SES Global, the world's largest operator of satellites, is to buy New Skies Satellites for US$760 million...

Eurotel Praha has selected UK-based wireless network optimisation specialists Arieso to maximise performance of its new 3G network, which went live at the start of December...

After evaluating a number of sites in India , Nokia will locate its new Global Networks Solutions Centre in Chennai...

Sony Ericsson's J210 phone is a straightforward device for people whose primary communication style is voice and basic messaging and who have no need for a fully-featured mobile phone...

Philippines M1  and PLDT Singapore are entering into a strategic partnership to provide prepaid mobile services to the sizeable Filipino community in the region...

Turkey' s largest mobile communications operator, Turkcell, has selected Visto Corporation's Mobile with ConstantSync technology to deliver mass-market push mobile email services to a customer's wireless device of choice...

Czech mobile operator Eurotel Praha has launched the first WCDMA 3G network in the Czech Republic...

Nokia is set to expand its mobile device production in Dongguan, China . The expansion will provide more capacity and flexibility to meet growing market demand worldwide, especially in China and the rest of Asia...

Nokia and Telefónica Móviles will be supplying a complete GSM system deal to Telefónica Móviles Colombia which includes GSM radio access and the MSC Server System (MSS)...

Global roaming specialist Roamware believes its new network solution will hand operators the missing link in the roaming world: its Prepaid Local Number service is claimed to give every operator the capability to provide enhanced roaming and home network services to visitors, both pay-as-you-go or prepaid...

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company and Nokia have set up a Next Generation Network laboratory to develop and test end-to-end fixed-mobile convergence prior to commercial launch...

One of the largest network operators in Indonesia , Indosat, has chosen Nokia to expand its GSM network in Bali and Java...

GSM/GPRS services in Russia' s Povolzhie region are set for expansion now that Alcatel has signed a contract with one of Russia' s key mobile operators, SMARTS, the Middle Volga Inter-Regional Association of Radio-Telecommunication Systems.

Work on the East African Submarine System (EASSy) is likely to start early next year. The World Bank is willing to offer finance. After all, the Internet and mobile-based commerce can change people's lives. Michael Schwartz says lessons can be learnt from a predecessor.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has awarded Nokia a comprehensive GSM/EDGE and GPRS network expansion project in Northern India ...

Iridium is now providing the satellite data links for an e-mail solution serving the passengers and crew of MV Polar Star, an expedition cruise ship that specialises in excursions from Antarctica to the Arctic .

Cable and Wireless will be boosting the range of services its Caribbean bmobile customers will enjoy by integrating a messaging gateway which will enable access to more content services, will use more content providers, and will act at a more rapid pace...

Nokia and the Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) are to collaborate to bring "affordable, accessible telecommunications to rural villages in Africa through microfinance"...

Iridium Satellite has reported a 30% jump in the number of its maritime industry subscribers since January this year...

Convergent billing specialist Cerillion Technologies will be supplying Caymanone with a complete CRM and billing solution for its local telecoms network in the Cayman Islands...

Motorola has settled its financial and legal claims against Turkish cellular phone operator Telsim and the Turkish Savings and Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF).

Cameroon will soon enjoy the benefits of a telecoms spinal cord carried in a backbone stretching right down the country...

Michael Schwartz commented recently on an Indian Minister's opinion that priority should be given by Indian operators to local telecoms manufacturers. Now he analyses a leading Chinese telecom vendor's demand for protection in its home market...

Cell phone ownership figures for China grow and grow. As of 30 September China boasted 377 million mobile phone subscribers, or a teledensity of 29%...

Nokia has introduced a pair of CDMA handsets designed expressly for the world's fastest-growing regions...