Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

A few set of market information released this week: According to In-Stat, there is a huge potential market for ultra-low-cost (ULC) handsets in the next few years in China (yet 800m potential customers). It believes that there would be over 80m new mobile...

ALU and NEC plan a JV to develop LTE technology. Simultaneously, speculation is growing that Motorola may combine its mobile infrastructure business with Nortel Networks: in sight a new $10bn company, with 16% global share of the market. Samsung and ALU...

Voice over WiMAX : Netindex, Kaga Electronics and Runcon Technologies jointly demonstrated in Barcelona a mobile phone working on a WiMAX network. The WiMAX Forum announced it would include 700 MHz in its future certification profiles, creating a new...

NextWave has expanded its ecosystem to enable innovative, end-to-end WiMAX solutions. The strategy is to speed up time -to-market, and develop innovative products in partnership. Ericsson and Altobridge are partnering to develop and roll out GSM coverage...

ALU announced a deal with AT&T Mobility to further expand its 3G/HSPA network. It will upgrade and expand SMARTS' network in Russia, MTN' s network in Yemen, as well as Unitel' s network in Angola. Ericsson has secured a deal with DoCoMo for LTE base...

Belgacom (Belgium) will buy Scarlet NV for €185m. Brazil may change the telecom law, following the green light given by the Government to end restrictions applied to fixed-line licenses that prohibit the provision of services in more than one region of...

Amatole Telecom Services (S. Africa) will launch mobile internet services in the Amathole region, using a WiMAX network. France will propose to deploy fiber in new buildings with more than 50 apartments. Vodacom South Africa plans to launch its first...

DoCoMo will sign a MVNO agreement with Japan Comms following a directive from the Japanese Ministry of Comms. Vodafone, Verizon Wireless and China Mobile will jointly trial LTE FDD as well as TD-LTE. All the three are today engaged in non-compatible 3G...

Telecom NZ reports 4Q07 net profits of $135m, down 25%, on revenues of $1.1bn, up 2%. EBITDA rose 4.5% to $356m. Mobistar (Belgium) said its 2007 revenues were down 4% to €1.4bn, while EBITDA dropped 5% to €593m. Telus (Canada) announced 4Q07 revenues...

Ralph Whitworth has been added to Sprint Nextel ' s board. Diego Martinez is the new Americas regional vice president and general manager at UTStarcom. Jaime Smith Basterra (Telefonica O2) has resigned as chairman of the board of directors, but will join...