Cisco to buy SON software provider Intucell for $475 million
Telecom Lead Asia: Cisco is set to buy Intucell, a self-optimizing network (SON) software provider for $475 million.
The acquisition of the Israel-based company enables...
Outdoor small cells to reach 500,000 units in 2013: ABI Research
Telecom Lead America: ABI Research forecasts that outdoor small cells will reach 500,000 units in 2013.
Outdoor small cell unit growth dropped slightly as 2012...
Harris unveils new power amplifier providing better capacity and efficiency
Telecom Lead Asia: Harris Corp. has introduced a new power amplifier that provides greater capacity, efficiency and range to wideband tactical networking.
Harris’ new UL-Band...
Fujitsu and Motorola Mobility test an interoperable GPON-WDM solution for US DoD
Telecom Lead America: Fujitsu and Motorola Mobility have tested an interoperable GPON-WDM (Gigabit Passive Optical Networking – Wavelength Division Multiplexing) solution for the United...
Huawei may become the market leader in 2013, overtaking Ericsson: IDC
Telecom Lead Asia: Huawei is poised to become the market leader in wireline and wireless equipment segment in 2013, overtaking Ericsson, according to IDC.
Ericsson...
Ericsson to buy Devoteam Telecom & Media to better IT capabilities
Telecom Lead Europe: Wireless equipment major Ericsson is set to buy Devoteam Telecom & Media to improve IT capabilities.
The acquisition is part of Ericsson’s...
Alcatel-Lucent upgrades 9,600km digital submarine cable system using coherent technology
Telecom Lead America: Alcatel-Lucent is upgrading 9,600km trans-Pacific digital submarine cable system using coherent technology.
The first phase of the upgrade will increase the system...
Infinera demonstrates 100G optical signal across Telstra Global’s submarine cable
Telecom Lead America: Infinera has demonstrated 100G optical signal enhanced with Soft Decision Forward Error Correction (SD-FEC) across Telstra Global's fiber pair within Segment...
NTT Communications selects Hibernia to provide 100G network
Telecom Lead Asia: NTT Communications has selected Hibernia Networks to provide 100G network capacity to support the company’s European expansion and its NTT Communications...
Huawei targets 10-12% revenue growth in 2013
Telecom Lead Asia: ICT solutions and telecom equipment maker Huawei is targeting 10-12 percent growth in revenue in 2013.
Meanwhile, Huawei on Monday said its...
ZTE to post net loss of up to $466 million for 2012
Telecom Lead Asia: Telecom equipment maker ZTE is likely to post net loss of up to 2.9 billion yuan ($466 million) for 2012.
The net...
Mobile operator Capex in 2013 to decrease 7% to $98.6 billion
Telecom Lead Asia: Mobile operator capital infrastructure expenditure (Capex) in 2013 is likely to decrease by 7 percent to $98.6 billion.
This will be a...
Nokia taps TCS to transform IT
Telecom Lead Asia: Mobile phone major Nokia has tapped Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to transform its IT landscape.
TCS, as a global IT partner, will...
Ericsson India head Fredrik Jejdling to move to Africa
Telecom Lead Asia: Ericsson India head Fredrik Jejdling is set to move to Africa as the head of Region for sub-Saharan Africa.
Fredrik Jejdling’s African...
Pacnet to deploy 100 Gbps and Optical Transport Network to meet capacity needs in...
Telecom Lead Asia: Pacnet has announced plans to deploy an optical mesh network with 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) technology and integrated Optical Transport Network (OTN) switching utilizing...
U.S. Cellular rolls out 4G LTE in 11 more markets with Nokia Siemens Networks
Telecom Lead America: Nokia Siemens Networks has helped U.S. Cellular successfully launch a 4G LTE network along with its partner, King Street Wireless, in...