Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

A few set of market information released this week: According to In-Stat, the emerging WiMAX chipset market will be driven primarily by embedded Mobile WiMAX in mobile PCs through 2012, with the WiMAX user terminal chipset market reaching $500m (from...

Motorola announced the purchase of Asian mobile music provider Soundbuzz for an undisclosed amount. It also launched a DVB-H multimedia device for mobile TV. All the moves show a new strategy of innovation (new models announced) and mimicking Nokia' s...

Intel is betting on ultra mobile platforms. It will add its WiMAX chip (called Baxter Peak) in laptops, in mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and in ultra-portables. Its new strategy is to enter the “connected box” market. Motorola announced the new CPEi...

Future mobile phones would be designed to include a breakthrough ultra-compact, LED-illuminated projection engine , able to project an image 40 inches wide on walls. The technology is designed by 3M. Samsung targets selling 200m mobile units in 2008 and...

Huawei has been selected by TransTelecom (Bulgaria) for deploying a commercial WiMAX network, as well as in Tajikistan by Babilon-T. . Alvarion and Bridgewater will supply WiMAX solutions to MSTelecom in Angola. Juniper is providing its T-series to Chunghwa...

Motorola has signed a $150m mobile contract with Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) (Saudi Arabia) for GSM network expansion, and will provide the radio network of MTC (Saudi Arabia). Ericsson will provide a mobile TV and video solution to Cellcom (Israel); expand...

CSFB lowered estimates on Ericsson for 2008 by more than 5% due to slower revenue growth and potential market share losses, and on ALU due to the impact of currency and continued sluggish CDMA market. RBC downgraded Motorola to sector perform due to slower-than-expected...

The EU Commission announced it will make policy proposals by mid-2008 to create a single European market for online services such as music, films and games. India 1 : Nine companies were given telecom licenses for both fixed and mobile services in India....

BT and Microsoft teamed up to deliver IPTV and HD movie services (BT' s Vision package) to Xbox 360 users. Telecom Italia plans to sell its French ISP unit Alice (880k ADSL subscribers). Meraki Networks is a start-up that promises (again) free WiFi in...

Mobitel (Georgia), a Vimpelcom company, won a mobile license in Georgia in the 850MHz band. Orange has sold 70,000 iPhone in one month in France. It is good score in the middle of the operator' s target range. Apple has sold almost 5m units worldwide...