Mobile operators in developing countries have bought or ordered more than 12 million mobile phones from Motorola under the Emerging Market Handset programme run by the GSM Association (GSMA).

Globalcom Satellite is now unveiling the Nera WorldPro 1000 portable satellite terminal. The terminal will operate via Inmarsat's powerful new 4th generation satellite network on a service called BGAN...

Alec Barton, Publisher of Developing Telecoms, finds great cause for encouragement from 3GSM Barcelona...  

Andrew Corporation has introduced a compact tower-mounted amplifier designed to provide operators with options for coverage and capacity enhancement for 3G networks...

Andrew Corporation has introduced what is believed to be the industry's first all-digital remote radio head, a high-power unit that is intended to provide cost savings and coverage flexibility for global 3G networks...

BSS/OSS supplier Intec has launched a new mobile charging, customer and revenue management solution particularly applicable to the developing world...

In response to increasing demand for IP-based solutions with built-in power availability capabilities, American Power Conversion has announced that the Nortel Business Communications Manager 50 now offers an interface to APC’s USB-signalling uninterruptible power supply products...

Andrew Corporation has introduced a software system that works with the Teletilt(r) ATC200-1000 local rack-mounted controller and enables real-time adjustments to base station antennas from anywhere an Internet connection is established...

AlanDick Group has announced an agreement with Redline Communications, a provider of standards-based broadband wireless equipment...

Nokia has announced three new Bluetooth headsets: the BH-800, the BH-900 and the BH-200 at the Consumer Electronics Fair, Las Vegas...

The mobile phone has become the device most people turn to in an emergency. Mobile networks experience huge increases in traffic immediately following a disaster and high-levels of demand continue for many days afterwards.

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

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...

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...

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 .

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...

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

More than half of Huawei's revenue this year has come from its sales of wireless products. From being, in Huawei's words: "just a mere participant in the field of wireless" the company has now become a worldwide leader, deploying its products in more than 50 countries...

Aimed at encouraging global telecoms players to pool their ideas, Huawei’s inTouch Lab and Partnership Plan target fellow companies in the industry in order to create, on a joint basis, innovative services and applications for the future...

Mobile-owning professionals can now answer emails by voice. This is the boast by Visto Corporation, which has launched Mobile Secure Voice specifically for professionals 'on the go.' The new capability results from Visto acquiring Trekmail, a provider of mixed-media messaging services...

Nokia is underlining its interest in GSM technology on the 450MHz frequency band. The company believes GSM450 frequency is a viable solution in providing affordable handsets and mobile voice-centred services to new growth areas with a low teledensity...

Cisco's Linksys division is working with Skype, one of the leading global voice over Internet communications companies, to market a new cordless phone that is designed to take free Skype Internet phone calling off the computer and to put it into the hands of callers...