Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Alcatel- Lucent organization Alcatel and Lucent have organized their steering committee and working groups. The steering committee is made of an Integration project team and a steering council. The steering council comprises Mike Quigley, Alcatel''s president...

Cisco reported a slightly lower FY3Q net earnings of $1.4bn (down 1%), while sales rose 18% to $7.3bn, helped by the acquisition of Scientific-Atlanta. Proforma, sales grew 12%. Cisco healthy results come mostly from the U.S. and from its advanced technologies,...

According to the NPD Group, handset sales in 1Q06 grew 11% to $2.3bn and 35m units, with Motorola benefiting the most of the change. APS was about $66 in the quarter. Motorola led the US market with 29%, followed by Nokia and Samsung, both with 18%. LG...

Current internet penetration in Africa is weak, ca. 2.5%, with about 23m users, according to CIA' s World Factbook. Growth, however is impressive with a CAGR of about 38% since 2000.But the way is yet long to catch up with the rest of the world (average...

Microsoft is gradually picking at the mobile OS market with its Windows Mobile 5, and harvesting the fruits of its strategy. More and more handset makers are using its OS. Now, Qualcomm has developed chipsets complying with Windows Mobile 5 under a strategic...

The Brisitsh press launched rumors of AOL selling its European branch. The rumor is not really new, but some new information makes it more credible. The Citigroup bank should have been mandated to sell the French and German subsidiaries. AOL is a loss-maker...

Huawei unveiled a new visual identity reflecting better Huawei’ principles of customer-focus, innovation, steady and sustainable growth, and harmony. Siemens and DT are said considering working together on personnel services. Several Siemens' operating...

Lucent and Movaz are expanding their existing joint development agreement for metro DWDM optical networking platforms. Lucent will now manage some elements of Movaz' s supply chain operations. Tinhhoa Advanced Technology (Vietnam) plans building a $200m...

Motorola is streamlining the organization of its developer networks in creating Motodev, a combination of 3 up-to-now separate developer networks, Motocoder, iDen and Horizon. Motodev will have a single Web resource to ease access, help creativity and...

Siemens will provide Canada's Toronto Hydro Telecom equipment for its Wi-Fi hot zone. Acme delivered its session border control solutions to Telefonica del Peru. Veraz Networks has delivered switching infrastructure to Belgacom International. Ciena provides...