Altobridge, a provider of solutions for mobile network operators with a particular focus on emerging markets, has acquired ADC’s portfolio of GSM base station and switching products...

Six hours of use and 80 hours of stand-by time are the offering claimed by Thuraya for its new satellite handheld phone battery. Benefits are said to include extended availability during emergencies and extra-rugged construction...

Oracle has launched a new application which enables network operators to deploy targeted mobile advertising and marketing campaigns...

HP has announced new BSS solutions which allow service providers to generate real-time customer insights in order to better meet consumer demand...

After obtaining acceptance by AT&T and Vodafone for use on their wireless data networks, AnyDATA’s DTP-600W module enables high-speed Internet access to HSPA standards...

ABI Research’s new report looks at preparations for the introduction of 4G. While ABI anticipates that LTE is only expected to roll out in late 2010, it is encouraged by the interest shown in LTE trials: 100 mobile networks showing interest, and more than 40 from the Asia-Pacific region...

Ruckus Wireless has launched its Wireless Broadband Access (WBA) solution: it is claimed by the company to be the world's first end-to-end Wi-Fi solution that “challenges” 3G, LTE and WiMAX models...

Confirming its plans to move into the smart phone industry, computer giant Dell has unveiled the Mini 3 and announced partnerships with two of the world’s largest mobile operators...

Entertainment is the core of Nokia’s latest mobile, the 5330 Mobile TV Edition. Designed via 3G technology to be an entertainment hub, the 5330 unites mobile broadcast TV, networking, gaming and music...

IMT-Advanced is now being predicted by the ITU to “revolutionise mobile communication.” At present, six proposals have been submitted to the ITU by those wishing to claim their technology as true 4G...

Arthur Noonan, Sales Manager (EMEA) at Omnix Software, presents us with a clear insight into the  varied and sometimes outright physical safety and security threats facing mobile operators around the world...

Intending to aid device management and synchronisation,  Funambol has brought out what it believes to be the world's first open-source 4G mobile cloud platform for device management and synchronisation. The platform confirms to the relevant Open Mobile Alliance standards....

ITU and Nokia Siemens Networks have formed a partnership to provide expertise and equipment at no charge to expand rural and remote connectivity. The agreement, announced at ITU Telecom World 2009 in Geneva, is targeted at the almost three billion people living in rural areas with little or no current access to communications infrastructure. As a first step villages in island countries of the Pacific region will be connected...

The GSMA is one step closer to achieving its goal of financial security for 20 million unbanked by 2012: four operators have received grants under the Mobile Money for the Unbanked scheme...

Strolling through his local convenience store, editor Michael Schwartz saw the headline on the latest issue of the Economist: The power of mobile money. He is glad the Economist is summarising what Developing Telecoms has been saying for the last four years...

Carriers worldwide are seeing increasing bandwidth demand on submarine networks and many of these latter are reaching the limits of their current capacity. The Infinera submarine solution is claimed to offer submarine network operators a way to protect their investment in their subsea infrastructure while adding new capacity to the network. This review looks at the new solution and puts it in its global context...

Nokia's new mobile financial service Nokia Money will consumers with mobile device access to basic financial services. For many consumers, this will be the first time they have had any access to such financial services...

A team of informatics and engineering specialists at City University London has received US$200,000 in funding from the UK Government’s UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) for a three-year project to develop new security measures for mobile banking...

Thuraya Telecommunications Company has launched what it describes as the world’s toughest satellite phone, namely the new Thuraya XT. Thuraya is also using the words most rugged and reliable phone in the market to reinforce the importance it is attaching to the launch...

MTI Wireless Edge’s new production facility in India is mass producing IP67 Outdoor Omni Directional antennas priced from under US$10...

Customer awareness of broadband technology or rather the lack of it accounts for the Digital Divide in broadband rather than any lack of availability of the relevant technology. The Ovum consultancy makes this claim in its recent report Bridging the broadband divide: challenges and solutions...