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Mobile predictions for 2007
inCode Telecom Group predicts its Top 10 global wireless predictions for 2007. It is a good summary of what would be emerging mobile trends in 2007: Social networking goes mobile: Google, Yahoo, Skype Mobile TV yet only for early adopters Cheaper multi-function...
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Mobile Number Portability
It is always fashionable (but also merely effective) keeping its phone number when churning, but it is not really successful in the market. While introduced several years ago, with trumpets and big noise, less than 10% of mobile numbers have been ported...
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MNOs do not rely on search giants
The UK Telegraph reports that several large mobile operators are seeking collaboration on a mobile search engine of their own to bypass reliance on Yahoo, Google and others. FT, DT, Vodafone, Telefonica, TI, Cingular and Hutchison are expected to meet...
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Mobile survey in France
There were 51m mobile users in France at the end of 2006, with a penetration rate of 81%. During 4Q06, growth has been about 4% in subscriptions, or 1.9m new users. Mobile revenues were € 5.2bn, but ARPU remained flat at €37 qoq and decreased 6% yoy....
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Cisco reports strong quarter results
During its FY2Q quarter, Cisco performed well with net income of $1.9bn, up 40%, on revenues of $8.5bn, up 27%. Scientific Atlanta contributed with $639m to total revenues. Cisco maintains its aggressive guidance and predicts a 19% - 20% growth in the...
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Mobile increase work productivity
The mobile industry was more or less aware that mobility increases productivity, but could it provide any figure? The answer is yes, now! A new report commissioned by O2 (UK) revealed that the mobile phone sector was responsible for an increase of about...
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US mobile citizens and their mobile
Interestingly, a majority (3/4) of mobile US citizens say they have used their cellphone in an emergency, and gained valuable help. Also interesting is that more than 40% of mobile owners said they make calls to fill free time and 44% said they make their...
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Mobile TV in the US
While not the most advanced country in mobile TV offer, the USA are interesting to watch as several offers are emerging. Qualcomm released few weeks ago its plan for a national roll out of mobile TV service through its MediaFlo offering. Modeo (a Crown...
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Health care and mobile phone
Serious studies regularly warn of tumor risk with heavy use of mobile phones over a long period. A new Swedish study, performed by the Swedish National Institute for Working Life and the University of Oerebro, contradicts the conclusion of two recent...
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Great move in US IPTV offerings
It was a pity that any operator had to ask a video franchise on a community base: lot of efforts wasted. A new bill targets to prevent this issue and create a national system for telcos to enter the IPTV market with a 10-year, automatically renewable...
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Vodafone new strategy
Pushed by a recent forecast that its revenues could flatten at best, and recent or anticipated moves in the market, Vodafone seems to draw lessons and refine its strategy. Pure mobile-only operators are threatened by fixed mobile convergence (most continental...
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Battle for Mobile User Interface (MUI)
The current mobile sector is dominated by a fierce battle between OSs from the likes of Microsoft, Symbian, Linux, Opera and many others. Even if a significant evolution is under way, no vendor would be able to dominate the market. Microsoft will not...
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Mobile TV technology (update)
Difficult for mobile operators to choose which mobile TV technology to implement. In brief, there are five main current technologies competing, but no one can be said to be better than others or be THE standard in few months or years. The first one is...
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European broadband market shares
According to Infocom, while broadband penetration and competition increased for most of Western Europe and Eastern European countries in 2005, it is not a fatality for incumbents to experience a drop in market share. It is true that big incumbents lost...
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Juniper, Siemens and the others
Juniper is back on the forefront , but not the same way as years ago when it was a rising star. Now clouds are gathering above its head. Some weeks ago, Juniper was given as a potential takeover target for Ericsson, one of its main customers. Lucent,...
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Triple Play is not enough
For the past two or three years, telcos and MSOs have rushed in the triple play (i.e. fixed voice, data internet and TV) market as a way to increase revenues, reduce churn and met customer demand of bundled services. To differentiate between themselves,...
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US RBOCs target home networking
The move could make sense as today carriers are perceived as dumb pipe providers. It could be vital for them to take the initiative on new broadband services and devices. The game is certainly not easy, but could be worth to play. Managing a residential...
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Ericsson 1Q06 results
Ericsson reports solid performance. 1Q06 sales reached €4.2bn, up 24%; the operating income was €755m and the net income was €496m (flat). Gross margin however decreased 5 points to 43%, as well as operating margin to 17%. Margins were hit by Marconi...
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Motorola 1Q06 results
Motorola posts strong revenue increase to $10bn in the quarter (+22%), a record in handset shipment with more than 46m units (+61%) and a market share of 21%+ in the handset market. Profit, however, declined 4% to $686m. Mobile devices sales in the fourth...
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Nokia 1Q06 results
Nokia reported strong increase in 1Q06 net income with a 21% increase to €1bn, and sales rose 29% to €9.5bn, driven by mobile phones and multimedia sales. Its Enterprise unit reported a fall of 39% in sales; its Network unit sales rose 19% to €1.7bn (mainly...
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Siemens' Comm business
Siemens' Comm business Siemens is discussing the possible sale of its main communications unit, Communications or Comm. The unit is the largest unit in Siemens, with about €13bn in annual turnover, and employing some 55,000 people. In 1Q06, the unit reported...
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Global mobile phone market
According to Strategy Analytics, the mobile phone market can exceed previous record this year. First, the market increased 31% in 1Q06, and it is the first time 1Q shipments exceed 200m (229m according to Strategy Analytics). So the new trend is to reach...
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Earnings season is back
Several lessons can be drawn from vendors and operators announcements this week. The telecom market is still healthy, be it on the services side with growth ranging from +5% to +20%, or on the solution side with growth ranging from 20% to 35%. On the...
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ATT results
ATT results ATT reports strong 1Q06 results. Net income was $1,45bn on sales of $15.8bn. It was the first reported period with combined results from SBC and ATT. The traditional wireline business reported sales of $14.7bn, down 5.5%, and the company lost...
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Lucent results
Lucent posts 1Q06 net income of $181m (down32% ) on revenues of $2.1bn (down 8%). While US revenues was almost flat (+3%) but accounted for 70% of total revenues, non-US revenues were down 28%. Most critical regional revenues were in APAC where sales...