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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
February 7th to February 14th 2008 AFGHANISTAN: Roshan pioneers mobile payment service AFRICA: Celtel to go the Zain way in Africa too ANGOLA: Alcatel-Lucent wins GSM/EDGE expansion contract from Unitel BAHRAIN: Batelco releases annual ’07 results (Updated)...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
October 9th to October 16th 2008 AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST: Afghanistan and Iraq tipped for fast growth ALGERIA: Algeria Telecom privatisation postponed Unregistered SIM cards disconnected ANGOLA: Movicel hits two million mark BAHRAIN: Batelco launches VoIP...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
April 10th to April 17th 2008 AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST: Orascom to establish new company to offer mobile banking AFRICA: Hits Africa recruits new top level executives to trigger growth ALGERIA: Algeria expected to launch 3G licence tender BAHRAIN: Batelco...
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New Sony Ericsson PC suite Available
All new Sony Ericsson phones have now a new PC Suite in box. Now available as webdownload in 27 languages on the Sony Ericsson website. If you have a Sony Ericsson phone let's go download this new version free of cost. Supported phones (Mar/08): K530c,...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
January 31st to February 7th 2008 ALGERIA: Orascom Telecom Algerie overrules sale speculations BAHRAIN: Batelco releases annual ’07 results Batelco to cut employee numbers EGYPT: Mobinil registers USD 328 million annual ’07 net income North Korea sanctions...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
January 3rd to January 10th 2008 AFGHANISTAN: Etisalat reduces call and SMS tariffs BAHRAIN: Batelco introduces new mobile broadband service TRA to consider third player entry into Bahrain telecom market EGYPT: Arab Bank provides USD 845 million loan...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
Marsh 6th to Marsh 13th 2008 AFRICA: Chris Gabriel appointed as new Celtel International CEO for Africa operations ALGERIA: Algeria Telecom to be privatised by end-June ANGOLA: Angola Telecom to install 1,000 additional telephone booths by year-end EGYPT:...
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Microsoft Agrees to Acquire Danger Inc.
Microsoft Corp. today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Danger Inc., the company responsible for the software and services powering many popular consumer handsets. The acquisition will align Danger’s nearly 10 years of expertise in...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
February 05th to February 12th 2009 AFGHANISTAN: Milestone claimed for Roshan AFRICA: Subscriber growth drives Millicom capacity enhancements BAHRAIN: Zain Bahrain provides special offers under the Zain@home size S package GHANA: MTN expansion catered...
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French Telecommunication Market Report
The electronic communications services market in France in the 2nd quarter 2008 Revenues from electronic communications operators (Landline, ISPs and Mobile Network Operators) on the end market were €10.9 billion in the second quarter 2008. Interconnection...
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SAFRAN to Acquire Motorola’s Biometrics
SAFRAN through Sagem Sécurité, its wholly owned subsidiary and a world leader in ID solutions based on biometrics, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the biometric business unit within Motorola which includes its...
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Sony Ericsson (slow) ascension...
Q1 Highlights: • Year-on-year volume growth of 2% • Income before taxes at higher end of forecast • R&D investment continues to expand portfolio and addressable market • New sub-brand XPERIA™ added to portfolio The consolidated financial summary for Sony...
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Virtual test of next phone you'll buy....
Finding the right mobile device just got a lot easier Are you shopping for a new cell phone, but feel completely overwhelmed by the variety of devices out there? Or wish you hadn't felt so pressured to make an on-spot purchasing decision with a don't-ask-me-anything...
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Quaero, the future European Google?
Some people have already nicknamed it the "Internet Airbus". Named Quaero, the future European search engine will have the considerable task of taking on the American giant, Google, notably for searching video files. Behind this ambitious project is a...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
October 2nd to October 9th 2008 AFRICA: African centre for Nokia Emerging markets key to base station shipments GSMA promotes renewable energy for base stations GTV gains USD 35 million investment Soulco to operate SEC’s business in East Africa ANGOLA:...
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Nokia: Most Trusted Brand in India
Nokia has emerged as the Most Trusted Brand in India in the annual survey undertaken by Brand Equity of The Economic Times , India's largest and the world's second most read financial daily. Nokia was ranked 71 in 2005, when it first made an appearance...
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Chinese Telecom Bi-Weekly news
April 3rd 2008 to April 17th 2008 Apr 17 Taiwan market: xDSL users continue to fall in 4Q07 Skype hardware vendor Ipevo seeks additional investments from angel investors Apr 16 Vibo slashes capital; prepares to draw overseas investors Taiwan licensed...
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Chinese Telecom Bi-Weekly news
February 21th 2008 to Marsh 6th 2008 Mar 6 Chunghwa Telecom suffers losses from foreign exchange derivative contract Garmin developing PNDs to support One-segment and T-DMB, say sources CeBIT 2008: Alleged patent troll Sisvel throws wrench in works of...
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Chinese Telecom Weekly news
December 28th 2007 to January 4th 2008 Jan 4 Resignation of APBT chairman makes KDDI investment uncertain HTC sees limited impact from court injunction against Qualcomm Ways Technical teams up with FIH subsidiary for device surface treatment Jan 3 APBT...
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It's a Widget world (By Opera and Archos)
Opera powers Web 2.0 and widgets on the award-winning ARCHOS 605 WiFi and new 705 WiFi and Archos TV+ Oslo, Norway — 7 December 2007 ARCHOS, the global consumer electronics manufacturer and leader in portable digital entertainment solutions has selected...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
Marsh 27th to April 3rd 2008 AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST: Zain vies investment in China, India AFRICA: Nigeria gentle edges ahead of South Africa BAHRAIN: Batelco to introduce Video Conferencing Service TRA imposes BHD 100,000 fine on Batelco EGYPT: Egypt's...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
November 20th to November 27th 2008 AFRICA: Orange plans to invest USD 1 billion in Africa during 2009 BAHRAIN: Batelco launches promotional offers BENIN: Operators need to try harder says regulator CAMEROON: Telecom figures in 2009 budget CONGO BRAZZAVILLE:...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
September 25th to October 2nd 2008 AFRICA: African mobile service providers to gear up for improved services China Mobile to invest in emerging markets Ericsson to establish mobile innovation centre in Africa Gateway Communications, MEASAT forge AFRICASAT-1...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
July 10th to July 17th 2008 AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST: Etisalat launches mobile roaming alliance in three nations Juniper forecasts mobile revenues in MEA region to reach USD 107 billion by 2013 NTT DoCoMo vies expansion in Asia and MEA region ALGERIA: Djezzy...
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Chinese Telecom Bi-Weekly news
May 15th 2008 to May 29th 2008 May 29 Gemtek and Asustek not affected by Centrino 2 delay, says paper Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch BlackBerry Pearl 8120 LTE to become mainstream technology for future wireless communications, says NSN executive...