Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Vodafone plans to launch broadband internet access services in Spain, via a wholesale ADSL deal with incumbent Telefónica. ATT is streamlining its DSL pricing. The new plan introduces a slower connection option at758K for $15, or 1.5Mbit/s for $20, or...

FT has cancelled its plan to become MVNO in the US, using Cingular network. The market seems too crowded with big players and 30 MVNOs. SkyLink (Russia) announced plans to launch Mobile TV service early in 2007, Crown Castle has agreed to buy smaller...

South Korea has risen its mobile subscriber base to 39.7m at the end of September. Spain reached 6m broadband connections as of August (+1m in 8 months), of which 4.7m were ADSL and 1.3m were cable. Japan: DoCoMo mobile subscribers increased by 126k in...

Telstra cut long-term earnings forecasts and raised cost estimates. It cut its EBITDA growth rate forecasts by one or two points to 2%-2.5%, and it also increases expenses by 2% to 3% a year through 2010. The Australian Government is starting soon the...

Ofcom (UK regulator) has appointed Ed Richards as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Alcatel announced the appointment of Don Trace as Vice President of Sales, North American Channels. Avaya plans to cut about 364 jobs in its U.S. and Europe,...

Siemens has unveiled what could be the Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) during an in-house exhibition. NGMN is the evolutionary enhancement of the current WCDMA mobile standard and will be on the market by 2010. It will provide data rates up to 100...

SaaS means Software as a Service. It is not a new concept, but Gartner believes it will take off in the next five years. In short, SaaS is a hosted, on-demand accessed solution that companies can customize to meet their needs. CRM, Human resources, or...

Brazil is not the only country with limited mobile coverage, as mobile operators do not deploy their networks in areas they do not consider as profitable for the business. According to a study made by Telebrasil, more than 80% of the Brazilian population...

The US government has agreed upon more independence for the company that manages Internet domain names by 2009. ICANN will continue to report to the US Commerce Department for three more years, but progressively its control will be lightened. Many countries...

A few set of market information released this week: According to Informa, mobile handset sales growth rate should slow in coming years. If growth should be 16% this year, it should slow to less than 10% in 2007. The CAGR should be around 7.5% during the...