Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

Apple has sold over 1m iPhone in about three months, and targets 4.5m units sold in 2007. NSN would be in talks to buy Ethernet kit vendor Atrica.

Nokia is planning to launch in 1H08 WiMAX-equipped internet tablets. Motorola unveils its phone strategy in three points: streamlining its device platforms, a steady stream of new products, make profitable market share. Nevertheless it already decided...

NSN will led a consortium for rolling-out broadband internet technology in Thalys trains (Paris- Brussels- Amsterdam- Koln). ALU has been selected by Etisalat for IP network transformation, and is involved in SingTel’ s mio TV services. It has successfully...

RAD Data has been awarded a contract by Japan' s eMobile for deploying its ACE-3000 cell-site gateways for mobile broadband backhaul. ALU has inked a $150m contract with Cambodian cellco CamGSM for rural network expansion, and will expand the Mobinil'...

BT plans to invest about $70m in China over the next few years, and has purchased Belgium-based network and systems integrator INS Group. MTC (Kuwait) will rebrand international operations as Zain by end 2008 in order to become one of the top ten global...

Vodafone is considering buying the Italian and Spanish assets of Tele2, and provide fixed line broadband services in these countries. The WiMAX Forum targets to win spectrum in China, despite the opposition of the Chinese government to WIMAX as a 4G technology....

Vodafone will sell the Samsung F700, a rival to to Apple's iPhone, for Xmas. It will also offer 15 new 3G handsets and an unlimited music download service on 2.5G and 3G handsets. Clearwire and ICO will collaborate for trialling mobile TV. Turkcell (Turkey)...

CDG reports that the global cdma2000 1xEV-DO subscriber base reached 75m, while cumulative cdma2000 subscriber base surpassed 400m users worldwide. Taiwan has almost 2.5m 3G subscribers: 1.6m for Chunghwa Telecom, and almost 1m for each Mobile and FarEastone....

Telecom Italia reported 1H07 net profit of €1.5bn, flat, Tiscali (Italy) posted 1H07 revenues of €393m, up 24%, EBITDA of €62m (+59%) and net profit of €22m.

Bangladesh's Grameenphone has appointed Mr. Anders Jensen as its new CEO. Cisco France has named Laurent Blanchard as new MD. COO Kenrick quits New Zealand incumbent Telecom.