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Euro News & Analysis
05/24/2013  -  Also in today's EMEA roundup: Telecom Italia defers fixed-line decision; Portugal Telecom profits down; Huawei prospers in Middle East
Ray Le Maistre
Ray Le Maistre
05/23/2013  -  A combination of liquid applications and virtualization power could be interesting
Most Recent Post: Michael Elling... Isn't this just another way to get around backhaul/bandwidth bottlenecks?
05/23/2013  -  Also in today's regional roundup: Virgin lands Sky deal; Ericsson's landmark; Wayra in Prague; Soros invests in UK altnet; Swisscom boosts 4G; Ipanema's CIO survey
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  -  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  -  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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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.

EuroBites

SDN: More Than Just a Tremor


Ray Le Maistre
Network virtualization, software-defined networking … call it what you want, this is a big deal for telcos

EuroProfiles

EuroProfile: Streamwide


Paul Rainford
Value-added services developer is going global as mobile broadband and the cloud become the norm
Reports
EuroProfile: Streamwide
Paul Rainford
Value-added services developer is going global as mobile broadband and the cloud become the norm
EuroProfile: Intersec
Paul Rainford
Find your family, monitor your citizens – do all this and more with Intersec's range of value-added services offerings
EuroProfile: Comarch
Ray Le Maistre
Service provider IT (SPIT) specialist from Poland is focused on driving efficiencies for its telco customers
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Research Services
REAL WORLD RESEARCH
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

Five Factors Driving OTT Video in Emerging Markets: Best Practices for Operators


Third parties like Netflix and Hulu are pushing telcos to use the Internet rather than IPTV as a platform to provide over-the-top video services. Emerging markets are now seeing a lot of activity. This Insider examines the growth of OTT video, identifying five factors that can make a service successful.
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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