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NTT DoCoMo profit drops 20%

The press conference held by NTT DoCoMo revealed the drop in net profit compared to last year result. Due to the price war with its competitor, KDDI and SoftBank, the company revised its sales forecast for the full year. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "NTT DoCoMo profit drops 20%", url: "http://3gweek.net/2007/10/29/ntt-docomo-profit-drops-20/" });

Nokia profited more on Q3 2007

Thanks to the selling of low-cost cellphone in Africa, Middle East, and Asia, Nokia roses up its market share to 39% from 36% last quarter. Nokia makes 1.65 billion euros of profit, compared to 845 million of the same period last year. That will count 85% increasing. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nokia profited more on Q3 2007", url: [...]

Malaysia’s Maxis to invest RM2b on 3G

Malaysia’s biggest mobile firm, Maxis Communications Bhd, will spend a total of RM2.2 billion over the next three years to expand its third generation (3G) network and wireless broadband Internet services. The company expects a break- even period of about three years. Maxis aims to make broadband available to three quarters of all households by 2010. [...]

Alcatel Hurts on 3G ‘Pricing War’

Alcatel Inc. reported strong growth in its fixed-line business during the first quarter, but intense competition in mobile network equipment sales hurt the company’s operating margin, which rose to 6.5 percent from 4.1 percent a year ago, but fell below analyst expectations of 8 percent. The French equipment vendor posted first-quarter net profits of $129.1 million [...]

3G Hurts Ericsson Profits

Mobile phone network giant Ericsson reported first-quarter earnings and profitability below expectations on Friday due to costs from its takeover of Marconi and the start up of new contracts. It hinted at further pressure on profitability as it takes on new business in a market for equipment for GSM and high-speed 3G phone networks where it [...]

Hutchison’s 3G Setback: Nielsen Survey

Consumers are struggling to find satisfaction with Hutchison’s much-vaunted third-generation mobile phone service. According to a Nielsen Media survey released yesterday, Hutchison’s multibillion-dollar expansion into 3G has scraped in at bottom place on customer satisfaction. The results come amid red-hot competition in the mobile phone market. Vodafone topped the poll. Hutchison spokeswoman Liz Rex declined to [...]

Indosat Says Q1 New Mobile Users May Fall 8-12 Pct

The number of new mobile phone subscribers of Indonesia’s second largest telecoms firm, PT Indosat Tbk, may fall by 8-12 percent in the first quarter of this year from the same period in 2005, its chief said on Monday. However, Hasnul Suhaimi, Indosat’s president director, told reporters the company still retained its target of between 3-4 [...]
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