Data centres and digital finance in Africa: the state of play
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Data centres and digital finance in Africa: the state of play
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- Category: Devices & Platforms
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Claiming that it will play a real part in bridging the Digital Divide, an alliance of hardware and software vendors took the opportunity of the Mobile World Congress to announce that they had joined up to develop the world's lowest-cost smart entry phone that can enable email and web-based messaging functions...
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Network revenue from machine-to-machine communications is projected to grow at three times the rate of the mobile handset business, according to Harbor Research. With typical per-dollar revenue profit margins for cellular M2M services also considerably higher than the handset market, operators investing now can benefit from this growth opportunity...
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AdaptiveMobile, the leading provider of mobile subscriber protection for enterprises and individuals, today unveiled a powerful set of parental controls that operate across any mobile device, network or technology. The solution, which combines the AdaptiveMobile Policy Control Framework with the Cisco Service Exchange Framework...
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Jasper Wireless, the licensed global machine-to-machine (M2M) mobile operator, has announced that it has signed operator partnership agreements in over 45 European, American and African countries...
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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...
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Redknee Solutions Inc. announced that it has been selected by Inmarsat plc. to provide a real-time Turnkey Converged Billing solution...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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- Category: Service Management
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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...
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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...
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- Category: Satellite Networks
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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...
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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...
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- Category: Wireless Networks
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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...
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- Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
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Fibre-optics professionals should be simplifying the classification of fibre-optics, particularly in the face of competition from copper products...
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- Category: Revenue & Billing
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Subex, which specialises in OSS
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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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JDSU has launched a short-range LAN OTDR to provide a testing combination of up to five wavelengths in both multi-mode and single-mode...
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- Category: Consumer Ecosystems
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What is described as the world's first distributed SMS-C architecture which "brings increased resilience and throughput to the messaging infrastructure marketplace" has been launched...
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Nokia has unveiled a premium pair of handsets aimed at the most discerning and style-conscious consumers. The company's accompanying press release, in common with one or two other Nokia announcements we have published, has attracted our attention. So here goes...
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A major rise in VoIP over 3G (VoIPo3G) will take place in the next five years according to a report by London-based Disruptive Analysis. Growth will be driven not only by wireless carriers but also by a number of independent challengers...
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- Category: Wireless Networks
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Designed to "enable global mobile operators to drive down transmission costs" and to attain a "huge cost-saving impact on community-centric, low-ARPU/high-growth markets" a recent agreement has been signed by Ericsson and Altobridge...
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Poor accuracy in location technology is costing millions for Fixed Mobile Substitution operators. Seeker Wireless is releasing a cannibalisation calculator and a detailed study to highlight the loss in revenues operators can suffer...
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- Category: Service Management
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Anite's WiMAX Protocol Conformance Toolset has become the industry's first protocol test solution to be successfully validated by the WiMAX Forum for certifying the latest Fixed WiMAX devices to Wave 2 specifications...
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- Category: Wireless Networks
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Supporters of WiMAX have been left disappointed by the fact that Sprint Nextel Corp and Clearwire Corp will not now be building a WiMAX-based wireless network...
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- Category: Consumer Ecosystems
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Reuters is currently working with the Nokia Research Centre to develop a mobile application which will enable journalists to file and publish text, photo, audio and video news stories from handheld devices rather than laptops...
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- Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
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Designed to assist users of fibre-optic communications systems, the Fibre-Optic Association's new website is designed to help these very users plan and install fibre-optic communications systems...
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- Category: Satellite Networks
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Reports of severe WiMAX interference during tests conducted simultaneously with satellite tests have led a global industry coalition to argue against re-allocating C-Band spectrum...
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- Category: Consumer Ecosystems
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Aimed at cable, telco and broadband service providers worldwide, Spirit's TeamSpirit Voice & Video Engine PC Version 3.0 is designed to factor in a rapid time-to-market along with what it calls "unprecedented voice and video quality"...
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Experts from around the world have gathered at ITU headquarters in Geneva to lay the foundation for a global response to the constantly evolving nature of cyber-threats and the increasing level of sophistication of cyber-crimes. Their strategy is based on a roadmap which will promote cyber-security from the start - a case of prevention rather than cure...
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For the fifth year running, telecom research firm Analysys has conducted a global study of operator attitudes when it comes to concerning revenue assurance and revenue leakage. Michael Schwartz looks at the key findings...
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- Category: Regulation
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ITU has published guidelines for regulators in an attempt to foster investment and access. The medium is Trends in Telecommunication Reform: the Road to NGN, which has just been issued in its eighth edition.
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- Category: Satellite Networks
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Developing Telecoms has received a letter from the Global VSAT Forum asking for help to stop C-Band spectrum being re-allocated to the terrestrial wireless sector. Michael Schwartz reports...
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- Category: Vendors
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The first half of 2007 saw the launch of Nokia-Siemens Networks. Industry mergers such as this have become a feature of the telecoms scene in recent years. But although the merging companies are based in developed markets, the mergers are being driven by the need to drive down costs in order to compete in emerging markets...
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