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India - Nokia launches four Eseries phones in India.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Nokia has announced that it would launch four Eseries devices in India, the Nokia E50, E60, E61 and E71. While the price point of the E50 has not been disclosed yet, the rest of the models would be in the...

India - BSNL to use GSM technology for fixed wireless service.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) The state-run BSNL has finally decided to include GSM-based services in its fixed wireless phone (FWP) offerings. BSNL already offers fixed wireless terminals (FWTs) in urban as well as rural areas using...

India - Airtel intros fixed wireless service in Tamil Nadu.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Airtel has launched its Airtel Mega fixed wireless phone services in Chennai and the rest of Tamil Nadu, India.

Israel - Bezeq aims to increase YES satellite TV stake.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Israeli incumbent operator Bezeq has sought the approval of the country's antitrust authority to increase its stake in YES Satellite Television to over 50 percent from 49.8 percent at present. Bezeq...

Israel - Samsung still number two after Nokia, says importer.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Samsung's Israeli phone importer, Suny Electronics, claims to have taken a 27 percent share of the Israeli mobile phone market in the first quarter, contradicting Motorola Israel's recent claim to have...

Israel - Cellcom shows steady progress in Q2.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Israeli mobile phone operator Cellcom had a revenue up 13 percent to ILS 1.39 billion in the second quarter, compared to ILS 1.23 billion in the year-earlier period. Call minutes and data both grew, with...

Japan - Asia Netcom, Clara Online in fast backbone connection deal.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Asia Netcom and Japanese server hosting service company Clara Online will partner to provide a high-speed international backbone connection across its global internet infrastructure for enterprise...

Japan - eAccess first quarter revenue hits JPY 14.29 billion.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Japanese ISP eAccess had a JPY 14.29 billion revenue in its fiscal first quarter to the end of June compared to JPY 60.35 million in the year to the end of March. Operating profit reached JPY 2.16 billion...

Middle East - Qtel to improve GSM/UMTS reception in Doha ahead of Games.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Qatar Telecom (Qtel) will install more than 60 repeaters around Doha to eliminate service quality problems affecting mobile phone users in the city, reports The Peninsula. The company's executive director...

Middle East - Cellucom to open 150 mobile stores in Middle East.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) UAE-based mobility products retail group Cellucom plans to open 150 stores across the Middle East in the second half of the year, taking the total to 250 stores on 31 December and 500 by the end of 2008....

Japan - IIJ revenues rise 26 percent, operating profit doubles.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Japanese data network services provider IIJ reported revenues for the fiscal first quarter to June up 26 percent from a year ago to JPY 12.44 billion. Operating profit jumped 127 percent to JPY 559 million,...

Middle East - Batelco customers now can roam on Syriatel network.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Bahrain Telecommunications (Batelco) is adding Syriatel to its two-way roaming partners for prepaid (SimSim) customers. The company has agreements in place with eight operators in seven countries, namely...

Nigeria - Globacom launches BlackBerry service in Nigeria.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Nigerian mobile operator Globacom launched Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry handheld e-mail and voice communications service at an event honoured by the top echelon of the country's corporate...

Middle East - Sony Ericsson brings 3.2 Megapixel camera phone to UAE.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Sony Ericsson has brought its Cyber-shot K800i mobile phone to the Middle East. Featuring a 3.2 Megapixel camera with autofocus, Xenon flash and BestPic imaging technology, the dual-mode UMTS/GPRS handset...

Middle East - Nokia signs content aggregation deal with phone chain i2.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Nokia and Middle Eastern mobile phone provider Itsalat International (i2) have completed their content aggregation agreement, which uses the latter's 'i2 club' mobile shopping portal. The company sells...

Pakistan - Court asks PTA to revise bandwidth tariff.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) The Lahore High Court has asked Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to revise its determination for cut in bandwidth rates. PTA had asked PTCL to reduce bandwidth rates and bring them to the level...

Singapore - StarHub raises FY outlook after strong H1.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Singapore operator StarHub reported second-quarter net profit up 44 percent from a year ago to SGD 43.7 million on broad based growth across its cable, internet and mobile activities. Revenues rose 16...

Pakistan - PTCL cuts prices by over 15 percent.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Pakistan Telecommunications (PTCL) has reduced local and international call rates by more than 15 percent. This is the first such step by the company since its management control was handed over to...

Taiwan - Taiwan Mobile sees revenue fall to TWD 5.01 bln in July.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Taiwan Mobile had TWD 5.01 billion consolidated revenue in July 2006, down from TWD 5.23 billion in July 2005, with TWD 2.29 billion EBITDA, down from TWD 2.45 billion, and TWD 1.38 billion net income,...

Thailand - Samsung sees Thai handset market up 6% in 2006.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Samsung expects the Thai mobile phone market to grow by around 6 percent this year to a value of THB 55 billion or 7 million units, The Nation reports from a presentation of the Korean company's latest...

South Africa - Telkom South Africa launches new prices.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Telkom South Africa has launched new prices, which it says will yield a 2.1 percent overall reduction in its prices. Depending on the service and tariff, the real term price drop, considering inflationary...

Sudan - MTC Sudan expansion boosts customer base.
August 10, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Mobile Telecommunications (MTC) built up a 2.2 million subscriber base in the half year since it bought Mobitel's network in Sudan. MTC Sudan has refurbished many outlets and deployed new customer service...

Australia - Telstra may upgrade existing copper networks.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Telecommunications firm Telstra will need to consider upgrades of its present copper, cable and wireless networks at a reduced cost after cancelling talks with the Australian Competition and Consumer...

Japan - EAccess acquires 10.3 percent stake in ACCA Networks.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Japan-based EAccess has invested in 10.3 percent (12,827shares in total) in the outstanding shares of Japan-based ACCA Networks as of 04 August, and became the second largest shareholder. The transactions...

Japan - Japanese operators agree on MNP start date.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) NTT DoCoMo, its eight regional subsidiaries, KDDI, Okinawa Cellular Telephone, and Vodafone KK will implement mobile number portability on 24 October, NTT announced. Each operator will provide details of...

Japan - Japan Telecom moves to operating profit.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Japan Telecom, the fixed-line unit of Softbank, moved to an operating profit of JPY 1.2 billion in the fiscal first quarter to June, reversing a loss of JPY 14.1 billion in the year-earlier period. The...

India - Maxis to invest INR 22 billion at Aircel.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Malaysian operator Maxis Communications plans to invest INR 22 billion in the current fiscal year at its Indian mobile operator Aircel, Indian papers report, citing a Maxis statement at its AGM. Maxis is...

Japan - Softbank considers fibre service as DSL growth slows.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Japanese operator Softbank has confirmed it is considering fibre services as growth in the DSL market has slowed. Competition from incumbent NTT's fibre service has led to increased churn among Softbank...

Japan - Softbank to double 3G coverage, re-brand in October.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Japanese operator Softbank, which recently acquired Vodafone Japan, plans to nearly double the number of 3G base stations by the end of its current fiscal year to March 2007. The group had 22,771 base...

New Zealand - Woosh refutes reports over Intel deal.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Mobile telecommunications provider Woosh has refuted reports that it has chosen chip maker Intel to help it set up a new broadband network, reports National Business Review. According to Woosh chairman...

Pakistan - PTCL suspends 7 LDI operator services.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has partially restricted the services of seven long-distance international (LDI) operators who had over PKR 2 billion in debts payable to PTCL. Negotiations to...

Taiwan - Chunghwa picks Nokia again for 3G network.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom has picked Nokia to enhance its 3G network. The new contract will see Nokia deploying WCDMA 3G radio and core networks, as well as providing turnkey services such as...

New Zealand - Xtra temporarily shuts down online e-mail service.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Xtra shut down its online e-mail service for nearly 24 hours due to some customers reporting that after logging in they were able to view other customers' e-mail accounts, reports National Business Review....

Taiwan - Taiwan Mobile denies reported interest by Vodafone, SingTel.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Taiwan Mobile has denied reports that Vodafone or SingTel are considering taking over Taiwan Fixed Network's 30 percent stake in the mobile operator, writes the Taiwan Economic News. The Taiwanese...

Pakistan - Aknmtech to distribute Indian mobile content.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Pakistani mobile content and messaging group Aknmtech has announced an alliance with Hungama Mobile of India, a provider of mobile entertainment content in Southeast Asia. Aknmtech, which already...

Pakistan - SingTel, Cybernet in IP-VPN services deal in Pakistan.
August 9, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), Asian communications group, and Cybernet, Pakistan-based internet and data network operator, have entered into a supply-agreement to provide IP-VPN coverage in...

Australia - Chariot CEO unveils company revamp.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Newly-appointed Chariot CEO Garry Hersey has announced a restructure of the company's operations. The move is aimed at improving the company's on-going performance and financial position. The restructure...

Australia - Telstra to remove another 4,000 pay-phones.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Telecommunications firm Telstra is set to withdraw another 4,000 pay-phones in Australia over the next six months, according to newspaper reports. The company has told its pay-phone provisioning staff to...

Australia - Optus, HP launch mobile computing package.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Optus has joined forces with notebook manufacturer Hewlett-Packard (HP) to offer customers a new and exclusive deal to combine their internet and computing needs. As from 07 August, consumers and small...

Australia - MobileDataforce, MobilSync in software distribution deal.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) MobileDataforce, provider of rapid application development solutions for mobile environments (RADS-ME), has announced a software distribution agreement with Australia-based mobile technology integrator...

Australia - Gilat to supply SkyEdge infrastructure to Optus.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Gilat Satellite Networks has announced an agreement to supply Optus, Australia-based integrated telecommunications company, with additional SkyEdge hub infrastructure and several thousand VSATs. The...

Bahrain - Batelco wins court suspension of regulatory order.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Bahrain operator Batelco has won a court order suspending certain regulatory orders. The company started the proceedings after the regulator TRA ordered Batelco to publish a press release stating that the...

Bahrain - Batelco ordered to change interconnection offer.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) The Bahrain regulator TRA has ordered national operator Batelco to change certain elements of its reference interconnection offer (RIO). The rates submitted by the company appeared too high and based on...

China - China Telecom uses Juniper routers.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) China Telecom has expanded core capacity on its ChinaNet Next Carrying Network (CN2) using Juniper Networks M- and T-series routers. The expansion supports the increasing number of network edge devices and...

India - Tech Mahindra raises INR 4.65 billion in IPO.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Indian software and systems developers Tech Mahindra has raised INR 4.65 billion in an initial public offering of shares. The company sold 12.746 million shares at INR 365 each, the top of the indicated...

India - Airtel launches Youth Card for prepaid subscribers.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Indian mobile operator Airtel has launched the Youth Card, aservice aimed at young, prepaid customers in Delhi. The card costs INR 149 and comes with special offers like a night calling tariff of INR 0.10...

Israel - ECtel sees Q2 revenue rise to USD 7.2 mln.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) ECtel, global provider of integrated revenue management (IRM) solutions, had USD 7.2 million revenue in Q2 2006, up 27 percent vs USD 5.6 million in the year-earlier period. Gross margin was 61 percent, up...

Japan - NTT DoCoMo, others to develop appliance-control format.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) NTT DoCoMo and other firms will join forces with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to develop a common format for allowing users to remotely control VCRs and other home appliances via...

Kenya - Celtel Kenya launches low-cost prepaid phone.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Mobile operator Celtel Kenya has launched a low-cost prepaid service called One4all. The handset and SIM card sells for KES 3,500 and includes KES 300 worth of calling and a flat rate for all calls. The...

Kenya - Kenya qualifies 8 firms for 2nd fixed licence tender.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) The Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) has qualified eight bidders for the second fixed-line operator licence, the East African Standard reports. Thirteen companies submitted applications, of which...

Oman - Omantel revenues up 20.5% in H1.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) reported first-half revenues up 20.5 percent from the year-earlier period to OMR 157.6 million. Net profit improved to OMR 42.9 million from OMR 39.1 million. The...

Pakistan - Pakistan reassesses significant market powers.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) The Pakistan telecoms regulator has started a public consultation on assessing significant players in various retail and wholesale markets for fixed, mobile and local loop services. The market powers,...

Philippines - Juniper wins contract from IP Converge.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Juniper Networks has won a contract to supply its Integrated Security Gateway firewall and VPN to Philippines service provider IP Converge. The equipment protects IP Converge's network edge, including...

Philippines - PLDT sees core net income rise to PHP 15.2 bln in H1.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Philippines-based telecommunications provider Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) had PHP 15.2 billion core net income in H1 2006, up 11 percent vs the year-earlier period. Core earnings per share...

Philippines - Piltel sees H1 core net income rise to PHP 3.18 bln.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Pilipino Telephone (Piltel), Philippines-based cellular opeator, had core net income of PHP 3.18 billion in H1 1006, up 17 percent from PHP 2.72 billion in the year-earlier period. Service revenues were...

Singapore - M1 launches 3G router in Singapore.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) M1 has launched the first 3G router in Singapore which enables customers to set up their own Wi-Fi hotspots using 3G connectivity anywhere in Singapore. The 3G router works together with the Vodafone...

Taiwan - Accton Technology wins Belkin orders for Wi-Fi phones.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Accton Technology started shipments of Wi-Fi internet phones activated by Skype software in July, and has won Belkin's orders for the phones, reports Taiwan Economic News. Alpha Networks has formed an...

Uganda - Uganda to issue telecoms licences from August.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) will start issuing licences to private communication service providers on 14 August, the New Vision writes. UCC's executive director Patrick Masambu gave the...

Viet Nam - NTT Com, VDC to offer IP-VPN services in Vietnam.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) NTT Communications (NTT Com) and Vietnam-based international telecom carrier Vietnam Datacommunication (VDC) have agreed to provide MPLS-based Global IP-VPN services in Vietnam under the name of...

Zambia - Zamtel concludes feasibility studies on fibre-optic network.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Zamtel, Zambia-based telecommunication operator, has completed feasibility studies on the laying of an underground fibre-optic network in Zambia, to boost telecom services, reports the Sunday Times of...

Japan - KDDI launches fibre-optic telecoms service in au stores.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Telecommunications firm KDDI has started offering fibre-optic telecommunications service at its au brand cellular phone stores in Japan, reports The Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The move represents the first time...

China - Mobile phone output in Shenzhen to surpass 100 mln units.
August 8, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Production of mobile phones in the southern economic hub of Shenzhen, China, is forecast to exceed 100 million units in 2006, representing one in every eight mobile phones worldwide, reports Xinhua,...

Australia - Optus deploys new mobile facility in Salamander Bay.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Optus has installed a new mobile facility at Salamander Bay in the Port Stephens region of New South Wales, Australia. The facility will enhance Optus' GSM network coverage in Salamander Bay and the...

Australia - Australia govt disappointed over Telstra leaving FTTN talks.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) The Australian government is disappointed by Telstra's withdrawal from talks with the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) about regulatory arrangements for an FTTN network for various...

Australia - Austar sees H1 net profit rise to AUD 26.5 mln.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Regional pay-TV operator Austar had AUD 26.5 million net profit in H1 2006, up 48 percent vs the year-earlier, reports The Australian. In Q2, the company added 20,200 new subscribers, for a total of...

Australia - Telstra talks over fibre broadband network set to fail.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Telstra's plans to set up a AUD 3.4 billion fibre broadband network are near to failure, with talks between the company and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), competition...

Ethiopia - ETC awards USD 4.9 million deal to Huawei.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Ethiopian Telecommunication (ETC) has signed a USD 4.9 million agreement for the acquisition of some 260 switches from Huawei Technologies. The equipment will optimise ETC's fixed line network and will...

Ghana - Ghanaian CDMA operator Kasapa extends network.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Ghana's CDMA operator, Kasapa Telecom, will soon cover Takoradi and the country's entire Western Region, reports the Ghanaian Chronicle, citing company managing director Robert Palitz. The company is in...

China - Lenovo mobile phone sales on track in second quarter.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) In its latest results announcement, Chinese computer group Lenovo said its mobile handsets shipments grew by 97 percent in the quarter to the end of June compared to the year earlier period. The company,...

India - Wipro, Motorola to invest USD 20 mln in JV.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Wipro Technologies, the IT arm of Wipro, and Motorola will jointly invest around USD 20 million in WMNetServ, their newly-formed joint venture for telecom outsourced services, the Business Standard reports....

Hong Kong - SmarTone-Vodafone launches plan for travellers.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Hong Kong's SmarTone-Vodafone has launched a suite of travel support services called 'Traveller', costing HKD 38 per month. The services include call screening, automatic phonebook backup, car bookings in...

India - BSNL Punjab lets customers choose two discounted numbers.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) The Punjab circle of BSNL has launched a scheme which enables customers to call any two BSNL numbers within the Punjab Circle at reduced call rates. Of these one should be a BSNL landline number and the...

Indonesia - HCPT awards OSS contract to Clarity.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Indonesian mobile operator Hutchison CP Telecommunications (HCPT) has awarded a contract to Clarity International for operational support systems (OSS). Tech Mahindra is systems integrator on the contract....

Israel - Motorola claims second place in Israeli mobile market.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Motorola claims to now have a 24 percent share of the Israeli mobile phone market, placing it ahead of Samsung, Globes reports, citing Motorola Israel's Herzl Arviv. The market is led by Nokia with an...

India - Tata Teleservices aims for 1 mln customers in Rahasthan.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Tata Teleservices expects to have 1 million mobile customers in Rajasthan by the end of the year compared to 450,000 at present, reports the Business Standard, citing the company's circle operating...

Japan - Japan adds 383,800 mobile users in July.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) The Japanese market added 383,800 new mobile subscribers in July for a total 93.253 million. NTT DoCoMo increased its lead to 51.863 million from 51.672 million in June. KDDI's user base rose to 26.121...

India - Spice Telecom sees IPO in Q1.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Indian mobile operator Spice Communications plans to raise USD 250 million in an initial public offering of shares in the first quarter of next year, the Business Standard reports. Previously, the company...

Israel - BezeqCall in talks to buy Tadiran Telecom - report.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) BezeqCall has announced that it is in talks to acquire a network terminating point company for ILS 90 million, reports Globes, with unnamed sources indicating that the takeover target is Tadiran Telecom....

Japan - Square Enix sees 229.8 percent rise in quarterly sales.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Japan-based Square Enix had JPY 37.2 billion net sales in the quarter to 30 June, up 229.8 percent from JPY 11.28 billion in the year-earlier period. Operating income was JPY 2.72 billion, up 629.9 percent...

Malaysia - Maxis reaches 150,000 active 3G users.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Malaysian mobile operator Maxis Communications had 256,000 customers with 3G mobile phones at the end of July, of which 150,000 were active 3G users. The company has made video calls during off-peak hours...

Senegal - Senegal to get 3rd mobile operator.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Senegal is preparing to welcome a third mobile operator to the country, the minister for telecommunications Joseph Ndong has announced. The country will shortly call for applications for the licence, which...

Thailand - IEC buys stake in Bliss-Tel.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Thai handset distributor IEC has acquired a stake in rival Bliss-Tel, The Nation writes. IEC is buying 56 million Bliss-Tel shares at THB 4.50 each, giving it a 24.35 percent stake in the company. IEC will...

South Africa - Vodafone South Africa borrows ZAR 8 billion.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Vodafone Holdings South Africa, the 50 percent owner of local mobile operator Vodacom, has secured a ZAR 8 billion loan underwritten by Barclays Capital affiliate Absa Capital and Standard bank of South...

Middle East - Batelco, Vodafone Egypt introduce GPRS roaming service.
August 7, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Bahrain's Batelco just announced that it went live with a GPRS roaming agreement with Vodafone in Egypt on 27 July. The company said that postpaid customers with GPRS/MMS enabled phones can send and...