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Telecom carriers spent $62 billion on outsourced services in 2008

Market research firm Infonetics Research is reporting that telecom carriers spent US$62 billion on outsourced services in 2008, and have plans to increase that spending. The report noted that the top revenue-generating tasks outsourced by service providers in 2008 include network maintenance, application service delivery, network build, and network planning and design. more

Voice over LTE Initiative Launched

A group of leaders in the wireless industry comprised of alcatel-lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, Kineto Wireless, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nortel, Samsung, Starent Networks, T-Mobile and ZTE have announced a joint effort, referred to as the Voice over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA) Forum. The joint effort aims to define a set of specifications within the forum for enabling delivery of voice services over LTE access networks based on the current 3GPP Generic Access Network (GAN) standard. more

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Record year for GSM rollouts, more to come with 3G buildouts in China, India

Market research firm Infonetics Research released the fourth quarteredition of its Mobile Infrastructure and Subscribers report and noted that the worldwide mobile network infrastructure equipment market grew 6% to US$50.8 billion in 2008 over 2007, and will continue to grow in 2009 and 2010. more

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Telecom Equipment Market Expected to Suffer a Sharp Downturn in 2009

The global telecommunications equipment market grew by close to 5% in 2008: a moderate rate of growth that involved a shift in the contribution made by handset components and infrastructure hardware reports IDATE. From a geographical standpoint, Asia was the prime source of growth - specifically China and India - which accounts for two-thirds of the increase in sales worldwide, while representing only just over 40% of the total market (and China and India combined accounting for less than 20%). more

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Despite the Naysayers WiMAX Subscriber Revenue Will Boom in 2009

Any reader who believed all the recent headlines would feel confident that the WiMAX market is being crushed by LTE. Nortel has left the WiMAX market and alcatel-lucent has "backed off" from WiMAX; and these developments supposedly dealt a blow to Clearwire, which had so far chosen neither as an infrastructure vendor. But that's not quite the whole story. more

Mobile WiMAX market up 5% in 4Q08; Cisco, Huawei begin challenging market leaders

Communications market research firm Infonetics Research released the fourth quarter edition of its WiMAX report this week, noting that the overall WiMAX equipment and device market held steady in 4Q08 over 3Q08 at $275 million, as the 802.16e mobile WiMAX segment increased 5% to counter a slight dip in the 802.16d fixed WiMAX segment. more

2008 Mobile Base Station Contracts Reach 550, Led by Nokia Siemens Networks

Total contracts awarded within the wireless industry for 2008 reached 550 as activity surged in Q4 according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research. more

Nortel's bankruptcy filing enables radical change, and not just at Nortel

Opinion piece by Dana Cooperson and Matt Walker, analysts at Ovum

On 14 January 2009, Nortel Networks moved beyond talk of divestiture and speculation of bankruptcy, and filed for creditor protection in Canada and the US, with Nortel UK entering administration separately under a filing managed by Ernst & Young. The company reached this point after multiple management regimes failed in their attempts to remake the company after the bursting of the telecoms bubble. Nortel's move may result in a more balanced industry structure for communications equipment. more

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Telecom Suppliers: The Pressure is on

A recent study by global management consultancy Arthur D. Little has found that traditional telecoms suppliers are facing an overall critical situation as the recession deepens in 2009. The increasing strength of the Asian market was identified as the primary threat that telecom suppliers face, due to its expanded reputation, innovation and consistent delivery of quality. For example, the Chinese telecoms provider Huawei has already achieved more than 10% of the global market share for investments of fixed and mobile network infrastructure, while the expansion rate for investments in fixed and mobile networks in industrialized countries is stagnating. more

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Negative Outlook for Global Telecom Equipment Sector in 2009

Debt ratings agency, Fitch has warned that the outlook for the global telecom equipment sector in 2009 is negative based on expectations of declining markets in both handsets and infrastructure. Ratings across Fitch's rated telecom equipment portfolio are exhibiting lower rating headroom, although the agency does not at present envisage a major re-rating of these companies given healthy liquidity, some margin protection and limited refinancing risk. more

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