Five major China water resource utilities are establishing critical, real-time flood control monitoring and drought relief systems to protect against the loss of life from the catastrophic floods that hit China each year during the annual rainy season.

Vietnam' s largest mobile operator, GPC, has selected Comverse's Multimedia Messaging Service Centre and Mobile Data Gateway to provide expanded multimedia and video messaging services...

Ukraine' s latest mobile network operator life:) has launched Mobile Internet access over WAP and Multimedia Messaging Services. Jataayu Software's WAP Gateway and Telenity's Canvas family of IP based products and applications are the power behind this commercial development...

Sybase Software (China) Co Ltd has recently deployed a Management Information System for the Supreme People's Court of China of Guizhou Province, China...

Fifteen West African nations have today (7 October 2005) agreed to a common regulatory framework for their national ICT markets...

Indonesia's second largest telecoms operator, PT Indosat, is looking to increase growth and profitability within its fixed and international business through its upgrade through its upgrade to Intec's InterconnecT v7...

Bangladesh is opening up its telecoms market by inviting open tenders for another GSM licence, for 15 years initially.

Using the opportunity of the Broadband World Forum in Madrid, Nokia has introduced a portfolio of solutions for operators and service providers concerned with the convergence of fixed and mobile networks...

Deregulation and its consequent competition have led Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago to order three Intec OSS/BSS products to increase efficiency and service quality...

Recent changes to Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service has seen coverage offered by the satellite network increase by about a third from 99 to 150 countries. Best known until now in the Middle East and Africa, the newly enhanced service now extends to include most of Europe, Asia and Western Australia. The new service, now designated R-BGAN, includes a number of upgrades. Developing Telecoms takes a look at what's new.

Emirates Telecommunications Corporation has selected Nokia to supply the first Push to talk over Cellular network solution in the United Arab Emirates...