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August 17, 2010

Dell snaps up 3Par for $1.15b

Filed under: 3Par,Daily News,Dell,HP,Merger and acquisition,Oracle,Predictions,Public,U.S,cloud computing — fmmonteverde @ 6:05 am

Dell has strengthened its position in cloud computing with the acquisition of data storage firm 3Par for $1.15 billion in cash.

The PC-maker said it would pay $18 per share for the firm – a premium of around 86.5% on its stock price – which will round out its

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June 3, 2010

Video will drive fourfold growth in web traffic

Filed under: Cisco,Daily News,Fixed Access,Fixed Broadband,IPTV and Video on Demand,Operator Services,Predictions,Public — fmmonteverde @ 6:04 am

Demand for video services will fuel a fourfold increase in global internet traffic by 2014, accounting for 91% of consumer IP traffic by that date, according to Cisco.

The infrastructure provider’s annual Visual Networking Index (VNI) predicts total global web traffic will hit 766.8 exabytes by 2014 – equivalent to the data on 16 billion DVDs – with th

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May 6, 2010

Telenor Q1 net falls 36%, misses forecasts

Filed under: Daily News,Earnings,OSS and BSS,Predictions,Public,Revenue management,Telenor,Wireless Access — fmmonteverde @ 6:05 am

Telenor Group missed analyst’s expectations for 1Q10 net profit, despite growing revenues 3% and increasing its global mobile subscriber base by 5 million users.

Net profit of 1.04 billion Norwegian kroner ($171m) was down 36% from a year ago, and well short of the 1.29 billion kroner analysts had predicted.

Higher taxes and

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April 23, 2010

Nokia boosts profit but cuts guidance

Filed under: Daily News,Earnings,Infrastructure,Mobile Apps and Content,Nokia,Predictions,Public,mobile phones,smartphones — fmmonteverde @ 6:10 am

Nokia reported a sharply higher Q1 profit but trimmed its guidance as it warned of lower handset margins.

The world’s biggest handset-maker posted net income of €349 million ($467.6 million) for the quarter, up from €122 million in the same period a year ago, on 3% hi

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February 11, 2010

AlcaLu forecast: sales up, losses down

Filed under: 3G,AT&T,Alcatel-Lucent,Daily News,Earnings,Ericsson,Fixed Access,Fixed mobile convergence and IMS,LTE,Predictions,Public,Wireless Access,wireless broadband — fmmonteverde @ 6:06 am

Alcatel-Lucent could enjoy a second boost in as many days, if analyst’s predictions the firm reduced its net loss in 2009 are accurate.

The firm is due to release figures before European stock markets open this morning (Thursday), a day after AT&T revealed it had awarded an LTE supply contract to the French-US vendor.

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February 9, 2010

Huawei’s big four for the next ten years

Filed under: 2010 predictions,Blogs,Huawei,M2M,Mobile broadband,Network management,Operator Services,Predictions,Public,Wireless Access,cloud computing — fmmonteverde @ 7:45 am

Better late than never.

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February 5, 2010

China domestic phone-makers set to soar on carrier subsidies

Filed under: 3G,China 3G,Daily News,Predictions,Public,Wireless Access — fmmonteverde @ 6:07 am

Domestic shipments of 3G handsets in China are expected to rise by a factor of almost six in 2010, according to iSuppli.

The research firm predicts that domestic shipments of 3G handsets will rise from 7.2 million in 2009 to almost 43 million this year.

The increase will be driven by “aggressive subsidies” from China&r

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December 14, 2009

2020 vision

Filed under: 2020 vision,Features,Fixed Access,Network management,Operator Services,Predictions,Wireless Access — root @ 8:11 am

Telecom trends usually come in three forms.

There are those thought up by telcos that are a success, like broadband and mobile broadband.

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