Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Aircom has signed an agreement with Huawei to provide its Aircom Enterprise Suite (integrated software modules for planning, optimization, configuration and performance management, ) tp Ufone (Pakistan). Sharp will supply HSDPA handsets to eMobile (Japan)....

Huawei reports $11bn in 2006 orders, up 34%, of which 65% generated abroad.

The Italian Government has no objections to foreign stakes in Telecom Italia. The announcement took place just after Telefonica and Sistem are said to negotiate for buying a stake in Olimpia through Pirelli. Essar (India) is seeking partnership of equals...

Neuf Cegetel/ Wengo (France) has launched WengoMeeting, a free VOIP videoconferencing solution for up to five. Neuf Cegetel cannot stay out of FTTx race in Paris. It has announced the purchase of FTTx operator Erenis that has about 10k users in the France...

Telecom Italia cancels TIM Brazil sale and rejects offers. Sprint Nextel expands in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) with a JV, formed with a consortium of regional investors led by Wataniya, to deliver mobile services. UMC (Ukraine) plans to launch...

China Unicom reports 106.9m GSM and 38.9m CDMA mobile users as of January-end. India has added 6.8m new mobile subscribers in January, breaking a new world record. In Singapore, 3G users account for 19% of total mobile users. T-Mobile Germany currently...

MTC (Kuwait) reported 2006 profit of $1bn, up 69%, on revenues of $4.2bn, up 110%.

BT has named a new Chairman, Michael Rake, ex-KPMG, to replace Sir Christopher Bland, from Sept. 07. Fujitsu Services' staff in the UK plan more strike action in coming days, arguying on salaries, dedundancies and union recognation. AOL' s CFO Steve Swad...

the largest mobile event with 1300 exhibitors and over 55,000 visitors. 25% of visitors initiated contract negotiations, 10% concluded deals, Hot topics were: mobile TV, 3G+ and 4G, content and DRMs, convergence, IMS, GPS convergence: mobile operators...

On4 Communications has introduced a mobile phone for dogs, the PetsCell. The handset (?) is equipped with a GPS module to track your pet and is of course waterproof. When your pet goes outside a pre-set boundary, you are alerted. A big step forwards for...