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Posted in December 2007

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Orange Tunes in to Spanish TV


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December 28, 2007 : 6:00 AM -- Finds new friend for triple-play package in Spain

2007 Top Ten: Services Stories


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December 27, 2007 : From FMC to IPTV to (voice) SMS and all the way to UMA, we give you this year's top services stories from the Light Reading stable

2007 Top Ten: Big OSS Stories


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December 26, 2007 : What was big in OSS in the past year? Check out these stories to find out how IT giants and India have been at the heart of the sector's M&A action
Comment: IPO built on VZON revs - Ray Le Maistre December 21, 2007

Hungary for M&A Action


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December 21, 2007 : 12:14 PM -- HTCC can't stop buying!

Partner Goes Solo


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December 21, 2007 : 10:10 AM -- Ericsson in, AlcaLu out at Israeli carrier

ANDA Files for $86M IPO


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December 21, 2007 : We told you so! Ethernet access equipment vendor plans to raise $86.25 million from an IPO on Nasdaq, and reveals its reliance on Verizon's deployment

Ericsson Invests in IPTV Smarts


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December 20, 2007 : Buys small IPTV integrator HyC Group for an undisclosed sum to add 110 specialist staff to its services division

SFR to Swallow Neuf in $6.4B Deal


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December 20, 2007 : French consolidation continues as SFR plans €4.5B ($6.4B) acquisition of Neuf Cegetel to create a quad-play giant that will be France Telecom's main domestic rival

The Huawei Equation


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December 19, 2007 : 4:30 PM -- Good news for Huawei = Bad news for someone else

Brits Build Backbone With Infinera


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December 19, 2007 : Optical upstart Infinera lands an optical backbone deal from growing UK broadband service provider Carphone Warehouse, but only after joining the part at the last moments

Knight Time for BT


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December 19, 2007 : 8:30 AM -- BT's CEO gets the nod from the Queen
Comment: Re: Routers? - Ray Le Maistre December 18, 2007

SFR, Neuf Talk M&A


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December 18, 2007 : French carriers mull merger

AlcaLu Sells Fiber Stake


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December 18, 2007 : Alcatel-Lucent is selling its stake in fiber vendor Draka Comteq for $301M, with industry sources suggesting the money is earmarked for M&A purposes

NTT Joins PBT Roll Call


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December 18, 2007 : Japanese giant is set to put PBT through its paces early next year as interest continues to grow from the world's major carriers in the controversial Ethernet technology being pushed by Nortel and BT
Comment: Re: Routers? - Ray Le Maistre December 17, 2007

Vonage Sued Again


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December 17, 2007 : The Vonage legal team is being kept busy as Nortel becomes the latest company to sue the VOIP service provider for patent infringement

Turin to Buy Carrier Access


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December 17, 2007 : After months of acquisition speculation, Turin Networks strikes a near $93 million deal to buy Carrier Access

Italians Head for the Splits


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December 17, 2007 : 9:15 AM -- Regulator starts structural separation process

Bridgewater Slips on Stock Market Debut


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December 14, 2007 : Policy management specialist debuts on the Toronto exchange but sees its share price slide in its first few hours of trading

Huawei's Core Euro Breakthrough


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December 14, 2007 : Multi-market deal with Deutsche Telekom's wireless unit, T-Mobile, is the Chinese vendor's most significant European engagement to date, says Heavy Reading analyst

Stealthy Zeugma Pockets $22.5M


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December 13, 2007 : Startup Zeugma Systems lands a B round of funding as it prepares to come out of stealth mode with some form of edge router device

VSNL Pump$ Up WiMax Plan$


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December 13, 2007 : 12:45 PM -- Indian carrier to splash up to $600M on rollout

Spirent Gets a Lift


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December 13, 2007 : 9:15 AM -- Test firm's stock rises on guidance

Ciena Takes ANDA Into 21CN


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December 13, 2007 : Already one of BT's 21CN preferred suppliers for long-haul optical gear, Ciena now has a deal to supply Ethernet access gear from OEM partner ANDA

Europe's WiMax Creep


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December 12, 2007 : 4:00 PM -- No, not a wireless slimeball – we're talkin' more deployments

Singapore Extends Monster NGN Tender


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December 12, 2007 : With 12 bidders already pre-qualified, the island state broadens its RFP for an open access broadband network, offering a grant of up to $520 million for infrastructure build

Huawei Goes Underwater


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December 11, 2007 : Chinese vendor, with partner Global Marine Systems, unveils subsea subsidiary Huawei Submarine Networks to take on AlcaLu, Tyco, et al., and reckons it can be the No. 2 subsea player within three years

Dutch Feast on Fiber


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December 10, 2007 : 3:10 PM -- And they're keen on Cisco's flavor of FTTH

Upheaval in India's Mobile Market


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December 10, 2007 : NSN opts out of BSNL deal, carriers form mobile tower joint venture, and Reliance is ready to go nationwide with its GSM network

Police Raid Huawei Offices in Brazil


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December 7, 2007 : Brazil's federal police raid Huawei's offices on suspicion that the vendor has illegal immigrants working there

Greek Slapdown


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December 7, 2007 : 12:15 PM -- Greece caps private investments in 'strategic' assets

Sitronics Hits New Low


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December 7, 2007 : It's been a mixed bag for the Russian vendor this week, with news of new integration and equipment deals in Eastern Europe overshadowed by quarterly losses and a lower full year revenues forecast
Comment: Re: Hardware or not? - Ray Le Maistre December 7, 2007
Comment: Re: Hardware or not? - Ray Le Maistre December 7, 2007

Wind Joins Euro IPTV Surge


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December 6, 2007 : Italian altnet Wind is the latest European carrier to launch its IPTV service, plus other IPTV news bites, including a dream decision by Slovenia's TUŠ Telekom

Brit Startup Bonds Broadband


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December 6, 2007 : Sharedband unveils a new way of aggregating broadband line capacity and strikes a deal with BT Wholesale to take its technology to British ISPs before it launches in North America

FastWeb Goes Mobile


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December 6, 2007 : 9:20 AM -- FastWeb names its MVNO partner

BT Trials Ad-Funded Video Service


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December 5, 2007 : BT is testing the potential of targeted advertising by inserting sponsored messages into free broadband video downloads using an existing BT Vision service

FT Boasts iPhone Sales, Higher Dividends


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December 5, 2007 : France Telecom boasts early iPhone sales success and sees better 2008 dividends as it steadies its financial ship, but its stock dips as investors were hoping for higher returns

NSN Touts Tier 1 4G Trials


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December 4, 2007 : Nokia Siemens boasts of LTE engagements at NTT DoCoMo and Verizon Wireless, and trots off a host of new announcements at Nokia's Capital Markets day, including an IMS contract at Chunghwa

Killer Blames Mobile Handset


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December 3, 2007 : 10:25 AM -- It wasn't me, it was an exploding phone – honest!

Zain Bets Billions on Emerging Markets


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December 3, 2007 : Kuwaiti carrier buys Iraq operator for $1.2 billion and is set to raise more than $4 billion from a new stock issue to continue its emerging markets expansion strategy
Comment: Re: PBT - Ray Le Maistre December 3, 2007