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Posted in May 2012

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Alcatel-Lucent's Hot Streak


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May 31, 2012 : 1:10 PM Alcatel-Lucent is on fire (not literally) in Asia/Pacific, but it wants the operators to spend a LOT more

Breakthrough in India


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May 31, 2012 : 11:35 AM A new telecom policy has been approved at last, paving the way for renewed growth and investment

Telefónica Plans Regional IPOs


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May 31, 2012 : Debt-laden Spanish giant to raise funds through IPOs in Europe and Latin America

IT Services Firm to Buy Connectiva


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May 30, 2012 : IT services firm Mara Ison Technologies is set to acquire revenue assurance and analytics specialist Connectiva
Comment: Is anyone safe? - Ray Le Maistre May 30, 2012

EC Nixes Pure Net Neutrality


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May 30, 2012 : 8:30 AM Transparency and choice is the best way to deal with online service restrictions, reckons the EC's digital watchdog Neelie Kroes

Tekelec Back in M&A Mode


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May 30, 2012 :

AlcaLu's APAC Action


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May 29, 2012 : Major FTTH deal in China plus noteworthy IP, SPIT and video monitoring engagements in Japan, Australia and New Zealand

Samsung Galaxy S III Hits EMEA


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May 29, 2012 : 5:45 AM The smartphone hailed as the big rival to the iPhone arrives in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Meet the New CTO – It's the CIO


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May 28, 2012 : As the technology power shift accelerates within service providers, Vodafone is hiring country CIOs that will become the operator's CTOs of the future
Comment: Re: Ray, Ray! - Ray Le Maistre May 25, 2012

Bharti Buys Into Qualcomm's 4G Unit


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May 25, 2012 : India's lead operator has acquired more LTE coverage through an investment in Qualcomm's spectrum holdings

Best In Show Awards


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May 25, 2012 : 6:30 AM We hand out our unofficial awards at Management World 2012, including Best Cheese, Best Orange Meeting Room and Best Use of Nano-Witchcraft

Top Trends at #MWD12


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May 24, 2012 : 10:00 AM The standout trends from Management World 2012

Management World 2012: Catalyst Collection


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May 24, 2012 : What were this year's Management World Catalyst projects all about? We talked to five of the teams to find out which industry challenges they were tackling

Taking CEM Seriously


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May 24, 2012 : How can service providers get the most out of their customer experience management (CEM) strategies? Jean-Marc Steffann, executive director at Capgemini's Telecom, Media and Entertainment division, explains

Nice to See You!


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May 23, 2012 : TM Forum Chairman Keith Willetts talks about the much needed communications services revolution and the Management World show's return to Nice on the French Riviera

NSN Sticks It to Huawei


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May 23, 2012 : 1:35 PM NSN accuses rival Huawei of practicing the sincerest form of flattery...

What's Hot At #MWD12


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May 23, 2012 : 7:50 AM Heavy Reading analysts assess the first day's action at the service provider IT (SPIT)-fest that is Management World 2012 in Dublin

ANALYTICS!!


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May 22, 2012 : 11:05 AM ANALYTICS, ANALYTICS, ANALYTICS. Guess what the hot topic at Management World in Dublin might be?

Breaking Into Europe


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May 22, 2012 : Andy Tiller, VP of product marketing at AsiaInfo-Linkage, talks about the Chinese software vendor's plans to take Europe by storm

Amdocs Analyzes Analytics


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May 22, 2012 : High-powered analytics systems are all the rage in the Service Provider IT world, so what's sector giant Amdocs up to in this area?

Light Reading's Coverage of Management World 2012


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May 22, 2012 : Videos, pictures and reports from Dublin

Management World 2012: Yet More Preview Pitches


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May 21, 2012 : Sigma Systems, Empirix, HP, Aricent, OpenCloud, Comptel, Virtual Instruments and MACH make their pre-show pitches for the Dublin event

Management World 2012: More Preview Pitches


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May 18, 2012 : Fancy a chat with Microsoft, Versant or cVidya in Dublin? Check out these swift pre-show pitches

SoMoClo Descends on Dublin


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May 18, 2012 : The combination of social, mobile and cloud, or SoMoClo, will have Management World attendees exercising their jaws, reckons industry analyst

Analyst Questions Customer Experience Message


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May 17, 2012 : Customer Experience Management (CEM) is little more than vendor marketing, says analyst, as he tells us what to expect at Management World

Management World 2012: Preview Pitches


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May 17, 2012 : Fancy a chat with MDS, Matrixx or Lavastorm in Dublin? Check out these swift pitches in what can only be described as a 'Matt Hooper Special'
Comment: Great headline... - Ray Le Maistre May 17, 2012
Comment: Re: Paid advert. - Ray Le Maistre May 17, 2012

Show Me the Guinness


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May 17, 2012 : 4:45 AM A brief guide to Management World's hot topics and beverages

Tellabs Revenues May Rise in H2


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May 16, 2012 : Increased spending by AT&T and Verizon in the US should give Tellabs a boost in H2, reckons one analyst, who spies the potential for some M&A considerations

RAD Joins the Grandmaster Set


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May 15, 2012 : With its new mobile backhaul aggregation box, RAD Data has joined a select set of vendors with Grandmaster clock capabilities

Policy's Integration Rift


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May 15, 2012 : Analyst expects the controversy surrounding policy and charging to be a major talking point at Management World

Bandwidth Trading Is Back!


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May 14, 2012 : Internet exchange operator Epsilon says it isn't Enron revisited

Look Out Europe…


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May 14, 2012 : 6:30 AM Will AsiaInfo-Linkage be the Huawei of BSS?

SPIT Bits: Now It's Ixia's Turn...


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May 11, 2012 : Ixia is making a Service Provider IT (SPIT) acquisition, plus news from NetCracker, Comptel, CA and Telstra

Verizon Goes Global With Metro 100G


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May 11, 2012 : Upgrading to 100Gbit/s systems in metro markets around the world and deploying Ciena kit for control plane smarts
Comment: Bingo!! - Ray Le Maistre May 11, 2012

Nice Return for TMF Show?


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May 11, 2012 : 9:25 AM Is the TM Forum's annual Management World show heading back to its spiritual home on the French Riviera?

Slim's Dutch Drama


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May 10, 2012 : 2:30 PM Is this a good time to invest in European telecom? And does anyone remember KPN Qwest et al?

Huawei Denied German Bid


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May 10, 2012 : 10:45 AM Germany is the latest market where Huawei has been given the cold shoulder because of perceived security concerns

Telefónica Digital Gets Smart


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May 9, 2012 : Operator's Digital division takes on Skype et al with its own unified communications smartphone app, but it has its limitations

Italians Rage at NSN


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May 4, 2012 : 3:40 PM Union urges government intervention over planned Nokia Siemens Networks layoffs

Euronews: Ericsson Pumps $4.9B Into R&D


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May 4, 2012 : Ericsson's annual stats, NSN's CTIA preparations and LTE in the Netherlands all feature in today's roundup from EMEA
Comment: Nokia dilemma - Ray Le Maistre May 3, 2012

4G & Video Drive SPIT Acquisitions


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May 2, 2012 : A flurry of service provider IT (SPIT) acquisitions involving Allot, WeDo and Acme Packet highlight some key industry trends

Huawei Lands LTE Deal in India


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May 1, 2012 : Latest LTE TDD deal from India's mobile market leader, Bharti Airtel, goes to Chinese vendor