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	Verizon wireline revenues show rare year-on-year growth 07/22/2014 Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) reported that operating income and earnings per sh...
Huawei's 1H14 revenues jump 19% year-on-year 07/22/2014 Chinese network equipment vendor Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. reports a jump in operating performa...
Telecom, datacom equipment spending will exceed $1 trillion over 5 years says Infonetics 07/21/2014 Worldwide, sales of telecom and datacom equipment and software came to $183 billion in 2013, an u...
Metro optical market worth $9 billion by 2018 says Dell'Oro 07/17/2014 Metro optical transport equipment revenues are forecast to reach $9 billion by 2018, according to...
	Funding innovation remains a challenge 07/17/2014 Delivering the necessary innovation for optical communications applications is one thing. Paying ...
	North American enterprise network spending focuses on the cloud says Infonetics survey 07/08/2014 Respondents to a recent survey of North American enterprise network operators indicate that suppo...
Telecom wholesale services revenue to hit $142 billion in 2019 says Ovum 07/07/2014 Despite price drops among commodity wholesale services, overall wholesale service revenues are ex...
Zayo Group completes Neo Telecoms acquisition 07/07/2014 Bandwidth and infrastructure provider Zayo Group, LLC, reports that it has completed its purchase...
UPC Cablecom acquires cable network in Geneva 07/03/2014 Switzerland’s largest cable operator, UPC Cablecom, says it has taken over the Télé-Pregny-Chambé...
	Zayo files S-1 for IPO 07/03/2014 The company said in the filing that it could attempt to raise as much as $100 million via the IPO...
VeEX closes Agizer, Optixsoft acquisitions 07/02/2014 Test and measurement specialist VeEX Inc. has closed two acquisitions of companies in Eastern Eur...
Zayo's zColo takes over AtlantaNAP data center 07/02/2014 Zayo Group LLC’s colocation division, zColo, has acquired Colo Facilities Atlanta (AtlantaNAP), a...
EZchip to add multi-core processors via Tilera acquisition 07/01/2014 Network processor pioneer EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ:EZCH) plans to expand its product por...
Europe to lead telco spending says Infonetics 06/30/2014 Expect a slowdown in the Americas, but for a change, Europe will be in the telecom capex driver's...
Sales of active optical cables for data centers to reach $1.5B says CIR 06/30/2014 The market for active optical cables (AOCs) for the data center will produce $1.5 billion in reve...

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