| | | France Telecom reports revenue growth
| | France Telecom reported growth in first-quarter revenue and profit margins and said it is ready to seek acquisitions to enhance its presence in both emerging markets and Western Europe, an Associated Press report said. |
| | Top telcos team up on Europe-India cable plan
| | | A construction and maintenance agreement to build the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fibre submarine cable system from the UK to India, has been signed by 16 telecomms companies. |
| | | Alcatel-Lucent sign mobile TV deal with Quantum
| | | A cooperation is to be established in the mobile TV market by communications solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent and Quantum, a supplier of mobile multimedia devices and software, aimed at developing terrestrial or hybrid mobile broadcast solutions adhering to the new DVB-SH mobile broadcast standard. |
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Betting on the 4G patent pool
-- John C. Tanner
 Until the patent system can be reworked into something sane, patent pools may be the better bet for 4G and other emerging technologies more>> | Telecom's ever-present regulators
-- Robert Clark
 Still here after all these years more>> |
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Putting WiMax on the fast track
Tech giants Google and Intel will partner with Sprint Nextel and Clearwire to develop an ultra-fast mobile network more>> | Alcatel-Lucent sign mobile TV deal with Quantum
The telecom equipment maker has been hurt by a weak dollar and a lack of competitiveness in wireless. But the outlook for the sector overall is stronger more>> |
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Routers fuel Carrier Ethernet market
--Seamus Crehan/Dell'Oro Group
A technology transition is magnifying further the importance of the residential space as a driver of the Carrier Ethernet market more>> | Accenture: Asian operator go regional
--Guillaume Sachet and Joanne Leong/Accenture
Asian telecom operators seeking scale and new revenue streams will increase the number of mergers, acquisitions and partnerships they take on. more>> |
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| Always room for fiber
| | | Asia Pacific still rules the global FTTx roost, but while growth is inevitable, fiber's dominance is by no means assured in the region's heterogeneous landscape. And where fiber is flourishing, there's still likely a regulatory incentive behind it |
| | | | OSS vendors on M&A hunt
| | | Consolidation accelerates as telecom IT vendors move to strengthen their position in the service fulfillment sector |
| | Disruptive innovators shake up tech markets
| | | New entrants in specific technology segments are shaking up various product and service markets, prompting telecom and technology firms to step up their R&D efforts and to involve entities outside their companies in the R&D process. |
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