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Articles published in January 2007

Time Warner Perks Up


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
January 31, 2007 : Subscribership grew for Time Warner Cable in Q4, although VOIP growth remained down from 2005

Reliance Boasts Profit Growth


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
January 31, 2007 : Indian mobile carrier Reliance beats analysts' expectations with a 198% increase in third-quarter net income; confirms plans for FLAG Telecom IPO

Sybase: 25B Mobile Messages in '06


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
January 31, 2007 : Interoperator carrier doubles SMS and MMS delivery from 2005

Crunch Time for Newport


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
January 31, 2007 : Session border controller vendor Newport Networks is losing key executives, is nearly out of cash, and still doesn't have the big win it craves

Tekelec Switching Faces Gallows


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (31)
January 31, 2007 : Stock falls 5 percent as one analyst downgrades Tekelec on fears the company could shut down its ailing switching business in the absence of a buyer

Vodafone Tops 200M, Talks M&A


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
January 31, 2007 : Mobile giant now has more than 200 million subscribers, but says it won't overpay for a controlling stake in Hutchison Essar to add the Indian carrier's 23 million users to its customer base

Juniper Talks Up 2007


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
January 31, 2007 : After reporting a respectable fourth quarter, company officials predict further growth in 2007, though expenses are expected to rise along with revenues this year

Moto Promises WiMax Phones in '08


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
January 31, 2007 : No. 2 handset vendor works with TI for devices to coincide with Sprint's WiMax launch

AT&T Vendors Sing Merger Blues


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (7)
January 31, 2007 : Access vendors like Tellabs and Adtran blame the AT&T merger for poor fourth-quarter numbers, but the carrier's aggressive fiber access transition plans may be an underlying cause, analysts suggest

Comcast Appeals CableCARD Ruling


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
January 30, 2007 : With a stinging appeal, Comcast Corp. has made good on its threat to challenge the FCC's upcoming ban on integrated digital cable set-top boxes

Sprint Expands 'Rev A'


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
January 30, 2007 : Three new markets, higher speeds for wireless broadband network

Digium Grows Up


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
January 30, 2007 : Asterisk creator Mark Spencer will become CTO as the provider of the open-source PBX recruits a former Adtran exec to take the helm

TowerStream's Seattle Speakeasy


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
January 30, 2007 : Biz-focused WiMax operator grabs the wireless assets of one-time network rival

Alcatel-Lucent Unveils IPTV Strategy


LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
January 30, 2007 : Alcatel-Lucent benches its internal developments, including Lucent's MiViewTV platform, and is sticking with Microsoft's technology as its go-to-market IPTV service delivery package

Opnext Unveils IPO Details


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
January 30, 2007 : Public listing on Nasdaq set to value profitable optical components vendor at up to $930 million

Time Warner to Expand Start Over


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
January 29, 2007 : Time Warner Cable intends to extend the young service to another dozen markets by the end of the year, tripling its reach to 18 markets

Surveys: Internet Traffic Touched by YouTube


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (11)
January 29, 2007 : Internet video now a bigger piece of network traffic than P2P file-sharing as carriers keep tighter controls on bandwidth usage

Verizon Sees Lower Profits in Q4


News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
January 29, 2007 : But Verizon Wireless keeps pace with Cingular, adding over 2 million new subs in Q4 2006

Verizon Sees Lower Profits in Q4


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
January 29, 2007 : But Verizon Wireless keeps pace with Cingular, adding over 2 million new subs in Q4 2006

One Console, Many Networks


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
January 29, 2007 : AirWave debuts new management software for hybrid WiFi/mesh/WiMax deployments

Tech Roundup: MIMO Hits WiMax


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
January 29, 2007 : The smart antenna technology goes metropolitan in this week's new technology roundup

DT Issues Profit Warning


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
January 29, 2007 : Tough domestic market forces German giant Deutsche Telekom to scale back its earnings forecast for 2007

MSOs Switch Digital Gears


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
January 26, 2007 : Big North American cable operators, eager to save bandwidth and clear space for advanced video and broadband services, are beginning to roll out switched digital broadcast technology

MRV Buys Fiberxon, Preps IPO


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (14)
January 26, 2007 : Fiberxon's IPO dreams are coming true, sort of, as the company is getting acquired and joining the spinoff of MRV's Luminent subsidiary

Sports Battle Looms for IPTV


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
January 26, 2007 : Telco TV players may look to exclusive – and expensive – sports programming in their battle against cable and satellite players, a new Heavy Reading report suggests

Handsets Break 1B Mark


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
January 26, 2007 : IDC says holiday sales and developing markets drove handset growth past 1 billion units in 2006

France Telecom: 'More IPTV, Please'


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
January 26, 2007 : French incumbent, with 600,000 telco TV users, wants other carriers to join with large IPTV deployments to increase selection of vendors

Decentral.tv Joins Video Fray


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
January 26, 2007 : Decentral.tv hopes its upcoming video sharing platform, kyte, will unite mobile users and Web users in real-time

Motorola's WiMax Wait


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
January 26, 2007 : It could be years before the networking vendor sees a profit from WiMax deployments

Treos Gets Microsoft Push


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
January 25, 2007 : Palm adds Direct Push to native OS

Google's Powerline Play


LR Mobile News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
January 25, 2007 : Interference on the muni WiFi network has Google looking at a powerline option, an analyst says

Google's Powerline Play


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (4)
January 25, 2007 : Network interference in the homes of Google muni WiFi users has the search giant looking at a powerline home networking solution from Spanish vendor DS2, one analyst believes

AT&T Reports Healthy Q4


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (3)
January 25, 2007 : Q4 profits rose 17 percent over the same quarter last year; meanwhile, AT&T asserts its further committment to deploying FTTN technology

Mangrove Closes Its Doors


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
January 25, 2007 : A third startup wasn't the charm for Jonathan Reeves, whose Mangrove Systems is shutting down operations and looking for a buyer

Iskratel Partners for IPTV Package


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
January 25, 2007 : Slovenian vendor has licensed some IPTV middleware assets and assembled a set of partners to take a complete IPTV package to carriers in Central and Eastern Europe

Nokia's Profits Up 16%


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
January 25, 2007 : Sales in developing markets propel the No. 1 handset maker to a record-breaking quarter

Piconi Packs His Bags


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
January 25, 2007 : One of Lucent's most charismatic senior executives, former VP of broadband solutions Rob Piconi, is out the door at Alcatel-Lucent and is now warming a presidential seat at test vendor Spirent

The Perils of Being Slim


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
January 25, 2007 : How Motorola's reliance on its popular RAZR line helped hasten its downturn

RGB & EGT Go to the Edge


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
January 25, 2007 : With the cable industry increasingly obsessed with delivering advanced video services, RGB Networks and EGT are bringing out new network edge products to help MSOs process all the services and content elements

Cingular Earnings Nearly Quadruple


News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
January 25, 2007 : Adding 2.4 million subscribers, Cingular enjoys 'best-ever' quarter

Cablevision Switches With BigBand


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comment (1)
January 24, 2007 : In a clear sign that switched digital broadcast has arrived in the cable business, Cablevision Systems has rolled out the technology in its huge New York area cable system with BigBand Networks

Sources: Nortel Planning IPTV Acquisitions


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5)
January 24, 2007 : Industry sources say Nortel is shifting its IPTV strategy away from partnerships and more towards technology ownership, with acquisitions to come soon

Cisco Discloses IOS XR Flaw


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
January 24, 2007 : Cisco has found plenty of denial-of-service vulnerabilities in IOS, but this time, it's got one that's specific to the newer IOS XR software

Microsoft Adds Three for IPTV


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
January 24, 2007 : Microsoft, with Alcatel, has added IPTV customers at Magyar Telekom and Slovak Telekom, which are in full deployment, and Beijing Netcom, which is in trials

ZTE Resells Ciena Gear in China


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
January 24, 2007 : Ciena's CoreDirector is getting its passport stamped more often these days thanks to a year-old OEM relationship with ZTE

Cingular Earnings Nearly Quadruple


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
January 24, 2007 : Adding 2.4 million subscribers, AT&T unit enjoys 'best-ever' quarter

Broadcom's $2.2B Confession


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
January 24, 2007 : The chip firm's stock-options investigation racks up $2.2B in post-tax restatements, with former CEO Henry Nicholas taking the blame for a 'tone and style' that let it all happen

Bharti Sees Big Q3 Profits


LR Mobile News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
January 24, 2007 : India's largest mobile operator beats analysts' expectations with a 123% increase in net profits

Cable Confronts Bandwidth Crunch


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comments (23)
January 24, 2007 : Cable operators and equipment suppliers, alarmed by an explosion in bandwidth use over the last couple of years, are now drawing up plans to boost capacity at both the headend and plant levels

Palm Offers Subscription Model


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
January 23, 2007 : Bundled with services from Movero, Treos at $30 per month
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