ZTE Claims 33% Sales Growth in First 9 months of 2011

ZTE claims a 33.4 per cent increase in sales revenue year-on-year to US$9.17 billion in the first nine months of 2011. This makes ZTE the fastest growing major network equipment supplier. Average revenue growth for the industry during the first three quarters of 2011 was approximately 10 percent, according to the company.ZTE credits its growth in part to a successful expansion into Tier-1 markets around the globe, including work with Softbank in...

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Marvell Revenues Slide 22% to $743 Million

Marvell Technology Group reported quarterly revenue for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, ended Jan 28, 2012) of $743 million, a 22 percent sequential decrease from $950 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2012, ended October 29, 2011, and down 18 percent from $901 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, ended January 29, 2011. GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 was $81 million, or $0.13 per share (diluted), compared with GAAP net income of $195 million, or $0.32 per share (diluted) in the third quarter of fiscal 2012,...

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Tellabs Enhances its Mobile Backhaul for LTE

Tellabs announced a major refresh of its mobile backhaul portfolio with a goal of providing enhanced support for LTE and soon LTE-Advanced traffic.Key enhancements include:the ability to deliver up to 10 Gbps mobile backhaul speeds to cell sitesmultiple built-in synchronization and syntonization schemes for LTEthe Tellabs 7100 and 7300 have been improved for fiber-optic mobile backhaula new Tellabs 8611 Access Switch provides 10G interfaces in a...

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LSI Adopts Multicore ARM for Mobile Infrastructure Processing

LSI will leverage ARM processor core for the first time in its Axxia platform for next-generation wireless infrastructure. The Axxia solutions will combine the latest ARM Cortex A-15 processors cores with LSI hardware accelerators, resulting in a system on a chip uniquely suited to building intelligent, heterogeneous networks. Key points:Energy-efficient, low-power multicore processors for base stations and wireless infrastructure.Scalable performance...

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HP Enhances its Home Subscriber Server for LTE

HP has expanded its Actionable Customer Intelligence portfolio with two key offerings designed for communications service providers (CSPs):The HP Home Subscriber Server (HSS) solution, which supports multiple networks, is enhanced with mobility management features that help CSPs migrate smoothly from 2G/3G networks to LTE networks. HSS is the primary customer database with information including personal profiles and the mobile services they use....

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NSN Showcases Active Antennas with Telecom Italia

Nokia Siemens Networks will showcase a live Active Antenna System at Mobile World Congress 2012 in partnership with Telecom Italia. The companies will demonstrate the beam forming capability of the Flexi Multiradio Antenna System, which creates moving beams of radio signals that can be directed at individual users or confined to a specific area. Telecom Italia is currently conducting trials of the technology in its network and has been collaborating...

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T-Mobile USA Cites iPhone for Customer Defections, LTE Planned for 2013

As of the end of Q4 2011, T-Mobile USA had 33.2 million customers, down from 33.7 million customers at both the end of third quarter 2011 and the end of fourth quarter 2010. Net customer losses of 526,000 compared to net customer additions of 126,000 in the third quarter of 2011, and net customer losses of 23,000 in the fourth quarter of 2010.Service revenues were $4.57 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011, down from $4.67 billion in the third...

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MetroPCS Reports Increased Profitability

MetroPCS Communications continued to add subscribers in Q4 2011, although at a slower rate, as service revenues reached $1.1 billion for the quarter, an increase of $162 million, or 17% over last year. The company reported growth in quarterly Adjusted EBITDA of 15% over the fourth quarter 2010 and ended the fourth quarter 2011 with over 9.3 million subscribers.“Throughout 2011, we maintained our cost discipline while growing our subscriber base....

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Procera Sees Strong Growth for its Policy Enforcement

On February 21, Procera Networks reported Q4 2011 revenue of $15.6 million, up 28% sequentially from revenue of $12.2 million in the third quarter of 2011 and up 108% from revenue of $7.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2010. Revenue for 2011 was $44.4 million, up 118% from revenue of $20.3 million in 2010. Net income for Q4 2011 was $1.8 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to net income of $182,000, or $0.02 per diluted share, in the...

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Radisys: Strong Carrier Interest in Small Cells, Wi-Fi Offload, VoLTE

Small cell networks will be widely deployed by mobile operators worldwide over the next two years, according to a global operator survey commissioned by Radisys and undertaken by wireless analysts Senza Fili Consulting, ahead of Mobile World Congress 2012. In fact, 100% of surveyed operators in Europe and Asia intend to deploy small cell networks within two years, while 100% of North American operators will do so in three years' time.Some key highlights...

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MEF Introduces Carrier Ethernet 2.0

The Metro Ethernet Forum introduced a set of "Carrier Ethernet 2.0" specifications aimed at revolutionizing the efficiency and usability of Ethernet service delivery through the addition of three standardized features: Multi-class-of-service (Multi-CoS), Interconnect and Manageability. Carrier Ethernet 2.0 is defined by its ability to deliver differentiated applications over interconnected, managed networks globally. Whereas the first generation...

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