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Google in wireless business, again!!!
(30/03/2008
publié dans : Top stories
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Google was the main absent (apparently voluntarily) in the recent 700 MHz spectrum auction in the US. It did not buy any spectrum, in spite of its previously declared interest in mobility. A ... -
Global wireline market
(30/03/2008
publié dans : Top stories
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Ovum posted its 4Q07 analysis of revenue trend market share changes in the wireline infrastructure segment. Equipment sales were up 18% in 2007, with switching and routing, cable TV and optical ... -
Market corner - 30/03/08
(30/03/2008
publié dans : Market corner
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A few set of market information released this week: According to NSN, wind and solar technologies would be used extensively to power remote base stations by 2011. ABI Research forecasts that the ... -
Subscriber figures - 30/03/08
(30/03/2008
publié dans : Subscriber Figures
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China had 565m mobile subscribers and 362m land-line users by the end of February. China Netcom had about 20m broadband internet users (+37%). South Africa: 1m broadband subscribers of which some ... -
Vendor corner - 30/03/08
(30/03/2008
publié dans : Vendor Corner
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Motorola could be split into two publicly traded companies. The announcement is nevertheless yet too vague. The company's board is just starting to analyze the process and it could not ... -
Awards - 30/03/08
(30/03/2008
publié dans : Awards
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Nortel has secured a 5-year contract with US Cellular for upgrading its CDMA network, and received $100m order from BSNL (India) for additional GSM lines. SkyLink has selected Nortel for the ... -
Operator corner (2) - 30/03/08
(30/03/2008
publié dans : Operator Corner
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ATT and NTT join the Trans-Pacific Express Consortium (TPE), to build an 18,000-km fiber-optic submarine system between APAC and the USA (to be completed in early 2010). ATT Mobility will launch ... -
Operator corner (1) - 30/03/08
(30/03/2008
publié dans : Operator Corner
)
Altimo filed a lawsuit against Telenor for delaying Vimpelcom' s entry into the Ukrainian market. It is just another episode in the several years dispute over the direction of the jointly owned ... -
Financial Performance - 30/03/08
(30/03/2008
publié dans : Financial Performance
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China Netcom posts 2007 net income of $1.7bn, down 7%, on revenues of $11bn, up 1%. Innovative business revenues (broadband and multimedia) accounted for 35% of revenues in 2007, or $4bn. 3 Group ... -
Regulation corner - 30/03/08
(30/03/2008
publié dans : Regulation Corner
)
Afghanistan is planning to sell nearly 80% of its telecom unit, Afghan Telecom. OFCOM (UK) will allow airlines to offer mobile communications services on UK-registered aircraft. The US mobile ... -
People - 30/03/08
(30/03/2008
publié dans : People
)
Sprint Nextel has named Steven Elfman to the position of president of network operations and wholesale. Dee Dutta, Sony Ericsson' s CMO, will quit the company at the end of March. Raoul Roverato ... -
Edito 22/03/2008
(22/03/2008
publié dans : Top stories
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I abandoned the edito item for a while, but it is a good way to easily communicate with my readers. I would like to underscore that the current issue is the two hundredth issue since the ... -
Unlimited !!
(22/03/2008
publié dans : Top stories
)
You probably have already noticed that the word is fashionable ans is employed more and more often into news and comments. It seems it is a deep trend into the economy, as the word surfaced for ... -
Market Corner - 22/03/08
(22/03/2008
publié dans : Market corner
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A few set of market information released this week: According to M:Metrics, the iPhone is the most popular handset for accessing news and information on the mobile Web in the US. 85% of iPhone ... -
Subscriber figures - 22/03/08
(22/03/2008
publié dans : Subscriber Figures
)
The EU Commission reports that there were 88m 3G users at the end of 2007, or a penetration of 20%. 50,000 new high-speed broadband Internet connections were added each day in 2007. Ericsson said ... -
Vendor' s corner
(22/03/2008
publié dans : Vendor Corner
)
Nokia continues to push its content strategy by dealing with EMI for unlimited music download service. It made a deal with ACME Tele Power to offer efficient operation, maintenance and energy ... -
Awards - 22/03/08
(22/03/2008
publié dans : Awards
)
Ericsson has been selected by Paraguay-based Personal for a countrywide 3G/HSPA network, and will provide upgrades to Wind Hellas' GSM/WCDMA network in Greece. HTC will provide CDMA handsets to ... -
Operator' s corner - 22/03/08
(22/03/2008
publié dans : Operator Corner
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China Mobile said it has already begun working with Vodafone and another unnamed operator on next-generation TD-SCDMA, called TD-LTE. DT is buying 20% of Greek incumbent OTE for €2.5bn. T-Mobile ... -
Results - 22/03/08
(22/03/2008
publié dans : Financial Performance
)
Golden Telecom (Russia), now part of Vimpelcom, reports strong results with 2007 net income at $153m (+78.5%) on revenues of $1.3bn (+52%). CANTV (Venezuela) said its 4Q07 net profit fell 57% to ... -
Regulation - 22/03/08
(22/03/2008
publié dans : Regulation Corner
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FCC: a success for the 700 MHz auction in the US, with almost $20bn in revenues collected in 261 rounds, 214 applicants of which over 100 received spectrum. The big winners are Verizon Wireless ... -
People - 22/03/08
(22/03/2008
publié dans : People
)
Eric Besson is the French State Secretary to the Digital Economy Development. Two more Board members are leaving Sprint Nextel: Keith Bane (ex Motorola) and Linda Koch Lorimer (Yale University) ... -
Market Corner - 16/03/08
(16/03/2008
publié dans : Market corner
)
A few set of market information released this week: According to Informa, the worldwide number of IPTV customers increased to over 12m at the end of 2007. 57% were in Western Europe. France ... -
Global vendor strategies - 16/03/08
(16/03/2008
publié dans : Vendor - Strategies & organisation
)
Apple announced that over 100k iPhone SDK (development kit) were downloaded in the four days following its launch. It also launched iFund to stimulate iPhone and iTouch applications development. ... -
Fixed vendor strategies - 16/03/08
(16/03/2008
publié dans : Vendor - fixed networks
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NexWave introduces mobile TV and digital audio over WiMAX solutions, using its MXtv solution. ALU will integrate NextWave' s MXtv technology into its WiMAX portfolio. It is a second important win ... -
Mobile vendor strategies - 16/03/08
(16/03/2008
publié dans : Vendor- mobile networks
)
Rumor circulating: Asian mobile phone makers may be in talks with Motorola about possible partnerships. Ericsson is faster than rivals to announce infrastructure and device platforms for ... -
Fixed orders - 16/03/08
(16/03/2008
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (fixed)
)
Ericsson is supplying OTE (Greece) with IPTV infrastructure, systems integration and service operations such as VOD. Huawei secures optical access equipment (SmartAX MA5600T series) procurement ... -
Mobile orders - 16/03/08
(16/03/2008
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (mobile)
)
NSN will deploy its location based system LBS into Telkomsel' s network (Indonesia), and will supply Fastweb (Italy) with MVNE (mobile virtual network enabler) technology. Huawei is providing USB ... -
Global operator strategies - 16/03/08
(16/03/2008
publié dans : Operator- Strategies & Organization
)
Canada plans to introduce a new national operator. The auction is to begin on 27 May 2008. France Telecom/ Viaccess buys Orca Interactive for €14m. Orca is an IPTV supplier and will fit into FT' ... -
Fixed operator strategies - 16/03/08
(16/03/2008
publié dans : Operator- fixed networks
)
Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan) plans to invest $1.5bn for expanding its fiber-optic network by 2012, of which $1.3bn in MSAN, VDSL2, EPON, ...and $300m in fiber optic gear. Most of networking ... -
Mobile operator strategies - 16/03/08
(16/03/2008
publié dans : Operator- mobile networks
)
Softbank (Japan) plans to deploy 3G femtocell technology in October. Sprint Nextel has introduced an HTC smartphone working with EV-DO Rev A. speeds. Yoigo (Teliasonera in Spain) will use ... -
Subscriber figures - 16/03/08
(16/03/2008
publié dans : Operator- subscribers
)
Free (France) had 2.9m broadband internet customers. Neuf Cegetel (France) announced 3.2m ADSL subscribers, up 45%, of which 450k new customers in 2007 with organic growth and 550k with the ... -
Operator results - 16/03/08
(16/03/2008
publié dans : Operator - results
)
Iliad/ Free (France) reports solid 2007 results with net profit of €150m (up24%) on revenues up 30% to €1.2bn. EBITDA jumped 35% to €444m. ARPU increased 5% to €36.3. Neuf Cegetel (France) also ... -
People - 16/03/08
(16/03/2008
publié dans : People
)
Telecom Italia' s domestic fixed services department, Massimo Castelli, resigned. Stu Reed, from Motorola, resigned just a month after stepping aside as CEO of the struggling mobile phone unit. ... -
Microsoft: future world class ASP?
(09/03/2008
publié dans : Top stories
)
Last week two important news were issued on related matter. The first one is a survey reporting that around 30% (double of 2004 figures) of US SMBs are currently using SaaS solutions ... -
NA capex: up in 4Q07
(09/03/2008
publié dans : Top stories
)
Ovum has published a report on NA operator 4Q07 revenues and spending. In wireline, revenues were flat at $43.8bn, but capex increased by 12.4% to $8.8bn. Capex was driven by broadband (switching ... -
WiMAX / Satellite Interference
(09/03/2008
publié dans : Top stories
)
According to the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG), WiMAX and FSS (fixed satellite services) co-location in the C-band spectrum poses a significant interference threat. The ... -
Optical networking overview
(09/03/2008
publié dans : Top stories
)
Ovum-RHK reports its latest forecasts in the global optical networking market. 4Q07 sales amounted to $4.4bn, up 30% and 2007 revenues would be around $15bn. In the quarter, the market was driven ... -
Market Corner - 09/03/08
(09/03/2008
publié dans : Market corner
)
A few set of market information released this week: VIA and Bitway will deliver a green, low-power, low-cost (€310) PC for the Brazilian market. According to Nielsen Mobile, 23% of US mobile ... -
Global vendor strategies - 09/03/08
(09/03/2008
publié dans : Vendor - Strategies & organisation
)
Motorola is looking for a new leader for its struggling mobile phone unit. Meanwhile, Carl Icahn has increased its stake in the company to 6.3% (from 5% last month). Carl Icahn favored a sale of ... -
Fixed vendor strategies - 09/03/08
(09/03/2008
publié dans : Vendor - fixed networks
)
Cisco unveiled its new middle range router, ASR 1000 or Aggregation Service Router, equipped with a new ASIC processor and with a non-stop communication feature. The development cost $250m and ...
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