Articles tagged with: Bt and Verizon

European Incumbent Telecom Operators at Risk From Cable Broadband Upgrades

Fitch Ratings says in a report published today, that a number of European incumbent landline telecom operators risk increasing disadvantage given a failure to respond sufficiently to the risk posed by the cable operators' broadband investments and their own resistance to spending on fibre.  more

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Recession or Not, Wireless Backhaul Expansion Continues Strongly

Worldwide revenues from backhaul leasing are expected to double over the next 30 months, according to a new study from ABI Research. The growth curve even accelerates after 2012, resulting in a fivefold revenue increase between 2009 and 2014.  more

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Looking back on technology foresight

Opinion by David Molony, principal analyst at Ovum

Technology is a gift for this industry, but itÃ's also the challenge of many of our lives. And when it comes to making choices we are not running out, as the huge range of entries in this yearÃ's World Communication Awards, supported by Ovum, showed.  more

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Managed Services on the Rise as Telcos Make a Play for the Outsourcing Game

With global service providers (SPs) such as bt and Verizon having significantly ramped-up investments in Asia-Pacific, and regional telcos like Tata, Reliance Communications and SingTel continuously diversifying their offerings, managed and hosted services is poised to constitute a sizeable percentage of operators' portfolio in the next few years.  more

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