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Articles published in November 2009

Charter Leaves Chapter 11


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 30, 2009 : Despite protests by some lenders, the MSO is now poised to shave $8 billion of its debt load and apply for a new Nasdaq listing

Rogers Unboxes 'TV Everywhere'


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 30, 2009 : MSO offers 1,000 hours of content, but access is limited to Canadian Internet connections and governed by broadband usage policies

Nortel: 'Tis the Season for More Bonuses


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
November 30, 2009 : What's another $7.5 million among friends?

NSN Targets Greater Market Share


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 30, 2009 : Nokia Siemens is looking to gain back some of its lost market share now that it has built a more secure financial footing

Mediacom to Wear Speed King Crown


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
November 30, 2009 : MSO poised to become US cable's new Docsis 3.0 speed king with the expected launch of a new broadband service called 'Ultra 105'

Infineon & Nokia Team Up for LTE Chips


LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment
November 30, 2009 : Infineon announced it's partnering with Nokia to create chips for next-gen mobile broadband

Reding Replaced as Europe's Telecom Watchdog


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 27, 2009 : Viviane Reding, the scourge of Europe's carriers, is being given a new role at the European Commission, but her replacement is just as formidable

India Adds 16.7M Mobile Lines in October


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 27, 2009 : On average, 538,000 new mobile lines were added each day in October, suggesting India will reach 500 million mobile connections before December

Policy Players Prosper


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
November 26, 2009 : Policy management specialists are picking up new business, profiting from demand, and preparing for greater demand from the mobile sector

Virgin Presses 'Play' for On Demand Ads


LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 26, 2009 : U.K. cable operator is going live with a dynamic advertising platform that inserts relevant adverts into on demand TV streams

DPI Vendors Eye Integration


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (12)
November 26, 2009 : Standalone appliances still dominate the DPI market, but that trend could soon start to change, according to a new Heavy Reading report

BT, Qwest Surf Service Creation Wave


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
November 26, 2009 : Partners to demo 'federated catalog' approach at Management World Americas in Orlando, but business processes still a challenge

European Carriers Catch M&A Fever


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 25, 2009 : Europe's service provider landscape is changing yet again as operators merge, sell units, and consider ownership options

Cable ONE Seeks $50 HD Box


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
November 25, 2009 : Huawei, Echostar, and others apparently see a chance to crack the US cable market, as Cable ONE tries to squeeze down the price of its HD set-top

OpVista Gets Another Go


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
November 25, 2009 : The reborn OpVista, now named Vello Systems, seems to be adding some new twists to its optical system

Clearwire Grabs $920M More Funds


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 25, 2009 : With $920M in new debt financing, Clearwire says it now has more than enough money to cover 120M people by the end of 2010

Ericsson Buys Nortel's GSM Biz Too


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
November 25, 2009 : Ericsson bags more Nortel mobile assets as the Swedish giant and Austria's Kapsch CarrierCom win in Nortel's GSM and GSM-R asset auction

Nortel: What's Left on the Shelf?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 25, 2009 : With the GSM and Metro Ethernet Networks business units offloaded, and more than $2.9B banked, what's left for Nortel to flog?

IBM Targets Telcos' Apps Dev Needs


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 25, 2009 : China, Malaysia, and South Africa host IBM's new telecom service creation centers, while the IT giant teams with Comverse in France

Virgin Presses 'Play' on TiVo


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 25, 2009 : TiVo's on board as the exclusive middleware supplier and user interface for boxes that will key on broadband video convergence

Google Clicks With TiVo


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
November 24, 2009 : DVR data deal will reveal more about the tendency toward ad-skipping, but TiVo and Google are confident the new insight will help advertisers create more effective ads

Joost Sells Off Scraps


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
November 24, 2009 : The assets and final fate of the once-promising broadband video player are now in the hands of a UK-based online ad company

AT&T: Healthcare Embracing Telepresence


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
November 24, 2009 : Industry's desire to reduce travel costs and increase collaboration drives the demand, AT&T says

AlcaLu Turns Apps Broker


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
November 24, 2009 : Alcatel-Lucent is acting as the bridge between apps developers and operators with an initiative called Open API, with Sprint already on board

France Fires Up Femtocells


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
November 24, 2009 : French mobile operator SFR launches consumer 3G femtocell service with Ubiquisys

Nortel's MEN: Winners & Losers


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
November 23, 2009 : Ciena prevailed in the tussle to land Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks division, but does that make it a winner?

Charter Bankruptcy Exit Hits a Speed Bump


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 23, 2009 : A batch of lenders and stockholders are urging a New York judge to stay the bankruptcy order so they can mount an appeal

Verizon Pushes Deeper Into Tele-Medicine


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
November 23, 2009 : Verizon's new Telehealth Collaboration Services aim to make video conferencing a major tool for medical professionals

Verizon Portal Makes Paperless Push


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
November 23, 2009 : Verizon Enterprise Center gets billing upgrade that delivers more details and easier payment options – and more trees in the ground

Ruckus & the Revenge of Metro Wireless


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 23, 2009 : Ruckus says 802.11n can help reduce the cost of metro-mesh, and it has a deployment in Mumbai to show us how

Ciena Beats NSN to Buy Nortel's MEN


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
November 23, 2009 : Ciena outbids Nokia Siemens in weekend-long auction process, paying $769 million for Nortel's optical and Ethernet assets

Roku 'Store' Opens With 10 Channels


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
November 23, 2009 : Roku's new store starts off with 10 Internet-fed channels, but the company's lineup still lacks content from a major content provider

RadioFrame's Mystery Femto Buyer


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 20, 2009 : Some unknown company has already bought up RadioFrame's femtocell assets. Could it be Broadcom?

Calix Files for an IPO


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (29)
November 20, 2009 : This is not a drill. Repeat: This is not a drill

Harmonic Goes Lite for Cable IPTV


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
November 20, 2009 : Adding to the cable IPTV fray, Harmonic's seeking support for Docsis Lite, an architecture requiring new CMTS and edge QAM software

MTS Exec: Partners, Processes Key to Success


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 20, 2009 : Senior exec at Russian giant MTS says carriers need to focus on partnership management and internal processes to succeed in the Internet world

Moto Snaps Up RadioFrame Assets


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
November 20, 2009 : Motorola is buying into cheaper, low-power iDEN technology

Stoke Scores Second DoCoMo Deal


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
November 20, 2009 : The mobile gateway company claims it's getting quite a fan base in Japan – and in Europe, too

FCC Wants Faster Cell Tower Reviews


LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment
November 19, 2009 : FCC rules to set limit on how long local governments can review applications for new towers

Telstra Amps Up Its HFC


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 19, 2009 : Cable upgrade lets Telstra offer 100-Mbit/s downstream services to 1M homes in Melbourne and provides a pipe for its broadband DVR

Sezmi Founder: We'll Replace Cable & Satellite TV


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
November 19, 2009 : Phil Wiser says Sezmi has the strategy to win against the traditional TV guys as well as Boxee and other over-the-top video service providers

Cisco: Set-Top Data Could Boost 'TV Everywhere'


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
November 19, 2009 : Cisco says a closer look at how consumers are digesting video on set-tops will aid programmers and ad agencies as TV viewing goes increasingly mobile

Telcordia Promises Relief From Dumb Pipe Syndrome


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
November 19, 2009 : OSS provider believes broadband service providers can capitalize on their customer data to deliver more value

Sequans Gets VC for LTE


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
November 19, 2009 : AlcaLu and Moto lead LTE-focused round for chip designer Sequans UPDATED 9:50 AM

BT, Polycom Go Deep on Video Integration


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
November 18, 2009 : Polycom breaks new ground with software collaboration and global support for BT's managed videoconferencing service

Open Access Enters FCC Dialogue


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
November 18, 2009 : The possibility of open access is re-awakening as the FCC considers ways to improve US broadband access

China's $10B Backhaul Bonanza


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
November 18, 2009 : China's three mobile operators are splashing out on backhaul equipment to keep up with their 3G network deployments, finds a new Unstrung Insider report

APAC Operators Commit to LTE


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 18, 2009 : As SingTel chooses vendors for multiple LTE trials, NTT DoCoMo focuses on its LTE launch, and China Mobile preps a TD-LTE pilot

PicoChip Bags $20M, Plans IPO


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
November 18, 2009 : PicoChip lands $20M from existing investors and plans an initial public offering in 2011

Policy Matters to Mobile Broadband Operators


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
November 18, 2009 : Policy control and deep packet inspection are hot topics for mobile broadband service providers in the virtual and 'real' worlds
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