Industry Developments

Ukraine's third largest mobile operator, Turkcell-backed Astelit, which operates under the life:) brand, has selected Orga Systems' fully convergent charging and billing system,... 2008-12-02

A European Commission publication regarding broadband access in the EU at July 1 2008 has indicated that the gap between the EU countries with the highest and lowest penetration... 2008-12-01

WiMAX operator Nexcom Bulgaria has extended its WiMAX coverage to the city of Veliko Turnovo. Since the beginning of 2008, Nexcom has expanded its WiMAX coverage from 10 cities... 2008-12-01

Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded a contract by Estonian fixed-line and broadband operator Elion Enterprises to supply its home network management solution in an effort to streamline... 2008-11-28

Bytemobile, the mobile internet solutions provider, has a penned a reseller partnership agreement with Reksoft, the St Petersburg-based provider of systems integration services.... 2008-11-28

Vodafone Romania has launched the Vodafone Log'n'Go laptop in an effort to boost its mobile broadband subscriber base. The laptop will be available for EUR99 (US$129)with a two-year... 2008-11-26

Bosnia and Herzegovina's largest telecommunications operator, BH Telecom, is to launch an IPTV service in 2009. According to the operator's general manager, Nedzad Residbegovic,... 2008-11-26

Telekom Slovenije, the Slovenian incumbent operator, has confirmed that it has held negotiations regarding a syndicated loan, which according to media reports is worth EUR400mn... 2008-11-25

After only receiving one bid, the Agency for Electronic Communications (AEK) of Macedonia has awarded a 3G licence to T-Mobile Macedonia. The licence fee is EUR10mn (US$12.85mn),... 2008-11-25

RCS&RDS the Romanian telecoms operator has announced that it is considering entering the Hungarian mobile market when the tender for two mobile licences is held. One of the... 2008-11-20