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Posted in May 2011

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Cisco Set for Telco Managed Services Push


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May 27, 2011 : Cisco is about to launch a new managed services offering for telecom service providers that want to target SMBs

Ultra Broadband: More Than Just Fiber


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May 26, 2011 : Light Reading heads to Shanghai to find out about China's FTTH revolution and talks to Heavy Reading about the transport network requirements and business cases associated with FTTH rollouts

Telcordia's Suitor Identified


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May 26, 2011 :

Mgmt World: Dublin Delight


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May 26, 2011 : 12:30 PM The mood, if not the weather, was sunny in the Irish capital
Comment: BT and LTE - Ray Le Maistre May 25, 2011

Mgmt World: StarHub's Data Experience


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May 25, 2011 : Singapore's StarHub updates on mobile data patterns, the benefit of all-IP backhaul and the growing role of customer experience management

Mgmt World: Take Me to the Bridge


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May 25, 2011 : 12:25 PM Deutsche Telekom's CTO and CIO are 'Bridging the Chasm' by bringing the operator's network and IT teams closer together

Mgmt World: The Vendor Skills Gap


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May 25, 2011 : Heavy Reading chief analyst says it's not just service providers that need to learn how to combine telecom and IT know-how for future developments

Mgmt World: DT Bridges the Chasm


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May 24, 2011 : In an unprecedented display of unity, Deutsche Telekom's CTO and CIO sing from the same hymn sheet and give the industry a set of demands

Mgmt World: StarHub's New Experience


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May 24, 2011 : 10:00 AM Customer experience management has at last found its way to the frontline of service provider strategies
Comment: Just $20 million? - Ray Le Maistre May 23, 2011

Mgmt World: Putting Down Roots in Europe


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May 23, 2011 : 11:25 AM Mobile quality measurement startup RootMetrics is ready to get embedded across the Atlantic

Mgmt World: Obama's Blustery Day


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May 23, 2011 : Obama, the wind and another Icelandic eruption

NSN Preps for New SPIT Sortie


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May 20, 2011 : A new Business Solutions leader looks to re-energize Nokia Siemens Networks's efforts in the service provider IT (SPIT) sector
Comment: Re: really? - Ray Le Maistre May 20, 2011

Clearlake Shores Up OSS Firm


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May 20, 2011 : Mycom gets a new private equity backer in a recapitalization process

Software Surprise


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May 19, 2011 : 2:30 PM Euro telecom vendors are software giants, apparently

Ericsson's New CMO Has a Soft Side


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May 19, 2011 : Swedish giant's new chief marketing officer is keen to promote the company's software and IT credentials

China Telecom's FTTH Feast


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May 19, 2011 : Dr Shen, director, Broadband Department, at China Telecom's Shanghai Research Institute, talks about the carrier's decision to deploy fiber-to-the-home and the anticipated benefits that will bring

Clearwire Hands Network to Ericsson


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May 18, 2011 : Ericsson wins seven-year managed services deal that will see 700 Clearwire staff transfer to the vendor

TMF: Carriers at Ease With the Cloud


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May 18, 2011 : Service providers are past the point of questioning the value of cloud services, says TM Forum hot shot Martin Creaner

Quigley Dragged Into Costa Rica Scandal


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May 17, 2011 : 11:00 AM -- Former AlcaLu exec Mike Quigley linked to Costa Rica bribery affair
Comment: Powerful combo - Ray Le Maistre May 17, 2011

Vodafone Deepens Ties With Verizon


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May 17, 2011 : As its full-year profit is hit by charges, Vodafone announces a deeper relationship with Verizon Wireless

Euronews: Vodafone Gets Smart


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May 16, 2011 : Vodafone's mass-market smartphone, an optical IPO, French LTE and a look at Azerbaijan in today's roundup of news snippets

Transmode Unveils IPO


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May 16, 2011 : Transmode to list in Stockholm in a move that values the Swedish transport equipment vendor at up to $241M

DT Execs Offer Original Duet


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May 13, 2011 : 12:00 PM Deutsche Telekom's CTO and CIO prep joint presentation on the future of telcos

Euronews: Telefonica Grooves to the Latin Beat


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May 13, 2011 : Domestic problems fail to suppress growth at Telefonica and Vivendi while UK regulator Ofcom anticipates a small cell boom with LTE

LatAm Saves Telefonica in Q1


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May 13, 2011 : The Spanish giant's revenues increase thanks mostly to growth in Latin America, but domestic issues prevail and its profits are shrinking

Huawei Ups UK Spending Plan


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May 12, 2011 : 9:45 AM Good news for suppliers in UK and Ireland

ZTE Jabs Back at Huawei


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May 12, 2011 : 9:15 AM ZTE retaliates following injunction

BT Gets Bullish


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May 12, 2011 : With many of its lingering financial problems sorted out, BT is expecting a rise in earnings during the next few years

Huawei Granted Injunction Against ZTE


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May 11, 2011 : 2:25 PM In the patent punch-up, it's round one to Huawei

Survey: Telcos Long for SPIT Standards


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May 11, 2011 : Service provider IT (SPIT) executives believe industry standards in the OSS and BSS sectors would make life easier and help cut costs

Microsoft to Buy Skype for $8.5B


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May 10, 2011 : Software giant sees Skype as a key bolt-on to its real-time applications offering

AT&T Is Most Valuable Telecom Brand


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May 9, 2011 : New global brand value ranking puts AT&T at top of telecom pile and as seventh most valuable global brand overall

LTE in China


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May 9, 2011 : Heavy Reading Senior Consultant Berge Ayvazian discusses LTE in China and analyses the impact of China Mobile's LTE TDD plans in relation to broader LTE TDD developments in the Asia/Pacific region

Telcordia Acquired?


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May 6, 2011 :

DT's Cloudy Silver Lining


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May 6, 2011 : 9:45 AM T-Systems was the star in DT's dismal Q1

Deutsche Telekom Shrinks in Q1


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May 6, 2011 : Achtung! Everything's dipping on the German giant's Q1 financial report

AlcaLu Recovery Continues in Q1


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May 6, 2011 : Alcatel-Lucent reports an uptick in revenues for the first quarter of 2011 and nearly waves goodbye to its net losses

Tablets & TV


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May 5, 2011 : 3:25 PM Key developments from Telefonica and Alcatel-Lucent

It'll Be Cloudy in Dublin


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May 4, 2011 : And not just meteorologically. Expect cloud services to loom large at the SPIT fest that is Management World

M&A Move Puts ATCA in the Spotlight


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May 4, 2011 : As ATCA systems market enters massive growth phase, Radisys acquires Continuous Computing in deal valued at up to $120M

Police Raid Google Offices


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May 3, 2011 : 6:05 AM Privacy concerns prompt South Korean police to raid Google offices