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Articles published in November 2008

Clearwire, Sprint Complete Merger


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
November 28, 2008 : They've done it! The New Clearwire has been created and has received its $3.2 billion cash injection from its big-name backers

Cable Europe Touts 100-Mbit/s Offers


LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
November 28, 2008 : Europe's cable operators are forging ahead with next-generation broadband deployments that leave DSL in the slow lane, but trade body reveals concerns about potential changes in regulation

StarHub Launches 3G Femto Service


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 28, 2008 : Singaporean operator claims world's first commercial 3G home base station service, hooking up Huawei femtos to its broadband network

Slowdown Hits Chip Giant


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 28, 2008 : Chip firm STMicro issues a profits warning for its fourth quarter, blaming a slump in demand from wireless, PC, and auto manufacturers

India Adds 10.4M Mobile Subs in October


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 27, 2008 : Mobile connections increased by 10.42 million in October, taking the total to 325.7 million, while fixed broadband lines topped 5 million

Virgin Media Weighs CDN Options


LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
November 27, 2008 : U.K. cable operator is working with two CDN players and Cisco to find the best way to deal with the growing volume of bandwidth-hungry video traffic on its network

Enablence Trims Staff


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
November 26, 2008 : The juggling act between Wave7 and Pannaway begins, as Enablence makes a minor staff cut that includes Pannaway's VP of engineering

TiVo Still Seeking Cable Payoff


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 26, 2008 : TiVo still expects cable partnerships to catalyze subscription and revenue growth, but the DVR pioneer admits Comcast's contribution 'has yet to be felt in a meaningful way'

Capex Watch: VimpelCom Cuts Back


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 26, 2008 : Russian giant VimpelCom is scaling back its capex plans for 2009, and that means reduced spending on the carrier's 3G and fiber-to-the building rollouts, where Ericsson and AlcaLu are the main vendors

Nokia On Track to Buy Symbian


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November 26, 2008 : In preparation, Nokia is porting its Qt cross-application framework to Symbian in order to draw in developers of other platforms

AlcaLu's CFO Signs Off


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 26, 2008 : It's au revoir to Alcatel-Lucent's CFO, Hubert de Pesquidoux, who will be replaced by former Solectron man Paul Tufano as the vendor's management shakeup continues

Sezmi Raises Cash, Slims Down


LR Cable News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
November 26, 2008 : A $33M round will help with a planned 2009 launch of Sezmi's IPTV-alternative service, but it comes around the same time as a reported 20 percent layoff

Tellabs Juggles GPON, Ethernet


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
November 25, 2008 : In a Light Reading interview, CEO Rob Pullen says his company had to ditch Verizon's GPON business because of the customized nature of the product

Clearwire on the Hiring Trail


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
November 25, 2008 : In these dour times, Clearwire is one company that might actually staff up some in the coming weeks and months, particularly in Texas

Cox Biz: Cable's Next Billionaire?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 25, 2008 : MSO's commercial services unit hopes to crack the $1B revenue mark through a growth strategy aimed at larger businesses and a 4G backhaul strategy

Swedes Top Euro FTTH Ranking


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
November 25, 2008 : Sweden has the highest fiber-to-the-home penetration rate in the region, but many of its fellow European nations are still struggling to ramp their FTTH rollouts and uptake

Cable Advances on Advanced Ads


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 25, 2008 : No one's ready to say cable's advanced ad ecosystem is ready to meet its public, but a CableLabs interoperability test indicates everything's moving in the right direction

Sony Drives ADB's Set-Back


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
November 24, 2008 : FCC filing reveals that CE giant has signed on to fuel a retail strategy that couples its own 'Bravia' TVs with a hideaway interactive set-top developed by ADB

Analysts: BlackBerry Storm Is a Hit


LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment
November 24, 2008 : Analysts report that Storm, the first touch-screen BlackBerry, sold more than 100,000 units over the weekend and saw long lines and delays

Gemfire Reopens Its Doors


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
November 24, 2008 : It took some wrangling with customers, but the optical components company says it's back in business after sending workers home for a couple weeks' unexpected vacation

Verizon Gets All-Digi With It


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 24, 2008 : Telco migrates its FiOS TV footprint to all-digital, meeting a condition set last year by the FCC that enabled Verizon to continue using low-end digital set-tops with embedded security

Spirent Sees Steady 2009


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 24, 2008 : A brief blip in September hasn't shaken Spirent from its ongoing financial rehabilitation, and the new group CEO is optimistic about 2009 and ready for whatever the macro economy throws up

RIM LTE Device Could Be Years Away


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 21, 2008 : Don't hold your breath for an LTE BlackBerry – it could be years away, as standards and silicon still need to be finalized

Cloakware Reveals DTA Security Plan


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 21, 2008 : Irdeto subsidiary is hawking a content protection scheme to US cable operators that aims to 'harden' the security of simple digital terminal adapters and low-end digital set-tops

Capex Watch: Expect Shrinkage in 2009


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (14)
November 21, 2008 : As one operator slashes its planned spending by nearly 30 percent, Infonetics predicts a 2 percent fall in global carrier capex in 2009, with no growth until 2011

Entone CEO: Set-Tops Are Dead


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November 21, 2008 : But Steve McKay also explains why that reality won't sink Entone, in this LRTV interview

Chipping Away at Cisco's ASR 9000


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (15)
November 21, 2008 : It turns out there's a good reason some analysts believed Cisco would use its own QuantumFlow chip in the ASR 9000: Cisco apparently wanted them to

Novafora/Transmeta Faces Scrutiny


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 21, 2008 : Deal could be in for a bumpy ride as class action suit claims the dowry Novafora is paying for Transmeta's hand, not to mention all that intellectual property, is unfair

Level 3 P2Ps With Pando


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
November 20, 2008 : Level 3's CDN is chosen to support peer-assisted delivery of NBC Direct

Amino Snaps Up IPTV Assets


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 20, 2008 : British set-top box player adds customers, revenues, and technology with the acquisition of Swedish firm Tilgin's IPTV business for $3.6 million

I Can See Clearwire Now


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (8)
November 20, 2008 : And no obstacles in my way! Shareholders approve 'new' Clearwire deal, opening the way for the deal to finally close on Dec. 1

Charter: We Still Dig Digeo


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 20, 2008 : MSO says testing of Digeo's new CableCARD-based HD-DVR in 'final stages,' and discounts rumor that Charter eventually will phase out Digeo's Moxi hardware and software platform

First Look: RIM Storm From Verizon


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 20, 2008 : The much anticipated iPhone competitor from RIM finally arrives on Verizon's 3G network, with a notable tactile difference in touch-screen technology

ADB Develops Tru2way 'Set-Back'


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
November 19, 2008 : Although some CE giants are developing flat panel sets that bake in tru2way, at least one of them plans to market an out-of-the-way digital box from ADB

T-Mobile Sets LTE Requirements


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (5)
November 19, 2008 : T-Mobile outlined its top cost and technical requirements for 4G mobile broadband technology LTE at the LTE World Summit in London

TeliaSonera Converges With RAD


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
November 19, 2008 : TeliaSonera opts for unified IP backhaul deployment in Finland, putting its faith in RAD to backhaul voice as well as data traffic

Ericsson Makes Packet-Optical Play


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (7)
November 19, 2008 : Swedish giant unveils new packet-optical transport product to target network transformation projects and provide transport support for its Redback edge routers

Microtune Amps Up the Upstream


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 19, 2008 : Firm rounds out its silicon 'front end' for Docsis 3.0 modems with a new amp that can push speeds to 120 Mbit/s and provide competition to Anadigics in this category of wideband components

Operators Eye LTE Metro Femtos


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
November 19, 2008 : Femtocells look set to play a crucial role in future 4G LTE deployments as operators express interest in metro femtos

Internet2, ESnet Want Their 100-Gig


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
November 18, 2008 : The research networks are pressuring their vendors for a 100GE answer, and the vendors are seizing the chance eagerly

Verizon & Velocix Team Up for CDN Services


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November 18, 2008 : Verizon will use Velocix's caching equipment to introduce content distribution services aimed at getting content owners better access to its broadband customers

JDSU Swallows Circadiant


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
November 18, 2008 : JDSU adds 'real-world' optical test capabilities to its portfolio with the acquisition of signal test specialist Circadiant, which specializes in stressing SFP+ transceivers

China Mobile Preps LTE Network


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (5)
November 18, 2008 : China Mobile says it is already planning for an LTE deployment as it designs and rolls out its 3G TD-SCDMA network and targets 2010 for a commercial launch of the 4G technology

Novafora Snaps Up Transmeta


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
November 18, 2008 : Quiet video processing startup helmed by the founders of what was Terayon comes out of hiding with a $255M offer to acquire Transmeta and its coveted power-management technologies

Nokia CEO: Symbian Is Catalyst for US Market


LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment
November 17, 2008 : Compared with Google's fledgling Android operating system, Symbian's 10 years of solid development will let it capture more US handsets, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo says

Limelight Chooses FastSoft


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comment (1)
November 17, 2008 : Limelight deploys FastSoft's E Series Internet accelerators to speed delivery of large files

Comcast Rolls Wideband in the Pacific Northwest


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
November 17, 2008 : MSO closes in on 2009 deployment commitments for Docsis 3.0 by introducing speedier Internet services to systems in Washington and Oregon that serve a combined 1.8M video subs

Tellabs Adds a CTO


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
November 17, 2008 : New chief exec Rob Pullen continues his remake of Tellabs by reinstating the CTO's office and recruiting Vikram Saskena out of Sonus

Emerging Markets Offer Capex Hope


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
November 17, 2008 : As markets and companies shrink in the face of a deepening economic crisis, there are signs of continued growth, spending, and international expansion in the so-called emerging markets

Cable ONE Seeks Hi-Def DTA Waiver


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 17, 2008 : Mid-sized MSO formally files a condition-laden waiver request at the FCC that seeks a blessing for a new one-way digital-to-analog adapter that's capable of producing high-definition TV signals
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