Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Satellite Broadband: according to Northern Sky Research, the global market for satellite broadband services will increase from $2.7bn in 2004 to $4bn in 2009, a 7.8% CAGR. The number of subscribers is expected to double to 1.7m by 2009, 30% made of SMEs....

A few set of market information released this week: [ According to Arthur D Little and Exane BNP Paribas, European mobile operators would continue to increase revenues (+7% in 2005 and +4.5% CAGR over the 2005-2007 period) and cash, but as the market...

The worldwide broadband lines increased by 50m in 2004 to reach 150m. The US remains the world's largest broadband country with 34m lines, followed by China with some 26m lines and Japan with 18m lines. The DSL technology dominates with 97m lines while...

France: 95% of the French population has a broadband internet access, but 10,000 rural communities are still missing broadband access. Neither France Telecom nor alternative carriers are rushing to fill the gap, so communities are turning towards WiMAX....

NCTA : The National Cable & Telecommunications Association show took place in San Francisco last week. The cable industry has been shaped in few recent years by technology, and is no more just a TV programming industry. For years, MSOs have heavily invested...

Market consolidation in the US : MCI rejected the third Qwest proposal (at $ 8.9bn) and continues to stick with Verizon $ 7.5bn offer. But Qwest does not want to give up. Its next move could be a hostile takeover attempt, and direct offer to shareholders....

MIPTV : the first mobile TV festival is hosted (this week in Cannes, France) by the international content show MIPTV. A selection of "made-for-mobile" short movies, programs and cartoons will be showed. Vodafone is sponsoring he event.

ATSI/ ETSI work : The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATSI) and European Telecom Standardization Institute (ETSI) TISPAN Committee have met to discuss standardization activities and future plans for next-generation networks. Four areas...

Motorola named Simon Leung as president of its Asia-Pacific region. Alcatel COO, Philippe Germond, is expected to resign in coming days.

Voice on the Net Canada 2005 19-21/04 2005 Toronto Canada www.pulver.com/canada2005/ Strategically Deploying HSDPA (an IIR conference) 25-28/04 2005 Lisboa Portugal www.iir-conferences.com VON Europe 2005. 23-26/05 2005 Stockhom, Sweden www.pulver.com/europe2005...