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Articles published in December 2011

Trends for 2012: Western Europe


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December 30, 2011 : Pyramid suggests operator realignment across Europe will continue in 2012

Trends for 2012: North America


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December 29, 2011 : Pyramid predicts mobile payments will become mainstream

Huawei Execs Take Turns as Acting CEOs


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December 29, 2011 : Eight executives are taking turns at playing CEO, setting up what some think is a succession plan for chief executive Ren Zhengfei

Thai Flooding Clocks Opnext


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December 29, 2011 : Revenues are going to take a hit until at least March while Opnext recovers from Fabrinet's flood damage

Trends for 2012: Latin America


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December 28, 2011 : Pyramid predicts smartphone adoption will maintain its momentum in Latin America

French Award More LTE Spectrum


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December 28, 2011 : Next gen mobile license awards and an asset sale make France Europe’s seasonal hotbed of activity

Trends for 2012: Central & Eastern Europe


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December 27, 2011 : Pyramid's 2012 predictions for the Central and Eastern European region

This Olde Website, Part III


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December 26, 2011 : Join us for our quasi-annual holiday stroll down memory lane as we celebrate the Web of yesteryear, and Juniper still had cartoons

Trends for 2012: Asia-Pacific


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December 26, 2011 : Pyramid describes the Asia-Pacific market for 2012

Trends for 2012: Africa & Middle East


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December 23, 2011 : Pyramid tells us what to expect in Africa and the Middle East in 2012

AT&T Gets Approval for Qualcomm Deal


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
December 22, 2011 : At least something went right for Ma Bell this week

Trends for 2012: Connected Devices


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December 22, 2011 : Pyramid predicts a rise in tablet sales in 2012

Akamai Goes Mobile by Acquiring Cotendo


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December 22, 2011 : The proposed $268M deal takes the hot CDN startup out of the (speculated) grasp of AT&T and Juniper

SyncTV Will Seek Its 'A' Round in 2012


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December 22, 2011 : Startup that targets MSOs and programmers intends to land some cash to help fund the expansion of its white-label TV Everywhere platform

Euronews: NSN's SPIT & Polish Job


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December 22, 2011 : In today's festive EMEA roundup: NSN pumps up Polkomtel; InfoVista sold to private equity firm; TeliaSonera ups its Kazakhstan stake

PE Firm Takes Control of InfoVista


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
December 22, 2011 : Private equity firm Thoma Bravo buys majority stake in French network management specialist, adding to its recent tech M&A deals

Cisco Adds Another Juniper Exec


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December 21, 2011 : Two CTO-level executives have joined Cisco's ranks from Juniper. One, you already knew about

Infinera CTO Departs


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
December 21, 2011 : Another of the company's founders is moving on, as Drew Perkins downshifts into an advisory role

Maybe AT&T Won't Accelerate Capex


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
December 21, 2011 : The money saved by not getting T-Mobile might not be spent so quickly, one analyst thinks

T-Mobile: How Low Can It Go?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (3)
December 21, 2011 : After nearly nine months of being counted out in the US wireless market, T-Mobile needs a recovery plan and it could include disruptive price cuts

NBC to Stream the Super Bowl


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6)
December 21, 2011 : Also: Xbox 360 adds VUDU; Concurrent lands ad insertion patent; FCC smacks down Comcast; how much will Verizon have to pay for Netflix?

Trends for 2012: Mobile Payments


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December 21, 2011 : Pyramid predicts more regulation in the mobile payments market in 2012

Euronews: Ericsson Readies Swisscom for LTE


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December 21, 2011 : In today's EMEA roundup: Ericsson upgrades Swisscom's mobile network; Yota brings LTE to Siberia; Ventelo to be sold to private equity firm

ITC Makes a Moto/Microsoft Ruling


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December 20, 2011 : If you've lost track of which patent suit is which, we don't blame you. This is the one from August where we mentioned Google

Sheehan: Overture & Out


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (5)
December 20, 2011 : Two C-level departures and one promotion have been announced at Overture Networks

LightSquared to GPS Industry: Get Bent


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (12)
December 20, 2011 : Ratcheting up the pressure, LightSquared asks the FCC to confirm that GPS receivers have no right to interference protection

DoJ Sniffs Around VZ Wireless-Cable Deals


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December 20, 2011 : The Department of Justice is expected to pore over the fine print of the marketing deals forged between Verizon and its new cable pals

New Charter CEO's Base Salary: $2M


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
December 20, 2011 : Also: Analyst presses Cablevision to 'fess up' about COO departure; Verizon, Cablevision settle broadband spat; This Tech rides FreeWheel

LTE Speeds Up, But Doesn't Improve Mobile Video


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (3)
December 20, 2011 : LTE data speeds are 5x faster than 3G, but tests find video and battery performance can be more affected by MIMO antennas than the network

T-Mobile Gets Spectrum in AT&T Breakup


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (4)
December 20, 2011 : T-Mobile gets more AWS spectrum and 50M more potential customers covered in AT&T breakup. Could this be the start of its path to LTE?

Cloud Customers Get More Demanding


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December 20, 2011 : Enterprises have graduated from, 'Gimme cloud,' to more specific requests, and Savvis's CTO thinks that could benefit service providers

Trends for 2012: Regulation & Policy


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December 20, 2011 : Pyramid describes the regulatory situation in 2012

Euronews: DT Preps T-Mobile Plan B


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December 20, 2011 : Deutsche Telekom's plans for its T-Mobile USA problem child, and the real value of the AT&T breakup package, dominate today's regional news roundup

Sprint VoIP Patent Suit Targets MSOs


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December 19, 2011 : Comcast, TW Cable and Cox get a taste of how their relationship with Sprint will change after hooking up with Verizon Wireless

AT&T's Options: A Spectrum Buy-Up?


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December 19, 2011 : AT&T could soften the loss of T-Mobile by splashing cash on more spectrum, but where would it find the frequencies?

Ex-Cablevision COO Becomes Charter CEO


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
December 19, 2011 : Network DVR visionary Tom Rutledge is to become president and CEO of Charter on Feb. 13

Apple Wins HTC Patent Suit


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December 19, 2011 : Some Android-based HTC smartphones may be banned from the U.S. beginning in April, but the Korean vendor is ready with a workaround

AT&T Drops Bid to Acquire T-Mobile


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (7)
December 19, 2011 : AT&T will have to fork over $4B to Deutsche Telekom and plans to form a roaming agreement now that it's given up on its merger plans

TW Cable Gives HBO GO a Go


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8)
December 19, 2011 : Also: Disagreements reportedly led to Cablevision COO exit; Comcast CEO gets fined; Avail-TVN taps CDN software partner; SureWest revs wideband

Trends for 2012: Broadband & Media


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December 19, 2011 : Pyramid expects a worldwide slowdown in FTTH deployments next year

Euronews: FT Does 100G With AlcaLu


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December 19, 2011 : France Telecom's 100G upgrade, BT's legal wrangle with Google and job cuts at Technicolor feature in today's regional news lineup

It's BT's Turn to Sue Google


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
December 19, 2011 : It's mostly about Google Maps, but several other big services (and Google+) are cited in the patent infringement suit

VZ Wireless Nabs Cox's AWS Spectrum for $315M


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8)
December 16, 2011 : Cox also gets to draft off a multifaceted wireless/cable service bundling deal struck by Comcast, Bright House and TW Cable

S'more the Merrier


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
December 16, 2011 : 12:10 PM As European families look for new treats for their children this holiday season, Ixia's Tara Van Unen introduces the 's'more'

What's Next for Cablevision?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
December 16, 2011 : The surprise resignation of COO Tom Rutledge has speculation swirling about whether the MSO will seek a buyer or try (again) to go private

Google TV Tunes In Sling's TV Place-Shifter


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
December 16, 2011 : Also: Suddenlink goes multi-room with TiVo; TW Cable adds an Android app; Rovi swaps CEOs; Comcast expands IPv6; Netflix spreads holiday cheer

OS Watch: Did DT Dent Lumia's US Launch?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
December 16, 2011 : Also: Praise for Ice Cream Sandwich; Android climbs in market share; BlackBerry 7's big job; webOS could win if others fail

Trends for 2012: Mobile Content & Applications


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December 16, 2011 : Pyramid's analyst team homes in on the trends that will shape the communications landscape next year

Why Broadcom Might Buy BroadLight


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
December 16, 2011 : It's not because both names start with 'Broad' ... one analyst believes it's more to do with taking on Qualcomm

Euronews: Sweden Gets Dual-Mode LTE


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December 16, 2011 : In today's EMEA roundup: dual-mode LTE reaches Sweden; Liberty Global gets the green light on Kabel BW; BT rebrands services arm
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