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11/23/2009  -  Lost in the RFoG?
  • Who's in it?
  • What are they up to?
    • by Tim Hills
    11/23/2009  -  Ciena outbids Nokia Siemens in weekend-long auction process, paying $769 million for Nortel's optical and Ethernet assets
    11/20/2009  -  Some unknown company has already bought up RadioFrame's femtocell assets. Could it be Broadcom?
    by Dan Jones
    11/20/2009  -  Adding to the cable IPTV fray, Harmonic's seeking support for Docsis Lite, an architecture requiring new CMTS and edge QAM software
    Most Recent Post: goundan... "As for the edge QAM itself, Docsis Lite proposes using an IPTV-optimized unit that costs around $200 per unit plus another...
    11/20/2009  -  Senior exec at Russian giant MTS says carriers need to focus on partnership management and internal processes to succeed in the Internet world
    11/20/2009  -  Motorola is buying into cheaper, low-power iDEN technology
    by Dan Jones
    11/20/2009  -  The mobile gateway company claims it's getting quite a fan base in Japan – and in Europe, too
    by Craig Matsumoto
    11/19/2009  -  Cable upgrade lets Telstra offer 100-Mbit/s downstream services to 1M homes in Melbourne and provides a pipe for its broadband DVR
    11/19/2009  -  Phil Wiser says Sezmi has the strategy to win against the traditional TV guys as well as Boxee and other over-the-top video service providers
    by Steve Donohue
    11/19/2009  -  Cisco says a closer look at how consumers are digesting video on set-tops will aid programmers and ad agencies as TV viewing goes increasingly mobile
    by Steve Donohue
    11/19/2009  -  OSS provider believes broadband service providers can capitalize on their customer data to deliver more value
    by Carol Wilson
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    PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Reups With TV Guide Network - 11/20/2009
    BRISTOL, UK: Nanotech Gets Band Back Together - 11/20/2009
    SAN MATEO, CA: SureWest Announces Broadband Web Portal - 11/20/2009
    ISLANDIA, NY: CA Completes NetQos Buy - 11/20/2009
    ROSH HA'AYIN, ISRAEL: TTI Reports Q3 - 11/20/2009
    MINNEAPOLIS: ADC Reports Q4 - 11/19/2009
    ST LOUIS: Suddenlink Reports Q3 - 11/19/2009
    ENGLEWOOD, CO: Liberty Shareholders OK DirecTV Spinoff - 11/19/2009
    PARIS: Thomson Goes to Tahiti - 11/19/2009
    TORONTO: Aradial Updates Policy Controller - 11/19/2009
    ATLANTA: IBBS Hires SMB Czar - 11/19/2009
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    Jeff Baumgartner
    Cable Catchup
    Jeff Baumgartner
    11/20/2009  -  4:40 PM Costly CableCARDs, Charter inching closer to an exit, cable FTTP without all the mess, and more
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    Ray Le Maistre
    CA, NetQoS Exchange Vows
    Ray Le Maistre
    11/20/2009  -  10:10 AM Shock news - IT vendor displays sense of humor
    Most Recent Post: chosek... No, not at all, we were just the ones who put the wedding album together!  
    Craig Matsumoto
    TV Everywhere, Money Nowhere
    Craig Matsumoto
    11/19/2009  -  5:25 PM What does cable really get out of Internet TV?
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    Jeff Baumgartner
    SCTE Trims as It Realigns
    Jeff Baumgartner
    11/19/2009  -  4:55 PM Society releases two VPs as it looks to strengthen its engineering core
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    Erin Barker
    Facebook Makes Big Video Gains
    Erin Barker
    11/19/2009  -  11:10 AM Site is now third, behind only YouTube and Hulu, in streams
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    Ray Le Maistre
    Are ECI & Sonus an Item?
    Ray Le Maistre
    11/19/2009  -  10:20 AM New industry tie-up in the making
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    Columns
    3G in China: Backhaul Bonanza
    Xuefei (Michael) Peng
    The concurrent arrival of 3G and 'beyond 3G' mobile networks, mobile data services, and all-IP networks is putting much higher demand on mobile backhaul in China
    SIP Trunking Fuels UC Movement
    Denise Culver
    SIP trunking may finally provide the push that unified communications has needed to achieve widespread acceptance. The many benefits SIP trunking provides for carriers and enterprises make it only a matter of time before this service becomes extremely disruptive to traditional telecom providers.
    Free Reports
    Who Makes What: RFoG Systems
    Tim Hills
    Lost in the RFoG?
  • Who's in it?
  • What are they up to?
    • New Product Recap: October 2009
    Tim Hills
    Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from last month
    Telecom Market Spotlight: Europe II
    Tim Hills
    What's up (and down) in Europe
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    Daniel Locke (Senior Analyst)
    In the next five years, smartphones will represent the majority of new handsets sold and spur a shake-up in market leaders.
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    This report outlines and forecasts the backhaul market in mainland China, and explores and analyzes the current backhaul arrangements and future plans of China's three major operators: China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom. It also presents a comprehensive analysis of 10 backhaul technology suppliers in mainland China.
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    Business Services to Drive WiMAX Success in AME Markets
    WiMAX adoption in Africa and the Middle East is growing at one of the fastest rates globally. By year-end 2009, we expect WiMAX to contribute about 2% of total fixed broadband subscriptions in AME. Deployments are based on a range of business models, from subsidized rural connectivity schemes to fully customized connectivity.
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