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Voice Short Message Service (VSMS) allows mobile users to send and receive eight-second voice messages or voice notes from their terminals whether via CDMA, GSM or any other technology by just making a standard voice call. Venezuela’s Equipos Telemo has just become the country’s first company to offer this facility...

A new publication in the Country Reports series from  Datamonitor is called Fixed Line Telecoms in Mexico. It looks at market competitiveness and gives a five-year forecast, as well as the data one expects from this type of report.

Geos Communications, which provides solutions for those in the mobile sector, has acquired the Chinese mobile content retailer Duo Guo, which has been described as the only legitimate retail channel for downloading mobile media content in China.

A new collaboration between Selevision and Irdeto will grow customer bases and increase RoI for television content providers and advertisers in the Middle East.

Guam’s communications network will see improvements costing US$10 million this year. The aim is to set the stage for more competition in wireless, digital TV and broadband...

Recent findings by ABI Research analyse the impending battle for market share, not to say domination, between WiMAX and LTE. Both systems are progressing steadily and, according to ABI, will co-exist for some time to come...

Fixed-line services provided by Telkom Kenya have recently seen their reliability improved due to a new system which diverts calls to another cable if the original is cut...

Airwide Solutions and Tecnotree will be making available a portfolio of messaging, OSS/BSS and value-added services solutions to operators worldwide. Emerging regions are claimed to benefit from comprehensive, out-of-the-box infrastructure solutions.

Albanian newcomer Eagle Mobile has introduced a policy of putting incomplete calls on auto mode. It has brought in Kirusa’s Auto-Voice SMS system to monetise these calls...

DTAC, the second largest mobile operator in Thailand, is gearing up to handle increased growth in mobile data, while furthering its commitment to reducing its environmental impact. It aims to significantly lower its carbon emissions with new network architecture and technology from Nokia Siemens Networks...

The world’s first HSPA+ smartphone, powered by the Android operating system, was announced by Huawei at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The U8800 smartphone will be commercially available in the third quarter of 2010, and is able to support high-speed Internet access, which is faster than existing 3G smartphones...

This summer, Alcatel-Lucent will conduct an LTE trial for mobile operator MTS-Ukraine. The aim is an end-to-end solutions incorporating LTE base-stations and IP service routing as well as basic operational systems...

Mobile advertising specialist Out There Media has announced a partnership with VimpelCom, a international provider of telecoms in Russia. This year, a series of commercial pilot projects will be launched in Russia, where there are 51 million VimpelCom subscribers...

Andrew Solutions has unveiled a multi-operator coverage and capacity solution in Istanbul’s SG Airport. The Distributed Antenna System (DAS) will allow Vodafone, Turkcell and AVEA to provide 2G and 3G services to users throughout the airport...

Cerillion Technologies has been selected by three new clients for major CRM and Billing projects...

Telefónica, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, and MoreMagic Solutions, a mobile solutions provider, have announced that US friends and family of Telefónica customers are now able to recharge Movistar mobile phones throughout Latin America...

Critical Path, a provider of messaging applications, has revealed search results indicating that consumers in emerging markets are dissatisfied with their social networking experience...

Mobile users in Bangladesh have accessed more than 1 million English lessons using a new service, BBC Janala (‘Window’), which is promising to transform the way people learn language through m-technology in the developing world...

Electro Power Systems SpA has launched a new self-recharging hydrogen fuel cell technology claimed to be the world’s first...

Fujairah in the UAE will host a landing station for Gulf Bridge International, the first privately owned Middle Eastern submarine cable operator. Partnering GBI will be local telecom service provider du...

Jordan is to benefit from an MVNO supplied to Friendi Group by Sysmsoft, which specialises in real-time mobile data, charging and messaging solutions. Friendi’s Jordanian launch follows its Omani deployment, believed to be the first MVNO in the Middle East...

 ABI Research has conducted a survey on using mobile phones for person-to-person payments. Interest was low in the seven countries surveyed. Interest in the developing markets was greater - but ABI did not ask anyone in those countries. Michael Schwartz reproaches...

In an important first for the Iraqi market, Asiacell – the largest private Iraqi company and the first and only mobile telecommunications company to provide coverage for all of Iraq – has announced a major strategic partnership with AMWAL, a consortium of Iraqi banks...

me2me AG has selected Iperia’s MobileVX platform for Visual Voice Messaging as part of its “String of Pearls” strategy, which aims to offer a full suite of voice and web services to Mobile Operators and other Service Providers...

MCB, one of Pakistan’s leading banks, has passed an important milestone. In less than eight months the bank’s MCB Mobile service has processed more than US$10 million worth of transactions...

The Dominican Republic will soon benefit from a new mobile WiMAX network, which is to be constructed by Samsung...

 Synchronica has unveiled Mobile Gateway 5, a complete mobile messaging suite that enables operators to offer push email and synchronisation, instant messaging, social networking services, and web feeds to consumers and business users regardless of the handset they use...

This month, BSNL will roll out WiMAX services in Dhakor of Greater Noida, which is located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The area is under the remit of the Indian National Capital Region...

Alcatel-Lucent and Bulgarian telco Vivacom have signed a five-year partnership focusing on the end-to-end strategic transformation of Vivacom’s fixed and mobile network throughout the country. Vivacom is outsourcing end-to-end network operations to Alcatel-Lucent as of March 1, 2010...

A new contract signed by Trace Systems will be supporting US Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), including the Joint Network Operations Control Centre. Valued at over US$55 million, the contract will involve more than 40 IT experts supporting the Joint Network Operations Control Center in Afghanistan...

  Suntrica has brought out a new range of solar-powered chargers, including a community charger for rural villages in emerging markets, as well as and chargers for iPods and iPhones...