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Blueprint 2013: OSS/BSS Adapts for Complex Services
Customers are tough to get and easy to lose. The good news is that communications service providers (CSPs)have more and more options for attracting and retaining customers. Here are nine...
Infonetics: Service Provider CAPEX Increases in 2013
Globally, mobile service revenue is the main growth engine in the overall telecom/datacom market, up 4.3% year-over-year in the first half of 2012,according to Infonetics' newly released December 2012 Fundamental...
UK Attracts 7 Bidders for Upcoming 4G Spectrum Auction
The following company have registered as bidders in the UK's forthcoming 4G mobile spectrum auction, which will start in January 2013: Everything Everywhere Limited (UK) HKT (UK) Company Limited (a...
O2 Picks Nokia Siemens Networks for London Upgrade
O2 (Telefónica UK) has selected Nokia Siemens Networks for its upcoming LTE rollout across London and the South East of England. The UK operator is anticipating a rapid launch of...
Pluribus Raises $23M for Hardware Accelerated Network Virtualization
Pluribus Networks, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, raised $23 million in series C funding for its hardware-accelerated network virtualization platform for private and public cloud data centers. Pluribus...
René Obermann to Step Down as CEO of DT in One Year
René Obermann will step down as CEO of Deutsche Telekom at the end of 2013 and has asked the company's Board of Directors not to renew his contract after that...
Ericsson Decides Against Taking Full Ownership of ST-Ericsson
Ericsson has decided not to take over full ownership of ST-Ericsson and will take a non-cash charge of approximately SEK 8 b. in Q4, 2012 related to its 50% stake...
Shenick Names New CEO and Opens in Silicon Valley
Shenick Network Systems named Gerard Moore as its new Chairman and CEO. Previously, Moore was founder and CEO of Spectel, which he grew from 10 to 240 employees, before it...
Blueprint 2013: Backhaul Gets Smarter, Small Cells Get Rolling
2013 should be an eventful year in the network and communications industry. Given the intense focus on 4G and LTE, it helps to have a sense of what’s next in...
ARRIS to Acquire Motorola Home from Google for $2.35 B
Google will sell its Motorola Home Business to ARRIS for $2.35 billion in cash and stock. Motorola Home is a leading global supplier of digital video and IPTV hardware and...
FCC Gives Go Ahead to AT&T Acquisitions of WCS and AWS Licenses
The FCC approved AT&T's request to acquire certian Wireless Communications Service (WCS) and Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-1) licenses from Comcast, Horizon, NextWave, and San Diego Gas & Electric. AT&T will...
Deutsche Telekom Looks to Vectoring
Deutsche Telekom has submitted an application to Germany's Federal Network Agency to permit the use of vectoring for boosting the performance of its copper access network. Deutsche Telekom plans to...
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