Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

WiFi camera: WiFi camera uses WiFi like a USB cable, and should offer more flexibility to consumers. Unfortunately, current WiFi camera models are all either locked to a proprietary service or tied to software only transferring images over a WLAN. No...

China 3G: The TD-SCDMA technology is stable and China is prepared to establish a 3G network on this standard, the People's Daily said. No timetable was, however, given. This clears the way for China to begin constructing a 3G network and issuing 3G operating...

Skype and Netgear are teaming to develop and market a new range of innovative products, such as a cellular/ WiFi handset (WiFi Skype) and a Skype-optimized router (RangeMax). Broadcom has announced a Wi-Fi video phone chipset for handsets and phones.

Nokia has signed a long-term purchase agreement expansion with Endwave. Endwave provides radio frequency subsystems that enable the transmission and reception of data signals in broadband wireless systems. Samsung expands its distribution agreement with...

Accenture reports $215m in its FY1Q06 net income (+10%); $4.2bn in sales (+12%) and $5,5bn in orders. Avanex announced its CY4Q05 revenues could be around $36m, well below the forecast $45m. Even if gross margin is improving, it is unlikely that it could...

Google has unveiled its new Google Video Store, a video downloading service, with content from CBS, Sony BMG, Getty Images or NBA. The service is not free and will be billed 30% on top of content providers prices. Similarly, Yahoo is launching Go TV service,...

9Telecom (France) is offering BPL technology (broadband power line) for linking set top box (TV set) to ADSL modems (PC) at home. The offer allows some flexibility for locating TV sets and PCs in different rooms. AT&T could be interested by acquiring...

Vodafone and Sony are jointly rolling out “Vodafone Radio DJ”, an interactive music service of radio channels streamed to 3G handsets and PCs.

DoCoMo has announced it had 20m 3G FOMA subscribers at the end of 2005. Reliance Infocomm (India) added 1m CDMA new subscribers in Dec.05, to a total user base of 15.6m. Bharti (India) had 16.3m GSM and 1.2m CDMA subscribers at the end of December.

Zeinal Bava, Portugal Telecom' s CFO, will become also head of TMN, PT' s mobile arm.