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Huawei gains optical market share during recession, Asia-Pac build-out

China-based Huawei is at the top of the optical networking vendor pile for the first time in Ovum’s preliminary Q1 2009 results. The bigger news is that this puts Huawei ahead of optical-stalwart Alcatel-Lucent in the first three months of the year, but not for the past 12 months overall. And while optical network spending is down compared to 2008 for the past two quarters, Asia-Pac spending was remarkably strong.

Specific reasons for Huawei’s performance are varied, but they include China’s 3G network build-out race, in which Huawei figures prominently as a vendor of choice, according to Ovum’s Dana Cooperson, VP of optical networking. And like Las Vegas, what’s sold in Asia-Pac is often deployed in Asia-Pac.

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Mobile’s “Perfect Storm”: Mandated upgrade vs. the economy

Infonetics Research’s latest whitepaper looks at the “perfect storm” that is forcing mobile operators to upgrade their networks and their business models, even if economic conditions would normally dictate otherwise, and offers strategies to cope with the changes (but you’ll have to download the whitepaper for those).

This free whitepaper download on the Mobile Internet Transformation looks at the four mobile broadband trends that are presenting as many problems as they are opportunities for operators.

So what’s driving the 400%-to-800% year-over-year traffic increases in some locations?:

The bottom line? Waiting out the recession could result in the “Perfect Disaster.”