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Comcast and Plaxo: Synergy or What?

2008-05-16T08:26:37Z

This is for the first time that a major telecom service provider has acquired a major social networking company. There are several possible synergies...

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BT 1Q08 VoIP and IPTV Update

2008-05-16T08:23:14Z

• 2 million VoIP subscribers at the end of 1Q08. • 21CN update: 58% of UK national core infrastructure built • 214k IPTV subscribers at the end of...

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Wimax operators in Eastern Europe aggressively deploying VoIP

2008-05-15T10:50:35Z

VoIP momentum is shifting within Europe with Eastern Europe coming in strong now. The new set of initiatives is driven by the Wimax service...

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Telefonica 1Q08 IPTV Update

2008-05-15T10:46:19Z

554k IPTV subscribers as of end 1Q08. Added 43k subscribers during 1Q08 IPTV penetration rate is 11.46% of the broadband subscribers Telefonica also...

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Nimbuzz: What is the revenue model?

2008-05-15T05:22:29Z

If Nimbuzz is planning to play with social networking and all the buzz words, it might be a bit late in the day. The market is looking for a...

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Charter Communications 1Q08 VoIP Update

2008-05-14T12:13:13Z

• 1.09 million VoIP subscribers at the end of 1Q08 • Added 125,700 new subs during 1Q08, the most active VoIP quarter so far. • VoIP revenues nearly...

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Telenor 1Q08 VoIP Update

2008-05-14T12:11:37Z

• VoIP subscribers in Norway 133K. Added 2k new subs during 1Q08 • VoIP subscribers in Sweden 209K. Added 7k new subs during 1Q08 • VoIP subscribers...

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Telecom Italia 1Q08 VoIP and IPTV Update

2008-05-14T12:09:42Z

• Telecom Italia ended 1Q08 with 136k IPTV subscribers, an increase of 56 thousand in the quarter. • 1.5 million VoIP subscribers as of end 1Q08,...

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Comcast 1Q08 VoIP Update

2008-05-13T12:37:56Z

• Added over 639k VoIP subscribers during the 1Q08. • Comcast ended 1Q08 with a total of 5.1 million VoIP subscribers. • 5.1 million VoIP customer...

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Telio 1Q08 VoIP Update

2008-05-13T12:34:35Z

• Telio had 148.9k subscribers at end 1Q08. Total increase of 4,210 during 1Q08. • Majority of customers (104,854) in Norway. • Revenues: NOK 94.3...

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The best comm chipheads around

2008-05-12T18:25:42Z

Here is the annual list of honors from our recent chip report: BEST MARGINS: Qualcomm enjoys the maximum margins among communications chip companies....

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Who should pick up Jangl assets?

2008-05-12T17:41:02Z

Jangl investors should try to sell the company assets to a telecom vendor. Some of telecom vendors are developing features that enable ad supported...

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Cablevision 1Q08 VoIP Update

2008-05-12T17:31:36Z

• 1.7 million VoIP subscribers as of end 1Q08 • Added 93k or 5.8% during 1Q08 • VoIP represents 36% penetration in homes passed • VoIP represented...

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Deutsche Telekom 1Q08 IPTV Update

2008-05-12T17:27:46Z

154k IPTV subscribers as of end 1Q08 Added 38,000 IPTV subscribers in 1Q08 Deutsche Telekom had dropped the price of its starter package by 17...

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Tata says Tata to mid density VoIP gear

2008-05-12T12:54:43Z

Tata Communications will be deploying the high density gateways from Sonus. This is for the international footrpint, not for the domestic Indian...

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United Telecom to bring IPTV-over-Fiber to Goa

2008-05-09T12:41:20Z

United Telecom, a Bangalore based telecom company contracted by the Indian authorities to build out an advanced broadband network in the tourist hub...

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Veraz Networks 1Q08 Update

2008-05-09T09:55:03Z

Total revenue $27.9 million, a 20% decline from 4Q07 VoIP product revenue $20.7 million, compared to 4Q07 revenue of $20.9 million 1 customer...

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Vonage 1Q08 Update

2008-05-09T09:47:45Z

• Added 30,000 net subscriber lines in the 1Q08 and finished the quarter with more than 2.6 million lines in service • Average monthly customer churn...

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Time Warner Cable 1Q08 VoIP Update

2008-05-09T09:44:44Z

• VoIP subscribers: 3.2 million, representing 12.6% penetration of service-ready homes passed • Added 280,000 VoIP subscribers during the quarter •...

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Verizon and AT&T 1Q08 IPTV Update

2008-05-09T09:42:49Z

AT&T: 379k IPTV subscribers, up 148k from previous quarter. Addressable market 9 million homes Verizon: 1.2 million IPTV subscribers, up 263k from...

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One acquisition that Sonus badly needs

2008-05-08T17:40:37Z

It remains a mystery why Sonus is not keen on acquiring a feature server company such as Broadsoft or Sylantro. They should have made an acquisition...

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Questions on Jajah-Yahoo deal

2008-05-08T07:48:13Z

A few open questions on the recent Jajah/Yahoo deal, perhaps our readers can answer: Whatever happened to the Dialpad acquisition by Yahoo? Was that...

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France Telecom 1Q08 VoIP and IPTV Update

2008-05-08T07:13:55Z

• 4.65 million VoBB subscribers in France as of end 1Q08. Added 547k subscribers during 1Q08 • 722k VoBB customers outside France. Poland: 164k VoIP...

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Features that could put FMC on FIRE

2008-05-07T16:05:42Z

It has been a while since I heard any major development on the consumer FMC side. I am assuming that mobile VoIP and Femtocell have pushed this thing...

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Integrated Device Technology 1Q08 Update

2008-05-07T15:31:11Z

Revenues for the 1st quarter of 2008 were $177.1 million, down by 14% q-o-q. Net loss stood at $17.1 million for the period up from $13.4 million in...

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A P2P cartel

2008-05-07T08:33:52Z

ThinkPanmure thinks telcos worldwide will set up an old style cartel with shades of 19th century settlement rate system. It is supposed be a joint...

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Open Source IPTV middleware

2008-05-06T13:54:35Z

To my knowledge, there is no such thing out there yet. But there will be. A couple of companies are doing it at the client level (for Web TV) but the...

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Atheros 1Q08 Update

2008-05-06T13:24:29Z

Atheros earned revenues of $114.5 million which was up by 0.2 million q-o-q. Net income for the period was $7.6 million. Taiwan amounted for the...

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SMIC 1Q08 Update

2008-05-06T13:20:41Z

SMIC earned revenues of $362.37 million in 1Q 2008. Compared to 4Q 2007, there was a decrease of 8.3% in revenues. Net Loss was substantially high at...

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VoIP industry defying investor sentiment

2008-05-05T11:56:06Z

As has been the underlying characteristic of VoIP industry over the last 7 years, the growth pattern refuses to change direction. Our 9th annual...

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