Egypt's telecom market is fairly liberalised, declares the Arab Advisors Group. By December 2006, the regulator (NTRA) had issued more than 200 telecom licences, three cellular licences, two payphone licences, two prepaid calling card licences, four VSAT licences and four international GMPCS operators...

Mtel (formally known as Mobiltel EAD), the Bulgarian wireless operator, has selected and implemented Andrew Corporation's Odyssey cellular radio planning software system in order to replace a previous radio planning tool.

Is there a role for alternative energy sources in the mobile industry? Yes is the answer, according to Motorola, which recently announced that it had successfully completed a trial to demonstrate the feasibility of alternative power systems that can support remote GSM base stations.

Huawei has announced the commercial introduction of its IP Multimedia Subsystem 3.0 solution aimed at providing an open architecture for the development of multimedia services...

Spearheaded by the arrival of real-time billing systems, billing is now a dynamic force with strategic implications and major repercussions for operators worldwide. Operators and subscribers in emerging markets, including those in the Asia-Pacific region, are among those enjoying the powerful benefits of real-time billing. Haim Kantor, Associate Vice President of the Real-time billing division of Comverse, sets the scene...

Yunnan Mobile Communication Co, a subsidiary of China Mobile with over ten million subscribers, is currently deploying Comverse's InSight Open Services Environment, to help subscribers complete and manage calls...

Russia has the potential to become a world leader in advanced mobile communications if it follows a transparent and objective approach to licensing third-generation spectrum, according to the GSM Association.

Alcatel-Lucent and Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau SARL are collaborating on a new IP service...

Vodafone is set to launch a £7bn plus offer for the Indian mobile phone operator Hutchison Essar as the company prepares to fight off rival bids for India's fourth largest telecoms carrier...

Mobile Telecommunications Company, is set to deliver high-speed mobile services such as mobile video, multimedia messaging and web browsing in Kuwait via Nortel optical solutions...

Currently boasting the largest subscriber base of satellite handheld users, UAE-based Thuraya will be launching a new satellite, Thuraya-3, by the end of March 2007...

Arab Advisors Group has launched a new report which analyses the cellular tariffs for 42 cellular operators in 19 Arab countries.

Shanghai Unicom, a branch of China Unicom, recently took the opportunity of a press conference to announce several new mobile services...

Texas Instruments is expanding its portfolio of WiMAX solutions with 2 new announcements in the WiMAX sector...

WiMAX,Wireless Broadband, Global: Samsung Electronics Co has unveiled a three-way gadget that combines a phone, personal computer and music player...  

Malaysia's government is encouraging the roll-out of 4G/WiMAX in its country next year by announcing that it will issue two appropriate licences in the next few months.

Bharti Airtel Limited has awarded Nokia an estimated US$400 million contract to expand its managed GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks in eight Airtel circles and to deploy a pan-Indian WAP solution across its networks.

Slovenia's Masterline has agreed to distribute PacketLight Networks productions and solutions for storage and disaster recovery. Michael Schwartz learnt more from PacketLight CEO Coby Hanoch, and asked him for his views on Slovenia as a place to trade.