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Is NSN Ready to Be Sold?
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June 14, 2013 : Speculation suggests Siemens has been touting its telecom systems joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks to private equity firms
Reliance Jio Selects 4G Vendors
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June 14, 2013 : Sources suggest Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Samsung have been chosen for Reliance Jio's major LTE TDD rollout
Carrier CTO Sees 100G Tipping Point
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June 13, 2013 : The deployment of 100GigE ports on routers is about to become affordable, according to a European carrier executive
On Your Toes, Coriant!
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June 13, 2013 : European optical transport vendor now has a rival vendor for company in TeliaSonera's regional network
NSN Unveils Its 'Technology Vision'
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June 12, 2013 : Outlines 'six pillars' to meet the needs of mobile operators between now and 2020
Prism in a Big Data World
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June 10, 2013 : Debate around the Prism revelations is far-reaching, but how shocking are these developments?
ZTE Boasts 400G Breakthrough
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June 07, 2013 : Chinese vendor says it's not just how far a signal goes, but how fat the pipe is too – although both claims might be challenged...
Euronews: Telefónica Forms Mobile Security Unit
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June 07, 2013 : Also in this roundup: Huawei cites British political support; LTE-Advanced and LTE action across Europe; more Free pressure in France
Ciena Soars as 100G Boosts Its Top Line
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June 06, 2013 : Transport equipment vendor's stock jumped more than 17 percent following its fiscal second-quarter report but it's still in the red
Security Concerns Cling to Huawei
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June 06, 2013 : Redacted UK security report raises further concerns about Chinese vendor's perceived state links
Euronews: Tension Rises Over UK Security Report
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June 05, 2013 : Also: Orange ups its customer care commitments; Vodafone linked to German cable network bid; Viber barred in Saudi
Euronews: 4G Gives EE a Capital Edge
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June 04, 2013 : Also: NSN boasts RAN crown; Ooredoo turns on its LTE services; Telenor encourages mobile data roaming; Ericsson's stat attack; Virgin Media's executive shuffle; Casa's French fancy
Verizon Hails Europe, Talks M&A
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May 31, 2013 : President of Verizon Enterprise Solutions talks about Europe, M&A, cloud services and managed security but is less keen to talk about Huawei
Unicom's Inglorious Award
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May 31, 2013 : Staff humiliation strategy goes viral in China
Policy Is NFV's Pacesetter
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May 29, 2013 : The policy control players are setting the network functions virtualization (NFV) pace and scrambling for kudos
Orange Has High Hopes for NFV
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May 28, 2013 : Network functions virtualization (NFV) is a step toward the convergence of the cloud and wide area networks, believes Orange's Director of Technical Strategy
Euronews: Telefónica, Megafon Team Up
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May 27, 2013 : Also; Fortumo strikes direct carrier billing agreements; Kroes sets legislation target; Etisalat tabled biggest bid for Maroc stake; and Nokia's lawyers kept busy
Heavyweights Form CloudEthernet Forum
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May 24, 2013 : But why?
NSN & Intel Get Edgy
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May 23, 2013 : A combination of liquid applications and virtualization power could be interesting
Joyeux Anniversaire Ethernet
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May 22, 2013 : Ethernet is 40 years old and some European service provider execs are crashing the party
Policy Push for Telefónica UK
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May 21, 2013 : Major UK mobile operator plans to become more responsive with the deployment of a new policy management platform from Tekelec
Rumor: Google to Add SDN Smarts to Android
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May 20, 2013 : Industry talk suggests the next version of Android will include OpenFlow support


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