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Past and Future
(30/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
)
I do not have a crystal ball and will not made predictions, despite current ambiance. I just would like to highlight what seems to me areas that would expand in 2007 and further, after a launch ... -
Taiwan earthquake
(30/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
)
A strong earthquake (mag 6.7) struck off the coast of Taiwan on Xmas Day, creating one of the region' s biggest telecom outages. Mainly, many crucial undersea cables were cut, disrupting service ... -
UMA successes
(30/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
)
Driven by VOIP takeoff and FMC ( Fixed-Mobile Convergence) demand, UMA has achieved strong success in 2006, both in handsets and UMA-based DMH services. Samsung, Motorola and Nokia have ... -
Flag NGN
(30/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
)
Reliance/ Flag Telecom (India) will invest $1.5bn over the next three years in a new 50,000km fiber cable Flag NGN. Reliance describes it as "the world's largest IP network over submarine ... -
Mobile orders - 30/12/06
(30/12/2006
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (mobile)
)
Nokia has received a €320m order from Megafon (Russia) for network expansion and upgrades. -
Global operator strategies - 30/12/06
(30/12/2006
publié dans : Operator- Strategies & Organization
)
Pirelli (Italy) is mulling to reduce its stake in Telecom Italia, via its stake in Olimpia Holdings currently controlled at 80%. -
Fixed operator strategies - 30/12/06
(30/12/2006
publié dans : Operator- fixed networks
)
In Colombia, the ministry of Communications (MinCom) has assigned 55 departemental WiMAX licenses in the 3.5GHz spectrum band. -
Mobile operator strategies - 30/12/06
(30/12/2006
publié dans : Operator- mobile networks
)
Russian telecom regulator, Rossvyaz, announced tenders for 3 3G licenses. MTS and Vimpelcom are expected to bid and will not be barred to do in spite of back tax claims. But Svyazinest is not now ... -
Subscriber figures - 30/12/06
(30/12/2006
publié dans : Operator- subscribers
)
SibirTelecom (Russia) reports 3m mobile users (+50%) at the end of Nov. China had 455m mobile users by the end of Nov. (+ ca 62m new users since 01-01-06). It also has 132m Internet users. ... -
Global vendor strategies - 28/12/06
(28/12/2006
publié dans : Vendor - Strategies & organisation
)
Alcatel-Lucent plans t invest some $200m in India annually over the next three years. HP will purchase Bitfone to grow its mobile enterprise business. Bitfone develops mobile device management ... -
Mobile vendor strategies - 28/12/06
(28/12/2006
publié dans : Vendor- mobile networks
)
Samsung has launched the new SGH-Z720 handset, an HSDPA slider phone. Linksys announced its iPhone family of Voice over IP solutions. So Linksys/ Cisco owns the iPhone trademark and not Apple as ... -
Fixed orders - 28/12/06
(28/12/2006
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (fixed)
)
Alvarion will deploy WiMAX networks across Northern and Eastern India fro Aircel (India). -
Fixed orders - 28/12/06
(28/12/2006
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (fixed)
)
Alvarion will deploy WiMAX networks across Northern and Eastern India fro Aircel (India). -
Mobile orders - 28/12/06
(28/12/2006
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (mobile)
)
Huasheng Telecom Technology (China) has received a $ 400m order from China Unicom to provide CDMA mobile handsets. -
Global operator strategies - 28/12/06
(28/12/2006
publié dans : Operator- Strategies & Organization
)
Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan) plans to buy a 32% stake of mobile phone distributor Senao International. The Essar Group (India) has made a surprise offer to buy remaining 67% stake in Hutchison-Essar ... -
Fixed operator strategies - 28/12/06
(28/12/2006
publié dans : Operator- fixed networks
)
Covad (US) has completed the build-out of its next-generation telecom network, and now operates the US' s largest ADSL2+ network . Embratel (Brazil) will trial WiMAX in Sao Paulo in January. The ... -
Mobile operator strategies - 28/12/06
(28/12/2006
publié dans : Operator- mobile networks
)
Orange and Microsoft will install Windows Live Messenger in Orange 's mobile phones. Vodafone, Maxis, Reliance, Orascom, Qatar Telecom and Essar have all expressed interest in buying stake in ... -
Subscriber figures - 28/12/06
(28/12/2006
publié dans : Operator- subscribers
)
Brazil had 97.3m mobile subscriners at Nov.-end (up 18%). China had 51m broadband Internet users at the end of November, of which 36.5m were DSL.. France: Orange currently has 5.5m ADSL ... -
People - 28/12/06
(28/12/2006
publié dans : People
)
Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan) has named Joseph Shieh as its new CFO. -
European W-CDMA
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
)
Europe had 39m WCDMA subscribers (+140%) at Sept.-end, and added 5.9m 3G users in 3Q06. Penetration was still low at about 1% of the population, but WCDMA accounted for more than 28% of the added ... -
EU- German Government conflict
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
)
The German Upper House of Parliament (Bundesrat) has approved a new bill that allows DT to close its new ultra-high-speed fiber-optic network to rivals, violating EU laws. If signed by Germany's ... -
Submarine is back
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
)
We know that the submarine cable systems market is cyclical, and after a turmoil period between 2000 and 2005, the submarine cable systems market is getting back colors. In the mid of the year, ... -
Gartner released 10 key predictions for 2007
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
)
The end of the year is traditionally a propitious period for making predictions. Gartner is used to do that. Its latest 10 key predictions for 2007 include: the market share for the top 10 IT ... -
Mobile TV interest test ?
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
)
But is it a survey and can results be trusted? 50 families in Sweden were lent a Nokia N92, which has mobile TV reception, and were asked to test the service during two months. The results, ... -
FCC approves new video rules
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
)
The FCC approved new rules allowing incumbent telcos (with local rights-of-way for their wires) to gain local video franchise rights no later than three months after they file an application. For ... -
Telecom Italy confirms reorganization
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
)
TI has confirmed it will go forward with its announced restructuring into four business units: fixed, mobile, network and Top Client/ICT. At the heart of this reorganization is the convergence ... -
Global vendor strategies - 23/12/06
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Vendor - Strategies & organisation
)
Scientific Atlanta/Cisco, Conexant and Sunrise Telecom have joined the HomePNA Alliance board. Ericsson did not exclude more acquisitions. It could be interested by small, but well paced firms in ... -
Fixed contracts - 23/12/06
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
)
Alcatel Alenia Space has received a contract from Eutelsat to manufacture and deliver Eutelsat' s W7 communications satellite. -
Mobile contracts - 23/12/06
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Vendor- contracts (mobile)
)
Ericsson and 3 Italia have established mobile data connections using Ericsson's HSPA technology, Nokia has won a major GSM/GPRS/EDGE network expansion contract, worth €320m, from Megafon (Russia) ... -
Vendor results - 23/12/06
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Vendor - results
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RIM reports FY3Q results of net profit of $176m, up 47%, on sales of $835m, up 49%. RIM added 875,000 new subscribers in the quarter. -
Global operator strategies - 23/12/06
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Operator- Strategies & Organization
)
Sonae' s hostile takeover bid for Portugal Telecom has been cleared by the Portuguese competition authority. The deal is worth $14.6bn. -
Fixed operator strategies - 23/12/06
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Operator- fixed networks
)
China will build 2000 km of optic fiber network in Uganda. Telecom Argentina plans to invest $525m in 2007, mainly in broadband, IPTV and mobile. The European Commission has opened an in-depth ... -
Mobile operator strategies - 23/12/06
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Operator- mobile networks
)
Vodafone considering buying majority stake in India telecom Hutchison Essar. The offer could be worth $13.5bn. Costa Rica' ICE plans adding additional GSM lines by April. Turkcell (Turkey) plans ... -
Subscriber figures - 23/12/06
(23/12/2006
publié dans : Operator- subscribers
)
T-com has 10m broadband customers with an ADSL connection. -
People - 23/12/06
(23/12/2006
publié dans : People
)
UTStarcom' s CTO, Bill Huang, resigned effective Dec. 31. -
McDowell says "NO"
(21/12/2006
publié dans : Top stories
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McDowell has decided to recuse himself and stick with its original decision not to participate in the vote on the ATT/BellSouth merger. Its participation was highly expected by the FCC to break a ... -
Market researches - 21/12/06
(21/12/2006
publié dans : Market corner
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A few set of market information released this week: According to Park Associates, annual shipments of mobile multimedia-capable devices (PCs, consumer electronics, ..) will increase from 2.5m ... -
Global vendor strategies - 21/12/06
(21/12/2006
publié dans : Vendor - Strategies & organisation
)
Microsoft and HP will jointly invest $300m to develop applications for SMEs over the next three years. Joint efforts will focus on business intelligence, messaging, unified communications, content ... -
Fixed vendor strategies - 21/12/06
(21/12/2006
publié dans : Vendor - fixed networks
)
Alcatel-Lucent announced a new enhancement to its multi-service WAN portfolio for cost-effective, high-capacity mobile aggregation of 3G voice, data and multimedia traffic. It also announced the ... -
Mobile vendor strategies - 21/12/06
(21/12/2006
publié dans : Vendor- mobile networks
)
Nokia is dusting off its N-Gage product and will introduce a new platform for sophisticated mobile games across a variety of devices. Most of their S60 devices will support the new platform by ...
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