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Articles published in October 2010

Fiber, Copper Cap a Wild Week for Backhaul


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
October 29, 2010 : Three announcements reach three different conclusions about what this booming market needs

BBWF 2010: Paris in Pictures


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
October 29, 2010 : Ericsson, ADVA, Lantiq, and liquid refreshments feature in our snaps from this year's Broadband World Forum in Paris

Javelin Wants Cisco, Moto to Tap Out


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
October 29, 2010 : Vendor tries to break the Moto-Cisco duopoly – on cable taps, not set-tops and conditional access systems

OS Watch: Android's Fragmentation Makes Friends


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
October 29, 2010 : Learn how to embrace the frag, be a cheap Android user, find MeeGo on the market, and more in this week's OS rundown

Euronews: Oct. 29


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
October 29, 2010 : Belgacom, Telenet, and Tieto are in the roll call of today's Euro telecom news digest

Why Broadcom Bought Beceem


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Post a comment
October 29, 2010 : 6:00 AM Broadcom is doing its part to make LTE as cheap as chips

3G Heralds Managed Services Shift in India


News Analysis - Gagandeep Kaur - Comment (1)
October 28, 2010 : 3G deals in India are opening up managed services opportunities for Huawei and ZTE, while Alcatel-Lucent appears to have lost its edge

Who Should Be in LR's Hall of Fame?


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (24)
October 28, 2010 : Pick five and let us know who you think should be our first crop of Light Reading Hall of Famers

Moto Looks to Diversify, Build on Android Success


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
October 28, 2010 : Coming off its first quarter of profitability in three years, Moto is looking to diversify its handset and market strategy

Arris Rides Docsis Roller Coaster in Q3


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
October 28, 2010 : Shipments of Docsis CPE hits a three-year high as demand for wideband modems accelerates, but CMTS shipments reaches a two-year low

Networks Wary of Lofty 3D Production Costs


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Comments (2)
October 28, 2010 : Add yet another item on the list of things that could slow down the 3DTV train: high production costs

Mobile Bar Codes & Beyonce


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
October 28, 2010 : 7:00 AM Marketers bet on mobile bar codes, but will consumers?

Euronews: Oct. 28


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
October 28, 2010 : Huawei, France Telecom, Virgin Media, and Alcatel-Lucent are the names to watch in today's Euro telecom news digest

Qwest Reshapes Wireless Backhaul


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (4)
October 27, 2010 : Death to RFPs? Qwest's Adaptive Broadband would let operators dial bandwidth up, calling up fiber or copper resources as necessary

Comcast Loses 275K Video Subscribers in Q3


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8)
October 27, 2010 : MSO shed 275,000 basics in Q3 as it continues to invest in and expand its content distribution network

Device Watch: T-Mobile Gets Galaxy Tab Sans HSPA+


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
October 27, 2010 : T-Mobile will carry the Galaxy Tab for $399; the white iPhone is delayed again; and PlayStation goes mobile in today's device roundup

Sprint Gives 'Leapfrog' Details


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
October 27, 2010 : CEO Hesse says that multimodal strategy will have financial benefits in 2012 and that the operator has 4G alternatives to Clearwire

Carlyle Snaps Up CommScope for $3.9B


LR Cable News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
October 27, 2010 : CommScope is on the verge of going private after agreeing to be bought out by The Carlyle Group in a deal valued at $3.9B

BBWF 2010: DT Pushes Out FTTH Timeline


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
October 27, 2010 : FTTH rollout timetable has slipped a bit as CTO talks of a broad mix of broadband technologies and Deutsche Telekom's SPIT challenges

Option Drops Complaints Against Huawei


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
October 27, 2010 : Belgian firm asks European Commission to close investigations into Chinese wireless modem imports as it reaches agreement with Huawei

CableLabs, Studios Back TV Everywhere Registry


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
October 27, 2010 : Comcast and Rovi also behind project that will apply universal ID codes to millions of video titles and a variety of device formats

BBWF 2010: Ghost in the Machine?


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
October 27, 2010 : At the Broadband World Forum show in Paris, 'Phantom DSL' is all the rage

Juniper Preaches Smartphone Security Services


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
October 27, 2010 : Lack of security on mobile phones is giving operators a rare chance for a killer managed service, Juniper thinks

Broadcom to Buy Femto Chip Startup for $86M


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
October 27, 2010 : Broadcom's buyout of Percello will add to its LTE and home base station capabilities, and take it into competition with PicoChip

Euronews: Oct. 27


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
October 27, 2010 : Everything Everywhere, Virgin Media, and Telenor are playing the numbers game in today's roundup of Euro telecom news bites

Verismo Gives Cable an OTT Weapon of Its Own


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (11)
October 26, 2010 : MSOs attacking other MSOs with subscription video services? Crazier things have happened

Test Shows FiOS Handles Two-Way 10Gig


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
October 26, 2010 : Field test of XG-PON prototype at Elks Lodge in Massachusetts shows existing FiOS deployment can deliver symmetrical 10G service

Sprint Tackles Browser-Based Apps


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
October 26, 2010 : Carrier sees the browser as a way to circumvent fragmentation, but what it gains in ubiquity, it could lose in functionality

Telx Early to Ethernet Exchange Expansion


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
October 26, 2010 : Exchange provider ahead of schedule with five US locations now live, also announces nine new service provider customers

RIM Shows Off PlayBook Tablet


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
October 26, 2010 : But the question of price still looms large

BBWF 2010: Euro Vendor Joins WDM-PON Fray


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
October 26, 2010 : The WDM PON market is set to get bigger this week when a European optical transport vendor announces its next-generation PON strategy

Comcast's TV Everywhere Play Breaks Out of Beta


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
October 26, 2010 : PC-locked Xfinity TV service goes wide with 150,000 'video choices,' allowing cable TV customers to access it via third-party ISPs

Photos: SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2010


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
October 26, 2010 : A visual recap of last week's big cable show in the Big Easy

The Terabit Ethernet Chase Begins


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
October 26, 2010 : UC Santa Barbara used no new funding to create its Terabit center, instead pooling grants to work on Ethernet's next speed grade

BBWF 2010: Adtran Rethinks FTTX Economics


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
October 26, 2010 : Claiming the economics of FTTH can't work for more than half a telco's territory, Adtran has another way to provide 100Mbit/s symmetric services

Euronews: Oct. 26


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
October 26, 2010 : NSN, Alcatel-Lucent, and KPN head up today's Euro telecom news digest

BBWF 2010: NSN Takes DSL to 825 Mbit/s


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
October 26, 2010 : More encouragement for copper fans as Nokia Siemens Networks unveils its Phantom DSL solution that hit speeds of 825 Mbit/s

Bharti Plans Pan-India 3G Launch This Year


News Analysis - Gagandeep Kaur - Comment (1)
October 26, 2010 : Market leader Bharti Airtel says it is all set to roll out pan-India 3G services before the end of 2010

BBWF 2010: Coming Down the Pipe


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
October 26, 2010 : What can we expect during this week's Broadband World Forum in Paris?

G.hn Chips Away at Product Promises


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
October 25, 2010 : Sigma Designs is first to announce a G.hn chipset, but don't expect to see the home-networking technology in action until mid-2011

Sprint's Galaxy Tab in a Subsidy Orbit


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
October 25, 2010 : $400 subsidized Samsung tablet undercuts the $600 Verizon offering but will be around $40 more expensive over the two-year contract UPDATED 10/26 4:25 PM

CommScope Rockets on Takeover Talks


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
October 25, 2010 : CommScope's stock jumps more than 30% after confirming that private equity firm wants to take vendor private for almost $3B

Erasing the Cybersecurity Doom Map


Rewired - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
October 25, 2010 : 10:30 AM Cybersecurity measures can be as simple as changing how the outside plant is labeled. The obvious thing to do? Don't be so obvious

LightSquared's First Device: SuperMiFi


LR Mobile Rumors - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
October 25, 2010 : Secretive LTE wannabe wants to combine its planned proto-4G connections with a souped-up WiFi hotspot

Euronews: Oct. 25


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
October 25, 2010 : It's all kicking off in Paris, broadband wise, while Teliasonera and Colt are also making their presence felt in today's Euronews

BBWF 2010: Top 10 Topics


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
October 23, 2010 : What are the hot topics at this year's Broadband World Forum in Paris? Here's our guide

4G's Money Problem


Rewired - Carol Wilson - Comments (4)
October 22, 2010 : Even at this late date, service providers haven't been clear about how they'll make back their 4G investment

OS Watch: Apple Beats RIM, Verbally & Actually


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
October 22, 2010 : Apple surpasses RIM in Q3 and talks trash on Android, but consumers say Google is best, in this week's OS Watch

Cable Seeks Answers for IP Video


The Bauminator - Post a comment
October 22, 2010 : 10:25 AM At Cable-Tec Expo, it's clear that MSOs want to migrate to IPTV, but the when and how of it remain up for debate

4G World: Faster 3G in US – Charting HSPA+


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
October 22, 2010 : Even if LTE is now here in the US, multi-megabit HSPA+ 3G is unlikely to be left in the dust anytime soon
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