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Acision: mobile messaging revenues can double to US$165 billion globally by 2011
20 May 2008 at 15:07
News, Mobile Messaging, Acision, Emerging Markets, Global: Messaging company Acision is outlining a five-step strategy to achieve increased messaging revenue. The company's predictions forecast doubled revenue in thee years time. Acision, the messaging company, has forecast mobile messaging revenues of US$165 billion globally by 2011, 200% higher than previous industry predictions...
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ITU satellites reconnect victims of Myanmar cyclone Nargis
20 May 2008 at 14:43
News, Disaster Management, ITU, Satellite, Myanmar: Controversy has marked the relief efforts in Myanmar's recent cyclone tragedy. One encouraging sign is that ITU satellite terminals are restoring vital communications links. The International Telecommunication Union has deployed 100 satellite terminals to help restore vital communication links in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis which hit Myanmar on May 2 with devastating effect in Yangon and the low-lying Irrawaddy delta region...
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Telecom Africa and World Telecommunications Day focus on disability
17 May 2008 at 00:00
ToureNews, Universal Access, Disability, ITU, Global: Telecom Africa focussed on disability this year, in the run up to World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) on 17 May. ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré used the occasion to announce three ITU World Telecommunication and Information Society Awards during the event...
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Ashbury Satcom moves in with Iridium and Inmarsat
16 May 2008 at 13:01
News, Business, Satcom, Africa: Ashbury Satcom of South Africa has been appointed an official service provider for Stratos Global, the world’s largest distribution partner for the Inmarsat and Iridium satellite networks...
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Better facilities at ITU Telecom World 2009
06 May 2008 at 10:14
News, Events, ICT, Switzerland: In a joint statement seemingly intended to deflect previous criticism of Telecom World events, the ITU and the State of Geneva have promised improved facilities for participants at and visitors to next year's global ICT event, ITU Telecom World 2009...
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Zain customers up by more than half, net profits up 10%
06 May 2008 at 09:42
News, Customer Growth, Financial, Corporate, MENA, Africa: Figures for the first quarter of trading have been released by Zain. Subscriber numbers have now reached 45 million in the Middle Eastern and African regions (15 million higher than at this time in 2007), with net profits up 10% to US$270 million...
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GVF: "Satellites - help connect the world"
30 Apr 2008 at 09:10
News, Finance, Satellite, Global: The Global VSAT Forum has issued a plea for its members to support the recent ITU initiative "Connect the World". The Forum believes that the initiative will bring the power of its private-sector members to bear in increasing the developing world's access to communications...
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Fintur chooses Subex fraud management system
30 Apr 2008 at 09:05
News, Contracts, Fraud Management, Security, CEE, Asia-Pacific: Fintur Group, a mobile operator consortium operating widely in Central Asia and Eastern Europe, has chosen Subex Operations Support Systems to combat fraud. Integration of the new system will be carried out by Gantex...
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China Telecom buys Beijing Telecom
24 Apr 2008 at 17:26
News, Mergers, Telephony, China: Intensive competition from mobile phones and the problematic fixed-line market in China have led to a major consolidation in that country...
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Zain launches ‘One Network' in Middle East
21 Apr 2008 at 00:00
Zain coverage mapMobile Networks, One Network, Middle East: Zain has achieved another first by bringing its groundbreaking borderless "One Network" mobile service to four countries in the Middle East. This service, which made telecom history when it was launched in Africa, today allows Zain's 14 million customers in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan and Sudan to be part of a pan Middle East mobile community, providing them the opportunity to communicate between these countries and be treated as local customers in terms of pricing, while using their home network service...
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Etisalat Voice SMS on Kirusa platform gets excellent response across UAE
18 Apr 2008 at 13:10
News, Etisalat, Voice SMS, UAE: Etisalat, the leading telecommunications carrier and Internet Service Provider in UAE, has chosen the Kirusa Voice SMS solution for offering the Voice SMS service to their subscribers in the UAE. With the launch of this service, an Etisalat subscriber has the option of sending an SMS message in their own voice...
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MACH wins contract with I.C.E. Costa Rica
18 Apr 2008 at 13:05
News, MACH, Multiservice, Costa Rica: MACH, the provider of business processes to optimise roaming profitability, today announced that I.C.E. (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad) Costa Rica has moved from VeriSign to become a new MACH client...
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