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Link: Malaysian Telco’s Urged to Upgrade 3G

Local telephone companies in Malaysia have been urged to be more proactive in shedding more light on their 3G services. Speaking at the official launch of Malaysia’s new 3G and mobile live TV service, “U”, Minister of Energy, Water and Communications, Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said that local Telcos should advertise products that are on offer more often. He also said that Telco’s can no longer just concentrate on coverage and interconnectivity but should also apply innovation to drive their products and services. “U”, which has inked a deal with Celcom Bhd, will provide Malaysia with its first ever domestic roaming service.

Link: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority moves to eliminate grey traffic

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has signed an agreement with Inbox Business Technologies to acquire and deploy technical solution for addressing the menace of grey traffic brought into the country through illegal means. The contract signing ceremony was held on Friday at the PTA headquarters. Chairman PTA Major Gen (Retd) Shahzada Alam Malik presided over the ceremony. CEO Inbox Ghais Khan, Vice-president Narus James Mullins and PTA DG Wire-line Muhammad Zubair Tahir signed the contract. It was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Information Technology, PTCL, LDI operators and PTA.

Link: Jordan: Eskadenia nets double telco deal

Software firm Eskadenia has won a pair of deals from telecom operators in the region. Jordanian mobile operator Umniah has selected Eskadenia to develop and deploy a web-based content delivery platform to assist it in the management of content including text, ring tones and videos.

Link: Will Malaysians free from SMS spamming?

There are 100s of complaints out there from users who received SMSes or charged for SMS they never requested since last year, probably there are some thousand of users out there that choose to ignore these SMSes and was not aware that they were charged for it. How long will these carry on? Is MCMC just watching or benefiting from these issues? or they are not capable of handling it? Whatever the reasons are, hundreds of Malaysians out there still get spammed today.

Link: Pakistan: PTA orders closure of six franchises of mobile phone operators

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Saturday directed mobile various phone operators to close six franchises in different cities for bypassing to standard procedure for issuance of SIMs. The authority has issued the direction in respect of two franchises of Mobilink (Centre Point Gulberg Lahore and Haleem Telecom Al-Haj Plaza Chowk Gulabad, Peshawar), one of Ufone (Zikriya Shopping Centre, Bosan Road Multan), one of Telenor (Circular Road Lahore), one of Warid Telecom (Dar Communication Gari Shahu, Allama Iqbal Road, Lahore) and one franchise of CMPak (Paktel) (Latifabad No 7, Hyderabad).

Link: ZTE brags about global contracts, including $478 Million deal in Ethiopia

Amid the brewing controversy surrounding the national broadband network (NBN) project of the Philippine government, China’s ZTE Corp. boasted it was able to bag several contracts in several countries in North America and South Asia, including a $478-million supply contract with the Ethiopia Telecommunication Corp. (ETC), the company said in a statement. ZTE added that China Mobile Pakistan Holding Inc. signed a contract to expand its GSM network with ZTE providing a core network of 10 million lines, more than 1,400 base stations and value-added services, the largest share of the expansion project. China Mobile, reportedly the largest mobile telecommunication operator in the world, chose to partner with ZTE for its first overseas operation, showing its high acceptance of ZTE’s overseas capabilities, the statement said. ZTE was able to secure the contract in Ethiopia with ETC last April.

Link: Narus Insight selected to Save Pakistan’s Telecommunications Networks Millions of Dollars per Year

Narus, Inc., the leader in carrier-class security for the world’s largest IP networks, today announced that the company has teamed up with Inbox Business Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a leading total IT solution provider in Pakistan, to keep Pakistan’s telecommunication networks clear of illegal, rogue and malicious IP traffic. NarusInsight was chosen by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) (the government administration responsible for regulating the establishment, operation and maintenance of telecommunication systems, and the provision of telecom services) to detect rogue VoIP traffic flowing through the telecommunications network in Pakistan.

Link: Iran to privatise 51% of telecommunication sector by March 2008

Another Link: Iran to privatize 51% of telecommunication sector by March ’08

Deputy communication and information technology minister predicted here on Friday that 51 percent of the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) will be privatised in the current Iranian calendar (to end March 19, 2008). Talking to MNA, Vafa Ghaffarian added that shares of the sector will be offered to the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) from Sept. 23 to March 19.

Link: Brunei Charity Collects $55k by SMS

SMS Brunei Prihatin has collected a total of $55,059, as at yesterday’s morning, since its launch on September 7th. The donation from the public, through a specialty-arranged number 8885555, recorded a tremendous response. Members of the public may still contribute until October 20th. For DSTCom customers, all a donor has to do is simply type YATIM with the amount that you desire to donate such as $1, $5, $10, $15 and $20 and send it to 8885555. As for B-Mobile customers, you need to send it 10101.

Link: UAE: New Rules For Faster Networks

New rules on next-generation networks (NGN) are due to be finalised by the end of this year, a senior telecommunications official said. Mohammad Al Ramsi, Manager for NGN at the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA), said a study is under way to unleash the power of fibre optics at homes and offices. “The next-generation network shall be used to provide different types of services such as voice, internet, television and mobile as well. The study is in progress and we are targeting to complete it by the end of this year,” Al Ramsi said.