Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) elected Dr Walter Weigel as its new Director General. Karl Heinz Rosenbrock, ex ETSI DG, will be lifetime Honorary Director General. Juniper has hired three marketing vice presidents: Shailesh Shukla...

The agreement is done. Both companies have agreed to merge and form a leading telecom vendor. The combined company, not yet named, will have revenues of about €21bn and a capitalization of about €28bn. Alcatel will hold about 60% of the combined company...

Please find attached links to March 2006 telcoflash issues N101 to N105 Newsletter Archives: N101 N102 N103 N104

No news from the proposed merger of equals between Alcatel and Lucent, except the deal was examined on both side of the Atlantic Ocean in both company' s Board meetings. Some topics, however, emerge on sensible domains: defense, R&D, satellite, .. Both...

Future broadband networks? What is at stake? Facts first! Most European incumbents are planning to deploy new fiber-based broadband national networks. It is the case for DT (investing some €3bn in the VDSL network), but also for FT, Telefonica (€4bn network...

The EU Commissioner does not find any justification for current high roaming costs. Furthermore, in spite of several previous warnings, European mobile operators have ignored the advice. So, the current strategy is more radical. EU has unveiled proposals...

Sun is releasing an open standards Java-based IPTV distribution system, supporting video applications made by other companies. With this feature, SUN is directly challenging Microsoft IPTV supremacy and proprietary solutions. Sun is working with Harmonic...

An alert is raised by new studies founding that increased use of small devices (cell phone, PDAs , laptops, game players, ..) may contribute to increased visual fatigue, with pains such as headaches, eyestrain, blurred vision, dry and irritated eyes,...

According to TIA, US telecom services were $311bnin 2005, and are expected to grow to $325bn this year. Mobile services will continue to gain at the expense of wireline services. Mobile services are growing at double-digit rates to $119bn in 2005, while...

Bluetooth will use the WiMedia Alliance multiband OFDM version of UWB. UWB enables radio transmissions at speeds up to 480Mbit/s at distances up to 3 meters. The first products with UWB should be available late 2007, with wider availability in 2008. It...