News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (12) June 30, 2006 : Getting out while the going's good? Optical starlet names a new CFO in the run up to an anticipated IPO filing after its previous numbers man reportedly quit for another job. What's going on?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 30, 2006 : As rumored earlier this year, optical transponder vendor Optium has filed for an initial public offering on Nasdaq, and is looking for $100 million from investors
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) June 29, 2006 : The merger process between Alcatel and Lucent appears to be going better than expected, though speculation persists about the COO-elect of the new venture
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 29, 2006 : Test firm extends its restructuring process and cuts deeper into its service assurance division in an effort to reach breakeven in its OSS business
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (8) June 28, 2006 : Sonus CEO Hassan Ahmed says the VOIP equipment firm is looking to splash some cash to extend its IMS capabilities into the applications arena, and he takes a swipe at his bigger rivals
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 28, 2006 : Switch/router vendor Foundry and security specialist VeriSign are the latest companies asked to supply the authorities with stock awards documents as the 'back-dating' scandal spreads
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 27, 2006 : Italian giant looks to bolster its German and French operations with an initial non-binding offer for AOL's ISP assets, but the UK business isn't included
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 26, 2006 : Lucent denies reports that it's part of FT Networks, the consortium bidding for a controlling stake in Nigeria's national operator
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 26, 2006 : BT forms joint venture with KDDI to target Japan's largest multinationals, going head to head with its former international partner and now rival, AT&T
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) June 23, 2006 : Industry sources say the three are in talks about a possible enterprise equipment joint venture that would become the world's largest PBX vendor
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 23, 2006 : Meeting the requirements of a new European Union directive will cost carriers and ISPs hundreds of millions of dollars
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 22, 2006 : Following accounting issues and a delisting notice, Tekelec's bumpy ride continues as it announces job losses at its Switching Solutions Group based in Plano, Texas
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) June 22, 2006 : Nokia Siemens Networks names its management team, with Nokia staff dominating. But there's no sign of the current Siemens Communications top team, and the CTO and COO roles are combined
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 21, 2006 : BATM, better known as Telco Systems, shells out less than $7 million for Ethernet access vendor. Analyst says life can be tough even in expanding markets
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (7) June 20, 2006 : Telefónica's mobile subsidiary O2 propels itself into the UK's fixed/mobile market with the $92 million acquisition of broadband newcomer Be Un Limited
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 19, 2006 : Nokia Siemens Networks will be the third largest telecom equipment vendor in the world, its parent companies say, while sales to mobile operators will dominate the planned joint venture's revenues
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 19, 2006 : Analysts are positive about the Nokia/Siemens tie-up, but see downside for others, particularly Nortel and Juniper
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) June 19, 2006 : Analysts regard the creation of a network infrastructure joint venture as positives for Nokia and Siemens, with some negative implications for Nortel or Juniper
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 19, 2006 : Investors and analysts say the new joint venture could achieve bigger savings with more cuts than the management projection of 9,000 layoffs
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (26) June 19, 2006 : Creating a network infrastructure 50/50 joint venture called Nokia Siemens Networks with annual revenues of nearly $20 billion. Up to 15,000 staff will be laid off during the next four years
Globalcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 16, 2006 : Media Delivery Index (MDI) is emerging as the metric of choice for video service quality testing, but while some of the big test firms are backing it, there's one major exception
Globalcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 15, 2006 : OSS player Smallworld has been hiding away in the bowels of parent company GE for a few years, but came out of hiding at Globalcomm. Plus other OSS news from Chicago
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) June 15, 2006 : Scandinavian giant will invest up to €1 billion on new 3G network in Spain, with Ericsson getting part of the spoils. Carrier says price reductions in gear and handsets make it possible
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 14, 2006 : Test firm's stock takes a 17 percent dive as trading update points to lower than expected first half profits, but analyst says the warning shouldn't have come as a shock
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 13, 2006 : France Telecom is looking to Africa and Asia/Pacific for acquisitions, according to its CEO. Funds from the sale of its directories business could finance such a move
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 12, 2006 : As AOL takes bids for its UK broadband business, Deutsche Telekom fires up Microsoft's IPTV system in France, Siemens and Juniper double up in Italy, and ECI cements its position with France Telecom
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 9, 2006 : Cisco is spending $48 million on two specialist VOIP applications development firms to flesh out the Unified Communications system part of its Service Oriented Network Architecture (SONA) strategy
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 9, 2006 : Vonage faces more class action lawsuits following its troubled IPO. Meanwhile, regulators are poking around short-sellers to see whether they manipulated the stock
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 8, 2006 : With Alcatel winning a significant access, Ethernet switch, and optical equipment deal at Telefónica, the Spanish incumbent is heavily reliant on the French vendor and its bride to be, Lucent
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 8, 2006 : The marriage of Alcatel and Lucent may come sooner rather than later after the engaged vendors got antitrust approval for their merger – analyst sees deal closing in September
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 8, 2006 : As Nortel joint venture plan turns sour, Huawei agrees to buy fellow Chinese equipment vendor Harbour Networks. Siemens had been knocking on Harbour's door
Globalcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 7, 2006 : French giant reckons it can sell its optical and Ethernet gear into the North American cable market, and puts one of its steady hands in charge. Bring it on, says competitor Siemens
Globalcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 6, 2006 : Unveils a VDSL2-based remote DSLAM, starts developing its own home gateway, talks IP product development, and sheds some light on its Ciena connection
Globalcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 5, 2006 : Turn a corner on the Chicago show floor and you'll likely bump into a test-and-measurement firm. Ethernet testing appears to be the flavor of the month
Globalcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) June 4, 2006 : Look out – it's another VOIP IPO! Session border controller vendor Acme Packet hopes to raise $85 million in a Nasdaq listing after hitting two consecutive quarters of profits
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 2, 2006 : AOL Europe is looking for the exit door, or at least some help, as broadband competition intensifies, plus other European M&A news from Portugal and the Netherlands
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) June 1, 2006 : Ciena beats Wall Street expectations as reseller Ericsson accounts for more than 10 percent of Q2 sales. Next up – a better Q3 and new multiservice products, says CEO
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 1, 2006 : Offers $192M for mobile technology specialist TTPCom, a deal that could strengthen its hand in several key areas
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 1, 2006 : Offers $192M for mobile technology specialist TTPCom, a deal that could give Motorola a strong hand in several key areas – emerging market handsets, in-building wireless coverage, and home gateways
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (12) June 30, 2006 : Getting out while the going's good? Optical starlet names a new CFO in the run up to an anticipated IPO filing after its previous numbers man reportedly quit for another job. What's going on?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 30, 2006 : As rumored earlier this year, optical transponder vendor Optium has filed for an initial public offering on Nasdaq, and is looking for $100 million from investors
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) June 29, 2006 : The merger process between Alcatel and Lucent appears to be going better than expected, though speculation persists about the COO-elect of the new venture
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 29, 2006 : Test firm extends its restructuring process and cuts deeper into its service assurance division in an effort to reach breakeven in its OSS business
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (8) June 28, 2006 : Sonus CEO Hassan Ahmed says the VOIP equipment firm is looking to splash some cash to extend its IMS capabilities into the applications arena, and he takes a swipe at his bigger rivals
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 28, 2006 : Switch/router vendor Foundry and security specialist VeriSign are the latest companies asked to supply the authorities with stock awards documents as the 'back-dating' scandal spreads
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 27, 2006 : Italian giant looks to bolster its German and French operations with an initial non-binding offer for AOL's ISP assets, but the UK business isn't included
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 26, 2006 : Lucent denies reports that it's part of FT Networks, the consortium bidding for a controlling stake in Nigeria's national operator
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 26, 2006 : BT forms joint venture with KDDI to target Japan's largest multinationals, going head to head with its former international partner and now rival, AT&T
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) June 23, 2006 : Industry sources say the three are in talks about a possible enterprise equipment joint venture that would become the world's largest PBX vendor
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 23, 2006 : Meeting the requirements of a new European Union directive will cost carriers and ISPs hundreds of millions of dollars
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 22, 2006 : Following accounting issues and a delisting notice, Tekelec's bumpy ride continues as it announces job losses at its Switching Solutions Group based in Plano, Texas
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) June 22, 2006 : Nokia Siemens Networks names its management team, with Nokia staff dominating. But there's no sign of the current Siemens Communications top team, and the CTO and COO roles are combined
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 21, 2006 : BATM, better known as Telco Systems, shells out less than $7 million for Ethernet access vendor. Analyst says life can be tough even in expanding markets
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (7) June 20, 2006 : Telefónica's mobile subsidiary O2 propels itself into the UK's fixed/mobile market with the $92 million acquisition of broadband newcomer Be Un Limited
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 19, 2006 : Nokia Siemens Networks will be the third largest telecom equipment vendor in the world, its parent companies say, while sales to mobile operators will dominate the planned joint venture's revenues
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 19, 2006 : Analysts are positive about the Nokia/Siemens tie-up, but see downside for others, particularly Nortel and Juniper
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) June 19, 2006 : Analysts regard the creation of a network infrastructure joint venture as positives for Nokia and Siemens, with some negative implications for Nortel or Juniper
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 19, 2006 : Investors and analysts say the new joint venture could achieve bigger savings with more cuts than the management projection of 9,000 layoffs
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (26) June 19, 2006 : Creating a network infrastructure 50/50 joint venture called Nokia Siemens Networks with annual revenues of nearly $20 billion. Up to 15,000 staff will be laid off during the next four years
Globalcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 16, 2006 : Media Delivery Index (MDI) is emerging as the metric of choice for video service quality testing, but while some of the big test firms are backing it, there's one major exception
Globalcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 15, 2006 : OSS player Smallworld has been hiding away in the bowels of parent company GE for a few years, but came out of hiding at Globalcomm. Plus other OSS news from Chicago
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4) June 15, 2006 : Scandinavian giant will invest up to €1 billion on new 3G network in Spain, with Ericsson getting part of the spoils. Carrier says price reductions in gear and handsets make it possible
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 14, 2006 : Test firm's stock takes a 17 percent dive as trading update points to lower than expected first half profits, but analyst says the warning shouldn't have come as a shock
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 13, 2006 : France Telecom is looking to Africa and Asia/Pacific for acquisitions, according to its CEO. Funds from the sale of its directories business could finance such a move
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 12, 2006 : As AOL takes bids for its UK broadband business, Deutsche Telekom fires up Microsoft's IPTV system in France, Siemens and Juniper double up in Italy, and ECI cements its position with France Telecom
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 9, 2006 : Cisco is spending $48 million on two specialist VOIP applications development firms to flesh out the Unified Communications system part of its Service Oriented Network Architecture (SONA) strategy
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 9, 2006 : Vonage faces more class action lawsuits following its troubled IPO. Meanwhile, regulators are poking around short-sellers to see whether they manipulated the stock
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 8, 2006 : With Alcatel winning a significant access, Ethernet switch, and optical equipment deal at Telefónica, the Spanish incumbent is heavily reliant on the French vendor and its bride to be, Lucent
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 8, 2006 : The marriage of Alcatel and Lucent may come sooner rather than later after the engaged vendors got antitrust approval for their merger – analyst sees deal closing in September
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 8, 2006 : As Nortel joint venture plan turns sour, Huawei agrees to buy fellow Chinese equipment vendor Harbour Networks. Siemens had been knocking on Harbour's door
Globalcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) June 7, 2006 : French giant reckons it can sell its optical and Ethernet gear into the North American cable market, and puts one of its steady hands in charge. Bring it on, says competitor Siemens
Globalcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 6, 2006 : Unveils a VDSL2-based remote DSLAM, starts developing its own home gateway, talks IP product development, and sheds some light on its Ciena connection
Globalcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 5, 2006 : Turn a corner on the Chicago show floor and you'll likely bump into a test-and-measurement firm. Ethernet testing appears to be the flavor of the month
Globalcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) June 4, 2006 : Look out – it's another VOIP IPO! Session border controller vendor Acme Packet hopes to raise $85 million in a Nasdaq listing after hitting two consecutive quarters of profits
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 2, 2006 : AOL Europe is looking for the exit door, or at least some help, as broadband competition intensifies, plus other European M&A news from Portugal and the Netherlands
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) June 1, 2006 : Ciena beats Wall Street expectations as reseller Ericsson accounts for more than 10 percent of Q2 sales. Next up – a better Q3 and new multiservice products, says CEO
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 1, 2006 : Offers $192M for mobile technology specialist TTPCom, a deal that could strengthen its hand in several key areas
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment June 1, 2006 : Offers $192M for mobile technology specialist TTPCom, a deal that could give Motorola a strong hand in several key areas – emerging market handsets, in-building wireless coverage, and home gateways
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