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Global vendor strategies - 04/03/06
Motorola announced the merger of its Networks and Government & Enterprise Mobility Solutions businesses . The new division will be named Networks & Enterprise. Bookham has agreed to acquire Avalon Photonics, mainly strengthening its product portfolio...
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Global vendor strategies - 02/03/2006
Ericsson has filed a lawsuit against Samsung alleging patent infringement on GSM, GPRS and EDGE technologies. The case followed the expiration of its contract with Samsung on December 31, 2005. Motorola invested in Netomat, a content-sharing IP-based...
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Global vendor strategies - 23/02/06
IBM plans to invest $1bn in financial intelligence (mainly detect frauds in financial trasactions and link disparate financial databases) for governments and businesses, in the next three years. IBM succeeded in producing 30-nanometer-wide chip circuit,...
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Global vendor strategies - 18/02/06
Siemens plans to set up a manufacturing base in India for telecom networking equipment. It also could break up its COM division. The subdivided parts would then be either brought into joint venture partnerships or sold, specially the Enterprise loss making...
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Global vendor strategies - 16/02/06
Microsoft made a strategic partnership with Motorola that will put its Media Center software on phones hitting the market later this year. It also said in a separate announcement that it has acquired mobile search company MotionBridge. IBM bought Viacore....
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Global vendor strategies - 11/02/06
Ericsson plans to invest some $100m annually in India for the years to come. NEC claims its success in in developing the world's first reliable signal creation and processing technology in the wireless 3- to 9 GHz UWB wide bandwidth range. Nortel may...
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Global vendor strategies - 9/02/06
Telcordia claims he launch of the industry's first commercially available IMS-based Fixed-mobile Convergence (FMC) offering. IBM scientists have created a small, low-cost chipset that could allow wireless electronic devices to transmit and receive ten...
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Global vendor strategies - 4/02/06
LogicaCMG has acquired the operations and certain assets of Worksuite, a provider of work management, scheduling and mobile computing solutions to the utilities industry for more than 20 years. Nortel has announced a new $1.3bn one-year credit commitment....
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Fixed vendor strategies - 14/1/06
Skype and Netgear are teaming to develop and market a new range of innovative products, such as a cellular/ WiFi handset (WiFi Skype) and a Skype-optimized router (RangeMax). Broadcom has announced a Wi-Fi video phone chipset for handsets and phones....
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Global vendor strategies - 22/1/06
Microsoft will invest $500m in China over the five next years. Oracle continues its harvest: it bought 360Commerce, a point-of-sale management expert. The purchase will complement the acquisition of Retek, made last year. Oracle is positioning on the...
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Global vendor strategies - 19/1/06
Apple has registered the trademark “Mobile me”. It is its first inroads in the mobile market and this gives consistence to rumors of Apple entering the mobile phone market with a iPod-based smart phone. Cisco announced it will sell mobile phones, hi-fi...
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Global vendor strategies - 7/1/06
Alcatel has acquired Brazil-based GMK, a provider of call-center technology. Fujitsu Services has acquired the remaining 50% stake of Isoworks from telco Teliasonera. Motorola Ventures invests in in CopperGate Communications. Qualcomm has acquired Berkana...
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Global vendor strategies - 5/1/06
Nokia has been fined to pay $252m to InterDigital for patent breach. Symantec bought Imlogic, an instant messaging expert. Skype announced seven deals with Kodak, D-Link, Netgear, Creative and Panasonic, to develop the Skype “ecosystem”, reinforce its...
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Global vendor strategies - 11/04/07
NextWave is buying IPWireless for $25m in cash and $75m in stock plus $135m more based on the achievement of some revenue milestone between 07 and 09. Apple claims 100m iPods were shipped up to now. ALU and Siemens are among the investors in Genband'...
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Global vendor strategies - 05/04/07
ALU plans to launch a new IP Transformation Center in Singapore, to bolster its network of IPTCs worldwide (Belgium, and two in the USA). Cisco has formed a Russian venture capital fund to invest in start-ups and local investment funds in Russia. Its...
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Fixed vendor strategies - 5/1/06
Siemens intends to purchase for $110m the telecom router products of Harbour Networks (China), including its high-end broadband products Power Hammer (core router), PowerHammer ESR (multi- service edge router) and Big Hammer (metro core switch/enterprise...
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Fixed vendor strategies - 05/04/07
Avanex France (ex- Alcatel Optronics) will become 3S Photonics and go separate. ALU has taken over Tropic Networks, an optical networking company, for an undisclosed sum. Fujitsu is expected to join the PBT (provider backbone transport ) alliance, and...
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Fixed vendor strategies - 01/04/07
ALU a set a new optical transmission record at 25.6 Tbit/s over a single fiber through three 80km spans, while Siemens claims 111 Gbit/s over 2400km. Huawei is joining the PBB-TE (Provider Backbone Bridge - Traffic Engineering) alliance. Sonus Networks...
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Fixed vendor strategies - 23/03/07
Tekelec has finally sold its switching business to Genband. Tekelec will hold a 20% equity stake in Genband after the deal. NEC will integrate Kineto' s UMA network controller into its Home Gateway Solution. ECI Telecom unveiled its new mini optical BroadGate-30...
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Global vendor strategies - 25/03/07
ALU would have been granted a call option on the GSM network assets of Nortel Networks. ALU would have got the right of first refusal (RoFR) in case Nortel offers to sell its GSM assets. Nortel and Corning have joined their optical expertise to develop...
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Global vendor strategies - 23/03/07
Apple confirms the availability of its set-top box. The product supports Ethernet, WiFi 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11a and 802.11b; as well as MP3, AAC, AIFF and WAV. It incorporates a 40Gbo hard drive, and its price is at $300. Ericsson is believed to have...
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Fixed vendor strategies - 17/03/07
Motorola will develop, with the help of Bangalore-based International Institute of Information Technology in India, wireless broadband solutions for emerging markets like India. The purchase of Tandberg TV by Ericsson is not yet closed. Ericsson got about...
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Fixed vendor strategies - 10/03/07
ALU has introduced four new IP/MPLS products, including the Service Router Operating System release 5.0 for its IP service router and Ethernet service switch platforms; release 5.0 for its 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM); a new 6-slot, 80Gbit/s chassis...
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Global vendor strategies - 22/03/07
Ericsson has announced the acquisition of more than 87% stake in Tandberg TV, waiving its target to get 90%. It decided to buy Tandberg TV as soon as possible. Huawei is opening two R&D centers in France, one in Paris and one located in Lannion, Brittany,...
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Global vendor strategies - 17/03/07
Nokia Siemens Networks will begin operations on April 1st. It is rumored that Google would introduce a Gphone. But it is likely that it is more a marketing operation than a Google phone device. Motorola has invested in Amimon, a designer of HD video wireless...