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Ray Le Maistre
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Posted in April 2012

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Comment: Re: 2008-2009 GM - Ray Le Maistre April 30, 2012

The Number's Up for Huawei


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April 30, 2012 : A change in reporting methods meant Huawei's 2011 annual report included restated and improved profit numbers for the previous four years

The Rise of Cloud Networking


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April 30, 2012 : Dimension Data's Keao Caindec talks about the ongoing development of cloud service delivery capabilities and explains why it's important to focus on the network as well as the IT systems that underpin cloud applications

Photos: Service Provider Wi-Fi


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April 30, 2012 : Who has their finger on the service provider Wi-Fi pulse? Check out our photos from the recent one-day event in London

Nokia Loses Its Mobile Crown


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April 27, 2012 : After 14 years as the mobile device market leader, Nokia is relegated to second place in Q1 by Samsung
Comment: Diameter is hot!! - Ray Le Maistre April 26, 2012
Comment: Towering inferno - Ray Le Maistre April 26, 2012

Alcatel-Lucent: Fiber's on Fire!


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April 26, 2012 : 2:40 PM Though not literally, notes CEO Ben Verwaayen, as he addresses fiber demand in Europe following some optimistic political talk

Bad Start to 2012 for AlcaLu


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April 26, 2012 : Shrinking revenues and margins herald the start of another tough year for Alcatel-Lucent

Carrier Wi-Fi Is Hot


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April 26, 2012 : There are plenty of opportunities for everyone in the food chain to benefit from the boom in demand for Wi-Fi connectivity

BT Tests Carrier Wi-Fi Roaming


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April 25, 2012 : UK incumbent has been trialing seamless Wi-Fi authentication techniques on its live network with partners from Europe and North America

Ericsson Retrenches in Q1


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April 25, 2012 : While net income ramps on joint venture sale proceeds, network equipment revenues dip. But Ericsson is building for future growth

Smartphone Revolution Helps FON Find Acceptance


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April 24, 2012 : FON COO Alex Puregger talks about the shared Wi-Fi network operator's progress, proposition, partnerships and business model -- and how the smartphone revolution gave it a new lease on life

BT: From Hot Spots to HetNets


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April 24, 2012 : Chris Bruce, head of business development at BT Wi-Fi and chair of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), talks about how BT is providing Wi-Fi services to its retail and wholesale customers and how WBA members are trialing integrated mobile/Wi-Fi services

Mobile Ops Can Learn From Wi-Fi, Cisco Says


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April 24, 2012 : Service provider Wi-Fi rollouts can help mobile ops get to grips with the challenges of small cell deployments, believes Cisco

Procera Builds M&A War Chest


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April 23, 2012 : DPI specialist is raising new capital with acquisitions in mind – but what might it buy?
Comment: Re: 2008-2009 GM - Ray Le Maistre April 23, 2012
Comment: Re: 2008-2009 GM - Ray Le Maistre April 23, 2012

Huawei's Margins Squeezed in 2011


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April 23, 2012 : Revenues are up but profits are down in 2011 for the Chinese giant, which can't quite grab the telecom equipment sales crown from Ericsson

Photos: Ethernet Europe 2012 Part II


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April 23, 2012 : See who was movin' and shakin' at the Ethernet Europe event in Munich – and see how much the German city looks like a chocolate box...

Vodafone Offers £1B for C&W Worldwide


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April 23, 2012 : After months of due diligence, Vodafone offers more than £1B for enterprise services and international capacity player C&W Worldwide
Comment: 20% would be 400+ - Ray Le Maistre April 20, 2012

Spirent Splashes $40M on Cloud M&A


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April 20, 2012 : Test giant buys its way into the cloud applications security sector with the acquisition of Mu Dynamics

Dutch Deliver on 100GigE


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April 20, 2012 : Amsterdam Internet Exchange CTO Henk Steenman says ISPs interconnecting in the Dutch capital are already signing up for 100 Gigabit Ethernet services

Mike Tighe's 100G Vision


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April 19, 2012 : Mike Tighe, the former Verizon executive who recently joined AboveNet as VP of marketing, says history suggests that a 100Gbit/s Ethernet connection will soon become the standard for business customers
Comment: Re: SDN != OpenFlow - Ray Le Maistre April 19, 2012

Nokia Loses More Than €1.57B


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April 19, 2012 : 1:10 PM Having just lost a fortune, Nokia is also losing its top sales exec

The Evolution of Ethernet


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April 19, 2012 : Paolo Gambini, the VP of product management and development at Inteliquent, explains the different ways in which Ethernet OA&M has changed for the better
Comment: Re: QUITE BRILLIANT - Ray Le Maistre April 18, 2012
Comment: Re: More! - Ray Le Maistre April 18, 2012

Ethernet Europe Wrap


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April 18, 2012 : 11:45 AM There's been a greater focus on service management and customer experience at Ethernet Europe

Photos: Ethernet Europe 2012


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April 18, 2012 : Ever been to Munich? Ever been to Light Reading's Ethernet Europe event? You can see what both look like right here...

Colt Riffs On Its Service Wrap


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April 18, 2012 : At Ethernet Europe in Munich, Colt's head of Ethernet & IP Services, Henry Bohannon, talks about the 'new battleground' in Ethernet services and explains his company's 'Service Wrap' philosophy
Comment: QUITE BRILLIANT - Ray Le Maistre April 18, 2012

Belgacom Takes a Smart Turn


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April 17, 2012 : The Belgian incumbent is building enterprise service management capabilities into its network

Ethernet Europe: Best of the Wurst


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April 17, 2012 : What were the highlights of Ethernet Europe's tag eins (day one) in Munich?

Belgacom's Smart Networking


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April 17, 2012 : Belgacom's director of WAN, Internet & Security Services explains the operator's approach to 'smart networking' and how it's helping it take cloud services to all of its enterprise customers

Ethernet Europe's Magic Moments


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April 17, 2012 : There's a magical twist to some new product launches at Ethernet Europe plus an effort to clean up mobile communications

The Small-Cell Backhaul Buzz


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April 17, 2012 : At Ethernet Europe, Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Patrick Donegan talks about the small-cell backhaul conundrum, the evolution of wholesale mobile backhaul and the Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid Champions League semi-final

Ethernet Europe A Go-Go


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April 17, 2012 : The annual Ethernet Europe event has gone-gone to Munich for the first time – find out what's on the menu, apart from bier and knackwürste

Policy Specialists Squeezed by Vendor Giants


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April 9, 2012 : Policy server specialist vendors are finding the going tough as major vendors like AlcaLu, Ericsson and NSN swarm over the market, finds Heavy Reading report

China's 1 Billion: Just a Stat


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April 5, 2012 : 4:15 AM It's not as big a number as you'd think

NSN CEO: We've Got Our Mojo Back


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April 5, 2012 : Rajeev Suri highlights Motorola-inspired innovation and game-changing capabilities for telco CMOs as he talks shop with Light Reading

NSN's Rajeev Suri: Carrier Capex & Customer Experience


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April 5, 2012 : In part two of his interview with Light Reading, NSN's CEO Rajeev Suri talks about operator spending, LTE, customer experience management and back-office outsourcing

India on Brink of 4G


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April 4, 2012 : 5:05 PM Bharti Airtel set to launch LTE services this month

Tough Going for Comverse


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April 4, 2012 : Service provider IT (SPIT) giant is seeing its sales eroded but records a quarterly profit as it emerges from the financial wastelands

NSN's Rajeev Suri: Restructuring, Research & Resilience


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April 4, 2012 : NSN's chief executive Rajeev Suri has one of the most challenging jobs in telecom – revitalizing Nokia Siemens Networks in the face of global competition
Comment: Re: Why, oh, why? - Ray Le Maistre April 3, 2012

T-Systems Kicks Cloud Butt


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April 2, 2012 : 11:45 AM Strikes major global cloud services contract with cigarette manufacturer but such deals are few and far between for telcos

LTE Could Add to Leakage Woes


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April 2, 2012 : Operators already let tens of billions of dollars slip through their fingers each year, and LTE could push revenue leakage numbers even higher