News analysis

02 September 2008 09:09

Verwaayen in at Alcatel-Lucent

Former BT man faces very different issues at Al-Lu

Alcatel-Lucent has named its replacement CEO for the departing Patricia Russo, and it has plumped for Ben Verwaayen, the man widely credited with picking BT up, dusting it down, and starting all over again back in 2002, when it looked like the debt-laden incumbent was heading for a messy break-up. Verwaayen will work for a board headed up by new non-exectuve chair Phillip Camus. His

27 August 2008 10:01

Replacement market drives Western European handset market

Consumers head for mid-tier phones

Worldwide sales of mobile phones reached close to 305 million units in the second quarter of 2008, a 11.8 per cent increase over the second quarter of 2007, according to Gartner.  Sales of mobile phones in the mature markets of Western Europe and North America slightly recovered after a difficult start. Western Europe reached close to 42 million units while North America surpassed 44 million units in the second

17 July 2008 13:39

B2M joins Psion Teklogix in alliance partnership

Psion Teklogix, a mobile computing and wireless data collection solutions specialist, has announced that it has entered an alliance partnership with B2M Solutions. Leveraging the synergies between the two companies, the partnership will provide the market with a

11 July 2008 09:29

Mobile search company Taptu aims high

Mobile search company Taptu is aiming to have a double digit share of the mobile search market by 2010, Steve Ives, Taptu's ceo, has told Mobile Europe.

13 June 2008 12:24

Microsoft defends Windows Mobile

Compares Apples with Oranges - blows kisses at Nokia

Late last week, the phone rings.

06 June 2008 09:56

Merged companies target the IP RAN in and outdoors

Two companies, one trend?

Patented outdoor Distributed Anetanna (DAS) technology, combined with indoor coverage and millimeter microwave backhaul can create the IP RAN to drive deeper coverage and capacity within urban and campus areas, two separate companies have

05 June 2008 07:54

TeliaSonera rejects France Telecom offer

France Telecom has made a formal bid for TeliaSonera, at SEK 56.225 per share. The French operator said the bid was "firendly and indicative", and represented a 26% premium on TeliaSonera's price on April 15, the day before

04 June 2008 09:41

Orange plays catch-up

When ex-Virgin Mobile man Tom Alexander took over at Orange, one of the first things he did was bring in lots of other ex-Virgin types to have a really close look at the company. Well, the results are