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3/16/2010  -  Central and Eastern Europe look ripe for fixed and wireless broadband service uptake, according to a new report from Pyramid Research
3/15/2010  -  Deutsche Telekom turns to NEC-owned NetCracker for a significant role in its NGN transformation plans
3/15/2010  -  The sell-off process pushed Nortel's Q4 numbers out of the red to a near $1.8B profit
Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... I like Mark Evans' summary on the All About Nortel blog: "Nortel Posts Q4 Results, No One Cares."  
3/15/2010  -  Mobile operator opts to shut down its navigation service as competitors offer the same for free
3/12/2010  -  Moto joined this year's photo booth tour set, but what would it highlight in just 10 minutes?
Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... That mind meld pic (#8) is a keeper.
3/12/2010  -  The longtime Mediaroom customer says it's still happy with Microsoft's IPTV package
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LONDON: Latens Updates ECO - 3/16/2010
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Italian Fraud Probe Intensifies
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3/12/2010  -  7:45 AM Who knew what in $2.7B money-laundering scandal?
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What Volpi Did Next
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3/9/2010  -  11:20 AM Former Cisco exec Mike Volpi boards the Ericsson train
Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... Another company recently adding Volpi to the board: Sonos, which got $25M from his fund. Being on the board at Ericsson...
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The Rush Toward SPIT
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The deployment of Service Provider IT (SPIT) systems is going to be crucial for operators, but they need to put their skates on
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EuroProfile: PacketFront
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Carrier Ethernet Global Interconnect Service Provider Interoperability Test
Carsten Rossenhövel
EANTC and ancotel tested six European service providers for their readiness to interconnect Carrier Ethernet services through ENNI
Telecom Market Spotlight: Europe II
Tim Hills
What's up (and down) in Europe
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    Here are the products and services that we think best indicate where the communications industry is headed in the next 12 months
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    Aditya Kishore, Senior Analyst
    The surge of 'over the top' Internet video has only begun, and it threatens to have huge repercussions for network operators
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    Guy Zibi (Analyst at large)
    A close look at what makes prepaid operators successful lends support to the Bharti-Zain deal.
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    This report focuses on 40G and 100G systems, examining the demand for high-speed transport and the technologies to provide compatibility with installed fiber infrastructure in the network. It profiles 13 leading vendors of 40G and 100G optical transport systems, comparing their approaches from both technical and market-focus perspectives.
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    3G Evolution (251), Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (246), Carrier WiFi (2716), CDMA (3G) (3771), China Mobile (40), Core Network (817), EV-DO (264), Femtocells (518), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (127), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (148), GSM/EDGE (2480), HSDPA/HSUPA (780), IMS Core (107), Long-Term Evolution (LTE) (1049), Messaging (130), Messaging (303), Mobile Advertising (148), Mobile location (98), Mobile Music (131), Mobile TV (222), Mobile Video (284), Mobile WiMax/WiBro (2001), Mobile/Wireless (6580), Municipal networks (110), Packet Core (136), Presence management (46), Radio Access Network (2909), Services (2679), TD-SCDMA (Chinese 3G) (126), Transmission (95), Ultra-Mobile Broadband (UMB) (63), UMTS(3G) (421), Video services (4250), Videophone (198), Vodafone (1785), Voice Core (75), VOIP software (701), WiMax (1122), Wireless Backhaul (476), Wireless LAN (364)

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