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Oracle Asia Pacific experiences growth in Q3 FY2009

Organizations across key industries in Asia Pacific continue to adopt or expand implementations of Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management and Oracle Business Intelligence, and Oracle Applications for their strategic company-wide business systems. Allied Bank, Barclays Bank Pakistan, Berger Paints Pakistan, EFU Life Assurance Ltd and Wateen Telecom from Pakistan are among those organizations who have selected Oracle to streamline their business processes. More

Bakcell to expand its GSM service in Azerbaijan

Bakcell, Azerbaijan's second largest mobile operator, is expanding its 2G network to meet the growing needs of consumers across the country. The network upgrade to EDGE provided by Nokia Siemens Networks will extend the coverage of the network and enhance the quality of service to Bakcell subscribers, addressing the growing need for new mobile data services. More

Dialog Telekom to deploy solar and wind-powered base stations in Sri Lanka

The GSMA today announced that it is working with Dialog Telekom to deploy ten solar and wind-powered base stations in Sri Lanka as part of its Green Power for Mobile programme. The trial, which will deploy five off-grid and five on-grid base stations, has seen two sites go live this month and a further eight sites will go live in March and April this year. More

Etisalat net profits grow 19% to Dhs8.7b in 2008

Etisalat has announced its preliminary results for 2008, reporting total annual Net Profits of Dhs8.665bn. This shows a growth of 19% over 2007's figures, when the Group recorded Dhs 7.297bn in Net Profits. During the fourth quarter of 2008 the Group recorded a Net Profit of Dhs 2.1bn, before year-end adjustments, reflecting an increase of 18% as compared to the same period in 2007. More

NSN grabs Thailand's major 3G contract

Thailand's DTAC has signed a frame agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks as one of its two vendors to upgrade its network to 3G. In the frame contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will deliver radio access network with both 2G and 3G technologies to DTAC. In the Core network, DTAC's Circuit Switch will be enhanced to accommodate 2G/3G, and a Packet Switch will be introduced for high speed packet access (HSPA). More

Towerbank engages Ultimus

Ultimus, Inc., developer of one of the most widely-deployed business process management software suites in the world, today announced its growing success in enabling banking institutions to optimize and improve processes with its BPM solutions. The reality of today's economic conditions drives the need for the kind of productivity and time to market and, most importantly, cross-company visibility that BPM brings to an organization. More

Huawei & PTCL signs nationwide strategic contract

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. has today announced that it has signed a strategic contract with PTCL, the largest telecommunications company in Pakistan. Huawei, according to the agreement, will build a complete nationwide LH DWDM Network for PTCL by replacing existing outdated 10G DWDM. It is the first time in Pakistan to introduce the cutting-edge 40G/wavelength (readiness). More

Tata Communications launches Application Performance Optimization (APO) service

Tata Communications today announced the launch of its Application Performance Optimization (APO) service to provide companies with end-to-end, network application management. Ipanema Technologies, a well-known WAN (Wide Area Network) optimization solutions provider, is one of the technology partners for this service. Tata Communications' APO service available globally, is highly scalable, and can be implemented across thousands of sites. More

Motorola deploys its first WiMAX 802.16e trial network in Vietnam

Motorola, Inc. has deployed its first WiMAX trial network for Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC), a member company of the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), the largest Internet service provider (ISP) in Vietnam. The network allows VDC to test next-generation wireless broadband services in major cities of Vietnam and reinforces Motorola's leadership in deploying commercial and trial networks for WiMAX 802.16e technology worldwide. More

NTT DOCOMO & Tata agree on strategic alliance in India

NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO), Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata Sons Limited, the prime promoter for Tata companies including TTSL, today announced their agreement on a strategic alliance in India, under which DOCOMO will acquire 26 percent of TTSL's common shares for approximately 130.7 billion Indian rupees (US$2.7 billion). More

China Mobile strengthens its defences, implements Nokia Siemens Networks solution

China Mobile Group Jiangsu Ltd. (Jiangsu Mobile) is implementing a security solution to protect itself against the potential risks brought by its increased use of IP networks and data services. The Nokia Siemens Networks solution will ensure reliable telecommunications service, provide a secure data experience to customers and help the operator realize new opportunities in its full service operation era. More

Bharti Airtel enhances managed services agreement with Nortel

Bharti Airtel, India's leading integrated telecom services provider, and Nortel today announced an enhanced managed services agreement under which Nortel will continue to provide its contact centre technology (CCT) solution. This is a two-year extension to the initial contract announced in March 2006. More

PTA held 'Open Dialog' session on broadband prospects in Pakistan

An open 'Dialogue' meeting was organized by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on 6th November, 2008 in a local hotel to discuss proliferation issues in the country. The meeting was presided over by Dr.Muhammad Yaseen, Chairman PTA and attended by high level representatives from Ministry of Information Technology, Universal Service Fund, ICT R&D, Pakistan Software Export Board, PTA, Broadband Service Providers, Cellular Mobile Operators, Vendor, Consultants and Academia. More

PTCL signs GIS agreement with LMKR Pakistan

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (PTCL) and LMKR have signed an agreement for the deployment of a turnkey GIS solution. The solution will enable PTCL to better manage Access and Transmission networks and inside plant (OSP and ISP) infrastructure including its copper and optical fiber network. The GIS component will offer greater visibility to the technical staff by providing quantitative and qualitative spatial information about the capacity and integrity of the PTCL network and pinpoint faults and issues when they arise. More

Tata Communications launches new Vulnerability Management Service (VMS) with Qualys

Tata Communications, India based provider of a new world of communications today announced the global availability of its Vulnerability Management Service (VMS). Tata Communications' VMS is part of its Managed Security Services suite and is built upon Qualys' industry leading QualysGuard® vulnerability management and compliance solutions. More

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