Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Mobile networks will provide coverage to 90% of the world's population by 2010. But the study, commissioned by the GSM Association, found it could be better if the governments properly use universal service funds. Governments had collected more than $6bn...

HSDPA is becoming the new standard feature of notebook PCs, laptops and communication devices. Major operators and vendors are participating in this initiative launched in february by the GSM Association and Intel. Already Intel, Nokia have announced...

12 operators have joined the GSMA initiative, called “3G for All” aiming to sell 3G service to the mass market. Cingular, Globe Telecom, Hutchison 3G, KTF, MTN, Orange, Smart, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, T-Mobile and Vodafone are participating...

The world's first mobile telephone system was introduced in 1956 by Ericsson. 50 years after, 2.5bn people are using a mobile phone. Mobile telephony has become one of the most important technological innovations and an important driver for for economic,...

A few set of market information released this week: According to In-Stat, the APAC mobile music market would almost triple in four years to reach $9bn by 2010. According to GfK, Samsung is the leader in the French mobile phone market (34%), followed by...

Intel has announced the availability of its new WiMAX chipset, called "Intel Wimax Connection 2250". The chips will be integrated in devices (phones, laptops,.;) early 2007 onwards. Apple has bought the assets of Silicon Color to reinforce its expertise...

Atheros Communications and start-up FON (Spain) are offering a tiny 802.11g router for public WiFi hotspot applications to those who agree to share their connection with other WiFi-seeking consumers in their area. FON said it has now about 100,000 users...

Samsung has shipped 30.7m (+17%) mobile phones in 3Q06; Sony Ericsson 20m units; LG 16.5m units for revenues of $2.2bn. BenQ has decided to close operations in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. It could manufacture white-label phones for large and well-known...

Lucent is supplying Sth Korea' s SKT with optical networking systems for building out the wireless operator's intelligent backbone networks. Xtera has been selected by Global Crossing to provide its Nu-Wave XLS DWDM system on two unrepeatered submarine...

Nokia will provide Kuwaiti Wataniya Telecom with HSDPA infrastructure expansion. It will provide its mobile softswitch to Avea (Turkey)