Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Quadruple Play: MSOs' s strategy is to bring quadruple play (including voice, data, video and mobility) to their customers to add high-value services and keep subscriber's loyalty under control. Using WiFi (802.11x) access point connected to the operator's...

Broadband growth: Point Topic has released its new broadband statistics. The main trends are: the number of broadband lines worldwide is still growing, but growth is leveling off; the worldwide total of broadband lines grew to 176m in 2Q05, up 16%; leadership...

3G customer growth is improving after a sluggish start. It is a very important information brought up by the Yankee Group. Many parameters participate in driving growth: better handsets, increased handset offer, reduced usage charges and better network...

Marconi 's share price is up. It could pre-announce an imminent takeover bid, and Huawei is cited as the contender. The circa £680m deal is expected early this week.

PHS phones will thoroughly integrate with fixed-line phones, according to China Telecom, but will not be integrated with GSM handsets, according to MII, in spite some announcement from UTStarcom saying a dual mode handset was about to be launched soon...

Vodafone appoints Anne Lauvergeon as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 November 2005.

Vodafone Spain announced 225,000 Vodafone live! 3G handsets sold as of the end of August. Verizon is on track to post another record quarter of net additions and to lower its churn. Growth could be at the expense of Sprint Nextel, according to Merrill...

Verizon signed separate contracts with HP, Dell and Lenovo PC system manufacturers, for supplying pre-configured laptops supporting its EV-DO wireless service. Spice Nepal , the holder of Nepals second GSM license has finally launched its network, following...

Qwest and Microsoft are teaming up on an Internet-based telephone and communications service for small- and mid-sized businesses. The product, expected to debut next year, will feature VOIP telephone service, e-mail, Internet access and other communications...

SBC and EchoStar extend alliance to co-brand their offering of satellite TV. Google is set to launch its own wireless Internet service via Google Secure Access, a downloadable client application. The free software allows a secure, encrypted Internet connection...