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Articles published in November 2012

Photos: Cable Business Services NYC


Slide Shows - Comment (1)
November 30, 2012 : Cox, Comcast, and others highlight our visual coverage of the cable business services event that happened this week in New York City

Rogers Exec Urges Cable to Interconnect


LR Cable News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (3)
November 30, 2012 : Reaching the enterprise market requires a larger footprint with more routine links among networks, but the idea is getting mixed reviews so far

Cisco Pledges SDN Openness With Cariden


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
November 30, 2012 : Laugh if you will, but Cisco insists it's been 'open' about SDN and will stay that way after its latest acquisition

Rogers VC Splashes Cash on ITV Startup


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 30, 2012 : Also: Espial eats ANT for $8M, Redbox/Verizon pricing and packaging details emerge, and Carlos Slim goes up against Netflix

Is Orange Really Innovating?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
November 30, 2012 : France Telecom-Orange has unveiled a package of 'major innovations' for its customers – but what counts as innovation these days?

Euronews: Internet Blackout in Syria


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Comments (3)
November 30, 2012 : Also in today's EMEA roundup: Telecom Italia says no to Sawiris; tough times in Portugal

Comcast: 'The Cloud Changes Everything'


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
November 29, 2012 : Tying cloud-based services with fast broadband pipes is transforming Comcast's commerical service strategy, says Comcast Business exec Kevin O'Toole

Cable Needs to Build on Business Voice Success


LR Cable News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
November 29, 2012 : Voice revenues are strong, but now is the time to step up the sale of advanced video conferencing and cloud-based services to business customers

Optical SDN Gets a Test Run


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
November 29, 2012 : The proposed Open Transport Switch gets a trial run from Infinera and ESnet, bringing software-defined networking to the optical layer

Cox Business Plots Path to $2B in Revenues


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
November 29, 2012 : Cox will focus on four key areas to hit its next revenue goal in 2016 and set the stage for other growth strategies, including acquisitions

Cisco to Spend $141M for More SDN Help


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
November 29, 2012 : The acquisition of a 12-year-old, profitable software company gives Cisco more IP and optical management tools that could boost its software-defined networking strategy

Comcast's IP-Only Set-Top Unveiled


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
November 29, 2012 : Also: Verizon settlement helps TiVo swing a healthy Q3 profit; FCC extends HD set-top deadline; Sigma Systems rolls out its CloudBroker

Cable's Cut of the Biz Services Pie to Eclipse $7B


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 29, 2012 : Business services revenues for US cable operators are growing at $1B per year, according to Heavy Reading

Photos: Mobile Network Security NYC


Slide Shows - Comments (3)
November 29, 2012 : Speakers from AT&T, Juniper, Ixia, Cloudmark, ATIS, Arbor Networks and others gather for a look at mobile network security in New York City

Euronews: AlcaLu's New BT Experience


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
November 29, 2012 : In today's news queue: Alcatel-Lucent at BT; Huawei bonds with FastWeb; Swisscom's 4G; and Telefónica Digital's latest investment

Attack Bots: The Social Media Threat to 4G


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (5)
November 28, 2012 : Panelists at Wednesday's LR Live mobile security event suspect that a 'hacktivist' attack mobilizing social media fans against a 4G network operators is just a matter of time

Wireless Networks Have Growing Hacker Appeal


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
November 28, 2012 : The wireless industry can't get complacent just because major attacks haven't happened. They're coming, says one Heavy Reading analyst

AT&T: Security Needs to Out-Innovate Hackers


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
November 28, 2012 : Security efforts to date have mostly reacted to attacks by hackers and that needs to change, says AT&T security exec

Sprint's 4G LTE: The Numbers Game


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
November 28, 2012 : With 115 LTE market launches in the 'coming months' and 200-plus currently under construction, Sprint is finally edging toward big-city 4G

More Changes Afoot at SeaChange


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
November 28, 2012 : Also: Cox does more home security; Rovi to take guide data off the air; connected TVs becoming a video streaming haven

AT&T's Ex-CTO Takes a Step Back


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
November 28, 2012 : Hossein Eslambolchi's first extended CEO gig will have to wait, but that doesn't mean he's disappearing from the map

Concurrent Helps Cable Connect to Smart TVs


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
November 28, 2012 : A new software release will let cable operators stream pay-TV services directly to Sony, Samsung, Toshiba and LG connected TVs

Euronews: Nokia Goes After RIM


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
November 28, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: Patents ruling could stop BlackBerry sales in three countries; MegaFon's IPO kicks off; InfoVista gains Mentum

Operators Talk Mobile Security in NYC


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (5)
November 28, 2012 : The next Light Reading Live! event probes the growing security threats faced by mobile networks and tells operators how to prepare

Alcatel-Lucent Takes SDN to the Enterprise


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
November 27, 2012 : Alcatel-Lucent wants to take software-defined networking deep into the enterprise, with a plan that would stretch all the way to the user

iNovo Makes a Bigger Docsis 3.0 Play


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
November 27, 2012 : The startup, run by several ex-Cisco execs, has developed a D3 wireless voice gateway that will compete with the likes of Arris and Technicolor

Is Internet Freedom in Danger?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
November 27, 2012 : The ITU is on the defensive over Internet control issues ahead of major Dubai conference

Slow Ride: Sprint Hits 43 4G LTE Markets


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (4)
November 27, 2012 : Sprint is adding 11 new markets to its LTE deployment total, expanding its move to bring faster data to smaller US towns and cities

Cable ONE, TiVo to Blend TV & OTT


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
November 27, 2012 : Also: OneAccess means business with Docsis 3.0; Mediacom customer care gets appy; Verizon to offer NBCU everywhere

Euronews: Ericsson Sets Lawyers on Samsung


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
November 27, 2012 : And guess what? It's all about patents! Also in today's EMEA roundup: BT selling Indian stake; Sawiris eyes Telecom Italia; Interoute snacks on Danish

CoreSite Connects Networking & Cloud Communities


Ethernet Executive Council Video - Post a comment
November 26, 2012 : CoreSite COO Jarrett Appleby discusses CoreSite's focus in building data center campuses to support and scale cloud and private networking solutions as well as the company's work with the networking and cloud community to build a home for the cloud

Infinera CEO Shows He's a Believer


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (10)
November 26, 2012 : You'd expect a CEO to own his own company's stock, but they don't always buy on the open market like Tom Fallon just did

Bright House Snaps Up Cloud Services Specialist


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
November 26, 2012 : The operator intends to expand its business-class menu with the acquisition of Telovations, a profitable hosted-services provider

Bell Labs Wasn't Perfect


News Analysis - Comments (3)
November 26, 2012 : There may never again be anything like Bell Labs. But even Bell Labs proved that there's never a perfect process for innovation

Verizon Eyes Contract-Free 3G


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
November 26, 2012 : Verizon is doubling data caps for prepaid 3G in a deal that's unlike its more high-end 4G and shared data plans

Rogers Starts to Get It On With GPON


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (15)
November 26, 2012 : Canada's largest cable operator uses FTTH in select markets to run a new broadband service that provides symmetrical speeds of 250 Mbit/s

Verizon Takes Live FiOS TV to Tablets


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
November 26, 2012 : Also: Moto Mobility shuts down some dedicated international websites; Disney Movies Online calls it quits; BTIG tries out Google Fiber

Euronews: NSN Spies US Opportunity


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Comment (1)
November 26, 2012 : Also in today's EMEA roundup: Bad news for mobile advertising; Nokia's imaging guru departs; AsiaInfo-Linkage nabs NSN man for European team

BT Puts ZTE's XGPON to Work


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
November 23, 2012 : UK trial checks out 10Gbit/s broadband potential with gear from Chinese vendor

Orange Finds Its Web Services Voice


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
November 23, 2012 : Orange's free unified communications smartphone app with HD voice is a response to Skype and other Web services players – and Telefónica…

Euronews: AlcaLu Linked to Goldman Sachs Loan


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Comments (3)
November 23, 2012 : Also in today's EMEA roundup: Deutsche Telekom eyes vectoring; full-on fiber Europe only 92 years away; white-space negotiations start in UK

Euro FTTH Switch Could Take 92 Years


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (7)
November 23, 2012 : New study suggests it could be 2104 before all of Europe has a fiber access connection

China Rolls Its Own Ethernet-over-Coax Standard


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
November 23, 2012 : Entropic is among the chipmakers eyeing HiNOC, a Chinese broadband standard that will compete with C-Docsis and C-HomePlug

Pyramid: Brits to Embrace 4G


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
November 22, 2012 : The UK may only just be getting a taste of LTE, but Pyramid Research expects a quarter of British users to be on 4G within a few years

Comcast: To Xfinity & Beyond!


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
November 22, 2012 : Also: TW Cable takes a run at Vonage and Skype; Microsoft may make a Roku rival; it's a bird, it's a plane, it's an EchoStar satellite!

Euronews: Ericsson Boasts IT Services Progress


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
November 22, 2012 : Also in today's turkey-free EMEA roundup: HP/Autonomy saga rolls on; smartphones on the march in UK; Vodacom does 4G voice in South Africa

Ruckus Eyes Carrier Deals After $126M IPO


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
November 21, 2012 : The way forward for Ruckus is through carrier Wi-Fi offload deals for its new gateway, CEO Selina Lo says

Dish's Wireless Plans Could Get 'Crippled'


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (9)
November 21, 2012 : Dish fumes that a proposed FCC rule would disable a gob of its spectrum and threaten the company's ability to enter the wireless business

DirecTV's 12-Meg Bundle Comes With Caps


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8)
November 21, 2012 : Also: Cox to expand its tablet TV lineup; Cisco notches a Videoscape win; Comcast app adds download option; Suddenlink deal is a wrap

Ericsson's Small-Cell Crystal Ball


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
November 21, 2012 : With mobile data traffic volumes doubling year-on-year, Ericsson reveals just how many small cells it thinks operators will need to deploy
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