Telecompaper Africa/Asia articles from September 2006

Telecompaper Africa/Asia archives from September 2006

Asia - Cambridge Broadband expands South Asia presence.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) UK-based cellular transmission solutions provider Cambridge Broadband is expanding its presence in South Asia in order to support its current and future customers. The company said it is carrying out work...

Asia - Seven, Yahoo! in talks with TNZ for online services - report.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Australia's Seven Network plans to use its partnership with Yahoo! for an internet deal with Telecom New Zealand (TNZ), the Australian reports. Yahoo7 is in talks with TNZ about making Yahoo! the software...

Australia - AARNet 3 goes live.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) The Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has launched its AARNet 3 version, Australian daily the Australian reports. The third generation network offers high-speed connections to rural and...

Azerbaijan - Azercell signs roaming agreement with Telmob.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Azerbaijani mobile operator Azercell has signed a roaming agreement with Burkina Faso-based mobile operator Telmob, a subsidiary of Onatel, AzerTag reports. This brings Azercell's roaming agreements to 283...

Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan invests AZM 19.6 mln in telecommunications.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) In the period January to August, the Azerbaijani ICT ministry invested AZM 19.6 million in the country's telecommunications industry, Rabita Dunyasi reports. The funds were used to reconstruct...

Cape Verde - CV Telecom's revenues, EBITDA rise.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Cape Verde-based operator CV Telecom saw its revenues and EBITDA increase 18.1 percent and 23.9 percent year-on-year respectively in the first half. In the wireline division, main lines increased 1.8...

China - Amdocs to upgrade Jilin Unicom systems.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Amdocs has won a contract to consolidate and upgrade the rating and billing systems at Chinese operator Jilin Unicom. The new systems are expected to allow the provincial operator's 4 million customers to...

Hong Kong - Sunday Communications loss widens on 3G start-up costs.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Hong Kong mobile operator Sunday Communications, a PCCW subsidiary, had a consolidated revenue up 14 percent to HKD 642 million in the first half compared to the year-earlier period. The company's net loss...

Hong Kong - PCCW mobile launches mobile TV programmes.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Hong Kong operator PCCW mobile launched 'now on mobile', a collection of now TV content made available to PCCW mobile's customers 24 hours a day. Initial 'now on mobile' programming will include local and...

Angola - Unitel grows revenues more than 50 percent.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Angolan mobile operator Unitel's revenues and EBITDA grew by 52.9 percent and 48.4 percent year-on-year respectively in the first half this year. Net additions totalled 350,000, with the total customer...

Hong Kong - PCCW's telecommunications unit posts flat revenues.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Hong Kong operator PCCW saw revenues for its telecom business go up only slightly in the first six months of this year. Consolidated revenue for the six months increased 21 percent to HKD 14.13 billion,...

India - MTNL completes IPTV trials.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) MTNL's IPTV trials are complete and the company is set to launch the service in Mumbai and Delhi for the festive season, reports the Hindu. Regulator TRAI has yet to decide whether to allow the company to...

Israel - Bezeq launches fixed-line videphone.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Israeli operator Bezeq has launched a fixed-line videophone, produced by leadtek and imported by Accel Telecom. The product supports caller ID, call waiting, voice mail and other services, and can be...

Japan - J:COM ends August with 2.2 mln customers.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Japanese cabler Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) saw its total customer base climb to 2.2 million at the end of August, up 13 percent year-on-year. The increase is attributed to growth of the subscribing...

Japan - Japanese companies mull universal service charge.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) NTT, KDDI and other Japanese telecommunications companies are mulling a proposal to add a JPY 7 surcharge per month to customer's bills to cover universal service losses, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun writes....

Jordan - Jordan Telecom appoints executive vice president.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Jordan Telecom Group has appointed Francois de Loynes as its new executive vice president, Jordan Times reports. De Loynes was previously in charge of France Telecom Group activities in the Pays de la Loire...

Azerbaijan - Azerphone signs GSM equipment deal with Siemens.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Azerbaijani mobile operator Azerphone has signed an agreement with Siemens on the supply of network equipment, reports news agency Trend. Siemens will provide GSM equipment and management services....

Kenya - FT, six others short-listed for Kenya SNO - report.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Seven telecommunications companies have been short-listed for Kenya's second network operator licence, reports the East Africa Standard, which means that one of the pre-qualified companies announced in...

Kenya - Strix, KDN deploying wireless mesh networks in Kenya.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Wireless mesh networking company Strix is helping Kenya Data Networks (KDN) deploy a Strix Access/One network outdoor wireless system in four major cities in Kenya to provide access to a population of 4...

Macau - CTM's revenues rise 9.1 percent.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Macau-based operator Companhia de Telecomunicacoes de Macau (CTM) saw its revenues increase 9.1 percent year-on-year to MOP 996 million in the first half, as a result of the increase in the number of...

Middle East - Eskadenia launches interconnect management platform.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Jordanian telecoms software provider Eskadenia has launched the Esakdenia Interconnect platform, a web-enabled tool allowing operators to manage transaction settlement between carriers. The new product...

Morocco - Medi Telecom's revenues up on customer additions.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) In the first half of the year, Moroccan mobile operator Medi Telecom revenues increased by 8.2 percent to MAD 2.23 billion, while EBITDA increased by 22.4 percent to MAD 961 million. The total customer...

Pakistan - Ufone awards USD 550 mln network expansion deal to Huawei.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Pakistani mobile operator Ufone has awarded a USD 550 million network expansion contract to Huawei, reports Deutsche Presse Agentur, citing a Ufone announcement. The company also said that Siemens and...

Japan - J:COM to launch FMC trial in October.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Japanese cable company Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) will begin a trial for Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC), a new telephone service which allows customers to have a single phone number which can be...

Sao Tome & Principe - CST's revenues rise 25 percent.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Sao Tome and Prncipe-based operator CST saw its revenues increase 25.1 percent year-on-year to STD 63.41 billion in the first half of this year, with EBITDA growing 32.9 percent to STD 21.41 billion. In the...

Singapore - Nera Electronics gets takeover bid.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Singapore-based manufacturer Nera Electronics has received a takeover bid worth SGD 0.26 per share from the investor NE Holdings. The company's management has hired a financial advisor to advise on the...

Singapore - StarHub launches Windows Live Messenger service on i-mode.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Singaporean communications provider StarHub has made Windows Live Messenger available on i-mode. Users need to download the Windows Live Messenger application from the i-mode site and save it into a StarHub...

South Africa - South Africa delays MNP until 10 November.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) South African telecommunications regulator ICASA has extended the implementation of mobile number portability (MNP) to 10 November, following a request for a second extension from MTC, Vodacom and Cell C....

Taiwan - Far EasTone trials HSDPA network.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Taiwan mobile operator Far EasTone is now offering HSDPA with 3.6 Mbps download speed on a trial basis. The company plans to release its HuaWei E220 HSDPA data card at the end of September. This data card...

Thailand - True Move gains 250,000 customers from UBC True tie-in.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Thai mobile operator True Move has gained some 250,000 subscribers through UBC True's reality TV show Academy Fantasia 3, the Nation writes. True subsidiary UBC True only allowed True Move customers to...

Thailand - DTAC faces shareholding probe - report.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Thai mobile operator DTAC is facing a probe into its shareholding structure, the Bangkok Post writes. The Thai authorities are expanding investigations into the use of nominee companies by foreign investors...

Thailand - Thailand asked to ease foreign ownership restrictions.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) An unnamed foreign country wants Thailand to ease foreign ownership restrictions in the telecommunications industry, the Nation reports. Thailand is in free-trade talks with a number of countries, among...

Timor-Leste - Timor Telecom grows revenues on customer growth.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) East Timorese operator Timor Telecom saw its revenues and EBITDA go up 25.9 percent and 49.8 percent year-on-year, mainly as a result of the increase in the number of mobile customers. In the mobile...

India - MTNL selects Intec convergent billing platform.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Indian full service telecommunication service provider MTNL has awarded a multi-million dollar contract to telecommunication software vendor Intec for its Singl.eView convergent billing platform. MTNL has...

South Africa - Motorola names new country manager for South Africa.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Motorola South Africa has promoted its former corporate affairs director, Judi Nwokedi, as country manager, ITWeb reports. Nwokedi replaces Stephen Nolan in the post. Before joining Motorola in May 2005,...

Middle East - Maktoob releases beta version of Araby.com search engine.
September 20, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Maktoob Group, which owns the online Arab community Maktoob.com, has unveiled the beta version of Araby.com, billed as the first search engine in the world to offer advanced Arabic-language capabilities to...

Asia - Cambridge Broadband expands South Asia presence.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) UK-based cellular transmission solutions provider Cambridge Broadband is expanding its presence in South Asia in order to support its current and future customers. The company said it is carrying out work...

Asia - Seven, Yahoo! in talks with TNZ for online services - report.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Australia's Seven Network plans to use its partnership with Yahoo! for an internet deal with Telecom New Zealand (TNZ), the Australian reports. Yahoo7 is in talks with TNZ about making Yahoo! the software...

Australia - AARNet 3 goes live.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) The Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has launched its AARNet 3 version, Australian daily the Australian reports. The third generation network offers high-speed connections to rural and...

Azerbaijan - Azercell signs roaming agreement with Telmob.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Azerbaijani mobile operator Azercell has signed a roaming agreement with Burkina Faso-based mobile operator Telmob, a subsidiary of Onatel, AzerTag reports. This brings Azercell's roaming agreements to 283...

Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan invests AZM 19.6 mln in telecommunications.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) In the period January to August, the Azerbaijani ICT ministry invested AZM 19.6 million in the country's telecommunications industry, Rabita Dunyasi reports. The funds were used to reconstruct...

Azerbaijan - Azerphone signs GSM equipment deal with Siemens.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Azerbaijani mobile operator Azerphone has signed an agreement with Siemens on the supply of network equipment, reports news agency Trend. Siemens will provide GSM equipment and management services....

Hong Kong - PCCW mobile launches mobile TV programmes.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Hong Kong operator PCCW mobile launched 'now on mobile', a collection of now TV content made available to PCCW mobile's customers 24 hours a day. Initial 'now on mobile' programming will include local and...

Cape Verde - CV Telecom's revenues, EBITDA rise.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Cape Verde-based operator CV Telecom saw its revenues and EBITDA increase 18.1 percent and 23.9 percent year-on-year respectively in the first half. In the wireline division, main lines increased 1.8...

Angola - Unitel grows revenues more than 50 percent.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Angolan mobile operator Unitel's revenues and EBITDA grew by 52.9 percent and 48.4 percent year-on-year respectively in the first half this year. Net additions totalled 350,000, with the total customer...

China - Amdocs to upgrade Jilin Unicom systems.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Amdocs has won a contract to consolidate and upgrade the rating and billing systems at Chinese operator Jilin Unicom. The new systems are expected to allow the provincial operator's 4 million customers to...

Hong Kong - PCCW's telecommunications unit posts flat revenues.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Hong Kong operator PCCW saw revenues for its telecom business go up only slightly in the first six months of this year. Consolidated revenue for the six months increased 21 percent to HKD 14.13 billion,...

Hong Kong - Sunday Communications loss widens on 3G start-up costs.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Hong Kong mobile operator Sunday Communications, a PCCW subsidiary, had a consolidated revenue up 14 percent to HKD 642 million in the first half compared to the year-earlier period. The company's net loss...

Israel - Bezeq launches fixed-line videphone.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Israeli operator Bezeq has launched a fixed-line videophone, produced by leadtek and imported by Accel Telecom. The product supports caller ID, call waiting, voice mail and other services, and can be...

India - MTNL completes IPTV trials.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) MTNL's IPTV trials are complete and the company is set to launch the service in Mumbai and Delhi for the festive season, reports the Hindu. Regulator TRAI has yet to decide whether to allow the company to...

Japan - J:COM to launch FMC trial in October.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Japanese cable company Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) will begin a trial for Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC), a new telephone service which allows customers to have a single phone number which can be...

India - MTNL selects Intec convergent billing platform.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Indian full service telecommunication service provider MTNL has awarded a multi-million dollar contract to telecommunication software vendor Intec for its Singl.eView convergent billing platform. MTNL has...

Japan - J:COM ends August with 2.2 mln customers.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Japanese cabler Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) saw its total customer base climb to 2.2 million at the end of August, up 13 percent year-on-year. The increase is attributed to growth of the subscribing...

Japan - Japanese companies mull universal service charge.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) NTT, KDDI and other Japanese telecommunications companies are mulling a proposal to add a JPY 7 surcharge per month to customer's bills to cover universal service losses, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun writes....

Jordan - Jordan Telecom appoints executive vice president.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Jordan Telecom Group has appointed Francois de Loynes as its new executive vice president, Jordan Times reports. De Loynes was previously in charge of France Telecom Group activities in the Pays de la Loire...

Middle East - Eskadenia launches interconnect management platform.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Jordanian telecoms software provider Eskadenia has launched the Esakdenia Interconnect platform, a web-enabled tool allowing operators to manage transaction settlement between carriers. The new product...

Morocco - Medi Telecom's revenues up on customer additions.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) In the first half of the year, Moroccan mobile operator Medi Telecom revenues increased by 8.2 percent to MAD 2.23 billion, while EBITDA increased by 22.4 percent to MAD 961 million. The total customer...

Kenya - Strix, KDN deploying wireless mesh networks in Kenya.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Wireless mesh networking company Strix is helping Kenya Data Networks (KDN) deploy a Strix Access/One network outdoor wireless system in four major cities in Kenya to provide access to a population of 4...

Sao Tome & Principe - CST's revenues rise 25 percent.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Sao Tome and Prncipe-based operator CST saw its revenues increase 25.1 percent year-on-year to STD 63.41 billion in the first half of this year, with EBITDA growing 32.9 percent to STD 21.41 billion. In the...

Pakistan - Ufone awards USD 550 mln network expansion deal to Huawei.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Pakistani mobile operator Ufone has awarded a USD 550 million network expansion contract to Huawei, reports Deutsche Presse Agentur, citing a Ufone announcement. The company also said that Siemens and...

Macau - CTM's revenues rise 9.1 percent.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Macau-based operator Companhia de Telecomunicacoes de Macau (CTM) saw its revenues increase 9.1 percent year-on-year to MOP 996 million in the first half, as a result of the increase in the number of...

Singapore - Nera Electronics gets takeover bid.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Singapore-based manufacturer Nera Electronics has received a takeover bid worth SGD 0.26 per share from the investor NE Holdings. The company's management has hired a financial advisor to advise on the...

Middle East - Maktoob releases beta version of Araby.com search engine.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Maktoob Group, which owns the online Arab community Maktoob.com, has unveiled the beta version of Araby.com, billed as the first search engine in the world to offer advanced Arabic-language capabilities to...

Singapore - StarHub launches Windows Live Messenger service on i-mode.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Singaporean communications provider StarHub has made Windows Live Messenger available on i-mode. Users need to download the Windows Live Messenger application from the i-mode site and save it into a StarHub...

South Africa - Motorola names new country manager for South Africa.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Motorola South Africa has promoted its former corporate affairs director, Judi Nwokedi, as country manager, ITWeb reports. Nwokedi replaces Stephen Nolan in the post. Before joining Motorola in May 2005,...

Taiwan - Far EasTone trials HSDPA network.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Taiwan mobile operator Far EasTone is now offering HSDPA with 3.6 Mbps download speed on a trial basis. The company plans to release its HuaWei E220 HSDPA data card at the end of September. This data card...

Timor-Leste - Timor Telecom grows revenues on customer growth.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) East Timorese operator Timor Telecom saw its revenues and EBITDA go up 25.9 percent and 49.8 percent year-on-year, mainly as a result of the increase in the number of mobile customers. In the mobile...

Thailand - Thailand asked to ease foreign ownership restrictions.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) An unnamed foreign country wants Thailand to ease foreign ownership restrictions in the telecommunications industry, the Nation reports. Thailand is in free-trade talks with a number of countries, among...

South Africa - South Africa delays MNP until 10 November.
September 19, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) South African telecommunications regulator ICASA has extended the implementation of mobile number portability (MNP) to 10 November, following a request for a second extension from MTC, Vodacom and Cell C....

Angola - Unitel grows revenues more than 50 percent.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Angolan mobile operator Unitel's revenues and EBITDA grew by 52.9 percent and 48.4 percent year-on-year respectively in the first half this year. Net additions totalled 350,000, with the total customer...

Asia - Cambridge Broadband expands South Asia presence.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) UK-based cellular transmission solutions provider Cambridge Broadband is expanding its presence in South Asia in order to support its current and future customers. The company said it is carrying out work...

Australia - AARNet 3 goes live.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) The Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has launched its AARNet 3 version, Australian daily the Australian reports. The third generation network offers high-speed connections to rural and...

Azerbaijan - Azercell signs roaming agreement with Telmob.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Azerbaijani mobile operator Azercell has signed a roaming agreement with Burkina Faso-based mobile operator Telmob, a subsidiary of Onatel, AzerTag reports. This brings Azercell's roaming agreements to 283...

Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan invests AZM 19.6 mln in telecommunications.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) In the period January to August, the Azerbaijani ICT ministry invested AZM 19.6 million in the country's telecommunications industry, Rabita Dunyasi reports. The funds were used to reconstruct...

Azerbaijan - Azerphone signs GSM equipment deal with Siemens.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Azerbaijani mobile operator Azerphone has signed an agreement with Siemens on the supply of network equipment, reports news agency Trend. Siemens will provide GSM equipment and management services....

Cape Verde - CV Telecom's revenues, EBITDA rise.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Cape Verde-based operator CV Telecom saw its revenues and EBITDA increase 18.1 percent and 23.9 percent year-on-year respectively in the first half. In the wireline division, main lines increased 1.8...

China - Amdocs to upgrade Jilin Unicom systems.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Amdocs has won a contract to consolidate and upgrade the rating and billing systems at Chinese operator Jilin Unicom. The new systems are expected to allow the provincial operator's 4 million customers to...

Hong Kong - PCCW mobile launches mobile TV programmes.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Hong Kong operator PCCW mobile launched 'now on mobile', a collection of now TV content made available to PCCW mobile's customers 24 hours a day. Initial 'now on mobile' programming will include local and...

Hong Kong - Sunday Communications loss widens on 3G start-up costs.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Hong Kong mobile operator Sunday Communications, a PCCW subsidiary, had a consolidated revenue up 14 percent to HKD 642 million in the first half compared to the year-earlier period. The company's net loss...

Hong Kong - PCCW's telecommunications unit posts flat revenues.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Hong Kong operator PCCW saw revenues for its telecom business go up only slightly in the first six months of this year. Consolidated revenue for the six months increased 21 percent to HKD 14.13 billion,...

India - MTNL completes IPTV trials.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) MTNL's IPTV trials are complete and the company is set to launch the service in Mumbai and Delhi for the festive season, reports the Hindu. Regulator TRAI has yet to decide whether to allow the company to...

India - MTNL selects Intec convergent billing platform.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Indian full service telecommunication service provider MTNL has awarded a multi-million dollar contract to telecommunication software vendor Intec for its Singl.eView convergent billing platform. MTNL has...

Asia - Seven, Yahoo! in talks with TNZ for online services - report.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Australia's Seven Network plans to use its partnership with Yahoo! for an internet deal with Telecom New Zealand (TNZ), the Australian reports. Yahoo7 is in talks with TNZ about making Yahoo! the software...

Israel - Bezeq launches fixed-line videphone.
September 18, 2006... (From Telecompaper Africa/Asia) Israeli operator Bezeq has launched a fixed-line videophone, produced by leadtek and imported by Accel Telecom. The product supports caller ID, call waiting, voice mail and other services, and can be...