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  1. FCC approves LTE on 800MHz, benefiting Sprint and iDen spectrum refarming --http://fcc.us/JZKqzv
  2. @Lantiq appoints Dan Artusi as CEO -- formerly led Silicon Laboratories and Conexant Systems
  3. @traciking Hey Traci... good luck with the new venture!
  4. How will Large Hadron Collider move 25 petabytes of data? 500 Gbps Super Channels bit.ly/KCjJdH @InfineraCorp
  5. Cisco continues to talk Software-defined Networks (SDN) - investor briefing next Weds at 8am PT shar.es/qsfwR #SDN $CSCO
  6. On-net CDN and cloud based content management are key for ALU's video strategy, says Derrick Frost, VP Video Integration #alutech
  7. ALU's CloudBand will allow carriers to use AWS capacity or others too #alutech #cloud
  8. ALU's CloudBand + CloudNode are in customer trials, OpenStack support coming in July, HP is a partner #alutech #cloud
  9. Bell Labs developing algorithms to optimize which application should use which cloud resource at which location #alutech #cloud
  10. ALU's Cloudband will deliver Virutual Telco applications and Virtualized "Everything as a service" #alutech #cloud
  11. ALU's Cloudband -- a cloud management that understands the network and computing #alutech #cloud
  12. Network services should be an app on top of the cloud, says Dor Skuler, ALU's VP of Cloud Solutions #alutech
  13. ALU's Ben Verwaayen: We know what we need to do to execute on cost savings, product plans. Europe is the big uncertainty #alutech
  14. ALU's Ben Verwaayen: Industry consolidation through more vendor megamergers is not good medicine #alutech
  15. ALU's Ben Verwaayen: The most essential next step for carriers is to create differentiation allowing for monetization #alutech
  16. ALU's Ben Verwaayen: the core is all about IP and optical and ALU has an opportunity to dominate #alutech
  17. ALU's Ben Verwaayen sees revival of fixed access business - look at China #alutech
  18. Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, talks shop in Silicon Valley #alutech twitter.com/ConvergeDigest…
  19. Bell Labs' Martin Zirngibl: Silicon photonics using wafer bonding with Indium Phosphide will bring economies of scale to optical #alutech