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Articles tagged with: Oracle
Sun Microsystems slashing up to 3,000 jobs
Sun Microsystems plans to eliminate up to 3,000 jobs over the next year as it awaits a takeover by Oracle. more
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Telecoms dealmaking on hold in 4Q '08
According to a new study from Ovum, global economic downturn depressed valuations and dealmaking in the telecom sector in 4Q 2008. Based on Ovum's report, M&A deal count was 129 in 4Q08, from 192 in 4Q07, with only four deals valued above US$1 billion, from 10 in 4Q07. more
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Three Months Later, Broadcom Launches Hostile Emulex Bid
Broadcom surprised many industry observers Tuesday by announcing a hostile bid to buy Emulex, and surprised again by releasing better- than-expected results. more
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Averting radio spectrum saturation, opportunistically
Mobile users want better video calls, streaming television and faster downloads, placing more demands on the limited radio spectrum available to operators. Could handsets that intelligently sense their radio environment and opportunistically grab free bandwidth be a solution? more
Related Tags: rfid, 3g, base-station, intel, eu, ict, tim, rcom, mts, ovi, radio-spectrum, one-network, base-stations, network-management, bandwidth
Nokia Siemens Networks bridges the gap between prepaid and postpaid
Nokia Siemens Networks has launched two updates to its convergent Unified Charging and Billing solution which offer one modular solution for prepaid charging and postpaid billing as well as customer care. more
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Oracle, Alcatel-Lucent lead fast growing service delivery platform market
Following a 53% increase in 2007 and an expected 28% increase in 2008, the worldwide service delivery platform (SDP) software and integration services market is forecast by Infonetics Research to top $3.5 billion in 2011. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, mms, sms, social-networking, alcatel-lucent, infonetics-research, bss, oss
Marketing IT Systems Holding Back Network Customer Care Goals
Customer-centric marketing is increasingly perceived as the Holy Grail for mobile telecoms operators in the 21st century. But generic customer relationship management (CRM) systems, fragmented data and poor campaign monitoring and reporting systems are undermining the ability of mobile marketers to put subscribers at the heart of their marketing relationships. more
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IBM Offers Lotus Notes for Apple's iPhone
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- International Business Machines (IBM) said Tuesday it was making its Lotus Notes tools, including email and calendar applications, available for Apple's iPhone. more
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Service delivery platforms "fundamental to telcos' futures"
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research predicts in a new report that worldwide revenue from service delivery platform (SDP) software and integration services will grow at a 23% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the 5 years from 2007 to 2011. more
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Technology Merger and Acquisition Activity Bodes Well for 2008
While the headlines are dominated by the negative implications of the global credit crunch, the global technology merger and acquisition (M&A) market is proving to be a very resilient beast. Q1 2008 has already seen numerous landmark deals announced, including the pending bid for Yahoo by Microsoft, and in the UK the $1 billion leveraged buy-out (LBO) of Northgate Information Solutions by KKR and the recently announced £190m recommended offer by 3i for Civica. more
Related Tags: microsoft, semiconductor, ofta, yahoo, driving, semiconductors, ipo, sap, flextronics