Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

MTC (Kuwait) reports revenues of $2.8bn, up 42%, EBITDA of $1.2bn (+36%) and a net income fo $515M, up 13%.

China Telecom has appointed Zhang Chenshuang, as its new executive director and executive vice president. Bookham appoints Alain Couder as president and CEO. Li Jianguo, executive director of China Unicom, has resigned to take up a new job at China Network...

It is coming. UK, France and Germany will be the three first countries in Europe to sell iPhones. But, in spite of rumors, operators that will distribute the iPhone are not yet known. FT, DT and Telefonica O2 are the likely contenders; even if O2 said...

A study of Pew Internet and American Life Project said that the US broadband connections addition growth rate is slowing down after strong growth in the 2004-2006 period. Between March 2006 and March 2007, growth has been “only” of 12%, vs 40% a year...

The European mobile broadband market is growing exponentially with demand fueled by declining prices and improving performance. The growth rate in 2007 should be around 40%-50%, from $1.1bn and 3.2m units of PC-cards and USB-modems. CAGR during the period...

Changes in the APAC mobile market are coming from emerging countries. China, India and Japan are installed in top 3 positions. But Indonesia, Pakistan and Philippines are growing very fastly. Thailand overtakes S. Korea for th seventh position. Bangladesh...

A few set of market information released this week According to the Spanish telecom regulator, the Spanish telecom sector has generated from end-users €35.1bn in revenues in 2006, up almost 6%, or about twice the European average growth rate. Columbia'...

Strong with its iPhone success, Apple share has jumped 5% when sales stats are known in the beginning of the week. Another factor in Apple interest is the iPhone margin, evaluated at 55%.

DiBcom, a European mobile TV DB-H chip maker, has received €20 funding in its fifth funding round, of which half from Natixis, a French bank. The total funding to date is €60m. Ericsson IPX has signed an IPX Messaging with VoIP company Skype, allowing...

RIM has been finally allowed by the MII to sell its BlackBerry handsets in China. LG will pre-install YouTube on its new mobile phones. Nokia licenses a tactile feedback system for mobile devices developed by Immersion. It plans to boost its presence...