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FON vision
FON vision Google and eBay division Skype have invested into FON. FON has no link with the Sprint fiber optic network, but is a Spanish start-up company which turns home wireless routers into WiFi hotspots, creating a global network of shared WiFi connections....
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After 3G? It is 3G LTE
After 3G? It is 3G LTE 3G may need a major leap forward in capabilities to remain competitive, amid alternative technologies, such as DVB-H and WiMAX. HSDPA or MBMS (multimedia broadcast and multicast service) only bring short -term enhancements, but...
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Mobile video interoperability
Mobile video interoperability GSMA has begun interoperability trials to ensure that mobile users will be able to share video across networks. The goal is to ensure that this service will work across as many mobile devices as possible and across both fixed...
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DSL aggregation survey
DSL aggregation survey Infonetics reported its latest study on the DSL aggregation equipment market. In 2005, the segment grew 38% in number of ports to 82.3m, and 23% in revenues to $6.4bn. Alcatel maintains its top position in worldwide DSL aggregation...
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China will build 3 TD-SCDMA trial networks
China will build 3 TD-SCDMA trial networks China' s MII has named China Telecom, China Mobile and China Netcom to launch tests of TD-SCDMA network for commercial operation. MII was a little bit upset that most of Chinese operators have built WCDMA trail...
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Optical networking market
Optical networking market Ovum-RHK has released its latest edition of forecasts on the optical networking market. 4Q05 revenues for the segment grew 7% to $3bn, and 2005 total reached $11bn, up 17%, of which the multiservice SONET/SDH ADM totaled almost...
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Lucent retirees rebel
Lucent retirees rebel The Lucent Retirees Organization recently led a rebellion against Lucent' s Board of Directors, and was joined by other shareholders to approve measures designed to tighten up the performance requirements for executive pay, and reduce...
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Instant Messaging initiative
Instant Messaging initiative The GSM Association has launched an IM initiative to reach interoperability agreements between 15 mobile phone operators, including China Mobile, France Telecom, Telefonica , TeliaSonera, Telecom Italia Mobile, Turkcell, Vodafone...
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3GSM Congress wrap-up
3GSM Congress wrap-up More than 50,000 visitors (up 42%) and about 1,000 exhibitors (also 40% up) were in Barcelona (Spain) for this thirteen edition of 3GSM World Congress. We have selected a bunch of most important topics developed in Barcelona this...
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Optical transport market
Optical transport market In the previous Telcoflash issue (N99), we presented Ovum-RHK forecast on this market. Today, Dell'Oro unveiled its own results: the worldwide Optical Transport market grew 22% in 2005 to $8.4bn. Alcatel, Nortel, Huawei and Lucent...
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Mobile infrastructure market
Mobile infrastructure market A new report from Dell'Oro reveals that the worldwide mobile infrastructure equipment market grew 7% in 2005 to $40.1bn. In 4Q05, the market grew 8% driven by strong sales of WCDMA and GSM-based equipment. WCDMA sales amounted...
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3G Western Europe market predictions
3G Western Europe market predictions According to Research & Markets, in WE, 3G critical mass (20% of the of all mobile handsets) would only occur at the end of 2007, while mass market (above 50% market share) would not happen until 2010. 3G subscribers...
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Market researches - 26/02/06
A few set of market information released this week: The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council and the TIA Association have announced new US estimates for FTTH deployments, currently passing over 3.6m U.S. Homes (+ 1m in four months). According to Analysys,...
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100th Telcoflash issue!!
Telcoflash is proud to deliver this week its hundredth issue. 100th Issue I did not think, when starting two years ago, reaching number 100. I did it and I am proud of it. I am ready to continue as long as you are still interested and regularly visit...
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Cisco new strategy
Cisco new strategy Cisco was mainly focused up to now delivering good products/ solutions on the growing markets, and we know the success of this strategy. But it recently acknowledged that what was missing in their portfolio was a systems integration...
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Legal music downloads: Euphoria
Legal music downloads: Euphoria Big numbers reveal the health of this market. First is Apple announcement of 1bn iTunes song downloads for the past three years. Second is the number of legal downloads in 2005 at 420m, up 169%, given by the International...
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Chinese mobile market
Chinese mobile market It is well expected that China would grant 3G licenses in the next months. China is the first mobile market with the number of subscribers (current some 400m), with the number of new subscriber added each year (59m in 2005), with...
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Wireless local loop in China
Wireless local loop in China It is not a new market. Its is know as PHS (technology-related) or Little Smart (marketing label), and is a cheap wireless fixed service. With currently about 85m subscribers (+31%), and accounting for about 60% of new foxed...
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Risk in airplanes?
Risk in airplanes? When I was young, it was forbidden using electronic devices in planes, and the ban was gradually only lifted some years ago. Children are now playing game devices, earing walkman, while adults are using laptops, DVDs, and cellphones....
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3G LTE IPR plan
3G LTE IPR plan We can make mistakes, but not twice. It is in short what ETSI is thinking about Intellectual Property Rights for patents essential to mobile networks. WCDMA cumulative royalties currently are about $80-$100bn up to 2017. ETSI wants to...
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ATT- Bellsouth
ATT- Bellsouth ATT will take over Bellsouth in an announced $67bn deal. The merger would create, if approved, a mammoth of 310,000+ workers, $150bn in capitalization, be the US main telecom operator combining ATT (SBC+ ATT) with Cingular and Bellsouth,...
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Health care issues again
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...
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TelecomNext wrap-up
TelecomNext wrap-up : TelecomNEXT is one of the two conference/exhibition issued from the dead Supercomm. For this first edition, the central theme has shifted from telecom to entertainment, with IPTV as the future star. The plain old telephone system...
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Verizon-Qwest Rumor
Verizon-Qwest Rumor Still alive. Rumors of a possible takeover of Qwest by Verizon make sense and are still considered. Verizon could be interested to get a broad coast to coast optical networks to complement MCI, to prevent ATT to control all West Coast...
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EU to boost broadband access
EU to boost broadband access the EU targets that all EU citizens could have a broadband access by 2010, from current 12%-15% penetration rate. Broadband penetration has made significant gain, but mostly in urban areas or small densely populated countries....