Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

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Vodafone Strategy Many concerns were raised on Vodafone current strategy, as the company has successively met financial woes with activity slowdown, shareholders pressure on assets disposal and write-down, departure of its historic life president Gent,...

Alert! RFID can spread virus As RFID is replacing barcode, the threat of virus spreading is real and increasing. An RFID chip is wirelessly read through a scanning gate. So if the chip is infected by a virus, the scan can upset the database that processes...

Medical device Adding a special medical software into a camera cellphone could transform the handset into an infra-red scanner to achieve do-it-yourself medical test. The equipped handset could provide with medical body images with colored zones according...

Rumors on the vendor side A Juniper deal rumor continues to fly. Ericsson is given as a possible contender as it is reselling Juniper gear since 2000 and a deal fits well with Ericsson' s portfolio, but in spite of many analysts saying the deal is unlikely...

Rumors on the operator side On the heels of the ATT/ Bellsouth merger, many rumors are flourishing for further concentration in the US telecom market. The latest is Verizon bidding for Qwest. The deal could make sense as Verizon has to increase the size...

Skype targets VSEs Skype is launching a new package targeted at very small enterprises (VSEs), including Skype software, a Plantronics Bluetooth headset, a Skype for Business Control Panel (to manage communications) and an access to its site Skype for...

Microsoft motivated on voice and video Microsoft outlined its vision of extended IP communications capabilities, and specially by adding VOIP across Windows Live services on a worldwide basis. Demand is there and already more than 20m people are using...

European telecom survey Eurostat analyzed the telecom evolution in Europe (25 countries) in 2004. Main results are a flat level of fixed lines (about 226m) and an ever-increasing number of mobile users with about 409m. But the situation is strongly country-dependent....

ABI Research found that the Bluetooth market could grow 71% in 2006 to over 500m radio shipments. Bluetooth shipments are expected to break the 1bn mark by 2009.