Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Vimpelcom (Russia) buys a 60% interest in Tacom, a cellular operator in Tajikistan. Philippines has issued 3G licenses to four companies : Globe Telecom (Globe), Smart Communications (Smart), Digital Telecommunications (Digitel) and Connectivity Unlimited...

Telefonica' s Imagenio currently has 200,000 triple-play contracts. Vietnam currently has some 8.8m mobile subscribers and 5.8m fixed-line users.

Portugal Telecom appoints Rodrigo Costa to the board of directors, and to the executive committee.

Ethernet-based transport to supplant Sonet/SDH? According to a new survey from Heavy reading, 60% of operators polled indicated they had already begun moving from Sonet/SDH to Ethernet, or would begin to do so in 2006. The move will create a new class...

Siemens' plans in IPT Alcatel/ Microsoft dominating the IPTV market is a fact, but very few operators believe the game is over. Some operator' s reactions let think that the door is still open in the future for new opportunities (except perhaps for SBC...

Mobile phone makers do not agree on 3G future If main vendors agree that the 3G handset market would grow in 2006, driven by the number of new networks built and increased coverage, they likely differ on its growth pace. For Nokia, the market leader,...

China subscriber base: 390m+ China has the largest number of mobile phone subscribers in the world. With a record 388m mobile subscribers at the end of November, China could close 2005 with about 393m mobile users. For several years, China has added between...

China telecom industry reshuffle China' s telecom industry is at the dawn of deep reshuffle to add competition, streamline execution and address clashing interests for telcos. The move will be done before the issue of 3G mobile licenses, so is imminent....

Deception on Lucent' financial results For a lot of people, Lucent was doing better and better, and its CEO was proud to announce its second-in- row year of earnings after the telecom bubble. Latest fiscal results (fiscal year ended in Sept.05) reported...

Quaero, European search engine Quaero (“search” in Latin) is the new multimedia European search engine to be launch in coming months. The project was announced in April.05'; goals and Board members will be announced in Jan.06'; and commitment made by...