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05/22/2013  -  Cloudscaling's $10M B round also gives Juniper an SDN foothold in the cloud
05/22/2013  -  DVR pioneer reports biggest MSO subscriber gains in seven years
Ray Le Maistre
Ray Le Maistre
05/22/2013  -  Ethernet is 40 years old and some European service provider execs are crashing the party
05/22/2013  -  RootMetrics finds T-Mobile has boosted its upload speeds significantly with its new LTE network in Las Vegas
Most Recent Post: DanJonesLRM... Yeah, I was just speaking to NSN a few minutes ago about this, they don't "own" the T-Mobile network here but they said they thought it had just literally switched...
05/22/2013  -  Also in today's EMEA roundup: Telecom Italia denies break-up; Telefónica's LatAm IPO on ice; Ericsson calls time on cable production
Most Recent Post: Ray Le Maistre... Two interesting sets of stats today too -- the study by Guavus of British smartphone users and how they would feel about sharing info in return for lower fees...
05/21/2013  -  Verizon is examining single-mode LTE devices, but they may not be smartphones as operators are reluctant to lose their 3G safety nets anytime soon
Most Recent Post: milanyc... If in fact those devices are to be VoLTE phones, they'll have to be extremely transparent and granular about their LTE coverage, which will expose Verizon's real footprint.Either way, consumers...
05/21/2013  -  Dish CEO's latest wireless gamble is reportedly a $2 billion bid for LightSquared spectrum he might not ever get to use
Most Recent Post: DanJonesLRM... Me too! I can't understand what he'd do with the spectrum.
05/21/2013  -  The usual patent spat comes down to the usual ending
05/21/2013  -  AlcaLu & Verizon are confirmed as the first small-cell vendors for Verizon Wireless' deployment in second half of 2013
Most Recent Post: DanJonesLRM... The details that aren't clear to me yet are how many small cells are going to be deployed and whether they are indoor or outdoor. I ran into Patrick Donegan...
Dan Jones
Dan Jones
05/21/2013  -  Sprint pre-announces tri-band LTE devices that run on Clearwire's spectrum while upping the bid for its partner
Most Recent Post: DanJonesLRM... FYI, we're going to be waiting a *long* time for smartphones on TD-LTE here, tablets might actually make more sense from way the network is being deployed.
05/21/2013  -  Wi-Fi discussions move from offload to integration at CTIA as a number of vendors rise to the challenge
Most Recent Post: Ray Le Maistre... This is where the policy management, packet core and OSS specialists need to show they can deliver. The success of mobile data strategies is in the hands of the Service...
05/21/2013  -  Company expands TV viewer index, adding to the growing volume of set-top data now available to marketeers
Most Recent Post: msilbey... Anonymity is key. Unless of course users opt in...
05/21/2013  -  New FCC report says over one-third of US homes still don't have high-speed data
05/21/2013  -  Major UK mobile operator plans to become more responsive with the deployment of a new policy management platform from Tekelec
Most Recent Post: Gabriel Brown... What the UK market is crying out for is shared data plans similar to VZW's Share Everything or AT&T's Mobile Share. It looks very much like UK operators are leaving...
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Special Features
EuroProfile: SwiftServe
Paul Rainford
A subtle blend of British and Singaporean talent, SwiftServe is on a mission to bring the fine art of transparent caching to the world of content delivery
EuroProfile: Streamwide
Paul Rainford
Value-added services developer is going global as mobile broadband and the cloud become the norm
New Product Recap: November 2012

SPIT dominates our monthly new-product roundup
Heavy Lifting
ANALYST NOTES
Gabriel Brown
A new Light Reading initiative explores how – and why – network operators can scale and accelerate investment in Wi-Fi
By Graham Finnie
The policy control market is poised to more than double over the next five years, as operators put policy at the heart of their strategic thinking
Pyramid Points
Jan ten Sythoff (Analyst at large)
We expect China to overtake the US late this year, but other markets are evolving rapidly too.
Research Rewind
iPhone 5 Gives 4G/LTE Operators a Boost

Sep 14, 2012  -  This week: iPhone 5 gives street cred to 4G/LTE; Thailand's telecom outlook; Matt's Mentions for a daily telecom news fix
Managed Services for Telcos & Spain's Telecom Outlook

Sep 07, 2012  -  This week: Managed services for telcos; Spain's five-year telecom outlook; daily telecom news in your inbox
Podcasts
Turning Mobile Data Into Dollars
How are mobile operator data monetization strategies evolving in a 3G/4G world? Heavy Reading and Amdocs discuss
SDN's Biggest Myths
Several execs in Silicon Valley weigh in on the big myths confusing the issues around software defined networking
Research Services
REAL WORLD RESEARCH
U.S. Wholesale Ethernet Market Forecast
This report analyzes and projects the growth of the wholesale Ethernet segment over the next four years. It forecasts the wholesale Ethernet market through 2016, analyzed by purchasing service provider types, service topologies, geographic domains and bandwidth levels. The report also profiles 11 major service providers that offer wholesale Ethernet.
Managed M2M Platforms: Quick Fix vs. Long-Term Solution
This report looks at the M2M platform providers that are developing (predominantly) managed propositions that support telecom operators to sell M2M services. It reviews their solutions, their progress to date and whether they are likely to be long-term partners for telecom operators. The report profiles 11 leading M2M platform vendors.
LATEST RESEARCH

Iran: Adoption of Broadband and Mobile Data Services Lead the Way for Telecom Sector


The Iranian telecom market is estimated to have generated a total service revenue of $9.9bn in 2012. The majority of this revenue has come from the mobile sector, with voice services adding $6.0bn. However, although voice services are expected to hold the majority of the total revenue, we project a CAGR of only 0.2% for the segment during the forecast period.
Frameworx Proves Valuable Tool for Implementing SOA
Testing of LTE Networks Vital as Network Growth Explodes
LTE for M2M: The Long-Term Opportunity Begins Now
Are Set-Tops Dead? Comcast Offers Its RDK Remedy
TEMs Rate Multicore & Network Processor Suppliers for 2013
Cloud Video Conferencing Has Vertical Market, Mobile Appeal
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