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Qatar has played host to the second of two cable landings by the Middle Eastern submarine cable operator Gulf Bridge International...

Mobile subscribers in Ghana will soon have access to new content services via a partnership between MVAS developed Kirusa and wireless applications provider txtGhana...

Subscribers of the operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe will be able to send and receive low-cost internet messaging via any standard SMS capable mobile phone without being connected to the Internet...

China Mobile has selected Ericsson to participate in the world's largest TD-LTE trial network deployment to date...

A newly-launched partner scheme will foster closer ties between UK-based firm Aircom International and Techaccess Pakistan...

Consumers can now send money directly to the mobile “wallets” of Safaricom M-PESA subscribers in Kenya from 45 countries and territories...

One of Qatar’s leading operators, Vodafone Qatar, has interconnected to the iBasis global network for the exchange of international mobile phone calls...

The first Israeli mobile operator to partner with MVNO carriers has selected a new integrated end-to-end billing solution for MVNOs...

The Indonesian government’s energy security and greenhouse gas emission reduction goals will receive support from Tetra Tech, which has been awarded a $16.2 million, 3.5-year program with the U.S. Agency for International Development...

The chairman of China Mobile has detailed the operator’s plans in the smartphone arena, stating that the firm aims to increase its range of devices based on its Ophone operating system...

The largest mobile operator in China, China Mobile, has begun selected vendors to take part in its TD-LTE trial, with the most recently confirmed additions being the international vendors Nokia Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent...

The Chinese search engine provider Baidu could be developing a new “light” mobile operating system, according to reports which indicate that the launch timeframe for the platform would be “the coming three to five years”...

Indonesia’s largest mobile operator has deployed a portal which will allow any of its 90 million subscribers to create their own SMS-based applications...

A leading operator in the Cook Islands is deploying a new fraud management system to crack down on fraudulent activity...

Nine cities in China’s Fujian province are to be connected to a wireless broadband network launched by the operator China Tel Group...

Several of Malaysia’s key cities will soon be covered by a 100 Mbps wireless network to be deployed by the country’s 3G mobile service operator U Mobile Sdn Bhd, in partnership with the equipment and solutions vendor ZTE...

Developing Telecoms recently had the opportunity to speak to VNL Chairman & CEO Rajiv Mehrotra about the firm’s activities in the field of rural connectivity...

One of Tanzania’s major operators is transforming its network to improve performance and service quality for its nine million subscribers...

The largest service provider in Vietnam, Vietnam Telecoms National (VTN), has successfully completed a next-generation 100 Gigabit per second network trial on its backbone network...

A major Indonesian provider of wireless communications infrastructure has strengthened its focus on acquiring and leasing network infrastructure to telecom operators...

The State Grid Corporation of China is building a Qinghai-Tibet power grid to improve and optimise power allocation in the region...

Subscribers of one of the Caribbean’s leading service providers, United Telecommunications Services (UTS), are now able to access improved data services...

The global Average Selling Price (ASP) for approximately 70% (4.8 billion) of active mobile phones will fall under USD 100 by 2015...

Consumers in Paraná, Brazil, will soon have access to high-speed, affordable data services following the deployment of a 3000km optical fibre network by regional telecom operator Copel...

A leading wireless communications provider in the Philippines has unveiled a new smartphone designed specifically for emerging markets...

The Republic of Congo’s third largest telecommunications operator, Warid Congo SA, is launching Voice SMS services across its network. The offering is based on technology from Kirusa, a developer of mobile VAS...

An online survey conducted by social & market research firm Macroscope has revealed that, while a third of internet users in the Baltic States would be willing to pay for digital products that they are interested in, almost 70% would first try all possible ways of getting the product they are interested in for free...

The newest entrant to the Indian 3G market is Aircel, with the operator announcing that it has begun offering services in Chennai...

New international IP and content distribution services will be enabled in Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East following the announcement of a strategic long-term agreement between Middle East operator Saudi Telecom and Level 3 Communications...

A Zimbabwean internet and VoIP provider will now also provide WiMAX services following a deal with mobile broadband solutions provider Greenpacket. Aptics Trading has signed a WiMAX modem supply contract with the firm...

One of Poland’s largest telecoms operators has launched a new video-on-demand service for its subscribers. INEA’s new Wypo?yczalnia Filmów service is running on the open converged Service Delivery Platform (cSDP) from SeaChange|eventIS, which also served as systems integrator on the project...

In the face of strong competition to its commercial mobile business, Vodafone Essar is attempting to make inroads into India’s fixed-line arena, as well as incorporating business services into its strategy...

Kuwait’s largest mobile operator, Zain, will soon be able to offer its customers new and personalised services more rapidly. The operator has unified its customer data that was previously distributed across the network into a single database based on Nokia Siemens Networks’ One-NDS platform...