GSM, Pakistan: Several of Pakistan’s regions, together with capital city Islamabad, are set to experience an expansion of their networks.

Markets Development, China: China’s north-south telecoms divide has become more pronounced with the news that China Netcom and China Telecom will not look for business opportunities in each other’s “territories.”

 WiMAX, Greece, CEE: The Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE), Greece’s largest telecoms operator, is now piloting Aperto's WiMAX solutions in Northern Greece.

Telephony, Fixed-line, Sudan, Africa: The Sudanese telecoms market is increasingly becoming more competitive in both the fixed and cellular markets.

Mobile, Entertainment, China, Asia-Pacific: SDC (Secure Digital Container), a technology provider for Digital Rights Management (DRM) in music, is to power a landmark full-track mobile music download service in China.

Mobile, Telephony, Saudi Arabia,. MENA: The Hajj is the world’s largest annual religious pilgrimage: three million participants worldwide arrive in Mecca, a 10 km² area. Over five days this same area witnesses one of the highest mobile traffic densities in the world. Even Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the biggest mobile operator in the Middle East, experiences unique and massive challenges.

WiMax, Colombia, CLA: Colombia's communications ministry Mincomunicaciones (MinCom) has assigned 55 departmental WiMAX licences for 3.5GHz spectrum.

Egypt, MENA: Egypt’s telecom market is fairly liberalised, declares the Arab Advisors Group. By December 2006, the regulator (NTRA) had issued more than 200 telecom licences, three cellular licences, two payphone licences, two prepaid calling card licences, four VSAT licences and four international GMPCS operators.

Internet Gambling, India, Asia-Pacific: Yes, it’s your chance to win the largest-ever Internet-based Indian sweepstake if you bet with ByIndia.com, a branch of India’s Web2Corp search engine and social networking site.

Finance, Namibia, Africa: Guaranteeing that suppliers are paid is a key factor in any contract, as PowerCom Namibia knows.

Business, WiMAX, India, Asia-Pacific: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) believes it has gained a major advantage over its rivals by collaborating with Intel to create India’s first wireless broadband system.