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Articles tagged with: Ovum and Backhaul
1Q09 results showing greater recession impact on suppliers than operators
Opinion by John Lively, vice president of Forecasting at ovum
Two weeks into the 1Q09 earnings cycle, ovum looked at results to date across a
broad spectrum of industry participants to get a sense of how the recession is
impacting the telecoms industry. Specifically, we looked at results for ten
telecoms operators, seven equipment vendors, six component makers, and two
contract manufacturers. The operators are all based in North America, whereas
the revenues of the other companies represent global operations.
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Related Tags: capex, alcatel-lucent, 3, seven, level-3
Future sharing opportunities for Mobile Network Operators
Opinion by Steven Hartley, senior analyst at ovum
The notion of one network is not entirely far-fetched. After the savings of
passive sharing have been realised, where can future savngs come from? In our
forthcoming report 2020 vision for mobilewe predict that operators will seek
increasingly active forms of sharing. Sharing ever more of your infrastructure
might sound ridiculous today, but all forms of sharing sounded ridiculous ten
years ago.
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Related Tags: t-mobile, sim, eu, ict, mvno, o2, driving, tim, wind, lte, ericsson, one-network, spice
The big challenge for the mobile industry in emerging markets
According to a new report by ovum, reaching and profitably serving low-income users will be one of the biggest challenges for the mobile industry in emerging markets. The report outlines three critical areas operators must consider in serving this market and provides guidance on profitability strategies for operators, through an examination of best-practice strategies in operational and service areas. more
Related Tags: sim, base-station, arpu, rural, edge, driving, mtn, personal, bharti, aircraft
Optical networking market tops $4B again in 4Q '08
ovum has published its preliminary 4Q08 and full-year 2008 results for global optical equipment networking vendors, and reports that the global optical networking (ON) market topped $4 billion for the fourth time in five quarters, increasing 4% sequentially, but was down 5% versus 4Q07. Spending for the full year was up 9% over 2007 to $16.3 billion. more
Related Tags: 3g, eu, cisco, cisco, huawei, alcatel-lucent, ericsson
Will LTE be to mobile operators what NGNs are to fixed?
Opinion by Steven Hartley, senior analyst at ovum
With all the excitement surrounding LTE, it is easy to overlook how the
practicalities of migration will impact mobile operators. Migration to LTE will
need to be approached in the same way that fixed telcos have viewed
next-generation network (NGN) deployments - long term and holistically.
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Related Tags: intel, lte, crm, billing