The Femto Forum and the NGMN Alliance, the group made up of leading operators developing technologies for 4G, agreed to cooperate to ensure that next generation mobile networks can incorporate femtocells from the very beginning of their deployment rather than integrating the technology after. Incorporating femtocells from the very beginning will [...]

Unconfirmed press reports suggest that UK-based mobile group Vodafone could be unveiled as the new 66.7% stakeholder of Ghana Telecom (GT) as early as 2 July. A source at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning is quoted as saying the UK firm was the sole company negotiating with the [...]

Nokia's Supernova range is out today. Aimed at the ladies (great, I'll have them all. Gift-wrapped, thanks soooo much.) the 7610, 7510 7310 and 7210 come in all sorts of colors and shapes. Press release is below the gallery. Nokia injects individuality and style into new Supernova range June 27, [...]

According to the Sofia Echo five companies have bought documentation for participation in the tender to issue a fourth GSM licence. The five contenders are reported to be Russia’s TransTelecom, Mobil World, Palladium Capital, Turkcell and Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile. The starting price for bids has been set by the Communications [...]

Slovenian alternative telco T-2 has revealed a plan to expand its triple-play services into Croatia this autumn, after investing USD300,000 so far in setting up operations in the country. T-2 provides broadband internet, telephony and IPTV services over a VDSL/fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in Slovenia, where it also holds a 3G [...]

Dublin-based telco Flint Telcom has acquired another Dublin firm, Prime Carrier, for an undisclosed sum, ElectricNews.Net reports. Under the deal Prime Carrier will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Flint Telecom, but will continue to operate as a separate, independent company and will continue to trade as Prime Carrier. The [...]