Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

India : CDMA subscriber base grew to 14m by 2004 year-end. There are 6 CDMA networks in India , but all are limited mobility or fixed (Wireless local loop) networks. So, it is unfair to include them in mobile subscribers base. Belgium : mobile operator...

Telefonica reported full-year net income of 2.9bn (+31%) and revenues of 30.3bn (+6.8%). Free cash flow was 9.4bn, up 6.4%. 2004 Capex was 3.77bn. EBITDA rose 5% to 13.2bn, and operating profit grew 14.3% to 7.2bn. Net debt stood at about 21bn. Telefonica...

Norway s Netcom has launched its 3G service, starting with plug-in card for PCs and data service. Voice service would be open during the summer. 3 , from Austria , explained what its customers want: fun and entertainment, latest information, and modern...

Telecom Italia ( Italy ) will launch residential IPTV service in June, covering about 30% of the population or 20 cities by year-end. Telstra has launched a SMS service on fixed lines. Facing strong competition from Free, Neuf Telecom, Tiscali, and many...

Telecom Italia unveiled a new international strategy. Main items include development in Germany , France and Turkey . First, TI is planning Telecom Italia Mobile buyout (approval expected in April). It has also planned the development of its German Hansenet...

ADC announced its FY1Q05 net sales rose 78% to $ $243m (but 10% proforma), of which 51% from international. Gross margin declined 6 points to 33.5%, while operating income dropped 73% to $ 2.2m. Broadband infra and access unit accounts for 75%+ of total...

Nokia is expanding Polkomtel's nationwide GSM/EDGE and WCDMA 3G network in Poland . It will supply an in-car communication solution to Volkswagen. Ericsson will deliver a GSM network to enable mobile communications at sea with Norwegian based Maritime...

Optibase will supply its MPEG MovieMaker 400 MPEG-4 encoding and streaming solution to Taiwan 's National Congress. Cisco is to provide its MPLS Interprovider solution to Infonet, and its 12000 Series routers to Internode ( Australia ). It will supply...

Nortel and LG have worked out the industry's first live test calls using a commercial handset for High Speed Downlink Packet Access. NEC targets the Russian mobile market. LG is still the largest US CDMA mobile handset supplier with about 27% market share....

Harmonic (US) announced the acquisition of UK-based Broadcast Technology, a provider of professional video/audio solutions. Cisco announced IP/MPLS interprovider capabilities in order to take benefit of individual networks. Nortel announced Enterprise...