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"If one thinks about it, why should Ericsson be able to do the job better and cheaper than Sprint can? Why is this not part of what Sprint ought to see as its core expertise. What makes Ericsson more qualified? It feels as if this *should* be part of Sprint’s entire raison d’etre."

"While outsourcing by cellular operators has been a growing trend in Asia and Europe, this would be the first of its kind by a major US operator."

"Not surprisingly, some service providers believe the hype and are now offering VPLS in environments where it could do much more harm than good."

"PBB-TE was first championed by Nortel Networks Ltd. (NYSE/Toronto: NT), which found a supporter in BT Group plc (NYSE: BT; London: BTA). But the technology lost favor with BT’s latest management last year, and Nortel, while still a proponent of PBB-TE, has dropped out of the carrier Ethernet market."

"But according to Lewis, “the [January-February] cuts affected the ability of CentCom [U.S. military Central Command] to send communications from Afghanistan and Iraq."

"There is no time for celebration when we fix a cable,” Rennie says. “There is lots of pressure from cable owners to move quickly. They are losing revenue."

"due diligence has been going on for some weeks now and China Telecom’s interest seems real, although financial details of such a deal are not yet clear"