Asia Looking to Leapfrog in Big Data

By Dutch Trader: With the European sovereign debt crisis dragging on, European telcos are struggling. In all the cases, continued economic challenges in their main markets, plus heightened competition among telcos and between telcos and over-the-top players have been largely to blame.

Dan Rayburn submits: Over the past two years, more than a dozen telcos and carriers have entered the CDN space, all with the strategy of re-selling or partnering with a pure-play CDN provider like Akamai (AKAM) or Limelight (LLNW).

By Qineqt:In this report, we have picked out various global telecom companies, post their earnings releases, and analyzed how they compare with U.S. telecom companies like AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ).

ByB&T Capital:I have been following LeapFrog Enterprises (LF) for quite some time now. LeapFrog has a fascinating history. Last week, LeapFrog beat analyst expectations by $.11, but shareholders appeared disappointed and fled the stock, leaving it in the red during the next trading session. Why do some shareholders have outsized expectations in the stock? How can we make sense of such a confusing performance?

Operators have also slammed the telecom department’s justification that the financial support was being sought as the state-owned telcos serve govt’s social agenda.

The U.S. ambitions of two Chinese telecom firms received a setback after U.S. lawmakers urged Americans to stop doing business with them. But experts said the two telcos can limit the damage by becoming more transparent about their operations.

The worldwide smartphone market will grow nearly 50 percent this year and Google's Android will take over as the leading operating system, a technology market research firm said Tuesday.International Data Corp. (IDC) said smartphone vendors are expected to ship more than 450 million smartphones in 2011 compared to 303.4 million last year.IDC said the smartphone market will grow more than four times faster than the overall mobile phone market as consumers and enterprise users upgrade their basic handsets to smartphones with advanced features.