Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Tele Norte Celular (Brazil) reports 3Q06 widened net loss at $4.5m, on revenues of $92m, up 33%. Ebitda fell 36.7% to $9.8m, with EBITDA margin falling 14 points to almost 20%. ARPU rose 19% to $12.8. Telemig (Brazil) announced 3Q06 net profits of $ 16m,...

Hemmer, CEO of Time Warner Telecom, will retire. KPN is appointing Libor Voncina as the new CEO of KPN's Belgian mobile unit BASE. Colin Giles, current head of Nokia' s customer and market operations in China, is appointed as the new president of Nokia...

Vodafone reported FY1HO7 results, ended Sept. 30. Revenues were €23.2bn, +4%, of which €21.5 came from service revenues, +4%. EBITDA amounted to €9.3bn, up 3%, and operating loss amounted to €4.3bn, vs income last year. Net loss for the period amounted...

Telefonica announced very good results for 9-mo operations. It reported the best combination of growth and profitability in the sector. Net profit amounted to €5.2bn, up 59%; revenues grew 43% to €38.7bn, of which €13.5bn in Moviles, up 12%; OIBDA increased...

ITU members have elected Mr Hamadoun Toure of Mali as Secretary-General of the ITU for a four-year term. Mr Toure told the 1500 delegates from around the world that he would work with transparency, objectivity and vigour to realize the two main objectives...

ABI Research reports that GSM operators are increasingly focused on Evolved EDGE as a viable alternative to 3G network upgrades in 2008 and beyond. Evolved EDGE promises to deliver data rates equivalent to 3G while utilizing existing GSM spectrum licenses....

According to Ovum-RHK, the optical-networking market topped $3.1bn in 3Q06, its best performance since the internet bubble. Alcatel captured an almost 17% market share with sales of $516m (up 21%) in the quarter and comforted its leading position. NA...

As an answer to illegal music downloads, media Majors have launched individual music purchases (you pay each time for listening). But this system has shown limits and does not fit user needs any more. A new way to address the market is a system that allows...

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...