GLG News by Communications Equipment Sellers (North America)

Verizon and Vodafone's decision to evolve their radio access technologies towards a common standard is an excellent approach to provide seamless roaming across their properties overseas and here in the United States. The question remains as what they may do with their core network. GSM core and CDMA...

Tthey are hoping that this credit and reduction in price will increase sales since retail session begins in fourth quarter.  They made a mistake in the pricing and now they are trying correct it.  I will be curious to see if the pricing drops again in December.  My opinion is that it...

With Alcatel-Lucent preannouncing that they have to reduce their revenue projection due to slowness in wireless expenditure in North America (primarily CDMA), it is surprising that single pony companies, like Starent and Airvana, are not negatively impacted. Other carriers such as Bell Mobility in Canada...

The implications are clear. Even though Microsoft isn't shivering in fear as of yet, there are viable options out there. The only issue is these options are not marketed like MS Office and Windows.

VMWare is the undisputed king of virtualization right now, even Microsoft is trying to displace VMWare. Virtualization squarely hits on the pressing need of SMBs. It's an easier way to manage IT and implement advanced functionality. Virtualization will become the standard infrastructure. It helps with...

Not a surprising move, given that market was anitcipating it. Process of consolidation continues in the wireless carrier market. Transaction may benefit Alcatel-Lucent & Tekelec, and negatively impact Nortel and VeriSign. The process of consolidation continues in the mobile wireless market! Could...

There is significant difference between WiFi and WiMAX from a deployment perspective and business models that could potentially prove to be the achilles heel of WiMAX. The business case for the carriers should be for services other than voice and pure internet access. So far, except Sprint Nextel, no...

After China and India, the next growth market for mobile application is the Middle East and Africa. The rise in price of oil has made some of the economies in the region very wealthy and the governments and private industry are making significant investment in the infrastructure. Chinese government...

Genband acquired switching assets of Siemens/Siemens Stromberg Carlson, including the intellectual properties associated with connecting to the proprietary interface of the line bays of these manufacturing-discontinued switches. Nortel is planning to upgrade the core of these switches with CS1500 (next...

Nontraditional mobile operators may emerge when the 700 MHz spectrum is finally auctioned off in the coming year that could potentially change the landscape and business model of existing mobile carriers, like AT&T and Verizon Wireless. The communication service may be completely free of charge...