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TOPEX Bytton equipment successfully present in Orange booth at CERF 2008

During CERF 2008 opening, TOPEX, a leading telecom equipment manufacturer and NGN solution provider, was successfully present in ORANGE stand as an equipment provider for its new "Business Kit" solution. READ MORE>>

Sitronics receives 40 million euros in Middle East

The Sitronics Company has signed the largest contract to launch a wireless network in Syria. The contract is worth €40 million. READ MORE>>

Pakistan Long Distance Rates Soar

Effective May 1, 2008: the Pakistan Telecom Authority raised the termination rates by 100%, from 5 cents per minute to 10 cents per minute READ MORE>>

TOPEX Receives 2007 Product of the Year Award from Communications Solutions

TOPEX IP VCS solution was internationally launched two years ago, being the world's first fully IP implementation in ATC environment. It was developed pursuant to company goal to adapt market available VoIP technologies to ATC particular requirements. READ MORE>>

Middle East telecom leaders expected to reveal thoughts on M&A and next steps in expansion strategy

TelecomFinance Middle East & Africa 2008, the premier regional networking hub for financiers, professional intermediaries and the leadership in TMT operating companies READ MORE>>

Huawei HSUPA USB Stick E170 debuts in the Middle East and North Africa

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Huawei”) today launched its HSUPA USB Stick E170 at ITU Telecom Africa 2008 in Cairo, Egypt READ MORE>>

Bahrain Telecom to snub Mid. East for acquisitions

Bahrain Telecommunications Co BTEL.BH said it is shifting its focus away from the Middle East -- where assets are overpriced -- to Africa READ MORE>>

Comptel acquires UK-based Axiom SystemsComptel acquires UK-based Axiom Systems to capitalize opportunities from operators' growing investments in IP-based services READ MORE>>

Omantel acquires 65 % stake in WorldCall Pakistan

Omantel, which was eagerly eying Pakistan's telecom industry last year, has finally acquired 65 percent shares of WorldCall Telecom Limited for USD 200 million. READ MORE>>

Airline traffic during NATO Summit coordinated by TOPEX VCS

TOPEX VCS, voice communication system intended for air traffic control applications and dispatcher - type communication centers, assisted in providing the flights synchronization during NATO Summit held in Bucharest READ MORE>>

Inline Telecom Solutions Launches new Version of Bill-Master B&CC System for Telecom providersInline Telecom Solutions a leading Russian systems integrator focused on telecommunication industry has launched new version of their B&CC system Bill-Master v.5.1 READ MORE>>

Global IP Telecommunications Launches Free Audio/Video Softphone “Ninja Basic” Global IP Telecommunications Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) software telephones, has announced today that they make their flagship audio/video softphone available for free. READ MORE>>

SingTel, Google, and Others to Lay New Transpacific Internet Cable

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) announced yesterday that it is teaming up with Google, KDDI Corp., Bharti Airtel, Pacific Internet, and Global Transit to build a new underwater cable   READ MORE>>

Bundled Services Gain Popularity in Irish Telecom Market

Some 52% of Ireland’s landline telephone users now bundle internet access or some other service with their telecom subscription,  READ MORE>>

Telstra Pushes Retail Broadband to Make Up for Fixed-Line Telephone Shortfall

Australia’s leading telecom provider, Telstra Corporation, is making progress in developing additional revenue streams, particularly high-speed internet  READ MORE>>

T-Mobile USA Enters Home Phone Market with New VoIP Service

America’s fourth largest wireless carrier, T-Mobile USA, has started selling its own VoIP home phone service in Dallas, Texas and Seattle, Washington  READ MORE>>

Verizon Wireless Introduces Unlimited, Flat-Rate Cell Phone Plan

America’s second biggest cell phone carrier, Verizon Wireless, launched an unlimited flat rate calling plan for high-end customers yesterday  READ MORE>>

Vonage Stresses Positive in Fourth-Quarter Earnings Report

Independent VoIP provider, Vonage Inc., is trying to put a positive spin on its results for the final quarter of 2007 – a period in which it added just 56,000 new broadband voice subscribers  READ MORE>>

Cox Reports Healthy Cable, Broadband, and VoIP Growth in 2007

Cox Communications added more than one million Revenue Generating Units (i.e. individual subscriptions) in 2007, marking the seventh consecutive year that it has repeated this accomplishment.  READ MORE>>

Verizon Buys Bendable Fiber Optic Cables for Urban FiOS Expansion

America’s leading fiber-optic broadband provider, Verizon Communications, placed an order with Corning Inc. last week to purchase that company’s ClearCurve bendable optical fiber cables  READ MORE>>

Videotron Unveils 50-Mbps Cable Broadband Service in Quebec

Quebec-based cable giant, Videotron Ltee, has gained the distinction of Canada’s fastest ISP, launching a new broadband service dubbed Ultimate Speed Internet  READ MORE>>

AT&T to Increase DSL Pricing by $5/Month

America’s leading DSL provider, AT&T, revealed earlier this week that it plans to increase the cost of its three most common broadband packages.  READ MORE>>

Telekom Austria to Expand aonTV IPTV Service this Year

Austria’s incumbent telephone operator, Telekom Austria, currently signs up an average of 1,000 new households each week for its IPTV service  READ MORE>>

Comstar Working on Armenian WiMAX Network

Russian telecom operator, Comstar UTS, announced this week that it had started deploying a new mobile broadband network in neighbouring Armenia, using WiMAX technology  READ MORE>>

Virgin Mobile Moves SMS Messaging Database to MySQL Platform

British MVNO, Virgin Mobile, has moved its back-end SMS database onto an open-source MySQL-based platform. READ MORE>>

Motorola to Supply BT Vision with Next-Generation V-Boxes

UK telecommunications incumbent, BT, has selected Motorola as the lead supplier of next-generation set-top boxes for the BT Vision digital television service. READ MORE>>

Motorola Unveils CPEi 100 WiMAX Modem

Motorola Inc. has unveiled the CPEi 100, the latest addition to its growing portfolio of WiMAX customer premises equipment. 30 READ MORE>>

Deutsche Telekom Expects Fixed-Line Revenue to Decline in 2008

German telephone incumbent, Deutsche Telekom, expects it fixed-line revenues to continue declining this year, despite a strong broadband business partially offsetting the effect of dwindling landline telephone usage. READ MORE>>

Orange Sells 70,000 iPhone Devices in First Month of Availability

French mobile phone carrier, Orange, sold more than 70,000 Apple iPhones in the month after launching the long-awaited handset on November 29. READ MORE>>