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Posted in May 2008

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Nortel: There's More to PBT Than BT


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
May 30, 2008 : Nortel is disappointed at BT's decision to relegate PBT to a bit part player and make MPLS the star in its 21CN network, but says there are other opportunities for its carrier Ethernet portfolio

AlcaLu Investors Vote for Change


NXTcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (11)
May 30, 2008 : Shareholders at AlcaLu's annual meeting approve all the resolutions, including a couple that relate directly to the CEO hot-seat currently warmed by Pat Russo
Comment: Jumping the gun - Ray Le Maistre May 30, 2008

PBT Sidelined at BT


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (41)
May 29, 2008 : The verdict is in at BT: PBT has been found guilty of being a one-trick pony, so it's being sidelined in favor of MPLS

Huawei Goes Indie for OSS


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May 29, 2008 : Chinese giant spins off its telecom software assets into an independent operation, Huawei Software, as it looks to capitalize on carriers' IT transformation plans

C&W Eyes Ethernet Acquisition


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May 28, 2008 : Cable & Wireless is in discussions to buy UK enterprise services provider THUS in a bid to bolster its British business and get a piece of the growing Ethernet services market

Sarin Steps Down as Vodafone CEO


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May 27, 2008 : Arun Sarin announces his retirement as Vodafone reports strong annual financials and outlook. The boy done good, says analyst

Infineon CEO Quits


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
May 27, 2008 : 8:45 AM -- Wolfgang Ziebart is victim of boardroom rumble

More Euro iPhone News


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May 27, 2008 : 5:00 AM -- Next stop, the Nordics and Baltics

MTN M&A Latest


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May 26, 2008 : 1:00 PM -- As Bharti withdraws, Reliance eases into pole position

Spying Scandal Rocks Deutsche Telekom


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May 26, 2008 : CEO 'shaken to core' by allegations of illegal use of call records by German carrier giant's internal security staff as they hunted down the source of company information leaks

Reliance Snaps Up Vanco


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
May 26, 2008 : Ambitious Indian carrier opens its wallet once more to buy troubled virtual VPN provider Vanco, which had fallen from grace following an accounting review

China to Get 3G – At Last!


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
May 26, 2008 : It's been a long time coming, but China is ready to issue 3G licenses as part of its telecom market restructuring process

Yahoo Delays AGM


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May 26, 2008 : 6:40 AM -- Shareholders' meeting put back to late July

BT's PBT D-Day


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May 23, 2008 : 2:45 PM -- Reversal of fortune for PBT, we hear...

China Begins Carrier Revamp


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May 23, 2008 : 11:20 AM -- The restructuring of China's carrier community has begun

Last Night at the Operax


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
May 23, 2008 : The fat lady's doing her vocal exercises as policy control specialist Operax has reportedly run low on cash

Major Vendors Kiss OSS


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May 22, 2008 : The big box players, including AlcaLu, Cisco, NSN, and Nortel are talking up their OSS credentials as the telecom software sector converges on Nice, France, for its annual jamboree

Borden's Back


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May 21, 2008 : 11:10 AM -- Former Granite CEO has a new hotseat

Vendor Giants Go Soft


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May 20, 2008 : 11:30 AM -- Big box vendors stake their OSS claims at TMF event

Nokia Siemens Preps Hosted IPTV


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
May 20, 2008 : Nokia Siemens Networks is planning the launch of a hosted IPTV service for telco TV hopefuls, and AlcaLu is not far behind with a similar proposal

Huawei Dives for €uros


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May 16, 2008 : 1:20 PM -- Huawei has bagged some Euro subsea action

Orange Expands Its iPhone Empire


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May 16, 2008 : With iPhone sales topping 100,000 in France, Orange will sell the Apple device in more than 10 extra markets in EMEA and the Caribbean

Boost for T-MPLS?


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May 15, 2008 : 1:40 PM -- NTT is checking out PBT rival T-MPLS

AlcaLu Seeks CEO Dismissal Rule Change


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
May 15, 2008 : Alcatel-Lucent shareholders will vote at an Emergency General Meeting in Paris on May 30 on whether to make it easier for the vendor's board to dismiss the CEO or Chairman

BT Still Coy on Ethernet


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May 14, 2008 : Announces major managed Ethernet backhaul services deal with mobile operator O2 but doesn't want to talk about technology-related issues and whether PBT is still at the heart of its backhaul strategy

Telefónica: Big IPTV Numbers. Big Profits


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May 14, 2008 : Spanish giant's numbers defy gravity, as revenues, profits, subscriber numbers, and its domestic IPTV penetration rate are all still on the rise

Can Icahn Shift Yahoo?


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May 14, 2008 : 9:45 AM -- Microsoft couldn't, but maybe Icahn can

German Sense of Humor?


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May 14, 2008 : 9:40 AM -- Does Germany have a Ministry of Crazy Ideas?
Comment: Binge drinking - Ray Le Maistre May 14, 2008

Quake Hits China's Networks


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May 13, 2008 : 2:25 PM -- The disastrous earthquake in China has shut down cell sites

HP's $13.9B Power Play


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
May 13, 2008 : The $13.9B acquisition of EDS by HP would create an even stronger partner and supplier for major carriers as well as the world's No. 2 IT services firm

AlcaLu, Reliance Form Joint Venture


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
May 12, 2008 : Alcatel-Lucent is forming a global managed network services joint venture with Reliance Communications that, for its first job, will run the Indian carrier's GSM and CDMA mobile networks

RIM Unveils 3G Device, VC Fund


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May 12, 2008 : RIM forms a $150 million applications development VC fund and unveils its 3G BlackBerry device, though it's not in the shops just yet

Spirent on the Mend?


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May 9, 2008 : There are signs of recovery at the test vendor, with sales and profits on the rise following a lengthy company-wide overhaul

Carphone Guns for DSL Top Spot


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May 9, 2008 : British firm shifts into new gear with formation of new retail firm and a bid to buy Tiscali, a move that, if successful, would make Carphone Britain's leading broadband player

Huawei's Plan B?


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
May 9, 2008 : 10:35 AM -- Does the Chinese vendor have a new US invasion plan?

DT Struggles to Entertain


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May 8, 2008 : German broadband users aren’t being turned on by Entertain, Deutsch Telekom’s IPTV offer, as first-quarter customer additions leave the incumbent a long way short of its telco TV target

New Euro Subsea Action


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May 8, 2008 : 7:00 AM -- 16 carriers plan another submarine link to India

FT Ramps Up Its IPTV


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May 7, 2008 : France Telecom, which seems hell-bent on a major acquisition, added 167,000 IPTV customers to its European tally in the first three months of 2008, taking its total to more than 1.4 million

Clearwire: We'll Kick LTE's Butt


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5)
May 7, 2008 : New Wimax venture reckons its large pool of spectrum and ready-to-rock mobile broadband services will leave the LTE crew in its wake

Sprint, Clearwire Create $14.5B WiMax Giant


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (13)
May 7, 2008 : Plan B is on... Sprint and Clearwire are combining their WiMax assets in a new $14.5 billion company that's backed by Google, Intel, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks

DT Sprint Bid 'Unlikely'


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May 6, 2008 : 10:50 AM -- Dresdner analysts don't see DT bidding for Sprint

MTN Becomes M&A Magnet


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May 6, 2008 : South African operator MTN is already in takeover talks with India's Bharti Airtel, and it may attract other suitors, analysts say

ADVA Tackles Ethernet Pain Point


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
May 5, 2008 : Vendor's latest Ethernet product targets one of the sector's main pain points – external network-to-network interconnect (E-NNI)

Oracle Flexes Its Muscle


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May 2, 2008 : 1: 55 PM -- In the telecom world, Oracle just got bigger
Comment: NT rollercoaster - Ray Le Maistre May 2, 2008

Asia/Pacific Dominates Mobile Growth


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May 2, 2008 : Six of the 'Top 10 Emerging Mobile Markets' are in Asia/Pacific, with China wrestling the top spot away from India in 2007

JV Helps Nortel Bust Q1 Estimates


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
May 2, 2008 : Income from its joint venture with LG helped Nortel boost revenues by 11%, much higher than expected, but restructuring costs hit the bottom line

Bolivia Swipes Italian Operation


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May 2, 2008 : 7:30 AM -- Mamma Mia! Bolivia just nationalized Telecom Italia unit Entel

Rumor Dents Ericsson


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May 2, 2008 : 7:00 AM -- Speculation about accounting issues hits Ericsson's stock

Sonus Nears NGN Role at Colt


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May 1, 2008 : Sonus is close to striking a deal with pan-European carrier Colt to be a provider of IMS systems for the operator's next-generation network rollout, but the contract is still to be signed

Telcos Soften Up


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
May 1, 2008 : Carriers make the case for software-centric strategies at London event, but at least one says the whole Web 2.0 movement is over-hyped

Sonus Bonus


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
May 1, 2008 : 2:35 PM -- Sonus CEO Hassan Ahmed had a lucrative 2007