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Articles tagged with: Ericsson and Nokia Siemens
Telefonica Announces Wide-Spread Trials of LTE Networks
Telefonica says that it has reached an agreement with six LTE technology providers to launch LTE test projects in six different countries. The suppliers Telefonica has chosen so far: Alcatel-Lucent, ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks and ZTE, will start rolling out the equipment necessary for testing the technology during the coming months. more
Related Tags: alcatel-lucent, huawei, nec, nokia-siemens-networks, zte, lte, telefonica, testing, broadband
Nokia Siemens Networks Wins 60% of Russian 3G Tender
Russia's MegaFon has announced the outcome of a 3G network tender, with Nokia Siemens Networks supplying at least 60% of 3G Node -B Base Stations. MegaFon says that it shall decide upon the territory of the equipment supply within Russia at the same time there shall be no exclusivity rights provided to vendors. more
Related Tags: megafon, alcatel-lucent, -nokia-siemens, huawei, zte, base, opex, Russia
Specifications for Value-Added IMS Network Services Released
A group of companies have announced the joint development and successful testing of common technical specifications for value-added IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network services. more
Related Tags: ims, ip-multimedia-subsystem, alcatel-lucent, fujitsu, nec, nokia-siemens--networks, docomo
IMS equipment market thriving; revenue up 108% in 2Q09, led by Ericsson, Huawei
Worldwide sales of IMS equipment jumped 108% between 1Q09 and 2Q09, to $164 million, reports Infonetics Research. While ericsson has long led the IMS market in overall number of network deployments, Huawei, Nokia Siemens, and Alcatel-Lucent are providing serious competition. more
Related Tags: ims, huawei, alcatel-lucent
Ericsson Outbids Nokia Siemens Networks for Nortel Assets
Ericsson has snatched a deal from under the noses of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) after it won the bidding to buy Nortel Networks carrier assets. Last month, NSN agreed to buy parts of Nortel's Carrier Networks division relating to CDMA and LTE technology in North America for a payment of US$650 million. However the deal allowed counter bids, and ericsson has offered US$1.13 billion, significantly outbidding NSN. more
Related Tags: nokia-siemens-networks, nortel-networks, bell, Canada
Indian telecom equipment beats downturn; grows 20% to nearly $25 billion
The Indian telecom equipment industry reported a 20% growth in revenues to comfortably cross the US$24 billion mark during FY 2008-09 compared to a 24% growth recorded in the previous financial year (2007-08). Indian trade magazine, Voice&Data said that the result was not surprising because despite overall economic slowdown, India has been witnessing over 10 million month-on-month new mobile subscriber additions, and telecom operators have been buying equipment to expand their networks. more
Related Tags: nokia, nokia-siemens-networks, zte, samsung, motorola, huawei, gsm, 3, siemens, infosys, 3g-licenses, alcatel, play, security, India
Alcatel-Lucent May be Back-Up Vendor to Huawei's Indian Contract
More confusion over BSNL's mammoth GSM network tender after it emerged that Alcatel-Lucent may be asked to act as a back-up vendor for the contract awarded to Huawei covering the southern end of the country. The telco was told by the Department of Telecoms to be particularly vigilant when testing Huawei supplied hardware to ensure there are no exploits in the software installed at the request of the Chinese government. more
Related Tags: alcatel-lucent, huawei, nokia-siemens-networks, bsnl, gsm, delhi, siemens, testing, India
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
Related Tags: infonetics-research, alcatel-lucent, cisco, fujitsu, hp, huawei, -ibm, microsoft, motorola, nec, nokia-siemens-networks, nortel, bharti, siemens, opex
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
Related Tags: ethernet, , 3g, nokia, iphone, eu, itu, lte, abi-research, alcatel-lucent, ovi, verizon, microwave, verizon-communications, bt, backhaul, siemens, embarq, harris, laptop, nokia-siemens-network
Orange and Vodafone Outsource their UK Network Management
Two of the UK's mobile networks have separately - but on the same day - announced network maintenance outsourcing deals. Orange UK has given a 5-year contract to Nokia Siemens Networks, while Vodafone UK granted a 7-year contract to ericsson. more
Related Tags: orange, 3g, nokia, vodafone, outsourcing, nokia-siemens-networks, vodafone-uk, siemens, orange-uk, UK