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Sprint last week announced a managed e-mail filtering service called Sprint E-mail Protection. The service filters out viruses, malicious code, spam, denial-of-service attacks and mail bombs. Customers don't have to deploy specific gear or software at their sites, but redirect their e-mail records to Sprint's network. Sprint has deployed software from Trend Micro and Sophos at its Internet data centers that filter all e-mail traffic before it hits a corporate user's network. Sprint would not give more pricing information.

Global telecom revenue is growing at 6% per year and will rise from around $1 trillion this year to $1.3 trillion in 2007, according to a report by Pyramid Research. Growth rates will differ widely from region to region and between different countries in each region, according to Pyramid. Revenue in emerging markets is growing three times faster than in developed markets - 12% compared with 4% - and vendors need to have a focused strategy for those high-growth markets, particularly China, India and Russia, Pyramid said. In 2007, Asia-Pacific will be the biggest market with 35% of telecom revenue, ahead of North America's 30% and Western Europe's 19%.

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Sprint last week announced a managed e-mail filtering service called Sprint E-mail Protection. The service filters out viruses, malicious code, spam, denial-of-service attacks and mail bombs. Customers don't have to deploy specific gear or software at their sites, but redirect their e-mail records to Sprint's network. Sprint has deployed software from Trend Micro and Sophos at its Internet data centers that filter all e-mail traffic before it hits a corporate user's network. Sprint would not give more pricing information.

Global telecom revenue is growing at 6% per year and will rise from around $1 trillion this year to $1.3 trillion in 2007, according to a report by Pyramid Research. Growth rates will differ widely from region to region and between different countries in each region, according to Pyramid. Revenue in emerging markets is growing three times faster than in developed markets - 12% compared with 4% - and vendors need to have a focused strategy for those high-growth markets, particularly China, India and Russia, Pyramid said. In 2007, Asia-Pacific will be the biggest market with 35% of telecom revenue, ahead of North America's 30% and Western Europe's 19%.

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