Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Time Warner Telecom posted 4Q06 net loss of $25m, worse tha $22 last year, on revenues of $239m, up 29%. BT reports 4Q06 EBITDA up 2% to € 2.1bn and revenues rising 5% to € 7.7bn. Singtel (Singapore) announced 4Q06 net profit of €500, on revenues of €1.7bn,...

Nortel plans to cut about an additional 2,900 positions or 9% of its workforce. Mike Volpi, from Cisco, is immediately leaving the company. Level 3 plans to cut 1,000 jobs as part of an acquisition integration and cost-cutting plan. Alcatel-Lucent has...

During its FY2Q quarter, Cisco performed well with net income of $1.9bn, up 40%, on revenues of $8.5bn, up 27%. Scientific Atlanta contributed with $639m to total revenues. Cisco maintains its aggressive guidance and predicts a 19% - 20% growth in the...

There were 51m mobile users in France at the end of 2006, with a penetration rate of 81%. During 4Q06, growth has been about 4% in subscriptions, or 1.9m new users. Mobile revenues were € 5.2bn, but ARPU remained flat at €37 qoq and decreased 6% yoy....

The UK Telegraph reports that several large mobile operators are seeking collaboration on a mobile search engine of their own to bypass reliance on Yahoo, Google and others. FT, DT, Vodafone, Telefonica, TI, Cingular and Hutchison are expected to meet...

The CDMA Development Group (CDG) has announced that there were 103 operators in 60 countries that have deployed (67 operators in 36 countries) or plan to deploy (36 operators in 24 countries) CDMA450 services. 40 operators are offering CDMA 1xEV-DO for...

A few set of market information released this week: According to China Mobile, sales of mobile phones in China in 2006 increased 40% to 120m units. This year the figure would reach 150m units. According to ECTA, the growth in broadband connections in...

Ericsson has signed an agreement with Turner Broadcasting on developing content for handsets, including CNN News. Nokia has invested $4m in Summit Microelectronics, on a total of $10m raised by the US company. Motorola will invest in Tango Networks, a...

Cisco has introduced its new software strategy: all software modules (firewall, NAC security, VOIP, anti-virus, etc ) will be included in the firmware, but activated on demand with dedicated software keys. Cisco has also introduced new SONA-based (Service...

Texas Instruments has announced its own tri-wireless chip that integrates 802.11n, Bluetooth and FM. Ericsson has signed a licensing agreement with LG Electronics to provide its advanced mobile platform U360. Sony Ericsson has announced four new 'candy...