Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Advices to Vendors: At TelecomNEXT, vendors were given some advices by four of the biggest U.S. incumbent carriers. In a market where consolidation is on the road and competition is becoming tougher, no doubt that vendors have to take care of carriers...

TelecomNext wrap-up : TelecomNEXT is one of the two conference/exhibition issued from the dead Supercomm. For this first edition, the central theme has shifted from telecom to entertainment, with IPTV as the future star. The plain old telephone system...

Nortel is to integrate its carrier and enterprise units. The new unit will be called Converged Data Networks. Nortel also unveiled its strategic priorities for the next few years: focus on services, supply-chain effectiveness, revenue stimulation (including...

A few set of market information released this week: According to Integrated Research, 80% of businesses could soon adopt VOIP. Juniper Research unveiled that VoIP growth will be driven by the replacement market, cheaper call costs, improved business productivity...

Oracle has introduced its new Business Intelligence software suite, including Oracle BI Standard Edition-1, Standard Edition, and Enterprise Edition. IBM unveiled its SOA Governance, extending its SOA management tools, and allowing enterprises to follow...

Lucent finally won control of Riverstone for $207m, in spite of Ericsson attempt to win the deal. The agreement was approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. mPhase and some partners, including SkyStream, Latens, Entone and Triveni Digital, have unveiled...

Qualcomm is joining forces with China TechFaith Wireless to fund a new mobile software company, called TechFaith Software China, that will focus on advancing 3G services. Qualcomm will also partner with UTStarcom to develop the Qualcomm Deployable Base...

Microsoft gained DT' s IPTV order in Germany. DT will use the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform to offer the services. The deal with DT is Microsoft' s biggest IPTV contract in Europe and its second-biggest worldwide. ECI Telecom received Gas...

Ericsson got Portugal' s Optimus order for softswitches and internet protocol multimedia subsystem, as well as HSDPA solutions. Alcatel has signed a $61m contract to extend Tunisie Telecom' s GSM/EDGE mobile network. Siemens will provide HSDPA systems...

Webraska reported record-breaking revenue of $18m in its fiscal year 05-06, and net income of $7m.. UTStarcom has received delisting notice from the Nasdaq National Market for failing to file its annual report in a timely fashion. Tekelec has received...