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Posted in January 2011

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Best Name EVER!!!


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January 31, 2011 : 10:40 AM M2M vendor's chief has a name you'll never forget

Huawei Acquisition Under US Review


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January 31, 2011 : 9:55 AM Committee on Foreign Investment probes Huawei purchase of virtualization specialist

What's in Store at MWC 2011?


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January 31, 2011 : Michael O'Hara, CMO at the GSM Association, tells LR's Ray Le Maistre what's in store at this year's show in Barcelona

Huawei Annual Revenues Hit $28B


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January 31, 2011 : Chinese vendor puts its unaudited 2010 revenues at $28 billion, not far behind market-leader Ericsson

Docomo Pours $426M in LTE Capex


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January 31, 2011 : Japanese giant sets out its LTE growth plans for the next four years as it reports its latest financials

NSN 'Has No Interest' in Huawei IPR


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January 28, 2011 : As it looks to close its acquisition of Motorola unit, Nokia Siemens responds to Huawei's action against Moto

ZTE Increases Annual Sales by 17%


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January 27, 2011 : 2010 preliminary numbers show a near 17% boost in revenues for the Chinese vendor

Chasm Commentary


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January 27, 2011 : 11:45 AM What do telecom IT experts think about Bridging the Chasm?

AT&T Plans Slight Capex Dip in 2011


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January 27, 2011 : Spending on wireless to go up, but overall capex to go down

Signs of Growth at NSN


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January 27, 2011 : Equipment vendor reports an increase in fourth-quarter and full-year revenues and a significant reduction in operating losses in 2010

New Trends in Service Provider IT


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January 27, 2011 : Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Ari Banerjee tells LR's Ray Le Maistre about some of the latest trends in the telecom software sector

OSS Architect Is an iWinner


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January 27, 2011 : 6:35 AM Fortune favors 3's Andy Dede

SK Telecom Picks LTE Vendors


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January 26, 2011 : Korean mobile carrier selects three LTE equipment suppliers

fonYou Branches Out


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January 26, 2011 : At Light Reading's Service Provider IT (SPIT) event in London, fonYou CEO Fernando Nunez Mendoza talks about the development of his company's cloud-based mobile services platform and a deployment in South Africa

Nokia's Q4 Shrinkage


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January 26, 2011 : 6:10 AM Analysts expect handset giant to report a Q4 earnings flop

BT Changes Its DNA With Customer Experience


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January 25, 2011 : At LR's Service Provider IT (SPIT) event in London, BT's Jo Upward talks about the operator's company-wide customer-focused initiative

Telcos Shift Their Focus


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January 25, 2011 : 9:30 AM Network operators have been talking about customer experience for years, but now they're actually doing something to improve it

Disruptive Telcos?


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January 25, 2011 : 5:55 AM Telecom Italia says it's time for carriers to shake up service models

Huawei Sues to Block Moto Sale to NSN


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January 24, 2011 : Huawei says Motorola will illegally transfer intellectual property to Nokia Siemens Networks if the planned $1.2B acquisition is completed

Telecom NZ Takes Back Its SPIT


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January 24, 2011 : 9:30 AM Operator brings service provider IT (SPIT) management back in-house as outsourcing deal with HP ends

Chasm Conundrum


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January 20, 2011 : 2:30 PM BT has been Bridging the Chasm – will others follow?

Customer Experience Key to BT's CXO Revamp


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January 20, 2011 : A strategy to improve time to market and overall customer experience is at the heart of BT's decision to collapse the CTO and CIO roles into one

Sony Ericsson's Ups & Downs


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January 20, 2011 : Despite improvements, device vendor still has its work cut out

Why BT Has a Joint CTO/CIO


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January 20, 2011 : BT's Clive Selley, who is the operator's CTO and CIO, talks about his job and explains why BT decided to have one senior management executive in charge of both networks and IT

Schwinging Britain


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January 20, 2011 : 5:50 AM UK minister fancies a Wayne's World, but is he also considering the regulation of OTT content?

LR Launches 'Bridging the Chasm' Campaign


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January 19, 2011 : Light Reading unveils editorial initiative to highlight major organizational challenge facing communications service providers

Why Bridging the Chasm Is Critical for Carriers


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January 19, 2011 : Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie explains why carriers need to implement a Bridging the Chasm strategy

AlcaLu's Singapore Sting


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January 19, 2011 : 9:20 AM Reports suggest Alcatel-Lucent is set to be slung out of its SPIT gig at Singapore's NBN

Bridging the Chasm: A Manifesto


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January 19, 2011 : Integrating networks and IT operations is an essential task for communications service providers if they're to stay relevant

Telcordia – Wassup?


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January 18, 2011 : 4:40 PM Is the SPIT giant on the block?

What's Telcordia Worth?


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January 18, 2011 : What might private equity owners get for the SPIT giant? And who might buy it?

Jobs Takes Medical Leave From Apple


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January 17, 2011 : CEO Steve Jobs steps down to address health issues, hands over day-to-day running of Apple to COO

Boingo Preps $75M IPO


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January 17, 2011 : International Wi-Fi access service provider looks to raise $75 million from a public listing on Nasdaq with the ticker symbol WIFI

Lenders to Lean on Eircom


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January 14, 2011 : Senior lenders are losing patience with Irish carrier eircom, which appears to have done little to deal with its crippling level of debt

Carriers Need a Back-Office Revamp


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January 13, 2011 : 11:20 AM There's a lot of work to be done by operators on their BSS and OSS systems, finds Heavy Reading

Anite Adds to Its LTE Arsenal


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January 10, 2011 : Buys a piece of CommScope to bolster the LTE capabilities of its Nemo network testing business

Euronews: Jan. 7


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January 7, 2011 : Broadband and IPTV, 2G spectrum re-farming, and the future of comm services revenue generation all feature in today's regional roundup
Comment: Universal charger - Ray Le Maistre January 7, 2011

Does Billing Have a Future?


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January 6, 2011 : 1:10 PM There are doubts about the sustainability of the current telecom service charging environment

Euronews: Jan. 6


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January 6, 2011 : Huawei, France Telecom, Vodafone, Belgacom and femtocells feature in today's regional round-up
Comment: Acquisition confirmed - Ray Le Maistre January 6, 2011
Comment: TKLC soars - Ray Le Maistre January 5, 2011
Comment: Killer appointment.... - Ray Le Maistre January 5, 2011
Comment: Tekelec CEO candidates - Ray Le Maistre January 5, 2011

Plastina Out, Prabhu In at Tekelec


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January 5, 2011 : Not such a happy new year for Tekelec as it hunts for a new CEO and warns of lower than expected 2010 sales

AlcaLu Hires Senior BT Exec


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January 4, 2011 : BT's head of 21CN transformation joins his former boss at Alcatel-Lucent

Euronews: Jan. 4


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January 4, 2011 : Ericsson, Level 3, Deutsche Telekom, Swisscom and BT all feature in today's news roundup

Euronews: Jan. 3


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January 3, 2011 : Apple users sleep in, BT names FTTx competition winners, cable operator Unitymedia upgrades its broadband, and Technicolor completes asset sale