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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:13 |
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A Telecom Advisory Services (TAS) report, delivered in conjunction with the GSMA today, reveals how mobile sector-specific taxation is impacting on the development and deployment of Mobile Broadband in developing countries. The study indicates how a reduction in special taxes applied to the telecommunications sectors in countries with different taxation approaches like Brazil, Mexico, Bangladesh and South Africa will translate into higher Mobile Broadband service adoption and more wealth creation reflected in additional GDP growth.
Inconsistencies currently exist in many developing countries between the levels of taxation levied against the Mobile industry and the reliance each of these countries place on Mobile Broadband to achieve broadband penetration goals. With a widespread absence of fixed infrastructure in these markets, Mobile Broadband will become a key social and economic development lever, driving internet connectivity and bridging the existing digital divide. As today’s report reveals, every dollar reduced in taxes across Brazil, Mexico, Bangladesh and South Africa will generate additional GDP ranging between US$1.4 to US$12.6 through enhanced broadband uptake. Despite this however, all four countries have implemented a taxation approach that actively reduces Mobile Broadband penetration by putting an economic burden on the purchase of handsets and services.
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:04 |
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Gigaset Communications presents two new DECT phones to meet everyday calling needs with comfort and ease: the Gigaset A490and the Gigaset A495, which come with an integrated answering machine. The two devices impress with their ease of use and elegant design. The new Siemens Gigaset phones come in a gleaming white and grey outfit. Further highlights are the ergonomic keypad with brilliant sound quality and talk times of up to 12 hours.
The Gigaset A490 comes with an illuminated keypad and display and an integrated phonebook with space for up to 80 entries. The call list stores the last 10 numbers for redialing and upto 25 missed calls. If a caller’s contact data has been stored in the phonebook and the CLIP function is enabled, the display shows the caller's name. An ideal feature for multi-person households is that up to four handsets can be registered on Gigaset’s base station. The Gigaset A495’s integrated answering machine can record up to 12 minutes of messages and has an added benefit of recording the dates and times of the messages and announcing them. The new Gigaset phones offer an exceptionally long standby time of upto 177 hours.
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 15:26 |
Framework agreement covers 21 operators, 123M+ subscribers across Africa and Middle East
Arieso, a leading provider of location-aware network management solutions for mobile operators, has signed a framework agreement with MTN Group, the multi-national telecoms provider with operating companies in 21 countries across Africa and the Middle East.
The agreement makes Arieso the preferred supplier of software and systems for subscriber-centric network design, planning and optimisation to MTN Group. Under the terms of the agreement, all 21 of MTN’s operating companies can use Arieso’s full suite of mobile network planning and optimisation solutions to manage and improve the performance of their 2G and 3G networks.
Arieso’s mobile network management technologies deliver ongoing business benefits for mobile operators who are experiencing high growth in data traffic, but whose radio network quality is suffering because of insufficient network capacity. Arieso solutions use location-aware subscriber information to quickly and precisely improve network performance and quality of service to the subscriber, based on actual end-user experience.
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:11 |
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Samsung launches youth campaign to highlight creative innovation in the UAE
Samsung Electronics, a leading mobile phone provider, recently announced it has recruited a total of 15 Mob!lers, to inspire technology, business and creative innovation in the UAE.
Samsung Mob!lers is a new youth campaign which encourages participants to engage their communities through social media platforms using a selected group of students as ambassadors. The Mob!lers, selected from local colleges and universities, are divided up into five different teams and every individual is given a Samsung Galaxy S mobile phone, and a number of other incentives to spread the word.
The Mob!lers first task, which was decided during a briefing session on 5th July, is to use the Galaxy S phone as a tool to host a physical party. This will be achieved through using the social networking applications on the device (known as Social Hub) to invite their friends, arrange the logistics, create events on Facebook, and upload pictures and videos using the High Definition camera.
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 15:34 |
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Non-government organisations (NGOs) and disaster management agencies which coordinate global humanitarian and relief efforts are a key market segment for Thuraya Telecom Co. Communications is one of the most vital requirements for NGO’s success. These agencies which operate in numerous parts of the world are on many occasions based in indigenous and remote hotspots that are not appropriately served by terrestrial telecom networks. Hence, NGOs are always on the look-out for handy and reliable telecom solutions.
With this in mind, Thuraya has been very active in the NGOs communications market. The Company’s participation in Aid and International Development Forum (AIDF) to be held in Washington D.C from 22nd to 23rd July is an example of its initiatives to better understand and serve this key market.
“We have proven satellite IP, voice, rural telephony and emergency communications products that have been widely used by international NGOs within our 140-country coverage area,” said Thuraya’s Vice President Corporate Communications, Ebrahim K. Ebrahim.
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Monday, 19 July 2010 12:48 |
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Sole managed services partner for China Mobile Hebei through a three-year field maintenance agreement Largest managed services contract in China for 22,000 base station sites China Mobile Hebei is the largest operator in the province with 35 million subscribers
China Mobile Hebei, a provincial company of China Mobile, has selected Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) as a sole managed services partner for all its 22,000 2G/3G (GSM/TD-SCDMA) base station sites through a three-year field maintenance agreement. The Hebei province has a population of 70 million and its area is almost the size of the UK.
Ericsson has already begun providing the service for what is the largest managed services contract the company has received in China so far. China Mobile Hebei is the largest operator in the province with 35 million subscribers.
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:09 |
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Avaya Advances Real-time Business Communications; Launches Next-Generation Customer Service and Collaboration Applications
Avaya Aura™ Communications Platform Powers New Applications and Redefines the Economics of Businesses Communications and Collaboration
Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, today announced a suite of new and enhanced product innovations and services based on Avaya Aura™ that redefine the economics and effectiveness of real-time, multi-media enterprise communications. The company also introduced its next generation of contact center solutions to meet the real-time demands of a rapidly evolving customer service environment.
The new Avaya Aura tools and services announced today make it possible to simultaneously accelerate decision-making and achieve meaningful financial impact, while moving enterprises towards a more people-centric approach to collaboration. The next generation contact center solutions—which include innovations in multimedia work assignment, workforce optimization and outbound self-service—help improve customer experiences. A central component of these contact center introductions is Avaya Aura Contact Center, which introduces a unique approach to enhancing customer satisfaction and agent productivity through Experience Management.
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 15:31 |
Emerging markets drive growth in global mobile VAS market
Emerging markets will be the key driver in the growth of global mobile value-added-service (VAS)* revenues from $200 billion in 2009 to $340 billion in 2014, according to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media. China, India, Indonesia, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Russia, Poland and the Ukraine are expected to account for 36 per cent of the global mobile data revenues in 2014.
“Compared to the developed world, there are very different economic, social, demographic and cultural challenges in the emerging markets. In many countries, 3G services are still not available, or are limited to mobile subscribers in larger cities. Therefore operators have to depend on 2G services such as SMS, USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) and IVR (Interactive Voice Response) systems, to be able to drive mass market adoption of their mobile value-added-services, and to successfully reach subscribers in smaller towns and rural areas,” according to Shailendra Pandey, senior analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media.
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Monday, 19 July 2010 12:45 |
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Solution Delivers LAN-like Performance for Branch Users While Protecting Against Web Security Threats Including Spam and Malware
Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced an extension of its relationship with Microsoft through the delivery of a comprehensive best-of-breed secure Web gateway and WAN optimization solution for organizations with remote offices. The joint solution combines Riverbed® award-winning WAN optimization technology with Microsoft’s Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 solution into a single appliance. This offering enables customers to virtualize their branch office infrastructure and deliver LAN-like application performance for branch users while protecting corporate networks from Web security threats such as malware and spam.
With this offering, Riverbed and Microsoft customers have the ability to further virtualize IT resources at the branch in a cost-effective manner while delivering end-to-end security. The solution takes advantage of the capabilities of the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP), a virtualized platform capable of running branch services, integrated with the Steelhead® appliance hardware. RSP allows customers to deploy up to five best-of-breed branch services on a single device, enabling organizations to consolidate the hardware infrastructure at the branch office,
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