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Posted in April 2009

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Going Soft in Europe


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April 30, 2009 : 5:10 PM Telecom software's hot, baby!

OSS Firms: Are You Experienced?


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April 30, 2009 : Customer Experience Management is an approach that is gaining traction amongst vendors and operators, but how big is the market?

Ericsson Holds Up in Q1


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April 30, 2009 : Ericsson's profits take a hit from restructuring costs and its joint ventures, but its network infrastructure sales are holding steady

Viking Victory for Infinera


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April 30, 2009 : TeliaSonera is upgrading its 'Viking' US transport network, replacing its current optical network with new gear from Infinera

Bharti Profits From Mobile Boom


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April 29, 2009 : Indian operator sees revenues, profits, and customer uptake soar in the past year. Now it needs services like IPTV to help raise ARPUs

Is Nortel M&A Near?


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April 29, 2009 : 9:15 AM Latest reports suggest asset sales soon

Thomson Gets a Reprieve


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April 28, 2009 : Former AlcaLu man takes total control as Thomson gets waivers from its creditors and reports improving Q1 numbers

Tellabs Goes Shopping


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April 28, 2009 : 10:30 AM Acquisitions are being explored, says CEO
Comment: TLAB stock rising - Ray Le Maistre April 28, 2009

Transport Sales Slump Hits Tellabs


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April 28, 2009 : Tellabs had forecast a first-quarter dip, and it was right, with transport equipment sales falling away sharply

Is Joost on the Block?


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April 27, 2009 : 9:45 AM Reports suggest OTT video player is seeking a buyer

Nortel Seeks Protection Extension


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April 27, 2009 : Nortel wants protection from its creditors extended to the end of July as it continues to restructure and cut costs

TeliaSonera Feels the Pinch


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April 24, 2009 : It's not just Deutsche Telekom that's starting to feel the strain as the Nordic giant cuts its full-year revenues forecast

Nortel M&A Plot Thickens


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April 24, 2009 : 3:00 PM Could Nokia Siemens + credit line = Nortel M&A?

Starent Blazes Q1 Trail


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April 24, 2009 : Everything's up for mobile packet core vendor as revenues, profits, full year earnings forecast, and share price all head north

Tiscali Close to UK Sale


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April 24, 2009 : 10:15 AM Triple-play operator reignites asset sale talks

Europe Feels Ethernet Heat


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April 23, 2009 : 2:20 PM Temperature is rising as Ethernet Expo Europe approaches
Comment: Re: IPTV future - Ray Le Maistre April 23, 2009

ZTE Readies Fresh Assault on Europe, US


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April 23, 2009 : As domestic business boosts Chinese vendor's Q1, it reveals plans to create a new unit to target opportunities in Europe and the US

Broadband, Darling?


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April 23, 2009 : 8:40 AM UK Chancellor backs limp 2-Mbit/s plan

Inuk's Latest Move


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April 22, 2009 : 3:45 PM New home for virtual STB firm

Huawei Closes In on Rivals


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April 22, 2009 : With its sales set for another surge this year, Huawei could be bigger than NSN, AlcaLu, and even Ericsson in dollar terms in 2009

Huawei Reports 2008 Revenues of $18.3B


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April 22, 2009 : Huawei has released its annual report including audited numbers for 2008, which show actual annual revenues up by nearly 43 percent

IEEE to Rubber-Stamp PBB-TE


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April 21, 2009 : PBB-TE is only weeks away from being ratified as a formal standard by the IEEE, a move that's set to make it more appealing to carriers

Downturn Smacks Deutsche Telekom


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April 21, 2009 : German giant cuts its earnings forecast for 2009 as economic woes hit its overseas operations, sending its share price tumbling

Mixed Fortunes for Chinese Giants


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April 21, 2009 : China Mobile and China Telecom publish mixed Q1 numbers that suggest intensifying competition in the wireless services market

LR Asia: A Child Is Born


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April 20, 2009 : We've spawned a new site, and it has an Asian flavor. Yum!

Sun Is a Star


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April 20, 2009 : 1:00 PM Sun shines, Oracle dims, as $7.4B takeover is revealed

Light Reading Launches LR Asia


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April 20, 2009 : Light Reading inaugurates its latest site with an updated guide to the Indian telecom market
Comment: India's potential - Ray Le Maistre April 20, 2009

OSS News: Tektronix Strikes Again!


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April 10, 2009 : Tektronix opens its purse strings again to snap up a mobile customer experience management specialist, plus more OSS news

Comstar Ends Capex Blowout


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April 9, 2009 : 2:10 PM After a year of access upgrades, purse strings are tightened

IMS in the Spotlight


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April 8, 2009 : 10:00 AM Is this the start of IMS reality?

NSN Linked to Nortel Asset Bid


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April 8, 2009 : Nokia Siemens Networks has reportedly bid for a number of Nortel's Carrier division assets, including its CDMA, LTE, and VOIP products

Australia Unveils $31B FTTP Plan


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April 7, 2009 : Australian government details its fiber-to-the-premises open access network aspirations with a plan that hands Telstra a reprieve
Comment: Re: welcome - Ray Le Maistre April 7, 2009

Euro MSO Hits Back at IPTV


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April 6, 2009 : The success of IPTV services in Europe is being countered by the cable operator community, with Liberty Global among those responding

Telco TV's Backhaul Bottleneck


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April 6, 2009 : Service providers will need DPI and other techniques to handle video traffic in the metro network

Content Provider Expands Role in IPTV


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April 6, 2009 : Shemaroo's Jai Maroo talks about how his company often goes beyond the role of content provider in IPTV networks

EuroSnips: FT, BT, AlcaLu


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April 6, 2009 : 9:00 AM News snippets from France and the UK

Huw Price-Stephens: IPTV's Challenges


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April 6, 2009 : Open IPTV Forum's Huw Price-Stephens talks about the challenges facing IPTV, such as making applications portable between networks

The M25 & the G20


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April 3, 2009 : 1:35 PM How the mobile fraternity might have Twittered the G20

BT Unveils Its CDN Plans


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April 3, 2009 : As video traffic volumes ramp, BT Wholesale gears up to offer a content delivery network service to the UK's ISP community

AsiaWatch: StarHub Lands NGN Role


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April 3, 2009 : StarHub wins a key role in Singapore's next-gen access rollout plan, plus other news from India and elsewhere in the Asia/Pacific region
Comment: Vendor financing - Ray Le Maistre April 3, 2009

Big Guns Eye HanseNet


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April 2, 2009 : 3:05 PM Two major carriers linked to German bid

Europe Set for IPTV Upheaval


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April 2, 2009 : It's IPTV, Jim, but not as we know it

Belgacom Set for IPTV Overhaul


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April 2, 2009 : Sources say Belgacom, which has built a successful TV-over-broadband business, needs a new IPTV platform, with Microsoft in pole position

Europe Nears Telecom Reform


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April 1, 2009 : 11:20 AM A telecom regulation reform package is set to be agreed upon