With most vendors upgrading their WCDMA RAN product lines, it's easy to overlook what's going on in the core. Yet, where operators are looking to build new OpEx efficiencies, ...

With the government's revised ICT initiatives and the adoption of convergence, Malaysia's telecom environment is moving towards increased competition. However, foreign investment policies and incumbent dominance act as growth ...

Emerging market voice may do little to generate lots of 3G data. However, a move to IMS and softswitching will drive IP everywhere - even in the developing world ...

Now that voice revenues have started to flatten and many carriers have rolled out decent 3G coverage, the rush is on to create targeted data services that will bring additional ...

With the telecom consolidation among the major players, smaller ones looking to offer a managed voice solution face a more challenging environment in 2006 as they work to provide a ...

China's telecom market is gradually opening, forcing a deregulatory response by the government. Incumbent carriers are struggling with duplicate networks and insufficient provincial-level operations. This report contains a market ...

Singapore is an example of how aggressive government management can drive a competitive telecommunications environment. Infrastructure and competitive growth are driving the development of the enterprise fixed services market. ...

The increasing popularity of VoIP and mobile services has spawned a new field of network-based service providers, and it has presented an opportunity for creative carriers to improve wholesale margins ...

The ETL market is growing. Currently dominated by three vendors, some of the database players will continue to make gains, while the notion of what constitutes ETL will continue to ...