Softbank Mobile Selects Ericsson's Smart Services Routers

Japan's SOFTBANK MOBILE has selected Ericsson's SSR 8000 family of Smart Services Routers as its main Evolved Packet Core (EPC) packet gateway node.  Financial terms were not disclosed. Junichi Miyakawa, Executive Vice President, Director & CTO of SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp., says: "The data volume explosion is particularly evident in Japan, where we have densely populated cities with users who are early adopters of technology. We are implementing...

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Alcatel-Lucent Names Michel Combes as New CEO

Alcatel-Lucent’s Board of Directors named Michel Combes as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2013. Previously, Michel Combes (51) was CEO of Vodafone Europe and a Board member of Vodafone PLC. During his career, he has held the positions of Chairman and CEO of TDF as well as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Executive Vice President of France Telecom. "Alcatel-Lucent is an unrivalled technology leader in the telecommunications...

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