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2/3/2012  -  Supreme Court rules that 122 mobile licenses must be revoked, causing market chaos, plus other news from India's turbulent telecom sector
2/3/2012  -  As the wireless service reaches an end, Cox reportedly gets set for the expected layoffs
Sarah Reedy
Sarah Reedy
Ting: Bad Name, Great Idea
2/3/2012  -  4:20 PM We'll forgive the new Sprint reseller for its dumb name, because its data-sharing strategy is really quite smart
Most Recent Post: kaps... Other than its antifungal relationship, that is. Smart move by Ting to be the first out there to really commit to a true...
2/3/2012  -  MSO grudgingly agrees to reconfigure its Cisco traffic manager so all P2P traffic sidesteps traffic management
2/3/2012  -  Satellite TV giant is seeking out new broadband partners to aid its OTT video offerings, and WildBlue apparently won't be among them
2/3/2012  -  Also: Android cracks down on malware; patent drama in Germany; iOS and Android take over; Facebook mulls mobile ads
2/3/2012  -  Also: Ex-SeaChange pres has non-compete; DirecTV halts WildBlue broadband sales; shady sports streamers put on ice; PPV goes 3-D
Mark Dzuban
Mark Dzuban
Cable Ad Standards Get Star Treatment
2/3/2012  -  10:30 AM Move aside, entertainers – it's the SCTE's turn to share the Emmy spotlight
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2/3/2012  -  A new year, and the new products begin to trickle out again
by Tim Hills
2/3/2012  -  One equipment vendor after another is predicting weak carrier spending, but there's a way to get around that
Most Recent Post: joanengebretson... Infinera has picked up quite a bit of business from the broadband stimulus program, most of which went to Tier 2 & 3...
2/3/2012  -  Operating margin improvement at BT, the sale of Orange Austria and Mobistar's customer experience focus feature in today's news potpourri
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2/2/2012  -  LightSquared gets another month and change to sort out GPS issues from LTE partner Sprint
Most Recent Post: Dan Jones... They have suggested moving down the L-Band and cutting transmission power. Curious to see how all this plays out.
2/2/2012  -  It's not the first vendor to do this, but the it's first switch vendor to go this big with the technology
Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... I asked HP what happens when every switch vendor offers OpenFlow support on all their products. This announcement was novel,...
Ray Le Maistre
Ray Le Maistre
Light at the End of the Pipe
2/2/2012  -  2:30 PM At last, signs of a more compelling ROI case for Europe's network owners
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2/2/2012  -  Transport system vendor BTI Systems is in growth mode and has secured new funding. Is Google helping to fuel its top line?
Most Recent Post: stuartb... Google is a small percetage of BTI's revenues. Their growth is fueled by winning business with tier-3 customers based...
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LIBERTYVILLE, IL: Some Refurbished Xooms Weren't Wiped - 2/3/2012
EDINBURG, VA: Shentel Adopts Sprint Vision for LTE - 2/3/2012
SEATTLE: XKL Intros DarkStar DSM - 2/3/2012
CHATSWORTH, CA: MRV Gets a CEO - 2/3/2012
GAITHERSBURG, MD: Patton Intros VoIP Media Gateway - 2/3/2012
PARIS: RAD Pitches Against MPLS-TP - 2/3/2012
STOCKHOLM: Swisscom Uses Ericsson for M2M - 2/3/2012
CAMBRIDGE, UK: Telenor Picks ip.access for Small Cells - 2/3/2012
BARCELONA, SPAIN: fonYou Claims Cloud Can Counter Churn - 2/3/2012
COPENHAGEN: TDC Boosts Revenues in 2011 - 2/3/2012
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Special Features
New Product Recap: January 2012
Tim Hills
A new year, and the new products begin to trickle out again
Putting Cisco's CloudVerse to the Test
EANTC puts Cisco's new architecture through its paces to better understand how its approach to unifying data centers and connecting clouds may work in the real world
CES 2012: New Product Recap
Tim Hills
All together now: Faster, bigger, thinner, and much, much smarter. We round up a bevy of CES new products
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Simon Stanley, Analyst
Survey responses clearly show that 100G interfaces will play a major role in future networking systems
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Research Rewind
Research Rewind
SMEs in Latin America Are Dancing to the Telco Beat
Research Rewind
2/2/2012  -  This week: The telecom landscape in Kenya, Slovakia and Russia; SMEs and ICT in Latin America; the next-gen ROADM opportunity
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New Telecom Reports for the New Year
Research Rewind
1/6/2012  -  This week: Ushering in the new year with more than a dozen research reports on everything from LTE to fixed-mobile substitution
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Ronda Zelezny-Green (Analyst)
LTE is gaining traction in the Middle East, and Huawei is seizing the opportunities.
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REAL WORLD RESEARCH
40/100Gbit/s Optical Modules & Components: A Heavy Reading Competitive Analysis
The first 100G optical modules are in production, and second-generation solutions will debut during 2012. This report delivers a complete competitive analysis of 40/100G modules and components from almost 40 vendors, covering more than 160 different products. The report offers detailed competitive data, including key product features and vendor strategies.
100G Components User Survey: 2012 Market Outlook
This report analyzes the current and projected use of 100Gbit/s optical modules and PHY semiconductor components by telecom equipment manufacturers, based on the results of an exclusive worldwide survey. The responses make it clear that these devices are critical in many types of networking equipment.
LATEST RESEARCH
Israel: Convergence Tops Operator Agendas as Regulator Stokes Competitive Fires
This report offers a precise, incisive profile of the Israeli converged telecom, media and technology sectors based on proprietary data from our research in the Israeli market. It provides detailed competitive analysis of the fixed and mobile sectors, tracks the market shares of technologies and services, and monitors the introduction and spread of new technologies.
Utilities Get Smart About Benefits of Telemetry, AMI
Schools Graduate to UC for Lower Costs, Better Features
Mobile Business Intelligence Gains Ground On New Devices
Delivering a Trusted Enterprise Cloud: Can Standards Help?
Cable Looks to the Cloud to Improve User Experience
Online Video Platform Survey: Launching the Internet Video Era
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Events
Carrier Cloud Forum Collocated with Cloud Connect
Monday, February 13, 2012
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara
Cable Next-Gen Broadband Strategies: Wideband, Wireless, PON & Beyond
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The Cable Center, Denver
Ethernet Europe 2012
Tuesday & Wednesday April 17 & 18, 2012
Hilton Munich Park Hotel, Munich, Germany
Strategic Opportunities in Service Provider Wi-Fi
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Landmark, London, U.K.
Tower Technology Summit Collocated at International CTIA Wireless
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday
May 8-10th, 2012
Morial Convention Center, New Orleans
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