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Mitel Continues Pac-Man M&A Strategy, Gobbling Mavenir Systems


Mitel continues its acquisition expansion strategy, adding Mavenir Systems to its portfolio with an announcement at Mobile World Congress on March 2, 2015. Mitel will pay around $560 million for Mavenir, giving the company a footprint into the mobile service provider world.

Why You Need to Know: Like many vendors in the telecommunications industry, Mitel is shifting its product mix away from dedicated hardware and one-time sales to a services/subscription-based portfolio.


 

Mavenir Acquisition May be Just the Start of WebRTC Driven Acquisitions in 2015

While the acquisition of Mavenir by Mitel shows that Mitel is focused on both a broader stage than just enterprise Unified Communications and Collaboration. Mitel is moving both into the carrier world as well as potentially enhancing the mobile integration of its core portfolio.

Why You Need to Know: The WebRTC component may have been a critical element looking forward of delivering solutions that can enhance both service providers and enterprises. As Mavenir is focused on both WebRTC and IMS implemented mobile solutions, they can provide an ideal mechanism for integration between the two.
 
 

The Road of Municipal Broadband Leads to FCC Broadband Title II

Almost lost in the Federal Communication Commission's announcement that it plans to put tighter, Title II utility-style regulation onto broadband carriers is a second notice that the commission wants to override state laws preventing cities from offering high-speed Internet services to their residents.

Why You Need to Know: The story of municipal broadband represents the true state of affairs between service providers and customers, and why so many people spoke out for tighter regulation on dominant telecommunications providers.
 
 

Secure Shell Key Management in Light of OpenSSL Vulnerabilities: Part 2

In light of open source vulnerabilities like Heartbleed, many organizations have followed Google's lead in re-thinking how they use and manage open source technologies, both in their products and within their organization.

Why You Need to Know: Change comes in the form of greater visibility, strong IAM controls and centralized provisioning – all best practices for using OpenSSL and implementing Secure Shell protocol.
 
 

The RTC World is Federating Crazy

Seamless communication between IP messaging services is getting a whole lot easier. GENBAND and Jibe Mobile both made interconnection announcements to beat the tidal wave of news out of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain starting today.

Why You Need to Know: Federation is being touted as the new best way to beat larger over-the-top (OTT) services, so there's likely more news to come in the days and months ahead.
 
  

 
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