Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Siemens Communications unit expects FY05 (end in September) operating loss of 80m on revenues of 17.3bn.

Cisco will supply an IP network and 2700 IP phones to NZ Post. Erenis, the first French fixed broadband telecommunication operator to roll out an alternative last mile network, will use RAD's IPmux TDM over IP (TDMoIP) gateways. Lucent will upgrade Lakedale...

Nokia is introducing an Internet Tablet, a Linux-based handheld device that will use Wi-Fi to connect to the Web.

Microsoft has launched its Speech Server 2004 R2, in line with its continued commitment to driving speech technology. Cisco unveiled a new flaw in its TCP timestamps option. Alcatel/ Genesys announced a new Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) contact center...

JDSU is buying Acterna, a major test-and-measurement company, for $760m. Alcatel and Intel will collaborate on improving time to market of Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (or AdvancedTCA) platforms for mobile service providers. The French government...

According to Dittberner, Italtel has gained the third position in the softswitch market with 14% market share, trailing only Nortel and Siemens. Italtel ranks first in EMEA markets with 35% market share. According to Ericsson, there will be 400m subscribers...

Non-voice mobileservices: a new survey from Olista reveals that a vast majorityof mobile users (aged 15 65+) that buy sophisticated handsets arenot using mobile data services. In the UK, 77% of mobile users havenever used any new data services, such as...

Malaysia has chosen the South Korean model for its ICT future development. The road should be long to duplicate the success of the model, as Malaysia only has a mobile penetration of 55%, an internet penetration of 10% and a broadband access penetration...

Cellular/WiFi: The Unlicensed Mobile Access group has reached its goal to write specifications for seamless roaming and hand-offs between cellular and Wi-Fi networks, and in addition, specifications are included in the Third Generation Partnership Project's...

Nigeria: With a population of about 130m and only 12m fixed lines, Nigeria is missing telecommunications means, particularly in rural areas. The government is decided to launch a sustained effort to bring telecom to the population and not only in urban...