Head of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli says the country plans to launch its domestically-built Fajr (Dawn) satellite into space during early months of the new Iranian calendar year (commencing on March 20).

Fajr is a measurement and imaging satellite that will examine subsystems used in previous satellites, Fazeli told IRNA on Tuesday.

He added that the manufacturing work of the satellite is still underway and nearly complete.

He noted that the national Fajr satellite will be placed in elliptical orbit of 400 km in radius and will remain in space for a year and a...

ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today reinforced its commitment to providing high quality telecommunications solutions worldwide by acknowledging its intent to continue to source application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) from two industry-leading manufacturers.

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ZTE smart phone to target high spec video and audio handset sector

Mobile World Congress 2012

ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is set to launch"...

New LTE handsets to have 1.2GHx and 1.5GHz chipsets

Mobile World Congress 2012

ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is planning to launch two new LTE handsets running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz chipsets at the forthcoming Mobile World Congress telecoms industry show in Barcelona.

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Majority of nationals and residents believe that competition between the two telecommunications providers in Qatar is not genuine and their tariffs are much higher compared to some neighbouring countries, shows an online survey.

Eighty-one percent of the respondents to the weekly opinion poll conducted by Al Sharq felt that both the telecommunications operators had failed to provide a comprehensive nation wide network access to the customers. A similar number of respondents said that their charges are very high.

Eleven percent of the surveyed, however, believe that connectivity is...

Award recognizes Gemalto’s expertise in securing cloud computing for enterprise applications

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces it won the Security Innovation award in the inaugural 2012 Cloud Awards program. Gemalto was recognized for its Protiva"......

A wealthy Qatari yesterday bought a special easy-to-remember Qatar Telecom mobile phone number for an incredible QR1.4m.

Qatar Telecom (Qtel) yesterday held a special auction for special Easy-To-Remember (ETR) numbers and collected a total of QR13.15m for charitable purposes. The proceeds of the auction would go to several charitable projects in the country, Al Mutawa, Qtel’s Executive Director of Group Communication, said.

The highest bid for the ETR was QR1.4m bought by a rich Qatari businessman and the lowest was QR200,000, he added. The auctions were held at the Four Seasons...

SES S.A. (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG) announces that the SES-4 satellite roared into space on board an ILS Proton Breeze M booster today at 1:36 am Baikonur time (20:36 CET and 14:36 EST on February 14th, 2012). After a 9-hour, 12-minute mission, the Breeze M upper stage of the Proton rocket successfully released the SES-4 satellite directly into geostationary transfer orbit.

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Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has launched its in-branch Dexxis EMV instant issuance card solution for U.S. banks, designed to streamline and accelerate EMV migration. Dexxis instant issuance allows banks to immediately issue and activate initial and replacement cards directly at the physical bank branch location, rather than sending personalized cards to end users via postal mail.

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Netsize, a leading mobile commerce enabler and a Gemalto company (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), announces that CityzenCar, a peer-to-peer car sharing social network in France, has deployed its SMS-based communication solution to secure and simplify car rental for consumers. CityzenCar enables 12,000 members across 2,000 French cities to rent a vehicle in complete trust and with no commission.

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