Brazil: the number of residential internet users in Brazil reached 14m in March. SFR (France) reported a total registered customer base of 17.3m (+8%) at the end of March, of which 1.35m are 3G. ARPU decreased 2% in past 12 months to $49.2. Mobile data...

Verisign reported $374m in revenues (down 4%) with earnings of $16m, down 68%. SFR (France) reports 2.9% increase in 1Q06 proforma revenues to $2.6bn. Teliasonera (Sweden) posts $489m in 1Q06 net profit (+16%) on sales increasing 6% to $2.9bn. EBITDA...

Cramer has appointed Peter Hurst as CMO.

Several lessons can be drawn from vendors and operators announcements this week. The telecom market is still healthy, be it on the services side with growth ranging from +5% to +20%, or on the solution side with growth ranging from 20% to 35%. On the...

According to Strategy Analytics, the mobile phone market can exceed previous record this year. First, the market increased 31% in 1Q06, and it is the first time 1Q shipments exceed 200m (229m according to Strategy Analytics). So the new trend is to reach...

Siemens' Comm business Siemens is discussing the possible sale of its main communications unit, Communications or Comm. The unit is the largest unit in Siemens, with about €13bn in annual turnover, and employing some 55,000 people. In 1Q06, the unit reported...

Nokia reported strong increase in 1Q06 net income with a 21% increase to €1bn, and sales rose 29% to €9.5bn, driven by mobile phones and multimedia sales. Its Enterprise unit reported a fall of 39% in sales; its Network unit sales rose 19% to €1.7bn (mainly...

Motorola posts strong revenue increase to $10bn in the quarter (+22%), a record in handset shipment with more than 46m units (+61%) and a market share of 21%+ in the handset market. Profit, however, declined 4% to $686m. Mobile devices sales in the fourth...

Ericsson reports solid performance. 1Q06 sales reached €4.2bn, up 24%; the operating income was €755m and the net income was €496m (flat). Gross margin however decreased 5 points to 43%, as well as operating margin to 17%. Margins were hit by Marconi...

Indonesia is starting two major projects to improve its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure -- Universal Service Obligations (USO) Program and National Fiber Optic Backbone (NFOB) Project. With the first USO program, it hopes...