Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

T-Online head, Rainer Beaujean, has resigned; he is replaced by Jens Becker, current CFO. Verizon Wireless has named Mark Lowenstein its new VP of market strategy and segmentation.

FT is moving ahead with its previously announced NExT strategy (New Experience in Telecoms). The current stage is to bring all of its brands (Wanadoo, Equant, ..) under the Orange label. FT targets to become a converged company that offers fixed and mobile...

Vodafone released its FY06 results. If execution was performing well with an 11% organic rise in operating profit, 12% growth in profit excluding special items, 7% rise in EBITDA to €26bn and 7.5% growth in revenues to almost €43bn, the results were overshadowed...

The current submarine cable system market cycle is perhaps close to an end after a five years downturn. A new 20,000km-long Trans-Pacific system (Asia-America Gateway) is planned and should be built between , HK, the , Guam, Hawaii and the , with branches...

HP revamps its organization, with a renamed business unit, called Communications, Media & Entertainment (CME) group, formerly the Network and Service Provider business. The unit will focus on the converging telecom/entertainment space and target fixed...

Sonus has been named by Synergy Research as the market leader (30% market share) in high density media gateways. UTStarcom has shipped 1m IPDSLAM in Europe.

OKWAP () plan to manufacture Datang’ s TD-SCDMA handsets .

Alcatel is providing its triple play system to Canadian SaskTel.

Pantech (S. Korea) will provide Cingular with GSM handsets.

Ciena reported FY2Q06 revenues of $131m, up 26%, and a net loss of $1.9m (up from $75m a year ago), ahead of analysts forecasts. The good results came from three major customers contributing more than 10% of revenues: ATT, Verizon and Ericsson. Each of...