Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

CGV Telecom (Venezuela) should shortly launch fixed-wireless telephony services using CDMA-450. Virgin Media, Carphone Warehouse, Tiscali, Orange and Sky (all in the UK) are considering bidding for Pipex, the UK-based broadband provider. We will be shortly...

BT is planning to launch MVNO operation in Spain, using Vodafone Sapin network. Vimpelcom (Russia) has bought 10% stake in telecom operator ArmenTel fro €38m. Anacom (Portugal) has proposed to utilize the 900 MHz band for 3G services, contemplating to...

Motorola names Greg Brown as president and COO; names Thomas J. Meredith to acting CFO, effective April 1. Motorola will lay off 3500 people. NEC reshuffles its management: Five promotion to executive officers:Konosuke Kashima, as Executive Vice President...

China Mobile did not yet get a 3G license, but has launched a tender to build its $3bn TD-SCDMA network. About 87% of the value would be for network equipment procurement and remaining 13% for handsets. 8 vendors would be selected: 4 for the radio access...

A few set of market information released this week: According to a telecom expense management specialist (Aurora Kendrick James), UK companies are wasting some €1.5bn (or 20%) simply not controlling the cost of communications (around €7.5bn). 75% of UK...

Apple confirms the availability of its set-top box. The product supports Ethernet, WiFi 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11a and 802.11b; as well as MP3, AAC, AIFF and WAV. It incorporates a 40Gbo hard drive, and its price is at $300. Ericsson is believed to have...

Tekelec has finally sold its switching business to Genband. Tekelec will hold a 20% equity stake in Genband after the deal. NEC will integrate Kineto' s UMA network controller into its Home Gateway Solution. ECI Telecom unveiled its new mini optical BroadGate-30...

Sagem Orga and Abaxia have jointly introduced a solution called “Zona Casa,” which is able to modify the user interface automatically depending on the user’s location (for example whether you are at home or outside). Thomson' s DVB-H mobile TV solution...

UTStarcom will deploy 1.3m DSL lines of its iAN8K B1000 IP DSLAM for BSNL (India). Nortel will equip Hospital de Madrid Norte (Spain) with a NG clinical-grade IP network. Comverse will provide a real-time billing solution and SMS service platform to Telesur...

Huawei has been awarded a CDMA 1xEV-DO network contract by Digicel in Caribbean. Nortel will provide an IMS-ready Mobile attendant service to Telefonica in Spain. Nokia will build the core network of the new mobile operator Cyfrowy Polsat in Poland. Motorola...