Telcoflash: Telecom Market News

According to Analysys, the number of system sales announcements for telecoms IT (BSS/OSS) solutions dropped 20% in 2006, but it was mainly due to consolidation both on the supply side and on the demand side. In fact, the CRM and order management system...

We are going closer of the time when China is beginning large-scale number distribution. For the TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance, it will be in 4Q07. At that time, it will make available handsets to customers, meaning that building large-scale commercial TD-SCDMA...

Everybody is used to take Japan or S. Korea as an example in mobile penetration and business. News from S. Korea, however, are not good for 3G: more and more 3G customers are abandoning 3G for 2G. 2200 3G users returned their 3G phones to use back 2G...

A few set of market information released this week: According to Ovum-RHK, mobile revenues in APAC, but excluding China, would grow at a CAGR of 2-3% to reach $167bn by 2012. Mobile capex would follow the same curve. But wireline revenues would lost $5bn...

Cisco and EMC-RSA will jointly develop a new data ciphering offering targeted to SAN storage networks. Fujitsu is combining its telecom equipment production with operations sales in order to boost competitiveness. Huawei commits to bridging the digital...

Siemens has selected Ekahau, a real time, WiFi-based, location systems expert, for optimizing its WiFi offer. Hitachi got RUS approval for its AMN1220 GPON system. Nortel has announced a 40-Gbit/s PBT product by the end of the year. Ericsson and Telstra...

China would produce 560m mobile phones (+17%) this year, according to China' s MII. NEC performed successful testing at the third Mobile WiMAX Plugfest. Motorola has won a patent for solar-powered mobile phone. Sony Ericsson is joining the WiMAX Foru...

Comptel will supply Wana (Morocco) provisioning, mediation and identification management solutions within a global Information system and IMS deployment for its NGN. Seachange signed an exclusive procurement agreement with with Canadian Cable Systems...

Motorola is deploying a TETRA network at Barcelona airport (Spain) ALU will enhance and expand Etisalat' s GSM network (UAE). Quiconnect (UK) will expand and enhance French SFR' s global WLAN roaming network.

DT should have bidded €1.6bn fot Orange NL. Orange NL currently has 600k subscribers and 11% of the Dutch market. In return, Orange is leading the purchase of DT' s Yago.com in Spain, trumping a higher bid from rival Vodafone. Sprint Nextel is planning...