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A $50bn+ market in Africa
Africa now is a hot topic, and at the heart of all mobile actors' strategies. With very low phone teledensity, Africa could be the new place for high-speed mobile growth, attracting operators and vendors. The first initiative is coming from the International...
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India is new mobile Eldorado
The Indian market is already recognized as one of the fastest growing mobile market in the world, with India adding some 6m new subscribers per month. To fuel to the current heath, the Indian Government has allowed operators with a license for one technology...
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ALU 3Q07 results
3Q07 revenues were €4.3bn, down 11%, while operating income was €70m and adjusted net loss in the quarter was $(258)m. The adjusted pro-forma net income was €532m. The Carrier Business unit revenues were €3.4bn, down 15%, and operating income was €22m....
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Verizon 3Q07
Verizon once again reported strong results. 3Q07 revenues grew 6% to $24bn, while the operating income rose 19% to $4.2bn. The operating margins increased two points to 17.7%. Net income amounted to $1.3bn, down 34%. Verizon Wireless announced revenues...
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IPv6 soon?
In order to sustain Internet growth and give addresses to all Internet users in few years, early IPv6 deployment is seen as THE solution. IPv6 addresses should be compatible with current IPv4 addresses; andIPv6 deployment is considered as a first priority...
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Market corner - 04/11/07
A few set of market information released this week: According to In-Stat, US broadband consumers prefer converged voice services and would be ready to pay up to $20 per month for the service. CVS services would generate over $8.6bn in the US by 2011....
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Global vendor strategies - 04/11/07
Motorola raised $1.4bn in bond sale to repay debt. Safran (France) unloads its Sagem Comms division for €383m to a US equity investor Gores Group. The division has 6,500 people, and €1.3bn 2006 revenues. ALU has sold 12.4% of Avanex shares (it received...
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Fixed vendor strategies - 04/11/07
ALU and IBM continue their collaboration in Unified communications solutions with the launch of OmniTouch My Teamwork for IBM Lotus Sametime, a fully integrated audio conferencing solution for IBM Lotus Sametime customers. Conexant Systems has halted...
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Mobile contracts - 04/11/07
NSN will provide next-generation convergent charging solution to Telkomsel (Indonesia). Ericsson has signed multi-year contract with AT&T for hosted pre-paid services. It will be the supplier of 2G/3G core network for ANTEL (Uruguay). It has completed...
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Vendor results - 04/11/07
Alvarion reports record 3Q07 revenues of $61m, up 39%, a net profit of about $2.4m (+20%). BreezeMAX revenues amounted to $35m in the quarter. ZTE earned $80m in the first 9mo in 2007, up 46%, on operating revenues of $3.1bn, up 47%. Export now accounts...
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Subscriber figures - 04/11/07
Cosmote (Greece) has a mobile customer base of over 13m in Southeast Europe, of which 3m in Romania. Free (France) currently has 2.8m broadband subscribers Verizon Wireless ended Sept. with 63.7m mobile subscribers, adding 1.6m new users in the quarter....
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Operator results - 04/11/07
Iliad/ Free said its 3Q07 revenues amounted to €307m, up 30%, and 9mo revenues to €881m, also up 30%. KPN posts flat 3Q07 revenues at €3bn, and an EBITDA of €1.2bn and net profit of €355m, up 5%. KPN repeated its full-year 2007 targets of flat revenues...
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People - 04/11/07
Bernard Moscheni (ex-CEO of Mobistar) has resigned and joined BTC (Bulgaria) as CEO. ALU will cut another 4,000 jobs to a total of 13,000. It also lost two executive: Jean-Pascal Beaufret its CFO and Christian Reinaudo, its Europe and North region director....
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Motorola 3Q07: progress!!
Motorola was under review after recent profit warning and turmoil in its mobile handset division. If 3Q07 net profit continues to slip (down 94%) to $60m, with sales also down 17% to $8.8bn, it is the first profit since the beginning of the year, marking...
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Ericsson 3Q07 : as expected
Ericsson reported its 3Q07 financial results at no surprise after the profit warning last week. Net profit was down 36% to €440m as well as the operating income at €620m. Sales were up 6% to €4.8bn. CFO Sundstroem decided to leave Ericsson, and is replaced...
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FT 3Q07: good
FT posted better than expected results. 3Q07 revenues were up over 3% to €13.5bn, an EBITDA of about €5.1bn (+4%) and a gross margin of almost 38% (+ 0.3 points). Mobile revenues were up 5.6% to €7.6bn, while fixed and broadband business reported revenues...
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Market corner - 29/10/07
A few set of market information released this week: According to ABI Research, RIM held 44% of the US smartphone market in 2Q07, ahead of Palm with 24%, Motorola with about 11% and Nokia with 6.5%. RIM was the only one to gain market share. According...
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Global vendor strategies - 29/10/07
Microsoft explains its future: address both the enterprise and consumer mobility markets, offer a new, enterprise-friendly, mobile-device-management suite, and pursue a “new model” with a common platform to support software for PCs, online and mobile...
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Fixed vendor strategies - 29/10/07
ALU and Spirent signed partnership agreement to provide triple play testing solutions. ALU also signed cooperation agreements with Acer, Quanta Computer and Aacton Technology for WiMAX devices. It also has launched the first WiMAX Rev-e network in the...
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Mobile vendor strategies - 29/10/07
Nokia updates its MOSH mobile sharing site with SEEK, to be launched on Dec. 13, to allow users to request specific content and respond with suggestions or custom content. Nokia Video Center will distribute Mywaves videos. Apple sold 1.4m iPhone up to...
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Fixed contracts - 29/10/07
Nortel provided a WiMAX solution to state of Kentucky. NSN signed a fixed network contract with DTAC Network to provide its International Gateway solution. ALU will build the Mediterranean Sea segment of the MENA submarine cable system for Orascom Telecom....
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Mobile contracts - 29/10/07
Apple sold 1.4m iPhone up to now, with almost 1.1m units in 3Q07. NSN signed a series of contracts, worth €450m, with T-Mobile, for managed services and equipment. It won a GSM-R order from China' s Hefei-Nanjing Line. Brazil approves Telefonica deal...
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Vendor results - 29/10/07
Apple reports FY4Q earnings of $904m, up 67%, n revenues of $6.2bn (+28.5%). Apple shipped 2.2m Macs (+34%) in the quarter, over 10m iPods (+17%), and 1.1m iPhones. STMicroelectronics posts $2.5bn in 3Q07 revenues, up 6%, gross profit of $902m, operating...
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Global operator strategies - 29/10/07
DT plans acquisition in WE, and 3's European operations (specifically in Italy) could be the target. FT said it offers to open its ducts to competitors, but has asked for for reciprocal opening from owners of similar infrastructures. Microsoft buys a...
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Fixed operator strategies - 29/10/07
Sprint Nextel is still committed to WIMAX, even if its ex- CEO Gary Forsee, who was a champion of the new technology, was ousted. Jazztel (Spain) is in talks for launching an MVNO service in the country. Hondutel launches a new phase of its PHS (WLL system)...