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Archive for June 13th, 2008

Back to Vegas: Preview of Nortel at NXTcomm08

Didn’t the whole industry just get back from Las Vegas…several times? First CTIA Wireless, then Interop, now NXTcomm08. NXTcomm08 is of course the reincarnation of SuperComm, and is mainly focused on the carrier and service provider side of things.

And just like with previous shows, here on Buzzboard we’ll keep you in the loop on that Nortel has going at the event. I have a suspicion that Nortel will be announcing some news at the show, and we’ll cover that. We will also hopefully bring you some pictures and video from the booth.

If you happen to be headed out to NXTcomm, here’s a quick summary of what you can …

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Coverage round-up from this week’s news

There were a ton of articles that came out from yesterday’s news. Here’s my list of the more insightful ones:

Reuters has a nice summary of the news with quotes from the IR day event and several analysts, as does the Globe & Mail.
Telephony did a nice feature on the LTE/WiMAX news that included an interview with Scott Wickware.
Light Reading provided probably the most in-depth coverage of the Carrier Ethernet win with Verizon.
Barron’s debated which piece of Nortel news was responsible for the stock price increase.
The LTE vs. WiMAX debate raged on, with Network World talking about what it means to Nortel, and Tech Observer talking about what it means to the industry.
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