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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment November 28, 2006 : With YouTube-Verizon deal, Google's appetite may just be whetted
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
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
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
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
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
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
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment November 27, 2006 : Why are mobile messaging startups getting so much cash from VC firms?
LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment November 27, 2006 : Despite denials, Treo-maker faces acquisition – or radical re-strategizing
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment November 23, 2006 : BT buys another part of the Fiat empire, plus other European news snippets
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
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
LR Mobile News Analysis - Gabriel Brown - Comments (7) November 22, 2006 : New HSDPA mobile broadband service delivers 1-Mbit/s download speeds
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
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
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
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
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
LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment November 21, 2006 : Stadium WiFi supports largest point-of-sale network in the world
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
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
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
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
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
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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