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Posted in November 2011

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Subex Takes DIM Approach to Dirty Data


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November 30, 2011 : Software specialist is tackling the perennial dirty data problem with its Data Integrity Management offering

Skorpios Rising


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November 29, 2011 : 2:20 PM Optical startup's Series B round climbs with cash from Deutsche Telekom

NSN Hangs Its Future on the Liquid Net


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November 29, 2011 : Vendor's vision of future networks is the basis for its portfolio plans, with its 'mobile broadband' focus extending way beyond the RAN

Comverse in Play


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November 28, 2011 : SPIT giant still up for grabs – Amdocs and Oracle linked again

Akamai, AT&T, Juniper in M&A Tussle


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November 28, 2011 :

Cloudy in the Tyrol


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November 25, 2011 : Telekom Austria is the latest carrier with a cloud services story

NSN Could Lose More Than 17,000 Staff


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November 25, 2011 : Planned job cuts do not include staff offloaded with any asset sales, says vendor

Analysts: NSN Focus Makes Sense


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November 24, 2011 : Industry analyst believes telcos will prefer a more focused NSN but notes that there's still plenty to learn about the vendor's future
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Intune Banks €17.5M


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November 23, 2011 : 1:00 PM More backing for the optical burst specialist – not that many people know about it, though

NSN to Cut 17,000 Staff


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November 23, 2011 : New restructuring program to save €1B in two years but at the cost of 17,000 jobs

No Need for Cloud Rush


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November 23, 2011 : 6:10 AM Reliance Comm's CIO suggests a measured approach to cloud services

Analyst: AlcaLu Could Have a Cloud Hit


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November 22, 2011 : Alcatel-Lucent's new cloud service enablement offering impresses Heavy Reading analyst
Comment: Re: Giant killer - Ray Le Maistre November 21, 2011

Carrier Ethernet Innovation


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November 21, 2011 : John Hoffman, senior director of Ethernet Product Management at Tata Communications, says there has been significant innovation in the Carrier Ethernet sector during the past year, especially in terms of operations, administration and management (OAM) capabilities

AlcaLu Chairman: We Back Ben!


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November 18, 2011 : 7:50 AM The Alcatel-Lucent board backs its CEO

Huawei, ZTE Probed by Intelligence Agency


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November 18, 2011 : The US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has launched an investigation into the potential security threat posed by the Chinese vendor duo
Comment: Re: Where does this fit? - Ray Le Maistre November 17, 2011

AlcaLu Unveils Its Carrier Cloud Play


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November 17, 2011 : Alcatel-Lucent has developed what it believes is the first cloud services delivery system tailored to telcos' needs

LTE TDD: Asia's Hot Tech


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November 16, 2011 : 12:00 PM There's no doubt that Asia/Pacific is the center of LTE TDD developments just now

How Ready Is MPLS-TP?


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November 15, 2011 : Ixia's Tara Van Unen provides the test equipment vendor's take on the readiness of MPLS-TP, saying there's still more work to be done on vendor interoperability

Huawei Buys Out Symantec


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November 15, 2011 : 4:45 AM Chinese vendor bolsters its enterprise strategy by taking total control of joint venture
Comment: Re: Vanilla Ice - Ray Le Maistre November 14, 2011

AboveNet: Connecting to the Cloud


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November 11, 2011 : AboveNet COO Rajiv Datta talks about the role that high-quality, dedicated Ethernet services can play in a cloud services world

Globe Gets Customer-Centric


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November 11, 2011 : 9:25 AM Globe Telecom has customer experience management (CEM) advances at the forefront of its mobile transformation program, with Amdocs as its key partner

The Cloud's a Tough Gig


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November 10, 2011 : OpSource prepares cloud service hopefuls for the tough road ahead

MPLS Gets Edgy in Austria


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November 9, 2011 : 11:15 AM Austrian ISP takes MPLS to the edge for DSL aggregation

ECI Cracks Open OMLT


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November 8, 2011 : Oren Marmur, ECI's head of optical networking, explains how his company's new technology improves on P-OTS systems and delivers real true convergence

ECI's New Flavor of P-OTS


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November 8, 2011 : Packet optical convergence never tasted so good! ECI Telecom unveils its OMLT platform at Ethernet Expo – and it's a real mouthful

Has Tekelec Been Undervalued?


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November 7, 2011 : Vendor's board approves $780M takeover by private equity firms but some feel the deal is leaving investors shortchanged

AlcaLu CFO: We're 'P*ssed'


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November 4, 2011 : CFO vents his frustrations over cash flow situation as CEO Ben Verwaayen defends his company's game plan

Euronews: Q3 Blues for AlcaLu


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November 4, 2011 : A less than stellar end to 2011, NSN's backhaul sale, a new Finnish spectrum auction and enhanced Ethernet services make today's news queue

AlcaLu Under Pressure


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November 4, 2011 : Its Q3 financials and Q4 outlook fail to impress so further cost-cutting is needed

DragonWave to Buy NSN Unit


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November 4, 2011 : Specialist vendor agrees to purchase NSN's microwave backhaul system unit, which comes with 360 staff and a host of major customers

UK Altnet Unveils $800M Fiber Plan


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November 3, 2011 : 10:10 AM Specialist network operator CityFibre has plans to spend £500 million on metro rings and fiber access

Should Huawei Do Business in Iran?


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November 2, 2011 : 8:00 AM Pressure group seeks vendor's withdrawal from Middle East market
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Skype's Latest Telco Friend


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November 1, 2011 : 8:20 AM Indonesian operator will charge monthly fee for unlimited Skype use on smartphones

Huawei Eyes Cloud Acquisitions


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November 1, 2011 : Chinese vendor is scouting for acquisition targets and partnership opportunities to bolster its cloud capabilities