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Posted in June 2012

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More Bother for Huawei, ZTE


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June 29, 2012 : 9:10 AM Multiple vendors caught up in patents probe

Telcos: The New VCs?


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June 28, 2012 : 1:10 PM Digital startups are getting more and more backing from carriers

India's $3.5B GPON Goldrush


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June 28, 2012 : 9:00 AM A massive project to connect India's rural villages is underway

Orange Does NFC With Gemalto


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June 28, 2012 : Orange launches nationwide deployment of NFC-enabled SIM cards with fellow French firm Gemalto

Humm Joins Vodafone as Regional CEO


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June 28, 2012 : Hours after quitting as CEO of T-Mobile USA, Philipp Humm joins the senior team at Vodafone
Comment: Re: Swing the axe - Ray Le Maistre June 26, 2012

NG-PON2 Tech: A Done Deal?


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June 25, 2012 : FSAN says a decision is yet to be made, but for Huawei and others it looks like a one-horse race
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Alarm Bells for AlcaLu, Nokia


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June 25, 2012 : 1:05 PM As the euro crisis deepens, investors flee struggling vendors. Can they turn their fortunes around?

Verizon Backs CENX With Cash


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June 25, 2012 : Ethernet exchange gets new funding as it finds its SPIT niche

More Chinese Whispers


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June 25, 2012 : 7:40 AM Huawei, ZTE under further scrutiny by US authorities
Comment: Re: Bet on Cisco - Ray Le Maistre June 22, 2012

Now the Dutch Do 400G


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June 21, 2012 : 1:45 PM KPN cranks up to 400Gbit/s with Huawei

Mobile Asia Expo: Highlights


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June 21, 2012 : 11:00 AM The hot topics from the GSMA's Shanghai event

Interoute CTO: 'Dumb' Legacy Hinders Cloud Adoption


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June 20, 2012 : Fallout from Isenberg's 'stupid network' proclamation is suppressing cloud confidence, reckons European operator exec

XO Shows Some Love for Transmode


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June 20, 2012 : Swedish transport vendor joins some big North American names in the metro equipment supplier list at XO Communications

Nokia Poll Update: Farewell Independence?


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June 19, 2012 : With hundreds of votes counted, not many expect Nokia to be an independent company within a few years

ADVA's 100G Appeal


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June 19, 2012 : 7:15 AM Customer praise and a Finisar nugget
Comment: Standards etc - Ray Le Maistre June 19, 2012

Euronews: Big Hitters Back $12.5B Mobile Bid


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June 18, 2012 : A major mobile takeover rumor, 100Gbit/s metro action, more Nokia concerns and Euro pressure for ZTE

ADVA Makes 100G Debut


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June 18, 2012 : Amsterdam Internet Exchange deploys non-coherent 100G metro gear to connect data centers

Nokia Poll: Microsoft Merger Expected


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June 15, 2012 : Almost half of our poll respondents expect Nokia to become part of Microsoft

Europe's Cable Ops in Bullish Mood


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June 15, 2012 : European cable operators expect broadband and mobile to help boost their revenues by more than 5% per year

Euronews: Market Ponders Nokia's Future


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June 15, 2012 : The fallout from Nokia's massive restructuring announcement dominates Friday's EMEA news agenda, though Vodafone, NSN and BT also feature

Interoute's SDN Dream


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June 14, 2012 : 2:15 PM One carrier CTO can't wait for software-defined networking

Nokia Cuts 10,000 Jobs, Restructures


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June 14, 2012 : There's a lot of detail in Nokia's massive restructuring announcement – here are the key details, point by point

Photos: Cloud Computing World Forum


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June 13, 2012 : The cloud crowd is out in force in London – see who showed up!

DeNuccio Replaced as Metaswitch CEO


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June 13, 2012 : It's a case of CEOswitch at Metaswitch as industry veteran Kevin DeNuccio is replaced by his predecessor, who puts IPO plans on ice

How IT Is Learning From the Telcos


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June 13, 2012 : The learning curve swings both ways

Comverse Hits a Slippery Slope


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June 8, 2012 : Fiscal first-quarter loss signals tough times for service provider IT (SPIT) software vendor

Huawei, ZTE Execs Found Guilty of Corruption


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June 8, 2012 : Chinese vendors barred for two years from public contracts in Algeria after staff members were convicted in a telecom corruption case

LTE: The Vendor's Worst Friend?


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June 7, 2012 : 1:35 PM More network sharing means long term erosion (LTE) of carrier capex
Comment: Shared RAN - Ray Le Maistre June 7, 2012

Vodafone, Telefónica Merge UK Networks


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June 7, 2012 : Rival operators to share backhaul and mobile cell site infrastructure across the whole of the UK, creating single network of 18,500 masts

Huawei Replaces AlcaLu at Sunrise


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June 6, 2012 : The Swiss operator signs a managed services deal with Huawei after dumping Alcatel-Lucent

Alvarion Cuts Staff, Wages


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June 6, 2012 : As the WiMax market shrinks, so does Alvarion – so now it's looking to the service provider Wi-Fi market for growth

Say Goodbye to Telcordia


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June 3, 2012 : With the acquisition by Ericsson complete and the integration process well underway, the Telcordia brand is set to disappear on June 4

SPIT Bits: M&A Mayhem


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June 1, 2012 : M&A action involving NEC, CGI, Logica, NTT, Danaher, VSS Monitoring, Connectiva ... and more news from the world of Service Provider IT (SPIT)
Comment: Good idea, but... - Ray Le Maistre June 1, 2012

NSN Creates Spinoff Investment Fund


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June 1, 2012 : Nokia Siemens Networks starts a capital fund to pump cash into spinoffs but only puts in €10M