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Vendor Corner - 22/06/08
ALU has bought Motive for about $68m. Motive is a developer of service management software for telecom. It also reinforces its position in the Carrier Ethernet market with the combination of MPLS, PBB (Provider Backbone Bridging ) and VPLS (virtual private...
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Awards - 22/06/08
ALU has signed a $1bn 3G frame contract with China Mobile, including a core network, radio systems, transmission, IP routing equipment, and related services. It has deployed a WiMAX network for Worldmax (NL) in Amsterdam. ALU has deployed its new PBB/VPLS...
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Operator Corner (1) - 22/06/08
Worldmax (NL) will gradually open its WiMAX 802.16e network in Amsterdam (NL). T-Mobile Germany announced it will sell the iPhone 3G for as low as €1 with a plan worth €69 a month with a commitment for 24 months. Everywhere mobile operators are planning...
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Operator Corner (2) - 22/06/08
Sprint Nextel introduces new rate plans for family in an effort to keep its customers. For two lines and 700 calling minutes , it will cost $70 a month (a voice-only service); for two lines and 1500 minutes and unlimited messaging, it will cost $100 a...
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Financial Performance - 22/06/08
Qualcomm increased its FY3Q earnings forecast by almost 9%, due to higher-than-expected sales and better than expected ASP for CDMA devices. Lehman Brothers increased its estimates by 1.5% in 2008 and 1.7% in 2009. Oppenheimer has lowered its estimates...
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Regulation Corner - 22/06/08
The WiMAX Forum announced that 10 mobile WiMAX products get the official seal of approval for 2.5 GHz (four base stations and 6 terminals). Yes, base stations are certified to assure connectivity on any certified base station from any terminal certified....
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iPhone 2 is arrived !
Apple has unveiled its new iPhone2. It is more marvelous than its predecessor. First with more features: 3G UMTS obviously, EDGE and WiFi, compatible HSDPA, support of MobileMe application to push emails and contacts, support of Microsoft Exchange and...
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Market Corner (1) - 14/06/08
A few set of market information released this week: According to In-Stat, revenues from consumer telecom network services will grow at a steady CAGR of about 5.7%, over the next five years, and reach $2tr by 2012. But the digital divide will continue...
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Market Corner (2) - 14/06/08
A few set of market information released this week: After cancer potentially generated by mobile, a new study reveals that Teenagers who excessively use their cell phone are more prone to disrupted sleep, restlessness, stress and fatigue. Mexico's Slim...
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Subscriber Stats - 14/06/08
Vodacom (S. Africa) reports 34m subscribers, of which 24.8m in S. Africa. BSNL (India) has a combined subscriber base of 72.6m, of which 38.5m in India, at the end of April. EU 3G customer number doubled to 112m at the end of April. Bharti (India) added...
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Awards - 14/06/08
ALU will deploy an optical networking system with intelligent control plane for Turk Telecom. It has been selected by the Beijing municipal government to deploy an optical transport network solution in Beijing (completion by August 2008). NSN is providing...
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Financial performance - 14/06/08
R.W. Baird raised its Verizon EPS estimate following the pending acquisition of Alltel, but lowered its estimates on AT&T following the introduction of iPhone 2 and related subsidization scheme implying lower earnings. It logically raised by 16% its price...
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Regulation Corner - 14/06/08
Ratel , the Serbian regulatory agency, has approved and certified ALU' s UMTS radio access equipment for deployment in Serbia. OFTEL (UK) postpones the wireless broadband spectrum auction, due to O2 and T-Mobile legal challenges. EU plan for a super regulator...
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People - 14/06/08
UTStarcom will cut 700 jobs and replace its current CEO Hong Liang Lu by Peter Blackmore . Vodacom CEO Alan Knott-Craig plans to step down in September. Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin will leave the company with a total package worth nearly $50m. It is huge,...
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China’s telecom restructuring
Is it the last mile? It is clear that China will not issue 3G licenses before the country' s telecom market is organized around three large telecom companies, each of them owning both fixed and mobile assets. That means merging the six state-owned carriers...
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Verizon Wireless to buy Alltel
Verizon Wireless confirms it will buy Alltel for about $28bn, based on a net debt of $22bn and an equity purchase of $6bn. Alltel serves 13m mobile customers in 34 states, including 57 rural markets not served by VZ. The combined company will have some...
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FT-Teliasonera
FT has made a friendly approach with a €27bn indicative offer on Teliasonera, made of a mix of stock and cash. FT would made a formal offer in the following two weeks according to Swedish government and Teliasonera reactions. FT will not make an hostile...
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French broadband initiative
The French government has launched an initiative to make broadband internet available for all French people by 2012. The plan, established by Eric Besson, the minister for the digital economy, is not yet finalized and should be disclosed by July-end....
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ALU annual meeting news
During the annual meeting, ALU shareholders, upset by poor results and stock decline during their tenure, as well as high wages of the CEO and chairman, voted the change of the rules surrounding the dismissal of the CEO and chairman. Now, a simple majority...
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3GPP works on Femtocell
3GPP has finally adopted an official architecture for the Home NodeB (HNB) femtocell-to-core network connectivity and started work on a new standard. The decision follows last week approval of a joint proposal made by ALU, Kineto, Motorola and NEC, for...
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Market Corner - 08/06/08
A few set of market information released this week: According to an IAB study, online advertising in Europe reached €11bn in 2007, versus €9bn in the USA. IMS Research predicts that there would be 62bn mobile banking transactions in 2012, made by 900m...
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Subscriber Stats - 08/06/08
France : at the end of March, there were over 16m (+19%) broadband users, of which 15.5m are ADSL. More than 4m lines are fully unbundled. Hungary said, via its national watchdog NHH, that there were over 11.4m mobile users in the country at the end of...
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Awards - 08/06/08
Ericsson said it won a contract with Meteor Mobile (Ireland) to supply a W-CDMA/HSPA network and microwave equipment. It inked a 4-year contract wit T-Mobile NL to manage operations for the former Orange network in NL. It was awarded a managed services...
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Operator Corner (1) - 08/06/08
T-Mobile Germany will start a LTE pilot network by the end of 2009. Mobilkom Austria launches its mobile TV services based on the DVB-H standard, and has signed a content contract with Media Broadcast. Vodafone is planning to buy an additional 12.5% stake...
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Operator Corner (2) - 08/06/08
Softbank (Japan) will sell the iPhone by the end of the year. Warid Telecom (Pakistan) would invest $1.5bn this year and another $1bn next year to upgrade and expand its services in the country. PCCW (Singapore) plans to spin off its telecom and media...