Howard Jonas is back, or so the iconoclastic founder of IDT tells Forbes. Jonas acknowledges he hasn't always been fully focused on the Newark-based telecommunications company, which has seen its shares fall from $10 to under $2 during the past year.

Qtel, the leading Qatari telecommunications service provider, has issued a set of guidelines for customers as part of its efforts to reduce the rising volume of unsolicited “spam” text and phone messages in Qatar.

Telehop Communications Inc. today released its financial results for the fourth quarter and for the year ended December 31, 2007 with net earnings of $ 172,748 for 2007, compared with earnings of $ 1,024,182 for the previous year.

A new report by the PMR research and consulting company, demonstrates that the value of the telecommunication market in Russia grew by 27% in 2007, achieving the level of RUB 957 billion (US$39.5 billion).

Attorney General Bill McCollum reached a settlement with several prepaid and long-distance phone card companies accused of duping customers, including St. Petersburg-based Cristel Telecommunications, LLC. His office says the settlement will start industry