Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

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IBM is to buy Micromuse for $865m in cash. Micromuse focuses on video and voice traffic management on computer networks. Oracle is joining the IBM AIX Collaboration Center (IACC) as a founder member. Lucent was surprised by a court decision of breach...

Alcatel and Tekelec have agreed on a 3-year extension of their OEM agreement. Alcatel will continue to integrate Tekelec' s switching system in its portfolio. Alcatel is launching a new venture in China, with Shanghai Telecom, focused on the terminal...

Motorola has launched a C115 model 'made in India' phone at below Rs 1,700 (including free talk time of around Rs 700). That makes the value of the handset itself at less than $25. The C115 will be marketed through Hutch.

Alcatel sold ADSL modems to Telefonica de Argentina. Aperto Networks and SR Telecom will supply WiMAX radio access and core network equipments to Sri Lanka Telecom, to deploy wireless broadband service (WiMAX). Ericsson will deliver its Mini-Link microwave...

Nokia will supply its softswitch solution to Hutchison 3G Austria. Samsung has signed a deal with Venezuela' s Omnivision to deploy a mobile WiMAX network from 3Q06.

RIM reports FY3Q05 results. Besides reporting a Blackberry customer base of 4,3m, it realized $560m in revenues (up 53%) and net income of $120m, up 33%. 3Com posted FY2Q06 revenues of $184m (up 22%), and narrowed its quarterly loss to $11m (from $49m...

Sprint Nextel swallows Nextel Partners for $6,5bn, and Velocita Wireless through a stock purchase agreement. Velocita operates a nationwide Mobitex wireless network, which serves about 400,000 business and government customers; its 900 MHz spectrum will...

Renfe (Spanish railways) is planning to offer a broadband Wi-Fi internet network in its trains. Jordan Telecom has launched its commercial 'Livebox' VoIP over DSL service. France Telecom will cut tariffs for calls from fixed lines to mobile phones for...

MTN (S. Africa) may bid for Egypt's third mobile license. M6 Mobile (French MVNO) currently has 200k+ subscribers, doubling its initial target for the end of 2005. M6 Mobile launched operations in June 05. MTS (Russia) bought an additional 6.5% share...