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CTIA Wireless 2011: New and Not So New Twists to the Backhaul Landscape
Transport and Routing Infrastructure - Advisory Report - The recent CTIA 2011 show served an important function by tying the trends and technologies in mobile backhaul to address the needs of North America. New products are entering the market from many vendors to offer needed, innovative solutions. - 4/4/2011 - Client Access |
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CTIA Wireless 2011: The Mobile Access Infrastructure Roundup
Mobile Access Infrastructure - Advisory Report - The recent CTIA show may not have generated the same level of wireless infrastructure news as other shows, but it did serve an important function in allowing vendors to reinforce their positions in the growing small cell market trend. - 4/1/2011 - Client Access |
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CTIA Wireless 2011: Content and Data Services Roundup
Consumer Services U.S. - Advisory Report - While no revolutionary data services were launched at CTIA 2011, content-centric announcements in the LTE, mobile commerce, and navigation segments reaffirmed the existing trends in the industry and gave us a glimpse at their future direction. - 3/31/2011 - Client Access |
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CTIA Wireless 2011: More Offload, More Google, More Commerce & Marketing (Like MWC, Part 2)
Mobile Ecosystem - Intelligence Report - Following so soon on February’s Mobile World Congress (MWC), vendors and carriers often have a tough time finding new things to say at CTIA Wireless; beyond the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, topics from MWC dominated the main themes of the show. - 3/31/2011 - Client Access |
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CTIA Wireless 2011: For the Enterprise, Operators Focus on M2M
Enterprise Mobility - Advisory Report - While CTIA buzzed with the news from AT&T and T-Mobile, and the newest consumer devices and apps were in large supply, most operator announcements for the enterprise sector were about M2M. What does this imply about M2M market dynamics? - 3/29/2011 - Client Access |
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Leap Agrees to LTE Deal with LightSquared, Announces Own LTE Deployment
Consumer Services - Intelligence Report - Leap Wireless has entered into an LTE roaming agreement with LightSquared and announced that it will launch its own LTE network this year. Still, a lack of concrete details on both fronts raises doubts about when it will have substantial coverage. - 3/24/2011 - Client Access |
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HTC Launches Gimmicky Phone and Tablet at Sprint
Consumer Devices - Intelligence Report - HTC and Sprint have enhanced the EVO line with a 3D smartphone and a tablet with an optional stylus. Unfortunately, 3D on the phone and the stylus on the tablet are both gimmicks, and are not enough to move the needle at Sprint. - 3/24/2011 - Client Access |
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Altair Semiconductor Bands Together with Alcatel-Lucent
Mobile Device Silicon - Intelligence Alert - Alcatel-Lucent selected Altair Semiconductor’s Band Class 12-compliant LTE chipset for its LTE portfolio, giving Altair a foothold in the growing U.S. LTE market, especially among operators using Band Class 12 for their service deployments. - 3/24/2011 - Client Access |
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Samsung Redesigns Its Tablets in Response to the iPad 2
Consumer Devices - Intelligence Report - Apple’s iPad2 spooked Samsung enough that it completely redesigned its Honeycomb tablet line just a month after introducing it. The result is a much more competitive product line, though the devices will not ship until the summer. - 3/23/2011 - Client Access |
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Zhone Further Enhances Mobile Backhaul Portfolio with FiberCell Debut
Fixed Access Infrastructure - Intelligence Alert - Zhone continues to expand the addressable market for its potent MXK FTTx platform, this time taking aim at the high-potential mobile backhaul market. With the new FiberCell elements, Zhone is well positioned to tap additional revenue sources. - 3/22/2011 - Client Access |
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Tekelec Adds Diameter Traffic Information to Performance Management Tools
IP Services Infrastructure - Intelligence Alert - By leveraging performance management resources within the company, Tekelec is looking to differentiate its policy control and Diameter traffic control products from rival offerings. - 3/22/2011 - Client Access |
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Acme Packet Fortifies SBC with Latest VoLTE Functionality
IP Services Infrastructure - Intelligence Alert - With the addition of support for voice call handover functionality proposed in Release 10 of the 3GPP specification, Acme Packet’s Net-Net Session Director SBC is VoLTE-ready well ahead of market implementation of the technology. - 3/22/2011 - Client Access |
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Nokia Siemens Networks Jumps into the “New RAN Architecture” Pool with Liquid Radio
Mobile Access Infrastructure - Intelligence Alert - NSN’s Liquid Radio, mixing new and existing portfolio elements, promises a new network solution that will provide better capacity and flexibility for mobile operators. 2011 commercial availability means operators won’t have to wait long to trial. - 3/22/2011 - Client Access |
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Sprint Launches Integrated Google Voice Experience on All Its Phones
Consumer Services U.S. - Intelligence Report - Sprint has teamed up with Google to introduce Google Voice on all Sprint phones. Sprint is the first carrier to allow users to assign their existing mobile phone number as their Google Voice number without the hassle of porting it. - 3/22/2011 - Client Access |
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And Then There Were Three? Implications of the AT&T and T-Mobile USA Deal
Consumer Services, Consumer Devices - Intelligence Report - Amid rumors of a T-Mobile/Sprint tie-up, AT&T swoops in to buy T-Mobile. The technology is a match and it solves problems for both carriers, so if the deal is approved – a big “if” – AT&T will have a better foundation for future data growth. - 3/21/2011 - Client Access |
