TTI Telecom to Deliver Service Assurance Solutions to France Telecom group’s NExT Program for Converged Networks & IT

Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel – April 8, 2008 – TTI Team Telecom International Ltd. (NASDAQ: TTIL - News; "TTI Telecom"), a global supplier of Operations Support Systems (OSS) to communications service providers, announced today that it has been selected and certified by France Telecom group as the resource and service supervision solution Group Core Component (GCC) standard for the strategic NExT program. TTI Telecom has accordingly become the recommended provider of resource and service supervision solutions for new projects across the entire France Telecom group - present in more than 220 countries and territories, serving over 170 million customers - providing the solution over fixed, mobile and Internet networks, service platforms and IT resources....

Russia: Virgin territory for broadband providers?

With the Russian mobile market seemingly approaching saturation, many telecoms industry watchers will see the country's very much lower broadband penetration rate as offering opportunities to pursue the most encouraging growth story in the years ahead. ...

Sagem Orga supports launch of new mobile service provider MÁSmovil

Paderborn, May 19, 2008 – Sagem Orga, a global leader in the smart card industry, has equipped the new mobile service provider MÁSmovil with SIM cards as the exclusive supplier and is supporting the company in its launch with a creative marketing campaign. A die-cut token is offered with the Sim Card as an extra feature to increase brand awareness and to reinforce customer loyalty....

Russia, CIS cellcos evolve strategies for the 3G era

The 5th annual GSM>3G Russia/CIS conference (5-6 June 2007) brought together hundreds of delegates from 20 countries around and beyond the CIS region. As well as the core contingent of participants from the Russian Federation itself, CIS visitors came from Armenia Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. From beyond the CIS region, a number of central European and Asian countries were also represented, including some from markets rumoured to be of interest to expansionist Russian telecoms groups present at the conference. ...

Vendors capitalise as Russia finally gears up for 3G era

When the Russian government recently issued 3G licenses to each of three largest cellular operators in the country, this was against a background of widespread concern about delays to 3G implementation that have hit all four of the world's most important developing markets. ...

Russian 3G license awards: no shocks but more battles to follow?

As expected, Russia's big three mobile operators are to receive the initial three 3G licenses issued by the Government. In total, twelve 3G bids had been submitted following publication of the tender rules in December 2006. ...