Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

SAR : The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has just published a new standard for testing cellphone radiation emissions. SAR is an index that quantifies the rate of energy absorption in biological tissue. For Europe , Japan and Korea , the...

Vodafone named Bill Morrow president of Vodafone K.K. in Japan and Shiro Tsuda executive chairman and chairman of Vodafone K.K.'s board effective April 1. Tim Miles will take over Morrow's position as chief executive of Vodafone UK . Robert Wayman has...

Singapore mobile market breakdown is: leader SingTel with 1.54m subs., then M1 with 1.16+m and StarHub with 1.16-m. Philippines mobile market breakdown is: leader Smart with 19m subs., followed by Globe with 12.5m subs. and Digitel well behind (launched...

Level3 ( USA ) reported 4Q04 revenues of $1bn, up 25% qoq, of which $482m in communications and $ 547m in information services. Net loss was $77m vs. $171m in 3Q04. FastWeb ( Italy ) posted 2004 revenues of 720m, up 58% proforma, EBITDA of $ 219m (up...

Strategies/ Organization Strategies/ Organization ATT has extended its Global Network in the Middle East with a new node in Doha ( Qatar ). DT has bought 55.9 m T-online shares from Lagardere SCA. Fixed networks: France Telecom is launching residential...

SeaChange International announced its 4Q04 revenues would be about 25% lower than previously expected. The share dropped 17%. The shortfall is due to delays in received orders and revenues, and is just a timing issue, according to its CEO. Marconi posted...

Nortel will supply Horizon PCS (USA) with a new CDMA 1X and EV-DO network (contract value estimated at $14m). It will provide iPCS (Sprint USA ) with CDMA 1X network gear and professional services such as Web browsing, streaming audio and video, and multimedia...

Cisco landed a data network contract with SingTel (expansion of EXPAN international data service center), and another contract with Telecom Malaysia for a suite of managed services (IP VPNs, metro Ethernet, IP telephony and security). It will provide...

Strategies/Organization Strategies/Organization Nokia Venture Partners changed its name to BlueRun Ventures. HP and Cisco are teaming on blade technology for developing a Gigabit Ethernet switch. Microsoft bought Sybari Software, a leading provider of...

A few set of market information released this week: [ GfK reports that pan-Asian mobile phone sales could rise 12% to 185m units in 2005 (vs. 164.5m units in 2004). China could account for 57% with 105m units (+5%). [ Deloitte forecast there would be...