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October 13, 2010  3:41 PM

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 — no compelling operator advantage



Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent, Microsoft, open APIs, Windows Phone 7

Microsoft has launched its smartphone operating system initiative -- Windows Phone 7 -- and from what’s been revealed so far and...

October 7, 2010  12:29 PM

Alcatel-Lucent sheds light on Open API, LTE & IMS strategy



Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent, IMS, LTE, open APIs

Alcatel-Lucent had an invitation event for industry analysts this week, and since the group was small relative to normal events, it was a good opportunity for discussion and engagement. The goal was to give us an idea of where Alcatel-Lucent was going in the near term and in a more strategic...


September 22, 2010  1:20 PM

Will tech M&A activity fill need for broad-based product strategy?



Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent, equipment vendors, Ericsson, Huawei, M&A, mergers and acquisitions, Nortel, NSN, OEM, technology industry, ZTE

Companies are now actively pursuing mergers and acquisitions to consolidate and improve economies of scale. Even when mergers and acquisitions don't directly consolidate the companies (


September 1, 2010  10:54 PM

Alcatel-Lucent OpenPlug move reinforces app-development strategy



Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent, applications development, Cisco, service layer

Alcatel-Lucent announced its second developer-oriented acquisition in its


August 2, 2010  5:11 PM

AT&T hedges bets, taps three top vendors as domain suppliers



Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Cisco, domains, EPC, Ethernet, Evolved Packet Core, IP, Juniper, MPLS

AT&T named Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco and Juniper as three suppliers in its IP/


July 28, 2010  1:15 AM

App development group specs will need vendor buy-in



Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent, application developer progam, Wholesale Application Community

The Wholesale Application Community, a body dedicated to creating an application set and developer program across carrier boundaries, has named its initial board (all from service providers) and...


July 8, 2010  6:57 PM

AT&T mobile upload speed problem could lead to usage caps



Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, iPhone, wireless

A reported problem with AT&T’s mobile upload speeds -- so severe as to bring back performance levels not seen since dial-up days -- was first thought to be an example of carrier traffic shaping. But AT&T says it’s a


July 1, 2010  11:58 AM

RIP for Microsoft Kin; cloud over cloud-to-phone concept



Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent, Microsoft, Open API, smartphone, Verizon

Just days after Verizon announced a price reduction on the Kin, Microsoft pulled the plug on the whole concept. We’re not surprised but we’re disappointed. The concept behind the Kin was, in our view, a...


June 29, 2010  1:21 PM

Alcatel-Lucent buys API clearing house purchase for developers



Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent, application development, Open API, Web developers

Alcatel-Lucent announced it was buying ProgrammableWeb, an API clearing house service site for developers. The deal will augment Alcatel-Lucent’s Open API Program that seeks to create a federation...


April 14, 2010  1:38 PM

Alcatel-Lucent’s continues in ad broker mode with Optism



Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent, mobile advertising, Online advertising

Alcatel-Lucent is continuing its concept of being a broker in connection with next-gen services with an offering in advertising. Optism is the name of the solution, and like the Open API Program we’ve talked about...