Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Brasil Telecom () will deploy DECT fixed wireless telephony using Sagem D85c handsets and Intelbras ( ) infrastructure. ’ s utility Edenor should enter the telecom business, and compete with Telecom and Telefonica. 's Telecom has bought 75% of Kosovo's...

’ DoT (Department of Telecommunications) has ordered mobile operators to delay the launch of 3G services until the government makes formal policy on 3G services, and defines 3G spectrum. 's CT Mobile, an Alfa Group company, says it will not change its...

Arab Telecom operators in 18 countries were serving 85m mobile subscribers in 2005. Tata Teleservices ( ) ended Q1 2006 with just over 4.8m mobile subscribers. DoCoMo announced it has 26.8m 2G (PDC) mobile subscribers and 24.6m 3G users at the end of...

Vodafone is expected to announce a record annual loss of $37bn this week, due to writing down the value of its investments in . The company has set up a plan to reduce costs (-10% on expenses and continuation slashing IT and networking costs through back...

Vodafone is expected to announce this week cutting some 6,000 jobs, of which 500 in the , and part of a plan to cut costs worldwide. Avici’ s CFO Paul Brauneis has stepped down. ECI Telecom has appointed Dr. Niel Ransom to its Board of Directors.

Where managed services can help? When an enterprise wants to improve its performance, align its processes with corporate objectives, reduce business risks and cut operating costs (all forming a common set of current enterprise targets), it has to face...

According to Informa, West Africa could be Africa's fastest-growing market, reaching almost 34m (+92%) mobile subscribers at the end of March. Togo (130%), Niger (103%) and Ghana (103%) are the fastest-growing country markets. The largest mobile country,...

Valuable 3G customers ? It was expected by everybody, but information on the subject was relatively scarce or reverse. For Telenor, 3G customers (current 5% of its mobile subscriber base) are very valuable, as they account for 55% of the mobile data traffic....

Telco positioning in W. Europe It is no more the good old days for European incumbents. Monopolies are ended, competition is fierce and market shares are down. When put in figures, the situation is somewhat different according to the country and local...

Qualcomm has unveiled its single-chip Universal Broadcast Modem (UBM) solution supporting three of the world's leading mobile broadcast standards: Flo technology, DVB-H and Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting - Terrestrial (ISDB-T). The UBM chip...