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Global vendor strategies - 19/01/08
Oracle has opened once again its purse: $8.5bn to buy BEA Systems. Globally, Oracle has spent over $27bn for external growth. Sun will acquire open source giant MySQL for $1bn. Apple has sold 4m iPhones in 2007. It announced a free software upgrade for...
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Mobile vendor strategies - 19/01/08
Sony will add GPS functionality to its PSP device. It comes just few days after Skype offer VOIP to PSP users. LG targets the US handset market challenger position and set a goal of $13bn in sales in 2008. A la Mobile makes the first demonstration of...
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Fixed contracts - 19/01/08
Cisco has been selected by EDF (French Electricity utility) in Lyon (France) for its VOIP solution. 4000 extensions on 11 sites. It will provide ROADM technology to Oriental Cable Network (China). RAD Data will provide gateways for Ethernet over DSL to...
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Mobile contracts - 19/01/08
ALU has received a 5-year order from US Cellular to increase coverage and capacity of its CDMA network. It will provide Brasil Telecom Participações with the administration and maintenance of the operator's fixed and mobile telephony infrastructure and...
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Vendor results - 19/01/08
Samsung (S. Korea) announced 4Q07 profit is down 6.6%. 2007 net income was $7.9bn, down 6%, on sales of $67.6bn, up 7%. It sold 161m (+41%) mobile phone in 2007 and targets 200m units in 2008. 2007 telecom sales reached $21bn, up 7%, with an operating...
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Global operator strategies - 19/01/08
Global telecom services revenue reached $1500bn in 2006 (up 7.4%), but CAGR over the 2006-2011 period is poised to slow to 4.2%. The EU Commission targets to modify billing rules for abroad calls. Today, the billing system invoices on a minute base. Commissioner...
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Mobile operator strategies - 19/01/08
Telefonica will cut by as much as 40% mobile data services when roaming. Consumers in Spain, the UK, Germany, the Czech Republic will benefit from the new tariff. Google updated its iPhone applications, allowing its users to switch between applications...
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Subscriber figures - 19/01/08
S. Korea: the subscriber base reached 43.5m with the service penetration of over 89%; there were 5.7m 3G users and 6.5m mobile TV users at the end of 2007. Kyvstar (Ukraine) reports 23.6m mobile subscribers at the end of 2007. Softbank (Japan) has a mobile...
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People - 19/01/08
Nokia will cut 2300 jobs and close its mobile phone factory in Bochum, Germany. In addition, its R&D unit in Germany for software adaptation will be sold to Sasken technologies. It will also sell its automotive business Sprint Nextel would cut several...
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APAC mobile dominance
APAC mobile dominance (numbers at 3Q07-end) In the top 20 mobile networks by customers, 8 are located in APAC; 6 are coming from China and India and account for over 650m subscribers or 20% of the worldwide total. The 6 are located 2 in China (China Mobile...
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Global vendor strategies - 12/01/08
Motorola announced the purchase of Asian mobile music provider Soundbuzz for an undisclosed amount. It also launched a DVB-H multimedia device for mobile TV. All the moves show a new strategy of innovation (new models announced) and mimicking Nokia' s...
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Fixed vendor strategies - 12/01/08
Intel is betting on ultra mobile platforms. It will add its WiMAX chip (called Baxter Peak) in laptops, in mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and in ultra-portables. Its new strategy is to enter the “connected box” market. Motorola announced the new CPEi...
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Mobile vendor strategies - 12/01/08
Future mobile phones would be designed to include a breakthrough ultra-compact, LED-illuminated projection engine , able to project an image 40 inches wide on walls. The technology is designed by 3M. Samsung targets selling 200m mobile units in 2008 and...
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Fixed contracts - 12/01/08
Huawei has been selected by TransTelecom (Bulgaria) for deploying a commercial WiMAX network, as well as in Tajikistan by Babilon-T. . Alvarion and Bridgewater will supply WiMAX solutions to MSTelecom in Angola. Juniper is providing its T-series to Chunghwa...
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Mobile contracts - 12/01/08
Motorola has signed a $150m mobile contract with Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) (Saudi Arabia) for GSM network expansion, and will provide the radio network of MTC (Saudi Arabia). Ericsson will provide a mobile TV and video solution to Cellcom (Israel); expand...
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Vendor results - 12/01/08
CSFB lowered estimates on Ericsson for 2008 by more than 5% due to slower revenue growth and potential market share losses, and on ALU due to the impact of currency and continued sluggish CDMA market. RBC downgraded Motorola to sector perform due to slower-than-expected...
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Global operator strategies - 12/01/08
The EU Commission announced it will make policy proposals by mid-2008 to create a single European market for online services such as music, films and games. India 1 : Nine companies were given telecom licenses for both fixed and mobile services in India....
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Fixed operator strategies - 12/01/08
BT and Microsoft teamed up to deliver IPTV and HD movie services (BT' s Vision package) to Xbox 360 users. Telecom Italia plans to sell its French ISP unit Alice (880k ADSL subscribers). Meraki Networks is a start-up that promises (again) free WiFi in...
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Mobile operator strategies - 12/01/08
Mobitel (Georgia), a Vimpelcom company, won a mobile license in Georgia in the 850MHz band. Orange has sold 70,000 iPhone in one month in France. It is good score in the middle of the operator' s target range. Apple has sold almost 5m units worldwide...
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Subscriber figures - 12/01/08
Pakistan : 4.6m fixed line subscribers, of which 1.6 m wireless local loop users. Celtel Uganda currently has 1.5m mobile users. India added 8.3m new mobile subscribers in November. PLDT (Philippines) has over 30m (+6%) mobile customers at the end of...
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People - 12/01/08
Motorola announced 1600 layoffs done in 4Q07. LG USA has appointed Jeff Hwang as president. ALU announced the appointment of Vivek Mohan as President of the company’s business in India, and the appointment of Rémi Thomas as Vice President, Investor Relations....
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Carrier Capex worth $250bn in 2007
According to Infonetics Research, the worldwide telecom carrier capex grew by 7% in 2007 to $251bn, driven by mobile and broadband demand. The research firm forecasts that worldwide capex will plateau in 2009 and begin declining in 2010. In developed...
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Top 10 European MNOs and markets
8 countries (France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and the UK) account for 70% of the total European subscribers. The largest country by subscriber is Germany with over 89m (+12%) users and a penetration rate of 108%. Italy is just behind...
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3G in Europe
The 3G subscriber base reached 68m in Europe at the end of September. This is almost 10% penetration, and net additions in the quarter totaled over 9m. Growth has been almost 86%, versus a poor 8% growth in pure 2G connections to almost 631m. As a result,...
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Market Corner - 24/12/07
A few set of market information released this week: According to IDC, the French PMR market was worth €300m in 2006. Infonetics Research forecasts that femtocell shipments would generate $630m revenues in 2010. According to In-Stat, there were 5.4m BPL...