The 'silly pricing' in the emerging markets is shifting away from infrastructure deals to managed services deals, says Beresford-Wylie
While most of the optical industry has been outsourcing, a handful of suppliers have taken the innovation edge by 'insourcing'
Telefónica, iPhone, Spain
Russian operator reports 117% jump in profit following acquisition of Golden Telecom, and buys remaining 49% stake in Corbina Telecom
It's likely you don't live in Comcast's first two 'protocol agnostic' test towns, so here's what the MSO is telling cable modem subs there
Femtocell standardization nears reality as 3GPP decides on an architecture and starts work on a new standard interface
A WSJ article indicates Icahn wants the Yahoo CEO fired, perhaps driven by compensation issues
Vodafone now favorite to buy Euro triple-player
Nortel's optimistic from the top down
Insight CEO notes a 'threat of regulation' is one barrier preventing MSOs from striking premium broadband deals with content owners
We'll need faster networks, greater processing power, and more memory and storage before we have a true mobile Web
EXFO's recent acquisition of Brix Networks may give EXFO a critical early-mover advantage in testing IPTV video-stream quality
Why the small screen can be a big pain
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The Verizon Business/Swisscom alliance provides a good example of how to tackle some next-generation service dilemmas
NSN's big cheese says the vendor's ongoing product portfolio review will be driven by potential and profitability – so PBT is out!
Pilot with new Internet subs in Texas could signal a shift away from all-you-can-eat billing models
But is it coming to a market near you?
The Supreme Court of Canada will hold an expedited session to hear BCE's appeal of its blocked privatization deal
Premium programmer is migrating the bulk of its HD networks to MPEG-4, with Motorola cast in the role of transcoder extraordinaire
No full moon tonight over Holland
The Metro Ethernet Forum has completed the first phase of its groundbreaking Global Ethernet Services Directory project
Eternal shelf life
Nokia Siemens Networks's new head of radio access Marc Rouanne aims to unseat Ericsson as the top dog in the radio access equipment space
Comcast seeks 'intercept engineering' expert. The blogosphere shudders
A shrug-off from Verizon, in the wake of BT's reported rethinking of PBT, puts another question mark over the technology's future
BT decision to dump PBT in favor of MPLS is a blow to the emerging carrier Ethernet technology, but not a killer blow, says one analyst
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Why 110% mobile penetration is BS, and 300% is real
Is it just me, or does the new Cedar Point CEO have gobs of M&A experience?
Orange earns an A- on its latest scorecard thanks to impressive data services growth and a financial turnaround in its Western European markets
Operators are deploying new Ethernet access solutions to help control costs and facilitate the creation of new revenue-generating services
By monitoring everything at the edge, the vendor claims operators can keep close tabs on the health of switched video and VOD services
Indian real estate firm and telecom license holder Unitech has started the process of setting up its new mobile operator
Zayo has acquired the assets of Northwest Telephone, mostly IRUs which allow it to offer more point-to-point connections
South African incumbent is in talks for a takeover by an investment consortium while selling a stake in Vodacom to Vodafone
Box vendor all but confirms it has scored a DTA deal with Comcast
Asset swaps and acquisitions worth more than $70B have begun in China, where the carriers are forming three giant operators
Intel says it’s ready to re-enter the mobile handset market
Nokia partners for content, says report
