All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Telecom

Apple adding 12 Latin American countries to the Telefonica agreement after contracting America Movil will test the carrier influence on device pricing, distribution channels and network quality.

The future of Africa's communications sector sector clearly hinges upon speed and agility as this, the often referred 'dark continent' can no longer wait around for progress. To date, the the two leading pioneers in Africa's race to bridge the proverbial 'digital divide' are principally those of Johanessburg...

Getting out of WiMAX is a good move for Nortel. Nortel must focus on a single 4G technology and makes an attempt in becoming a substantial player in LTE. With Nortel exiting an Cisco not executing on WiMAX, the only strong players remain Motorola and Alvarion. The question is how long would the Nortel...

I admit there are times that Qualcomm just baffles me.  I thought I understood its media strategy.  I was and still am a big supporter of the MediaFLO. I am used to hearing about Qualcomm’s walled garden.  I am taken aback by even the appearance of openness from Qualcomm.

Is this the end of the five year deal between Apple and ATT? It appears so.

For months, folks have been raining on Level 3 and Crowe about the condition of company and the lack of merger integration work that has gone on and the poor provisioning systems used by the company.  You can add me to that list of critics as well. However, I would not criticize Level for lowering...

1.      A lot of people at the independent telcosare apprehensive that the USF and RUS funds could go away. 2.      It has resulted in some surprises in terms of FTTH equipment purchases. 3.      Suppliers such as Calix and Alcatel-Lucent...

1.      There are some inherent differences between Ethernet over Copper (EoC) and HDSL. 2.      The latter is much simpler. 3.      No supplier is expected to capture the entire EoCmarket.  

1.      Nortel has seemingly been quite proactive in making sure that it does not lose its high-end SONET interexchange business. 2.      It’s attractive, next-generation SONET gear is being offered at very competitive prices. 3.     ...

1.      Fujitsu’s 7500 ROADM continues to sell very well. 2.      Those service providers that have maxed out on the FLASHWAVE 4500 capacity-wise can move to the 9500. 3.      Some engineers see the 9500 as being like an optical...