Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Central Europe? It seems many exhibitors felt not enough to justify the cost of participating. Telecom returns to Geneva in 2009. But has the day of mega-events passed, or has a rival event taken Telecom's place?

JDSU has added a new IPTV transport stream monitoring capability to its QT-600 Ethernet and triple-play probe...