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Huawei, Qualcomm Complete MBMS Mobile TV Trial
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A successful trial of MBMS technology points to a change of focus in the emerging mobile TV ...Naspers Announces US$165-mil. Acquisition of 30% Stake in Russian Internet Company Mail.ru
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South African media group Naspers has acquired a 30% stake in Mail.ru, a free Russian email service and one of the largest online portals in Eastern Europe. Naspers has acquired the stake for US$165 million, from Digital Sky Technologies and Tiger Global Management, both of which retain stakes in the company. Mail.ru has around 24 ...PT Multimedia Launches Triple Play in Portugal
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Portugal Telecom's cable TV unit, TV Cabo, has launched its triple-play service, offering high-speed internet, telephone and cable television services. TV Cabo is under PT Multimedia, Portugal Telecom's multimedia unit, which handles its TV services. According to Dow Jones, the triple-play service is available to customers ...Three More Mobile Innovators
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Last week, we checked out three mobile innovators that promise to spark interest in 2007. But with the telecom industry currently experiencing an innovation renaissance, it seems a shame to stop at just three companies when there are so many worthy contenders. So let's take a quick look at three other companies -- GoGoMo, JumpTap ...The Quad-Play Bill
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Seamlessly integrating an effective billing system that can handle the hundreds of new services available on mobile phones and wireless networks and getting paid for them as part of the popular bundling strategy; is not only a tricky proposition, but is also driving many current quad-play business models. And no ...Next-Gen Services Await a Converged Data Core
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While we probably all have our own view on what the future telecoms market will look like, the one certainty is that it will be much more complex and uncertain. Change will become an intrinsic part of the business environment. In other words, we’re not seeing a one-off transformation, but an ongoing process of change. So ...Palm Offers Subscription Model
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Attempting to change the way enterprises purchase and manage smartphones, mobile-services startup Movero Technology Inc. and Palm Inc. said today they are collaborating on a subscription model aimed at small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). For between $20 and $40 per device per month, a company can lease a Palm Treo plus a ...Cable Confronts Bandwidth Crunch
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Shaking off two years of disbelief and dismay, the cable industry has finally started dealing with the prospect of an impending bandwidth shortage. Cable operators and equipment suppliers, alarmed by an explosion in bandwidth use by cable subscribers over the last couple of years, are now drawing up plans to boost capacity at ...Mobile Networks to Take Lead in Next-Generation IMS Networks
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Mobile networks will take the lead in establishing IP multimedia subsystem (IMS)-based next-generation networks (NGNs) and introducing next-generation applications, reports In-Stat
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. Wireline operators will continue to operate NGN overlays over the next five years, focused on ...CommunicationsDirect Editor