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Telecom 2.0: The Next Generation of Enterprise Telecom

By Mark Evans | Published: September 2, 2009
Here’s a guest post by Jeff Wiener, president of telecom equipment reseller Digitcom, who also writes The Telecom Blog, on his outlook for the telecom equipment market. No, I don’t have a crystal ball but I wish that I did. I am looking at the next generation of telecom, and wondering where this rapidly evolving [...]
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Nokia’s Growing North American Foothold

By Mark Evans | Published: June 30, 2009
For years, Nokia has been focused on getting a stronger foothold in North America so the proposed purchase of Nortel’s CDMA business is an important element in that strategy. MarketWatch has a story looking at Nokia’s North American efforts. It includes this quote from Frost & Sullivan analyst Ronald Gruia that illustrates how sweet of [...]
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Nortel Sunk by Customer Concerns

By Mark Evans | Published: June 29, 2009
News alert: Nortel chief strategy officer, George Riedl, is alive and well. It’s been three years since Riedl was lured away from Juniper Networks where he had a reputation for acquisitions. Over the past three years, however, Nortel has only made one major acquisition (Tasman Networks for $99-million) so it’s not like Riedl has been [...]
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Confidential: Nortel’s Key Messages and Q&A for Customers

By Mark Evans | Published: June 23, 2009
Here’s a confidential document that Nortel created to address its key messages as well as Q&A for customers in the wake of the proposed sale of its CDMA business and LTE R&D unit to Nokia Siemens. One of the more interesting tidbits is the name “Nortel” could be sold as part of a transaction. Key [...]
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