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Posted in February 2010

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India Sets New 3G Auction Date


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February 26, 2010 : 8:55 AM April 9 is the latest date to be set for India's 3G auction

MWC 2010 Photos: NEC Booth Tour


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February 25, 2010 : What did NEC have to show off at this year's Mobile World Congress? We invaded its booth with a photographer to find out

Profit Crunch for Euro Giants


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February 25, 2010 : Profits tumbled in 2009 at France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom, while a fraud probe is holding back the publication of Telecom Italia's accounts

Cable Ops Up Euro Broadband Ante


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February 25, 2010 : 9:40 AM While Europe's telcos talk about FTTH, the cable players are ramping their broadband services

MWC 2010 Photos: Nokia Siemens Booth Tour


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February 24, 2010 : We gave Nokia Siemens Networks 10 minutes to give us the lowdown on its stand at Mobile World Congress

FTTH Europe: Reality Sinks In


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February 24, 2010 : Despite the bluffing of the lobbyists and politicians, everyone knows that FTTH progress is slow in Europe, but there's tempered optimism

FTTH Europe: Now That's What I Call Broadband


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February 24, 2010 : I've seen, and used, and tasted the future – it's 1-Gbit/s broadband, and it's flavorsome!

FTTH Fever Hits Europe


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February 23, 2010 : EMEA's fiber access community is descending on Lisbon, but will the anticipated optimism be tempered by market reality?

India Watch: 3G Wait Over?


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February 23, 2010 : The auction of 3G spectrum could be nearly with us, 4G is under scrutiny, and mobile number portability edges further away, plus more

Developer Apathy Could Curb Telco App Stores


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February 23, 2010 : A new Heavy Reading report finds that carriers with app store ambitions face potential apathy from the developer community

MWC 2010 Photos: AlcaLu Booth Tour


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February 22, 2010 : Armed with a photographer, we jumped aboard Alcatel-Lucent's Mobile World Congress ship and checked out the booty

FTTH in Europe


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February 22, 2010 : Heavy Reading chief analyst Graham Finnie tells Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre about fiber access developments in Europe, and what he's expecting to see at the 2010 FTTH Council Europe event in Lisbon

MWC 2010 Photos: Shooting the CEOs


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February 19, 2010 : We tracked down the CEOs of Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks as part of our pictorial coverage in Barcelona
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Bharti's African Odyssey


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February 18, 2010 : 3:20 PM If at first you don't succeed...

MWC 2010: Are You Appy?


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February 18, 2010 : 2:10 PM Focus in Barcelona was app-ropriate, but was something missing?

MWC 2010: MTS Trials LTE With AlcaLu


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February 17, 2010 : 7:25 AM Russian operator checks out LTE, talks to LRTV

MWC 2010: Will KPN Go All the Way?


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February 17, 2010 : Dutch incumbent doesn't rule out total network handover

MWC 2010: Data Deluge


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February 17, 2010 : How can mobile operators best deal with the flood of data traffic on their networks? Ray Le Maistre posed the question to some of the vendors at this year's Mobile World Congress

MWC 2010: Russian Revolution


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February 17, 2010 : Dr. Michael Hecker of Moscow-based mobile operator MTS talks about 3G rollout and the relentless increase of service uptake, despite the country's economic crisis

MWC 2010: Dual-Carrier Duel


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February 16, 2010 : Dual-carrier HSPA+ will be a hot technology topic at this year's Mobile World Congress, but which vendors have the smarts?

MWC 2010: AT&T Preps More LTE News


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February 16, 2010 : AT&T's decision on its evolved packet core suppliers for its initial LTE rollout will come soon, says CTO

MWC 2010: Ericsson Opens App Store


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February 15, 2010 : Swedish vendor teams with Opera Software to offer a ready-made applications store for carriers to use as their own

MWC 2010: Is NSN Bouncing Back?


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February 15, 2010 : After a tough year, Nokia Siemens is coming out fighting, with one analyst predicting better things for the joint venture in 2010

MWC 2010: TeliaSonera's LTE Progress


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February 15, 2010 : TeliaSonera's Lars Klasson talks about the success of his company's LTE rollout, with both bandwidth and latency exceeding expectations

MWC 2010: Ericsson Launches App Store


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February 15, 2010 : At its app store launch in Barcelona, Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg talks about the company's LTE efforts, his management team, Redback's contribution to Ericsson's portfolio, and, yes, a new app store that will let carriers offer applications to a variety of devices

MWC Preview: Policy Vendors Strut Their Stuff


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February 12, 2010 : The policy control specialists are vying for attention ahead of Mobile World Congress, with talk of growth, funding, and extra smarts
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Branson Ups Battle With BT


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February 11, 2010 : 2:45 PM Goateed entrepreneur aims to be a bigger pain in BT's rear end

JDSU Snaps Up Agilent Wireless Unit


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February 11, 2010 : JDSU strengthens its hand in the mobile test sector with proposed purchase of Agilent unit that includes LTE and WiMax measurement tools

AlcaLu Revenues Shrink 11% in 2009


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February 11, 2010 : Alcatel-Lucent reports full-year revenues of €15.2B, down 10.8% on 2008, on the back of a grim Q4

Analysts: SPIT Is Hot Stuff


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February 10, 2010 : Developing and executing a strategy based around service provider IT (SPIT) capabilities is critical to modern-day carriers, say Heavy Reading analysts

Putting SPIT in Focus


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February 10, 2010 : The deployment of non-traditional telco systems has emerged as an increasingly critical focus area for carriers the world over
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The SPIT Manifesto


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February 10, 2010 : Service provider IT (SPIT) is critical to the future growth, even survival, of communications service providers – SPIT IS IT!

AT&T Picks AlcaLu, Ericsson for LTE


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February 10, 2010 : Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson are AT&T's two radio access equipment suppliers for its LTE rollout

$72 Billion & Counting


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February 10, 2010 : 7:00 AM Deutsche Bank estimates 2010 mobile broadband capex

Policy Matters to Mobile


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February 10, 2010 : Heavy Reading's Graham Finnie tells Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre about the impact of mobile broadband growth on the Policy Control and Deep Packet Inspection sectors

Look Into My Eyes....


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February 9, 2010 : 9:00 AM 'Influencer' boasts Tier 1 deals, banks VC cash

Mobile Growth Strategies in Africa


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February 9, 2010 : Pyramid Research analyst Badii Kechiche talks to Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre about developments in the African mobile market

Euro FTTH Update


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February 8, 2010 : 9:00 AM Fiber access folk to hook up in Lisbon to get Europe's FTTx latest

Prepping for MWC: LTE


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February 8, 2010 : 8:10 AM Ahead of Barcelona, LTE's again shaping up to be one of the hot topics

Preparing for LTE


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February 8, 2010 : Heavy Reading senior analyst Gabriel Brown examines the latest LTE developments and the move to all-IP networks

Corning Sheds Light on Optical Trends


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February 5, 2010 : Investor day overview shows where Corning has seen demand in the past year for its telecom products, and how FTTH has yet to deliver

Oi, Schmidt! WAKE UP!!


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February 4, 2010 : 1:30 PM Google chief is getting a lie-in at Mobile World Congress

Anticipating Mobile World Congress 2010


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February 4, 2010 : Three Heavy Reading analysts look forward to the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

Is Italian on Telefónica's Menu?


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February 4, 2010 : 8:50 AM Reports suggest a Telefónica/Telecom Italia wedding might be on the cards

Michael O'Hara: The New GSMA


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February 4, 2010 : Michael O'Hara, the GSMA's chief marketing officer, talks about the association's evolving role in helping along the development of modern mobile networks, applications, and devices

Former Juniper Exec Heads for the Clouds


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February 3, 2010 : Christine Heckart exits Microsoft's IPTV business to join cloud storage vendor NetApp, a key partner of Cisco

Heavy Reading: Tackling the Backhaul Bottleneck


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February 2, 2010 : Heavy Reading backhaul specialist Patrick Donegan discusses the network capacity and deployment challenges facing mobile operators

India Ends 2009 on a Mobile High


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February 1, 2010 : On average, India's mobile operators collectively added more than 20,000 new customers every hour during 2009. EVERY HOUR!!!

DT Wins Dark Fiber Ruling


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February 1, 2010 : 9:40 AM As Deutsche Telekom wins FTTC dark fiber ruling, Vodafone makes its own VDSL plans

Michael O'Hara: Mobile World Congress 2010 Preview


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February 1, 2010 : Michael O'Hara, the GSMA's chief marketing officer, says mobile broadband and application delivery will take the stage right alongside new devices at this year's industry-wide confab in Barcelona