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Articles published in December 2006

FCC Welcomes 'Ma Bell' Back


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (3)
December 29, 2006 : The FCC (finally) approves AT&T's buyout of BellSouth just one day after AT&T made some net neutrality concessions

2006: Reality Sets In


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
December 29, 2006 : A new realism takes hold as Unstrung reviews the year that was

Five Technologies That Won't Survive 2007


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
December 29, 2006 : Unstrung picks the technologies that are going on up to that great landfill in the sky next year

Qwest Floats Fiber Access RFP


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
December 29, 2006 : Qwest is looking to provide a fiber-fed triple play via FTTP, FTTN, and FTTC, in different parts of its network. New RFP suggests that equipment installations could begin as quickly as June 2007

Unstrung's Five Technologies Doomed in '07


News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
December 29, 2006 : Unstrung picks the technologies that are going on up to that great landfill in the sky next year

2006 Top Ten: Emerging Trends


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Comment (1)
December 29, 2006 : 2006 was a red-hot year for emerging markets. Now find out what to watch for in 2007

2006 Top Ten: Emerging Trends


LR Mobile News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
December 29, 2006 : 2006 was a red-hot year for emerging markets. Now find out what to watch for in 2007

Unstrung's Five Hot Technologies for 2007


News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
December 29, 2006 : Unstrung runs down five contenders for maximum geek love in 2007

Five Hot Technologies for 2007


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
December 29, 2006 : Unstrung runs down five contenders for maximum geek love in 2007

AT&T Embraces (Some) Net Neutrality


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
December 29, 2006 : Still trying to break the FCC impasse over the BellSouth merger, AT&T has issued its latest set of concessions, including a promise for network neutrality

2006 Top Ten: Hot Markets


News Analysis - Comment (1)
December 28, 2006 : What's hot? What's now? What's next? Find out what tech markets our editors will be watching most closely in 2007

FCC Jabs Cable Costs, Pricing Policies


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comments (13)
December 28, 2006 : In its latest annual cable pricing study, the FCC takes the cable industry to task for jacking up its overall monthly rates by 5.2 percent in 2004

Unstrung's Top Ten Stories for '06


News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
December 28, 2006 : The platters that mattered in the year of municipal meltdowns, massive buyouts, WiMax rising, and the invisible iPhone

2006: Top Ten Stories


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
December 28, 2006 : The platters that mattered in the year of municipal meltdowns, massive buyouts, WiMax rising, and the invisible iPhone

Earthquake Cuts Cables Near Taiwan


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
December 27, 2006 : A magnitude-6.7 earthquake near Taiwan has damaged several undersea cables, creating a telecom black eye that might not heal for two to three weeks

Cable MSOs Fight for Set-top Status Quo


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comment (1)
December 27, 2006 : The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and others are lobbying the FCC to postpone an upcoming ban on set-tops with embedded security

Nortel Nears Shareholder Settlement


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
December 27, 2006 : Still trying to turn the page on its financial woes, Nortel gets a couple of thumbs up for a proposed $2.2B settlement of a major shareholder lawsuit

2006 Top Ten: Heavy Findings


News Analysis - Post a comment
December 27, 2006 : These ain't predictions. These is findins! Hold on to your pointy hat as Heavy Reading recalls its biggest telecom market discoveries for the past year

2006 Top Ten: Big OSS Highlights


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
December 27, 2006 : It's been a year of shrinkage for the telecom software sector, with mergers and acquisitions dominating the news. There was, though, a renegade former CEO on the run from the feds

Unstrung's 2007 Look Ahead


News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
December 27, 2006 : Our fearless team of savants presents its bold and unflinching predictions for the coming year

2007: A Look Ahead


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
December 27, 2006 : Our fearless team of savants presents its bold and unflinching predictions for the coming year

2006: Top Ten Startups


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
December 26, 2006 : Our list of the hottest young companies of the year - and why we expect to hear more of them next year

BigBand Files for IPO


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
December 26, 2006 : BigBand Networks plans to raise as much as $140 million in fresh funds by going public

Level 3 Spends $135M on Savvis CDN


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
December 26, 2006 : Level 3 is paying $135M to pick up Savvis's content delivery networking business, with Savvis using the money to bolster its network for managed services

CTI Acquires Ryder Systems


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
December 26, 2006 : Consolidation in the telecom software market continues as CTI bolsters its portfolio with the $11 million acquisition of British electronic billing systems specialist Ryder Systems

2006 Top Ten: Tasty Testing Tidbits


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
December 26, 2006 : We shuffled back through the past 12 months and found two handfuls of tasty test and measurement morsels, with VOIP, IPTV, and Spirent figuring prominently

2006 Top Ten: Monkey Business


News Analysis - Kevin Cramer - Comments (2)
December 26, 2006 : They came fast, they came furious. God love 'em. Here's a sampling from the year's message boards

2006: The Quotes of the Year


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
December 22, 2006 : They say it, we replay it, in this roundup of some of the notable utterances of '06

Is Telcordia Preparing for a Sale?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
December 22, 2006 : Sources say the OSS giant has 'pitch books' out in the market, and has added a new incentive plan for staff that's linked to 'asset sales.' A move by rumored suitor SAP would make sense, reckons analyst

M&A Reshapes OSS Sector


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
December 22, 2006 : It's been a year of significant M&A activity in the OSS sector, with major names being snapped up as a small group of heavyweights cement their positions as Tier 1 telecom software players

AT&T Launches U-verse in Northern California


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
December 22, 2006 : San Jose and San Francisco Bay Area are chosen as the third and fourth markets for launching the U-verse TV IPTV service; As in Texas, service will go live in only small portions of each market

Spirent Suffers Boardroom Coup


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
December 22, 2006 : Activist investor Sherborne gets backing from investors to replace key board members and take effective control of test equipment and OSS firm Spirent. Vendor's share price rises on the news

2006 Top Ten: Notable Quotes


News Analysis - Kevin Cramer - Post a comment
December 22, 2006 : They said it. We savor it. Here are the best quotes from the year that was

Ericsson's Svanberg Could 'Bolt On'


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (14)
December 21, 2006 : Fresh off a proposed Redback takeover, the Swedish giant may still be mulling a PON bolt-on

Gateway Converges on Video Patent


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
December 21, 2006 : Gateway engineers invented software that displays Internet video and traditional TV video in one channel guide for Media Center PCs; Gateway isn't saying how and when it will market the invention

HP's Bitfone Fix


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
December 21, 2006 : Buyout gives HP wireless management for enterprise devices, but analysts are divided on the merits of the acquisition

Vodafone Sparks Hutch Bidding War


LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment
December 21, 2006 : Vodafone is mulling a bid for India's Hutchison Essar that would pit it against Reliance Communications

BigBand Trumpets M-CMTS Trials


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
December 21, 2006 : BigBand plans to stage M-CMTS trials with two Euro cable operators. The new product is expected to launch commercially before summer

Vodafone Sparks Bidding War Over Hutch


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
December 21, 2006 : Vodafone is mulling a bid for India's Hutchison Essar that would see it enter a bidding war with Reliance Communications and a clutch of private equity firms, with offers starting around $14B

Moto Taps Tut for $39M


LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
December 21, 2006 : Motorola is buying encoding specialist Tut Systems for $39 million in cash, adding to its video arsenal. Moto is picking up the company on the cheap while its stock is in the doldrums

FCC Approves Telco-Friendly Video Rules


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comment (1)
December 20, 2006 : The Republican-led Commission passed a proposal that sets a 90-day cap for local authorities to move on applications by incumbent telcos that already hold public rights-of-way for their wires

Huawei Racks Up Euro Wins


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Comment (1)
December 20, 2006 : Chinese vendor adds Telecom Italia to its growing list of European customers, as international contracts now account for 65% of its sales

The Milpitas Model


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
December 20, 2006 : EarthLink network could help bring clarity to muddled muni WiFi market

Intellon Gets $18M From Moto, Comcast


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
December 20, 2006 : Intellon gets new funding. The company backs the HomePlug standard, which it says allows more bandwidth for moving video around home networks

IPTV Drives Ericsson to Redback


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6)
December 20, 2006 : The need to offer a competitive and compelling telco video infrastructure story has led Ericsson to make its bid for Redback. What impact will this move have on the IP router market?

Ericsson Offers $2.1B for Redback


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
December 20, 2006 : Swedish giant offers $2.1B in cash to buy edge router vendor and give it a strong IP convergence story

Ericsson Offers $2.1B for Redback


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (18)
December 20, 2006 : Swedish giant offers $2.1B in cash to buy edge router vendor and give it a strong IP convergence story. The news sends Redback's stock up 17 percent in after-hours trading

Nortel's $2B CDMA Bump


News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
December 20, 2006 : Verizon extends Nortel's 3G contract for another five years as the vendor waits for 4G

Nortel's $2B CDMA Bump


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
December 20, 2006 : Verizon extends Nortel's 3G contract for another five years as the vendor waits for 4G

Cable Chief Slams FCC Chief


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comments (3)
December 20, 2006 : Using some of the harshest language that an NCTA president has reserved for an FCC chairman in recent memory, McSlarrow stopped just short of calling Martin a blatant hypocrite
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