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ITU Calls for Lower Broadband Prices in Emerging Markets - An Interview with Dr Hamadoun Touré
Fixed broadband costs over five times more relative to average incomes in BRIC countries than in developed nations. In an interview with Developing Telecoms, Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary General of the ITU, called on developing and emerging markets to lower the cost of broadband relative to monthly incomes in order to narrow the ‘broadband divide’...
BlackBerry launching in China, but has RIM compromised too much over Indian security?
Subscribers of China Mobile will soon be able to enjoy consumer BlackBerry services, as the world’s largest telecoms operator has partnered with manufacturer RIM to launch the services across China...
Gulf States spotlight: the telecoms markets in Qatar and the UAE
New Q310 information on the telecoms markets of Qatar and the UAE is now available, and the results, while mixed, indicate positive growth and a bright outlook for the future...
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Market Trends
Strong growth in the Asian telecommunications market has seen a correspondingly strong development of infrastructure. Research and Markets have conducted an in-depth examination of the telecoms infrastructure in each of the region’s economies...
A new report from Research and Markets details the growth and popularity of mobile services in the Philippines, examining why mobile has eclipsed fixed-line across the archipelago...
Viewpoint
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has purchased Motorola’s networks business for the sum of US$1.2 billion. The acquisition is reportedly aimed at raising NSN’s profile outside of Europe, and particularly in the US and Japan. However, NSN’s winning bid should have an interesting impact on emerging markets, particularly China...
Development Agenda
The Russian city of Kazan has become the newest beneficiary of LTE technology, having played host to the launch of what is believed to be Russia’s first LTE network...
Movistar Chile, a subsidiary of Telefonica, will soon be able to offer its subscribers higher peak data rates courtesy of a new, more efficient mobile broadband network...
Networks
Chinese consumers will soon be able to purchase Android-powered handsets, with both Motorola and Sony Ericsson confirming that they will release new TD-SCDMA-based devices as exclusives for various Chinese operators...
Haitian operator MultiLink S.A. has extended high-quality data services such as Voice over IP (VoIP) to a large number of subscribers across Haiti. With Nokia Siemens Networks’ microwave radio network, the Caribbean service provider has enhanced its network capacity and coverage...
Services
Kuwait will soon witness the launch of new mobile broadband services from Zain, the country’s largest operator. The rollout will be enabled by the billing and charging software provider Redknee...
A new push email service has been launched in the Philippines by Smart Communications, the archipelago’s largest mobile operator...
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