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Subscribers of one of Gabon’s major operators are now able to access a top up service which allows the Gabonese community living or working abroad to directly recharge the prepaid mobiles of their families back home in Gabon...

A first-of-its-kind Java application will enable a smartphone-style internet messaging experience on mid-range mobile handsets in Africa, giving users visually attractive access to Internet-free Facebook, email and online chat services...

Customers of Qtel Group companies in six different markets can now use the pioneering Gmail SMS Chat service...

A new top up service has been launched in Zambia which allows Zambian nationals living abroad to recharge prepaid mobiles of family and friends in their homeland...

Subscribers of Zain Sudan will soon have access to an expanded suite of VAS solutions...

A new joint venture has been formed to offer VoIP services in the Indian market...

Subscribers across the Mariana Islands in Micronesia will soon have access to a new messaging solution provided by the archipelago’s leading telecoms firm, IT&E...

In just over six months since it launched, a voice SMS service has achieved an adoption rate of over 60% in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

The new platform from Chinese search engine operator Baidu has reportedly been previewed, although the firm has not yet revealed a launch date. The operating system, known as Baidu Yi, is based on Google’s Android platform...

In this bylined article, Bob Drummond, Vice-President of Asia-Pacific at OpenCloud, discusses an open and flexible framework for service development and delivery, to improve the customer experience and bolster new revenues. Observations are based on the innovative approaches employed in the Asia-Pacific region...

The growing uptake of smartphones and new social networking approaches to handling voicemail and SMS could help MNOs complete more calls and boost ARPUs, says Einar Lindquist, CEO of Teligent Telecom, in this bylined article...

One of Vietnam’s leading mobile operators is optimising its mobile broadband traffic via a new solution provided by Ericsson...

The Indian regulator TRAI has unveiled a consultation document focused on the country’s VAS market, acknowledging that mobile phone services “have moved beyond their fundamental role of voice communications to a range of value added services"...

A new agreement between solutions providers and music labels in Bangladesh will initiate a new wave of mobile content across the country...

Devices supporting China Unicom’s Wophone platform are reportedly ready for launch...

Several major music labels have pledged their support for a new mobile music download service launching in South Africa...

A new joint venture has been announced by the Japanese operator NTT Docomo and the Chinese search engine provider Baidu...

Subscribers in six Chinese provinces will soon have access to a number of multimedia services, including IP-based voice, video and web services...

Rumours have resurfaced that the Chinese search engine provider Baidu is preparing to launch an Android-based mobile platform...

A leading VAS provider is ready to begin hiring for its African branch – and is reportedly aiming to provide jobs for at around 200 people...

Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) across Asia will soon be able to provide their customers with self-care connectivity settings to surf the web, as well as substantially reducing the number of calls patched through to call centres...

Jordan’s only operator licensed to provide 3G+ services will soon begin offering Colour Ring Back Tone (CRBT) services, allowing subscribers to assign different ring back tones to different callers...

The Puerto Rican subsidiary of América Móvil, Claro Puerto Rico, has launched the mobile instant messaging service Claro Messenger, a carrier-owned and branded IM community...

Subscribers of the Indian operator Aircel are now able to use real time tracking, navigation information and information services while on the move...

The Russian operator MegaFon has deployed High Definition voice services on its Moscow and Sochi GSM and UMTS networks...

A new voice SMS service has been launched in Kenya by yu, the mobile phone brand of Essar Telecom Kenya Limited, in conjunction with MVAS developer Kirusa...

In this bylined article, Teligent CEO Einar Lindquist analyses how revenue-generating VAS based on voice and SMS traffic are still enjoying rapid take-up – and why they will continue to grow...

Mobile subscribers in Ghana will soon have access to new content services via a partnership between MVAS developed Kirusa and wireless applications provider txtGhana...

Subscribers of the operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe will be able to send and receive low-cost internet messaging via any standard SMS capable mobile phone without being connected to the Internet...

The Chinese search engine provider Baidu could be developing a new “light” mobile operating system, according to reports which indicate that the launch timeframe for the platform would be “the coming three to five years”...

Indonesia’s largest mobile operator has deployed a portal which will allow any of its 90 million subscribers to create their own SMS-based applications...

Subscribers of one of the Caribbean’s leading service providers, United Telecommunications Services (UTS), are now able to access improved data services...

The Republic of Congo’s third largest telecommunications operator, Warid Congo SA, is launching Voice SMS services across its network. The offering is based on technology from Kirusa, a developer of mobile VAS...