For weeks, Kai Uwe-Ricke was contested inside and outside DT, even if its position was recently confirmed again. Surprinsingly, DT announced it will leave the company effective Nov. 13, following bad results announcement. It seems that many issues have...

A few set of market information released this week: According to Nokia/ London School of Economics, mobile TV should be customized and interactive and offer user-generated content. Its success should also be dependent upon the reception of big brands...

Motorola has succeeded a coup in buying Good Technology, whose products offer email synchronization between handhelds and enterprise email systems (mainly Lotus of IBM or Exchange of Microsoft), and challenging dominant Blackberry from RIM or Treo from...

Alcatel and Spirent will test IP Video Service Assurance Proof of Concept Lab, to accelerate end-to-end test and measurement solutions for triple play service offerings.

Motorola and Qualcomm will collaborate on W-CDMA handsets for global markets. Motorola will use Qualcomm' s 3G chip for its W-CDMA handsets. Qualcom announced it has integrated W-CDMA and HSDPA features into a single chip, refered as WEDGE (W-CDMA and...

Nortel is delivering enhanced optical network for NTL-Telewest in the UK to deliver triple play services to end-users. It provided Sonofon (Denmark) with a Metro Ethernet Networking wireless backhaul solution. ZTE is delivering high resolution video and...

Ericsson will supply a WCDMA/ HSDPA network to CMT (Macau). It will be the sole supplier. Motorola has signed a huge $1.6bn supply contract with Chinese Shenzhen Telling Telecom Development distributor for mobile handsets.

Telefonica has bought almost 8% stake in local phone operator PCCW. Helped by two charitable foundations (12% stake) and a HK businessman Francis Leung (2.7% stake), they will have a controlling stake of about 23%. Telefonica is already a partner with...

BT has applied for licenses to offer national and international long distance services in India. It will partner with India's Jubilant Enpro to offer these services in the country. It will invest around $1.6m in cash for its 74% stake in the joint venture...

Brasil Telecom plans to deploy mobile WiMAX networks in the southern cities of Porto Alegre and Curitiba, using its licenses it has in the 3.5 GHz and 10.5 GHz bands. Vodacom (S. Africa) has received the permission from its shareholder Vodafone to expand...