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Subscriber figures N55
DT finished 2004 with 5.8m DSL subscribers, up 45%, in Germany . TDMA subscriber number declined 23% in 2004 according to The Diffusion Group. Vonage exceeds 500,000 lines in service on its network. Japan : DoCoMo added 246k new users in February bringing...
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Subscriber figures N55
DT finished 2004 with 5.8m DSL subscribers, up 45%, in Germany . TDMA subscriber number declined 23% in 2004 according to The Diffusion Group. Vonage exceeds 500,000 lines in service on its network. Japan : DoCoMo added 246k new users in February bringing...
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Subscriber figures N55
DT finished 2004 with 5.8m DSL subscribers, up 45%, in Germany . TDMA subscriber number declined 23% in 2004 according to The Diffusion Group. Vonage exceeds 500,000 lines in service on its network. Japan : DoCoMo added 246k new users in February bringing...
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Subscriber figures N54
India : CDMA subscriber base grew to 14m by 2004 year-end. There are 6 CDMA networks in India , but all are limited mobility or fixed (Wireless local loop) networks. So, it is unfair to include them in mobile subscribers base. Belgium : mobile operator...
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1bn APAC GSM users
APAC GSM users reached 1bn mark at the end of June 07. Of this total, almost 66m were 3G WCDMA, on a total of 100m 3G regional users. As a technology, GSM accounts now for 84.5% of the regional mobile users, with all other technologies declining. PDC...
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Subscriber figures N53
Japan : DoCoMo announced 10m 3G FOMA users; main growth drivers are videophone functions and a wider range of 3G handsets. Brazil : mobile customers reached 66m at the end of January, up 42% yoy. China : China Mobile added 3.2m new subscribers in January,...
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Subscriber figures N51
Singapore mobile market breakdown is: leader SingTel with 1.54m subs., then M1 with 1.16+m and StarHub with 1.16-m. Philippines mobile market breakdown is: leader Smart with 19m subs., followed by Globe with 12.5m subs. and Digitel well behind (launched...
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Subscriber figures N50
Telecom Italia announced it has 4m ADSL subscribers at the end of 2004. China internet user number should increase 30% in 2005 to 134m (source Analysys). PT INDOSAT want to attract 1.1m 1.1 million new mobile subscribers in the East Java province this...
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Subscriber figures N49
MobiNil ( Egypt ) announced it has passed 4m subscriber number mark. China had 94m internet users at the end of 2004, of which 45% have broadband internet access. Indonesia has about 30m mobile subscribers as of the end of 2004 (up 60%). China Unicom...
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Subscriber figures 24-01-05 N48
Brazil mobile customers reached 66m (+41%), with a mobile penetration of 37%, according to Anatel. Japan s mobile phone shipments fell 9% to 3.8m units in November. Total users were 89.7m, or 71% population penetration. China totaled 334m mobile subscribers...
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Subscriber figures 17-01-05 N47
India reaches 47.3 m mobile subscribers at the end of 2004, of which 37.4m GSM and 9.9m true CDMA cellular users. India forecasts teledensity of 25% by 2010 (from 8.2% in 2004). Reliance Infocom ( India ) announced 10.3m users on its CDMA WLL network....
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Subscriber figures 10-01-05 N46
Talkline ( Germany ) had 2.5 mobile subscribers at the end of 2004. India targets some 9m broadband users by 2007 and 20m by 2010. Russia had some 3.5m broadband users in 3Q04. Vonage , the US leading VOIP provider, today announced it has exceeded 400,000...
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Operator results - 11/09/06
Bouygues Telecom (France) reported 1H06 net profit of €305m, up 39%, on revenues of €2.2bn, up 1%. MTS (Russia) posted 2Q06 net income down 3% on revenues of $1.5bn, up 20%. Iliad (France) reports 1H06 net income of €59m, up 143%, on revenues of € 448m,...
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Mobile vendor strategies - 16/09/07
Nokia is planning to launch in 1H08 WiMAX-equipped internet tablets. Motorola unveils its phone strategy in three points: streamlining its device platforms, a steady stream of new products, make profitable market share. Nevertheless it already decided...
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Operator results - 25/08/06
Orascom (Egypt) announced a 36% 1H06 revenue increase to $2bn, a 41% increase in EBITDA to $895m, and a net income at $327m. Telekom Austria reports 2Q06 net profit of €131m, up 74%, an EBIT rising 52% to €192m. China Netcom posts 1H06 net profit falling...
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Operator results - 23/08/06
Telstra is cutting down expectations for financial results due to new ULL Access regulatory pricing. Revenue growth should be limited to 1.5% to 2% in the year to June 2007 and earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) growth of 2% to 4%. Belgacom (Belgium)...
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Operator results - 20/08/06
Hutchison Telecom returns to profit. 1H06 net profit amounted to $257k, ve loss of $48m, on revenues jumping 48% to $2bn. Strong performance in the Indian and Israeli markets drove the growth. Kyivstar (Ukraine) reports 1H revenue of $757m, up 68%, a...
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Operator results - 06/08/06
Time Warner reports 2Q06 net income of 24 cents per share (vs loss of 9 cents) on revenues up 1% to $10.7bn, below consensus. Cable revenues grew 15% to $2.7bn, while AOL revenues fell 11% to $2bn and lost almost 1m subscribers in the US. KPN posts 2Q06...
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Operator results - 29/07/06
Bharti Airtel (India) posted a net profit up 48% to €130m on revenues of €663m. Telefonica Moviles reports a 1H06 net profit of €1.1bn (up 13%), on revenues of €8.8bn, up 13%. Revenues in Spain rose 3% to €4.4bn. OIBDA grew 12.4% to €2.9bn. Telefonica...
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Operator results - 24/07/06
Yahoo reports 2Q06 profit of $ 164m, down 360%, on sales of $ 1.6bn, up26%. Google posted strong results with 2Q earnings of $721m, up 110%, on sals of $2.5bn, up 77%. Microsoft announced a 24% drop in 2Q06 net income to $2.8bn, but its turnover grew...
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Operator results - 25/05/06
US mobile operators are targeting improving profit margin. While ATT is giving Cingular the goal to increase its profit margin beyond 40% by the end of 2007 (from current 31%), Verizon Wireless is targeting the high 40s' . Swisscom warns on lower 2006...
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Operator results - 19/05/06
Hutchison Telecom announced 1Q06 net loss of $3m, narrowing from about $13 loss in 1Q2005. BT reported 1Q06 sales of €3.5bn, up 7%, of which broadband and IT services gained 28% to €1.26bn. EBITDA rose 1% to €1bn, while net profit fell 11% to €267m, due...
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Operator results - 17/05/06
Telecom Argentina reported $530m (+30%) in 1Q06 revenues, of which 55% in mobile (up 60%), 8% in internet and data (up 19%). OIBDA increased by 7% y/y to $179m. Net income was down 99% to $1m. Telekom Malaysia posted a 1Q06 net profit of $144m (up 39%),...
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Operator results - 12/05/06
PLDT (Philippines) announced a 7% decline in 1Q06 net earnings to $ 166m, on revenues of $ 600m. Bouygues Telecom (France) reported its 1Q06 revenues grew 2% to €1,1bn. Versatel (NL) posts 1Q06 net loss of €22m (vs profit of €1m), an EBITDA of €14m (down...
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Operator results - 10/05/06
Wataniya Telecom (Kuwait) reported revenues of $360m (+44%) in 1Q06, with EBITDA of $160m and a net profit of $38m. TNZ (New Zealand) reported 9-month net loss of $156m (impacted by a $575m write-off from the book value of AAPT, its Australian unit),...