Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

FT said its 2007 profit was up 52% to €6.3bn, on revenues of €53bn, up 2.4%. Personal Communications Services were particularly strong with 7.5% growth in 4Q07 and almost 110m customers. 3G customers were 13m, of which 7.4m in France. MVNO customer base...

ALU reported 4Q07 operating profit of €303m (vs a loss of €3m) and up 20% on consensus, on revenues of €5.2bn, up 18%. Net earnings, however, was a loss of €2.6bn, and 2007 net loss amounted to €3.5bn, after it included a combined write-down for its CDMA...

Cisco unveiled its FY2Q08 results with net earnings of $2.1bn (+7%), on revenues up 16.5% to $9.8bn. They are in line with analysts expectations. But Cisco said growth is slowing with an estimation of 10% growth rate next month instead of previous 15...

A few set of market information released this week: Mobile Internet and broadband will be the dominant themes at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona According to Idate, the global mobile market (including, services, terminals and infrastructure)...

Fujitsu announced the launch of a comprehensive set of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) solutions. Redline has launched its BWI (Broadband Wireless Infrastructure) business unit to focus on wireless backhaul solutions. Siemens IT Solutions and Services will...

ALU will market OKI' s mobile WiMAX terminals. Elsewhere, it announced the introduction of its innovative Smart DSL technology at the occasion of the TVoDSL 2008 conference Motorola unveiled two new 802.16e Wave 2-ready WiMAX devices: the desktop CPEi...

Apple is now the number three among smartphone vendors, according to Canalys. It has launched a new iPhone device with 16Gmo memory. Fujitsu Networks has announced an outdoor microcell base station for mobile WiMAX, the BroadOne WX300. It launched the...

Ericsson won a turnkey contract from M1 (Singapore) to upgrade its backbone network with microwaves and optical transmission solutions. It won an IMS contract from Armentel (Armenia), a Vimpelcom company. ALU has been selected by Globe Telecom (CIS) to...

NSN will expand Megafon' s 2G infrastructure, as well as 3G upgrades, under a €320m contract. It has received a $935m contract from Saudi Zain for rolling out a 2G and a 3G network. It has delivered rural broadband networks to Sterela Wireless (USA) Ericsson...

JDSU back in black, with 4Q07 sales of $399m (+12%) and net profit of $21m (+200%). ROADM sales grew by 39%; 10Gbit/s sales jumped 32%. Cisco reports FY2Q results. Profit rose 7% to $2bn, while sales climbed 16% to $9.8bn. But Cisco warned again that...