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December
Cloud computing is gaining momentum in business, and nowhere is this more the case than within media and telecoms companies which appear to be seeing benefits well ahead of some other sectors, writes Gordon Rawling
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IP exchanges provide an opportunity for operators to interconnect in a secure, service-aware away. Over-the-top service providers can join IPX communities as well, but where does that leave carrier ethernet exchanges?
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WiMax operator Clearwire pays $237m interest as Sprint CEO Dan Hesse negotiates lower prices and promises equity funding
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November
Top equipment makers’ revenue has fallen dramatically in the past decade, and with it their spending on innovation. Wipro VP Jeff Heenan-Jalil wonders what they have to do to survive, and offers some answers
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Ericsson to operate and provide services across 70% of Bharti Airtel’s Indian network under five year agreement
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Ericsson signs $650m agreement with Zain to modernise and manage mobile network in Iraq
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Mobile virtual network operator Lycamobile continues global expansion with service launch in Poland
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October
SoftBank sets up mobile internet joint venture with Bharti to focus on social media, gaming and e-commerce
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Chile regulator Subtel agrees service launch using Telefónica’s Movistar infrastructure
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QiComm’s Vizz Mobile launches MVNO with credit transfer targeting African community in UK
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Deutsche Telekom Slovakia contracts Ericsson for fixed network operations centre support and field operations
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September
Philippine telecoms carrier is enhancing domestic fibre optic network to support offshoring and outsourcing sector
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Vodafone’s Indian unit extends outsourcing contract with IBM in deal valued at up to $1 billion
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International MVNO group studies feasibility of launching cut-price mobile services in India
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August
Porto Seguro and Telecom Datora win licences to operate as MVNO on TIM Brasil network
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Ericsson, Huawei and ZTE reported to be discussing $1.5bn managed services deals with Reliance Communications
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Indian state operator talking to Tata Teleservices and Aircel about 3G roaming deals
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July
Interview: Barbara Nelson of iPass. As smartphone owners seek out wifi as a way of cutting data charges, iPass has launched a service that allows 3G companies to manage the connection
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Companies to work together on network management, cloud computing and applications
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Scandinavian operator joins group set up by France Telecom Orange and Deutsche Telekom
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Orange Switzerland to provide MVNO infrastructure to cable operator UPC Cablecom
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June
Operators to offer new cloud-based software including online access to Microsoft Office
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Thai operator's 3G service plan with True is pending approval by the industry regulator
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LTE contract signed by Hutchison and PCCW for Genius Brand venture
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Indian company intends to invest roughly Rs3.2 billion for handset and battery facility
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Joint venture to expand into Russia and central Europe
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Mission critical communications provider operates PoPs in Interxion’s data centres
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New Israeli mobile network deal worth 200 million shekels over three years
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May
Huawei to provide maintenance services to China Unicom in Shanghai
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Nokia Siemens Networks two Saudi companies to form a joint-venture firm
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Ericsson signs managed services contract with Telenor Sweden
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Ericsson will run day-to-day management of Clearwire’s WiMax network
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China Telecom is to launch cloud-based services in its home market, using software from SAP
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Versatel has awarded Ericsson a field services contract and 95 employees will move to the vendor
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Verizon has introduced systems to allow enterprises to let employees use Apple and Android tablets
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April
Nokia is outsourcing its Symbian software development to Accenture, which will also work on Windows Phone projects
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March
ZTE has won a $46m installation and maintenance deal for Orange-controlled Telkom Kenya’s 3G network
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Nokia Siemens Networks has signed a five-year managed services deal with Vodacom in Tanzania
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Rural operator Open Range is the first to sign a deal to use LightSquared’s terrestrial and satellite LTE services
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Nokia Siemens Networks has won the contract to upgrade and manage UTS’s Caribbean optical networks
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February
In the latest of a series of roundtable discussions, Global Telecoms Business asked a panel of consulting, legal and industry experts how they see valuations of cloud providers changing in the wake of Verizon’s $1.4 billion acquisition of Terremark
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On day one of Mobile World Congress Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg announces a tie-up with content deliverer Akamai
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January
Executives share experiences of how to compete with Google, Skype and others