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Customer experience revealed as Alcatel-Lucent’s next frontier

The deals marks Ericsson's first pan-African contract

Equipment vendor Alcatel-Lucent has launched an extended portfolio of software and services designed to ameliorate customer experiences on both fixed and wireless networks.

Tags; customer experience, Motive, Alcatel-Lucent, Broadband, Europe, LTE, Networks, News & Analysis, Test & Measurement, Vendor

China Mobile and Clearwire collaborate on TD-LTE

The two operators plan to establish 4G mobile broadband labs in the US and China

The world’s biggest carrier in terms of subscribers, China Mobile, is testing interoperability specifications for the time division flavour of LTE (TD-LTE) with US operator Clearwire.

Tags; China Mobile, Clearwire, Americas, Asia Pacific, LTE, News & Analysis, Test & Measurement

Reducing copper in cables to beat thieves

With copper theft on the rise due to the value of the metal used in communications equipment, a component manufacturer has developed an alternative cable which uses less copper.

Tags; cable, copper, Networks, News & Analysis, Test & Measurement, Vendor

LightSquared names new CFO

US LTE wholesaler LightSquared on Tuesday announced the appointment of Marc Montagner as chief financial officer, who until recently held the role of senior vice president of corporate development and M&A at Sprint Nextel.

Tags; LTE, News & Analysis, Operator, Test & Measurement

Femto competition driving free offerings

A growth in markets with multiple femtocell offerings is driving operators to offer the products for free, according to a new study from Informa Telecoms & Media. Femtocell services are currently available in 23 countries around the world, and 43 per cent of these countries have multiple operators offering the technology, the firm said. For the majority of these countries, at least one operator offers the devices free of charge.

Tags; Femtocells, Network sharing, Networks, News & Analysis, Test & Measurement

Small cell start-up challenges femto vendors

LightSquared says interference issue solved by filter

Subex sells service fulfilment business to NetCracker

The trouble with spectrum auctions

JDSU Announcements

JDSU Introduces PacketPortal™

JDSU today introduced PacketPortal™, a Smart Network Application Platform (SNAP), that allows communications service providers to profitably scale to unprecedented bandwidth demand while providing the highest quality subscriber experience. PacketPortal uses microprobe technology to cost-effectively gather intelligence anywhere in the network for use with a suite of customer care, marketing and other applications. These applications give service providers a new way to drive revenue, build strong brands and command subscriber loyalty.