Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

A few set of market information released this week: According to ABI, there should be 102m femtocell users by 2010. According to Wireless Intelligence, the number of mobile phone users worldwide has passed 2.5bn.

Intel is firing 10% of its workforce (about 10,000 people) to keep its profitability high. Safran (France - ex Sagem) has hired investment banks Rothschild and UBS to to advise it on the sale of its unprofitable mobile handset unit. Sybase has bought...

Linksys is launching a WiFi handset, Skype-compatible, the WIP330. Sonus has signed a distribution agreement with Embarq Logistics (ex Sprint fixed assets). Lucent has signed a partnership agreement with Novera Optics, a developer of optical access solutions....

China should manufacture about 400m mobile phone this year, or 45% of the world output. Vip.access launched femto3G, a femtocell-based solution for providing optimal 3G voice and HSDPA coverage within the home and small enterprise.

Lucent will provide its IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) solution to KPN (NL), and an advanced DWDM optical network to Japans NTTPC. Huawei has been awarded phase II IPTV contract by Maroc Telecom. Nortel is providing a NGN Voice over IP, entertainment and...

Nokia is delivering HSDPA technology to Hong-Kong CSL. It has received an order worth 2m N1255 phone units from Reliance (India). It will improve Vivatel (Bulgaria) coverage prepare it for its 3G launch. It has signed a GSM expansion contract with Japan's...

Tandberg TV is blaming sluggish IPTV deployments for itsFY3Q revenue shortfall. 3Q revenues should be arouns $80m, 20% less than expected. The stock was down 38% after the warning. Cisco reported full year sales of $28.5bn (up 15%) and profit of $5.6bn...

EU has cleared the purchase of Dutch Casema by private equity firms Cinven Ltd. and Warburg Pincus for €2.1bn. Vivendi strongly challenges the DT announcements that it has acquired a 48% stake in PTC from Elektrim. Belgacom is asked to find merger partners...

Club Internet (DT in France) is launching IPTV service on ADSL access through a Club Box. Vonage has passed the 2-million subscriber mark. Qwest has acquired privately held OnFiber Communications for $107m in cash. Ukrainian High Technologies plans to...

Etisalat target a 30% market share in Egypt within five years (from current 20%). The Phone House should become the first operational MVNO in Spain. The network will be provided by Amena (FT). Irancell (Iran) has begun mobile GSM operations in the country....