CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina and PARIS, April 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Telecom Strategy Partners announces Release 1.1 of its Mobile Backhaul
Solutions service, which includes competitive analysis and ratings of the
solutions capabilities of key vendors addressing this significant market
opportunity.

The service analyzes the market drivers and inhibitors, operator
challenges and requirements, technology trends and issues in mobile backhaul,
and compares and assesses vendors' vision, strengths, weaknesses, market
direction and timing.

Top honors go to Nokia Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent, with NSN
gaining recognition for its mobile networks expertise and professional
services cost optimization of solutions leveraging optical systems, Carrier
Ethernet and a variety of access technologies.

Alcatel-Lucent was recognized for innovations in converged packet/optical
transport system design and in development of added resiliency and transport
efficiency features for its service routers, for its portfolio breadth and
network expertise, and its ability to leverage installed base to offer
converged fixed/mobile networks helping cost justify IP/MPLS intelligence
benefits in the RAN.

Ericsson, RAD, and Tellabs were also other vendors recognized for key
competitive strengths and contributions to mobile backhaul.

"Mobile backhaul optimization is a complex proving ground for vendor
expertise, requiring the availability to help operators choose the right
means, steps, technology and timing for migrating their networks from TDM to
packet transport," said Lorenza Brescia, Principal Analyst and Senior Partner
for Telecom Strategy Partners in EMEA. "Operators need vendors with the depth
of expertise to develop customized solutions."

"Solutions breadth, mobile networking expertise, and core competencies in
packet transport and synchronization technologies are key to vendor success,"
said Dave Dunphy, Principal Analyst and Managing Partner for Telecom Strategy
Partners. "Operators need lower cost per bit, higher scalability, and greater
efficiency in bandwidth utilization, plus enhanced network resilience and
solid QoS if they are to leverage backhaul to reduce cost, enhance the
subscriber experience, and make emerging mobile data and video services reach
their full revenue potential."

This analysis is generally available.

About Telecom Strategy Partners

Telecom Strategy Partners is a market analysis and consulting company
with operations in Europe and North America. Staffed by a team with
significant real world experience in both vendors and service operators, it
offers practical analysis, recommendations, and support services for product
and service strategy, management and marketing activities of infrastructure
vendors, service operators, and the financial industry worldwide.

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