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2/9/2010  -  The rivals will face off (figuratively) at Mobile World Congress, each pitching big plans for the future of the mobile network
by Craig Matsumoto
2/8/2010  -  Financial projections for 2010 scare off the event's management company
by Phil Harvey
2/8/2010  -  Cablevision among the early takers for a wideband-capable WiFi access point optimized for wireless video and voice applications
by Jeff Baumgartner
2/8/2010  -  New Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg expands top leadership team with regional executives for China and North America
by Michelle Donegan
2/5/2010  -  Wireless industry vet Paul Mankiewich has left AlcaLu after nearly 30 years UPDATED 1:45 PM
by Phil Harvey
2/5/2010  -  Investor day overview shows where Corning has seen demand in the past year for its telecom products, and how FTTH has yet to deliver
by Ray Le Maistre
by Craig Matsumoto
2/4/2010  -  AlcaLu uses software-defined radio technology to support GSM, UMTS, and LTE in the same radio module
by Michelle Donegan
2/4/2010  -  Wei Leping, former CTO and current adviser at China Telecom, tells Light Reading about the key technology challenges facing the operator
2/4/2010  -  The project to take the world's most widely used mobile operating system open-source has been completed
2/4/2010  -  Global roaming on LTE will be years away because device makers face a tough challenge to support all the different LTE frequency bands across the globe
by Michelle Donegan
2/3/2010  -  The economic comeback is real, it's entering a second phase, and revenues (and hiring) are coming back. Thus spake Cisco
by Craig Matsumoto
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