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  • Market Corner - 29/06/08 (29/06/2008 publié dans : Market corner )
    A few set of market information released this week: According to Gartner, there currently are 1bn PCs in use, and it projects that 2bn PCs would be in use by 2014. Almost 60% of the installed ...
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  • Vendor Corner - 29/06/08 (29/06/2008 publié dans : Vendor Corner )
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  • Awards - 29/06/08 (29/06/2008 publié dans : Awards )
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  • Operator Corner (1) - 29/06/08 (29/06/2008 publié dans : Operator Corner )
    FT plans to enter Algeria in 2008 either by acquiring a private telecom operator or by winning a 3G license. Newspapers in France relate that FT is keen to sign a deal with Teliasonera by the end ...
  • Operator Corner (2) - 29/06/08 (29/06/2008 publié dans : Operator Corner )
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  • Financial Performance - 29/06/08 (29/06/2008 publié dans : Financial Performance )
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  • Regulation Corner - 29/06/08 (29/06/2008 publié dans : Regulation Corner )
    FCC detailed plans for a 25MHz block of spectrum to be used for a single nationwide license AWS-3 and free wireless broadband. EU plans to cut mobile termination rates by as much as 70% and ...
  • People - 29/06/08 (29/06/2008 publié dans : People )
    Yahoo still in trouble: several top managers would quit the company. Brad Garlinghouse in charge of communication tools, was supporting a re-organization the portal; Qi Lu, executive VP in charge ...
  • Market Corner - 22/06/08 (22/06/2008 publié dans : Market corner )
    A few set of market information released this week: According to Juniper Research, there would be 816m mobile banking customers by 2011, generating some 37bn transactions per year. Bank of ...
  • Subscriber stats - 22/06/08 (22/06/2008 publié dans : Subscriber Figures )
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  • Vendor Corner - 22/06/08 (22/06/2008 publié dans : Vendor Corner )
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  • Awards - 22/06/08 (22/06/2008 publié dans : Awards )
    ALU has signed a $1bn 3G frame contract with China Mobile, including a core network, radio systems, transmission, IP routing equipment, and related services. It has deployed a WiMAX network for ...
  • Operator Corner (1) - 22/06/08 (22/06/2008 publié dans : Operator Corner )
    Worldmax (NL) will gradually open its WiMAX 802.16e network in Amsterdam (NL). T-Mobile Germany announced it will sell the iPhone 3G for as low as €1 with a plan worth €69 a month with a ...
  • Operator Corner (2) - 22/06/08 (22/06/2008 publié dans : Operator Corner )
    Sprint Nextel introduces new rate plans for family in an effort to keep its customers. For two lines and 700 calling minutes , it will cost $70 a month (a voice-only service); for two lines and ...
  • Financial Performance - 22/06/08 (22/06/2008 publié dans : Financial Performance )
    Qualcomm increased its FY3Q earnings forecast by almost 9%, due to higher-than-expected sales and better than expected ASP for CDMA devices. Lehman Brothers increased its estimates by 1.5% in ...
  • Regulation Corner - 22/06/08 (22/06/2008 publié dans : Regulation Corner )
    The WiMAX Forum announced that 10 mobile WiMAX products get the official seal of approval for 2.5 GHz (four base stations and 6 terminals). Yes, base stations are certified to assure connectivity ...
  • People - 22/06/08 (22/06/2008 publié dans : People )
    ALU is considering closing its North Carolina plant in Charlotte (mainly focused in switching) due to cost saving plan. Denny Marie Post is joining T-Mobile USA as CMO. Leap Wireless ...
  • iPhone 2 is arrived ! (14/06/2008 publié dans : Top stories )
    Apple has unveiled its new iPhone2. It is more marvelous than its predecessor. First with more features: 3G UMTS obviously, EDGE and WiFi, compatible HSDPA, support of MobileMe application to ...
  • The Open Patent Alliance (OPA) is born (14/06/2008 publié dans : Top stories )
    In order to promote WiMAX usage, ALU, Cisco, Intel, Samsung, Sprint-Nextel and Clearwire have formed the Open Patent Alliance (OPA). One of the main goal of the Alliance is to avoid any ...
  • Market Corner (1) - 14/06/08 (14/06/2008 publié dans : Market corner )
    A few set of market information released this week: According to In-Stat, revenues from consumer telecom network services will grow at a steady CAGR of about 5.7%, over the next five years, and ...
  • Market Corner (2) - 14/06/08 (14/06/2008 publié dans : Market corner )
    A few set of market information released this week: After cancer potentially generated by mobile, a new study reveals that Teenagers who excessively use their cell phone are more prone to ...
  • Subscriber Stats - 14/06/08 (14/06/2008 publié dans : Subscriber Figures )
    Vodacom (S. Africa) reports 34m subscribers, of which 24.8m in S. Africa. BSNL (India) has a combined subscriber base of 72.6m, of which 38.5m in India, at the end of April. EU 3G customer number ...
  • Vendor Corner - 14/06/08 (14/06/2008 publié dans : Vendor Corner )
    Photline Technologies (optic) has merged with AdLightec (electronics). Ekinops has designed an IC that encompasses all transport functionality in a single chip. Transmode launches its 4G CWDM / ...
  • Awards - 14/06/08 (14/06/2008 publié dans : Awards )
    ALU will deploy an optical networking system with intelligent control plane for Turk Telecom. It has been selected by the Beijing municipal government to deploy an optical transport network ...
  • Operator Corner (2) - 14/06/08 (14/06/2008 publié dans : Operator Corner )
    FT could cancel its offer on Teliasonera if the Scandinavian operator does not support a friendly approach or if financial markets remain opposed to the deal. Simultaneously, Teliasonera ...
  • Operator Corner (1) - 14/06/08 (14/06/2008 publié dans : Operator Corner )
    Hutchison Telecom will launch the iPhone in Hong Kong on July 11. Temasek/ STT (Singapore) has agreed to sell its entire stake in PT Indosat (Indonesia) to Qatar Telecom (Qtel) for $1.8bn. The ...
  • Financial performance - 14/06/08 (14/06/2008 publié dans : Financial Performance )
    R.W. Baird raised its Verizon EPS estimate following the pending acquisition of Alltel, but lowered its estimates on AT&T following the introduction of iPhone 2 and related subsidization scheme ...
  • Regulation Corner - 14/06/08 (14/06/2008 publié dans : Regulation Corner )
    Ratel, the Serbian regulatory agency, has approved and certified ALU' s UMTS radio access equipment for deployment in Serbia. OFTEL (UK) postpones the wireless broadband spectrum auction, due to ...
  • People - 14/06/08 (14/06/2008 publié dans : People )
    UTStarcom will cut 700 jobs and replace its current CEO Hong Liang Lu by Peter Blackmore. Vodacom CEO Alan Knott-Craig plans to step down in September. Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin will leave the ...
  • China’s telecom restructuring (08/06/2008 publié dans : Top stories )
    Is it the last mile? It is clear that China will not issue 3G licenses before the country' s telecom market is organized around three large telecom companies, each of them owning both fixed and ...
  • Verizon Wireless to buy Alltel (08/06/2008 publié dans : Top stories )
    Verizon Wireless confirms it will buy Alltel for about $28bn, based on a net debt of $22bn and an equity purchase of $6bn. Alltel serves 13m mobile customers in 34 states, including 57 rural ...
  • FT-Teliasonera (08/06/2008 publié dans : Top stories )
    FT has made a friendly approach with a €27bn indicative offer on Teliasonera, made of a mix of stock and cash. FT would made a formal offer in the following two weeks according to Swedish ...
  • French broadband initiative (08/06/2008 publié dans : Top stories )
    The French government has launched an initiative to make broadband internet available for all French people by 2012. The plan, established by Eric Besson, the minister for the digital economy, is ...
  • ALU annual meeting news (08/06/2008 publié dans : Top stories )
    During the annual meeting, ALU shareholders, upset by poor results and stock decline during their tenure, as well as high wages of the CEO and chairman, voted the change of the rules surrounding ...
  • 3GPP works on Femtocell (08/06/2008 publié dans : Top stories )
    3GPP has finally adopted an official architecture for the Home NodeB (HNB) femtocell-to-core network connectivity and started work on a new standard. The decision follows last week approval of a ...
  • Market Corner - 08/06/08 (08/06/2008 publié dans : Market corner )
    A few set of market information released this week: According to an IAB study, online advertising in Europe reached €11bn in 2007, versus €9bn in the USA. IMS Research predicts that there would ...
  • Subscriber Stats - 08/06/08 (08/06/2008 publié dans : Subscriber Figures )
    France: at the end of March, there were over 16m (+19%) broadband users, of which 15.5m are ADSL. More than 4m lines are fully unbundled. Hungary said, via its national watchdog NHH, that there ...
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