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        <title><![CDATA[Telcoflash: Telecom Market News]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Telecom infonews. Ce blog est centr&eacute; sur les informations du march&eacute; telecom des operateurs,des fabricants, des distributeurs et des Agences de r&eacute;gulation.
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    <title><![CDATA[Merry XMAS and Happy New Year]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, I am pleased to wish you spending very nice vacation for XMAS time and a Happy Nex Year for 2009. Best regards Jean Arnal ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Smartphone market overview]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Canalys reports that the smartphone market continues to thrive, with some 40m units shipped in the third quarter. The smartphone segment now accounts for about 13% of the global handset market, and was recently shaked up by the introduction of the iPhone.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Market Corner - 17/11/08]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A few set of market information released this week: According to OVUM, APAC would double its mobile subscriber base to 2.9bn by 2013 (from 1.4bn in 2007). That means that the APAC region would house over 50% of the world mobile subscriptions by 2011.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Subscriber stats - 17/11/08]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Virgin Mobile USA reports 5.2m mobile subscribers (flat). SingTel had 217m (+10%) mobile users by the end of September, of which 77.5m in India, 60.5m in Indonesia, and 24m in the Philippines, and just 2.9m in Singapore. India added 8m GSM subscribers... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Vendor Corner - 17/11/08]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Microsoft unveiled its new Internet Explorer Mobile 6 browser. Analysts are giving Microsoft as the winner of Verizon' s mobile search deal. Amdocs is buying ChangingWorlds for $60m. ChangingWorlds is an expert in customer personalization. The move sent... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Awards - 17/11/08]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Tellabs is providing Claro with its 8600 managed Edge platform. It is joining the list of BT' s preferred system suppliers for its 21CN next-generation network. Nokia provides ATT with its 6650 smartphone, Nortel has been chosen by China Telecom to upgrade... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Operator Corner (1) - 17/11/08]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[3 UK will provide free INQ1 handset when a customer subscribe to its £15 per month contract, and offer unlimited free Facebook, Skype, Windows Messenger and web access + 75 mn of regular calls to other networks. T-Mobile Germany launches RIM' s Blackberry... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Operator Corner (2) - 17/11/08]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Mobilink Pakistan announced the launch of its Mobilink Infinity mobile WiMAX service in Pakistan. Kalimat Telecom (Iraq) is launching Iraq' s first WiMAX network. Grameenphone (Bangladesh) has reduced the size of its IPO by 50% to $75m. DoCoMo will pay... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Financial performance (1) - 17/11/08]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://telcoflashnews.over-blog.com/article-24842453.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:44:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Analyst Corner : CSFB lowered its price target on Leap Wireless by 21% to $55. RBC lowered MetroPCS price target by 5% to $19; Barclays lowered its price target on Sprint Nextel by 10% to $10, and McAdams lowered its price target on Clearwire by 24% to... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Financial performance (2) - 17/11/08]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:43:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Virgin Mobile USA reports 3Q08 profit of $4m, vs a loss of $4.7m last year, on revenues of $323m, up 2%. Vodafone announced a 35% drop in net profit for the first half of the financial year, at £2.1bn, on revenues rising 17% to £20bn. EBITDA rose 10%... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Regulation Corner - 17/11/08]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:42:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Tunisia is planning to launch a tender next year to award a fixed line license in 2009, and end Tunisie Telecom fixed line monopoly. Vietnam will issue an auction for granting four 3G licenses in 2Q2009. Indian government may abandon the principle of... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[People - 17/11/08]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[NSN announced it will cut 1800 jobs as part of its current cost-cutting plans (save $2.5bn by end-2009). Vodafone also announced a $1.5bn cost-cutting plan to deal with ongoing market crisis. Virgin Media is to cut 2,200 jobs in the UK between 2010 and... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[MIDs]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[For several months, the announcements of new mobile devices with 3G and /or WiFi connection are more and more frequent. What is relatively new is the hot trend of subsidizing these mobile devices like is done for mobile phones. Offers with free laptops... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ALU 3Q08 results]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ALU remains in the red, but cuts losses. 3Q08 net loss is “only” €40m (down from a loss of €345m) on sales worth €4.1bn (down 6.6%). At constant exchange rate, Carrier revenues declined 9% to €2.7bn , while Enterprise revenues grew 2% to €388m and Services... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Motorola 3Q08 results]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Motorola lost $397m in 3Q08, on revenues of $7.5bn (down 15%). Revenues in the handset division was $3.1bn, down 31% and the division lost $840m. It shipped 25.4m units, down 32%, and is surpassed by Sony Ericsson for the third market place. Motorola... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ericsson 3Q08 results]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Its 3Q08 net profit was down 28% to €298m, but revenues grew 13% to €5.2bn. EBITDA was €1.85bn and operating income grew 1% to €607m. The operating income margin increased 2.5 p to 11.5%. For the first 9 months, revenues grew 6% to €15.1bn, while the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ATT 3Q08 results]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[3Q08 figures show a 4% increase in revenues to $31.3bn, $5.6bn (+6%) in operating income, and $3.2bn (+5.5%) in net income. Mobile revenues reached $12.6bn (+15.4%) and ATT Mobility had 74.9m subscribers after adding some 1.7m new users in the quarter,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Verizon 3Q08 results]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Verizon said it earned $1.7bn (+31%) in the quarter, on revenues of $ 24.7bn (+4%). Mobile revenues account for $12.7bn (+12%), and generated $1.9bn in operating income on Verizon book. The mobile unit added 1.5m new subscribers in the quarter, as well... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel 3Q08 results]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Sprint reported 3Q08 results with revenues in the quarter amounting to $8.8bn (down 12%), with OIBDA down 37% to $1.8bn and a net loss of $326m, vs a profit of 64m. For the 9-mo results, the picture is about the same: revenues are down 10% to $27.2bn,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mobile Phone overview]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://telcoflashnews.over-blog.com/article-24654448.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[3Q08 market figures show that the worldwide mobile phone industry was impacted by the global financial and economical crisis. Forget the 20% growth rate, 3Q08 figure is a decline of 0.4% qoq and up 3% yoy, and a total of 299m units shipped during the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Market Corner - 11/11/08]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://telcoflashnews.over-blog.com/article-24654423.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A few set of market information released this week: According to IDC the Linux market would grow to $49bn in 2011 (from current $25bn given by the Linux Foundation). According to Juniper Research, mobile data in BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Subscriber stats - 11/11/08]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://telcoflashnews.over-blog.com/article-24654382.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Etisalat had 2,2m 3G subscribers by mid-2008. Du (UAE) reports a 30% market share with 2.3m users (of which 1,9m are active). According to a Russian survey, 69% of Russians do not access the internet at all. Only 11% of the population accesses internet... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Vendor Corner - 11/11/08]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://telcoflashnews.over-blog.com/article-24654341.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Apple has sold over 6,8m iPhones 3G in the quarter (bringing its total to over 13m, surpassing its target); 2,6m Macs (+21%); 11m iPods (+8%). NSN reports it has deployed over 130 radio networks in the world, providing service to over 130m W-CDMA/HSPA... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Awards - 11/11/08]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[NSN expands 3 Ireland's mobile network to HSPA in coverage and capacity. It will also expand Telekom Srpske (Bosnia -Herzegovina) 's GSM network. NSN will deploy Juniper's MX-series Ethernet Routers and EX-series Ethernet switches for VOO (Belgium). It... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Arnal]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Operator Corner (1) - 11/11/08]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://telcoflashnews.over-blog.com/article-24653746.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[SFR (France) launches three MIDs with 3G/3G+ and WiFi connectivity. Darty (Electronics retailer in France) will offer a fiber-based broadband access at 100Mbit/s. Etisalat (UAE) will upgrade its mobile network to HSPA+ in 2009. France Telecom launches... ]]></description>
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