Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Nowhere without your cellphone: Sea cruisers were one of the few places without “bip-bip” or rings from a mobile handset, but it is over. SeaMobile has signed an agreement with Silversea Cruises to enable mobile phones to work when out at sea. And we...

According to Nortel, China will grant 3 or 4 3G licenses covering the three available technologies (WCDMA, CDMA2000 and TD-SCDMA) in early 2006, and in the case of WCDMA go straight to HSDPA. According to iSuppli, less than 5% of broadband subscribers...

Ericsson is planning a $1bn investment in China over next five years, mainly covering production and R&D departments. According to the Xinhua report, market analysts see UTStarcom and Harbour Networks as potential takeover targets. LogicaCMG' s takeover...

Meriton completes Mahi acquisition. Dowslake Microsystems has acquired 29% of Pandatel (Germany) from Augusta AG. Dowslake intends to purchase the remaining 20.98% of Pandatel stock from Augusta subject to regulatory approval.

Motorola has launched its Wireless Internet Calling Kit with Skype-certified Bluetooth headset available at 3,500 RadioShack stores nationwide for about $100.

Alcatel will deploy a wireless network for employees and travelers at the Orlando International Airport (USA). Lucent and Juniper have been selected by Protel i-Next (Mexico) to upgrade its network. Lucent and Classica CIS are chosen by Petersburg Transit...

LogicaCMG will launch for 3Austria the first mobile video-mail service in Austria. ZTE landed a contract with China Mobile for second-phase construction of its optical transmission network. The network is 25,000km-long, 512 networks nodes and covers 18...

LG announced 94% growth in its 3Q05 operating profit to $275m, a 4% increase in its net income to $154m, thanks to strong sales in cellular phones and high-end television sets.

Lithuania's Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) will grant three 3G licenses using the "beauty contest" method. StarHub (Singapore) launches its i-mode mobile Internet service. It is the 15th country market for i-mode worldwide. Sprint Nextel will...

LATAM mobile subscribers reached 222m in 9/05, according to 3G Americas. GSM account for 47% with 104m users; TDMA has a 28% market share and CDMA 25%. More than 80% of GSM subscribers are in 5 countries: Brazil: 38m; Mexico: 22,6m; Colombia: 11m; Argentina:...