• Russia's VimpelCom has signed an agreement to establish a mobile telecommunications joint venture in Vietnam under the name of GTEL-Mobile Joint Stock Company. The other participants in the joint venture will be Global Telecommunications Corporation (GTEL), a state-owned Vietnamese enterprise and GTEL TSC, a subsidiary of GTEL. Subject to the conditions of the agreement, VimpelCom will receive a 40% interest in the joint venture in consideration for an equity investment of $267 million. GTEL and GTEL TSC will have an equity interest of 51% and 9%, respectively, in the joint venture.

• Realeyes3D, a provider of mobile imaging applications and services for cameraphones, has incorporated its camera-based motion browsing technology (tilt navigation) into the Samsung Instinct, Sprint Nextel’s new smartphone. Motion browsing lets users tilt their phones to pan a Web page before clicking on a desired link.

• TUŠ Telekom will begin using all Netezza data warehouse appliance technology. Slovenia’s newest supplier of mobile telecommunications, broadband, IPTV and VoIP will use the Netezza system for advanced analytics such as customer segmentation, churn prediction, pricing simulations and usage control. In the future, it plans to add revenue assurance.

• Kyocera plans to donate solar power generating systems to primary schools in the United Republic of Tanzania. In Tanzania, the top priorities include improving its educational infrastructures to develop the human resources for the future. To partly solve this challenge, Kyocera decided to donate and install its solar power generating systems to Tanzanian primary schools where the education conditions are not yet sufficient. The company contribution will help light up the classrooms and install the electrification equipment. The donation package contains 600 W solar power generating systems including storage batteries. Each system will come with basic equipment, such as a TV set and lights. Kyocera will donate and install the systems in four schools each year over the coming five years, totaling 20 schools.

• Openwave Systems has appointed Karen Willem to CFO effective immediately. Willem brings more than 25 years of experience in finance, sales and general management at leading software companies. She will report to Openwave’s interim CEO Bruce Coleman. Anne Brennan, who has been serving as the interim CFO will assume a newly created role as vice president, head of finance, reporting to Willem.

• Juniper Networks appointed John Morris to the position of executive vice president of worldwide field operations, with responsibility for heading Juniper’s global sales, services and channel organizations. Morris joins Juniper Networks from San Francisco-based pioneer of biometric payments Pay By Touch, where he served as president and CEO. Morris joined Pay By Touch following a 23-year career with the IBM Corporation in which he served in a range of executive roles.

• Compete, a web analytics firm, has launched Compete PRO, a comprehensive online measurement service that combines site analytics, search analytics and audience measurement in a single service. The self-service solution gives mar+keters easy access to reliable data about consumers and tools to put that data into immediate action within their marketing programs.

• Sun Microsystems’ Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) is integrated in the new HP iPAQ 900 series Business Messenger smartphone. Based on the Sun Java Wireless Client software – Sun's Java ME implementation for wireless handsets – and enhanced with custom features designed specifically for HP, the new HP 3G smartphone delivers a flexible wireless e-mail experience, including convenient voice control and hands-free operation.

• Andrew was recognized by Nokia Siemens Networks as an outstanding contributor to product quality for its support of the global infrastructure provider in the Asia Pacific region.