Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Digicel Barbados launches EDGE services. Digicel Caribbean has won a WiMAX license in Honduras. ATT asks the FCC not to approve the merger between Sprint and Clearwire. It has extended its iPhone exclusivity arrangement with Apple until 2010. America...

The European Regulators Group (ERG) criticizes the European roaming billing regime and specially on per-minute roaming rates. Mali plans to privatize incumbent telecom operator Sotelma before year-end. Armenia plans to tender a third mobile license in...

Celtel Kenya has named Rene Meza as its CEO. Jon Eddy Abdullah has been hired as Telenor Pakistan CEO. CEO Hector Ruiz will quit AMD . Sony Ericsson plans 2000 job cuts. Bell Canada cuts 2500 management jobs (15% of management). Four names circulate for...

Dear Reader, Telcoflash will take a 4-week break for summer vacation. I hope you will also take your summer vacation and enjoy your rest. I will be back mid August. Best regards. Jean Arnal Telcoflash editor

From time to time, problems tied to the deployment of a next-generation broadband network surface and every body is aware they are huge risky investments. Last year we successively heard the story of Telstra and DT, struggling with local (or regional)...

A few set of market information released this week: Microsoft plans to offer its Office suite via annual subscription and monthly fee. A first for the software giant. India: Gartner forecasts that the Indian mobile telecom market would grow with a CAGR...

A few set of market information released this week: According to Deutsch Bank, global mobile phone shipments would only increase by 6% this year (vs previous forecast of 8%) following weaker demand in Europe and general economic slowdown. China will launch...

Free (ISP in France) has 3.9m ADSL subscribers and is second in the French market to Orange with 7.6m. Third is Neuf- Cegetel-SFR with 3.7m. 3 UK has more than 3m customers in the U.K. Russia: Megafon subscriber base grew to 37m (+19%) at the end of 1Q08....

Motorola confirms it will launch a new line of phones in 2009. Meanwhile, it has made an investment in advanced wireless firm Apprion. UTStarcom will sell its personal communications division (PCD) to private equity investors for about $240m. Nokia adds...

TeleAtlas has signed a 5-year agreement with Google to provide it with with maps and content in over 200 countries. Ericsson is providing HSxPA modules in Toshiba laptops. It will deliver remote GSM base station RBS 2111 and microwave systems to Digicel...