News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) December 22, 2005 : Four of BT's eight 21CN preferred vendors – Ciena, Huawei, Lucent and Siemens – sign contracts, but what's the holdup on the lagging quartet? It's a complex matter, says BT...
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 21, 2005 : Siemens breaks into a market dominated by local vendors ZTE, Huawei, and UTStarcom with a 5,000-household IPTV trial deployment at Shanghai Telecom
Column - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 21, 2005 : The acquisition action is never ending in Europe, where private equity players are assuming an increasingly major role in the telecom consolidation process
Eurobites - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 21, 2005 : The acquisition action is never ending in Europe, where private equity players are assuming an increasingly major role in the telecom consolidation process
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 20, 2005 : As Nortel's high-profile head marketing honcho, Clent Richardson, leaves the fold, we ask: Latest victim of top table purge, or curse of the CMO ticket?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 19, 2005 : Carphone's dialing for dollars as it snaps up two rivals and more than doubles its fixed-line voice customer base. Investors cheer the move and the stock jumped nearly 7%
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (14) December 19, 2005 : VOIP trailblazer's new $250M in debt funding may be the last before it finds an exit. New funds will go to network expansion and E911 expenses
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 19, 2005 : As we launch our NGN test-and-measurement taxonomy, there's no shortage of news in the market, as Spirent shrinks, Sunrise is delisted, and Brix targets the video brigade
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5) December 16, 2005 : Seasons greetings! Competitive pressures force RBOC to save $175 million a year by axing 1,500 managers, about 2.4 percent of the carrier's total workforce, during the next five months
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (24) December 15, 2005 : Alcatel is set to launch a new edge router product to satisfy customer demands and capitalize on growing carrier traction, while there's talk of headhunting for a new IP platform development team
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 14, 2005 : Lands monster multinational services deal with car giant Fiat and buys IP service provider to do the Italian Job properly, adding to its assets in Southern Europe
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (10) December 13, 2005 : Major ISP aims to diversify services as it buys VPN provider New Edge for $144 million in cash and stock and ramps up activity in the small and medium sized business market
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5) December 13, 2005 : Set-top box firm Thomson bolsters its IPTV capabilities with $155 million purchase of Thales Broadcast & Multimedia, pitching itself against the likes of Siemens and fellow French firm Alcatel
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5) December 12, 2005 : Network operators can now get a view of the global Internet infrastructure, including reports on how their competitors are performing, with a new system based on routing technology
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 12, 2005 : As carriers look to extend their reach into customers' homes, the Home Gateway Initiative is close to agreeing on specifications that aim to match carrier needs with vendor products
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (11) December 9, 2005 : Under pressure, RBOC can't wait to get its own residential VOIP service up and running, so it's reselling 8x8's Packet8 service to its broadband users to fill the gap
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 9, 2005 : Major European FTTH project opts for an active Ethernet configuration instead of PON, with wholesale capacity service provider bbned and Cisco pulling the strings
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 8, 2005 : It's the hottest three-letter acronym in telecom town, but IMS was painted as a potential hero and villain for today's telecom players at today's Light Reading IMS conference in London
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 7, 2005 : The Dutch government has reduced its stake in national carrier KPN, and is set to give up its 'Golden Share,' laying the carrier open to takeover approaches. But would anyone want it?
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 7, 2005 : The Dutch government is set to give up its 'Golden Share' in KPN, laying the carrier open to takeover approaches
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (34) December 7, 2005 : Another 150 manufacturing jobs are being transferred to China from the UK as the components firm continues its cost-cutting program. Now the former Paignton stronghold has just 200 staff in R&D
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) December 6, 2005 : BT talks up its successful VOIP trials using technology from 21CN key vendors, including softswitch capabilities from Ericsson – access gear vendors are next up to the plate, says senior exec
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 6, 2005 : C&W division CTO says the ability to have more control of services and a higher quality of service is turning smaller carriers on to IMS
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 2, 2005 : Light Reading names the Leading Lights finalists for M&A Strategy, Public Company. The shortlist includes the mother of all acquisitions and a router company with a minimalist approach to M&A
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6) December 2, 2005 : Spends about $120 million on 25% stake in home gateway vendor 2Wire, while AT&T and Telmex snap up another 26% between them. Home gateways are going to be hot in 2006, says analyst
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) December 2, 2005 : Test and measurement firm to pay 25% premium for network management systems vendor, shelling out $75 million to bolster its VOIP monitoring capabilities
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 1, 2005 : Malcolm Wardlaw, BT's head of network intelligence, says IT firms like AOL and Sony need to implement IMS in their products to open up application development to third parties
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) December 22, 2005 : Four of BT's eight 21CN preferred vendors – Ciena, Huawei, Lucent and Siemens – sign contracts, but what's the holdup on the lagging quartet? It's a complex matter, says BT...
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 21, 2005 : Siemens breaks into a market dominated by local vendors ZTE, Huawei, and UTStarcom with a 5,000-household IPTV trial deployment at Shanghai Telecom
Column - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 21, 2005 : The acquisition action is never ending in Europe, where private equity players are assuming an increasingly major role in the telecom consolidation process
Eurobites - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 21, 2005 : The acquisition action is never ending in Europe, where private equity players are assuming an increasingly major role in the telecom consolidation process
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 20, 2005 : As Nortel's high-profile head marketing honcho, Clent Richardson, leaves the fold, we ask: Latest victim of top table purge, or curse of the CMO ticket?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 19, 2005 : Carphone's dialing for dollars as it snaps up two rivals and more than doubles its fixed-line voice customer base. Investors cheer the move and the stock jumped nearly 7%
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (14) December 19, 2005 : VOIP trailblazer's new $250M in debt funding may be the last before it finds an exit. New funds will go to network expansion and E911 expenses
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 19, 2005 : As we launch our NGN test-and-measurement taxonomy, there's no shortage of news in the market, as Spirent shrinks, Sunrise is delisted, and Brix targets the video brigade
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5) December 16, 2005 : Seasons greetings! Competitive pressures force RBOC to save $175 million a year by axing 1,500 managers, about 2.4 percent of the carrier's total workforce, during the next five months
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (24) December 15, 2005 : Alcatel is set to launch a new edge router product to satisfy customer demands and capitalize on growing carrier traction, while there's talk of headhunting for a new IP platform development team
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 14, 2005 : Lands monster multinational services deal with car giant Fiat and buys IP service provider to do the Italian Job properly, adding to its assets in Southern Europe
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (10) December 13, 2005 : Major ISP aims to diversify services as it buys VPN provider New Edge for $144 million in cash and stock and ramps up activity in the small and medium sized business market
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5) December 13, 2005 : Set-top box firm Thomson bolsters its IPTV capabilities with $155 million purchase of Thales Broadcast & Multimedia, pitching itself against the likes of Siemens and fellow French firm Alcatel
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5) December 12, 2005 : Network operators can now get a view of the global Internet infrastructure, including reports on how their competitors are performing, with a new system based on routing technology
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 12, 2005 : As carriers look to extend their reach into customers' homes, the Home Gateway Initiative is close to agreeing on specifications that aim to match carrier needs with vendor products
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (11) December 9, 2005 : Under pressure, RBOC can't wait to get its own residential VOIP service up and running, so it's reselling 8x8's Packet8 service to its broadband users to fill the gap
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 9, 2005 : Major European FTTH project opts for an active Ethernet configuration instead of PON, with wholesale capacity service provider bbned and Cisco pulling the strings
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 8, 2005 : It's the hottest three-letter acronym in telecom town, but IMS was painted as a potential hero and villain for today's telecom players at today's Light Reading IMS conference in London
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 7, 2005 : The Dutch government has reduced its stake in national carrier KPN, and is set to give up its 'Golden Share,' laying the carrier open to takeover approaches. But would anyone want it?
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 7, 2005 : The Dutch government is set to give up its 'Golden Share' in KPN, laying the carrier open to takeover approaches
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (34) December 7, 2005 : Another 150 manufacturing jobs are being transferred to China from the UK as the components firm continues its cost-cutting program. Now the former Paignton stronghold has just 200 staff in R&D
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) December 6, 2005 : BT talks up its successful VOIP trials using technology from 21CN key vendors, including softswitch capabilities from Ericsson – access gear vendors are next up to the plate, says senior exec
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 6, 2005 : C&W division CTO says the ability to have more control of services and a higher quality of service is turning smaller carriers on to IMS
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 2, 2005 : Light Reading names the Leading Lights finalists for M&A Strategy, Public Company. The shortlist includes the mother of all acquisitions and a router company with a minimalist approach to M&A
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6) December 2, 2005 : Spends about $120 million on 25% stake in home gateway vendor 2Wire, while AT&T and Telmex snap up another 26% between them. Home gateways are going to be hot in 2006, says analyst
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) December 2, 2005 : Test and measurement firm to pay 25% premium for network management systems vendor, shelling out $75 million to bolster its VOIP monitoring capabilities
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 1, 2005 : Malcolm Wardlaw, BT's head of network intelligence, says IT firms like AOL and Sony need to implement IMS in their products to open up application development to third parties
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