Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

SibirTelecom (Russia) reports 3m mobile users (+50%) at the end of Nov. China had 455m mobile users by the end of Nov. (+ ca 62m new users since 01-01-06). It also has 132m Internet users. Vietnam has added 10m new telephone subscribers in 2006 (+188%)....

Alcatel-Lucent plans t invest some $200m in India annually over the next three years. HP will purchase Bitfone to grow its mobile enterprise business. Bitfone develops mobile device management software, allowing to remotely update the software on users’...

Samsung has launched the new SGH-Z720 handset, an HSDPA slider phone. Linksys announced its iPhone family of Voice over IP solutions. So Linksys/ Cisco owns the iPhone trademark and not Apple as expected for a while. NEC has started delivery of a new...

Alvarion will deploy WiMAX networks across Northern and Eastern India fro Aircel (India).

Alvarion will deploy WiMAX networks across Northern and Eastern India fro Aircel (India).

Huasheng Telecom Technology (China) has received a $ 400m order from China Unicom to provide CDMA mobile handsets.

Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan) plans to buy a 32% stake of mobile phone distributor Senao International. The Essar Group (India) has made a surprise offer to buy remaining 67% stake in Hutchison-Essar it did not own yet. The venture is now valuated at about...

Covad (US) has completed the build-out of its next-generation telecom network, and now operates the US' s largest ADSL2+ network . Embratel (Brazil) will trial WiMAX in Sao Paulo in January. The FCC decision to open the TV market to telcos will break...

Orange and Microsoft will install Windows Live Messenger in Orange 's mobile phones. Vodafone, Maxis, Reliance, Orascom, Qatar Telecom and Essar have all expressed interest in buying stake in Hutchison Essar (India).

Brazil had 97.3m mobile subscriners at Nov.-end (up 18%). China had 51m broadband Internet users at the end of November, of which 36.5m were DSL.. France: Orange currently has 5.5m ADSL subscribers, followed by Free with 2.1m and Neuf Cegetel with 2m....