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SPIT Explained
Service Provider Information Technology, or SPIT, is Light Reading's term for the evolving set of non-traditional telecom (and data networking) technologies that allow for a greater degree of flexibility in the creation, management, delivery, and monetization of new-generation communications services.
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SPIT Infographic
What exactly is Service Provider IT and how does it relate to the communications ecosystem? Here's a graphic that'll give you a snapshot of what we're talking about and appeal to your inherent aesthetic sensibilities
SPIT Manifesto
What is SPIT, why is it 'hot stuff' and how does it relate to the major challenges facing communications service providers today? The updated SPIT Manifesto answers these questions and achieves the near impossible task of giving a slime green splat a happy home.
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SPIT Video
For operators looking to develop, deliver and monetize new services, run their companies more efficiently and provide an overall better experience for their customers, Service Provider IT, or SPIT, is just as important as the network.
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Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has combined its Middle East and Africa regions and put them under the stewardship of the regally-named Igor Leprince, who now manages operations in 30 markets. Leprince was previously responsible for the Middle East operations only: Dimitri Diliani, former head of Africa, is still with NSN and has "returned to the U.S. as planned to take on a new role," according to a spokesman. NSN's new regional combination is being added to its Asia and Middle East "cluster" that is managed by Ashish Chowdhary, who is now responsible for India, Asia/Pacific, Greater China and Japan as well as the Middle East and Africa. That's a lot of land, a lot of people and a lot of potential carrier customers....
Telekom Austria is considering borrowing hundreds of millions of euros to pay for additional wireless spectrum, reports Reuters.
OSS firm Comptel has lowered its financial guidance for 2012, noting that its full-year revenues are now expected to increase by between 5 and 7 percent compared with 2011's €76.8 million (US$100.7 million), instead of the previous 10 percent forecast. The company is also set to report an operating loss after one-time costs, whereas it had been expecting to at least break even. The Service Provider Information Technology (SPIT) vendor does note, though, that it expects to report an operating profit for the fourth quarter of 2012 and that "the trend is expected to continue during 2013." For full details, see this investor note.
— Ray Le Maistre, International Managing Editor, Light Reading
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