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China 3G technology - 25/06/05
China 3G standard disappoints in test: Local press said TD-SCDMA had problems supporting 3G value-added applications, such as multimedia messages, making video calls, and downloading and playing video clips. It seems the issue is coming from the performance...
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Telcos are turning to MPEG4
Telcos are turning to MPEG4MPEG4 is a new video compression standard. Its main advantages are to be cost-effective, better quality than MPEG2 with about half the bit rate of MPEG-2 streams, and able to deliver High Definition quality channels. So it is...
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Mobile TV trial results
Mobile TV trial results: Mobile TV and video services are viewed by operators as a means to drive 3G take-up and increase average revenue per user (ARPU. Orange UK reported first results of its mobile TV trial service, offering nine channels for £10 a...
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Motorola wins again a deal to supply 6m low-cost phones
Motorola wins again a deal to supply 6m low-cost phones The GSMA announced that Motorola has been selected to supply the phase-two of the program to make mobile telephony affordable for people in developing countries. "Motorola won thanks to a combination...
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WiMAX taking off soon?
WiMAX taking off soon? Intel invests a lot in promoting WiMAX. Asia is the targeted region to start, and trial WiMAX networks are planned in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Intel is also engaged in trialing WiMAX in Spain with...
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IP Multimedia Subsystem
IMS or IP Multimedia Subsystem: IMS consists of a single, converged architecture for wireline and wireless service providers, and the systems integration necessary to deliver high-quality IP multimedia services for and between any wireline and wireless...
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Are French quitting FT ?
Are French quitting FT ? According to Arcep, the French regulator, there are about 15,000 unbundling demands each week in France, of which 10,000 for total unbundling and cutting the cord with FT. FT, however, says that about 10,000 users are turning...
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Telefonica/ KPN
Telefonica/ KPN Last week it was a bunch of news rumoring the takeover of Telefonica on Dutch KPN, then of denies by both parties. Given the reactions, it is probably premature to speak of talks between the two companies. Top management of both companies...
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FTTH IPTV gets a new dimension
FTTH IPTV gets a new dimension Optical Entertainment Network (OEN), a US start-up, plans to deploy FTTH services to over 1,600,000 households in Houston, Texas. We are far from current limited municipal deployments, and nearer from plans of big two US...
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CDG publishes CDMA evolution
CDG publishes CDMA evolution The CDMA Development Group (CDG) has published, jointly with Signals Research, a white paper on CDMA2000 evolution to 3G and beyond. "CDMA2000 continues to evolve with CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A and B and future enhancements,...
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TV over ADSL over WiFi: a reality
TV over ADSL over WiFi: a reality Ruckus Wireless, a US start-up, succeeded in transmitting TV programs over ADSL over WiFi. It is a first, as WiFi is not really suited to transmit multimedia streams, with constant bit rate and no interference features....
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Central and Eastern Europe mobile profitability concern
Central and Eastern Europe mobile profitability concern: Central and Eastern Europe average margins per user (AMPUs) continue to fall rapidly. After a 10% decrease in 2Q05 to $12, local AMPU fell another 30% to $6 in 3Q05, according to Strategy Analytics....
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Home Gateway
Home Gateway Home gateway is the new battleground for telcos, as controlling the gateway that sits between the network and the customer's home is the path to deliver a broad range of IP-based multimedia services. A new industry body, the Home Gateway...
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Zhone Technologies: What news?
Zhone Technologies: What news? Is Zhone Technologies turning into a profitable company? After a series of takeovers of ailing companies, including Gluon, Sorrento, and Tellium, and having burn about $ 500m in borrowed money in few years, Zhone seems finding...
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2Q05 handset sales
2Q05 handset sales According to Gartner, 2Q05 handset sales amounted to 190m units shipped, up 22%. WE accounts for 19% or 37.4m +10%), NA for above 18% or 35.5m units (+9.5%), EEMA for more than 17% or 33.6m units, APAC for above 30% or 58.3m units and...
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Internet status
Internet status In about 10 years, Internet succeeded to gather about 1bn subscribers, of which more than 50% in WE and NA. Some developing countries are, however, doing well, such as China that crossed the 100m mark, or India with about 40m (+684%)....
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EWC Consortium for new 802.11n WiFi standard
Enhanced Wireless Consortium for new 802.11n WiFi standard Twenty-seven Wi-Fi industry players formed a coalition to accelerate the IEEE 802.11n standard development process (not targeted before 2007) and promote a technology specification for next-generation...
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Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF)
Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) TSF is an NGO (non-governmental organization) that targets to bring telecommunications means in devastated regions (i.e. by hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or tsunamis). The NGO says it can have communications...
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Microsoft Yahoo AOL Google
Microsoft – Yahoo – AOL – Google We knew that Microsoft was interested in buying AOL Online from Time Warner; AOL is the Internet's second biggest network of site, with some 112 million visitors. The strategy has been disturbed by the announcement of...
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Is Microsoft finally getting in the mobile market?
Is Microsoft finally getting in the mobile market? After years of being the uninvited guest at the mobile party, left out of the original Symbian Alliance, Microsoft has struggled to get its Windows operating system (OS) accepted in mobile devices. Even...
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Financial concerns on the European Galileo project
Financial concerns on the European Galileo project. Galileo, the European positioning service, could run out of money within three weeks, as the German government has refused to inject more money in the project as long as no agreement is found on which...
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Motorola announced record results
Motorola announced record results: 3Q05 sales were up 26% to $9.4bn and net income rose 300% to $1.75bn. Mobile phone sales accounted for 59% of total revenues and climbed 41% to $5.6bn, while sales at the Network division rose 7% to $1.6bn. The government...
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Worldwide PC sales
IDC and Gartner forecast strong increase in yearly PC sales. 3Q05 PC shipments grew 17% to 52m units, mainly driven by the success of laptops and price cuts. World ranking is: 1 Dell: 18%; 2 HP: 16%; 3 Lenovo (IBM): 7,7%; 4 Acer: 4,7% 5 Fujitsu/Siemens:...
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Is VOIP a threat for telcos?
Forrester denies VOIP will be a threat for telcos that will adopt IP technology, such as BT. The main rationale behind is that pure VOIP service providers will be unable to provide differentiated services, and will have problems to stay alone. Forecasting...
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Ericsson posts solid results
Ericsson posts solid 3Q05 financial results in the quarter with sales up 14% to $4.6bn and net income of $ 675m vs $560 a year earlier. Gross margin slipped 2 points to about 45% and operating margin rose 1 point to 21.6%. Sales breakdown by geography...