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Posted in November 2009

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NSN Targets Greater Market Share


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November 30, 2009 : Nokia Siemens is looking to gain back some of its lost market share now that it has built a more secure financial footing

Report: Xtera Preps IPO


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November 30, 2009 : 8:25 AM Report suggests optical vendor aims to raise $100 million

Reding Replaced as Europe's Telecom Watchdog


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November 27, 2009 : Viviane Reding, the scourge of Europe's carriers, is being given a new role at the European Commission, but her replacement is just as formidable

India Adds 16.7M Mobile Lines in October


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November 27, 2009 : On average, 538,000 new mobile lines were added each day in October, suggesting India will reach 500 million mobile connections before December

Telefónica Tears It Up


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November 27, 2009 : 8:00 AM Acquires stake in satellite TV player, plans to appeal FTTH decision

Policy Players Prosper


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November 26, 2009 : Policy management specialists are picking up new business, profiting from demand, and preparing for greater demand from the mobile sector

Virgin Presses 'Play' for On Demand Ads


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November 26, 2009 : U.K. cable operator is going live with a dynamic advertising platform that inserts relevant adverts into on demand TV streams

Redknee Reports Q4, Full Year


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November 26, 2009 : Billing, charging, and policy management specialist reports an increase in revenues and a net profit for its full fiscal year

European Carriers Catch M&A Fever


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November 25, 2009 : Europe's service provider landscape is changing yet again as operators merge, sell units, and consider ownership options

India Faces Further 3G Delay


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November 25, 2009 : 9:10 AM Reports suggest the spectrum auction won't happen in January as planned

Nortel: What's Left on the Shelf?


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November 25, 2009 : With the GSM and Metro Ethernet Networks business units offloaded, and more than $2.9B banked, what's left for Nortel to flog?

IBM Targets Telcos' Apps Dev Needs


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November 25, 2009 : China, Malaysia, and South Africa host IBM's new telecom service creation centers, while the IT giant teams with Comverse in France
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Google Adds to Ads Smarts


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November 24, 2009 : 3:30 PM Ad content management specialist Teracent is the latest acquisition

AlcaLu Turns Apps Broker


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November 24, 2009 : Alcatel-Lucent is acting as the bridge between apps developers and operators with an initiative called Open API, with Sprint already on board

Nortel's MEN: Winners & Losers


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November 23, 2009 : Ciena prevailed in the tussle to land Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks division, but does that make it a winner?

Ciena Beats NSN to Buy Nortel's MEN


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November 23, 2009 : Ciena outbids Nokia Siemens in weekend-long auction process, paying $769 million for Nortel's optical and Ethernet assets

MTS Exec: Partners, Processes Key to Success


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November 20, 2009 : Senior exec at Russian giant MTS says carriers need to focus on partnership management and internal processes to succeed in the Internet world

CA, NetQoS Exchange Vows


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November 20, 2009 : 10:10 AM Shock news - IT vendor displays sense of humor

Are ECI & Sonus an Item?


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November 19, 2009 : 10:20 AM New industry tie-up in the making

APAC Operators Commit to LTE


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November 18, 2009 : As SingTel chooses vendors for multiple LTE trials, NTT DoCoMo focuses on its LTE launch, and China Mobile preps a TD-LTE pilot

Policy Matters to Mobile Broadband Operators


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November 18, 2009 : Policy control and deep packet inspection are hot topics for mobile broadband service providers in the virtual and 'real' worlds

Nortel Shrinks Again


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November 17, 2009 : Third-quarter numbers show another significant decline in revenues at Nortel, with the up-for-grabs optical business shrinking by 26%

Asia/Pacific Nears 2B Mobile Lines


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November 17, 2009 : Nearly half of the world's 4 billion-plus mobile connections are in Asia/Pacific, and the region is still showing remarkable growth

Vivendi Floors Telefónica


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November 16, 2009 : 3:05 PM French bidder raises stakes in battle for Brazil's GVT

NTT, OpSource Bring Cloud Services to US


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November 16, 2009 : Having already launched XaaS services in Europe, partners NTT and OpSource offer virtual private cloud services to US enterprises

Nortel Postpones Optical Auction


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November 13, 2009 : 12:30 PM Friday the 13th is unlucky for Ciena

Google Buys Again


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November 13, 2009 : 10:35 AM Google buys VoIP software firm Gizmo5

AAG Lights Its Pipe


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November 13, 2009 : 9:05 AM The Asia America Gateway submarine cable is live and ready for traffic

Liberty Splashes $5.2B on German Operator


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November 13, 2009 : Liberty Global is to buy Germany's second-biggest cable operator, Unitymedia, in a deal valued at $5.2B

NSN COO Vanishes Into Finnair


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November 12, 2009 : NSN has lost another top executive, this time to Finland's domestic airline

Nortel MEN Auction Delayed?


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November 12, 2009 : NOON Reports suggest a potential delay to optical asset auction, but Nortel says nothing has changed

Survival of the Smartest


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November 12, 2009 : Going it alone is hard to do in a next-gen world

DT Snaps Up Former AlcaLu Man


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November 12, 2009 : 9:40 AM Olivier Baujard has landed himself a plum new role as CTO of Deutsche Telekom

M&A Down Under


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November 12, 2009 : 7:45 AM SP Telemedia is buying Australia's Pipe Networks for A$373 million

NTT's Video Tunnels


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November 11, 2009 : 9:30 AM Japanese giant unveils video transport solution

Huawei, ZTE Buck Optical Trend


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November 11, 2009 : Chinese vendors are the only ones to increase their optical equipment revenues during the third quarter, according to Ovum

Radware's New Superhero


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November 10, 2009 : 2:50 PM Alteon line is gonna kick some butt!

Cisco Sweats Over Tandberg


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November 10, 2009 : 9:50 AM Cisco's $3B offer isn't cutting it with Tandberg's investors

Yota: A Model WiMax Startup?


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November 9, 2009 : Russian WiMax startup has shown it's possible to take on the DSL players, but can its strategy be replicated by others?

AIS Unveils 3G Plans


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November 9, 2009 : 11:45 AM Confident of Thailand's 3G licensing plans, AIS plans its next-gen mobile investments

Amdocs Rallies, Fills SDP Hole


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November 6, 2009 : Amdocs sees an upturn in the market as it reports its fiscal year, and fills a hole in its SDP portfolio with a significant acquisition

India Nears 500M Mobile Lines


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November 6, 2009 : Another 15 million mobile lines were activated during September, taking India's total mobile market to nearly 472 million lines

Huawei's Nordic Coup


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November 5, 2009 : 1:45 PM Telenor to swap out its mobile network, build with Huawei and Starent

EENY: Exchange Heat


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November 5, 2009 : The hot topic at this year's Ethernet Expo Americas was the introduction of Ethernet exchange services

EENY 2009: Interoute Targets Edge Unity


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November 4, 2009 : As part of its quest for simplicity, Interoute is aiming to cut the number of customer boxes it needs to support to just a handful

Level 3's Russell Shriver: Service Expansion


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November 4, 2009 : Russell Shriver, Level 3's VP of product management for IP and data services, says carriers need to take Ethernet services to the next level

EENY '09: Carrier Ethernet Interconnections


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November 3, 2009 : Service providers weigh in on one constant challenge for carriers – connecting with other carrier networks to extend the reach of their services

Reliance Globalcom's Kamran Sistanizadeh: Managing Services


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November 3, 2009 : Reliance Globalcom's CTO talks about the importance of managed services

EENY 2009: Gear Market Set for 2010 Rebound


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November 3, 2009 : The market for Carrier Ethernet switch router gear is set to grow in 2010 after contraction in 2009, analyst tells packed event

Cisco Eyes Up China


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November 3, 2009 : 9:10 AM Cisco's M&A run continues with a bid to buy Chinese set-top box firm DVN

Ethernet Gets a CENX View


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November 3, 2009 : MEF president Nan Chen takes the wraps off his long-awaited Ethernet interconnect startup

Look Out – Here Comes SpiderCloud!


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November 2, 2009 : Startup has nothing to do with superheroes, spiders, or anything cloudy

Carriers Cough Up for Cioffi


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November 2, 2009 : After years of self-containment, John Cioffi's DSL management specialist Assia bags $10 million, with operators backing the vendor