Nokia Siemens Networks is integrating Next Generation Network technology in the network of Russia’s largest fixed-network operator. Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS) is investing in new network technology so it can connect new phone lines and offer speeds of up to 25 megabits a second for Internet access. The existing infrastructure based on analog and
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The European Parliament, in its plenary session in Strasbourg, voted with a strong majority in favour of an EU Regulation to substantially reduce the charges for using mobile phones abroad. This EU Regulation, which the European Commission proposed on 12 July 2006, was broadly supported by representatives of the 27 EU member states last week.
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The introduction of the Trust Notebook Docking Station USB NB-8100p makes it possible to work more comfortably at home using a notebook. The docking station consists of an adjustable notebook stand with an integrated 6-port USB 2.0 hub. By placing a notebook in the stand and connecting the USB cable, an ergonomic workstation is created
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Cable & Wireless announced a four-year agreement with Virgin Media to become its exclusive unbundled local loop (LLU) network provider on a wholesale basis until 2011. With its extensive LLU footprint giving access to around 4 mln additional homes, Cable & Wireless will supply wholesale broadband services to support Virgin Media’s existing off net customers
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Marios Garoyian, the young and dynamic leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Cyprus (DIKO) sees the upgrade of relations with Armenia as next on the Cyprus government’s agenda. In a meeting with the President of the Armenian Journalists Association, Asdghig Kevorkyan, the chief editor of Azg daily, Hagop Avedikian, and the President of the
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Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos believes that prospects for closer ties with Russia are hopeful and promising, adding that the energy sector is an area in which there can be enhanced cooperation, especially once Cyprus acquires the necessary infrastructure for the production of energy.Addressing a dinner, organised by the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry and
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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it has assigned its ‘A+’ long-term and ‘A-1’ short-term issuer credit ratings to DIFC Investments LLC. The outlook is stable. DIFC Investments manages the Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DIFC) revenue-generating operations, which can broadly be subdivided into leasing and investments. DIFC itself is the vehicle through which
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Panasonic has announced the Middle East launch of the SC-NC9 and SC-NC6 DVD mini systems that incorporate a number of proven technologies to deliver sound of the highest quality. Featuring a black exterior, the SC-NC9 makes it possible to configure its six speakers to make best use of the main unit’s powerful output and to
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Nokia Siemens Networks and China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) have successfully completed performance testing of the 3GPP release 4 MSC Server System (MSS) from Nokia Siemens Networks. The MSC Server System, which is widely used in commercial networks globally, showed remarkable stability in an overload test which included an continuous 12-hour, 150% data-overload simulation. Despite
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Cyprus Attorney General Petros Clerides, as the legal representative of the Republic of Cyprus, is expected to take court action against the AGBU within the next two or three weeks in an effort to resume the campaign to save the Melkonian school in Nicosia and aim for its earliest operation. Some 50 members of the
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