Eurobites - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 27, 2007 : We took a camera to 3GSM and photographed some overhyped technology, some marketing hot air, a walking talking Orange woman, and a flaming sausage...
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) February 27, 2007 : Alcatel-Lucent is starting to detail its European staff reduction program, saying its 1,500 job cuts in France will be on a voluntary basis only. Analysts say the company needs to be more aggressive
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 26, 2007 : A roundup of news bites from the monster mobile show in Barcelona, including news of an Alcatel-Lucent 3G decision
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5) February 26, 2007 : Gaining a foothold in the cable operator market is a crucial part of the bid for Tandberg TV, says Ericsson's CEO, who likes the look of the business Lucent, Motorola, and Nortel already have in that sector
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (7) February 26, 2007 : Ericsson starts a bidding war for IPTV equipment vendor Tandberg TV by offering $1.4B in cash, topping Arris's offer by 10%. Analysts believe Ericsson has the upper hand in the acquisition battle
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) February 23, 2007 : A roundup of news bites from the monster mobile show in Barcelona, including news of an Alcatel-Lucent 3G decision, Sylantro's new friend for IMS, and some backhaul bragging from Tellabs
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) February 23, 2007 : Microsoft is embroiled in patent lawsuits with two of its key telecom buddies, Alcatel-Lucent and AT&T, and has just been slapped with $1.5B damages in the ongoing battle with its IPTV vendor partner
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) February 22, 2007 : Pan-European business services player saw its 2006 revenues shrink, and its share price drop 9%, as competition for European enterprise accounts intensified. Now the new CEO has started a business review
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 21, 2007 : ADVA adds itself to the list of BT's 21CN vendors as it lands an Ethernet CPE deal to tie in with the recent PBT-enabled Ethernet switch contracts awarded to Nortel and Siemens
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) February 20, 2007 : Swedish giant announces its first IPTV deal with Vodafone Iceland, while Nortel gets cosier with Calix to target IPTV opportunities
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) February 19, 2007 : Italian incumbent is the subject of investment and NGN rollout speculation, while Portugal Telecom has received an increased takeover bid. Plus other European tidbits to tickle the news palate
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) February 16, 2007 : Both Nokia and Siemens have some housekeeping duties before they merge their networks businesses – Nokia is cutting back staff, while Siemens is still dealing with its corruption probe
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 15, 2007 : Mike Zafirovski says 3G technology (which Nortel no longer promotes) is not up to the demands of wireless broadband
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (15) February 15, 2007 : Now that he has sold his company's 3G access business to Alcatel-Lucent, Mike Zafirovski says the technology is not up to the demands of wireless broadband
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 14, 2007 : Sources say Sonus is planning to buy a GSM softswitch specialist to bolster its position with wireless service providers
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 14, 2007 : As Sonus talks up its mobile credentials at 3GSM, sources say the company is planning to buy a GSM softswitch specialist to bolster its position with wireless service providers
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) February 14, 2007 : Carrier categorically denies financial sector talk that Huawei has been edged out of the access portion of 21CN, its $19.5 billion next-gen net
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 14, 2007 : Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin says the mobile industry needs to speed up developments, adopt online business models, and create new standards fast
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 11, 2007 : Vodafone continues its expansion into emerging markets by paying $11 billion for a 67 percent controlling stake in Indian mobile operator Hutchison Essar, and wants to buy the rest
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) February 11, 2007 : Vodafone continues its expansion into emerging markets by paying $11 billion for a controlling 67 percent stake in Indian mobile operator Hutchison Essar – and it wants to buy the rest, too
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 9, 2007 : The 3G base station developed by Alcatel is being replaced by Nortel gear, while there has been some culling in optical, too
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (28) February 9, 2007 : The 3G base station developed by Alcatel is being replaced by ex-Nortel gear, while there has been some culling in optical as well, according to Alcatel-Lucent management, though details are scarce
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 9, 2007 : Newly formed mega-vendor adds thousands to its original headcount reduction plan as a tough 2007 beckons
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (33) February 9, 2007 : Newly formed mega-vendor adds thousands to its original headcount reduction plan after dreary financial performance at the end of 2006, and the firm's near-term outlook offers little cheer
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) February 8, 2007 : There's a massive scrap brewing in the British broadband market as BT lands a subscriber uppercut, NTL shapes up for haymaker, and BSkyB and Tiscali plan sucker punches
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (11) February 7, 2007 : France Telecom has a GPON tender out to vendors as it plans a $350M FTTH rollout over the next two years, say sources who have identified at least one surprise bidder
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 7, 2007 : French incumbent says it's on course for 180,000 FTTH customers by the end of 2008; it's still the only European incumbent with any serious FTTH plans
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) February 6, 2007 : Optical vendor says its new approach to Ethernet transport will replace Sonet/SDH. Analyst says this makes sense, but Meriton won't be alone in pitching Carrier Ethernet Transport
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 5, 2007 : SDP specialist scores a deal with Canadian carrier Telus, pockets another $10 million, and develops an IMS-ready mobile/WiFi roaming application based on the 3GPP's Voice Call Continuity (VCC) standard
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 2, 2007 : Ericsson's CEO talks about incumbent GPON investment, slower than expected growth in mobile infrastructure in 2007, and China's 3G licenses
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 2, 2007 : Ericsson's CEO talks about GPON action, slower than expected growth in mobile infrastructure, and China's 3G licenses
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) February 1, 2007 : ECI has a new partner for North American broadband, and it's not Nortel. Meanwhile, the former Laurel Networks is toast
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) February 1, 2007 : Vendor giant adds flesh to its IPTV strategy, offering more information about the technologies that will make up its future converged services platform
Eurobites - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 27, 2007 : We took a camera to 3GSM and photographed some overhyped technology, some marketing hot air, a walking talking Orange woman, and a flaming sausage...
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) February 27, 2007 : Alcatel-Lucent is starting to detail its European staff reduction program, saying its 1,500 job cuts in France will be on a voluntary basis only. Analysts say the company needs to be more aggressive
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 26, 2007 : A roundup of news bites from the monster mobile show in Barcelona, including news of an Alcatel-Lucent 3G decision
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5) February 26, 2007 : Gaining a foothold in the cable operator market is a crucial part of the bid for Tandberg TV, says Ericsson's CEO, who likes the look of the business Lucent, Motorola, and Nortel already have in that sector
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (7) February 26, 2007 : Ericsson starts a bidding war for IPTV equipment vendor Tandberg TV by offering $1.4B in cash, topping Arris's offer by 10%. Analysts believe Ericsson has the upper hand in the acquisition battle
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) February 23, 2007 : A roundup of news bites from the monster mobile show in Barcelona, including news of an Alcatel-Lucent 3G decision, Sylantro's new friend for IMS, and some backhaul bragging from Tellabs
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) February 23, 2007 : Microsoft is embroiled in patent lawsuits with two of its key telecom buddies, Alcatel-Lucent and AT&T, and has just been slapped with $1.5B damages in the ongoing battle with its IPTV vendor partner
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) February 22, 2007 : Pan-European business services player saw its 2006 revenues shrink, and its share price drop 9%, as competition for European enterprise accounts intensified. Now the new CEO has started a business review
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 21, 2007 : ADVA adds itself to the list of BT's 21CN vendors as it lands an Ethernet CPE deal to tie in with the recent PBT-enabled Ethernet switch contracts awarded to Nortel and Siemens
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) February 20, 2007 : Swedish giant announces its first IPTV deal with Vodafone Iceland, while Nortel gets cosier with Calix to target IPTV opportunities
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) February 19, 2007 : Italian incumbent is the subject of investment and NGN rollout speculation, while Portugal Telecom has received an increased takeover bid. Plus other European tidbits to tickle the news palate
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) February 16, 2007 : Both Nokia and Siemens have some housekeeping duties before they merge their networks businesses – Nokia is cutting back staff, while Siemens is still dealing with its corruption probe
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 15, 2007 : Mike Zafirovski says 3G technology (which Nortel no longer promotes) is not up to the demands of wireless broadband
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (15) February 15, 2007 : Now that he has sold his company's 3G access business to Alcatel-Lucent, Mike Zafirovski says the technology is not up to the demands of wireless broadband
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 14, 2007 : Sources say Sonus is planning to buy a GSM softswitch specialist to bolster its position with wireless service providers
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 14, 2007 : As Sonus talks up its mobile credentials at 3GSM, sources say the company is planning to buy a GSM softswitch specialist to bolster its position with wireless service providers
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) February 14, 2007 : Carrier categorically denies financial sector talk that Huawei has been edged out of the access portion of 21CN, its $19.5 billion next-gen net
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 14, 2007 : Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin says the mobile industry needs to speed up developments, adopt online business models, and create new standards fast
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 11, 2007 : Vodafone continues its expansion into emerging markets by paying $11 billion for a 67 percent controlling stake in Indian mobile operator Hutchison Essar, and wants to buy the rest
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) February 11, 2007 : Vodafone continues its expansion into emerging markets by paying $11 billion for a controlling 67 percent stake in Indian mobile operator Hutchison Essar – and it wants to buy the rest, too
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 9, 2007 : The 3G base station developed by Alcatel is being replaced by Nortel gear, while there has been some culling in optical, too
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (28) February 9, 2007 : The 3G base station developed by Alcatel is being replaced by ex-Nortel gear, while there has been some culling in optical as well, according to Alcatel-Lucent management, though details are scarce
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 9, 2007 : Newly formed mega-vendor adds thousands to its original headcount reduction plan as a tough 2007 beckons
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (33) February 9, 2007 : Newly formed mega-vendor adds thousands to its original headcount reduction plan after dreary financial performance at the end of 2006, and the firm's near-term outlook offers little cheer
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) February 8, 2007 : There's a massive scrap brewing in the British broadband market as BT lands a subscriber uppercut, NTL shapes up for haymaker, and BSkyB and Tiscali plan sucker punches
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (11) February 7, 2007 : France Telecom has a GPON tender out to vendors as it plans a $350M FTTH rollout over the next two years, say sources who have identified at least one surprise bidder
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 7, 2007 : French incumbent says it's on course for 180,000 FTTH customers by the end of 2008; it's still the only European incumbent with any serious FTTH plans
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) February 6, 2007 : Optical vendor says its new approach to Ethernet transport will replace Sonet/SDH. Analyst says this makes sense, but Meriton won't be alone in pitching Carrier Ethernet Transport
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 5, 2007 : SDP specialist scores a deal with Canadian carrier Telus, pockets another $10 million, and develops an IMS-ready mobile/WiFi roaming application based on the 3GPP's Voice Call Continuity (VCC) standard
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 2, 2007 : Ericsson's CEO talks about incumbent GPON investment, slower than expected growth in mobile infrastructure in 2007, and China's 3G licenses
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment February 2, 2007 : Ericsson's CEO talks about GPON action, slower than expected growth in mobile infrastructure, and China's 3G licenses
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) February 1, 2007 : ECI has a new partner for North American broadband, and it's not Nortel. Meanwhile, the former Laurel Networks is toast
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) February 1, 2007 : Vendor giant adds flesh to its IPTV strategy, offering more information about the technologies that will make up its future converged services platform
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