Sprint Bids for Remaining Stake in Clearwire

Sprint Nextel has offered to acquire the remaining shares of Clearwire that it does not already own for a reported $2.1 billion. Clearwire confirmed that it is currently in discussions with Sprint regarding a potential strategic transaction. http://www.sprint.com http://www.clearwire.com In October, Sprint increased its stake in Clearwire to 50.8% by acquiring the shares of Eagle River Holdings for $100 million.  Sprint previously...

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Juniper to Acquire Contrail for $176M -- an SDN Start-up

Juniper Networks agreed to acquire Contrail Systems, a start-up developing software defined networking (SDN) solutions for approximately $176 million in cash and stock. Contrail Systems, which is based in Santa Clara, California, was founded in early 2012 is still in stealth mode. No products have been announced so far.  Juniper said the acquisition brings an SDN architectural approach that augments its portfolio of products and services....

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An Update on Verizon's 100G Network - New Routes 2012

Verizon provided an update on its 100G network rollout.  In 2012, the carrier added 20,921 additional kilometers (13,000 miles) of 100G routes in the U.S. and 2,600 kilometers (1,616 miles) in Europe. Verizon said it is adding 100G on selected routes in the U.S., where traffic demand is highest, including Atlanta to Tampa, Kansas City to Dallas and Salt Lake City to Seattle, using the same routers and coherent optical transport equipment as...

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Bell Labs: Internet Video to Push Networks to their Limit

Driven by tablet usage at home and on the go, consumers in the United States alone will access seven hours of video each day – as opposed to 4.8 hours today, according to a new study from Bell Labs.  The research points to a dramatic shift in viewing habits, as consumers switch from broadcast content to video-on-demand services, which will grow to 70% of daily consumption compared with 33% today. Some highlights of the 16-page report: The...

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Infonetics: WLAN Equipment Sales Surge Ahead

The global market for WLAN equipment passed the US$1 billion mark for the first time in Q3 2012, according to new report from Infonetics Research, reflecting continued growth in all major regions. “Coming on the heels of a 16% jump the previous quarter, WLAN equipment revenue grew another 6% quarter-over-quarter, passing the $1-billion mark for the first time,” notes Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst for enterprise networks and video at Infonetics...

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NSN Demos Core Virtualization and Cloud Management

Nokia Siemens Networks reports progress in its efforts to bring virtualization and cloud management to the core of mobile networks. A recent proof of concept project conducted with a leading global operator demonstrated that core virtualization and cloud management are viable technologies. Nokia Siemens Networks said the goal is to allow the core network, comprising the packet-switched, circuit-switched and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) domains,...

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SK Telesys Builds Small Cell Base Stations with Mindspeed, Radisys

Radisys, SK Telesys and Mindspeed Technologies have teamed up on a fully integrated carrier-class Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) solution for small cell base stations. SK Telesys, which is the wireless system manufacturer in SK Group Korea, is using the Mindspeed Transcede 3000 system-on-chip (SoC)and software from both Mindspeed and Radisys, in a small cell product that is compliant with 3GPP Release 9 "Home eNodeB" specifications, including support...

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Vodafone Ireland Employs Tellabs for Mobile Analytics

Vodafone Ireland is deploying Tellabs's Insight Analytics Services to analyze the network data contained in its multi-vendor 3G mobile network. Tellabs said its Software as a Service (SaaS) approach to analytics provides a comprehensive view of service performance from network behavioral patterns over time.  This helps to optimize network performance and will also enable Vodafone Ireland to perform capacity management and root-cause analysis...

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Tellabs Adds Dennis Strigl and Mikel Williams to Board

Tellabs added two new directors to its Board: Dennis F. (Denny) Strigl - a former president and chief operating officer of Verizon Communications Inc. and former president and chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless.  Mikel H. Williams - a former president and chief executive officer of DDi Corp Tellabs' board of directors now has 11 members. http://www.tellabs.com In November, Tellabs named Daniel P. Kelly as its new chief executive...

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Airtel Nigeria Tests LTE in Lagos

Airtel Nigeria has completed its LTE trial in Lagos and will expand the pilot network in the other major cities across the country including Abuja and Port Harcourt. In the Lagos trial. download speed, under ideal conditions was 37 Mbps, while under non ideal conditions, was 32 Mbps. Upload speed was 10.6 Mbps. Measurement under non ideal condition was done using www.Speedtest.net. In February this year, Airtel Nigeria announced the roll-out of...

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Franco Bernabe Re-Elected to Head GSMA

Franco Bernabe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Telecom Italia Group, has been re-elected as Chairman of the GSMA for another two year term. Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and CEO, Telenor Group, was elected as Deputy Chairman.  "We are at an important time in the development of the mobile industry - following years of unprecedented growth, we are now faced with new challenges, as well as further growth potential, as we see nearly...

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