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Vodafone keeps top spot in Machina M2M ranking 

Vodafone has held onto its position as the world's top telco in Machina Research's annual machine-to-machine (M2M) report.

"Vodafone has ramped up its already significant efforts in M2M in the last twelve months," said Machina Research CEO Matt Hatton, in an email to Total Telecom. "It has benefited for a while from tremendous scale and a keen strategic focus, but it also keeps engaging in new initiatives to cement its position as market leader."

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Nine who moved nine #Global100

Who moved nine places, who moved more? Was it up or was it down? The @totaltelecom Global 100 Operators report ranks the world's biggest network operators and these slides show who moved the most, plus some other useful facts and figures...

Nine who moved nine from Total Telecom

For more information from the Global 100, download your own copy from Total Telecom. 

Visualisation of the top 100 operators: #infographic

The annual Total Telecom Global 100 Operators report is stuffed full of information. This new infographic is just a snapshot. You can get loads more information by downloading the free report.

It's patently obvious

Is 2012 set to be the year of the patent? A quick search on Total Telecom reveals no less than 12 patent related news stories in the first two weeks of 2012, compared to just 5 in 2011.

With virtually every major player embroiled in some form of patent related action, you can't help but feel that there has been a shift in the telecom industry from selling products and solutions to gaining maximum possible leverage from patents that you hold, can sell or acquire. This message is certainly reinforced by headlines such as:

• Ericsson seeks to boost patent revenues
• Microsoft licenses patents to LG
• Openwave to explore strategic options for products business

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Global 100 Operators take their place

Next week's Global 100 breakfast briefing will see 50 senior telecom executives gather for the launch of the 2011 Global 100 Operators report. They will be hoping to see if there are major changes at the top (will AT&T still hold the number 1 position) and also to discover who has gone up and of course who has gone down in our popular ranking.

Global 100 Speakers

Behind the headline figures, generated for us this year by Ernst & Young, is the true story of what drives the positions and what trends are influencing the shape of the industry, and to help you understand this we have an outstanding line up of speakers and panellists ready to give their views, answer questions and share insight with those in attendance.

Speakers for this years Breakfast include:

• Andrew Edison: Regional Vice President, AT&T Europe, Middle East and Africa
• Dominic Jones: Director of Products and Marketing, Cable&Wireless Worldwide
• Damian Skendrovic: Head of Managed Services Business Unit, NTT Europe
• Adrian Baschnonga: Associate Director, Ernst & Young
• Carl Murdock-Smith: Telecoms Equity Research Analyst, JP Morgan

The session will be moderated by Steven Hartley, Principal Analyst at the Ovum Telecom Strategy Practice.

2010 Global 100

Last year it was all about the companies from the Middle east, Latin America, and Asia, so it will be interesting to see this trends for 2011, and understand the impact of the buzz topics such as cloud, content, and 4G.

Places are now very limited for this breakfast briefing which provides unmissable insight for anyone doing business with the top telecom operators or wanting to understand the drivers in the market affecting not just the top 100 but every operator, so don't miss out, REGISTER TODAY

World class #vendors to be recognised at #WVA12

Calling all telecom hardware and software companies. Entries for the 2012 World Vendor Awards are now open!

The third annual World Vendor Awards build of the success of 2010 and 2011, recognising excellence and innovation amongst the companies driving forwards the global telecom industry.

For 2012 we have a new look, new venue and most importantly a thoroughly refreshed list of categories, recognising the big issues including cloud, small cells, and revenue assurance.

The World Vendor Awards are a unique proposition, the only awards aimed solely at telecom vendors, recognising their successes and most importantly using the power of Total Telecom to promote this success to a global audience of telecom operators and service providers, the buyers of your equipment and services.

This year we are looking for even more entries, from even more companies, those who think they can do as well or better than Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Comviva, Ciena, and IMIMobile, to name just 5 of last years winners.

Now is the time to get writing, so visit the website www.worldvendorawards.com to view the categories and download the brochure.

And remember, if the successes of telecoms hardware and software companies matter to you, why not talk to us about sponsoring the 2012 awards. You will not only benefit from positioning your company as a leader in the sector, but will benefit from a fantastic marketing campaign that will position your brand to the entire global telecom industry - have a look at last years Winners Brochure to get more of an idea of who has been involved.

Finally, keep up to date with the latest in the vendor community by joining our LinkedIn group, World Class Vendors and if you are Tweeting about the awards, use the hashtag #WVA12