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Instant Messaging initiative
Instant Messaging initiative The GSM Association has launched an IM initiative to reach interoperability agreements between 15 mobile phone operators, including China Mobile, France Telecom, Telefonica , TeliaSonera, Telecom Italia Mobile, Turkcell, Vodafone...
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Lucent retirees rebel
Lucent retirees rebel The Lucent Retirees Organization recently led a rebellion against Lucent' s Board of Directors, and was joined by other shareholders to approve measures designed to tighten up the performance requirements for executive pay, and reduce...
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Optical networking market
Optical networking market Ovum-RHK has released its latest edition of forecasts on the optical networking market. 4Q05 revenues for the segment grew 7% to $3bn, and 2005 total reached $11bn, up 17%, of which the multiservice SONET/SDH ADM totaled almost...
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China will build 3 TD-SCDMA trial networks
China will build 3 TD-SCDMA trial networks China' s MII has named China Telecom, China Mobile and China Netcom to launch tests of TD-SCDMA network for commercial operation. MII was a little bit upset that most of Chinese operators have built WCDMA trail...
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DSL aggregation survey
DSL aggregation survey Infonetics reported its latest study on the DSL aggregation equipment market. In 2005, the segment grew 38% in number of ports to 82.3m, and 23% in revenues to $6.4bn. Alcatel maintains its top position in worldwide DSL aggregation...
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Mobile video interoperability
Mobile video interoperability GSMA has begun interoperability trials to ensure that mobile users will be able to share video across networks. The goal is to ensure that this service will work across as many mobile devices as possible and across both fixed...
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After 3G? It is 3G LTE
After 3G? It is 3G LTE 3G may need a major leap forward in capabilities to remain competitive, amid alternative technologies, such as DVB-H and WiMAX. HSDPA or MBMS (multimedia broadcast and multicast service) only bring short -term enhancements, but...
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FON vision
FON vision Google and eBay division Skype have invested into FON. FON has no link with the Sprint fiber optic network, but is a Spanish start-up company which turns home wireless routers into WiFi hotspots, creating a global network of shared WiFi connections....
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High-quality services
High-quality services It is fashionable now! And it is the way operators want to differentiate their services from competitors offering commodity best-effort-based services. As well as Bellsouth and AT&T, France Telecom is riding the same horse: pay for...
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Cutting international roaming fees: Now!
Cutting international roaming fees: Now! The European Commission targets cutting international roaming fees. In spite of previous (and inefficient) demands on this subject to mobile operators, and opening a web site benchmarking European tariffs, EU want...
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3G license fee tax refunds
3G license fee tax refunds European mobile operators paid about €100bn for 3G licenses in the 98-02 period. In auctioning or selling at high prices 3G licenses, European governments made huge profits. It is why some mobile operators say that they are...
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MVNOs' subscriber base should take off
MVNOs' subscriber base should take off A recent survey of In-Stat reveals that up to 80% of both planned and current cellular subscribers would consider buying service from an MVNO. Coverage, service quality and price are the main drivers for deciding...
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Google Talk connected to the PSTN
Google Talk connected to the PSTN Another threat for telcos is coming from Google Talk, the Google VOIP service opened recently, but now extended to the PSTN world. Through an agreement with a US CLEC, VOIP Inc., VOIP calls on Google Talk can be redirect...
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Managed services solutions
Managed services solutions In past few years, managed services gained momentum, driven by service providers willing to cut capex and operating costs and better mitigating the risks associated with innovation. Lucent, Ericsson and few others were the main...
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MVNE bandwagon
MVNE bandwagon What is a MVNE first? It is an enabler, a facilitator between the mobile operator that host a mobile service provided by a MVNO that wants to leverage its brand (i.e Virgin Mobile). As the MVNO segment is forecast to rapidly grow, the market...
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Africa: a fast mobile growth market
Africa: a fast mobile growth market Portio Research forecasts that Africa could see significant growth in mobile subscribers in the next five years. The subscriber base could grow to 378m in 2011, from current 114m, with a CAGR of 22%, one of the highest...
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It is in the air
It is in the air Last month the news that Bellsouth has plans to charge service providers for quality of service, was widely ignored. As I thought it was first to test the market reaction, I did not care about too much. Too stupid, the idea was in the...
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Nokia strategy
Nokia strategy Nokia will support the 3GPP standard MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Standard) to enable streaming video over 3G networks, while having a major role in DVB-H broadcast technology. While thinking that DVB-H would emerge as the main...
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Mobile data must succeed
Mobile data must succeed US mobile data revenues were about $8.5bn in 2005, just a portion (circa 7%) of the global mobile services estimated at about $124bn. With mobile voice revenues on the decline, due to competitive price pressure, mobile operators...
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Mobiles phones market share and predictions
Mobiles phones market share and predictions With about 800m units sold in 2005, up 19%, Strategy Analytics forecasts that the market could grow another 15% in 2006 and pass over 1bn units in 2007. Nokia remains the market leader with about 34%, followed...
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China 3G expected road
China 3G expected road According to Norson Consulting, China could issue 3G licenses in 1H06, and users could be 15m by year-end, to grow to 125m by 2010. China Mobile is expected to receive a WCDMA license, and could have 50m 3G users in 2010; China...
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Mobile DTV Alliance
“ Mobile DTV Alliance” has been launched by four leading vendors, Nokia, Motorola, Intel and Texas Instrument. Its goal is to promote broadcasting instead of streaming. With streaming, TV transmission uses mobile operator networks and they will be rapidly...
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China approved TD-SCDMA
China approved TD-SCDMA China' s MII approved the TD-SCDMA standard, clearing the way for 3G wireless service in the market. It is believed that a TD-SCDMA license first will be issued to China, then other 3G licenses could come several months later....
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50% of the world population connected by 2009
50% of the world population connected by 2009 According to Portio Research, mobile subscriber base would reach almost 4bn by 2011 (from 2bn in 2005). It is a big growth, and by 2011, almost 50% of the world population could theoretically have a telephone...
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Mobile user base to reach 2.5bn this year
Mobile user base to reach 2.5bn this year According to Strategy Analytics, the mobile industry should be serving 2.5bn subscribers by the end of the year and 3.5bn by the end of 2010. At that time, mobile service revenues could reach $800m. Strategy Analytics...