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Posted in December 2011

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2011 Top Ten: SPIT Hits


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December 30, 2011 : It’s been another eventful year in the Service Provider IT (SPIT) sector, with operator strategies and M&A action dominating proceedings

French Award More LTE Spectrum


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December 28, 2011 : Next gen mobile license awards and an asset sale make France Europe’s seasonal hotbed of activity

2011 Top Ten: NSN's Amazing Year


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December 27, 2011 : Apparently there was one day in 2011 when nothing major happened at Nokia Siemens Networks, but we can't figure which day that was…

PE Firm Takes Control of InfoVista


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December 22, 2011 : Private equity firm Thoma Bravo buys majority stake in French network management specialist, adding to its recent tech M&A deals

2011 Top Ten: India's Hot!


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December 21, 2011 : It's been another monumental year in India, which looks set to leap from 2G to LTE in little more than 12 months
Comment: Re: Going slightly mad - Ray Le Maistre December 21, 2011
Comment: Going slightly mad - Ray Le Maistre December 21, 2011

Keep Your Eyes on Russia


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December 20, 2011 : 2:00 PM A critical few years in Russian broadband start NOW!

Euronews: DT Preps T-Mobile Plan B


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December 20, 2011 : Deutsche Telekom's plans for its T-Mobile USA problem child, and the real value of the AT&T breakup package, dominate today's regional news roundup
Comment: Re: Not a date food... - Ray Le Maistre December 19, 2011

Euronews: FT Does 100G With AlcaLu


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December 19, 2011 : France Telecom's 100G upgrade, BT's legal wrangle with Google and job cuts at Technicolor feature in today's regional news lineup
Comment: Not a date food... - Ray Le Maistre December 16, 2011

S'more the Merrier


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December 16, 2011 : 12:10 PM As European families look for new treats for their children this holiday season, Ixia's Tara Van Unen introduces the 's'more'

India Grinds to a Halt


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December 15, 2011 : There's been a lull of activity in India's telecom sector as the operators await the new national policy but 2012 is looking livelier
Comment: Huawei not alone - Ray Le Maistre December 15, 2011
Comment: NSN also scaling back - Ray Le Maistre December 15, 2011

AlcaLu, NSN Storm LatAm


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December 14, 2011 : Alcatel-Lucent is making a noise in Latin America with 100G and an LTE deployment that has lightRadio in mind, while NSN has LTE TDD news
Comment: Re: Major backer? - Ray Le Maistre December 14, 2011

What's Up at InfoVista?


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December 12, 2011 : 10:20 AM SPIT player suspends its shares ahead of ... ?
Comment: Adtran's investors wary - Ray Le Maistre December 12, 2011

Adtran to Buy NSN's Broadband Unit


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December 12, 2011 : NSN's latest divestment is of its fixed-broadband access business unit, which Adtran thinks could boost its sales by about 20 percent
Comment: Re: Jokes - Ray Le Maistre December 11, 2011

Sequans Lifted by Early LTE TDD Action


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December 8, 2011 : Its traditional WiMax market may be shrinking but chip firm Sequans is already getting a boost from early LTE TDD action

Russian Into LTE


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December 8, 2011 : 2:00 AM Operators take a step towards shared LTE infrastructure
Comment: Re: Aw nuts.... - Ray Le Maistre December 7, 2011
Comment: Re: Aw nuts.... - Ray Le Maistre December 7, 2011
Comment: Aw nuts.... - Ray Le Maistre December 7, 2011

Epsilon Makes Metro Move With BTI


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December 5, 2011 : Optical connectivity specialist is upgrading its metro transport networks with new boxes from BTI Systems

BT Heads for 400G With Ciena


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December 1, 2011 : UK incumbent to deploy the 6500 Packet-Optical platform for its 100Gbit/s plans and to prepare itself for even greater speeds…