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Mobile backhaul market tops $7.2 billion. Mobile commerce’s bull market. And more.

4G MOBILE’S CORE DIFFERENCE

Tellabs’ CTO explains why 3G designs won’t work for 4G packet cores. By Kevin Fitchard

DWDM MAKES A DIFFERENCE AT TIME An inside look at the Malaysian operator’s new strategy of capacity and reliability. By Joan Engebretson

RUSSIA’S TRANSPORT TRANSFORMATION Mobile operators ditch E1s for Ethernet to keep up with the data boom. By Lynnette Luna

WOODSTOCK GOES ALL OUT WITH FIBER A rural U.S. operator takes fiber to the home and eventually, the desktop. By M.J. Richter

THE CORE OF THE MOBILE BROADBAND EXPERIENCE Operators seek a common platform for 2G, 3G and 4G. By Gabriel Brown

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