Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

KT (South Korea) is asked by its majority foreign stakeholders (above 48%) to reduce investments in the infrastructure and distribute more dividends.

Bouygues Telecom could be interested in buying French ISP Iliad (Free). The move could make sense as Bouygues could gain some fixed (both copper and WiMAX wireless) and internet businesses while offering mobile expertise to Free. In addition, Iliad could...

Neuf Cegetel is interested in being granted several regional WiMAX licenses in France. PT Telkom (Indonesia) is to buy PT Bukaka Singtel International. FCC has allowed Verizon to use flexible pricing, while selling its “fast-packet” services. BT has launch...

Telefonica could make a bid on KPN or O2, according to Merrill Lynch. Portugal Telecom has presented a proposal to participate in Tunisia's privatization of Tunisie Telecom.

Oracle posted FY 1Q05 (ended in August) results with a net profit of $509m, up 2%, and revenues up of 25% to $2.8bn (below expectations and in spite of adding PeopleSoft revenues). Software account for 76% and is up 23%, while services account for 24%...

Nortel has landed a CDMA2000 1X network expansion for PT Bakrie Telecom in Indonesia. Nokia has signed a Push To Talk contract with Etisalat (UAE); will supply a WCDMA 3G radio access network to Danish operator TDC Mobile.

Openwave claims 85% of the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) mobile data market share in the USA, with 7m MVNO subscribers.

Thomson is announcing a new household telephone, called EV5203, combining DECT and VOIP.

According to In-Stat, Bluetooth continues its own way doubling again Bluetooth-enabled product shipments. 2005 shipments are forecast to be 316m units, and could rise to 866m units by 2009. But competition is growing from USB and Wi-Fi, and needs constant...

WiFi hotspots: WiFi hotspots: according to Informa, there were currently more than 84,000 hotspots in operation in the world, and they could be more than 100,000 by the end of the year. The number is very far from expectations few years ago, but is a...