Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

The movie industry is moving fast to differentiated distribution channels. Traditionally, a movie is first showed in theaters, then distributed some months after in DVD, then available on Internet some months later. But the digital technology is overturning...

According to Infonetics Research, demand is strong for PON and Ethernet FTTH equipment, driven by video, IPTV, and other high bandwidth applications. PON equipment revenues could grow to $2bn in 2009 (from $620m in 2005) and reach almost 11m ports shipped...

All studies reveal that mobile usage is very different according to the user profile and age. But did mobile operators fully take care of that information? Today, it is very fashionable to speak of mobile music, games, video clip downloading, and everyone...

Few Telcoflash issue back, I wrote that operators should remain away from the content market. It was a wise advice to companies that are not in the content production and distribution, with no expertise at all in this highly sophisticated market. I think...

In-stat reports that mobile operators continue to roll out new 3G networks, but the rate of new deployments has slowed. In 2005, 35 new WCDMA networks were deployed, as well as 7 new CDMA2000 1X EV-DO systems. The 3G worldwide subscriber base would grow...

A few set of market information released this week: Net Application considers that Firefox has reached a 10% of the navigator market share. Steria Mummert expects that European mobile gaming revenues could reach €7bn in 2009 (+200%).

Alcatel and Microsoft are working together to offer CRM solutions in EMEA, APAC and Latam. They will better integrate Alcatel' s OmniTouch Contact Center Premium Edition with Microsoft' s Windows environment. Texas Instrument unveiled a new “3 in 1” chipset,...

Alcatel Genesys is buying VoiceGenie, a developer of self-service applications using Voice XML, in cash. Atrica has introduced the industry's first outdoor, environmentally hardened carrier Ethernet edge switch, called A 2160. Lucent and IBM collaborate...

Motorola signed sales agreement with online top seller InPhonic, to expand its retail base. Panasonic has acquired wireless chip-maker Tropian, a developer of polar modulation techniques used in mobile transmission applications. Nokia unveiled four new...

ECI Telecom is providing Portugal' s REN (power utility) with a DWDM backbone network. Orca wins IPTV middleware deal with Spanish broadband operator Jazztel. Nortel will test WiMAX with power utility NEW Energie in Germany. Juniper is deploying its Networks...