Disaster Management, Satellite, Global: Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) has won the contract to provide satellite communications and to integrate United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices worldwide.

Networks, Brazil, CLA: Lucent Technologies has signed a new contract with Eletropaulo Telecom, a telecom service provider forming part of AES Eletropaulo's electric energy distribution group and operating in the state of Sao Paulo.

Contracts, IP, NGN, Broadband, Kazakhstan, Asia-Pacific: Teledata Networks, has announced an US$8milion contract to deliver its BroadAccess Multiservice Access Gateways (MSAGs) to Kazakhtelecom, Kazakhstan’s Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC).

Contracts, Satellite, Afghanistan, Central Asia: Globecomm Systems Inc, a provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, has received a contract modification worth US$2.7million.

GSM, Transportation, India, Asia-Pacific: Indian Railways will use wireless railway communications technology from Nortel to help improve safety and efficiency on one of the most important and busiest rail arteries serving India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh.

Contracts, Customer service, SMS, Prepaid, Belize, CLA: Deployment of Lucent’s SurePay solution will integrate Belize Telecommunications Limited’s (BTL’s) existing GSM, AMPS and wireline charging/billing systems into one platform.

Contracts, GSM, Colombia, CLA: Colombia Movil, the country’s third largest mobile operator, is to bring enhanced services to over 560,000 users across Colombia's five biggest cities.

Contracts, NGN, Telephony, Internet, Russia, CEE:  A Next Generation Network (NGN) with integrated multimedia platform for advanced IP-based applications is set to provide Moscow personal, mobile and secure multimedia services.

Wireless, Education, Egypt, MENA: Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology and the Minister of Education will deploy Lucent Technologies’ and TeleTech’s products and expertise to speed up the delivery of data to their country’s schools.

Rural telecoms, Networks, China, Asia-Pacific: Telecommunications in the rural areas of China’s Yunnan Province are set for modernisation and improvement.

GSM, Mobile, Bulgaria, CEE: Nokia has won its first network deal with Bulgarian operator Vivatel.