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Pyramid Report Watch
Fixed Mobile Convergence: What works, what doesn’t, and the MNO’s Path to Substitution
By Svetlana Issaeva, Analyst
Discussions of “fixed-mobile convergence (FMC)” are at the top of the agenda for most service providers and all equipment manufacturers today. The term means different things to all of them, which generates a lot of confusion. For some market players, any bundle of fixed and mobile services means FMC, for others, FMC is an equivalent of extending mobility to PBX applications. Many other definitions are also in use. All of them are correct, but it becomes increasingly clear that a framework must be established to alleviate the ambiguity and help with the analysis of fixed-mobile convergence. Pyramid Research has developed such framework, using an overarching umbrella of “fixed-mobile services”. These services fall into three categories: fixed-mobile service bundles, fixed-mobile substitution services, and fixed-mobile convergent services (FMC), such as UMA and SIP-based dual-mode services. Read more |
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Pyramid Report Watch
From Apple to Orange: How MNOs Can Make Mobile Music Work in an iTunes World?
By: Pyramid Research
Nearly two years ago, Pyramid Research published a report on mobile music models. At that time, the market was non-existent outside Southeast Asia. Pyramid Research investigated two leading mobile music businesses—SK Telecom’s MelOn service in South Korea and KDDI’s Chaku-uta Full in Japan. Both providers took a different stance in delivery methods. SKT opted for an open subscription-based system that allows the transfer of tracks between mobile phone and PC, as well as over-the-air downloads directly to the device. KDDI opted for a mobile-only system that limits capabilities to move outside the mobile environment. Pyramid Research, at that time, said that SKT’s more open model was more likely to prevail in the rest of the world.
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Pyramid Telecom Roundup - Powered by ITI Digest!*
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Magyar Telekom to construct next-generation IP network in Hungary
The expansion of services based on Internet technology and broadband facilities has become an integral part of Magyar Telekom's business strategy. As part of the upgrading process of its IP backbone network, the company has deployed two CRS-1 terabit routers from Cisco Systems Inc that allow a significant increase in network reliability and the satisfaction of future capacity demands.
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Indonesian operators to build US$1.5bn fibre-optic network
A group of seven Indonesian telecommunications operators are to build a countrywide fibre-optic network, according to the Financial Times. The US$1.5 billion Palapa Ring project will involve the laying of 57,000km of cables across all 440 districts and is expected to take two years to complete. The cable will provide a boost for the country’s overloaded telecommunications infrastructure and improve connection with the nation’s remote regions. The first phase of the project, which was first proposed two years ago, will cover eastern Indonesia. Read the full article in ITI Digest
Ericsson and Telstra run world's first live 40Gbit/s optical transmission trial in Australia
Ericsson AB and Telstra have successfully completed what they claim to be the world's first live network trial for next-generation 40Gbit/s optical transmission technology in Australia. Read the full article in ITI Digest
LOUNET to merge with Elisa
Elisa Corporation and LOUNET Oy have signed a merger plan according to which LOUNET will merge with Elisa. Elisa Group currently owns 80.51% of LOUNET, which offers telecommunications services in western Finland. The business activities of the companies participating in the merger complement each other as a whole, and combining these activities will generate a stronger and more competitive entity. The merger will also simplify Elisa's current group structure.
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Swisscom purchases stake in Transmedia
After the launch of Bluewin TV and the purchase of holdings in multimedia companies as part of a move to strengthen its position in the fields of media and entertainment, Swisscom AG is now acquiring a 35% stake in the VoD specialist, Transmedia. The stake in the Geneva-based company represents a further step in Swisscom’s alignment as a multimedia provider. Read the full article in ITI Digest
Another consortium enters privatisation talks with BCE
The Strategic Oversight Committee of the board of directors of BCE Inc has announced that another group is entering into discussions to explore the possibility of taking the company private and that members of the group have signed non-disclosure and standstill agreements with BCE on a non-exclusive basis. The consortium includes Cerberus Capital Management, LP and a group of Canadian investors.
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Mobistar to acquire VOXmobile
Mobistar, a mobile operator in Belgium, has signed an agreement to acquire 90% of Luxembourg-based VOXmobile. In December 2006, the shareholders of VOXmobile authorised a bank to investigate the strategic options for the company. After the approval of its board of directors, Mobistar made a binding take-over offer that was accepted by VOXmobile. Mobistar will acquire 90% of the VOXmobile shares for €80.3 million. This amount equals proportional the estimated value of the company, minus its debts after capitalisation of the shareholders loans.
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