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Market Researches - 30/05/07
(30/05/2007
publié dans : Market corner
)
A few set of market information released this week: According to GFK, the French mobile handset market reveals trends for 2007: slim, flashy colors (pink, white, ..), co-branded with a fashion ... -
Global vendor strategies - 30/05/07
(30/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor - Strategies & organisation
)
Ericsson is building a new Global Service delivery center in Bucarest, Romania. Fujitsu is launching an hostile bid on GFI, a French software house, for €419m (+22% premium). Safran plans to split ... -
Fixed vendor strategies - 30/05/07
(30/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor - fixed networks
)
Avaya should be for sale. Nortel, Cisco and an equity fund (Silver Lake Partners) are said in talks with the company. Without debt, and generating high cash-flow and profit, Avaya is an ... -
Mobile vendor strategies - 30/05/07
(30/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor- mobile networks
)
Nokia China plans to sell 3G TD-SCDMA handsets in China in 1H08. It has finished building its new China Headquarters in Beijing- Yizhuang for about $458m (including a R&D center and a ... -
Fixed contracts - 30/05/07
(30/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (fixed)
)
ALU has completed a health care solution for Sabia-Bioingeniería, Spain, to be used in senior resorts and hospitals. It was also selected by Telefonica del Sur (Chile) to deploy an IP/MPLS ... -
Mobile contracts - 30/05/07
(30/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (mobile)
)
ALU will deploy the first UMTS/HSDPA network in Uruguay for ANTEL. NSN has signed a new supply contract with Heilongjiang Mobile Communications (China Mobile) for GSM Base Stations and Base ... -
Global operator strategies - 30/05/07
(30/05/2007
publié dans : Operator- Strategies & Organization
)
Potential consolidation in India: Spice Telecom, Idea Cellular ann Reliance Telecom are discussing an "operational alliance with a pan-India footprint” . FT has started to review offers for ... -
Fixed operator strategies - 30/05/07
(30/05/2007
publié dans : Operator- fixed networks
)
Despite protest, DT said it will move forward with a plan to set up three new service units (inside its T-Services initiative) as it moves to pare costs. Chile: a rural WiMAX project will be ... -
Mobile operator strategies - 30/05/07
(30/05/2007
publié dans : Operator- mobile networks
)
Alfa Telecom (Russia) has asked Turkey' s Cukurova pays its $1.3bn debt to Alfa in Turkcell shares (worth 13.8% stake). America Movil confirms its interest in Northern Brazil region, and is ... -
Subscriber figures - 30/05/07
(30/05/2007
publié dans : Operator- subscribers
)
Chile: almost 14m mobile GSM subscribers at the end of March, accounting for 80% of the total market. Movistar is the market leader with 42%, followed by Entel with 38% and Claro with 20%. Latin ... -
Operator results - 30/05/07
(30/05/2007
publié dans : Operator - results
)
VSNL (India) reports record $2.2bn consolidated revenues, up 85%, and EBITDA of $320m, up 49%. PT Telkom (Indonesia) posts net profit of $1.25bn, up 38%, on an income of $5.8bn, up 23%. -
People - 30/05/07
(30/05/2007
publié dans : People
)
Martin Read, LogicaCMG' s CEO, will quit the company, after recent profit warning on financial results. VeriSign CEO, Stratton Sclavos, has resigned for undisclosed reasons -
EDGE survey
(27/05/2007
publié dans : Top stories
)
GSA announced that there are now 287 mobile network operators (+40%) in 142 countries deploying EDGE, of which 111 in Europe, 84 in Americas, 50 in MEA and 42 in APAC. 223 networks (+50%) are in ... -
U.S. mobile phone market
(27/05/2007
publié dans : Top stories
)
According to the NPD Group, the US mobile phone market reports steady growth of 12% in 1Q07 with $3bn in value and about 39m units sold. Motorola was performing very well in the quarter, ... -
BSS/OSS market
(27/05/2007
publié dans : Top stories
)
According to Analysys, the number of system sales announcements for telecoms IT (BSS/OSS) solutions dropped 20% in 2006, but it was mainly due to consolidation both on the supply side and on the ... -
China : finally 3G
(27/05/2007
publié dans : Top stories
)
We are going closer of the time when China is beginning large-scale number distribution. For the TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance, it will be in 4Q07. At that time, it will make available handsets to ... -
Alert on 3G
(25/05/2007
publié dans : Top stories
)
Everybody is used to take Japan or S. Korea as an example in mobile penetration and business. News from S. Korea, however, are not good for 3G: more and more 3G customers are abandoning 3G for ... -
Market Researches - 25/05/07
(25/05/2007
publié dans : Market corner
)
A few set of market information released this week: According to Ovum-RHK, mobile revenues in APAC, but excluding China, would grow at a CAGR of 2-3% to reach $167bn by 2012. Mobile capex would ... -
Global vendor strategies - 25/05/07
(25/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor - Strategies & organisation
)
Cisco and EMC-RSA will jointly develop a new data ciphering offering targeted to SAN storage networks. Fujitsu is combining its telecom equipment production with operations sales in order to boost ... -
Fixed vendor strategies - 25/05/07
(25/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor - fixed networks
)
Siemens has selected Ekahau, a real time, WiFi-based, location systems expert, for optimizing its WiFi offer. Hitachi got RUS approval for its AMN1220 GPON system. Nortel has announced a 40-Gbit/s ... -
Mobile vendor strategies - 25/05/07
(25/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor- mobile networks
)
China would produce 560m mobile phones (+17%) this year, according to China' s MII. NEC performed successful testing at the third Mobile WiMAX Plugfest. Motorola has won a patent for solar-powered ... -
Fixed contracts - 25/05/07
(25/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (fixed)
)
Comptel will supply Wana (Morocco) provisioning, mediation and identification management solutions within a global Information system and IMS deployment for its NGN. Seachange signed an exclusive ... -
Mobile contracts - 25/05/07
(25/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (mobile)
)
Motorola is deploying a TETRA network at Barcelona airport (Spain) ALU will enhance and expand Etisalat' s GSM network (UAE). Quiconnect (UK) will expand and enhance French SFR' s global WLAN ... -
Global operator strategies - 25/05/07
(25/05/2007
publié dans : Operator- Strategies & Organization
)
DT should have bidded €1.6bn fot Orange NL. Orange NL currently has 600k subscribers and 11% of the Dutch market. In return, Orange is leading the purchase of DT' s Yago.com in Spain, trumping a ... -
Fixed operator strategies - 25/05/07
(25/05/2007
publié dans : Operator- fixed networks
)
Japan: J.Com (Jupiter Telecom) will merge with Jupiter TV after the deal between Sumitomo and Liberty Global. Colombus Networks is close to complete (in June) a new undersea fiber cable, which ... -
Mobile operator strategies - 25/05/07
(25/05/2007
publié dans : Operator- mobile networks
)
Vodafone has been selected by the Portuguese government to provide fixed and mobile communications during the Portuguese EU Presidency. It is in talks with Ukrtelecom on the provision of 3G ... -
Subscriber figures - 25/05/07
(25/05/2007
publié dans : Operator- subscribers
)
Oman announced subscriber statistics: 268,150 land-lines by the end ofMarch; 1.96m mobile users (+8%); almost 64k internet users. Entel PCS (Chile) had 5m mobile users at the end of 2006. China ... -
Operator results - 25/05/07
(25/05/2007
publié dans : Operator - results
)
C&W reports FY07 net profit dropping 53% to €121m, on revenues of €4.9bn, up 4%. EBITDA increased by 26% to €726m. PT Indosat (Indonesia) said its 1Q07 net profit rose by 26% to $54m, on revenues ... -
People - 25/05/07
(25/05/2007
publié dans : People
)
Klaus Kleinfeld, ex Siemens COO, out, Peter Lösher, 49, has been named to take the helm at Siemens from July 07. The two Vodafone directors on the Board of Bharti Airtel have left the company ... -
Market Researches - 23/05/07
(23/05/2007
publié dans : Market corner
)
A few set of market information released this week: According to In-Stat, 2006 worldwide Wi-Fi RFID tag shipments reached 135,000. AeroScout is the market leader. ABI Research predicts that 3G ... -
Globalvendor strategies - 23/05/07
(23/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor - Strategies & organisation
)
Cisco and NSN have signed an agreement to develop a standards-based network management OSS platform that will help service providers speed up the time it takes to launch new services. The deal ... -
Fixed vendor strategies - 23/05/07
(23/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor - fixed networks
)
Cisco is back in the WiMAX bandwagon. Up to now, Cisco was questioning the technology' s chances of success; now it is developing internally some WiMAX products. Shortfall: According to Optus and ... -
Mobile vendor strategies - 23/05/07
(23/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor- mobile networks
)
Agilent and Teradata have reached a deal to combine their respective OSS and front- and backoffice information (billing, CRM or provisioning) expertise. Their combined offering is called assureME ... -
Fixed orders - 23/05/07
(23/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (fixed)
)
ALU will be the system integrator for Telus' Subex Azure IP broadband service provisioning solution. It will deploy a new IP-based private communications network for Transpower New Zealand. Cisco ... -
Mobile orders - 23/05/07
(23/05/2007
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (mobile)
)
Motorola is deploying a TETRA network at Barcelona airport (Spain) -
Global operator strategies - 23/05/07
(23/05/2007
publié dans : Operator- Strategies & Organization
)
ATT withdrew the ‘Cingular’ brand and logo with a new ATT one. Alltel (US), the fifth domestic mobile operators, has been bought for $27bn by equity firm TPG and bank Goldman Sachs. Swisscom will ... -
Fixed operator strategies - 23/05/07
(23/05/2007
publié dans : Operator- fixed networks
)
Vietnam plans launching a Vinasat satellite early in 2008. The selection of the launcher will be made in Nov.07. Shortfall: Bahrain' s Batelco found problems when it tried a NGN network upgrade. ... -
Mobile operator strategies - 23/05/07
(23/05/2007
publié dans : Operator- mobile networks
)
Econet (Zimbabwe) plans to launch 3G pilots by the end of this month. High-speed Internet access will be the first 3G application. Vodafone launches two new ZTE-manufactured, own-branded, low-end ... -
Subscriber figures - 23/05/07
(23/05/2007
publié dans : Operator- subscribers
)
Portugal: about 2.1m broadband subscribers by the end of March 2007, of which 946k are ADSL, 558k are cable and 573k are 3G cellular. Portugal has about 12.4m mobile subscribers (+7%) US: the ... -
People - 23/05/07
(23/05/2007
publié dans : People
)
Klaus Kleinfeld, Siemens COO, out, Peter Lösher, 49, has been named to take the helm at Siemens from July 07.
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