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Telecoms growth in Middle East
With the Middle East and Africa Mecom fast approaching It is estimated that over the next decade the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will spend approximately 25% of their funds devoted to infrastructure development on the expansion of the telecommunications sector. Moreover, experts in the telecommunications industry estimate that in order for the industry to reach its full potential in the region, a further investment of at least $30 billion is needed.
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A recent report from Madar Research concluded that the telecommunications and broadband internet sectors will generate US$70 billion in annual revenue by 2015 in the Middle East and North Africa region. The telecommunications sector in the UAE is one of the fastest growing markets, not only regionally, but also internationally according to HH Shaikh Sultan Bin Tahanoon Al Nahyan, chairman of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA)
In addition, the Electronics & Computer Software Promotion Council (ESC) in India estimates IT exports to the UAE are projected to soar by 56.74% from US$542.32 million during 2005-6 to US$850 million in 2007 -8. ICT Use Index in the Arab World in 2005 was 43 percent higher than 2004 based fixed line subscribers, mobile phone subscribers, internet users and computer-installed base according to Madar Research.
Regional Market Drivers:
- Saudi Arabia’s telecommunications sector is growing rapidly, with an annual rate of 20% over the next three years.
- Telecom Egypt has the largest PSTN subscriber’s base of 10.4 million
- Saudi Telecom has the largest PSTN revenue of US$ 2.17 billion
- Qtel has the highest ARPU of PSTN at US$ 77.6
- United Arab Emirate has the highest PSTN penetration regionally at 27%
- ALJAWAL has the largest mobile subscriber base 11.845 million
- ALJAWAL has the largest mobile revenue US$ 6.27 billion
- Qtel has the highest ARPU for mobile US$ 69
- Saudi Arabia has the largest mobile subscriber base of 14.157 million
- Bahrain has the mobile penetration of 105.8%
- The mobile market subscribers size in the region is a 85 million
- Internet penetration and ADSL subscription is also on the rise regionally
- Jordan’s four cellular operators served more than four million subscribers by end of 2006
- Oman’s cellular market grew by 26% in the first nine months of 2006
- Qatar’s cellular subscribers grew by 19% in the first 9 months of 2006 to increase penetration rate to over 108%
- Syria’s total GSM revenues reached US$ 900 million in 2005.
- Palestine’s ADSL boom: Spurred by residential demand, Paltel’s ADSL accounts grew by 266% in 2006
Broadsosft VOIP Resellers
BroadSoft Launches BroadSoft Xtended to Personalize Voice Communications Technologies Through Web 2.0 Integrated Applications Web-based marketplace offers new software to end-users, solutions integrators, resellers and developers | |
| The BroadWorks VoIP platform is used by hundreds of telecom service providers to deliver advanced voice features to business and residential customers. With BroadSoft Xtended, the BroadWorks platform becomes infinitely more valuable to service providers and end-users by integrating voice into popular applications and Web services through application mash-ups. | |
| The BroadSoft Xtended initiative has attracted the interest of leading technology companies including Salesforce.com and Simulscribe, as well as developers and partners who have created integrated solutions for popular business and consumer applications, including WebEx, Facebook, and ACT! by Sage. These new mashups with BroadWorks calling features are available on the Xtended Marketplace, a community where service providers and end-users alike can access applications, participate in discussion forums and share integration ideas with developers. The first iteration of the Xtended Marketplace features new applications, which are available for download. | |
| “For too long, voice has been an underutilized application in the Web 2.0 evolution,” said Scott Wharton, vice president of Marketing for BroadSoft®. “Integrating our professional-grade calling features with leading applications and solutions illustrates the flexibility of our platform, and gives end-users the opportunity to improve how they communicate with friends or customers. The Xtended Marketplace is just the beginning of our plans to leverage Web 2.0 to improve communication worldwide.” | |
| Major telecommunications companies including Sprint, Telefonica de Espana, Verizon and Cox Communications use BroadSoft’s carrier-grade VoIP technologies to deliver advanced voice and video calling services to enterprises and consumers. BroadSoft Xtended enables service providers to extend their voice services into social network and business applications used daily by customers. | |
| “There has been genuine excitement shown by our customers when we introduce them to these new BroadSoft Xtended solutions, such as VoIP services integrated with customer relationship management (CRM),” said Dave Gilbert, CEO of SimpleSignal, a business VoIP provider based outside of Los Angeles, California. “Extending voice applications to customers’ daily business functions increases their productivity and efficiency.” | |
| Developers can leverage the Xtended Marketplace to license their mashups to service providers or to the worldwide end-user base that receives BroadWorks-based voice services. Later this spring, the BroadSoft Xtended Marketplace will introduce an e-commerce engine to facilitate the purchasing of mashup apps. | |
Some of the solutions available on the BroadSoft Xtended Marketplace today are: · Salesforce.com: Created by BroadSoft, the Unified Connector for Salesforce integrates BroadWorks calling features into this CRM application, allowing click-to-dial and other call management functionality. Salesforce.com is the leading on-demand CRM provider. · Facebook Widget: The ClicktoMessage Facebook widget, created by JoeDeveloper.net, allows users to enable friends in their network to call them on their home, mobile or PC-based phone. · WebEx integration: Litescape Technologies’ OnCast integrates WebEx collaboration services with Salesforce and BroadWorks through One-Touch Web Conferencing, allowing users to join or create WebEx meetings with one touch from phones or PCs. · ACT! by Sage: C3IP Communications created this mashup for ACT! by Sage contact management software that enables call management capabilities within ACT!, including click-to-dial and automatic screen pops from CRM database records based on caller ID. ACT! has nearly 3 million registered users. · SimulScribe: Integrated with BroadWorks, SimulScribe’s voicemail-to-text service allows users to read their voicemail messages via e-mail. · Polycom: The Polycom Productivity Suite enables users to record calls, visually manage conference calls and access corporate directories all from Polycom’s SoundPoint IP desktop phones. | |
Indian Comglomerate makes offer for Motorola handset business
According to Total Telecom sources, The Indian conglomerate Videocon Group plans to make an offer for Motorola's handset business.
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"We are sending [Motorola] an 'expression of interest' to buy their handset business. It is true that they have not called for bids, but we have information that Motorola is interested to sell off their handset division," said Venugopal Dhoot, chairman of Videocon, in a report by Dow Jones Newswires.
"We are in consumer durables, we are in retail and we also have mobile phone licences in India," he told Bloomberg, adding that a mobile phone vendor business would "complete the full chain."
Despite the announcement Total Telecom, claim sources at Videocon could neither confirm nor deny the reports and apparently, Motorola has not commented.
It was reported that Motorola announced plans to spin off its struggling handset division amid pressure from billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn.
The vendor said it plans to create two separate businesses - Mobile Devices and Broadband & Mobility Solutions - in 2009, but did not mention an outright sale of the division.
Nonetheless, speculation has been rife that Moto's next step will be to sell off the unit.
However, when Motorola initially announced it was reviewing its strategic options regarding the troubled unit, rival handset makers Nokia, Samsung and LG were quick to distance themselves from the proposition that one of them would make a move for the business.
Meanwhile, Videocon has been making vast investments in its telecoms operations over the last month.
Its telecoms subsidiary Datacom was issued a GSM licence by the Indian government in mid-March and has since pledged to invest 60 billion rupees ($1.5 billion) in rolling out services across the country's 23 telecoms circles.
Furthermore, press reports two weeks ago said Datacom was lining up a $3.2 billion order for 40 million mobile phone lines to be delivered over the next five years.
The company said that Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei were all in the running for the contract.
Video based online advertising
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- Adknowledge announced today (March 11, 2008) that it has signed an agreement to be the exclusive display advertising sales representative for Paltalk within the United Kingdom and Australia. Paltalk is the leading real-time, video-based online community on the Internet with over 4 million users worldwide.
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