Articles tagged with: Oracle and Sms

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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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, social-networking, alcatel-lucent, infonetics-research, bss, oss