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7/29/2010  -  Neil Berkett downplays the DSL threat as UK MSO preps a 100-meg Docsis 3.0 tier and sets the intro of TiVo-powered video services
Most Recent Post: Ray Le Maistre... Berkett is enjoying it while he can.... currently he has the superior product and a network he doesn't have to wholesale....
7/29/2010  -  Handset sales are still down, but the vendor is predicting that smartphones will help spur sales for the rest of the year
Most Recent Post: SReedy... I think that's because it's a "secret tablet!" The rumor mill says Moto will have a tablet based on Android 3.0, the forthcoming...
7/29/2010  -  As expected, Juniper gets IP/Ethernet/MPLS/EPC domain slot at AT&T, and it's joined by Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco
7/29/2010  -  French vendor (formerly Thomson) lands home gateway deal at Verizon, extends at Comcast, and updates on its financials
7/29/2010  -  Demand is soaring for network-based threat resolution that keeps 'dirty' traffic out of the enterprise
Most Recent Post: SReedy... I bet a lot of it is just for the perception of security too, just like privacy measures. It is important people believe...
7/29/2010  -  Arris warns of a CMTS purchasing slowdown just as Docsis 3.0 CPE shipments begin to speed up
7/29/2010  -  Although late to the market, carrier believes managed service that integrates with other conferencing options will sell
7/28/2010  -  With its acquired base of Nortel DMS-10s and support for older Siemens switches, GenBand is targeting Tier 2 and Tier 3 IP migrations
Most Recent Post: FatherTime... Thanks for the added info.  Metaswitch migrated our EWSD and DCO switches with automated tools to handle the routing...
7/28/2010  -  Following earlier delays, the vendor's CableCARD-powered PC-TV tuners are now poised to reach US shores by the middle of next week
7/28/2010  -  New rules are issued for testing and clearance of foreign technology, but operators face enormous fines if security breaches are discovered
Most Recent Post: bergea... Indian operators, licensees and their foreign  vendors may want to take a more careful look at these rules and procedures...
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NEW DELHI: Tulip Invests in Qualcomm Unit - 7/30/2010
PARIS: AlcaLu Reports Q2 - 7/30/2010
SINGAPORE: SingTel Offers iPhone 4 - 7/30/2010
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PLANO, TX: Microtune Posts Q2 - 7/29/2010
CARLSBAD, CA: MaxLinear Reports Q2 - 7/29/2010
SANTA CLARA, CA: Rovi Posts Q2 - 7/29/2010
TAOYUAN, TAIWAN: HTC Reports Q2, New Management - 7/29/2010
CHATSWORTH, CA: MRV Unveils Fiber Driver - 7/29/2010
DALLAS: AT&T Picks AlcaLu - 7/29/2010
PARIS: AlcaLu Wins IMS Deal - 7/29/2010
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Jeff Baumgartner
Everyone Hearts the Tuning Adapter!
Jeff Baumgartner
7/29/2010  -  5:10 PM Tired of hearing complaints about the much-maligned tuning adapter? Some Cox subs seem downright giddy about them
Most Recent Post: Jeff Baumgartner... Should mention that some of those complaints have come after the install, but they are complaints just the same.  No...
Ray Le Maistre
Missing Mobile
Ray Le Maistre
7/29/2010  -  2:05 PM What would BT be like if it still had a mobile operation?
Most Recent Post: Phil Harvey... Relevant. Interesting. The list goes on and on.
Sarah Reedy
Opera’s Not-So-Mini Success
Sarah Reedy
7/29/2010  -  11:30 AM Opera’s alternative browser: 1 billion served per day
Most Recent Post: SReedy... In semi-related, altnerative success stories, independent app store GetJar has reached 3 million downloads per day. It's...
Jeff Baumgartner
Even Steven
Jeff Baumgartner
7/29/2010  -  11:00 AM Cedar Point starts to reach parity overseas
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Erin Barker
Amazon Announces Cheaper Kindle
Erin Barker
7/29/2010  -  10:20 AM Amazon targets mass market with $139 e-book reader
Most Recent Post: SReedy... The Kindle is almost getting low enough to be an impulse purchase. Throw in the promised Kindle App Store and I'm there.
Paul Rainford
Euronews: July 29
Paul Rainford
7/29/2010  -  9:35 AM It's a results bonanza in today's charcuterie of European telecom news nibbles
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ANALYST NOTES
Stan Hubbard, Senior Analyst
Thanks to Carrier Ethernet's compelling value, the market continues to grow at a good clip despite the sluggish global economy
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SMBs Key Market for SIP Trunking
Denise Culver
Despite lingering questions about QoS, enterprises are becoming more comfortable with SIP trunking as a low-cost alternative to legacy telecom services
Cable Dreams in 3D
Competitive pressure from telco-TV and satellite video rivals is pushing US cable operators to move forward with deployment of some 3DTV services
Pyramid Points
Jose Magana (Analyst)
Broadband should become cheaper and more widely available in Mexico as the results of the 1.7-2.1GHz auctions are announced.
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New Product Recap: June 2010
Tim Hills
Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from last month
New Product Recap: May 2010
Tim Hills
Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from last month
Telecom Market Spotlight: Latin America
Tim Hills
Latin America looks set to embrace smartphones and pay-TV video on demand
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Companies
Alcatel-Lucent (6338), AT&T (3212), BellSouth (850), BT (1384), Cablevision (743), Cisco (6427), Comcast (2304), Cox Communications (1004), Deutsche Telekom (874), eBay (Skype) (359), Ericsson (2053), France Telecom (1039), Google (1063), Huawei (1406), Intel (1844), Juniper (2251), Microsoft (1714), Motorola (3126), Nokia Siemens Networks (2834), Nortel (4042), NTT (201), Siemens (1362), Sprint (2127), Telefonica (575), Time Warner Cable (1118), Verizon (3807), Vodafone (1872), Yahoo (353)

4G/LTE (Sponsored by Cisco)
3G Evolution (355), Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (264), Carrier WiFi (2753), CDMA (3G) (3848), China Mobile (77), Core Network (846), EV-DO (290), Femtocells (601), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (143), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (238), GSM/EDGE (2540), HSDPA/HSUPA (866), IMS Core (130), Long-Term Evolution (LTE) (1376), Messaging (145), Messaging (328), Mobile Advertising (196), Mobile location (114), Mobile Music (162), Mobile TV (323), Mobile Video (356), Mobile WiMax/WiBro (2120), Mobile/Wireless (7076), Municipal networks (111), Packet Core (181), Presence management (47), Radio Access Network (2956), Services (2783), TD-SCDMA (Chinese 3G) (148), Transmission (112), Ultra-Mobile Broadband (UMB) (79), UMTS(3G) (505), Video services (4464), Videophone (202), Vodafone (1872), Voice Core (96), VOIP software (739), WiMax (1214), Wireless Backhaul (584), Wireless LAN (389)

Broadband
Access devices (299), Access equipment (2296), Access technologies (2458), Access test & measurement equipment (133), Broadband loop carriers / multiservice access nodes (422), Cable Modems (820), Carrier WiFi (2753), Content/software downloads (251), Docsis (1301), DSL (2666), DSL chips (247), DSLAMs (711), Ethernet PONs (174), Femtocells (601), Free-space optics (39), FTTx (4057), Home gateways (715), Internet Video (1214), IPTV (3754), Media adapters (29), Microsoft (1714), PON (1586), Satellite (576), Video services (4464), VOD (2992), Yahoo (353)

Cable
Access equipment (2296), Access technologies (2458), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (802), Cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) (1208), Cable Modems (820), Cable/MSO equipment (2900), CableLabs (573), Cablevision (743), Comcast (2304), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (315), Cox Communications (1004), Digital content (1375), Digital rights management (410), Docsis (1301), DVRs (832), Embedded multimedia terminal adapters (E-MTAs) (249), FTTx (4057), Gaming consoles (77), Head-ends (269), Home gateways (715), IPTV (3754), Media adapters (29), Middleware & business support systems (1050), Network DVR (130), PacketCable (139), PON (1586), QAM (354), Residential (874), Set-top boxes (1916), Stored video servers (420), Time Warner Cable (1118), TV (4368), Video equipment (2589), Video services (4464), Video software (1486), VOD (2992), VOIP services (3943), Wavelength services (336)

Ethernet
10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1487), 100-Gbit/s Ethernet (363), Access devices (299), Ciena (98), Circuit emulation (17), Converged access (129), Ethernet chips (614), Ethernet equipment (2424), Ethernet over copper (249), Ethernet PONs (174), Ethernet services (2089), Ethernet technologies (635), Ethernet test & measurement equipment (192), Multipoint (163), Multiservice edge equipment (152), Multiservice provisioning platforms (630), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (382), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (271), Point-to-point (177), Powerline (93), Resilient Packet Ring (173), Sonet/SDH (1062), Tellabs (31), Wireless Backhaul (584)

IP & Convergence
Activation (440), Anti-virus (38), B-RASs (234), Billing systems (850), Cell/WLAN (85), Centrex (203), Circuit emulation (17), Conferencing (155), Contact centers (38), Content delivery network (CDN) (442), Content/software downloads (251), Converged access (129), Core Network (846), Customer relationship management (364), Data Integrity (162), Denial-of-service attacks (61), Edge routers (1775), Element management systems (106), Encryption (171), Endpoint security (97), Enhanced voice (103), Enterprise (676), Fault management (143), Firewalls (134), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (843), GMPLS (78), IMS (1160), IMS Core (130), Interactive advertising (298), Internet Video (1214), Intrusion detection & prevention (119), Inventory management (233), IP equipment (1324), IP software (417), IPSec VPN (865), Layer 3 VPNs (231), Media gateways (386), Mediation systems (280), Messaging (145), Middleware (139), Mobile/Wireless (7076), MPLS (1827), Multicast (39), OSS (3552), OSS test & measurement (1150), Performance monitoring (461), Planning tools (109), Policy control (385), Presence management (47), Product Management (99), Provisioning (662), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (133), QOS (362), Residential (874), Revenue assurance & fraud management (424), Security (1991), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (384), Service management (331), Service-oriented architectures (345), Services (2783), Session border controllers (423), Signaling gateways (122), SIP (431), Softswitches (1132), SSL VPN (927), Telepresence (242), Traffic managers (861), URL filtering (78), User authentication (96), Video services (4464), Videophone (202), VOIP equipment (3519), VOIP services (3943), VOIP software (739), VOIP test & measurement equipment (149), VOIP VPNs (32), Web services (152), Wholesale (241), Wireless LAN (389), Wireline/Wireless (70), XML (53)

Mobile Backhaul
10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1487), 100-Gbit/s Ethernet (363), Access devices (299), Cell/WLAN (85), China Mobile (77), Circuit emulation (17), Converged access (129), Core Network (846), Ethernet equipment (2424), Ethernet over copper (249), Ethernet PONs (174), Ethernet services (2089), Ethernet technologies (635), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (143), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (843), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (238), IMS (1160), IMS Core (130), Mobile/Wireless (7076), Optical amplifiers (356), Packet Core (181), Point-to-point (177), QOS (362), Speciality fiber (105), Tellabs (31), Transceivers (1314), Transmission (112), Transmission fiber (424), Vodafone (1872), Voice Core (96), Wavelength services (336), WiMax (1214), Wireless Backhaul (584), Wireless LAN (389), Wireline/Wireless (70)

Optical Networking
40-Gbit/s transmission (504), Alcatel-Lucent (6338), ATM switches (334), Core optical switches (777), CWDM (294), DWDM (1882), Ethernet technologies (635), Huawei (1406), Long-haul WDM equipment (731), Metro optical switches, ROADMs (1228), Metro WDM equipment (830), Multiservice edge equipment (152), Multiservice provisioning platforms (630), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (382), Multiservice switches (400), Mux/demuxes (304), Optical amplifiers (356), Optical channel monitors (96), Optical components (2913), Optical components test & measurement equipment (124), Optical equipment (2424), Optical switches & crossconnects (407), Optical technologies (455), Optical test & measurement equipment (910), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (271), PON (1586), Resilient Packet Ring (173), Sonet/SDH (1062), Sonet/SDH chips (365), Sonet/SDH test & measurement equipment (1602), Switches & OADMs (428), Transmission fiber (424), Variable optical attenuators (143), Wavelength services (336)

Service Provider IT
Activation (440), Anti-virus (38), Application servers (208), Billing systems (850), Carrier managed (178), Cloud computing (270), Content/software downloads (251), Customer relationship management (364), Data Integrity (162), Denial-of-service attacks (61), Digital content (1375), Element management systems (106), Encryption (171), Endpoint security (97), Fault management (143), Firewalls (134), Grid networking (94), IMS (1160), IMS Control Layer (41), IMS Service Layer (43), Interactive advertising (298), Intrusion detection & prevention (119), Inventory management (233), IP software (417), IP technologies (1535), IPSec VPN (865), Managed Services (128), Media gateways (386), Mediation systems (280), Messaging (328), Middleware (139), MPLS (698), MPLS (1827), OSS (3552), OSS test & measurement (1150), Performance monitoring (461), Planning tools (109), Policy control (385), Product Management (99), Provisioning (662), QOS (362), Revenue assurance & fraud management (424), Security (1991), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (384), Service management (331), Service-oriented architectures (345), Services (2783), SSL VPN (927), Telepresence (242), URL filtering (78), User authentication (96), Vendor managed (123), Web gateways (71), Web services (152), XML (53)

Video (Sponsored by Cisco)
Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (264), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (802), Cable TV chips (339), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (315), Content protection (392), Digital rights management (410), DVRs (832), Gaming consoles (77), Internet Video (1214), IPTV (3754), Middleware & business support systems (1050), Mobile TV (323), Network DVR (130), P2P (276), Satellite (576), Set-top boxes (1916), Stored video servers (420), Telepresence (242), TV (4368), Video equipment (2589), Video services (4464), Video software (1486), Videophone (202), VOD (2992)

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