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Articles published in November 2006

Freed From Lockdown


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
November 30, 2006 : The consumer effect of new cellphone rule is minimal – but the long-term industry impact could be huge

Telecom IPOs Blossom in Asia/Pac


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
November 30, 2006 : With demand for telecom stocks high in the fast-growing Asia/Pacific region, at least 6 telecom-related companies will end the year with an IPO

Google Invests in Indoor Mesh


News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 30, 2006 : Sources say that Google is tapping local startup Meraki for indoor mesh coverage in Mountain View

Euro Cable Operators Splash Some Cash


LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 30, 2006 : Euro cable operator Telenet swoops on UPC's Belgian business with a €187 million acquisition, while French cable operator Numericable invests in fiber access and channel-bonding gear

Motorola, Cisco Win Mesh Deals


News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
November 30, 2006 : Motorola inks major deal with BT in the UK, while Cisco will unwire Albany and North Singapore

Motorola, Cisco Win Mesh Deals


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 30, 2006 : Motorola inks major deal with BT in the UK, while Cisco will unwire Albany and North Singapore

Farewell, Lucent


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (40)
November 30, 2006 : We tapped some industry mavens to find out their thoughts on the end of Lucent as an independent company

Poll: Lucent Faces Bigger Cull


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
November 30, 2006 : Light Readers believe Alcatel-Lucent will cut more jobs than the 10%projected back in April, with most of the cuts coming from the Lucent side, according to the results of our latest poll

Google Invests in Indoor Mesh


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
November 29, 2006 : Sources say that Google is tapping local startup Meraki for indoor mesh coverage in Mountain View

Spirent Directors: Back Us or We Quit


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 29, 2006 : Test vendor calls an Extraordinary General Meeting for December 22, and two board members say they will quit if shareholders back activist investor Sherborne's attempt to take control of the board UPDATED 6:00 PM

Nokia's Slim Pickings for 2007


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 29, 2006 : Finnish vendor is hoping that new thin phones will trigger a US renaissance

Ciena, Infinera Push 100-GigE


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (30)
November 29, 2006 : A couple of recent research announcements highlight the continued push to 40- and 100-Gbit/s transport, as the supercomputing community voices its need for speed

AT&T Launches HDTV


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (2)
November 29, 2006 : Carrier crosses major hurdle in delivering a cable-beating video service, also begins shipping new Motorola set-top boxes. Rival Time Warner Cable highlights U-verse's limited availability

3Com Takes the H3C Plunge


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
November 29, 2006 : The financing remains a mystery, but 3Com has agreed to spend $882 million to acquire the remaining 49 percent of its H3C joint venture with Huawei

Time Warner Subscribers Sue


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comments (13)
November 28, 2006 : The complaint charges that the nation's second largest MSO suffered numerous service breakdowns, broke pledges to its new subscribers, and didn't offer rebates or credits for cable outages

Analyst: Suit Marks End of Alcatel/Microsoft


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (3)
November 28, 2006 : A Diffusion Group opinion piece says Alcatel's recently filed suit against Microsoft over video processing patents signals the end of the market-dominating IPTV partnership between the two

The Gorilla That Ate the Carriers


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
November 28, 2006 : With YouTube-Verizon deal, Google's appetite may just be whetted

BT Turns On 21CN, IPTV


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
November 28, 2006 : BT has hooked up the first real customers to its spanking new next-generation network, with a schoolgirl making the first 21CN call, while the carrier's IPTV service launch is set for next week

Ericsson to Buy Entrisphere?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
November 28, 2006 : Swedish trade paper suggests Ericsson could buy its GPON partner for $290M to secure a deal at AT&T. Ericsson says it's just a rumor, but analyst says such a move would be in line with Ericsson's strategy

NeuStar Buys Followap for $139M


News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 28, 2006 : More action in the mobile messaging market as NeuStar ups its IM game with Followap acquisition

NeuStar Buys Followap for $139M


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 28, 2006 : More action in the mobile messaging market as NeuStar ups its IM game with Followap acquisition

Sources: Cisco Forming IPTV 'Ecosystem'


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (10)
November 27, 2006 : Cisco is putting together a set of vendor partners to deliver an end-to-end IPTV distribution system that may include Siemens/Myrio; the move would put Cisco in direct competition with Alcatel/Microsoft

Time Warner Expands Start Over


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
November 27, 2006 : Time Warner, which introduced the Start Over product in Columbia, SC, almost exactly a year ago, is now expanding the limited time-shifting service to San Antonio, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NC, and Rochester, NY

OZ Locks Down $34M


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 27, 2006 : Why are mobile messaging startups getting so much cash from VC firms?

It's Not Easy Being Palm


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
November 27, 2006 : Despite denials, Treo-maker faces acquisition – or radical re-strategizing

Ericsson Names Top Team, Cuts Staff


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 27, 2006 : Mobile giant names 'new' management team to go with operational revamp, but there's only one addition to the top table. Between 300 and 400 jobs are being cut across the company

Ruckus Speeds Up


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 27, 2006 : Startup preps 802.11n in the home and Verizon hopes to sell location services with new phone in the post-Thanksgiving new-product roundup

T-Mobile Awards 3G Deals


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6)
November 27, 2006 : Ericsson and Nokia pick up the spoils as T-Mobile USA pushes ahead with its 3G rollout, but margins might be tight because bidding with Huawei likly brought pricing down

T-Mobile Awards 3G Deals


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 27, 2006 : Ericsson and Nokia pick up the spoils as T-Mobile USA pushes ahead with its 3G rollout

IBM Buys Another OSS Firm


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5)
November 27, 2006 : IBM is adding to its OSS portfolio with the acquisition of wireless performance management specialist Vallent, in a deal due to be announced Tuesday

Eurobites: Alcatel Spews News


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 24, 2006 : Alcatel is pumping out contract and partnership press releases, COLT has a new CEO, Tele2's CFO quits, and bankers open up their Czech books

Persistent ZTE Forms India JV


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
November 24, 2006 : Chinese equipment vendor forms joint venture with Spice Telecom parent MCorpGlobal as a way around the Indian government's objections to its expansion plans

Telcordia Up for Grabs Again?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 24, 2006 : Industry scuttlebutt suggests software giant SAP has its eyes on Telcordia, which has just won a long-standing court case in against South Africa's incumbent carrier Telkom SA

Hutch Essar Expands, Scraps IPO


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
November 24, 2006 : Indian mobile operator receives licenses to expand its network nationwide, but it's scrapping IPO plans following dispute between owners Hutchison Telecom and Essar Teleholdings

Eurobites: BT Buys Again


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 23, 2006 : BT buys another part of the Fiat empire, plus other European news snippets

Vodafone's 3G Broadband Service


News Analysis - Gabriel Brown - Post a comment
November 23, 2006 : Mobile broadband is here: New HSDPA service from Vodafone delivers 1-Mbit/s download speeds

Is Alcatel Suing over Xbox?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
November 23, 2006 : It looks like your ordinary patent suit, but the timing is close to the Lucent merger approval and the Xbox announcement of video downloads. Time to start spinning theories

Vodafone’s 3G Broadband Service


LR Mobile News Analysis - Gabriel Brown - Comments (7)
November 22, 2006 : New HSDPA mobile broadband service delivers 1-Mbit/s download speeds

Alvarion Has $15M Cellular Sell-Off


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 22, 2006 : Israeli mobile broadband player Alvarion divests its cellular biz as it plots a purely WiMax-driven future

Charter Tests Dynamic VOD Ads


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
November 22, 2006 : Staging the cable industry's biggest test yet of dynamic video-on-demand advertising, Charter Communications has begun inserting commercials freely on two VOD channels in the St. Louis metro area

FCC's McDowell: I'm No Dropout


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 22, 2006 : As the EC explains why a central European telecom regulator is needed, FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell clarifies his position regarding the AT&T/BellSouth merger vote

100-Gig Ethernet Gets Official Nod


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (33)
November 22, 2006 : A few other numbers got bandied about, but 100-Gbit/s Ethernet has been on people's minds since the IEEE Higher Speed Study Group got formed. Now, it's official

Amedia Tricks Out Gateways


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comment (1)
November 22, 2006 : By early 2007, the Amedia gateway could get beefed up with capabilities including Internet browsing, IP PBX functionality, and ultra-wideband connectivity

Dolphins De-Wire With BelAir


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
November 21, 2006 : Stadium WiFi supports largest point-of-sale network in the world

ITV Rejects $8.9B NTL Bid


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 21, 2006 : British TV company rejects NTL's $8.9 billion cash and stock bid. Other service providers say it's not necessary to own content to be successful

Poll: Vonage IPO Gets Thumbs Down


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
November 21, 2006 : It's a mixed bag as readers chime in on recent and upcoming IPOs, but one thing's for certain: They don't think Vonage compares with the rest of the crop

Taxing Times for WiFi?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 21, 2006 : Aussie government agency wins round in WiFi patent case but faces a long battle to make it pay

Links & Leading Lights 2006: In Pictures


Slide Shows - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
November 21, 2006 : Photos from Heavy Reading's pow-wow on the future of telecom and our Leading Lights Awards Dinner

Fixed/Mobile Handover Vexes Carriers


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6)
November 21, 2006 : Equipment vendors are discovering the challenges of call handover in fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) services

Fixed/Mobile Handover Vexes Carriers


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (11)
November 21, 2006 : Vendors are starting to deliver IMS-compliant technology that tackles the thorny issue of call handover in fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) services, finds a new Heavy Reading report
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