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Rumors on the operator side On the heels of the ATT/ Bellsouth merger, many rumors are flourishing for further concentration in the US telecom market. The latest is Verizon bidding for Qwest. The deal could make sense as Verizon has to increase the size...

Skype targets VSEs Skype is launching a new package targeted at very small enterprises (VSEs), including Skype software, a Plantronics Bluetooth headset, a Skype for Business Control Panel (to manage communications) and an access to its site Skype for...

Microsoft motivated on voice and video Microsoft outlined its vision of extended IP communications capabilities, and specially by adding VOIP across Windows Live services on a worldwide basis. Demand is there and already more than 20m people are using...

European telecom survey Eurostat analyzed the telecom evolution in Europe (25 countries) in 2004. Main results are a flat level of fixed lines (about 226m) and an ever-increasing number of mobile users with about 409m. But the situation is strongly country-dependent....

ATT- Bellsouth ATT will take over Bellsouth in an announced $67bn deal. The bag is impressive. In twenty years, the deregulation process has been partly reversed with four of the first seven Baby Bells again federated under the ATT umbrella. Successively,...

Mobile TV ? It is a hot topic, so do not wonder there are a lot of stories now. Through many announcements of planned mobile TV services and market researches, the current question is: Is there a market for mobile TV? Lest us start with recent market...

OFC/NFOEC 2006 Optimism is back at OFC/NFOEC after dark years following the bubble burst. Even if no innovative products were on display, major topics were around FTTH, ROADMs and 40Gbit/s, and a quite significant market recovery (+20%) in 2005. Broadband...

Media distributors or media content providers dilemma? It is the dilemma telcos are facing to. On one side, it is tempting for telcos to add content to their provisioning business, and vertically integrate the media markets, but the drawback is that it...

Health care issues again After concerns about brain, tests, now it is the turn of human proteins. Finland's radiation watchdog will study the effects of mobile phones on human proteins by conducting direct tests on people’s skin. Small areas of skin will...

BT as a pray? BT is rumored to be the target of a group of investors. The deal, if real, could be around $35bn.