Details: Category: Satellite Networks; 04 May 2009; 8350 views

Boeing is set to construct a new satellite for Intelsat which will be active at 72° longitude over the Indian Ocean area. The satellite is designed to address the demands of high-growth service areas, more specifically C-band for Africa/Asia and Ku-band to bridge South-East Asia, the Indian Ocean and the African coast...

Details: Category: Devices & Platforms; 01 May 2009; 8392 views

Nokia has introduced the third of its Near Field Communication devices, the 6216 classic. Using a SIM base for the first time, Nokia is enabling operators to build NFC services via the SIM card. The content services include images, weblinks, audio files, contact data secure payment and ticketing...

Details: Category: Revenue & Billing; 17 April 2009; 8083 views

At the recent CTIA Wireless event in Las Vegas a key trend was the growth of innovative pricing and billing techniques. These can both raise mobile operator profits and subscriber satisfaction in the context of Next-Generation Networks...

Details: Category: Satellite Networks; 15 April 2009; 9452 views

Intelsat and SES are advocating VSAT installation training for technicians in both developing and developed countries...

Details: Category: Consumer Ecosystems; 16 March 2009; 9930 views

Value-added services will play a greater part in Africa, South-East Asia and Latin America as a result of a partnership between Bharti Telesoft and Sofrecom...

Details: Category: Mobile Finance; 12 March 2009; 8081 views

Bharti Telesoft, which provides integrated Value-Added Services to mobile operators in emerging markets, has been invited to be a founding member of the Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) Working Group by the GSMA, as a result of its work in the development and deployment of mobile banking solutions in emerging markets worldwide...

Details: Category: Mobile Finance; 09 March 2009; 8354 views

CGAP, the global microfinance centre has been releasing new research and data to encourage telecom operators, financial institutions and governments to see the business potential in expanding access to financial services for poor people in developing markets. The current economic climate makes the need for widespread availability of safe alternatives to cash even more pressing...

Details: Category: Consumer Ecosystems; 03 March 2009; 9224 views

Yahoo! has announced the launch of a new mobile service to be known, not surprisingly, as Yahoo! Mobile. Available initially only for Apple iPhones and top end handsets from other makers including Windows Mobile smartphones, the service will be of interest in emerging markets where the Yahoo! brand still has significant traction...

Details: Category: Regulation; 02 March 2009; 8376 views

A milestone in the development of WiMAX has just been acheived, with the WiMAX Forum granting the WiMAX Forum Certified seal of approval to Mobile WiMAX 3.5GHz products for the first time...

Details: Category: Satellite Networks; 27 February 2009; 9178 views

Transmode, a leading Scandinavian provider of optical networking solutions and NEC Corporation have announced global a partnership agreement...

Details: Alec Barton; Category: Energy & Sustainability; 27 February 2009; 7588 views

Alec Barton, Publisher of Developing Telecoms, gives a personal view of his visit to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Please do not supply him with any paper press releases. And go green - this is the example the emerging markets can show the developed markets...

Details: Category: Wireless Networks; 24 February 2009; 9894 views

As the mobile industry gathers in Barcelona to set out its roadmap, Ovum analysts provide their opinion of the most interesting announcements made in the frst 48 hours...

Details: Category: Revenue & Billing; 19 February 2009; 9787 views

Kaspersky Lab will unveil the beta version of its new solution Kaspersky Mobile Security 8.0 at Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona...

Details: Category: Consumer Ecosystems; 17 February 2009; 9355 views

Kirusa, a vendor of Voice SMS and developer of mobile value-added services, will be announcing the immediate availability of Kirusa Voice SMS Version 5.0 for examination at Mobile World Congress (MWC) at Barcelona...

Details: Category: Consumer Ecosystems; 16 February 2009; 8505 views

Movius Interactive Corporation will be unveiling new mass market applications at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, including visual voicemail solutions that can be deployed with any device and a new suite of presence-based solutions...

Details: Category: Consumer Ecosystems; 16 February 2009; 7163 views

This year's exhibition presence by Materna Communications will see the unveiling in Barcelona of a full range of new products. In addition to its established product portfolio, Materna is in particular opting for innovations that will be playing a major part in telecoms in general this year...

Details: Category: Consumer Ecosystems; 13 February 2009; 7787 views

On2 Technologies, specialist in video compression solutions, will demonstrate high-definition mobile video solutions at next week's Mobile World Congress...

Details: Category: Devices & Platforms; 12 February 2009; 8106 views

Better Energy Systems, which manufactures portable renewable energy products, will be introducing the Solio Mono multi-device solar hybrid charger at Mobile World Congress 2009...

Details: Category: Consumer Ecosystems; 10 February 2009; 8552 views

During next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, multimedia specialist Explay will be unveiling Colibri, its third-generation projection module...

Details: Category: Wireless Networks; 06 February 2009; 9597 views

Bandwidth, or rather the lack of it, greatly affects the ability for emerging markets to communicate with the world at large. The G.711 codec, as adopted by all incumbent wireline telcos in developed markets, requires at least 64kb/s of bandwidth per channel. G.711 requires minimal resources due to its relatively uncompressed content but is very sensitive to network problems (especially prevalent on IP networks)...

Details: Category: Devices & Platforms; 04 February 2009; 9015 views

Infineon Technologies has announced its third generation of ultra-low-cost (ULC) mobile phone chips. The X-Gold110 is claimed by Infineon to be a very cost effective one-chip solution for GSM/GPRS ultra-low-cost phones. System costs (bill-of-material) for mobile phone manufacturers are said to be 20 per cent lower compared to existing solutions...

Details: Category: Wireless Networks; 03 February 2009; 9051 views

Multimedia Generation Network (MGN) specialist Veraz Networks, which provides application, control, and bandwidth optimisation products, has announced a programme to enable service providers using Nortel's legacy DMS circuit switches to quickly migrate to a next-generation IP network powered by Veraz's MGN portfolio...

Details: Category: Consumer Ecosystems; 02 February 2009; 9440 views

Anite, which specialises in testing technology for the wireless industry, today announced the launch of its Mobile WiMAX Host Tester, claimed to be the only Host Testing Solution (HTS) available in the market for Mobile Station Stack (MSS) developers and integrators...

Details: Category: Satellite Networks; 30 January 2009; 6914 views

Global
NSS-9

SES New Skies has announced that its NSS-9 satellite has safely arrived at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, onboard an Antonov cargo plane. The NSS-9 spacecraft, manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation, will now be readied for launch onboard an Ariane 5 booster, scheduled for take off on February 12, 2009. The launch window for NSS-9 onboard Ariane 5 opens at 22:09 GMT time...

Details: Category: Consumer Ecosystems; 29 January 2009; 8562 views

This year many companies GSMA's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona will be launching new products and services. Developing Telecoms provides a round-up.

Details: Category: Mobile Finance; 27 January 2009; 8238 views

Did you know that 40% of the world's population does not have a bank account, and yet more than 60% have access to a mobile phone? Redknee and its operator customers would like to brief delegates to Mobile World Congress 2009 on how mobile money services are bridging the crucial gap, and how these services will change the industry and the way people bank in 2009...

Details: Category: Consumer Ecosystems; 20 January 2009; 9710 views

Barcelona has proved itself both a worthy and a worthwhile location for the Mobile World Congress (MWC). Developing Telecoms will be keeping readers in touch with news of this year's MWC just as soon it is released. In this initial report we profile five companies all set not just to be at MWC but also ready to introduce new products and services in Barcelona...

Details: Category: Regulation; 14 January 2009; 9745 views

The board of the GSMA, the global body for the mobile industry, has elected Alexander Izosimov, the Group Chief Executive Officer of VimpelCom, as its new Chairman for a two-year term. As Chairman, he will help oversee the strategic direction of the GSMA, which represents more than 750 mobile operators worldwide. Bill Hague, Executive Vice President of AT&T, was elected as Deputy Chairman...

Details: Category: Wireless Networks; 13 January 2009; 7898 views

Global
ITU

The first global standard offering an in-home, high-speed network capable of delivering room-to-room HDTV has been agreed by ITU. The standard, published under the G.hn banner, promises high quality multimedia over power, coaxial, phone and other home network wiring. It will give up to 20 times the throughput of existing wireless technologies and three times that of existing wired technologies...

Details: Category: Humanitarian Comms; 12 January 2009; 9399 views

How do we ensure access to the internet is a human right enjoyed by everyone? This is one of the critical questions asked by an annual publication that highlights the importance of people's access to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure - and where and how countries are getting it right or wrong, and what can be done about it.

Details: Category: Revenue & Billing; 31 December 2008; 10073 views

Dormant accounts costing thousands to administer? Inefficient data management? Subscriber details going back years and not knowing how to exploit the data? You could always speak to Stephan Ouaknine, CEO of Montreal-based Blueslice. Michael Schwartz did.

Details: Category: Wireless Networks; 22 December 2008; 8784 views

ITU has published its annual report, Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2008: Six Degrees of Sharing, detailing a set of regulatory strategies designed to lower the costs of network rollout...

Details: Category: Consumer Ecosystems; 17 December 2008; 10195 views

Telecom Italia Sparkle and Bharti Telesoft will be working together on the commercial launch of the new Prepaid Roaming Hub value-added solution for mobile operators globally...

Details: Category: Service Management; 15 December 2008; 7187 views

Risk management software vendor, Neural Technologies is enabling telecoms operators to beat the global recession by offering its risk management software solutions on a pay-on-performance basis...

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