Thuraya Strengthens Its Partnership With Astrium Services With the Launch of IP+, SatSleeve and Maritime Broadband in Asia
June 18, 2013

Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a leading Mobile Satellite Services operator today announced a strengthened alliance with its global service partner, Astrium Services, the leading service provider for satellite-based services.

The companies have been close partners for over 13 years, whereby Astrium Services was recently recognized for its contribution in delivering end-to-end services and value to Thuraya’s end-users by receiving Thuraya’s 2013 award for “Most Customer Oriented"......

Gemalto Provides Trusted Services for New Mobile NFC Ticketing in the Territory of Caen La Mer
June 17, 2013

Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces the selection by Keolis, a major private sector transport group in France, to provide and operate the Allynis Trusted Service Management (TSM) services for the NFC mobile ticketing roll out in the territory of Caen"...

ZTE, BT Jointly Win GTB Innovation Award for First Live FTTP-XGPON Customer Deployment
June 8, 2013

ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has won the Fixed Network Infrastructure Innovation award for First Live FTTP-XGPON (fibre to the premises 10G passive optic network) Customer Deployment at the GTB Innovation Awards 2013.

ZTE Chooses Russia as Its First Country Out of China to Launch the 2013 Flagship Smartphones
June 6, 2013

ZTE today officially launched its new Grand Series Smartphones – the ZTE Grand S and ZTE Grand Memo – in Russia; the first country outside of China to sell the flagship smartphones.

Combining attractive design with high efficiency – the flagship phones feature powerful Quad-Core processors running"...

Wireless Seismic Raises $12.5 Million in Round Led by Total
June 4, 2013

Wireless Seismic, Inc., the leading innovator of real-time and cable-less seismic data acquisition systems for the oil and gas industry, announced today the successful completion of its latest funding round of $12.5 million. Existing shareholders, Chesapeake Energy and ......

ZTE Attains No.2 Position in Global Optical Networking Market
June 4, 2013

ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has achieved the global No.2 ranking in the optical network market.

According to the latest market analysis report"...

IDG Connect Launches Website Covering Ways Technology is Changing the World
June 4, 2013

IDG Connect, the data publishing arm of the world’s largest technology publisher IDG, has launched a new website designed to cover the way countries all over the globe are being changed by ICT.

Available at www.idgconnect.com, the IDG Connect site will feature contributions from expert writers on the ground in Asia, Europe, Africa, Australasia and the Americas. It will emphasise ways in which new technology trends are transforming societies and economies in both established and developing countries and"......

Zain to defer $ 1.49 bn in government fees
June 4, 2013

Indebted telecom operator Zain Saudi has received government approval to defer payment of license-related fees that could total around $ 1.49 billion over seven years, sending its shares yesterday to an eight-month high.

The rescheduled payment will be treated as a commercial loan, with the first payment due in 2021, the company said.
Shares in Zain Saudi rose 9.7 percent to SR 9.65, their highest close since October 2012.

The firm, which had a 15 percent share of Saudi’s mobile subscribers as of the end of...

The Gores Group Acquires Etrali, a Subsidiary of France Telecom Orange
June 3, 2013

The Gores Group, a global investment firm, and France Telecom-Orange, a worldwide telecom operator, announced today that The Gores Group has completed the acquisition of Etrali, Orange Business Services – Trading Solutions, a subsidiary of France Telecom Orange. Following the acquisition the company will be rebranded as Etrali Trading Solutions.

Etrali"...

Powerwave Technologies’ Turnkey Wireless Network Infrastructure, Telecom Inventory and Capital Assets Acquired by Industrial Auctioneers to Be Sold in Series of Upcoming Online Auctions
May 29, 2013

Heritage Global Partners (“HGP”), and its parent company Counsel RB Capital (OTCQB: CRBN), in conjunction with Maynards Industries Ltd, New"......