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Posted in March 2008

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Health Hype Update


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March 31, 2008 : 2:10 PM -- Mobile is a killer app, reckons doctor

Telkom SA Spurns Oger


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March 31, 2008 : 12:25 PM -- South African telco rejects takeover offer

Danes Play Music Card


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March 31, 2008 : 11:45 AM -- If you're Danish and connected, tunes are free

Turmoil at Thomson


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March 31, 2008 : 10:20 AM -- Sacré bleu! French vendor loses its chairman and CEO

AT&T, T-Systems Strike Oil


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March 31, 2008 : AT&T and T-Systems land deals valued at more than $1B from oil giant Shell, which is transferring staff to the operators, while EDS picks up an IT services deal

Singapore Shortlists FTTH Firms


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March 28, 2008 : Singapore has drawn up a shortlist of pre-qualified firms that could run the island state's planned open access next-generation network, which will hook up 1.2 million homes and businesses with fiber

Aepona Expands for Telco 2.0 Assault


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March 28, 2008 : Sporting an adventurous carrier customer and a new CEO, service delivery platform (SDP) specialist Aepona is expanding its North American operations, setting up a subsidiary in Denver

AT&T Tunes Into Mobile TV


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March 28, 2008 : As AT&T preps the May launch of its Qualcomm-aided mobile TV service, Verizon Wireless reminds the world it has a year's head start over its key rival, though the advantage margin remains unclear

Italian Access Face-Off


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March 28, 2008 : 9:15 AM -- T Italia, regulator break bread over access plans

Greek Altnet Bags Further Funds


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March 27, 2008 : Greek competitive operator ON Telecoms has raised €65 million in funding as it builds out its triple-play business and takes on incumbent carrier OTE

Test Vendor EXFO Buys Into IMS


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March 27, 2008 : Optical and access test firm EXFO buys VOIP and IMS test capabilities, and cements its links to major equipment vendors, with the purchase of minnow Navtel
Comment: $100 million!! - Ray Le Maistre March 27, 2008

Germany's Mobile M&A


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March 27, 2008 : 9:30 AM -- There's talk of two mobile takeovers in Germany

FT's Content Play


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March 26, 2008 : 2:35 PM -- France Telecom firms up its content strategy

Slideshow: Convergence India 2008


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March 26, 2008 : This year's Convergence India show in Delhi featured many of the global equipment vendors and a bunch of dummies

IPTV Is Entering Phase II: Thomson


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March 25, 2008 : Thomson's new head of IPTV reckons the sector is heading for an overhaul that will result in consolidation and a more service-centric approach to carrier developments
Comment: 'Milwaukee' update - Ray Le Maistre March 25, 2008

AT&T, NTT Join Subsea Consortium


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March 25, 2008 : Trans-Pacific Express submarine network consortium gains two more members, taking the new cable to Japan and adding to the latest wave of new subsea cable builds

India's Hot for Ethernet


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March 20, 2008 : Demand for Ethernet services is rocketing in India, according to Tata Communications – and it's not the only Indian player benefiting from the boom

Russia's Golden Goes Out With a Bang


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March 20, 2008 : Golden Telecom, now part of the Vimpelcom empire, reveals vastly improved revenues for 2007 and a near doubling of its net income as it pushes ahead with its fiber-to-the-building project

India's Tejas Joins PBT Club


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March 19, 2008 : Indian optical infrastructure vendor Tejas Networks is launching into the carrier Ethernet sector with a range of capabilities, including PBB-TE, the IEEE's flavor of PBT

FT Preps UK IPTV Launch


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March 18, 2008 : France Telecom is still working on ways to make its UK IPTV service stand out from the existing digital TV crowd, but says it'll launch the service soon

Rouanne Takes 4G Role at NSN


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March 17, 2008 : AlcaLu exec jumps ship to become head of radio access at Nokia Siemens Networks, which is hard at work on its 4G product line

Rouanne Reappears


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March 17, 2008 : 8:30 AM -- AlcaLu exec Marc Rouanne surfaces at NSN

Microsoft Preps 'Milwaukee' IPTV Upgrade


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March 14, 2008 : Software giant is about to release the software developers' kit for its latest IPTV platform enhancement, codenamed Milwaukee, and at least one carrier is eager to get its hands on the new capabilities

NEC's Euro Hopes


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March 13, 2008 : 1:00 PM -- NEC has Euro broadband aspirations

Telecom Italia Rejects Microsoft IPTV


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March 13, 2008 : Telecom Italia has shelved plans to deploy Microsoft's IPTV platform and is instead building its telco TV base with technology developed by Microsoft's ally, Alcatel-Lucent

TeliaSonera Commits to FTTx


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March 13, 2008 : Swedish incumbent outlines its plans for next-generation broadband access, including fiber access with bandwidth speeds of up to 100 Mbit/s, in a move that's likely to cost €1 billion, or more

Thomson, Ericsson Bag IPTV Deals


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March 12, 2008 : Thomson and Ericsson land new Euro incumbent telco TV deals, NEC makes its big push with IMS, plus more from the IPTV World Forum in London

DT's 4G Folly


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March 12, 2008 : German giant Deutsche Telekom needs a reality check as it makes outlandish promises about its planned 4G wireless services

Neuf Kicks On With FTTH Plan


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March 11, 2008 : French competitive carrier sticks with its $460M FTTH rollout plan, which might even be followed by a further capex splash

T-Mobile's Plus Point


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March 11, 2008 : 9:45 AM -- T-Mobile just got graded, and it bagged a B+

Virgin Talk Resurfaces


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March 11, 2008 : 9:20 AM -- Fresh M&A talk has sent Virgin's stock up

FT Unit Reels In Orca


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March 10, 2008 : IPTV middleware player Orca Interactive has finally found itself a new home, having agreed to a $21M takeover deal with France Telecom's content security subsidiary Viaccess

AlcaLu Buys OSS Firm


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March 10, 2008 : 9:40 AM -- Alcatel-Lucent is buying integrator and OSS consultancy ReachView

AlcaLu Tackles Wireless 'Blind Spot'


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March 10, 2008 : As mobile data volumes ramp up, Alcatel-Lucent product assesses the impact of data applications on wireless access networks

Telecom Italia Eyes Emerging Markets


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March 7, 2008 : Italian incumbent looks overseas for expansion, and disposals, as it looks to solidify its domestic business

Nokia Siemens' Lifeline for Newport


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March 7, 2008 : Session border controller vendor Newport Networks has finally bagged a major OEM deal with Nokia Siemens Networks – now all it needs are some sales

New Report Maps Out Indian Market


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March 6, 2008 : As India’s mobile market heads towards the 300 million customer milestone, a new Light Reading report identifies the country’s carriers, states how big they are, and charts their service coverage

Juniper Joins CPW Gang


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March 6, 2008 : 8:10 AM -- Juniper is the latest addition to altnet's NGN

Swiss Nibble at IPTV


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March 5, 2008 : 3:00 PM -- 'Steady as she goes' for Swisscom IPTV

AT&T's $1B Global Capex Pledge


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March 5, 2008 : AT&T hikes its international capex spending plans by a third as the operator shores up its content distribution, MPLS, Ethernet access, and hosting capabilities in preparation for a ramp in video traffic

C&W's Mobile Play


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March 4, 2008 : 4:02 PM -- C&W unveils its GSM play and predicts growth

Slovenian Stake Sale Hits Speedbump


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March 3, 2008 : The planned sale of 49 percent stake in Slovenia’s national carrier grinds to a halt, leaving Telekom Slovenije very firmly in government control for now

T-Mobile Joins Google


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March 3, 2008 : 2:30 PM -- Both have invested in the same femto firm

Fiber to the Finns


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March 3, 2008 : 2:05 PM -- More evidence of ramping Euro FTTH rollouts