Spending on LTE infrastructure will peak this year, and already vendors like Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent are feeling the pinch as major customers in north America, Japan and elsewhere complete the bulk of their 4G roll-outs. Of course there will be new contracts to win, including continuing spend in China and the prospect of large Indian deployments, as well as steady expansion in Europe, including Russia, and Latin America. However, many carriers in those regions are focusing on modernization or step-by-step LTE migrations, rather than big-bang, big-buck projects like those in north America. This means there will be pressure on the vendors to seek revenue growth elsewhere. Some of this effort will be focused on non-infrastructure businesses such as managed services.…