The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. ... - Kristen Beckman[...]

China Telecom has revealed that it has in excess of 940,000 subscribers for its IPTV service, and expects to pass a million subscribers very soon. The service, provided in cooperation with Shanghai Media Group (SMG), has been available in Shanghai, Jiangxu, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Shaanxi since 2005 and offers broadcast [...]

Alcatel-Lucent has won a contract to deploy a Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based network for Kazteleport in Kazakhstan. The design, deployment and maintenance of the network are also included in the contract. Alcatel-Lucent’s Ethernet and IP/MPLS solution will enable Kazteleport to offer reliable communication services such as Virtual Leased Lines [...]

Russian telco Vimpelcom has made changes to its organisational structure to bring its fixed line and cellular operations together into a single business unit. The firm, which recently completed its acquisition of wireline operator Golden Telecom, says the reorganisation will enable it to offer a suite of fully converged products. [...]

The Bangkok Post reports that CAT Telecom has awarded a THB2.15 billion (USD65 million) fibre-optic network contract to Marubeni (Thailand), despite previous questions raised by the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) over the project's transparency. State auditors have objected five times to the project, officially known as the Automation Switched [...]

The assets and liabilities of state-owned incumbent telco Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) were officially transferred to the newly-formed public limited company Bangladesh Telecom Company Limited (BTCL) yesterday, reports bdnews24.com. BTCL and another new public limited firm, Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company, have been spun off from BTTB, which has [...]