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  United Kingdom

  FishText: more than 100,000 users in three weeks

  Telecommunications

  New application for cheap SMS text messaging offers big savings over Pay As You Go tariffs

• Dorset

  DORSET POLICE KEEPS ITS MICROWAVE RADIO WIDE AREA NETWORK BUILT BY MLL TELECOM

  Communications : Telecommunications

  MLL Telecom announced today that it will continue to manage the fixed, microwave radio, wide area network it built for Dorset Police in 2003. The initial contract of five years has been extended for an additional two years until December 2009.

• United Kingdom

  UK firms feel in the dark over BT's £10 billion network upgrade, 21CN

  Telecommunications

  Three in five network and telecom managers in the dark on 21CN. Of those aware of BT 21CN, 27 per cent think it'll be delivered late.

• United States of America

  Bubble Motion Closes $14 Million in Second Round Funding

  Telecommunications

  Bubble Motion, the pioneer and global leader of 'voice SMS', today announced $14 million in additional funding from existing investors Sequoia Capital US and Sequoia Capital India, as well as new investors Comcast Interactive Capital and NCD Investors.

• United Kingdom

  Telephonetics VIP launch specialist speech self service solutions for Local Government authorities

  Local Government : Telecommunications

  Telephonetics VIP, a prominent UK speech recognition company, has launched a range of speech self service solutions specifically for the Local Government sector.

• Singapore

  CommunicAsia And BroadcastAsia Return To Showcase World Leading Digital Convergence Experience

  Telecommunications

  CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia - The most established and relevant trade event for the global infocomm and media industries - will once again be held in Singapore from 17 - 20 June 2008.

• United States of America

  BroadSoft Launches BroadSoft Xtended to Personalize Voice Communications Technologies Through Web 2.0 Integrated Applications

  Telecommunications

  BroadSoft, Inc., the leading provider of VoIP application software, today announced BroadSoft Xtended, an initiative created to highlight the integration of voice and Web 2.0 technologies.

• United Kingdom

  Simplifydigital partners with Sainsbury’s to bring its unique service to the high street for the first time

  Broadband : Supermarket

  Sainsbury’s and Simplifydigital have agreed a major partnership to bring the unique Simplifydigital service to the high street for the first time.
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  United Kingdom

  Broadband speeds half as fast at peak times

  Broadband : Internet Business : ISP (Internet Service Provider) : Internet

  New research by broadband comparison site Broadband Expert has revealed that broadband speeds slow down to nearly half their average speed between 7pm and 9pm in the evening.
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  United Kingdom

  Technosummits Announces Speakers For Second Annual Broadband Connect Summit

  Broadband : Information Technology : Technology

  Technosummits has announced the line-up of speakers for the second annual Broadband Connect Summit taking place on 30 June 2008 at the Courthouse Hotel Kempinski in London.

• United Kingdom

  UK Mobile Broadband customers' average speed is 1.46Mb

  Broadband : Mobile Phones

  Research by broadband comparison site keyword or Broadband Expert has revealed that the average speed of UK mobile broadband is 1.46Mbs.

• United Kingdom

  UK broadband users are addicted to speed

  Broadband

  We are a nation of 'speed freaks' according to broadband comparison site Top 10 Broadband.
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  United Kingdom

  H2O Networks already uses the sewers for fibrespeed and broadband

  Broadband

  Broadband cables should be put in sewers to help cope with the soaring demand for online video content, is what media regulator Ofcom is saying.
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  Northern Ireland

  Northern Ireland Trail-blazes Fibre to the Home with Live Roll-Out

  Government : Broadband

  A new social housing development in Belfast is one of the first parts of the UK where residents will be offered a choice of next generation high speed broadband services.

• United Kingdom

  Eclipse Internet helps beat the tax blues with up to Half Price offers on broadband and server hosting

  Broadband

  Eclipse, which was named Best Business ISP at last month’s Internet Service Provider Association (ISPA) Awards, has cut the cost of its broadband access services by up to 50 per cent for new customers who sign up before 6 May 2008.

• United Kingdom

  Simplifydigital reports digital bundles take off as credit crunch bites

  Broadband

  New data from Simplifydigital shows that more and more customers are choosing to bundle their digital services (TV, broadband and telephony), in a bid to save money as the credit squeeze bites.

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  Newtec's Sat3Play® Performs Key Role In SatElections Democracy Project In Congo

  Broadband : Elections

  The SatElections pilot will be rolled out in the Democratic Republic of Congo in cooperation with the Independent Electoral Committee of the DRC.

• United Kingdom

  Cambridge Broadband Networks selected by MTN to power 3G backhaul across Nigeria

  Broadband

  Cambridge Broadband Networks announces that it has won a significant contract from transnational African telecoms giant MTN Group to deploy its VectaStar microwave backhaul product in Nigeria.

• Africa

  New partnership with PSC, a Kuwait Finance House co, set to revolutionise Contact Centre service delivery in the Middle East and Africa

  Call Centre

  QPC today announced a partnership with Kuwait based Public Services Company (PSC), a subsidiary of the Kuwait Finance House, to deliver contact centre consulting, workforce optimisation and education solutions in the Middle East and Africa.
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  United Kingdom

  Rostrvm Solutions supplements Partner Business Development team to extend reach into the contact centre universe

  Call Centre

  Rostrvm Solutions, the UK based designer and developer of contact centre software applications, has appointed Mike Goode as Head of Business Development and Mark Lockyer to focus on developing business through complementary partners.

• United Kingdom

  ESENDEX LAUNCHES SMS DEVELOPER CHALLENGE 2008

  Mobile : Software Development

  Budding developers have the chance to show their skills with the launch of the Esendex SMS Developer Challenge 2008 today.

• United Kingdom

  Access to social media and networking takes on new dimension

  People & Society : Mobile : Networking

  Access to social media and networking takes on new dimension as new portal allows integration to the mobile phone
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  Portugal

  Vodafone broadcasts Madonna concert exclusively and takes Customers to attend the show in New York

  Mobile

  Vodafone is to broadcast the concert to launch the new Madonna album, live and exclusively, on its Mobile TV service and on www.vodafone.pt. The concert takes place on 30 April, in the Roseland Ballroom, New York.
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  United Kingdom

  Truphone raises £16.5m ($32.7m) in Series B round

  Mobile

  Mobile internet network operator Truphone has raised £16.5m ($32.7m) of Series B venture capital funding.

• Annual mobile adspend to pass $1 billion in 2008

  Advertising : Mobile

  Annual mobile adspend to pass $1 billion in 2008, with mobile TV to drive revenues to almost $7.6 billion by 2013, according to Juniper Research

• Ireland

  Altobridge wins three-year, fully-managed rural GSM contract with Mongolia's MobiCom Corporation

  Mobile

  Altobridge has won a three-year, fully managed services contract with leading Mongolian mobile communications provider, MobiCom Corporation.
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  United Kingdom

  Video Goes Mobile

  Mobile : Video

  UK Mobile Users To Have FREE, Personalised Access To Over 150 Million Web Videos On Their PCs, Mobile Devices and Social Network Profiles
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  Europe

  Purple Labs Selected As Finalist For Red Herring 100 Europe

  Mobile

  Red Herring announced this week that mobile Linux software company, Purple Labs, was named a Finalist of Red Herring 100 Europe,

• Pioneer Consulting Expects Market for Nanotechnology in Wireless Handsets to Reach $15 Billion by 2012

  Mobile : Wireless Network

  Mobile handset components are facing their toughest challenge yet, which is to aid in portability, miniaturization, power-efficiency and at the same time be cost-effective.
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  New Madonna single now available on Vodafone mobiles

  Music : Mobile : Pop : Popstar

  Madonna's new single, '4 minutes', is now available to Vodafone mobile users. Vodafone customers can now buy the complete track of the first single from Madonna's new album, 'Hard Candy'.