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Euronews: NSN Sells Wireless Patents


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
January 2, 2013 : Also in today's first regional roundup of 2013: Ericsson in Egypt; Apple store raid in Paris; Italian broadband plan approved; Iraq IPO

Euronews: More Brits to Get 4G


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
December 13, 2012 : Also: Verizon expands its 100G reach; NSN's virtual core; H3G cleared for Orange Austria acquisition; Tellabs gets SaaSy in Ireland; and more

Radio Ga Ga: Dealing With 4G Congestion


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
December 11, 2012 : Mobile operators have a number of ways to deal with 4G LTE access network constraints, says Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie

AT&T: Security Needs to Out-Innovate Hackers


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
November 28, 2012 : Security efforts to date have mostly reacted to attacks by hackers and that needs to change, says AT&T security exec

Operators Talk Mobile Security in NYC


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (5)
November 28, 2012 : The next Light Reading Live! event probes the growing security threats faced by mobile networks and tells operators how to prepare

Ericsson's Small-Cell Crystal Ball


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
November 21, 2012 : With mobile data traffic volumes doubling year-on-year, Ericsson reveals just how many small cells it thinks operators will need to deploy

ADVA Pumps Cash Into Caching


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6)
November 20, 2012 : Transport vendor takes a stake in radio access network (RAN) caching specialist Saguna – but are mobile operators ready to store content at their base stations?

Euronews: AlcaLu Mulls Sub-Prime Patents Sale


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Comment (1)
November 16, 2012 : Also in today's EMEA roundup: NSN's definitely not an also-RAN; AlcaLu does 4G in Uganda; René walked away, but now he's walked back

Africa's Wireless Gold Rush


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 13, 2012 : A boom in mobile usage is fueling widespread network investment in sub-Saharan Africa, with Alcatel-Lucent, Ceragon et al picking up deals

Alcatel-Lucent Sharpens Its Focus


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
November 2, 2012 : With a new organizational structure on the way, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen is evaluating which markets to exit and which units to sell
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New Product Recap: May 2012


Reports - Tim Hills - Post a comment
June 1, 2012 : Check out the new at-a-glance feature of our monthly product roundup

Who's Big in Small Cells?


LR Mobile Report - Michelle Donegan - Comments (12)
May 7, 2012 : Light Reading Mobile compiles a list of public access small-cell products to track this developing wireless infrastructure market

New Product Recap: February 2012


Reports - Tim Hills - Post a comment
March 5, 2012 : A big Recap captures some of the product frenzy at MWC 2012

New Product Recap: December 2011


Reports - Tim Hills - Post a comment
December 27, 2011 : While you nurse your Christmas hangover, have a look at our handy guide to some of the most important product announcements from December 2011

New Product Recap: October 2011


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November 4, 2011 : Here's a handy guide to some of the product announcements from last month

New Product Recap: September 2011


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October 7, 2011 : Here's a handy guide to some of the product announcements from last month

New Product Recap: June 2011


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July 7, 2011 : Here's a handy guide to some of the product announcements from last month

New Product Recap: May 2011


Reports - Tim Hills - Post a comment
June 3, 2011 : Here's a handy guide to some of the product announcements from last month

CTIA 2011: New Product Recap


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April 6, 2011 : Here's a handy guide to some of the product announcements from the CTIA 2011 show

New Product Recap: February 2011


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March 4, 2011 : Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from last month
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Actix Analyzes Small Cells


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
June 22, 2012 : Actix brings small cell management and tracking to mobile networks

Telefonica, Vodafone to Share UK Network


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June 7, 2012 : Operators to share radio access and backhaul infrastructure throughout the UK

PMC Integrates for Base Stations


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June 5, 2012 : PMC introduces industry’s most integrated, lowest power radio transceiver chipset for next-generation macro base stations

NSN Wins Core, RAN Deal in Vietnam


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May 29, 2012 : Nokia Siemens Networks expands, upgrades VMS MobiFone packet core network

Ericsson Intros Smart Cloud Accelerator


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May 9, 2012 : Offering reduces operator costs, says vendor, by integrating Akamai caching technology

Huawei Shows at CTIA


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May 7, 2012 : Huawei continues to drive ICT innovation from networks to devices at CTIA Wireless 2012

ZTE Records $23M Net Profit in Q1


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April 25, 2012 : ZTE revenue grows 29 percent year over year to US$2.9 billion in Q1 2012

3G in China: Operators Are Key to Adoption


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March 2, 2012 : New Telecom Insider report examines the role Chinese operators play in extending the reach of 3G devices

Ericsson Shows Off Pico Base Station


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February 27, 2012 : Ericsson adds pico base station with integrated Wi-Fi access to its hetnet portfolio

Movik Shows RAN Awareness at MWC


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February 22, 2012 : Movik to showcase Intelligent RAN Awareness Platform that correlates and acts in real time on all traffic from the RAN
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BT's Hot for 4G


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
December 20, 2012 : 6:40 AM But what would it do with LTE?

Intelligent Traffic Management with the F5 BIG-IP Platform - by F5 Networks


White Papers
To stay competitive and satisfy customers, CSPs must contend with the explosion in data traffic. F5’s context-aware solutions enable CSPs to intelligently manage their data traffic, conserve network resources, and quickly deliver profitable services.

AT&T: How Small Cells Fit the Big Picture


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October 31, 2012 : At 4G World, Kris Rinne, senior VP of network technologies at AT&T Labs, explains how 3G and 4G small cells fit with a Wi-Fi enhanced HetNet architecture

Packet Processing in Telecommunications -- A Case for the Accelerated Network Server - by GE Intelligent Platforms


White Papers
This paper from GE Intelligent Platform examines the benefits of combining a standard COTS server with a packet processing accelerator to create a cost-effective, high performance accelerated network server for telecommunication applications.

CDNs Demystified: A Streaming Technology Primer - by Elemental Technologies


White Papers
Read about the capabilities of a CDN as they relate to video processing functions such as those provided by Elemental. Learn how a CDN operates and details the interactions that take place between the components that comprise a video delivery system.

How Metro Network Aggregation Helps You Handle the Bandwidth Explosion - by Tellabs


White Papers
To stay competitive, metro/regional operators need to upgrade network capacity. By consolidating fixed and mobile networks into a single packet-based network, you can offer customers virtually unlimited bandwidth while still cutting your costs.

New Optical Transport Network Strategies That Cut Costs - by Tellabs


White Papers
Using new technologies, operators are now building transport networks that are faster and more reliable. These new network designs are the key to connecting data centers and delivering cloud services profitably. Learn more in this white paper.

Small Cell Backhaul: What, Why and How - by Heavy Reading


White Papers
By 2016, there will be 500,000 small cells in mobile networks worldwide. They are changing the way mobile networks are designed, architected and deployed. Learn how in this white paper on small cell backhaul by Patrick Donegan of Heavy Reading.

Wireless in the Metro - Packet Microwave Explained - by Aricent


White Papers
This whitepaper explores the application of packet microwave for LTE backhaul. It identifies its typical usage, benefits, applications, deployment scenarios, and also provides solutions to specific challenges posed by packet transport over microwave.

Developing a QoS aware framework for LTE - by Aricent


White Papers
This guide provides exhaustive insights into how operators can leverage a QoS aware framework to provide differential treatment based on subscribers, services and data traffic flows.
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