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Sarah Reedy
Sarah Reedy
05/20/2013  -  The mobile industry is looking south where smartphones and services still have a lot of room to grow
Most Recent Post: Sarah Reedy... This is the last spring CTIA show, and I'm not expecting a lot of big news anniuncements (if any). It's still a great show for meetings with the mobile cimmunity...
05/20/2013  -  Also in today's EMEA roundup: De Gucht ups the ante in subsidy row; Vodacom profits from African data boom; KPN raises €4B
Sarah Reedy
Sarah Reedy
05/17/2013  -  Move over actors and models. The field tech is becoming the real face of service providers
05/17/2013  -  Five communications service provider (CSP) takeaways from four days at the Management World SPIT-fest
Most Recent Post: mendyk... I got the sense that big data/analytics is exiting the hype stage in that more people are asking what the actual payoff is. It may be in the interests of...
Ray Le Maistre
Ray Le Maistre
05/17/2013  -  It's not the end game, but a new accord between Telefónica Digital and Samsung is showing the way for traditional telcos
Most Recent Post: Richie... Maybe the telco's have been making far too much money for far too long, and maybe Karma really does exist. It's only natural for any company to identify new value...
05/17/2013  -  As bandy-legged soccer legend Becks prepares to hang up his boots for the final time, Euronews dons its dress-down-Friday sarong and brings you what really matters: the latest EMEA telecom headlines
05/16/2013  -  Also in today's EMEA roundup: Saudi operator denies surveillance claims; Vodafone does VDSL with Deutsche Telekom; AT&T can't see much M&A potential in Europe
05/15/2013  -  Users of Telefónica Digital's voice-over-IP service are spending 15 to 20 percent of their talk time within the app
05/15/2013  -  Also in today's EMEA roundup: Huawei lands London-Paris 100G deal; Iliad triples Q1 revenues; ZTE goes after MVNOs
05/14/2013  -  Prepaid operator is experimenting with a big-data strategy internally with the goal of monetizing it for third parties
05/14/2013  -  Microsoft's VoIP company wants to forge partnerships with carriers, but it's playing hard to get
Most Recent Post: mt330404... "Most have resisted it from the start, but warmed to it when forced by its popularity." Sounds like my old HS prom date
05/14/2013  -  Also in today's EMEA roundup: French govt plans 'smartphone tax'; Vodafone's nice surprise from Verizon; BT's late with its Ethernet
Most Recent Post: lanbrown... The answer is simple for Nokia; you need to offer more than just WP. Consumers voted long before you released the first Lumia handset and the verdict was; not...
05/14/2013  -  The company's platform for cell towers and metro rings gets a boost in capacity and software
Most Recent Post: philharvey... Funny how many new boxes are said to enable #NFV. Isn't the whole point of NFV to get away from adding yet another vendor's new boxes?
05/13/2013  -  The GreenTouch consortium's ideas look great on paper, but when will hardware makers buy in and get the ball rolling?
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Gabriel Brown
A new Light Reading initiative explores how – and why – network operators can scale and accelerate investment in Wi-Fi
Pyramid Points
Houda Bostanji (Analyst)
Orange intends to enter new markets through a full MVNO strategy closely linked to its successful Orange Business Services unit.
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The Best 3G & 4G Cities in America
Dan Jones
RootMetrics helps us track the fastest and slowest wireless cities in the US and gives a snapshot of carrier performance peaks and troughs in 2012
Who's Big in Small Cells?
Michelle Donegan
Light Reading Mobile compiles a list of public access small-cell products to track this developing wireless infrastructure market
MWC 2012: Know Before You Go

A preview of the news, the trends and the potential traffic nightmare that awaits you in Barcelona
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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.
Testing of LTE Networks Vital as Network Growth Explodes
This report examines the LTE test and measurement market, analyzing the top testing categories and the strongest drivers in the market. It discusses challenges and trends in the industry, includes a comparative analysis of solutions available and examines the geographic landscape of the market expected over the next 18-24 months.
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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.
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LTE for M2M: The Long-Term Opportunity Begins Now
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