News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 27, 2006 : It's been a year of shrinkage for the telecom software sector, with mergers and acquisitions dominating the news. There was, though, a renegade former CEO on the run from the feds
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 26, 2006 : Consolidation in the telecom software market continues as CTI bolsters its portfolio with the $11 million acquisition of British electronic billing systems specialist Ryder Systems
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 26, 2006 : We shuffled back through the past 12 months and found two handfuls of tasty test and measurement morsels, with VOIP, IPTV, and Spirent figuring prominently
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 22, 2006 : Sources say the OSS giant has 'pitch books' out in the market, and has added a new incentive plan for staff that's linked to 'asset sales.' A move by rumored suitor SAP would make sense, reckons analyst
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 22, 2006 : It's been a year of significant M&A activity in the OSS sector, with major names being snapped up as a small group of heavyweights cement their positions as Tier 1 telecom software players
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 22, 2006 : Activist investor Sherborne gets backing from investors to replace key board members and take effective control of test equipment and OSS firm Spirent. Vendor's share price rises on the news
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (14) December 21, 2006 : Fresh off a proposed Redback takeover, the Swedish giant may still be mulling a PON bolt-on
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 21, 2006 : Motorola is buying encoding specialist Tut Systems for $39 million in cash, adding to its video arsenal. Moto is picking up the company on the cheap while its stock is in the doldrums
Reports - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 21, 2006 : Help create our updated taxonomy of operations support systems
* Where is your company?
* Where are your products?
* Who are your competitors?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6) December 20, 2006 : The need to offer a competitive and compelling telco video infrastructure story has led Ericsson to make its bid for Redback. What impact will this move have on the IP router market?
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 20, 2006 : Swedish giant offers $2.1B in cash to buy edge router vendor and give it a strong IP convergence story
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (18) December 20, 2006 : Swedish giant offers $2.1B in cash to buy edge router vendor and give it a strong IP convergence story. The news sends Redback's stock up 17 percent in after-hours trading
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 19, 2006 : Mobile giant sells off another minority holding – this time, its 25% holding in Swisscom Mobile for $3.5B
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 19, 2006 : Mobile giant sells off another minority holding – this time, its 25% holding in Swisscom Mobile for $3.5B. Its partnership with Swisscom will see it retain an interest in the Swiss market
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) December 18, 2006 : French incumbent is ramping up its fiber access rollout following an initial trial service, and will start turning off its legacy voice switches in 2008 once it has IMS systems in place
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 15, 2006 : Swedish broadband access vendor PacketFront bolsters its competitive position against Cisco by acquiring home gateway firm for its VOIP capabilities, and says more M&A is on the way
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (51) December 14, 2006 : PBT, the controversial new flavor of Ethernet, is on the first rung of the standards ladder and is attracting attention from Cisco. Not everyone's keen on Nortel's Ethernet baby, though
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) December 13, 2006 : Backhaul transport strategies for mobile operators is a hot topic, with vendors licking their lips as European wireless carriers lay out their access transport roadmaps at a London conference
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 13, 2006 : Leased line costs are forcing the carrier towards a DSL-based backhaul strategy it would rather not implement
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 13, 2006 : T-Mobile UK's technical director says leased line costs are forcing the carrier towards a DSL-based backhaul strategy, but it would rather use the fiber links that already go to its mobile cell sites
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) December 12, 2006 : Triple play, 3G, and technological innovation are driving increasing demand for long-haul and metro optical network gear, with demand set to rise for the rest of the decade, analyst tells London event
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 11, 2006 : Leading mobile operators size up their IP backhaul options, and prepare to outline their views at a London conference
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 11, 2006 : As leading mobile operators size up their IP backhaul options, and prepare to outline their views at a London conference, the IP transport skills of wireless players come under the spotlight
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 8, 2006 : A new Heavy Reading report, due to be unveiled next week in London, shows carriers are splashing their cash on DWDM upgrades and reveals just how interested operators are in 100 Gbit/s
TIA - In the crosshairs - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 8, 2006 : In a shrinking industry, does anyone really need a global Telecom World tradeshow – or are regional shows better?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) December 8, 2006 : The IMS hype curve is flattening out and carriers are turning their attention back to the more immediate capabilities that service delivery platforms can provide, reckons Microsoft executive
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 7, 2006 : Another success for the AlcaLu/Microsoft combo as Singapore's incumbent carrier announces an IPTV trial using the software giant's platform
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 7, 2006 : Convergence specialist Convergin teams up with BEA Systems to help pull together legacy and SIP-based services as carriers migrate towards IMS architectures
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 6, 2006 : The British carrier reckons it can make money from selling on the experience it has gained from 21CN, its next-generation network project. But not everyone's convinced by its story
Column - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 6, 2006 : In a shrinking industry, does anyone really need a global Telecom World tradeshow – or are regional shows better?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 5, 2006 : As the ITU's World Telecom event attracts questions about its strong regional flavor, vendors use show as news launchpad, with Cisco, Nortel, Motorola, Huawei, and ZTE flooding the newswires
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 4, 2006 : British incumbent is launching its IPTV service at a slow pace, but its content deals and pricing structure look set to trouble NTL and Sky, and its marketing is set to ramp up in time for the next soccer season
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 4, 2006 : LSI Logic and Agere conclude all-stock deal that will create a networking and storage chip giant
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 4, 2006 : LSI Logic and Agere conclude an all-stock deal that will create a networking, storage, and consumer electronics chip giant. Agere's stock leaps nearly 20 percent in pre-market trading
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 1, 2006 : It's day one at the new vendor giant, and it has a shiny new logo. But there's little visibility into the giant vendor's product plans or how the 9,000 job cuts will play out
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 27, 2006 : It's been a year of shrinkage for the telecom software sector, with mergers and acquisitions dominating the news. There was, though, a renegade former CEO on the run from the feds
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 26, 2006 : Consolidation in the telecom software market continues as CTI bolsters its portfolio with the $11 million acquisition of British electronic billing systems specialist Ryder Systems
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 26, 2006 : We shuffled back through the past 12 months and found two handfuls of tasty test and measurement morsels, with VOIP, IPTV, and Spirent figuring prominently
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 22, 2006 : Sources say the OSS giant has 'pitch books' out in the market, and has added a new incentive plan for staff that's linked to 'asset sales.' A move by rumored suitor SAP would make sense, reckons analyst
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 22, 2006 : It's been a year of significant M&A activity in the OSS sector, with major names being snapped up as a small group of heavyweights cement their positions as Tier 1 telecom software players
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 22, 2006 : Activist investor Sherborne gets backing from investors to replace key board members and take effective control of test equipment and OSS firm Spirent. Vendor's share price rises on the news
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (14) December 21, 2006 : Fresh off a proposed Redback takeover, the Swedish giant may still be mulling a PON bolt-on
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 21, 2006 : Motorola is buying encoding specialist Tut Systems for $39 million in cash, adding to its video arsenal. Moto is picking up the company on the cheap while its stock is in the doldrums
Reports - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 21, 2006 : Help create our updated taxonomy of operations support systems
* Where is your company?
* Where are your products?
* Who are your competitors?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6) December 20, 2006 : The need to offer a competitive and compelling telco video infrastructure story has led Ericsson to make its bid for Redback. What impact will this move have on the IP router market?
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 20, 2006 : Swedish giant offers $2.1B in cash to buy edge router vendor and give it a strong IP convergence story
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (18) December 20, 2006 : Swedish giant offers $2.1B in cash to buy edge router vendor and give it a strong IP convergence story. The news sends Redback's stock up 17 percent in after-hours trading
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 19, 2006 : Mobile giant sells off another minority holding – this time, its 25% holding in Swisscom Mobile for $3.5B
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 19, 2006 : Mobile giant sells off another minority holding – this time, its 25% holding in Swisscom Mobile for $3.5B. Its partnership with Swisscom will see it retain an interest in the Swiss market
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) December 18, 2006 : French incumbent is ramping up its fiber access rollout following an initial trial service, and will start turning off its legacy voice switches in 2008 once it has IMS systems in place
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 15, 2006 : Swedish broadband access vendor PacketFront bolsters its competitive position against Cisco by acquiring home gateway firm for its VOIP capabilities, and says more M&A is on the way
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (51) December 14, 2006 : PBT, the controversial new flavor of Ethernet, is on the first rung of the standards ladder and is attracting attention from Cisco. Not everyone's keen on Nortel's Ethernet baby, though
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) December 13, 2006 : Backhaul transport strategies for mobile operators is a hot topic, with vendors licking their lips as European wireless carriers lay out their access transport roadmaps at a London conference
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 13, 2006 : Leased line costs are forcing the carrier towards a DSL-based backhaul strategy it would rather not implement
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 13, 2006 : T-Mobile UK's technical director says leased line costs are forcing the carrier towards a DSL-based backhaul strategy, but it would rather use the fiber links that already go to its mobile cell sites
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) December 12, 2006 : Triple play, 3G, and technological innovation are driving increasing demand for long-haul and metro optical network gear, with demand set to rise for the rest of the decade, analyst tells London event
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 11, 2006 : Leading mobile operators size up their IP backhaul options, and prepare to outline their views at a London conference
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 11, 2006 : As leading mobile operators size up their IP backhaul options, and prepare to outline their views at a London conference, the IP transport skills of wireless players come under the spotlight
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 8, 2006 : A new Heavy Reading report, due to be unveiled next week in London, shows carriers are splashing their cash on DWDM upgrades and reveals just how interested operators are in 100 Gbit/s
TIA - In the crosshairs - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 8, 2006 : In a shrinking industry, does anyone really need a global Telecom World tradeshow – or are regional shows better?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) December 8, 2006 : The IMS hype curve is flattening out and carriers are turning their attention back to the more immediate capabilities that service delivery platforms can provide, reckons Microsoft executive
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 7, 2006 : Another success for the AlcaLu/Microsoft combo as Singapore's incumbent carrier announces an IPTV trial using the software giant's platform
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 7, 2006 : Convergence specialist Convergin teams up with BEA Systems to help pull together legacy and SIP-based services as carriers migrate towards IMS architectures
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 6, 2006 : The British carrier reckons it can make money from selling on the experience it has gained from 21CN, its next-generation network project. But not everyone's convinced by its story
Column - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 6, 2006 : In a shrinking industry, does anyone really need a global Telecom World tradeshow – or are regional shows better?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) December 5, 2006 : As the ITU's World Telecom event attracts questions about its strong regional flavor, vendors use show as news launchpad, with Cisco, Nortel, Motorola, Huawei, and ZTE flooding the newswires
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 4, 2006 : British incumbent is launching its IPTV service at a slow pace, but its content deals and pricing structure look set to trouble NTL and Sky, and its marketing is set to ramp up in time for the next soccer season
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 4, 2006 : LSI Logic and Agere conclude all-stock deal that will create a networking and storage chip giant
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment December 4, 2006 : LSI Logic and Agere conclude an all-stock deal that will create a networking, storage, and consumer electronics chip giant. Agere's stock leaps nearly 20 percent in pre-market trading
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) December 1, 2006 : It's day one at the new vendor giant, and it has a shiny new logo. But there's little visibility into the giant vendor's product plans or how the 9,000 job cuts will play out
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