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Articles published in November 2007

IPO Alert: Broadview Files Its S-1


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
November 30, 2007 : The New York state-based service provider is looking to raise up to $287.5 million from the public markets

Slideshow: Ethernet Expo Warsaw


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 30, 2007 : Pics from the Future of Carrier Ethernet event in Warsaw

Brenner Defends OpenCable


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 30, 2007 : Cable's side in the plug-and-play battle got a forum at CableNext, where the NCTA sang the benefits of OpenCable over DCR+

Google Confirms 700MHz Bid


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 30, 2007 : Google finally says it will bid on 700 MHz spectrum in another move that pushes the US towards an 'open access' future

Zander Steps Down as Moto CEO


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 30, 2007 : With COO Greg Brown taking the helm in January, Motorola could be in a position to consider sell-offs or even a breakup, analysts think

COLT Surges on AT&T Bid Talk


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 30, 2007 : Pan-European Ethernet services operator COLT sees its share price leap more than 16 percent on talk of a takeover bid by AT&T, which has been looking to boost its presence on the Old Continent

Yassini's New Gig


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 30, 2007 : Rouzbeh Yassini, the father of the cable modem, is moving from consulting into research, starting a think tank that will tap areas beyond broadband access

AT&T Parties Like It's 1999


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
November 29, 2007 : CEO Randall Stephenson speaks on bandwidth demand, regulation, and why AT&T's wireless network is as 'open' as anybody's

BT Counters PBT Claims


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (8)
November 29, 2007 : British incumbent denies claims that its PBT cost case is unraveling, and says initial deployment issues in Italy are nothing unusual

Qwest Delivers IPTV Confusion


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (2)
November 29, 2007 : More and more people are talking about Qwest's plans to deliver IPTV. Oh, except for the company's CEO

Telkom Slumps as Talks Dissolve


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 29, 2007 : South African incumbent's valuation takes a whack – as does its fixed-line strategy – as takeover talks with MTN and Vodafone fall through

Russia's VimpelCom Ups Revenues


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
November 29, 2007 : Russian mobile operator VimpelCom, one of the top emerging markets carriers, reports 43.7 percent rise in Q3 revenues and 70.7 percent growth in profits

Verizon Goes LTE


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
November 29, 2007 : Verizon will go global in 2010 with 4G standard LTE - that's bad news for CDMA maven Qualcomm, but good news for Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, and others

Comcast Closes In on 100 Mbit/s


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 29, 2007 : MSO to have Docsis 3.0 infrastructure in place in 20 percent of footprint by end of '08, but early offerings will focus on faster downstream speeds while upstream tech plays catch-up

Telecom Italia's CEO, Chairman Quit


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 29, 2007 : The Italian incumbent's new owners are set to install a new top management team after the chairman and CEO announced their decisions to step down as of December 3

VOD, TEF Invest in Mobile Ad Startup


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (3)
November 28, 2007 : Vodafone and Telefonica invest in mobile advertising startup Amobee

ZTE Aims to Boost IMS


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
November 28, 2007 : Company demos interoperability that could help service providers bring together disparate OSS systems, making fixed/mobile convergence easier to trot out

Sycamore Disappoints, Looks Ahead


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (6)
November 28, 2007 : Sycamore misses Wall Street revenue estimates for the second quarter in a row, and CEO urges investors to take a 'long-term perspective'

AlcaLu: The Network Integrator


News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (5)
November 28, 2007 : AlcaLu reveals strategy for its services business and looks to non-carrier customers for growth

Moto Muni: So Much for the City


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 28, 2007 : Public safety is where it is at for mesh networking now, according to Motorola, which says that up to 75% of muni deals concern police and emergency applications

FCC Demands Cable Sub Data


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 28, 2007 : Chairman Kevin Martin is forced to compromise on '70/70' findings. To ensure an accurate count, FCC calls on cable to provide subscriber data within 60 days 'under penalty of perjury'

Carrier Scorecard: T-Mobile


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
November 28, 2007 : T-Mobile's strong growth in the US and UK markets balances out losses in Germany and Austria

PBT Cost Claims Questioned


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (31)
November 27, 2007 : Ethernet Expo debate in Warsaw raises questions about the costs of deploying PBT as an alternative to MPLS in metro network rollouts

Gigle Takes Home $20M


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
November 27, 2007 : Laughing all the way to the bank, Gigle rakes in $20M more as it prepares to launch a home networking chip that runs on powerline, phone lines, or coax

Fujitsu Leads in Verizon RFP


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
November 27, 2007 : Analysts say Fujitsu's Flashwave 9500 is well positioned to win as a second source for Verizon's packet optical RFP

Thomson Markets 100-Mbit/s Modem


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 27, 2007 : Supplier unveils 'pre' Docsis 3.0 modem powered by Broadcom silicon, but has yet to say when upstream channel bonding will be added to the product's feature set

Verizon Tears Down the 'Walled Garden'


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (6)
November 27, 2007 : Verizon's open access move breaks away from the traditional cellular model in the US. That's bad news for Sprint, great news for device and software vendors

Verizon Goes 'Open'


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 27, 2007 : Carrier will allow 'any device' and 'any application' on its network in 2008

Moto Expands 'CablePON' Strategy


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 27, 2007 : As it nears field trials in early '08, initial focus is on cable's 'RF Over Glass' project, with a longer-term play aimed at GPON systems tailored for MSOs

Cisco Cleans House in Brazil


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
November 26, 2007 : An investigation into potential fraud has led to the sacking of Cisco's VP of Latin America sales

CableLabs Spec Brings SDV to the Masses


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 26, 2007 : CableLabs, along with TiVo and other vendors, target 2008 for the introduction of special adapters that can feed 'switched' programming to some inherently one-way digital TVs, set-tops, and DVRs

Carrier Scorecard: Orange


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
November 26, 2007 : Growth for France Telecom's mobile business, especially in Spain and the UK, raises its grade this quarter

DPI Market Set for Mobile Ramp


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (13)
November 26, 2007 : Light Reading Insider report sees mobile operator demand for deep packet inspection ramping up in next few years and overtaking fixed operator demand by 2011

Vendors Eye Euro Ethernet Hotpot


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 23, 2007 : Central and Eastern Europe is ripe for Carrier Ethernet-based metro network developments as broadband uptake grows and carriers launch capacity-hungry services such as IPTV, say infrastructure players

BSNL Lines Up GSM Options


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
November 23, 2007 : Indian operator's $875M GSM equipment deal could be put back out to tender, or offered to Ericsson or any number of other mobile gear vendors, if its deal with Nokia Siemens isn't concluded soon

Poland's Dialog Tunes in to IPTV


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 22, 2007 : Polish operator Telefonia Dialog is about to launch its IPTV service in an effort to snatch broadband customers from incumbent TP, which is taking its own telco TV offering into many more towns and cities

AlcaLu Tops 2007 Turkeys List


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
November 22, 2007 : Four quarters of misery earn AlcaLu the dubious distinction of topping Light Reading's 2007 Top 10 Turkeys list

B&S Names Its Storage Turkeys


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 22, 2007 : Our sister site Byte & Switch has named its own Top 10 Turkeys of 2007, with the lengthy power-down at data center facilities provider 365 Main among its chief warblers

Arqiva Talks WiMax NetCo


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
November 22, 2007 : UK WiMax and mobile TV spectrum auctions are likely to spawn new business models like the mobile NetCo

Unstrung's Top Five Wireless Turkeys


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 21, 2007 : The five most spectacular mobile flameouts of the year, all bundled up in a tasty Thanksgiving treat

Should Infinera Go Metro?


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (9)
November 21, 2007 : Analysts say the company has a bright future ahead, and could expand in the metro market while looking for a Tier 1 win

Sources: Google Taps 10GigE ODMs


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
November 21, 2007 : Word's out that Google wants to build its own 10-Gig Ethernet switches, with some sources saying the online giant is checking out Taiwan's original design manufacturers (ODMs) to pin down its plans

Vendors Ride First Docsis 3.0 Wave


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 21, 2007 : Five vendors have submitted a total of six products for Docsis 3.0 testing, Cable Digital News has learned. But it's questionable that simply being first will translate into lucrative volume deals

Euro Scorecard: Another 'A' for Telefónica


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
November 21, 2007 : Carrier scorecards are in for European wireline carriers, and Deutsche Telekom is still sinking while France Telecom is on the rise

RIM's Touching New BlackBerry Plans


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 20, 2007 : Canadian device maker is rumored to be prepping a new operating system and touch-screen handset to take on Apple, Google, and others in 2008

Ericsson Predicts Weak Q4


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
November 20, 2007 : Stocks in telecom slump as Ericsson says its Q4 revenues could be on the low side, adding that network builds are 'tightening' in some regions

Cable Finds FCC Allies


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 20, 2007 : FCC commissioner shares cable's position on '70/70' stats, and openly questions the credibility of data Chairman Kevin Martin may use in effort to impose new regulations on the US cable industry

BSNL Plans $750M WiMax Splash


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
November 20, 2007 : Indian operator issues WiMax equipment tender worth $750 million to cover one sixth of Indian population, but the licenses and the spectrum policy still have to be issued

Aria Tunes Into PBT


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
November 20, 2007 : Startup adds PBT support to its network planning and management suite in response to demand from vendors and a Tier 1 carrier, joining Gridpoint and Soapstone in a key carrier Ethernet niche sector

Verizon Keeps 100-Gig Promise


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (4)
November 19, 2007 : In a field trial using Alcatel-Lucent equipment, the carrier sends 100-Gbit/s of live FiOS TV traffic between Tampa and Miami
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