France Telecom Reaches 4.2 million ADSL lines

France Telecom reported consolidated Q3 revenues of EUR 12.05 billion, compared to EUR 11.65 billion for the same period last year on an actual basis (11.53 billion EURs on a comparable basis). This represents an increase of 4.5% on a comparable basis and 3.5% on an actual basis. Some highlights:there were 4.2 million ADSL lines in service in France (not including unbundled lines) at September 30, 2004, an increase of 73% compared with September 30, 2003 (2.4 million). The acceleration of the France Telecom's "Plan Haut Débit pour Tous" (Broadband...

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AMD Aims Low-cost Personal Internet Communicator at Developing Markets

AMD launched an initiative to enable 50% of the world's population with Internet connectivity and computing capabilities by 2015. A key element of the program is a new, low-cost Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) consumer device designed for emerging markets. The PIC would be branded, marketed and sold by local service providers such as telecommunications companies and government-sponsored communications programs. The deliver basic Internet...

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Oplink to Acquire EZconn for Photonic Components

Oplink Communications agreed to acquire Ezconn, a manufacturer of cable and photonics components, for $30 million in cash and stock. EZconn, which is based in Taiwan and has manufacturing facilities in Taiwan and China, supplies components for broadband cable and FTTX (Fiber-to-the- (Home, Curb, Premise, Node, etc.)) applications. Oplink, which is based in San Jose, California, provides design, integration and optical manufacturing solutions (OMS) for optical networking components and subsystems. http://www.oplink.c...

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VIVO Launches CDMA2000 1xEV-DO with Lucent

VIVO announced the commercial launch of a 3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network in the in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro regions of Brazil. This Lucent-supplied network enables VIVO to provide mobile data services at speeds of up to 2.4 Mbps to laptops and PDAs equipped with 1x-EV-DO PC cards. For the commercial network launch, Lucent upgraded VIVO's Lucent-supplied base stations to support CDMA2000 1xEV-DO. Lucent Worldwide Services provided network integration and installation services. http://www.vivo.com.brhttp://www.lucent....

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Voiceglo Adds Push-to-Talk Buddy Feature to VoIP Service

Voiceglo, a broadband telephony provider, has added a peer-to-peer voice messaging feature to its proprietary Web- and PC-based service, the GloPhone. The feature is similar to the push-to-talk functionality of cell phones, allowing users to send and receive instant voice messages to other GloPhone users on their buddy list. Specifically, the GloMessenger application allows GloPhone users to send voice messages to one another using MP3 formatted files - without having to initiate a phone call. Users click on a "Send Message" button and record...

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NETGEAR's Q3 Sales Rise 34% over Last Year

NETGEAR reported Q3 net revenue of $101.2 million, a 34% increase as compared to $75.8 million for Q3 2003. Net revenue for Q2 was $88.4 million. Net income (GAAP) was $5.9 million or $0.19 per basic share and $0.18 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of ($4.0) million for the third quarter of 2003. Net revenue in Q3 2004 derived from North America was $57.1 million, the Europe, Middle East and Africa, or EMEA, region was $36.2 million, and the Asia Pacific region was $8.0 million. http://www.netgear....

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Leading Carriers Form ENUM Group for North America

Leading service providers have formed a new group called Country Code 1 ENUM Limited Liability Company to promote the development of consistent, standards-based ENUM technology throughout North America. Founding members include AT&T, GoDaddy.com, MCI, SBC Laboratories, Sprint, and Verizon. "ENUM technology will play a vital role in the continued growth and development of VoIP," said Keith Cambron, president and CEO, SBC Laboratories. "It is critically important that ENUM technology is developed in a consistent, standards-based manner. htt...

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Alcatel Sees Q3 Sales Rise 11% over Last Year

Alcatel reported Q3 sales of EUR 3.044 billion, up 11% (14% at constant exchange rates) over the same period last year and up 3% sequentially. The company's gross margin was 37.7% of sales. Net income pre-goodwill for the quarter was registered at EUR 187 million or diluted EUR 0.14 per share (USD 0.17 per ADS) and net income after goodwill at EUR 84 million or diluted EUR 0.06 per share (USD 0.08 per ADS). Some highlights for Q3.Mobile communications: sales were up 28% YoY with positive indications for Q4. Alcatel cited sales breakthroughs in...

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Reaches 2.9 Million DSL Accounts

Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's incumbent operator, added 195,000 ADSL subscribers in Q3, giving it a total of 2.9 million lines in service -- a 29% increase of the same time last year. The company has 3.8 million Internet subscribers, up by 72,000 for the quarter. Chunghwa's total fixed line subscriber base stood at approximately 13.2 million at the end of Q3, a 1.0% YoY increase. However, total fixed line revenues for the first nine months 2004 declined by 7.1%, mainly due to fixed-line competition, mobile substitution and a continuous migration...

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SBC Offers $19.95 Monthly DSL Promotion

SBC Communications announced its lowest monthly price to date for SBC Yahoo! DSL -- $19.95 a month for new DSL residential customers who commit to a one-year term and subscribe to the company's unlimited local and long distance calling plan. The All Distance bundle delivers unlimited local and nationwide direct-dial long distance calling, Caller ID, voicemail and the choice of two SBC calling features for $48.95 a month. The $19.95 DSL add-on provides download speeds of 384 Kbps - 1.5 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 384 Kbps. http://www.sbc...

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Verizon Cites Growth in Wireless, LD, DSL, Data and Enterprise

Citing growth in wireless, long-distance and broadband services, Verizon reported Q3 revenue of $18.206 billion, up 6.7% over the same period last year. Q3 earnings were $1.8 billion -- 64 cents per diluted share, or 65 cents per share before one special item. For the first time, Verizon Wireless contributed more than 40 percent of Verizon's total revenues. Some highlights for Q3:Verizon Wireless: added 1.7 million net new customers, the largest quarterly customer increase in the history of the company, which was formed in April 2000. The total...

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PCTEL to Acquire Selected Antenna Assets from Andrew Corp.

PCTEL to acquire selected assets associated with Andrew Corporations' (ANDW) mobile antenna business for $10 million in cash. The assets to be acquired consist of Andrew's GPS, On-Glass, and Antenna Specialists brand of professional antenna products. PCTEL acquired Maxrad in January, 2004. With the acquisition of the selected Andrew antenna assets, the company estimates that it will achieve over $40 million in antenna-related revenue in 2005. http://www.pctel....

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America Online Offers Premium Virus Protection

America Online began offering McAfee VirusScan Online protection at no additional cost as part of its basic membership to both broadband and dial-up customers. Until now, this was a premium service sold separately to America Online members. http://www.aol....

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DSLExtreme Lowers Price to $21.95

DSL Extreme, which offers broadband service in twenty-one markets across the U.S., lowered its DSL price to $21.95 per month for the first year for 1500/384 kbps service. The $21.95 package includes up to 10 email addresses with a total of 1 GB of storage, 250 Megs of Personal Webspace, unlimited Usenet News service, and game server access with gamer-specific peering. http://www.dslextreme....

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Telefonica Moviles Completes Acquisition of Bellsouth's L.A. Networks

Telefonica Moviles completed the acquisition of BellSouth's cellular operators in Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. These acquisitions mark the conclusion of the second stage of the purchases agreed to by the companies. Together with the acquisition of Bellsouth's cellular operators in Ecuador, Guatemala and Panama on 14 October, Telefonica Moviles has now completed the acquisition of eight of the 10 operators. The company expects to complete the remaining acquisitions (in Argentina and Chile) over the course of 2004http://w...

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