Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Fixed-Mobile Telecoms Convergence Forum . 6-8/04 2005 Barcelona , Spain www.metelecoms.com 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...

Philippines : PLDT is adding 1000 new DSL subscribers per week. It targets 80,000 connections by end 2005. Smart added 4.5m cellular subscribers in 2004, while PilTel added 1.7m. Mobifon ( Romania ) currently has 4.9m mobile users and 48% market share...

UGC (UnitedGlobalCom) reported 2004 revenues of $2.5bn (+34%) and a net loss of $382m (vs. profit of $2bn). UGC added 553k new users in 2004 to reach about 11.6m users. Free cash flow increased 272% to $ 219m. Iliad (France) delivered strong profitable...

Verizon bought 23 wireless licenses and operating assets for $102m in cash from Leap Wireless International. Cingular is promoting towards businesses unlimited cellular usage (on its EDGE network) at $80 per month + additional $20 per mont h for unlimited...

ATT is testing WiMAX for three months starting in May. Equipment from 5 or 6 vendors will be tested, and ATT plans to deploy another trial in 2H05 with VOIP in mind. CANTV ( Venezuela ) will invest $ 400m in 2005 to expand its fixed and internet coverage....

MMO2 changed its name to O2 and restructures.

Sonus announced its 2004 net sales of $171m, up 83%, net income of $24.5m vs. loss of $15m. Many market research firms named Sonus as the market share leader in several segments of the carrier voice over IP (VoIP) equipment market. Comverse posted 4Q04...

Lucent is expanding MetroPCS 1x network in Florida (USA). RIM lands AOL and Yahoo instant messaging deals, and will provide Balckberry devices with adequate software. Ericsson announced a circa $200m contract with Lockheed Martin /GD/ US Navy for a WCDMA...

Atrica garnered several carrier-class optical Ethernet European deals: with Intellicom ( Macedonia ), with Makedonski Telekomunikacii , Macedonia 's national telecom operator, with ITM Group in Germany , with German regional carrier htp, and with Trigon...

Ed Nafus, current CSG Broadband Services Division president, will become CSG CEO effective April 1, 2005 . John Muleta, the FCC's wireless telecommunications head, will quit at the end of the month. Carlos Bustelo, chairman of Spanish telecom regulator,...