Since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, much has been written about the Apple smartphone, its features and its overwhelming success in the market. But, a little known fact is that the original iPhone and its predecessors have created a huge grey market, where iPhones are bought and sold in bulk internationally outside of official distribution channels...

As part of its C-series range, Nokia has released four new low-cost handsets which are being targeted at emerging markets...

Nokia Siemens Networks and Cisco have joined forces to address an issue increasingly affecting mobile operators across the world – the capacity demands of smart devices...

Expand Networks have announced a new pricing structure for their WAN optimization solution which is designed to mirror service provider revenue models...

Ceragon Networks has announced a new product in its FibeAir RFU (Radio Frequency Unit) solutions range...

Nokia Siemens Networks has announced a new base station and antenna combination which is claimed to double GSM network capacity by improving spectrum efficiency and network performance...

Seldom in history has any invention offered so much to so many in such a short period of time. Mahuya Ghosh, Product Manager of Connectiva Systems, looks at the Mobile Miracle...

Steve Subar, CEO and President of OK Labs, believes that users should have just one platform to serve all their needs. Virtualisation makes that a reality...

Global mobile handset shipments totaled approximately 1.15 billion in 2009, with enhanced phones and smartphones capturing approximately 81% of all handset shipments, according to the latest data from ABI research...

For a whole week, air travel in Europe was paralysed by the effects of volcanic ash belched into the atmosphere by a volcano on Iceland. There had been more disruption since the tragedy of 9/11. While, in one case, the USA struggled to bring 40,000 of its citizens home, the telecoms sector has been trying to make the best of a particularly challenging and difficult situation...

4G is clearly a very powerful marketing at present. Ned Taleb, CEO and Co-Founder of Nexius, offers his executive commentary on why he thinks 4G is one of this year’s most buzzed-about topics...

Strand Consult has been evaluating the impact of the Apple iPad on the mobile and ISP sectors - a development which should get mobile operators and ISPs thinking about its implications.

Spirit, the provider of carrier-grade voice and video software engines for desktop and mobile video-conferencing, has demonstrated its TeamSpirit video-conferencing engine on iPad, iPhone and Android devices to selected customers in China, Korea, Europe and the USA...

In an initiative to harness common responses to face a global challenge, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO, the London-based premier ICT agency of the Commonwealth) is organising a cyber-security forum on 17-18 June 2010 in London, in partnership with the UK Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the UK’s Office of Cyber-Security (OCS). The forum promises to bring together high level delegates and key decision makers from the public and private sectors together with the civil society from across the Commonwealth, to promote international cooperation in cyber-security...

APC, part of Schneider Electric specialising in integrated critical power and cooling services, has launched a smart charging and remote battery management system for stationary batteries in data centres and facilities. APC Battery Management System is a comprehensive approach that will not only perform the usual monitoring tasks but will also mitigate the potential for problems caused by under- and over-charging of batteries. It will improve availability by ensuring batteries are optimally charged and ready for use...

GSM subscriber growth is slowly grinding to a halt. According to forecasts from ABI Research, growth is expected to flatline by mid-2011. Asia-Pacific makes up 45% of the global cellular market compared to 29% in 2000...

New standards have been adopted by the ITU to enhance the quality of satellite communications during emergencies. All aspects, from early warning through rapid response to relief operations are covered...

Recent findings by ABI Research analyse the impending battle for market share, not to say domination, between WiMAX and LTE. Both systems are progressing steadily and, according to ABI, will co-exist for some time to come...

Airwide Solutions and Tecnotree will be making available a portfolio of messaging, OSS/BSS and value-added services solutions to operators worldwide. Emerging regions are claimed to benefit from comprehensive, out-of-the-box infrastructure solutions.

Cerillion Technologies has been selected by three new clients for major CRM and Billing projects...

Electro Power Systems SpA has launched a new self-recharging hydrogen fuel cell technology claimed to be the world’s first...

 ABI Research has conducted a survey on using mobile phones for person-to-person payments. Interest was low in the seven countries surveyed. Interest in the developing markets was greater - but ABI did not ask anyone in those countries. Michael Schwartz reproaches...

me2me AG has selected Iperia’s MobileVX platform for Visual Voice Messaging as part of its “String of Pearls” strategy, which aims to offer a full suite of voice and web services to Mobile Operators and other Service Providers...

The emergence of the Wholesale Applications Community was perhaps the most significant event of Mobile World Congress 2010. Developing Telecoms' editor-in-chief Alec Barton ponders how this will affect the industry...

Developing Telecoms' editor-in-chief Alec Barton gives his impressions of Mobile World Congress 2010...

 Synchronica has unveiled Mobile Gateway 5, a complete mobile messaging suite that enables operators to offer push email and synchronisation, instant messaging, social networking services, and web feeds to consumers and business users regardless of the handset they use...

  Suntrica has brought out a new range of solar-powered chargers, including a community charger for rural villages in emerging markets, as well as and chargers for iPods and iPhones...

Two dozen carriers worldwide have taken the opportunity of the Mobile World Congress to unveil what they describe as the “Wholesale Applications Community,” an “open international applications platform.” It is generally accepted that the lobby has been formed to respond to the success of the Apple iPhone App Store...

After its success in Spain, mobile operator fonYou Telecom is to offer its Online Mobile Telephony platform to other mobile network operators...

NEC Corporation showcased its new digital signage solution at Mobile World Congress. The new solution, a full scale digital signage service named “PanelDirector”, is a cutting-edge advertisement distribution application service that enables telecom carriers to offer a first-class cloud service to their corporate customers while generating additional revenue...

CelleBrite Ltd., a provider of mobile forensic solutions, announced application upgrades to the UFED family of products at Mobile World Congress 2010...

LSI Corporation has announced its next-generation link communication processor designed to allow migration of network traffic to IP-based networks...

Genaker, a supplier of mobile business productivity solutions, has unveiled a Push-to-Talk over Cellular client, based on the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) standard for iPhone and BlackBerry devices...