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Posted in August 2012

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SPIT Bits: M&A Matters


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August 31, 2012 : The wave of mergers and acquisitions in service provider IT (SPIT) continues ... plus other news from the likes of Openet and Huawei

Euronews: BT Banks £159M From Stake Sale


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August 31, 2012 : In today's roundup: BT's Indian stake sale; DT dances with Spotify; SDH/Sonet over Packet developments; Iliad's mobile success; and more

Euronews: BT Offloads SPIT Shares


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August 30, 2012 : In today's roundup: BT sells stake in service provider IT firm Tech Mahindra; the latest on NSN; TeliaSonera bypasses the set-top box; Ireland's broadband dream

Is NSN Close to BSS Sale?


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August 30, 2012 : 5:45 AM Report suggests NSN's latest asset sale could be close

Cisco Talk Boosts Acme's Stock


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August 30, 2012 :

Who's King of M&A?


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August 29, 2012 : There have been some major mergers and acquisitions during the past year, but who will make the Leading Lights Best Deal Maker shortlist?

Euronews: Royal Rumpus at Telefonica


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August 29, 2012 : In today's regional mish-mash: Strained relations at Telefónica; Slim makes his mark; Bouygues feels Iliad's heat; and more!

Euronews: Operators Merge Their CDNs


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August 28, 2012 : In today's roundup: Operators combine media distribution assets; MasterCard's latest partnership; NSN builds in Brazil; and more
Comment: Re: Wheel 2.0 - Ray Le Maistre August 24, 2012

Telefónica: A New Breed of Telco


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August 23, 2012 : By directing energy toward startups, partners and new IT ideas, the Spanish giant is showing it's possible for a Tier 1 to reinvent itself
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Telefónica: Digital Dreamer?


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August 22, 2012 : Telefónica's Digital division has been set up to behave in a non-telco way. Does that mean it won't make money? Not at all, says the operator

Et Tu, Telefónica?


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August 20, 2012 : In developing Tu Me, the Spanish giant's digital division adopted an applications development model that's more Google than telco-like

Swiss Bank on Unification


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August 16, 2012 : 2:00 AM Swisscom hopes to reap the benefits of unifying networks and IT

Why Gonzalo Martin-Villa Is Kissing Frogs


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August 15, 2012 : The Telefónica Digital man is spreading his bets in his search for innovative startup partners

Why Amdocs Is 'Seeing' Microsoft


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August 14, 2012 : The duo have forged a patent partnership, but what's the backstory? A challenge to Oracle might be the catalyst for this relationship

Outsourcing the Back Office


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August 13, 2012 : 3:00 AM Attention in the managed services market is turning towards outsourced service provider IT (SPIT) deals, which should yield decent margins

Tough Going for Subex


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August 10, 2012 : 5:15 AM Revenue assurance specialist in doldrums
Comment: Re: Now a done deal! - Ray Le Maistre August 8, 2012

BroadSoft Bucks Trend, Invests Boldly


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August 7, 2012 : Not only has BroadSoft attracted carrier investment while others have suffered, it has opened its wallet to capitalize further

IT's Tough in Managed Services


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August 6, 2012 : Competition is even tougher for the major vendors in the IT outsourcing services space

Comverse Sells Roaming Unit


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August 6, 2012 : Strikes deal to sell Starhome subsidiary as the service provider IT giant executes its ownership strategy

AsiaBites: LTE's Business Edge


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August 3, 2012 : LTE is boosting business services development in South Korea plus other snippets from Asia/Pacific

Matchmaking NSN


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August 2, 2012 : 7:05 AM Forget Alcatel-Lucent – NEC could be the best bet to merge with Nokia Siemens Networks

Huawei Hits Back at Hack Attack


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August 1, 2012 : Vendor says its security policies are rigorous, but test lab insists processes are flawed