Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Children will also have a mobile phone Children between the ages of 8 and 12, could become the next hope for the mobile industry, according to the Yankee Group. Today, they account for less than 3% of all cellular users in the US, but Yankee said already...

UWB in two camps The UWB task force (IEEE 802.15.3a group), that tried to develop a standard for short-range wireless communications at up to 480 Mbit/s, has disbanded after failing to achieve a consensus on two competing proposals from the UWB Forum...

WiMAX products certified Fixed WiMAX products from Aperto, Redline, Sequans and Wavesat have been certified “WiMAX Forum”. With interoperability and compatibility provided, customers can buy with confidence, and product deployment should be accelerated....

Mobile user base to reach 2.5bn this year According to Strategy Analytics, the mobile industry should be serving 2.5bn subscribers by the end of the year and 3.5bn by the end of 2010. At that time, mobile service revenues could reach $800m. Strategy Analytics...

According to In-Stat, VOIP business subscribers are satisfied with their VOIP service. According to ABI, the location-based services (LBS) would top $ 8bn by 2010. IFPI announced that digital online and mobile music revenues reached $1.1bn (up 189%) in...

Broadband connections According to Point Topic, 140m DSL lines were installed at the end of 2005, of which 33% in Europe. France is the fourth or fifth country, behind China, USA, Japan and close to the UK. DSL penetration is about 25% in France and 29%...

GSM-WiFi According to NetCentrex, ISPs show interest in phones, but first to roll out dual WiFi-GSM phones could be incumbents with mobile operations. Mass deployment will take another 6-12 months before dual-mode GSM-WiFi phones are deployed. With PDAs...

Pyramid Research Predictions for 2006 Carrier margins will decline, especially for fixed operators, with sharp decline in voice revenues, competitive pressure. The world’s mobile subscriber base will reach the 2.6bn-2.7bn range; Asia and MEA will drive...

IDC's 2006 Top 10 Telecom Predictions for APAC region Shifting business models and strategies are the key themes in the region for 2006. The service market will continue to grow (+7%), with growth driven by VoIP, Broadband, IP Services, 3G Services and...

VOD over IPTV servic VOD over IPTV service Will video-on-demand be the killing application for IPTV? First market figures are encouraging. In France, more than 300k videos have been sold by Canal+ in 3 months at a cost of about € 4-5 each, and 150k by...