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Global vendor strategies - 27/8/05
Intel invest some $28m in wireless broadband carrier Unwired Australia and continues to push WiMAX. Technology. Motorola and Intel unveiled a joint effort to create an IMS server. Nokia and Kineto want to collaborate on convergence between fixed and mobile...
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Global vendor strategies 26/8/5
Alcatel has signed a MoU with Etisalat to support the Middle East operator in its worldwide expansion plans. Alcatel has become one of Etisalat's strategic partners. JDSU has completed Acterna acquisition for about $450m and 200m JDSU shares. Ericsson...
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Global vendor strategies - 14/7/5
NEC has opened Russian unit to focus on the telecom market. Samsung targets French 3G handset market and wants more than 50% market share. Apple is rumored becoming MVNO in the US market!! Intel has signed an agreement with the Philippines government...
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Global vendor strategies - 10/07/05
Interdigital could receive about $250m from Nokia in royalty obligations. The arbitration took place in the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. Ericsson has bought Teleca OSS, a company expert in systems integration...
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Global vendor strategies - 2/7/05
SUN Microsystems is to buy SeeBeyond, an application integration expert, for $387m. It is the second acquisition in the month (after StorageTeck in early June for $ 4.1bn). Symantec s CEO admitted it has made a big error in buying Veritas: lack of sales...
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Global vendor strategies - 07/09/07
Oracle is still hungry: the new preys are Netsure Telecom, a network intelligence and reconciliation leader, and Bridgestream, specialized in employee role mapping software . Another potential pray could be Comverse in whole or part (CNS division). Orca...
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Global vendor strategies - 10/08/07
ECI Telecom did not receive any alternative takeover bids, and a group of private equity suitors led by Swarth Investments, will normally pay $1.2bn for its acquisition. Nortel Networks said it has begun talks with potential takeover targets, looking...
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Global vendor strategies - 06/08/07
Cisco invest $150m in VMware, a leader in virtualization. Intel had also invested in VMware in July. VMware is a unit of EMC. Steria (France) plans to bid for Xansa in a €700m deal. HP is rumored to buy Bull (France) for €700m. Harmonic announced that...
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Global vendor strategies - 28/08/07
ALU has shown interest in forming a venture with Thai Mobile for providing 3G mobile services in Thailand. Apple is said asking 10% of all iPhone-related revenues from its yet-to-be announced European distributors. IBM will resell, under an OEM agreement,...
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Global vendor strategies - 29/06/07
Microsoft is acquiring Stratature, one of the main MDM (Master Data Management) solution providers, for an unknown amount. LogicaCMG becomes Acision . ALU will open its 20th certified training center in Egypt. This is the first in MEA. ALU and Telstra...
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Global vendor strategies - 15/06/07
Broadcom will buy Global Locate, a supplier of GPS solutions to handset vendors. The deal should be worth $146m. Nokia considers further acquisitions for acquiring new business models. The first step is an investment in photo and video sharing service...
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Global vendor strategies - 12/06/07
IBM launches a friendly bid on Swedish Telelogic, for about €560m in cash. Telelogic is number 1 in Europe for mobile apps and services integration. Microsoft enhances Office Live Meeting with fully integrated video, VOIP, multi-functions features, and...
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Global vendor strategies - 10/06/07
IBM will buy Watchfire, a US company dedicated to web access security. Intel and Asus are jointly working on a PC, priced less than $200. The US International Trade Commission has banned imports (in the US) of mobile phones containing chips made by Qualcomm...
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Global vendor strategies - 06/06/07
Palm will sell 25% stake in the company to private equity firm Elevation Partners for $325m. Ericsson bought over 55% stake in LHS (Germany) for about €310m to complement its billing and customer care offerings. Avaya has agreed to become private for...
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Global vendor strategies - 30/05/07
Ericsson is building a new Global Service delivery center in Bucarest, Romania. Fujitsu is launching an hostile bid on GFI, a French software house, for €419m (+22% premium). Safran plans to split its Sagem Comm. Division into two units, one focused on...
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Global vendor strategies - 25/05/07
Cisco and EMC-RSA will jointly develop a new data ciphering offering targeted to SAN storage networks. Fujitsu is combining its telecom equipment production with operations sales in order to boost competitiveness. Huawei commits to bridging the digital...
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Globalvendor strategies - 23/05/07
Cisco and NSN have signed an agreement to develop a standards-based network management OSS platform that will help service providers speed up the time it takes to launch new services. The deal combines Cisco' s expertise in IP networking with NSN' s end-to-end...
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Global vendor strategies - 20/05/07
Oracle is still expanding with the acquisition of Agile Software, an expert in PLC (product life cycle) for about $500m. It just bought Hyperion for $3.3bn. Motorola consolidates its position in video services with the acquisition of Modulus Video, a...
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Vendor strategies - 25/04/07
Ericsson announced it has completed the acquisition of all remaining shares of Tandberg TV. In a separate statement it announced it will change its financial reporting to reflect a new business segment structure and publishes restated information for...
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Global vendor strategies - 19/04/07
Broadcom is again launching new litigation against Qualcomm for misconduct relating to industry standards bodies. Qualcomm has bought some assets of WiMAX chipset maker TeleCIS Wireless. Nortel is building a procurement center in Shanghai, its first Center...
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Global vendor strategies - 25/03/06
Oracle has introduced its new Business Intelligence software suite, including Oracle BI Standard Edition-1, Standard Edition, and Enterprise Edition. IBM unveiled its SOA Governance, extending its SOA management tools, and allowing enterprises to follow...
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Global vendor strategies - 19/03/06
In a move common to many telcos in Europe, Telefonica is trying to re-integrate its mobile arm under a single umbrella. Telefonica is offering €3.5bn to ensure full control of Moviles. Fixed-mobile convergence is at the heart of the move. In spite of...
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Fixed vendor strategies - 19/1/06
Motorola is to buy Kreatel Communications AB, a Swedish developer of digital set-top systems and software for Internet Protocol television (IPTV). It also introduced its Canopy Lite subscriber module (SM), the newest addition to the company's MOTOwi4...
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Global vendor strategies - 16/03/06
Cisco announced the launch of enhancements to its SMB Select channel partner program to further the momentum with small and medium businesses (SMBs) across Europe. RIM has bought Ascendent Systems, a provider of enterprise voice mobility software. Ericsson...
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Global vendor strategies - 10/03/06
Cisco has bought SyPixx, an IP video technology start-up, for $51m. Nortel will restate results for 2003, 2004 and first nine months of 2005. Its accounting woes are not finished, could be due to recognized sales in wrong periods and followed a class-action...