ADTRAN Lands Active-Ethernet FTTH Contract in Alabama

MonCre Telephone Cooperative (MonCre), a telephony, broadband and internet service provider based in Ramer, Alabama, has selected ADTRAN for a complete network migration to Active Ethernet-based Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) services. When the upgrade is complete, MonCre will have approximately doubled its network capacity to support high-bandwidth triple-play and Ethernet services to 100% of its residential and business customers in Montgomery, Crenshaw, Pike and Bullock counties. The deployment will use the ADTRAN Total Access 5000's Active Ethernet FTTH solution including the modular NetVanta 8044M Ethernet access gateway. Financial terms were not disclosed.
http://www.adtran.com
http://www.mon-cre.net

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Alvarion Sees Q3 Decline, Hit by Open Range's Chapter 11

Alvarion reported Q3 revenues of $47.0 million, a decrease of 15.2% from $55.4 million in the second quarter of 2011, and a decrease of 13.0% from $54.0 million in the third quarter of 2010. GAAP net loss in the third quarter of 2011 was ($7.5) million, or ($0.12) per share, including charges of approximately $7.1 million related to the bankruptcy filing of Open Range Communications.


"Our Q3 results were in line with our expectations and we again reported a non-GAAP operating profit as well as a non-GAAP net profit," said Eran Gorev, President and CEO of Alvarion. “We are continuing to execute on our strategic plan aimed at shifting from a primary focus on WiMAX-based RAN solutions to becoming a multi-technology wireless broadband solution powerhouse. Last week, we introduced our BreezeCELL indoor capacity solution, based on TrueActive DAS technology, which was acquired via the purchase of Clariton Networks' IP-related assets earlier this year."http://www.alvarion.com

• In October 2011, Open Range Communication, the largest Rural Utilities Service (RUS) funded carrier in the U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after its government loans were cut off. The company, which is based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, provides High Speed Wireless Internet and Home Phone services to rural communities across the U.S. Along with the filing, the company has laid off the majority of it workers and the CEO resigned. Open Range Communications operates a WiMAX network.

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Alvarion to Acquire Wavion for Outdoor Wi-Fi

Alvarion agreed to acquire privately-held Wavion, an Israel-based developer of carrier-grade WiFi solutions, for approximately $30 million in cash, including an assumed earn-out.


Wavion supplies WBS omni-direction and sector base stations, which operate at 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 700 MHz. Wavion leverages two-way spatially adaptive beamforming and Multiple Input Multiple Output ( MIMO) technologies. The company's revenues for the last twelve months were approximately $16 million.


Alvarion said the acquisition marks another milestone in its plan of shifting its primary focus from WiMAX-based RAN solutions to becoming a multitechnology wireless broadband solution provider. Alvarion intends to combine Wavion's WiFi platform with Alvarion's 4G RAN solution and recently-acquired DAS (distributed antenna systems).
http://www.alvarion.com
http://www.wavionnetworks.com

• Wavion was founded in 2000 and has distribution in 60 countries with offices in the US, Brazil, Argentina, Russia and India. Its investors include Elron Electronic Industries and BRM Capital.

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Clearwire Adds 1.9 Million 4G Users in Q3

Clearwire reported continued demand for its 4G services as it reported record adds and revenue. Clearwire added 1.89 million total net new subscribers in Q3, comprised of 35 thousand retail and 1.86 million wholesale net new subscribers. The company ended third quarter 2011 with approximately 9.54 million total subscribers, up 240% from 2.81 million subscribers in third quarter 2010. The subscriber base consists of 1.32 million retail subscribers and 8.22 million wholesale subscribers.


Clearwire now expects to end 2011 with over 10 million users, exceeding previous guidance.


Clearwire's wholesale subscribers consist primarily of Sprint 3G/4G smartphone customers.


Third quarter 2011 aggregate network usage by wholesale customers increased 34% compared to second quarter 2011, driven primarily by growth in aggregate smartphone usage, which increased 43% over the same period.


Third quarter 2011 revenue was $332.2 million, a 134% increase over third quarter 2010 revenue of $142.2 million. Third quarter 2011 retail revenue and other revenue was $195.0 million, a year over year increase of 55% from $125.6 million in third quarter 2010. Third quarter 2011 retail average revenue per user (ARPU) was $47.05 up from $43.10 in third quarter 2010. Wholesale revenue in third quarter 2011 was $137.2 million, a year over year increase of 730% from $16.5 million in third quarter 2010. Third quarter 2011 wholesale ARPU was $6.20, up from $4.46 in third quarter 2010.


"Today Clearwire is the only operational 4G wholesale business combining an all-IP network, substantial spectrum resources, and a technology roadmap to serve the growing demand for mobile broadband. We believe Clearwire's deep spectrum resources are capable of meeting the urban demand that will likely strain the lower-capacity LTE deployments planned by other wireless operators. Our common global technology roadmap, aligned with members of the Global TDD-LTE Initiative (GTI), including China Mobile, the largest wireless carrier in the world, should position us to benefit from the significant economies of scale of a converged LTE ecosystem. We look forward to opportunities to work with our current wholesale partners, and other wireless carriers, to serve this growing market," stated Erik Prusch, President and CEO of Clearwire.


Some notes from the conference call:

• The Clearwire network now has approximately 16,000 sites on air,



• Network now covers 133 million POPs in 35 metro areas across the U.S.



• Streaming media now consumes over 50% of downlink traffic on Clearwire regardless of device type.



• Retail cost per gross addition (CPGA) was $288 in the third quarter 2011 compared to $313 in second quarter 2011.



• The company believes it has sufficient liquidity for the next 12 months but is looking for new funding.



• Clearwire may sell excess spectrum to fund its LTE rollout.



• The MOU with Sprint is still being discussed but there remains a gap.

http://www.clearwire.com

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Sprint Lawsuit vs AT&T + T-Mobile to Proceed

A U.S. District court judge has ruled that Sprint's lawsuit seeking to block the AT&T + T-Mobile deal does have grounds to proceed. AT&T had sought to have the case thrown out.
http://www.sprint.com

• In September, Sprint filed its own lawsuit in federal court in the District of Columbia seeking to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA. Sprint cited Section 7 of the Clayton Act, arguing that the deal would hurt consumers, as well as Sprint and other independent operators.

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ADTRAN Lands Active-Ethernet FTTH Contract in Alabama

MonCre Telephone Cooperative (MonCre), a telephony, broadband and internet service provider based in Ramer, Alabama, has selected ADTRAN for a complete network migration to Active Ethernet-based Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) services. When the upgrade is complete, MonCre will have approximately doubled its network capacity to support high-bandwidth triple-play and Ethernet services to 100% of its residential and business customers in Montgomery, Crenshaw, Pike and Bullock counties. The deployment will use the ADTRAN Total Access 5000's Active Ethernet FTTH solution including the modular NetVanta 8044M Ethernet access gateway. Financial terms were not disclosed.
http://www.adtran.com
http://www.mon-cre.net

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Alvarion Sees Q3 Decline, Hit by Open Range's Chapter 11

Alvarion reported Q3 revenues of $47.0 million, a decrease of 15.2% from $55.4 million in the second quarter of 2011, and a decrease of 13.0% from $54.0 million in the third quarter of 2010. GAAP net loss in the third quarter of 2011 was ($7.5) million, or ($0.12) per share, including charges of approximately $7.1 million related to the bankruptcy filing of Open Range Communications.


"Our Q3 results were in line with our expectations and we again reported a non-GAAP operating profit as well as a non-GAAP net profit," said Eran Gorev, President and CEO of Alvarion. “We are continuing to execute on our strategic plan aimed at shifting from a primary focus on WiMAX-based RAN solutions to becoming a multi-technology wireless broadband solution powerhouse. Last week, we introduced our BreezeCELL indoor capacity solution, based on TrueActive DAS technology, which was acquired via the purchase of Clariton Networks' IP-related assets earlier this year."http://www.alvarion.com

• In October 2011, Open Range Communication, the largest Rural Utilities Service (RUS) funded carrier in the U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after its government loans were cut off. The company, which is based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, provides High Speed Wireless Internet and Home Phone services to rural communities across the U.S. Along with the filing, the company has laid off the majority of it workers and the CEO resigned. Open Range Communications operates a WiMAX network.

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Alvarion to Acquire Wavion for Outdoor Wi-Fi

Alvarion agreed to acquire privately-held Wavion, an Israel-based developer of carrier-grade WiFi solutions, for approximately $30 million in cash, including an assumed earn-out.


Wavion supplies WBS omni-direction and sector base stations, which operate at 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 700 MHz. Wavion leverages two-way spatially adaptive beamforming and Multiple Input Multiple Output ( MIMO) technologies. The company's revenues for the last twelve months were approximately $16 million.


Alvarion said the acquisition marks another milestone in its plan of shifting its primary focus from WiMAX-based RAN solutions to becoming a multitechnology wireless broadband solution provider. Alvarion intends to combine Wavion's WiFi platform with Alvarion's 4G RAN solution and recently-acquired DAS (distributed antenna systems).
http://www.alvarion.com
http://www.wavionnetworks.com

• Wavion was founded in 2000 and has distribution in 60 countries with offices in the US, Brazil, Argentina, Russia and India. Its investors include Elron Electronic Industries and BRM Capital.

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Clearwire Adds 1.9 Million 4G Users in Q3

Clearwire reported continued demand for its 4G services as it reported record adds and revenue. Clearwire added 1.89 million total net new subscribers in Q3, comprised of 35 thousand retail and 1.86 million wholesale net new subscribers. The company ended third quarter 2011 with approximately 9.54 million total subscribers, up 240% from 2.81 million subscribers in third quarter 2010. The subscriber base consists of 1.32 million retail subscribers and 8.22 million wholesale subscribers.


Clearwire now expects to end 2011 with over 10 million users, exceeding previous guidance.


Clearwire's wholesale subscribers consist primarily of Sprint 3G/4G smartphone customers.


Third quarter 2011 aggregate network usage by wholesale customers increased 34% compared to second quarter 2011, driven primarily by growth in aggregate smartphone usage, which increased 43% over the same period.


Third quarter 2011 revenue was $332.2 million, a 134% increase over third quarter 2010 revenue of $142.2 million. Third quarter 2011 retail revenue and other revenue was $195.0 million, a year over year increase of 55% from $125.6 million in third quarter 2010. Third quarter 2011 retail average revenue per user (ARPU) was $47.05 up from $43.10 in third quarter 2010. Wholesale revenue in third quarter 2011 was $137.2 million, a year over year increase of 730% from $16.5 million in third quarter 2010. Third quarter 2011 wholesale ARPU was $6.20, up from $4.46 in third quarter 2010.


"Today Clearwire is the only operational 4G wholesale business combining an all-IP network, substantial spectrum resources, and a technology roadmap to serve the growing demand for mobile broadband. We believe Clearwire's deep spectrum resources are capable of meeting the urban demand that will likely strain the lower-capacity LTE deployments planned by other wireless operators. Our common global technology roadmap, aligned with members of the Global TDD-LTE Initiative (GTI), including China Mobile, the largest wireless carrier in the world, should position us to benefit from the significant economies of scale of a converged LTE ecosystem. We look forward to opportunities to work with our current wholesale partners, and other wireless carriers, to serve this growing market," stated Erik Prusch, President and CEO of Clearwire.


Some notes from the conference call:

• The Clearwire network now has approximately 16,000 sites on air,



• Network now covers 133 million POPs in 35 metro areas across the U.S.



• Streaming media now consumes over 50% of downlink traffic on Clearwire regardless of device type.



• Retail cost per gross addition (CPGA) was $288 in the third quarter 2011 compared to $313 in second quarter 2011.



• The company believes it has sufficient liquidity for the next 12 months but is looking for new funding.



• Clearwire may sell excess spectrum to fund its LTE rollout.



• The MOU with Sprint is still being discussed but there remains a gap.

http://www.clearwire.com

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Sprint Lawsuit vs AT&T + T-Mobile to Proceed

A U.S. District court judge has ruled that Sprint's lawsuit seeking to block the AT&T + T-Mobile deal does have grounds to proceed. AT&T had sought to have the case thrown out.
http://www.sprint.com

• In September, Sprint filed its own lawsuit in federal court in the District of Columbia seeking to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA. Sprint cited Section 7 of the Clayton Act, arguing that the deal would hurt consumers, as well as Sprint and other independent operators.

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TeliaSonera Tests Infinera's Terabit Optical Transport

TeliaSonera International Carrier has completed a test of Infinera's Terabit optical transmission based on 500 Gbps super-channels. The demonstration spanned 1,105 kilometers of fiber between Los Angeles and San Jose, California and used elements of the new Infinera DTN-X platform. The test added a terabit of capacity to a route carrying 300 Gb/s of production capacity.

“Our vision is to offer customers leading-edge services that efficiently scale their business. As 10 Gb/s services proliferate and 100 Gb/s router ports emerge, we are trialing advanced solutions that scale optical networks beyond 100 Gb/s," said Erik Hallberg, President at TeliaSonera International Carrier. “This Terabit demonstration with Infinera highlights our commitment to delivering an outstanding experience for the most demanding customers."

http://www.infinera.com

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ADVA Optical Networking: Introducing 100G Metro

Stephan Rettenberger discusses 100G Metro and examines how this industry first is about to alter today's metropolitan networks.
http://www.advaoptical.com

In September, ADVA Optical Networking introduced a 100G Metro blade for its FSP 3000 DWDM platform promising competitive pricing compared with 10x 10G solutions. The new solution offers efficient 100 Gbps data transport across distances of up to 500km for service providers or large enterprises.


The foundation of ADVA's compact 100G Metro blade is in its non-coherent 4x28G technology: The company highlights four key efficiencies:


Cost Efficiency – Cost competitive with 10 lanes of 10G, the 100G Metro solution offers the lowest cost-per-bit transport available and immediately reduces network costs and expenditures from day one. This cost reduction guarantees lowest operational cost in all data center and metro network applications.


Space Efficiency – The 100G Metro solution's compact design consumes a fraction of the space of today's 10G devices, requiring less rack and floor space per bit than established solutions. Since the ADVA 100G Metro solution consumes less space than 10 lanes of 10GE, users will not need to make any additional space in already overcrowded data centers when upgrading to higher spectral efficiency.


Power Efficiency – With low power consumption and miniscule heat dissipation, enterprises and carriers simultaneously reduce costs and operating expenditures while upgrading to 100G transport.


Spectral Efficiency - The 100G Metro solution outperforms the spectral efficiency of existing 10G solutions. Carriers and enterprises can more than double the capacity of their existing optical networks, thus protecting their network investment and extending the lifetime of their existing infrastructure.


"Today's metro networks are rapidly reaching capacity. Service providers and enterprises are struggling to transport the enormous amounts of data required and this could seriously impact business operations," commented Christoph Glingener, chief technology officer of ADVA Optical Networking. "100G is the only solution to this problem, but it needs to be developed throughout the entire network, not just in the long haul. Our 100G Metro is the first solution on the market to address this issue, enabling our customers to meet their business expectations."

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Sprint Begins Selling AirWalk's Enterprise Femtocell

Sprint has begun reselling AirWalk's enterprise femtocell as part of its own in-building solutions product portfolio. The product branded Sprint AIRAVE Pro Connect is available for Sprint's Custom Network Solutions customers to accommodate the rapid growth of indoor mobile traffic. AIRAVE Pro Connect is the world's first enterprise-grade CDMA femtocell.


Building on Sprint's ongoing relationship with Ericsson for Sprint Network Advantage and Sprint Network Vision, Ericsson serves as the primary integrator for Sprint's femtocell platform which supports multiple device manufacturers and venue-specific femtocell devices. http://www.sprint.comwww.airwalkcom.comUl>

In February 2011, AirWalk Communications, a start-up based in Richardson, Texas, raised a further $10 million of Series B funding for its small cell radio products. AirWalk offers a range of CDMA femtocells, enterprise femtocells, picocells, metrocells and microcells, with LTE products in the pipeline. The new funding was led by Sevin Rosen and included investors: TL Ventures, Alta Berkeley, Duchossois Technology Partners and Nedelco Inc.

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Radisys video: Building Blocks for Small Cells, VoLTE and DPI

Radisys' CTO Manish Singh discusses the transformation underway following the acquisition of Continuous Computing and key trends in heterogeneous networks, Voice over LTE, and DPI carrier systems. http://www.radisys.com

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Broadcom Spins New EPON OLT System-On-Chip

Broadcom introduced its BCM55524 Quad Port Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) Optical Line Terminal (OLT), packing twice the density and power per port of its existing EPON OLT system-on-a-chip (SoC). The new SoC combines the functionality of up to seven application-specific standard parts (ASSPs) and eliminates seven on-board memory devices, dramatically reducing system costs by up to 50 percent.


The BCM55524 quad OLT is designed to work in tandem with Broadcom's StrataXGS aggregation switch series and is backwards compatible with the existing TK3723 OLT chip. It offers four IEEE 802.3ah-compliant EPON MACs with Broadcom Turbo-EPON support as well as integration of four 1.25 Gbps/2.5 Gbps Burst-mode SerDes and four NNI-side SGMII SerDes. http://www.broadcom.com

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Cambium Networks Takes Flight -- a Spin-out from Motorola Solutions

Cambium Networks, previously Motorola Solutions' Point-to-Point (PTP or Orthogon) and Point-to-Multipoint (PMP or Canopy) Wireless Broadband Networks division, has begun operations as an independent company.


Cambium offers a portfolio of fixed wireless high-speed backhaul and access solutions for a wide range of customers and industries, including Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs), enterprises, utilities, municipalities, public safety departments, military and Federal government agencies. The solutions include Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and intelligent Dynamic Frequency Selection (iDFS) technologies to enhance signal reliability. Cambium claims more than three million PMP modules installed around the world, operating in the licensed, unlicensed and federal frequency bands.


In addition, Motorola Solutions has entered into a Global Supply Agreement with Cambium Networks where they will continue to provide their direct, public safety and Federal customers with Cambium's access, backhaul and management solutions.


Vector Capital, a leading global private equity firm, acquired the group from Motorola Solutions for an undisclosed sum and intends to operate Cambium as a standalone company.


"Although this is our first day as a new company, Cambium Networks is hardly a newcomer to the broadband industry," state Phil Bolt, Cambium's CEO. "We're the providers of the most respected and widely deployed Point-to-Point (PTP) and Point-to-Multipoint (PMP) solutions in the business. Even as we begin independent operations, we currently have installed networks in more than 150 countries. Supporting those deployments is a highly seasoned team of wireless, IP and RF propagation professionals whose combined experience runs into the thousands of years in the industry." http://www.cambiumnetworks.com

• Cambium Networks is headed by Phil Bolt, who previously was vice president, Wireless Network Solutions, Motorola Solutions. He joined Motorola Solutions from Orthogon Systems, where as President and CEO, he directed development of non-line-of-sight wireless Ethernet bridges employing advanced technologies including space-time-coding and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM). Prior to joining Orthogon Systems, Phil spent over a decade with Nortel Networks as director of wireless research and development.



• Cambium Networks is co-headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill. and Ashburton, England.

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GSMA Video: $1.2 Trillion M2M Opportunity in 2020

The GSMA calculates that the number of total connected devices will increase from approximately 9 billion today to more than 24 billion in 2020, and within that, mobile connected devices will grow 100 percent from more than 6 billion today to 12 billion in 2020.


This will create an addressable revenue opportunity for mobile operators of nearly US$1.2 trillion by 2020, a sevenfold increase from expected revenues in 2011, according to the GSMA study, which was backed by AT&T, Deutsche Bank, KT, Telenor Connexion and Vodafone, and developed by Machina Research.


"We are entering the next phase in the development of the mobile industry, one where we will see mobile connect everything in our lives," said Michael O'Hara, chief marketing officer, GSMA. "In this new Connected Life, mobile will transform society and will have a profound effect on the way we interact not only with each other, but also with our surroundings. However, capitalising on this enormous opportunity requires collaboration across the entire ecosystem to demonstrate how mobile technology in everything from tablet PCs to new healthcare devices can enhance people's personal and business lives."


Jim Morrish, director at Machina Research, commented: "We are moving into a new era in connectivity where we will see the proliferation of billions of connected devices in the world. Most of that growth is coming from machine-to-machine: a new market for communications service providers, and with new dynamics. The way that mobile operators, device vendors, service providers and others in the value chain react to this opportunity will have important implications for their future success. Right now, the mobile industry has a clear opportunity to play a central role in the Connected Life." http://www.convergedigest.com

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Traffix Systems Raises $7 Million for Diameter Network Signaling

Traffix Systems, a start-up based in Israel with offices in Freehold Township, New Jersey, secured $7 million in financing for its next-generation, network signaling solutions.


The Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller (SDC) enables carriers to maximize network performance with routing, load balancing and gateways solutions based Diameter signaling. Diameter can be used to enable Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) management for users to connect, use and pay for network resources and services in next-generation architecture such as LTE, IMS and HSPA+. The company boasts nearly 100 global deployments and claims it is profitable.


The funding round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
http://www.traffixsystems.com

• Earlier this year, Traffix announced its Signaling Delivery Controller (SDC) -- a unified platform that serves as a Diameter Gateway, Diameter Load Balancer and Diameter Router, providing interfaces for all signaling network technologies and protocols, including legacy and LTE/HSPA+, mobile and fixed.



• Traffix was founded in 2005 by Ben Volkow who serves as CEO, and Gil Shafran who serves as vice president for research and development.

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Qualcomm Sees Continued Gains in Smartphones, Sales Up 39% YoY

Qualcomm reported quarterly sales of $4.12 billion, up 39 percent year-over-year (y-o-y) and 14 percent sequentially, Net income was$1.06 billion, up 22 percent y-o-y and 2 percent sequentially.


During the quarter, CDMA-based Mobile Station Modem (MSM) shipments reached 127 million units, up 14 percent y-o-y and 6 percent sequentially.


The company currently holds $20.9 billion in cash, up from $18.4 billion a year ago.


“I am very pleased with our performance this year as we delivered record revenues, earnings and MSM chipset shipments, driven by the popularity of smartphones, continued adoption of 3G technologies, particularly in emerging regions, and our industry-leading patent portfolio,�? said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm. “The breadth and depth of our chipset roadmap, extensive licensing program and diverse set of global partnerships position us well for strong revenue and earnings growth in fiscal 2012. We are excited about the upcoming commercial launch of our groundbreaking Snapdragon multimode LTE solution and continue to invest in and execute on our strategic priorities to drive profitable growth.�?http://

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