Articles tagged with: Ovum and Ericsson

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.  more

Related Tags: t-mobile, sim, eu, ict, mvno, o2, driving, tim, wind, lte, one-network, backhaul, spice, managed-services, option


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, backhaul


The 5800 - A Good Foundation for Nokia Touch Screens

Opinion piece by Tony Cripps, principal analyst at ovum

Nokia's first proper touch-screen handset will reach several key European markets in the next few days. As a significant milestone in the company's strategy, we've been pleasantly surprised by its execution, which will provide a strong foundation on which to introduce further touch-enabled handsets. more

Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, nokia, iphone, sms, apple, sony, touch-screen, comes-with-music, music, android-market, era, true


Nortel's bankruptcy filing enables radical change, and not just at Nortel

Opinion piece by Dana Cooperson and Matt Walker, analysts at ovum

On 14 January 2009, Nortel Networks moved beyond talk of divestiture and speculation of bankruptcy, and filed for creditor protection in Canada and the US, with Nortel UK entering administration separately under a filing managed by Ernst & Young. The company reached this point after multiple management regimes failed in their attempts to remake the company after the bursting of the telecoms bubble. Nortel's move may result in a more balanced industry structure for communications equipment.  more

Related Tags: ethernet, t-mobile, ptc, nokia, wimax, cisco, itu, lte, zte, alcatel-lucent, mts, verizon, tellabs, t-mobile-germany, nortel, bankruptcy, lg, ran, nortel-networks, umts, ciena


Looking back on technology foresight

Opinion by David Molony, principal analyst at ovum

Technology is a gift for this industry, but it'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 year's World Communication Awards, supported by ovum, showed.  more

Related Tags: rfid, orange, base-station, motorola, arpu, bluetooth, verizon, london, bt, mobile-content, mobilkom-austria, wifi, mobilkom


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