Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Ericsson announced it has completed the acquisition of all remaining shares of Tandberg TV. In a separate statement it announced it will change its financial reporting to reflect a new business segment structure and publishes restated information for...

Nortel will deploy WiMAX networks in western Illinois and eastern Iowa (both in USA) for MDPC. It also got the order for WiMAX deployments from Wind Telecom in the Dominican Republic. Huawei will build a countrywide IP NGN toll network for TransteleCom...

Asiainfo will deploy its operation support systems (BOSS) for some China Mobile' s TD-SCDMA trials.

Tellabs posted 1Q07 net profits down 51% to $25m, on revenues down 12% to $452m. Managed access revenues fell 7%, while data product revenues grew 33% to $29m. Tellabs lowered its 2Q07 revenues guidance to about $500m. Juniper Networks announced 1Q07...

Qatar Telecom mulls entering the Pakistani Market by acquiring stake in Burraq Telecom. BT announced a new structure with the creation of two new business units focused on service creation and delivery: BT Design and BT Operate. Pirelli denies rumors...

Time Warner Cable is partnering with FON, the hotspot company, to offer its subscribers access to any of FON’s 60,000 Wi-Fi US hotspots. Etisalat (UAE) would launch its IPVPN (Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network) services, helped by Kuwaiti partner,...

Dialog (Sri Lanka) plans to invest $190m in new services and network expansion. Vodafone Egypt will offer mobile TV to its customers in Egypt.

Dialog (Sri Lanka) had 3.1m mobile subscribers at the end of 2006. India passes 206m phone subscribers, up 66.5m in 2006-2007, of which 166m mobile and 41m wireline. According to the India's Communication Minister, India would have 500m phone users by...

AT&T reported strong 1Q07 results. 1 8 20 Revenues rose to $29bn, from $15.7bn a year ago (non proforma), but includes BellSouth and its 40% stake in Cingular from now. Net income amounted to $2.8bn, up 100% (non proforma). KDDI (Japan) announced FY07...

Andy Green has been named Head of two BT new business units, BT Design and BT Operate