Next-gen mobile broadband is a key ticket, if not the ticket, out of the global economic slump, according to a GSM Association panel calling for regulators to develop frameworks and spectrum policies encouraging mobile broadband investment. The mobile industry would play a key role in economic recovery as governments needed to look for new ways to re-stimulate the economy. ( Read More)

 According to a new report by Ovum, reaching and profitably serving low-income users will be one of the biggest challenges for the mobile industry in emerging markets. Service providers must pay particular focus on four key areas when it comes to optimising their networks. A close connection between marketing and network operations is crucial to profitability in emerging markets and different markets require different approaches and considerations.  (Read More)

Today Graduates are interested in telecommunication jobs in Uk and Europe because of the expanded market and telecommunication field can offer them varieties of jobs based on their skills and merit. (Read More)

Orascom hails launch of Koryolink in North Korea

Orascom has invested US$400 million to build a 3G mobile network in a developing country like North Korea which will be known as 'Koryolink' and will be a joint-venture between Orascom (75%) and the local state own company(25%) to expand the network with in the country and to open up in a remarkable way. (Read More)

Wi-fi and 80211.G is a wireless technology which is giving a challenge to mobile industries because it is  available at an increasing variety of locations from railway stations to coffee shops and the protocol enables any suitable machine to get online and access services from web browsing to IP which enabled voice calls at relatively low cost. (Read More)

ZTE introduces low-cost solar handset

ZTE is a solar powered phone   which debuted in Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona, Spain that requires only a single solar cell and a chip that steps up the power to 3.7V to handset requirement level and will be available for around the US$40 mark in the markets which are energy-deprived, such as the Caribbean and Central America. (Read More)

Fostering economic development through telecommunications in South East Asia: challenges facing the Thai telecommunications regulators

Advances in telecommunications offer benefits from its products and services. These are crucial for both the economic and social development of a nation. To date, most developing nations are struggling to establish a comprehensive National Telecommunications Planning Practice (NTPP) framework for exploiting the strategic benefits through the proper use of telecommunications.  (Read More)

Orascom Telecom Full Year Profit Down  76%

Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) has reported a 76 drop in full-year net profit to US$431 million, after one-off gains a year ago were stripped out. Excluding the one-offs, which had included the sale of its operations in Indonesia and Iraq, the firm posted a 7 percent rise in its full-year results. (Read More)