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Posted in October 2012

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2012 Leading Lights Finalists: Best Deal Maker


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October 31, 2012 : 11:20 AM Continuing our look at this year's shortlisted entries, it's time to check out the companies that excelled in mergers and acquisitions

Euronews: UK Preps for 5G


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October 31, 2012 : In today's news queue: Ofcom looks beyond 4G; Türk Telekom deploys VDSL2; Infinera's latest subsea gig; Orange puts NFC on the menu; and more
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Huawei Hits Back


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October 30, 2012 : Executive pins US security report conclusions on 'Americans being Americans'

Euronews: 4G Arrives in UK


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October 30, 2012 : In today's roundup: EE launches LTE service; Telefónica Deutschland IPO; Allot boosts revenues

Calix Continues Its Euro Push


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October 29, 2012 : Calix executive Andy Lockhart talks about the access equipment vendor's expansion in Europe, updates on the introduction of vectoring capabilities and gives Butch Cassidy his movie vote

Euronews: BT May Cut Sales Forecast


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October 29, 2012 : In today's regional roundup: BT's targets; Telenor's digital king; Vodafone's NFC buddies; Vimpelcom M&A chat; and Phoenix flies to Canterbury

Cisco Feels Security Heat in China


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2012 Leading Lights Finalists: Best New Service or Application (Telecom)


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October 29, 2012 : 4:00 AM Continuing our look at this year's shortlisted entries, it's time to examine the best services or applications in the fixed line world

ASSIA CEO: Next Step for DSL


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October 26, 2012 : John Cioffi, CEO at ASSIA, talks about the deluge of interest in the vectoring capabilities that are enhancing VDSL broadband lines and puts himself in Luke Skywalker's shoes

Ericsson Feels Networks Squeeze in Q3


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October 26, 2012 : Networks sales are suffering in key markets and big services projects are still suppressing margins but CEO sticks with game plan

Dante's SDH Inferno


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October 25, 2012 : 11:40 AM SDH has been torched in the pan-European research network run by Dante

Tellabs Cutting More Jobs


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October 25, 2012 : With sales still under pressure, another 200 staff are being laid off as Tellabs looks to reduce its costs further

Telstra's New Network Edge


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October 25, 2012 : Telstra's Mike Wright and Rami Rahim of Juniper Networks discuss the Australian carrier's decision to revamp its edge network using broadband network gateway (BNG) capabilities

SDN: More Than Just a Tremor


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October 24, 2012 : Network virtualization, software-defined networking … call it what you want, this is a big deal for telcos

A New Lease of Life for DSL


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October 24, 2012 : Broadband Forum CEO Robin Mersh talks about the recent G.vector plugfest, the potential gains from vectoring for DSL operators and his 'odd' connection with Jane Fonda

Carriers Collaborate on Network of the Future


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October 23, 2012 : A new Industry Specifications Group has been created to identify the communications network architecture of the future
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Google: SDN Works for Us


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October 23, 2012 : Software defined networking using OpenFlow has worked so well for Google's inter-data center network it's going to adopt it elsewhere

BBWF 2012: More Pics


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October 23, 2012 : Further pictorial evidence of industry life at the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam

BT Preps for 4G Backhaul


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October 22, 2012 : BT Wholesale's Steve Best gives an update on the backhaul and HD voice services markets as mobile operators migrate to 4G, answers questions about dark fiber and wholesale IP voice and gives The Lord of the Rings a nod

BBWF 2012: Picture This!


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October 22, 2012 : We had our camera to hand on the Broadband World Forum show floor in Amsterdam – see who had a drink and a massage!

Tier 1 Carriers Tackle Telco SDN


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October 22, 2012 : Major telcos are collaborating on a joint-operator initiative into network virtualization that's closely related to SDN

SoftCOM: Huawei's Take on SDN


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October 19, 2012 : Huawei has a vision to take wide area comms networks to 'all IT'

BBWF 2012: Is Europe Too Risk Averse?


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October 19, 2012 : Heavy Reading analysts Graham Finnie and Gabriel Brown discuss the apparent unwillingness of European operators to match their peers in Asia/Pacific and North America when it comes to major investments in fixed-line broadband

AlcaLu Job Cuts to Hit 5,500


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October 18, 2012 : 9:00 AM Many Alcatel-Lucent jobs to go in France as restructuring details are released

APAC Boosts NSN's Q3


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October 18, 2012 : Stronger sales in Asia/Pacific, particularly Japan and South Korea, boosts revenue and margins at Nokia Siemens Networks

Broadband Mix for Telekom Austria


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October 18, 2012 : At the Broadband World Forum, Telekom Austria CEO Hannes Ametsreiter discusses the European operator's multi-technology broadband strategy, the use of vectoring capabilities, startup investments, working with Carlos Slim and Scorsese's Taxi Driver

BBWF 2012: Day 2 Review


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October 17, 2012 : Networking the home was a hot topic during day 2 of the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam

The Lowdown on Service Provider SDN


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October 17, 2012 : At the Broadband World Forum show in Amsterdam, Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson gives us the lowdown on Service Provider SDN and explains why the definition of software-defined networking needs to be expanded for the telecom sector

BBWF 2012: Day 1 Review


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October 16, 2012 : 10:45 AM SDN is grabbing the early headlines but there are more traditional topics, such as DSL and FTTH, coming down the pipe in Amsterdam

BBWF 2012: SDN Rules


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October 16, 2012 : The Broadband World Forum show has opened with a welter of big-name announcements around SDN (software-defined networking), explains Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie

Ericsson CTO: Let's Redefine SDN


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October 16, 2012 : Ericsson's CTO Ulf Ewaldsson sets the tone at the Broadband World Forum by proposing a new definition of SDN (software-defined networking)

Inside Telefonica's Startup Incubator


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October 15, 2012 : Want to see what goes on inside a Telefonica Digital Wayra startup academy? Then you've come to the right place…

ZTE Reports Losses, Plans Closures


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October 15, 2012 : Chinese vendor plans to cut jobs and close offices in overseas markets following a dip into the red in the first nine months of 2012

Cisco Piles Pressure on Huawei


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October 12, 2012 : General counsel's blog highlights discrepancies in Chinese vendor's interpretation of the Cisco vs Huawei intellectual property dispute

Telefónica: In APIs We Trust


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October 11, 2012 : Telefónica Digital's BlueVia is on a mission to bring telcos, APIs, Web services platforms and developers together – just don't mention WAC!

Softbank Eyes Sprint Acquisition


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October 11, 2012 :

Mobile With a Fruity Flavor


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October 11, 2012 : When Everything Everywhere re-branded, why didn't it go down the fruit route instead of opting for the ridiculous EE?

Telefónica, Telenor Team on APIs


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October 10, 2012 : Telenor is set to team up with the Spanish giant's BlueVia platform

Alcatel-Lucent Enhances VDSL2 Vectoring


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October 9, 2012 : Vendor negates the need to upgrade customer premises equipment in VDSL2 vectoring rollouts

Calix: At Home in Britain


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October 8, 2012 : U.S. vendor adds to its collection of fiber-to-the-home deployments in the U.K.

US vs Huawei/ZTE: The Verdict


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October 8, 2012 : 5:00 AM No shock as House Intelligence Committee warns that Chinese companies should not be trusted

Huawei Mulls IPO


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October 5, 2012 :
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Why 9.2 Is the Magic Number


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October 4, 2012 : 2:20 PM That's €9.2B earmarked for broadband stimulus investment

Adtran Heralds a Tough Winter


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October 4, 2012 : Wrap up warm … there's an icy wind blowin' across broadband capex county and it's already sending a chill up Adtran's pants

BBWF 2012: Vectoring's Potential


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October 4, 2012 : Ahead of the Broadband World Forum show in Amsterdam, Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie talks about the potential of DSL vectoring, the impact it may have on GPON and why his beer glass may be half empty in the Dutch capital

Openet: The Legal Brakes Are Off


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October 3, 2012 : Having prevailed in its court battle with Amdocs, Openet is looking forward to accelerating some strategic initiatives

BBWF 2012: Canny Couple


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October 3, 2012 : Why cloud and broadband make good bedfellows for the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam

New CEO for Subex


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October 3, 2012 : 5:30 AM SPIT vendor to name new chief

Openet Wins Legal Battle With Amdocs


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October 2, 2012 : Irish policy control specialist fends off Amdocs after two years in court, opening up the way for a potential IPO

NSN Offloads More IPTV Assets


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October 1, 2012 : Accenture is the latest company to grab a piece of the Nokia Siemens Networks empire