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Articles published in January 2011

Intel's Billion-Dollar Mistake


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
January 31, 2011 : Costly flaw found in support chip for Sandy Bridge, a new processor that will deliver protected HD streams to tablets and other devices

Rumor: Akamai Got Kicked Out of France


LR Cable Rumors - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
January 31, 2011 :

Android Dethrones Symbian Globally


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
January 31, 2011 : For the first time in 10 years, Symbian is not the global OS leader. Google has taken the crown, and the regime of Android will rule in 2011

Amazon May Target Netflix With Streaming Tilt


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
January 31, 2011 : Elsewhere: Comcast's staying in Philly, Charter bumps broadband speeds, bidding for Germany's Kabel BW heats up and Boingo's IPO may bounce

Chongqing Telecom Creates a Wi-Fi Ruckus


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
January 31, 2011 : A unit of China Telecom will roll out more than 4,000 Wi-Fi nodes to blanket China's largest province with indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi coverage

PrimeSense Makes a Cable Kinect-tion


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
January 31, 2011 : The company behind the Kinect device for the Xbox 360 says at least one US MSO will deploy its gesture-based technology this year

Huawei Annual Revenues Hit $28B


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
January 31, 2011 : Chinese vendor puts its unaudited 2010 revenues at $28 billion, not far behind market-leader Ericsson

Euronews: Jan. 31


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
January 31, 2011 : The Egypt situation, Telenor versus VimpelCom, and the data deluge top the bill in today's roundup of headlines from the EMEA region

OpenWave Amps Up Browser Apps


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
January 31, 2011 : Vendor announces Amplicity, a development platform on which operators can offer browser-based mobile apps

10G Ethernet Switches Pass the Test


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
January 31, 2011 : Tests by analyst Nick Lippis show that 10GE switching is truly entering a new phase of development

Docomo Pours $426M in LTE Capex


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
January 31, 2011 : Japanese giant sets out its LTE growth plans for the next four years as it reports its latest financials

Comcast, NBCU Seal the Deal


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
January 30, 2011 : Former Comcast COO Steve Burke takes the helm of NBCU after Comcast sews up its $30B deal to take control of the media giant

LightSquared Grabs More Spectrum, Customers


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
January 28, 2011 : LTE startup speeds up next phase of its spectrum agreement with Inmarsat, and hopes to reveal its wholesale customers soon

Brocade's Data Center Hunt


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
January 28, 2011 : 3:05 PM Brocade's Victor Garcia gets ready to build data centers in Europe and India

OS Watch: Samsung Tabulates a Record Quarter


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
January 28, 2011 : Samsung's riding the success of its Android Tab, ZTE has displaced RIM in handset shipments and CostCo gets the Atrix in this week's OS digest

Infinera's Looking at a Tough 2011


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (31)
January 28, 2011 : Jilted 40G might have its revenge, as Infinera's downbeat forecast looks like it could last a while

Bracing for the Comcast-NBCU Clincher


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Comment (1)
January 28, 2011 : Reactions are pouring in ahead of the Comcast-NBCU closing, including takes on the new logo, the expected culture shock and the cable perks

Will Verizon Kick Off a Cloud Feeding Frenzy?


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
January 28, 2011 : Acquisition of Terremark could send other global service providers seeking global data center assets

Will Concurrent Wield Its New nDVR Weapon?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
January 28, 2011 : Vendor scores a key nDVR patent tied to the rapid ingest of video. But what's next? Licenses or lawsuits?

NSN 'Has No Interest' in Huawei IPR


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
January 28, 2011 : As it looks to close its acquisition of Motorola unit, Nokia Siemens responds to Huawei's action against Moto

Euronews: Jan. 28


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
January 28, 2011 : Egypt shuts down the Internet, Nokia takes Ovi Maps to China and NSN spruces up O2 in today's roundup of telecom news in the EMEA region

Egypt Unplugs From the Internet


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
January 28, 2011 : Reports say the country appears to have deliberately severed its ISPs from the global Internet, while mobile operators have suspended services

ZTE Sees Mobile Growth in the US & Europe


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
January 28, 2011 : Chinese vendor is targeting the US and Western Europe for an onslaught of low-cost, Android-based smart phones

Microsoft WP7 Shipments Start Slow


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (3)
January 27, 2011 : Company shipped 500,000 Windows Phone 7 devices in December. That's a lot, but the growth is nowhere near Android's quickening pace

Verizon Taps Terremark for $1.4B


News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
January 27, 2011 : Verizon aims to advance its enterprise cloud-computing story with a rare acquisition

Netflix Shames ISPs


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
January 27, 2011 : Netflix rankings of US and Canadian ISPs raises the question: Does your ISP suck?

TW Cable Has 15,000 WiMax Subs


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
January 27, 2011 : MSO to continue investing in wireless while acknowledging the early results 'are not very impressive and pretty inconclusive'

AT&T's Answer to the Verizon iPhone: Android & Friends


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
January 27, 2011 : AT&T says the Verizon iPhone could make smart-phone sales in the early in the year 'volatile,' but is confident it will grow its base in 2011

ZTE Increases Annual Sales by 17%


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
January 27, 2011 : 2010 preliminary numbers show a near 17% boost in revenues for the Chinese vendor

Tellabs Could Seek Optical Redemption


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
January 27, 2011 : It's been a long wait for another optical transition, and Tellabs has a chance not to blow it this time

Hulu: 'Virtual MSO' in the Making?


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
January 27, 2011 : Elsewhere in cable land: Canoe expands interactive ad footprint and some DirecTV subs may miss Super Bowl

AT&T Plans Slight Capex Dip in 2011


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
January 27, 2011 : Spending on wireless to go up, but overall capex to go down

Elop Promises Nokia Will Change Faster


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
January 27, 2011 : Handset maker's market share drops in the fourth quarter, as its new CEO urges the company to change faster and teases a new OS for Nokia

Stimulus Winners Get Active With Ethernet


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (26)
January 27, 2011 : Rural telcos are bypassing GPON to build 'future-proof' networks that deliver bigger bandwidth punch over longer distance

Netflix Fears by-the-Byte Tiers


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
January 27, 2011 : Netflix is growing by leaps and bounds, but the specter of ISPs charging by volume remains a big worry

Signs of Growth at NSN


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
January 27, 2011 : Equipment vendor reports an increase in fourth-quarter and full-year revenues and a significant reduction in operating losses in 2010

TM Forum Brings 'Sanity' to SP Clouds


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (3)
January 27, 2011 : The TM Forum wants service providers to adhere to best practices for cloud computing to avoid 'confusion and intimidation'

Euronews: Jan. 27


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
January 27, 2011 : Nokia's profits fall as BSkyB's profits rise, Level 3 adds in Europe and Everything Everywhere does mobile money in today's regional news digest

Moto Hangs in Mobility Limbo


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
January 26, 2011 : Moto Mobility's first earnings report as an independent company were so-so as it waits for its new advanced devices to hit the market

LightSquared Confident in Q3 Launch Schedule


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
January 26, 2011 : Says it needs to work with FCC and industry to test for interference among its L-Band base stations and GPS receivers without sufficient filtering

FCC Lets LightSquared Pass 'Go'


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
January 26, 2011 : But the nascent 4G provider must work with the agency to ensure that its hybrid satellite system doesn't interfere with GPS and other systems

New Bill Gives Net Neutrality Some Teeth


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
January 26, 2011 : Sen. Cantwell's bill looks to shield the FCC's rules from court challenges while applying a stricter ban on pay-for-priority access

Rumor: RIM Bringing Android Apps to QNX


LR Mobile Rumors - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
January 26, 2011 :

Netflix Turns Up Heat on HBO


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
January 26, 2011 : Elsewhere: Comcast close to clinching NBCU, Epix builds app for connected TVs, and Demand Media's IPO goes gangbusters

SK Telecom Picks LTE Vendors


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
January 26, 2011 : Korean mobile carrier selects three LTE equipment suppliers

Virtela's New CEO Brings Apps Expertise


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
January 26, 2011 : Jagadeesh intends to accelerate new strategy based around delivering outsourced IT services through local cloud centers

Apple to Support China Mobile's LTE?


LTE TDD News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
January 26, 2011 : China Mobile chairman says that Apple is 'moving forward' to support domestic 4G standard in future models

Juniper's Stratus, Falcon Go Beta


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
January 26, 2011 : This is supposed to be the year for both projects. So far, so good

Patent Troll Targets Cable's Big Guns


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
January 26, 2011 : Pragmatus AV goes after six major MSOs, including Comcast, TW Cable and Cox, over claims they are infringing on patents tied to VoD

Euronews: Jan. 26


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
January 26, 2011 : Ericsson modernizes at O2 UK, Swisscom does Davos and KPN brings home the (Dutch) bacon in today's roundup of Euro telecom news headlines
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