Technology, GSM, Energy, Namibia, Africa: The world’s first wind and solar commercial network GSM cell site has been deployed combining the technology and commercial expertise of Motorola, the GSMA and MTC Namibia...

Unified Comms, China: China Telecom has selected a Voice and Data Portal Solution based on the from IP Unity Glenayre for a unified communications pilot scheme.

Markets, Malaysia, Asia: Maxis Communications and Irish remote communications specialist Altobridge, have announced an agreement to deploy remote GSM wireless communication systems to communities and enterprises cut off from standard telecommunications...

WiMAX, Contracts, IMS, CLA: Veraz Networks has announced an IMS over WiMAX deployment that is one of the first such commercial installations in the Americas. The company’s ControlSwitch has been chosen by Onemax as an IMS core to offer wireless broadband applications.

WiMAX, 4G, Entertainment, TV, Brazil, CLA: TVA, the Brazilian pay TV company, has a business vision of delivering mobile broadband and hyper-connected communications to businesses and consumers alike. For this reason, TVA has commissioned Nortel to work on a WiMAX trial designed to exploit 4G to the maximum...

Satellite, Earth Station, Global: Claimed by manufacturer Andrew Corporation to lower ownership costs, two new earth station products are aimed at reducing prices, compared with competitive units from rivals. The Andrew 4 Meter Class High Value ESA and the pre-engineered Andrew Earth Station Terminals (EST), “meet the cost of ownership needs of customers and systems integrators worldwide.” They were introduced at Satellite 2007 in Washington, DC.

Testing, GSM, Railways, China, Asia-Pacific:  Huawei’s GSM-Railway end-to-end solutions are intended to comply with several highly respected standards in order to satisfy the demand for communications on high-speed railways. A recent inspection of Huawei’s GSM-R laboratory in Shanghai revealed a test at speeds of 430 km/hour on the local Maglev rail system.

Products, Convergence, IMS, Global: Huawei has announced the commercial introduction of its IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) 3.0 solution aimed at providing an open architecture for the development of multimedia services.

Satellite, Telephones, Global: Currently boasting the largest subscriber base of satellite handheld users, UAE-based Thuraya will be launching a new satellite, Thuraya-3, by the end of March 2007.

Products, Cable, Networks, Global: Extending the existing copper products in its Heliax family, Andrew Corporation has introduced a selection of corrugated aluminium-cable products designed to be a cost-effective, high-quality extension to its copper corrugated transmission-line systems.