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LEADING EDGE

Dan Kelly, Tellabs executive vice president of global products, discusses Tellabs’ achievements in the mobile backhaul and metro optical markets.

UPLOAD

Global telecom capex rises for 2011. The Internet accounts for 21% of global GDP growth. Wi-Fi offload on the rise. All about context-aware computing. And more.

VTESSE NETWORK BUILT FOR SPEED

U.K. operator ramps up its network to meet customer needs using the Tellabs® By M.J. Richter

7100 Optical Transport System.

THE POWER OF ETHERNET BACKHAUL Russian operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) deploys new backhaul capabilities to improve the customer experience. By Joan Engebretson

KNOW YOUR CONTENT

Over-the-top content is coming in waves; operators need to understand that traffic and how best to deliver it. By Rich Karpinski

BUILDING A SMARTER PIPE

The fear of becoming a mere “dumb pipe” should drive operators to pursue new, more aggressive approaches to the market, says STL Partners. By Chris Barraclough

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