Vendor consolidation in sight: Alcatel- Lucent It is the big announcement of the week. Alcatel and Lucent are used to talk merger (at least from 2001), but this time it seems serious. First, both ...
EU to boost broadband access the EU targets that all EU citizens could have a broadband access by 2010, from current 12%-15% penetration rate. Broadband penetration has made significant gain, but ...
Mobile TV needsIn the US, about 3m mobile subscribers (1.5% of subscribers) watched streamed TV or played video content on their mobile devices, of which young male of 18-24 reached a penetration ...
Broadband FutureAccording to Verizon Chairman Seidenberg, the future should be wired and unwired. "The new Internet revolution will be characterized by 100 Mbit/s speeds, two-way ...
Bluetooth taking off, but .... Bluetooth technology has really started taking off. With shipments up more than 200% in 2005 and expected to reach 40m units a month sometime in 2006, Bluetooth is ...
Broadband DSL statusAccording to the latest research from Point-Topic, the number of DSL users is still growing, but already in some countries a saturation point is already reached. For example S. ...
Verizon-Qwest RumorStill alive. Rumors of a possible takeover of Qwest by Verizon make sense and are still considered. Verizon could be interested to get a broad coast to coast optical networks to ...
Advices to Vendors: At TelecomNEXT, vendors were given some advices by four of the biggest U.S. incumbent carriers. In a market where consolidation is on the road and competition is becoming ...
TelecomNext wrap-up: TelecomNEXT is one of the two conference/exhibition issued from the dead Supercomm. For this first edition, the central theme has shifted from telecom to entertainment, with ...
Nortel is to integrate its carrier and enterprise units. The new unit will be called Converged Data Networks. Nortel also unveiled its strategic priorities for the next few years: focus on ...
A few set of market information released this week: According to Integrated Research, 80% of businesses could soon adopt VOIP. Juniper Research unveiled that VoIP growth will be driven by the ...
Oracle has introduced its new Business Intelligence software suite, including Oracle BI Standard Edition-1, Standard Edition, and Enterprise Edition. IBM unveiled its SOA Governance, extending ...
Lucent finally won control of Riverstone for $207m, in spite of Ericsson attempt to win the deal. The agreement was approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. mPhase and some partners, including ...
Qualcomm is joining forces with China TechFaith Wireless to fund a new mobile software company, called TechFaith Software China, that will focus on advancing 3G services. Qualcomm will also ...
Microsoft gained DT' s IPTV order in Germany. DT will use the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform to offer the services. The deal with DT is Microsoft' s biggest IPTV contract in Europe ...
Ericsson got Portugal' s Optimus order for softswitches and internet protocol multimedia subsystem, as well as HSDPA solutions. Alcatel has signed a $61m contract to extend Tunisie Telecom' s ...
Webraska reported record-breaking revenue of $18m in its fiscal year 05-06, and net income of $7m.. UTStarcom has received delisting notice from the Nasdaq National Market for failing to file its ...
China forbid VOIP service until 2008. The goal is to protect large local telcos from low-cost internet telephony competition. In a separate announcement, China also said it will issue its own ...
Bellsouth introduced a WiFi- WiMAX wireless broadband back-up system for businesses’ Internet connections at $30 a month. It also announced a further integration of its optical and Ethernet ...
Cingular will close its analog and TDMA mobile networks by 2008. DoCoMo expands overseas and acquires Guam Cellular and Guam Wireless Telephone, both for $72m. Telenor has offered to sell for ...
Dutch broadband subscribers passed the four million mark at the end of 2005 (household penetration over 58%). Australia: Vodafone reports 78,000 3G subscribers since 10/05. UK: MVNO Tesco (UK ...
China Netcom posted 2005 net profit of $1.7bn (+415%) on annual revenues of $10.9bn, up 4.4%. EBITDA increased by 10% to $5.1bn. China Telecom reported 2005 net profit of $3.5bn (almost flat), ...
At Siemens Communications, Eduardo Montes Perez (current Siemens Spain head) will replace Thomas Ganswindt as President; Heinz-Joachim Neuberger will become new CFO. Nripendra Misra has been ...
Motorola is likely to dominate the ULCH segment The development of the ultra low-cost handset (ULCH) is key for addressing low income emerging market subscribers. The endorsement by the GSMA has ...
CEE mobile services spending in 2005 IDC reported that the Central and Eastern Europe mobile services market grew 13.5% in 2005 to $15bn, and a further expected 9% this year. This is in line with ...
World Bank ReportAccording to the World Bank, the reach and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in developing countries should be driven by strong co-operation between local ...
Symbian overtaken by 2010 According to The Diffusion Group, the mobile operating system market will shaken up in the next five years. Current market leader Symbian (about 51% market share and 34m ...
Dear readerI am sorry not to be able to edit Telcoflash issue today. It will be delayed until the mid of the week for personal reasons.Best regardsJean Arnal
Vodafone StrategyMany concerns were raised on Vodafone current strategy, as the company has successively met financial woes with activity slowdown, shareholders pressure on assets disposal and ...
Alert! RFID can spread virus As RFID is replacing barcode, the threat of virus spreading is real and increasing. An RFID chip is wirelessly read through a scanning gate. So if the chip is ...
Medical deviceAdding a special medical software into a camera cellphone could transform the handset into an infra-red scanner to achieve do-it-yourself medical test. The equipped handset could ...
Rumors on the vendor side A Juniper deal rumor continues to fly. Ericsson is given as a possible contender as it is reselling Juniper gear since 2000 and a deal fits well with Ericsson' s ...
Rumors on the operator side On the heels of the ATT/ Bellsouth merger, many rumors are flourishing for further concentration in the US telecom market. The latest is Verizon bidding for Qwest. The ...
Skype targets VSEs Skype is launching a new package targeted at very small enterprises (VSEs), including Skype software, a Plantronics Bluetooth headset, a Skype for Business Control Panel (to ...
Microsoft motivated on voice and video Microsoft outlined its vision of extended IP communications capabilities, and specially by adding VOIP across Windows Live services on a worldwide basis. ...
European telecom surveyEurostat analyzed the telecom evolution in Europe (25 countries) in 2004. Main results are a flat level of fixed lines (about 226m) and an ever-increasing number of mobile ...
ABI Research found that the Bluetooth market could grow 71% in 2006 to over 500m radio shipments. Bluetooth shipments are expected to break the 1bn mark by 2009.
In a move common to many telcos in Europe, Telefonica is trying to re-integrate its mobile arm under a single umbrella. Telefonica is offering €3.5bn to ensure full control of Moviles. ...
Siemens introduced the HiPath 2000, a new IP PBX that is "tailor-made" for small businesses. Cisco has launched the Cisco Unified Communications System, a new portfolio of IP-based ...
Nokia launched in the US the Nokia Flexi Base Station, a multi-radio platform, featuring WCDMA, HSDPA, WiMAX in multiple spectrum bands. It also is trialling an integrated dual phone telephony ...