Tecmobile, a UK-based handset manufacturer, has revealed a portfolio of nine new mobile phones. The company is an Original Design Manufacturer, which means these devices will be available for rebranding or customisation by distributors, retailers and network operators.

Santok Enterprises, the company behind the new tecmobile brand, has been in the mobile industry since 1993.

Virgin Media has announced financial results for the final quarter of 2011 and for the full year.

Revenue was up 3% to £4 billion for the year, while annual operating income was up 67.8% to £540 million. The company revealed its first annual profit with net income of £76m for the year.

A new research report from Berg Insight has calculated that around 2.2 million patients worldwide are currently using equipment that includes a home monitoring service with integrated connectivity.

This figure only includes systems with integrated connectivity or monitoring hubs with built-in cellular or fixed-line modems and doesn’t include patients with monitoring devices connected to a separate PC or mobile phone.

India, currently the world’s second-largest telecom market in terms of total subscriptions, will add almost 590 million connections to its fixed and mobile networks over the next five years. Meanwhile, China will add around 535 million.

That’s the prediction from Pyramid Research, which has recently published its latest India Intelligence Report.

Colin Aitken from Burnside Telecom talks about the company's new mobile telecare products: the MoniCare GSM remote monitoring solution and a 'fixed cellular phone' designed as a landline alternative for elderly users.