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7/30/2010  -  Qualcomm announces Global Holding and Tulip Telecom as initial investors in its Indian LTE venture
7/30/2010  -  Second quarter shows signs of improvement, though Alcatel-Lucent is still losing money and constrained by parts shortages
7/29/2010  -  Handset sales are still down, but the vendor is predicting that smartphones will help spur sales for the rest of the year
Most Recent Post: SReedy... I think that's because it's a "secret tablet!" The rumor mill says Moto will have a tablet based on Android 3.0, the forthcoming...
7/29/2010  -  As expected, Juniper gets IP/Ethernet/MPLS/EPC domain slot at AT&T, and it's joined by Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco
7/28/2010  -  New rules are issued for testing and clearance of foreign technology, but operators face enormous fines if security breaches are discovered
Most Recent Post: bergea... Indian operators, licensees and their foreign  vendors may want to take a more careful look at these rules and procedures...
7/28/2010  -  CEO Hesse says on Q2 call that Sprint could move to tiered pricing for smartphones in the future but is sticking with unlimited for now
Most Recent Post: Dan Jones... If all carriers are going to be looking to grab subs from others, what will this mean for Sprint and T-Mobile? Seems like...
7/28/2010  -  Bytemobile’s latest data shows that mobile video is on the upswing, but the user experience leaves much to be desired
Most Recent Post: mendyk... Given the content choices being made at 10 pm by many mobile users, the issue of signal loss due to improper holding of...
7/28/2010  -  TeliaSonera looks ahead to new mobile data pricing models as the industry shifts from unlimited to usage-based pricing
Most Recent Post: Stefan Zehle, Coleago... I presume the term “value” in value based pricing relates to how much customers are prepared to pay. The problem...
7/28/2010  -  Telefónica strikes new deal to take control of Brazilian operator Vivo, leaving Portugal Telecom with the potential to invest in a rival carrier
Most Recent Post: melao2... Here in Brazil, the biggest news is not the control of Vivo from Telefonica, but that Portugal Telecom has signed a letter...
7/27/2010  -  Rumors of a November 15th launch for Verizon's LTE could turn up the pressure on Clearwire and Sprint to launch 4G in more big cities
Most Recent Post: Dan Jones... First leg ends at the end of this year.
7/27/2010  -  The Wholesale Application Community revealed the business model and new executive team for its operator-led mobile apps push
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NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel Names CMO for Africa - 7/30/2010
BEDFORD, MA: Acme Packet Posts Q2 - 7/30/2010
PADERBORN, GERMANY: Comprion Unveils LTE Test SIM - 7/30/2010
TOKYO: NTT DoCoMo Unveils LTE Brand - 7/30/2010
MUNICH, GERMANY: O2 Germany Preps LTE Pilots - 7/30/2010
NEW DELHI: Tulip Invests in Qualcomm Unit - 7/30/2010
SINGAPORE: SingTel Offers iPhone 4 - 7/30/2010
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Opera’s Not-So-Mini Success
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7/29/2010  -  11:30 AM Opera’s alternative browser: 1 billion served per day
Most Recent Post: SReedy... In semi-related, altnerative success stories, independent app store GetJar has reached 3 million downloads per day. It's...
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Wireless Q2 Scorecard
Sarah Reedy
7/28/2010  -  3:00 PM Parsing the key metrics in AT&T, VZW, and Sprint's Q2 earnings
Most Recent Post: Dan Jones... Its a shame Sprint doesn't give data ARPU, would be a relevant metric here.
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CTIA 2010: New Product Recap
Tim Hills
Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from CTIA 2010
Who Does What: Femtocell Services
Michelle Donegan
Light Reading Mobile tracks the industry's first femtocell deployments
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  • What's the business case?
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    • MWC 2010: New Product Recap
    Tim Hills
    Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from Mobile World Congress 2010
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    Mobile Money Machines
    Mobile handsets are on track to become a primary component of basic business transactions worldwide.
    Heavy Lifting
    ANALYST NOTES
    Stan Hubbard, Senior Analyst
    Thanks to Carrier Ethernet's compelling value, the market continues to grow at a good clip despite the sluggish global economy
    Pyramid Points
    Jose Magana (Analyst)
    Broadband should become cheaper and more widely available in Mexico as the results of the 1.7-2.1GHz auctions are announced.
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    The Future of Packet-Optical Transport for Mobile Backhaul
    This report analyzes the mobile backhaul landscape with a focus on Ethernet-based mobile backhaul and how packet-optical transport systems fit into this new application, including five-year global market forecasts. It also examines the backhaul plans of three leading network operators and profiles 14 leading suppliers of mobile backhaul optical equipment.
    Mobile Payments: Opportunity in the Run-Up to 4G
    This report evaluates mobile payment systems, including their adoption rate, supported applications, and major components. It analyzes companies that offer technologies and/or platforms targeting customers wanting to implement "mobile payment" systems. The report also evaluates current offerings and discusses the challenges companies face as mobile networks progress toward 4G implementation.
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    Morocco: New Mobile Competitors Boost Market Share
    The telecom market in Morocco will grow to $5.7bn by 2015. Mobile voice and data services will reach 69.5% by 2015, thanks to tremendous growth in mobile broadband uptake. The share of fixed voice revenue is, however, expected to decline to 21% by 2015.
    SIP Trunking Gains More Ground With SMBs
    Cable Operators Weigh Tech Options for Delivering 3DTV
    Cloud Services Fly Into Some Security Turbulence
    LTE Chip Makers Ramp Up Production to Meet Demand
    Telco Application Delivery: The Network vs. IT Power Struggle
    Online Video Platform Survey: Launching the Internet Video Era
    Attenuation/Loss
    Absorption of light by molecules in the fiber
    Events
    TelcoTV Asia
     Wednesday & Thursday, September 1 & 2, 2010
    Shanghai
    Green Broadband 2010
     Tuesday, September 21, 2010
    The Westin Times Square, New York City
    Service Provider IT Global Event Series: The 360-Degree Customer Experience
     Tuesday, October 12, 2010
    The Cumberland Hotel, London
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     Tuesday & Wednesday, November 2 & 3, 2010
    Hilton New York, New York
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    Companies
    Alcatel-Lucent (6341), AT&T (3213), BellSouth (850), BT (1384), Cablevision (743), Cisco (6427), Comcast (2305), Cox Communications (1005), Deutsche Telekom (874), eBay (Skype) (359), Ericsson (2054), France Telecom (1039), Google (1063), Huawei (1406), Intel (1844), Juniper (2251), Microsoft (1715), Motorola (3126), Nokia Siemens Networks (2834), Nortel (4042), NTT (202), Siemens (1362), Sprint (2127), Telefonica (577), Time Warner Cable (1119), Verizon (3807), Vodafone (1872), Yahoo (353)

    4G/LTE (Sponsored by Cisco)
    3G Evolution (355), Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (264), Carrier WiFi (2753), CDMA (3G) (3848), China Mobile (77), Core Network (846), EV-DO (290), Femtocells (602), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (143), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (238), GSM/EDGE (2540), HSDPA/HSUPA (866), IMS Core (130), Long-Term Evolution (LTE) (1381), Messaging (328), Messaging (145), Mobile Advertising (196), Mobile location (114), Mobile Music (162), Mobile TV (323), Mobile Video (356), Mobile WiMax/WiBro (2120), Mobile/Wireless (7082), Municipal networks (111), Packet Core (181), Presence management (47), Radio Access Network (2956), Services (2783), TD-SCDMA (Chinese 3G) (148), Transmission (112), Ultra-Mobile Broadband (UMB) (79), UMTS(3G) (505), Video services (4465), Videophone (202), Vodafone (1872), Voice Core (96), VOIP software (740), WiMax (1214), Wireless Backhaul (584), Wireless LAN (389)

    Broadband
    Access devices (299), Access equipment (2298), Access technologies (2458), Access test & measurement equipment (133), Broadband loop carriers / multiservice access nodes (422), Cable Modems (820), Carrier WiFi (2753), Content/software downloads (251), Docsis (1301), DSL (2666), DSL chips (247), DSLAMs (711), Ethernet PONs (174), Femtocells (602), Free-space optics (39), FTTx (4058), Home gateways (715), Internet Video (1214), IPTV (3754), Media adapters (29), Microsoft (1715), PON (1586), Satellite (576), Video services (4465), VOD (2992), Yahoo (353)

    Cable
    Access equipment (2298), Access technologies (2458), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (803), Cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) (1208), Cable Modems (820), Cable/MSO equipment (2900), CableLabs (574), Cablevision (743), Comcast (2305), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (315), Cox Communications (1005), Digital content (1376), Digital rights management (410), Docsis (1301), DVRs (833), Embedded multimedia terminal adapters (E-MTAs) (249), FTTx (4058), Gaming consoles (77), Head-ends (269), Home gateways (715), IPTV (3754), Media adapters (29), Middleware & business support systems (1051), Network DVR (130), PacketCable (139), PON (1586), QAM (355), Residential (874), Set-top boxes (1916), Stored video servers (420), Time Warner Cable (1119), TV (4369), Video equipment (2590), Video services (4465), Video software (1487), VOD (2992), VOIP services (3944), Wavelength services (336)

    Ethernet
    10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1487), 100-Gbit/s Ethernet (363), Access devices (299), Ciena (98), Circuit emulation (17), Converged access (129), Ethernet chips (614), Ethernet equipment (2424), Ethernet over copper (249), Ethernet PONs (174), Ethernet services (2089), Ethernet technologies (635), Ethernet test & measurement equipment (192), Multipoint (163), Multiservice edge equipment (152), Multiservice provisioning platforms (630), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (382), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (271), Point-to-point (177), Powerline (93), Resilient Packet Ring (173), Sonet/SDH (1062), Tellabs (31), Wireless Backhaul (584)

    IP & Convergence
    Activation (440), Anti-virus (38), B-RASs (234), Billing systems (851), Cell/WLAN (85), Centrex (203), Circuit emulation (17), Conferencing (155), Contact centers (38), Content delivery network (CDN) (442), Content/software downloads (251), Converged access (129), Core Network (846), Customer relationship management (365), Data Integrity (162), Denial-of-service attacks (61), Edge routers (1775), Element management systems (106), Encryption (171), Endpoint security (97), Enhanced voice (103), Enterprise (676), Fault management (143), Firewalls (134), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (843), GMPLS (78), IMS (1160), IMS Core (130), Interactive advertising (298), Internet Video (1214), Intrusion detection & prevention (119), Inventory management (233), IP equipment (1326), IP software (417), IPSec VPN (865), Layer 3 VPNs (231), Media gateways (386), Mediation systems (280), Messaging (145), Middleware (139), Mobile/Wireless (7082), MPLS (1827), Multicast (39), OSS (3553), OSS test & measurement (1150), Performance monitoring (461), Planning tools (109), Policy control (386), Presence management (47), Product Management (99), Provisioning (662), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (133), QOS (362), Residential (874), Revenue assurance & fraud management (424), Security (1991), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (384), Service management (331), Service-oriented architectures (345), Services (2783), Session border controllers (424), Signaling gateways (122), SIP (431), Softswitches (1132), SSL VPN (927), Telepresence (242), Traffic managers (861), URL filtering (78), User authentication (96), Video services (4465), Videophone (202), VOIP equipment (3519), VOIP services (3944), VOIP software (740), VOIP test & measurement equipment (149), VOIP VPNs (32), Web services (152), Wholesale (241), Wireless LAN (389), Wireline/Wireless (70), XML (53)

    Mobile Backhaul
    10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1487), 100-Gbit/s Ethernet (363), Access devices (299), Cell/WLAN (85), China Mobile (77), Circuit emulation (17), Converged access (129), Core Network (846), Ethernet equipment (2424), Ethernet over copper (249), Ethernet PONs (174), Ethernet services (2089), Ethernet technologies (635), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (143), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (843), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (238), IMS (1160), IMS Core (130), Mobile/Wireless (7082), Optical amplifiers (356), Packet Core (181), Point-to-point (177), QOS (362), Speciality fiber (105), Tellabs (31), Transceivers (1314), Transmission (112), Transmission fiber (424), Vodafone (1872), Voice Core (96), Wavelength services (336), WiMax (1214), Wireless Backhaul (584), Wireless LAN (389), Wireline/Wireless (70)

    Optical Networking
    40-Gbit/s transmission (504), Alcatel-Lucent (6341), ATM switches (334), Core optical switches (777), CWDM (294), DWDM (1882), Ethernet technologies (635), Huawei (1406), Long-haul WDM equipment (731), Metro optical switches, ROADMs (1228), Metro WDM equipment (830), Multiservice edge equipment (152), Multiservice provisioning platforms (630), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (382), Multiservice switches (400), Mux/demuxes (304), Optical amplifiers (356), Optical channel monitors (96), Optical components (2913), Optical components test & measurement equipment (124), Optical equipment (2425), Optical switches & crossconnects (407), Optical technologies (455), Optical test & measurement equipment (910), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (271), PON (1586), Resilient Packet Ring (173), Sonet/SDH (1062), Sonet/SDH chips (365), Sonet/SDH test & measurement equipment (1602), Switches & OADMs (428), Transmission fiber (424), Variable optical attenuators (143), Wavelength services (336)

    Service Provider IT
    Activation (440), Anti-virus (38), Application servers (208), Billing systems (851), Carrier managed (178), Cloud computing (270), Content/software downloads (251), Customer relationship management (365), Data Integrity (162), Denial-of-service attacks (61), Digital content (1376), Element management systems (106), Encryption (171), Endpoint security (97), Fault management (143), Firewalls (134), Grid networking (94), IMS (1160), IMS Control Layer (41), IMS Service Layer (43), Interactive advertising (298), Intrusion detection & prevention (119), Inventory management (233), IP software (417), IP technologies (1535), IPSec VPN (865), Managed Services (128), Media gateways (386), Mediation systems (280), Messaging (328), Middleware (139), MPLS (1827), MPLS (698), OSS (3553), OSS test & measurement (1150), Performance monitoring (461), Planning tools (109), Policy control (386), Product Management (99), Provisioning (662), QOS (362), Revenue assurance & fraud management (424), Security (1991), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (384), Service management (331), Service-oriented architectures (345), Services (2783), SSL VPN (927), Telepresence (242), URL filtering (78), User authentication (96), Vendor managed (124), Web gateways (71), Web services (152), XML (53)

    Video (Sponsored by Cisco)
    Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (264), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (803), Cable TV chips (339), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (315), Content protection (393), Digital rights management (410), DVRs (833), Gaming consoles (77), Internet Video (1214), IPTV (3754), Middleware & business support systems (1051), Mobile TV (323), Network DVR (130), P2P (276), Satellite (576), Set-top boxes (1916), Stored video servers (420), Telepresence (242), TV (4369), Video equipment (2590), Video services (4465), Video software (1487), Videophone (202), VOD (2992)

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