China Mobile reports strong 4Q06 results with net profit rising 20% to $2.6bn, on revenues of $ , of which more than 23% from data revenues. The results is significant as half of its customer growth (53m in 2006) came from China's lower-spending rural...

Several studies confirm that ALU is doing well in this market. Broadbandtrends reported that ALU has remained in #1 position inQ06 with a 32% market share, while Dell'Oro gives a 42% market share, four times more than its closest competitor. ALU has already...

A few set of market information released this week: According to Gartner, worldwide PC sales would grow by 10.5% in 2007 and reach 256m units while revenues should only increase by 4.5% to $213bn. According to Ovum, ALU is the optical networking market...

Ericsson has announced the acquisition of more than 87% stake in Tandberg TV, waiving its target to get 90%. It decided to buy Tandberg TV as soon as possible. Huawei is opening two R&D centers in France, one in Paris and one located in Lannion, Brittany,...

ALU has received an order from Trento' s Tecnofin Immobiliare, for building an urban Wi-Fi network in Italy. The network will provide 1600 WiFi access points. It announced that it’s continuing an existing alliance with T-Systems, with the convergence...

Taiwanese mobile handsets manufacturers have shipped 122m units in 2006. Huawei said that it has been awarded a 3G project from Telecom Italia. It has also grab a GSM-R order from Algeria Societe Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires (SNTF) for the 220...

Nortel expects 2007 revenues to be flat, due to the same of its UMTS business to ALU. BenQ reports its 5th consecutive quaterly loss, worth $238m, on revenues down 48% to $1bn. For the year, BenQ reported a record net loss of $832m.

Rumor: French Iliad (Free) may go out of traditional fixed telephony, selling its OneTel unit and its 220k subscribers. Their strategy should be to focus on Internet (broadband access ADSL and FTTx) and mobility (FMC and perhaps 3G). EU plans to roll...

The EU Commission has launched probe into SFR' s bid on Tele2 fixed assets in France. The Commisison believes that the deal could shrink competition in the French Pay-TV market. Telefonica will trial a FTTH network in Brazil with about 4,000 households...

KPN is considering launching MVNO business in Spain. Belgian mobile operators will launch m-payment from their mobile devices. Nigeria plans to grant four 3G licenses and bring one new player in the market. Winners are Alheri Engineering, Celtel Nigeria,...