December 17, 2009 2:31 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
handset technology,
Juniper,
mobile solutions,
service layer architectureAt least one financial analyst (Avian Securities) says Juniper is considering a bid for Bytemobile, a provider of specialty service tools and mobile optimization solutions for the wireless space. There...
December 8, 2009 4:27 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
data center,
mergers & acquisitions,
service layer architecture,
telecom equipment vendorsCisco is expected to take a bold step this week and tell the financial community it can return to its historical targets of 12-18% growth, owing in part to the economic recovery and in part to Cisco’s radical moves to increase...
December 7, 2009 12:57 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent,
applications enablement,
Juniper,
NSN,
open APIs,
service layer architectureAlcatel-Lucent announced the details (or at least some of them) of its Service Enablement architecture, its service-layer solution. The strategy includes an Exposure Suite that’s designed to...
December 2, 2009 10:53 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
SDP,
service delivery platform,
service layer architecture,
standards,
telecom equipment vendors,
telecommunications service providersThe TM Forum has released a report that says that it’s essential for service provider higher-layer success to recognize that there’s more than one kind of service delivery platform (SDP). OK, we...
November 3, 2009 5:25 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Juniper,
platform as a service,
service layer architectureWe have completed a full report on the critical service-layer middleware announced October 29th by Juniper Networks, called Junos Space. The report is free; Download it now.
November 3, 2009 5:14 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
access network,
Broadband,
ROI,
service layer architecture,
TelstraTelstra, Australia’s national carrier, remains locked in a dispute between its shareholders and the Australian government, which proposes to break Telstra up to
October 21, 2009 10:17 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
control plane,
equipment vendors,
Linux,
service layer architecture,
VirtualizationCisco has announced a new generation of its popular ISR platform (G2, fittingly), and also announced an initiative/architecture called Borderless Networking. The ISR upgrades...
October 14, 2009 11:26 AM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
Juniper,
LTE,
M&A,
procurement zones,
service layer architectureCisco wrote another big check, this time to acquire Starent, a major player in the mobile/LTE space. And with the move, it may have leapfrogged a number of competitors. Starent and Cisco were somewhat competing previously, and Wall Street reports that it expected Juniper to announce a partnership...
September 15, 2009 6:56 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
CA,
OSS/BSS,
service layer architectureIf anyone doubted that OSS/BSS was getting hotter, the deal by CA to acquire NetQOS should put that doubt to rest. Telcos have two basic issues to face in the coming years: 1)They have to control operations cost growth,...
