ALU announced the clearance decision by the EU Commission of the transfer of its space activities (Alcatel Alenia Space (67%) and Telespazio (33%), to Thales. In return, ALU interest in Thales has increased to 21%. Entropic and RF Magic will merge to...

The Nokia- Qualcomm licensing agreement has expired, but the dispute continues. NEC has developed a corn-based bioplastic for use in mobile phones and other portable devices. Palm is rumored to bundles Opera' s browser with its devices. LG Mobile continues...

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Pipex Wireless have joined hands to increase the availability of WiMAX services in the UK. Orca is selected by Lattelecom (Latvia) for ts IPTV middleware in the first Baltic MPEG4 IPTV service.

ALU has won a contract from SFR (France) to deploy UMTS/HSDPA equipment in France. In addition, ALU and SFR have signed a strategic technology deal, allowing SFR to access ALU' s 3G competence center based in France. Ericsson will upgrade MTN Uganda mobile...

Indonesia is re-forging its plan to develop telecom services in all rural areas, in spite of a relative failure in the previous plan (only 16% of the forecast fund were collected, and 59% of Indonesian villages currently have no access to telecom services)....

EVN (Electricity of Vietnam) Telecom has invested $200m in a submarine cable system linking Vietnam to Guam, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and the Philippines. The system is likely to be operational in 1Q08. Club-Internet' s (DT unit in France)...

SK Telecom (S. Korea) has open a test area for TD-SCDMA mobile technology in S. Korea. KDDI plans to enter the US market with MVNO services, renting the network from Sprint Nextel. MasterCard has launched a free service allowing cardholders to use their...

Amp'd (MVNO in the USA) gained 200k mobile users in one quarter. Telefonica O2 Czech Republic has currently 500,000 ADSL customers. Japan: 955.6k new customers in March, of which KDDI gains 530k mobile users to 28.2m, while Softbank added 127.6k to 15.9m,...

Telecom Italia chairman Guido Rossi has resigned. Buora will replace him. South African operator Telkom CEO , Papi Molotsane, has resigned, effective immediately. Nokia Siemens Networks has appointed Ashish Chouwdhary as India and Nepal sub-region he...

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