Nokia Forecasts Camera Phone Market to Reach 600M Units in 2008

Nokia outlined its forecasts and expectations for the global mobile communications market for the coming years. Regarding the market, Nokia expects:the mobile device industry in 2005 to grow approximately 10% in volume from the 630 million units Nokia estimates for 2004 and to grow also in value, but to a lesser extent the annual 2008 camera phone market to be more than 600 million units and the smartphone market to be more than 200 million units the global mobile subscriber base to surpass two billion users in 2006 the overall mobile infrastructure...

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Net2Phone Awarded Cable VoIP Contracts by Altice One

Net2Phone announced contracts to provided outsourced cable VoIP services for Coditel Belgium, Coditel Luxembourg and Est Videocommunication in France, all members of the Altice One group, representing franchises passing 520,000 homes. These cable franchises will begin offering Net2Phone's cable VoIP solution to their subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2004. Net2Phone also announced that it has introduced a warrant incentive program, allowing selected cable operators to earn warrants to purchase shares of Net2Phone common stock. The Board of Directors...

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BT Adds 600,000 DSL Customers in Q3

BT added a record 600,000 DSL connections in Q3, taking BT Wholesale's end user base to 3,294,000. The UK has now overtaken Germany in terms of broadband users per 100 people in the population. BT also confirmed that BT Retail's share of the net additions for the quarter had improved from 29 per cent to 30 per cent taking its installed base to 1,283,000 customers. "The huge surge in connections was largely due to BT Wholesale's innovation in stretching the limits of ADSL so that homes beyond 6kms from an exchange can now access broadband. This...

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Mobistar Selects Nortel for Belgian 3G Network

Mobistar, Belgium's second largest wireless operator, has selected Nortel Networks as the sole supplier to upgrade its national wireless network. Nortel Networks previously supplied about one-half of Mobistar's second generation wireless radio network. The upgrade agreement calls for Nortel Networks to deploy Node B Internet base transceiver stations (BTS) and Radio Network Controllers (RNCs) for Mobistar. The Nortel Networks hardware is HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)-ready. Financial terms were not disclosed. Mobistar is a member...

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Qwest Adds 102,000 DSL Subscribers in Q3

Citing improved revenue trends, expanded margins and solid growth in cash flow, Qwest Communications reported Q3 revenue of $3.45 billion, a 0.2 percent increase sequentially and a 3.4 percent decrease from third quarter 2003. The fully diluted loss per share was $0.31 compared with a loss of $0.43 cents last quarter, which includes special items of $0.16 and $0.27, respectively. Some highlights:wireline revenue totaled $3.3 billion, up 0.1 percent sequentially and down 2.9 percent from a year ago.wireless revenue increased to $132 million in...

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Conexant Reports $213.1 Million in Quarterly Revenue

Conexant Systems reported quarterly revenue of $213.1 million, down 20% from the previous quarter's revenues of $267.6 million and consistent with the revised outlook provided by the company of 30-September-2004. The net loss for the quarter was $367.5 million, or $0.79 per diluted share, compared to net income of $37.2 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, for the same period in 2003. Pro forma operating loss was $9.6 million, or 4.5 percent of revenues, compared to a pro forma operating profit of $6.7 million in the year-ago quarter. Gross...

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Irish Broadband Expands Order for Alvarion's WiMax-Ready Systems

Irish Broadband issued follow-on orders valued at $1.4 million for Alvarion's WiMAX-ready BreezeACCESS and BreezeMAX platforms. Irish Broadband will be using BreezeACCESS VL to expand an existing Alvarion-based network operating in 5.7GHz, while they will use their recently awarded 3.5 GHz licenses to deploy the BreezeMAX 3500. Irish Broadband is a CLEC that serves business and residential customers in Dublin, Cork and Derry in Northern Ireland. The BreezeMAX network will extend coverage to the cities of Dundalk, Drogheda, Galway, Limerick, and...

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Covad Extends its Business VoIP in 14 Markets

Covad Communications has extended its business-class VoIP services to 14 new markets: Austin, TX: Birmingham, AL: Burlington, NC; Dayton, OH; Grand Rapids, MI; Greensboro, NC: Holland, MI; Jacksonville, FL; New Orleans, LA; Ogden, UT; Orlando, FL; Provo, UT; Salt Lake City, UT and San Antonio, TX. Covad currently offers two VoIP products for small- to medium-sized businesses, and for enterprises needing a virtual Private Branch Exchange (PBX). Covad vPBX is designed as a full PBX alternative. Covad PBXi is designed to work seamlessly with existing...

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Redback Wins Phase Two of KT Next-Gen Broadband Network

KT has selected Redback Networks' SmartEdge Service Gateway platform and NetOp Policy Manager as the primary platform and policy intelligence infrastructure for the second phase of its next-generation broadband network. The SmartEdge Service Gateway platform was the exclusive system for the first phase of deployment at KT, and now it is expected to serve the majority of all deploying provinces. Financial terms were not disclosed. KT makes use of Redback's Dynamic Subscriber Identification technology for seamless identification and authentication...

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MCI Reports Q3 Revenue of $5.1 billion

MCI reported Q3 revenue of $5.1 billion, a decline of 3%versus Q2 2004 and 15% versus Q3 2003. Operating expenses declined significantly in the quarter, reflecting the progress of MCI's cost reduction initiatives. Access costs fell to $2.6 billion, down 14% from Q3 2003, while costs of products and services declined 3%. Third quarter results include previously announced non-cash, pre-tax impairment charges of $3.5 billion that reduced the carrying value of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment. As a result, MCI reported an operating...

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BT Deploys Novell eDirectory for Identity Management

BT Exact is working with Novell on a directory-based program to integrate identity information among its various lines of business. The companies said the creation of a core repository of digital identities would allow BT to maximize existing IT investments and ensure employees had access to the most up-to-date information. When completed, the initiative will involve more than 100,000 users globally, including employees, agencies and partners. The Directory Enablement Program, based on Novell's eDirectory, has four main objectives:Identity...

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Shandong Unicom Selects Lucent's IMS Solution

Shandong Unicom, a provincial subsidiary of China Unicom, selected Lucent Technologies' IMS (IP Multimedia Sub-system)-based solution to offer VoIP to residential users and VoIP and IP Centrex services to enterprises in Jinan City, the provincial capital, and surrounding areas. The Accelerate solution for Shandong Unicom includes the IMS-ready Lucent Network Controller (a media gateway controller) and Lucent feature servers to deliver next generation IP services, as well as installation and deployment by Lucent Worldwide services. Financial terms...

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Industry Group Supports Sender Policy Framework to Stop Spam

The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), an industry group that includes leading carriers and ISPs, announced that its members will work toward adopting common standards for the deployment of sender authentication technologies. Members of the MAAWG technical committee are evaluating the proposals left following the MARID working group, disbanded earlier this year by the IETF. Already, MAAWG technical committee members have begun deploying the Sender Policy Framework proposal for validating the return address of an email message (commonly...

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Orange Chooses Nokia as 3G Supplier in Switzerland

Nokia will be the supplier of both core and radio-access networks for 3G for Orange Switzerland. Nokia has previously supplied WCDMA 3G networks to Orange UK and Orange France. In addition, the company's latest WCDMA smartphone, the Nokia 6630, will be included in Orange Group's offering of 3G products. Financial terms were not disclosed. Deployment of the Nokia WCDMA 3G system has already begun and it will be ready for use by the year end. In addition, Orange Switzerland will be using the Nokia NetActa Service Quality Manager for network and...

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Openwave Names Peterschmidt as CEO

Openwave Systems named David Peterschmidt as president and CEO and a member of the Openwave board. Don Listwin will remain on the board as vice chairman. Listwin will also serve as a consultant to Peterschmidt and the executive team during a transition period until the end of the year. Peterschmidt previously served as chairman and CEO of Inktomi. Most recently, he was CEO and chairman of Securify, a security software company, and will continue to serve as a director on its board. http://www.openwave.c...

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UTStarcom Announces $20 Million Contract With China Netcom

UTStarcom signed a contract valued at approximately $20 million with China Netcom to expand its existing IP-based PAS network in seven cities in Liaoning Province in northeast China. In 2000, China Netcom launched PAS service in three cities in Liaoning Province. Four years later, more than 2.6 million people subscribe for PAS service in 14 cities throughout the province. UTStarcom said it continues to be the leading PAS equipment vendor in the province with better than 50% market share in both infrastructure and handsets."http://www.utstar.c...

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Alcatel Reaches 1 million DSL Milestone in Brazil

Alcatel reached the milestone of 1 million digital subscriber lines (DSL) installed in Brazil. The company said this milestone is more than twice that of its nearest competitor in the country.Alcatel's DSL customers in Brazil are Telemar, Telefonica, and Brazil Telecom. http://www.alcatel....

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Alcatel to Deliver Metro Ethernet Network to Chilean Operator

GTD Group, a Chilean telecommunications operator, selected Alcatel to provide an MPLS-based metro Ethernet network to deliver virtual private network (VPN) services to corporate customers throughout the Santiago metropolitan area. Specifically, GTD will use the Alcatel 7450 Ethernet Service Switch, Alcatel 7750 Service Router and Alcatel 5620 Service Aware Manager. The network will also provide GTD the flexibility to offer any service at any port, including such high-value services as IP VPNs, virtual private LAN service and virtual leased line....

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