Telkomsel and Nokia today announced their collaboration to offer the Nokia Messaging service, which will be commercially available to Telkomsel subscribers from 26 December 2009 onwards.
Telkomsel is the first operator in Indonesia to commercially launch this service which will allow users to enjoy easy access to mobile email on their [...]
The Latvian government is getting nervous about the level of lending coming from Swedish banks. According to the Financial Times, “Latvia’s prime minister has warned Swedish banks they risk choking off recovery in the Baltic state’s crisis-hit economy unless they resume lending.”
The Latvian authorities are complaining, it seems, that banks [...]
Like much of the economy, Jordan’s media sector has been affected by the global recession, with revenue down and a round of belt tightening the order of the day, though even in difficult times the industry has been looking to improve both its quality and its bottom line.
The global economic crisis is [...]
As demand continues to rise, Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is looking to bolster its power infrastructure. With plans for several new power plants under way, the emirate is following a strategy that utilises both traditional and sustainable energy sources, falling in line with global trends to maintain efficiency and respecting environmental [...]
After watching their portfolios take devastating blows in 2008, many investors hoped that a new year would bring a reversal of fortune and a recovery of lost assets.
After the first two months of the year tested resolve, things finally took a turn for the better in March, and a long climb upwards [...]
Aboriginals receive a greater say in Pilbara mining operations, as Rio Tinto awards iron ore contract that should see increased employment for indigenous Gurama natives.
Rio Tinto (RTP) has awarded a major new mining contract in its Pilbara iron ore operations to a joint venture between native title holders the Eastern Guruma and mining [...]
Alcatel-Lucent paves the way for Ukraine’s Kyivstar regards next generation GSM & IP networks with all IP network transformation.
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) today announced that it has been selected by Kyivstar GSM, the largest operator in Ukraine, to design, install, and maintain a country-wide Metropolitan transmission packet based IP/MPLS network as part of [...]
International and emerging markets offerings are the coolest kids at the ETF party right now, favored in a big way over traditional long U.S. equity ETFs. International ETFs saw $5 billion in new inflows in November.
Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) led all ETFs with $1.3 billion in new investments. [...]
Vietnam Mobile Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent solution to enhance and expand Mobifone networks
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has been selected by Vietnam’s CMC Telecom Infrastructure Corporation to deliver its gigabit passive optical network (GPON) solution. CMC TI’s GPON project, the country’s first, will enable the delivery of advanced triple play services – including high-speed Internet, [...]
Earlier this month, China’s Economic Information Daily published remarks by a senior Chinese official indicating that Dubai’s debt crisis could be a good opportunity for China to purchase gold and oil assets.
Ji Xiaonan (Chairman of the Supervisory Committee overseeing large state-owned enterprises) was quoted as saying that the Dubai debt [...]