Global spending on mobile infrastructure has been falling for the past two years despite rising demand for network capacity, but …
Android sales leap to second place: Gartner
Android in 2010 became the second best selling smartphone operating system after Symbian from Nokia, Gartner reported yesterday. Android sales …
Qtel Begins Roll Out for Fibre to the Home
Mr. Yi Xiang, President of Middle East, Huawei Qtel has begun the implementation of its programme for “Fibre to the …
Fibre to the home
Dr Nasser Marafih, CEO, Qtel Qtel has begun to implement FTTH (Fibre to the Home), to connect homes in Qatar …
Motorola deal may end mobile-gear consolidation
Nokia Siemens Networks’ acquisition of most of Motorola’s cellular networks business may be the last move in a long game …
Springboard to success
NWME: What brings you to town? Lebeck: Middle East is a key region for us. I wanted to meet the …
Getting ready for LTE
What kind of potential do you see for LTE in the Middle East market? LTE is the future and ultimate …
Cisco quits WiMax radio business
However, despite hitting the market first, WiMax has taken a back seat to LTE (Long-Term Evolution) as a 4G (fourth-generation) …
Cisco quits WiMax radio business
Cisco acquired Navini Networks, which made WiMax RAN (radio access network) equipment, in 2007. The dominant IP networking company said …
Mobile traffic helps push up optical demand
Demand for high-speed links to cell sites and homes will rejuvenate sales of optical network equipment this year and help …
EU approves HP’s 3Com acquisition
The European Commission has approved Hewlett-Packard’s $2.7 billion takeover of 3Com without attaching conditions, the Commission announced. HP and 3Com …
The state of FMC
The idea behind FMC is to create a super-voice service that lets customers mingle calls between fixed-line and mobile handsets. …
EU approves HP's 3Com acquisition
The European Commission has approved Hewlett-Packard's $2.7 billion takeover of 3Com without attaching conditions, the Commission announced. HP and 3Com …
Mobile traffic helps push up optical demand
Demand for high-speed links to cell sites and homes will rejuvenate sales of optical network equipment this year and help …
UTStarcom to pay US fines for bribing Chinese carriers
Telecommunications equipment vendor UTStarcom will pay a total of US$3 million in fines for violating U.S. bribery laws by giving …
Cisco’s new structure key to success, Chambers says
Cisco Systems' whirlwind of activity over the past few months wouldn't have been possible without the company's spread-out management structure, …
Force10 embraces MPLS within carrier core switches
Force10 Networks is forging deeper into the carrier core by adding MPLS to its high-end Ethernet routing switches. The company's …
3Com takes enterprise Wi-Fi products worldwide
Just days after news broke that it would be acquired by HP, 3Com introduced in the U.S. a line of …
3Com takes enterprise Wi-Fi products worldwide
Just days after news broke that it would be acquired by HP, 3Com introduced in the U.S. a line of …
Ciena will pay $769M for Nortel's metro Ethernet business
Ciena will pay US$769 million for the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel Networks' Metro Ethernet Networks business, …