Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

MTS (Russia) said its mobile subscriber base in the CIS reached over 79m at end-October. China Unicom added 1.5m new mobile users in Oct. China Mobile added 6.6m new mobile customers in October, to a new total of 356m (up 22%). China Netcom reports 114m...

Larry Rinaldi , ex Motorola CMO Asia, will become Haier ' s new global chief brand officer. SeaChange announces the appointment of Simon McGrath to the CMO position. Telkom S. Africa has appointed Reuben Septembe r as chief executive with immediate e...

The European Commission unveiled plans to reform the EU telecom market. The idea behind is to limit the influence of local governments and regulators, give new rights to consumers and cap prices. The first point is to create a European "super regulator"...

9mo results are higher than expected. Revenues amounted to €42bn, up almost 9%, while net profit increased 51% to €7.8bn. 3Q07 net profit rose 39% to €4bn (but including gain of €1.4bn from the sale of Endemol) on revenues of €14.2bn, up 5%. Telefonica...

Green light for Vodafone. FY1H revenues increased by 9% to £17bn, with a profit of £3.3bn, vs a huge loss of £5bn a year ago. EBITDA rose over 5% to £6.6bn. Revenue growth is driven by operations (+40%) in emerging markets (S. Africa, Romania, Egypt,...

It is a success, however, but not with the size of what happened in the US. In the first day of sales, about 10,000 iPhones were sold in each country: the UK and Germany. It seems that the high price of the device (€400), as well as the cost of the subscription...

Momentum appears to be building in the mobile banking space. No week without any new service trial or opening. The latest are a GSMA initiative with a dozen of mobile operators to test Near Field Communications payments. More than ten countries are involved...

Easy and clear to understand (voice over IP over 3G cellular networks). This new acronym would be, according to Disruptive Analysis, the stamp for an anticipated explosion in VOIP over 3G usage. Accordingly, it seems the final stage for voice over WiFi,...

In the USA, a free mobile navigation service is competing with GPS services. DIR-ECT-IONS, the name of the service, can be used from anywhere in the country, and provides a nation-wide navigation service via a simple phone call. First you dial the service,...

A few set of market information released this week: According to an In-Stat survey, broadband may become more popular than TV in the US. Up to 30% of respondents would drop subscription TV and use the Internet for TV. In another report, In-Stat found...