MWC briefs: Arieso; Acision, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Redknee

Global mobile operators could save $500 million (€371 million) in 2011 through careful planning of the location of new base stations network management software provider Arieso claims.
 
Mobile data services provider Acision has scored a major deal to deploy messaging infrastructure for Telefonica’s latin American division.
 
Alcatel-Lucent has teamed with Verizon Wireless in demonstrations of LTE technology covering multi-player gaming and live video conferencing to a moving vehicle in the US.
 
Ericsson and Akamai Technologies have allied to create products that speed up deployment of mobile cloud technologies. The pair aim to improve the quality of m-commerce services, enterprise applications and Web access.
 
Alternative mobile services firm Viacloud will deploy Redknee billing and customer care solutions on a new operation being established in the UK.