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Reliance Communications of India is undertaking the largest wireless network expansion project by any operator across the world... 

Aimed at meeting all the major reporting, monitoring and control protocols, Intamac's latest device is aimed at putting customer needs at the top of the agenda in home and office automation...

Orphans and other vulnerable children in Nigeria are the targets of the Fantsuam Foundation which assesses the risks the children face from HIV/AIDS as well as traditional dangers such as hunger and disease...

Teledata Networks has now launched its BroadAccess-100 New Outdoor Mini IP DSLAM, aimed at easing upgrades to triple play...

Some months ago we carried a press release from Nokia which extolled the virtues of a Nokia handset whose design was said to be inspired by Alice in Wonderland. The press release was so brilliant we carried it unedited. Now, Nokia has released its Nokia 8600 Luna, 'a definitive design statement with a touch of glass.' We thought those of you dealing with telecoms in rural wastelands, or building up tele-density in urban squalor, or installing disaster management systems might just be interested in what Nokia has to say. Take it away, Nokia Luna...

Iridium Satellite has become an official supplier to Connect Africa, a not-for-profit organization whose goal is to introduce mobile communication and public service facilities for rural communities across Africa. Iridium will supply satellite voice and data services...

Last year Telrad Networks completed a rapid deployment of voice, data and IPTV services for NewNet, the second largest telecommunications provider in Georgia , launching 28 IP-based sites within less than a year. Rebecca Rachmany, Director of Marketing, Telrad Networks reviews her company's progress...

Image Share is a service allowing a mobile customer to share images with the person he or she is speaking to. Several companies have just carried out trials of Image Share with the help of China Mobile's laboratory in Beijing ...

Anam Mobile, a leading provider of revenue generating SMS applications, has announced a new service that will allow global money transfers via SMS...

China Telecom has selected a Voice and Data Portal Solution based on the from IP Unity Glenayre for a unified communications pilot scheme...

Telrad Networks has announced that its Commatch 6004 platform, which allows voice over WiMAX through existing TDM switches, has been deployed on two live networks in Poland. The deployments are in turn part of a deployment of Alvarion’s WiMAX solution. Commatch 6004 is intended to allow WiMAX VoIP over existing TDM switches with seamless interoperability...

Teles, the German fixed and mobile solutions-provider, has launched 'Do Not Call List' blocking which conforms to recent recommendations from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...

Brasil Telecom GlobeNet has selected Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its 22,000 km submarine network running across the Americas...

Modern telcos are faced with operational challenges: convergence, consolidation lower voice revenues and pressure for quick launch are some that come to mind. Clarity, founded 14 years ago, is one company with solutions to offer - and recent experience in Sri Lanka ...

Maxis Communications and Irish remote communications specialist Altobridge, have announced an agreement to deploy remote GSM wireless communication systems to communities and enterprises cut off from standard telecommunications...

The world’s first wind and solar commercial network GSM cell site has been deployed combining the technology and commercial expertise of Motorola, the GSMA and MTC Namibia...

The world’s first wind and solar commercial network GSM cell site has been deployed combining the technology and commercial expertise of Motorola, the GSMA and MTC Namibia...

Infineon Technologies has announced that its ULC2 (second generation ultra-low cost) platform, based on the single-chip E-GOLD voice solution has been selected by ZTE Corporation, a leading China-based telecommunication equipment manufacturer...

Vodafone has unveiled its first branded ultra-low cost consumer handsets, the Vodafone 125 and Vodafone 225, aimed at providing millions of people in emerging and developing markets the opportunity to access to the benefits of mobile technology for the very first time...

Grameen Foundation recently announced a new online assistance center to help microfinance institutions bring the benefits of telecommunications to poor communities around the world...

Veraz Networks has announced an IMS over WiMAX deployment that is one of the first such commercial installations in the Americas. The company's ControlSwitch has been chosen by Onemax as an IMS core to offer wireless broadband applications...

Several recent stories reported by Developing Telecoms have revealed the rise in importance of ICT and telephony to Nigeria. One more example of this trend is UK-based Gateway Communications' purchase of GS Telecom. Gateway gains a foothold in Nigeria, not to mention greater subscriber numbers throughout Africa...

Nokia Siemens Networks has now introduced its new Village Connection, a solution aimed at providing affordable rural connectivity and coverage in new growth markets. Village Connection is based on an easy concept: build rural connectivity village by village, exploiting a franchise-based business model between operator and local village entrepreneur...

Jordan Telecom Group, a subsidiary of France Telecom, has acquired a majority stake in Lightspeed Communications, Bahrain 's first alternative fixed-line telecommunications operator...

The Polish telecoms market is highly deregulated. Internet and telephone lines, for example, can now be offered independently. Dialog Telecom is Poland 's first operator to offer independent Internet connection without the need to pay a telephone bill or line rental costs...

Kasenna Portal TV ushers in third generation IPTV Middleware - and gains number 2 spot for VOD server software...

Huawei and TransTeleCom are cooperating to supply a next-generation network to Russia which will reduce transmission costs, provide users with multimedia services and evolve towards an all IP environment for the country.

It may be wishful thinking now but a US$10 cell phone is definitely in the minds of researchers at Berkeley 's Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).

Set to run from this September, Wind Telecom's new wireless broadband network will offer high-speed broadband services to urban and rural customers across the Dominican Republic .

A group led by Bahrain Telecommunications Co., Hong Kong's PCCW and U.S. Verizon Communications have won initial approval to operate Saudi Arabia's new fixed-line phone network, Saudi regulators have announced...