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cVidya Networks, which specialises in enhancing telecom data integrity, revenue assurance and dealer management systems, has announced that Antel, Uruguay's state-owned telecoms service provider, has signed an agreement for implementation of cVidya's MoneyMap suite solution throughout its operation in Uruguay...
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Vince Lesch reviews successes in enhancing SMS in Brazil and Argentina, as well as in Latin America as a whole...
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Thuraya's drive in the emerging markets has been rewarded with the launch of Public Calling Offices in Zambia and Cameroon. Both countries are set to benefit from a versatile business tool oriented towards small entrepreneurs...
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Arab Advisors Group has analysed the cellular tariffs for 19 Arab countries - and 46 operators. The research shows that Egypt and Yemen are the winners in terms of low-cost cell rates...
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Syniverse has been selected by the India Department of Telecommunications to implement mobile number portability in the country. Number portability, clearing house and centralised database solutions will be Syniverse's responsibility for the next ten years...
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Nokia Siemens Networks is set to expand O2's delivery of mobile services to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. A three-year contract will see NSN as sole supplier of 2G and optionally 3G to Prague and Brno...
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On2 Technologies, which specialises in video compression solutions, has licensed its VP7 video codec to 21ViaNet (China). Founded in 1996, 21ViaNet is a carrier-neutral Internet Data Centre (IDC) service provider in China...
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Russia has been registering some of the fastest growth in telecoms penetration and modernisation anywhere in the world. According to analyst Frost & Sullivan, the transmission market is growing by 50% per year. One key beneficiary is Israel's ECI Telecom...
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A newcomer to WiMAX in Pakistan, wi-tribe Pakistan Ltd, has commissioned solutions from Oracle Communications to enhance its efficiency...
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Zap is the new service from Zain which the operator claims will become a comprehensive and accessible African mobile banking service. Zap is aimed at 100 million people in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda...
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EDGE services in West Africa marketed under the title Moov by Atlantique Telecom will be improved by network planning tools to be supplied by Aircom International...
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NSN will provide a GSM network expansion and upgrade to EDGE to provide Bakcell with enhanced quality and coverage in Azerbaijan...
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MTN Syria's 2G and 3G networks coverage and capacity are set for enhancement as a result of a contract placed with Aircom International...
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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland is now giving students non-stop Internet freedom with a new Meru WLAN. Meru saw off competition from five companies, notably in eliminating breaks in service and coverage being encountered on campus...
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Ditech Networks voice-quality technology has been deployed throughout Qtel's mobile network in Qatar. The aim is to that Qtel, will consistently deliver excellent mobile calls, regardless of where a call is made or which device is used...
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Unitel SA will be rolling out Comverse's Voice HUB to drive revenues from Visual Voicemail and unanswered phone calls from a current customer database of 4.5 million...
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Visafone Communications Limited, a wholly owned Nigerian telecoms company, has launched Voice SMS across Nigeria. The Voice SMS solution has been sourced from Kirusa, a provider of Voice SMS and developer of mobile value added services...
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Value-added services will play a greater part in Africa, South-East Asia and Latin America as a result of a partnership between Bharti Telesoft and Sofrecom...
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Cellular coverage in the dense and capacity-strained central business district of Jakarta is set to improve thanks to a new contract for outdoor DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems) announced by Indonesia's leading cellular distribution company, P.T. Solusi Tunas Pratama (STP)...
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Cometa Mobile, the Indonesian mobile content provider and aggregator, has outsourced the running of a dedicated Cometa games portal for Indonesian mobile operators to End2End...
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Bharti Telesoft, which provides integrated Value-Added Services to mobile operators in emerging markets, has been invited to be a founding member of the Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) Working Group by the GSMA, as a result of its work in the development and deployment of mobile banking solutions in emerging markets worldwide...
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On Monday March 2, the Indian government finally gave the go-ahead for Mobile Virtual Network Operators to enter the market. This follows a recommendation back in August 2008 from India's regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The government is expected to release detailed guidelines for MVNO entrants soon. We believe this approval will benefit both existing MNOs and new entrants...
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Bharti Telesoft has formed a partnership with Grand Technology, a telecom solution provider in the Middle East, notably in Yemen, for their Data Services Hub...
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Vodafone Essar has fully outsourced its mobile games portal to End2End, a European provider of managed service solutions for mobile content retailing...
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Mobile operator Zain is present in 22 countries. It has just released its 2008 results, and is reporting great strides in key performance indicators. For example, its active customer total is up to 63.5 million, 50% over 2007, its consolidated revenues are up 26% to US$7.44 billion and EBITDA is up 15% to US$2.78 billion...
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CGAP, the global microfinance centre has been releasing new research and data to encourage telecom operators, financial institutions and governments to see the business potential in expanding access to financial services for poor people in developing markets. The current economic climate makes the need for widespread availability of safe alternatives to cash even more pressing...
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Scartel, Russia's first provider of high-speed wireless Internet, is now offering access under the Yota brand, powered by Cisco's latest mobility technologies. Yota's network provides service within the Sadovoye Ring in Moscow and at the Vassilyevsky Island and Petrogradsky District in St Petersburg. The network will provide a platform for high-speed, 4G mobile services that will help make "on-the-move" broadband access available to more people...
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After expanding its radio and core mobile network by using Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) equipment, Africell is to deploy NSN's state-of-the art 3GPP mobile softswitching solution...
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Yahoo! has announced the launch of a new mobile service to be known, not surprisingly, as Yahoo! Mobile. Available initially only for Apple iPhones and top end handsets from other makers including Windows Mobile smartphones, the service will be of interest in emerging markets where the Yahoo! brand still has significant traction...
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Following an agreement with Chuan Wei (Cambodia) Co Ltd, Alcatel-Lucent will be providing Cambodia with a nation-wide WiMAX Rev-e (802.16e-2005 standard) wireless broadband network, the first in the country. The service should launch in mid 2009...
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NEC Corporation has concluded its full-turnkey supply contract with Croatian fixed telecom operators Optima Telekom to deliver, install and provide after-sales services for approximately 40 Pasolink Neo systems...
Datatronics deploys NewNet CT SS7 and Sigtran platform for Latin America prepaid and online charging
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During 2008, Datatronics has supplied, integrated, and deployed more than 170 signaling nodes with NewNet CT's Distributed7 signalling platform in Latin America to manage pre- and postpaid services...
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A milestone in the development of WiMAX has just been acheived, with the WiMAX Forum granting the WiMAX Forum Certified seal of approval to Mobile WiMAX 3.5GHz products for the first time...
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Transmode, a leading Scandinavian provider of optical networking solutions and NEC Corporation have announced global a partnership agreement...
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