Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

China Netcom posts 2007 net income of $1.7bn, down 7%, on revenues of $11bn, up 1%. Innovative business revenues (broadband and multimedia) accounted for 35% of revenues in 2007, or $4bn. 3 Group (HK) reports 2007 EBITDA of $154m (vs a loss last year)...

Afghanistan is planning to sell nearly 80% of its telecom unit, Afghan Telecom. OFCOM (UK) will allow airlines to offer mobile communications services on UK-registered aircraft. The US mobile phone industry recommends FCC to license and auction vacant...

Sprint Nextel has named Steven Elfman to the position of president of network operations and wholesale. Dee Dutta, Sony Ericsson' s CMO, will quit the company at the end of March. Raoul Roverato will become FT Orange' s New Growth Businesses. Ethan Beard,...

I abandoned the edito item for a while, but it is a good way to easily communicate with my readers. I would like to underscore that the current issue is the two hundredth issue since the beginning in 2004. I am pleased to collect information every day,...

You probably have already noticed that the word is fashionable ans is employed more and more often into news and comments. It seems it is a deep trend into the economy, as the word surfaced for years as a dream. Now it is more and more real for the benefit...

A few set of market information released this week: According to M:Metrics, the iPhone is the most popular handset for accessing news and information on the mobile Web in the US. 85% of iPhone users are accessing news and information; 31% are watching...

The EU Commission reports that there were 88m 3G users at the end of 2007, or a penetration of 20%. 50,000 new high-speed broadband Internet connections were added each day in 2007. Ericsson said there were 180m WCDMA subscribers worldwide , and that...

Nokia continues to push its content strategy by dealing with EMI for unlimited music download service. It made a deal with ACME Tele Power to offer efficient operation, maintenance and energy management solutions to telecom operators. AeroMobile announced...

Ericsson has been selected by Paraguay-based Personal for a countrywide 3G/HSPA network, and will provide upgrades to Wind Hellas' GSM/WCDMA network in Greece. HTC will provide CDMA handsets to Reliance (India). Motorola announces it has won $165m order...

China Mobile said it has already begun working with Vodafone and another unnamed operator on next-generation TD-SCDMA, called TD-LTE. DT is buying 20% of Greek incumbent OTE for €2.5bn. T-Mobile USA is using cellular/ WiFi dual mode technology to help...