The core routing market is dominated by two incumbent vendors. What will it take for Alcatel-Lucent to crack open this market? Presented by Lindsay Newell, VP of Networks Marketing, Alcatel-Lucenthttp://www.alcatel-lucent....
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Cloud-connected Vending Machines Coming from Everything Everywhere and NSN
Everything Everywhere, the joint venture that operates the networks for T-Mobile (UK) and Orange (UK), is working with Nokia Siemens Networks to provide vending machine owners with remote stock monitoring, increased customer interaction and multiple payment methods. Through the international partnership, vending machines will be linked to Nokia Siemens Networks’ VendMe application and installed with Everything Everywhere SIM cards, connecting them...
NSN Sees up to 40% Data Capacity Gain with EV-DO Advanced
Nokia Siemens Networks introduced a set of EV-DO Advanced features for CDMA network operators that enable more efficient use of network resources. The company said new EV-DO Advanced software can increase data capacity by up to 40% in loaded cells thereby helping operators economically manage greater data traffic volumes, without the need for hardware investment."We are fully focused on technologies that enable a superior mobile broadband experience,...
Motorola Solutions to Acquire Psion
Motorola Solutions agreed to acquire Psion Plc., a supplier of ruggedized mobile devices, for 88 pence (US $1.36) in cash per Psion share for an enterprise valued of approximately $200 million.Psion, which is based in London and has operations in Toronto, has been a pioneer in ruggedized mobile computing products and their application in industrial segments around the world. The company was founded in 1980 and was a pioneer in personal digital organizers but exited the consumer market in 2001. It current has approximately 830 employees, customers...
Infonetics: 450 Million LTE Subscribers by 2016
Mobile subscribers — including GSM, W-CDMA, LTE, TD-CDMA, cdmaOne, CDMA2000 — are forecast to pass the 6-billion mark in 2012, and to approach 7 billion by 2016, according to a new report from Infonetics. Some highlights of the report:Infonetics expects more than 200 million traditional voice access lines to get dropped over the next the 5 years as people continue to ‘cut the cord’China Mobile, Vodafone, and América Móvil are the world’s top mobile...
Vodafone Wins GSA Contract from U.S. Government
Vodafone Global Enterprise has been granted U.S. Government supplier status under GSA Schedule to supply mobile services to U.S. government employees in several countries. The company will be listed as an approved supplier to provide mobile voice, data and machine to machine (M2M) services to the US Government in eight European countries: United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, and Greece. Services available include central ordering, spend analytics and customer services. http://www.vodafone....
Columbus Expands with Acquisition of TeleBarbados
Columbus International, which operates a number of undersea cables across the Caribbean, agreed to acquire Antilles Crossing (Barbados) IBC Inc. and Antilles Crossing Holding Company (St. Lucia) Limited from Caribbean Fibre Holdings, LP. The transaction includes the purchase of TeleBarbados Inc., Tele-St. Lucia Inc. and Wamco Technology Group Limited. Financial terms were not disclosed.TeleBarbados owns and operates a fiber network in Barbados and...
América Móvil Seeks 23% in Telekom Austria
América Móvil announced a deal with Marathon Zwei Beteiligungs GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of RPR Privatstiftung, the private trust set up by Mr. Ronny Pecik, to acquire approximately 21% of the outstanding shares of Telekom Austria AG. América Móvil has just acquired 5% of Telekom Austria and is awaiting government clearance to acquire the remaining 16% stake as part of this deal. Taking into account the shares América Móvil already held,...
Mexico's Iusacell and Movistar Agree on Network Sharing
Iusacell and Telefónica México (Movistar) signed a strategic infrastructure sharing agreement that promises to deliver the biggest 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi network in the country. Both companies have agreed to unite their networks while continuing to operate independently with their own spectrum and competitive services. The companies said their alliance will modernize and transform the telecom sector in Mexico, benefiting their 27 million users. The sharing...
Telefónica Partners with Atos Worldgrid on Electric Car Charge Points
Telefónica announced a partnership with Atos Worldgrid to provide connectivity at electric car charge points. The companies are participants in Project MOVELE, which is promoting the rollout of public electric car charge points in Mardrid, Barcelona, and Sevilla. Telefónica will supply an M2M system with real time intelligence on the performance of the facility. http://www.telefonica....
Rethink the IP Core, Part 6 - Cracking the Market
The core routing market is dominated by two incumbent vendors. What will it take for Alcatel-Lucent to crack open this market? Presented by Lindsay Newell, VP of Networks Marketing, Alcatel-Lucenthttp://www.alcatel-lucent....
Cloud-connected Vending Machines Coming from Everything Everywhere and NSN
Everything Everywhere, the joint venture that operates the networks for T-Mobile (UK) and Orange (UK), is working with Nokia Siemens Networks to provide vending machine owners with remote stock monitoring, increased customer interaction and multiple payment methods. Through the international partnership, vending machines will be linked to Nokia Siemens Networks’ VendMe application and installed with Everything Everywhere SIM cards, connecting them...
NSN Sees up to 40% Data Capacity Gain with EV-DO Advanced
Nokia Siemens Networks introduced a set of EV-DO Advanced features for CDMA network operators that enable more efficient use of network resources. The company said new EV-DO Advanced software can increase data capacity by up to 40% in loaded cells thereby helping operators economically manage greater data traffic volumes, without the need for hardware investment."We are fully focused on technologies that enable a superior mobile broadband experience,...
Motorola Solutions to Acquire Psion
Motorola Solutions agreed to acquire Psion Plc., a supplier of ruggedized mobile devices, for 88 pence (US $1.36) in cash per Psion share for an enterprise valued of approximately $200 million.Psion, which is based in London and has operations in Toronto, has been a pioneer in ruggedized mobile computing products and their application in industrial segments around the world. The company was founded in 1980 and was a pioneer in personal digital organizers but exited the consumer market in 2001. It current has approximately 830 employees, customers...
Infonetics: 450 Million LTE Subscribers by 2016
Mobile subscribers — including GSM, W-CDMA, LTE, TD-CDMA, cdmaOne, CDMA2000 — are forecast to pass the 6-billion mark in 2012, and to approach 7 billion by 2016, according to a new report from Infonetics. Some highlights of the report:Infonetics expects more than 200 million traditional voice access lines to get dropped over the next the 5 years as people continue to ‘cut the cord’China Mobile, Vodafone, and América Móvil are the world’s top mobile...
Vodafone Wins GSA Contract from U.S. Government
Vodafone Global Enterprise has been granted U.S. Government supplier status under GSA Schedule to supply mobile services to U.S. government employees in several countries. The company will be listed as an approved supplier to provide mobile voice, data and machine to machine (M2M) services to the US Government in eight European countries: United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, and Greece. Services available include central ordering, spend analytics and customer services. http://www.vodafone....
Columbus Expands with Acquisition of TeleBarbados
Columbus International, which operates a number of undersea cables across the Caribbean, agreed to acquire Antilles Crossing (Barbados) IBC Inc. and Antilles Crossing Holding Company (St. Lucia) Limited from Caribbean Fibre Holdings, LP. The transaction includes the purchase of TeleBarbados Inc., Tele-St. Lucia Inc. and Wamco Technology Group Limited. Financial terms were not disclosed.TeleBarbados owns and operates a fiber network in Barbados and...
Mexico's Iusacell and Movistar Agree on Network Sharing
Iusacell and Telefónica México (Movistar) signed a strategic infrastructure sharing agreement that promises to deliver the biggest 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi network in the country. Both companies have agreed to unite their networks while continuing to operate independently with their own spectrum and competitive services. The companies said their alliance will modernize and transform the telecom sector in Mexico, benefiting their 27 million users. The sharing...
Telefónica Partners with Atos Worldgrid on Electric Car Charge Points
Telefónica announced a partnership with Atos Worldgrid to provide connectivity at electric car charge points. The companies are participants in Project MOVELE, which is promoting the rollout of public electric car charge points in Mardrid, Barcelona, and Sevilla. Telefónica will supply an M2M system with real time intelligence on the performance of the facility. http://www.telefonica....
