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Articles published in February 2012

Comcast Ready to Mine for VoD Gold


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
February 29, 2012 : Video exec says dynamic ad-splicing systems are ready to pay the freight on Comcast's 400M monthly VoD streams

MWC 2012: More Pictures!


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
February 29, 2012 : Cubes, bees, balls and young women with blue hair ... they're why we carry a camera at Mobile World Congress!

Q&A: Comcast's Cathy Avgiris


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
February 29, 2012 : Comcast's EVP and GM of data and communications services discusses the MSO's deal with Verizon Wireless, and what's on deck with Skype and Wi-Fi

MWC 2012: CEM Pays Off


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
February 29, 2012 : 3:00 PM At least one wireless operator says customer experience management is helping bring in more revenues

MWC 2012: There's Not a Riot Goin' On


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (5)
February 29, 2012 : Riot police are flanking student protesters as the front gates to Mobile World Congress are shut down in Barcelona UPDATED 5:45PM

Will Google & Facebook Trade Cash for QoS?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
February 29, 2012 : Operator CEO says there have been initial approaches from Facebook and Google about sharing revenues in return for mobile QoS guarantees

Telefónica: No Need Now for LTE Speed


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
February 29, 2012 : With speedy 3G networks, the Spanish giant is in no rush to deploy LTE

TeliaSonera Chokes Free VoIP Services


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (3)
February 29, 2012 : TeliaSonera takes a stand against over-the-top services and says users will have to pay for VoIP

T-Mobile Turns FauxG Into 4G


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
February 29, 2012 : 10:00 AM T-Mobile's marketing challenge may be as great as its technical one as it seeks to convince consumers to move from '4G' HSPA+ to 4G LTE

Knology Surges on M&A Speculation


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
February 29, 2012 : Also: Ziggo goes for IPO; Comcast still says no to usage-based broadband; fewer than 1M Google TV devices activated

Euronews: Iliad Gets the All-Clear on Free Mobile


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
February 29, 2012 : Euronews celebrates Leap Day with – guess what? – a roundup of what's happening in EMEA telecom. (Who says we can't think outside the box?)

T-Mobile Execs Plan LTE-Powered Revival


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 29, 2012 : T-Mobile's CTO and SVP of Products discuss how Magenta will rebuild its network and revamp its marketing as it plans for LTE by 2013

Deutsche Telekom Demands OSS Standards


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
February 28, 2012 : Fed up with the OSS mess, Deutsche Telekom and other operators want new standards, which DT intends to put into RFPs by 2015

Cablevision to Increase Capex in 2012


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
February 28, 2012 : Cablevision's capex will rise above last year's $814.8M as the MSO accelerates some projects it had teed up for 2013

LightSquared CEO Leaves


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (8)
February 28, 2012 : Ahuja says aloha as LightSquared begins its search for a CEO who won't call the FCC names

Sprint's $2B Debt Play May Help Clearwire


LR Mobile News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
February 28, 2012 : Sprint will sell $2B in notes for refinancing and network upgrades, but some cash may be earmarked to aid Clearwire

MWC 2012: Picture This!


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
February 28, 2012 : The sun is shining and the networks are shrinking – yes, it's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona!

The Last Days of Unlimited Broadband?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
February 28, 2012 : Also: Comcast-TiVo hook-up inches closer to launch; Google eyes easier fiber deployments; Moto invests in MediaMorph

MWC 2012: AlcaLu Turns Co-Creationist


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
February 28, 2012 : Alcatel-Lucent announces a product co-development program with big operators, including Verizon and Orange, for its lightRadio small cells

ZTE Unleashes Mobile Device Frenzy


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 28, 2012 : 7:45 AM Mimicking HTC's early days, the Chinese handset maker plans a slew of new Android and Windows Phone devices that it hopes will dent the US market

Cisco: We're Doing Small Cells Too


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (5)
February 28, 2012 : Cisco CEO Chambers pre-announces small-cell launch at Mobile World Congress, places tiny radios in a larger cloud context

Euronews: Vodafone Offers to Split the Bill


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
February 28, 2012 : In today's Barcelona bulletin: Vodafone looks to share cost of fiber rollout; Telefónica and Mozilla hatch plans; Ericsson's OpenStacked

Samsung Puts Ericsson & NSN on Notice


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 28, 2012 : Infrastructure vendor claims it has eight LTE contracts and 30 pilots in tow and is poised to become the third-largest player in the category

Aylus Wants Operators to Get (Video-) Chatty


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 28, 2012 : The vendor takes its shot at letting consumers chat across any network, with an eye toward eventual operator-owned services and VoLTE

Ericsson CEO Talks Up LTE Lead


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
February 28, 2012 : CEO Hans Vestberg talks about being 'No. 1' in LTE and says the pairing with Telcordia makes Ericsson an interesting market mover

Usage-Based Broadband Returns to TW Cable


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
February 27, 2012 : An optional, by-the-gigabyte 'Essentials' service puts a friendlier spin on the idea that got TW Cable lambasted three years ago

Charter Keeps RS-DVR on Sidelines


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
February 27, 2012 : TiVo integration takes higher priority in the MSO's near-term video game plan

Dell Declares an Enterprise Architecture


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
February 27, 2012 : Going up against Cisco (and, yeah, HP and IBM), Dell knits together its acquisitions, including Force10, for one big honkin' enterprise play

lightRadio: Stealing, Security & Lockdown


LR Mobile Rumors - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
February 27, 2012 : Alcatel-Lucent's lightRadio is 'the iPhone of mobile infrastructure' and it's protected accordingly here in Barcelona

Ericsson Unveils Mobile Money Mate


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
February 27, 2012 : Western Union is Ericsson's new partner as the vendor ramps up its mobile money strategy, but its cloud plans remain unconvincing

Sprint Board Nixed MetroPCS Deal


LR Mobile Rumors - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
February 27, 2012 : A deal may still be inevitable, but Sprint management may be out of step with its board of directors, analysts speculate

Entropic Sweetens Pot to Win Trident


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
February 27, 2012 : Also: Adobe puts more hooks into TV Everywhere, Google gets out of Clearwire while cable stays in, Netflix gives RIM the cold shoulder

ZTE Hopes MiFavor Will Find Favor in US


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 27, 2012 : Chinese handset maker's slew of Android smartphones and tablets announced at MWC will features its new user interface skin

Euronews: Nokia Looks to Widen Its Windows


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
February 27, 2012 : It's all about Mobile World Congress today as Nokia brings out a cheaper Lumia, Orange gets Atom-ized and Ericsson heads for the cloud

AT&T Boss Calls for End to Mobile-Video Babel


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (24)
February 27, 2012 : Carriers and hardware providers have made it too hard for users to easily talk to others over mobile video, says AT&T boss at MWC

NSN's Small Hope for North America


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
February 27, 2012 : NSN looks to small-cell technology acquired from Motorola to give it a boost in North America

Orange Nabs First Intel Smartphone


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 26, 2012 : An Orange-branded, Atom-powered smartphone is coming to France and the UK at a mass-market price

KT Builds LTE Small Cell Network


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
February 26, 2012 : South Korean operator taps Mindspeed for LTE-optimized small cells, Light Reading Mobile has learned

Huawei Cranks the 4-Speed Core


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 26, 2012 : Chinese handset maker is using its own quad-core chip to build what it's calling the world's fastest, most power-efficient smartphone

AlcaLu lightRadios Go Live at MWC


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
February 26, 2012 : Telefonica takes first step toward a 4G HetNet with the deployment of AlcaLu's lightRadio metrocells at the Fira conference center

Rogers Fires Up Cisco's Videoscape


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
February 24, 2012 : Rogers boots up NextBox 2.0, a Videoscape-powered system featuring a souped-up gateway, a cloud-based UI and live TV streaming to tablets

Lightwire Points Cisco Toward 100G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
February 24, 2012 : Cisco is talking about putting silicon-photonics modules onto switches and routers sometime before late 2013

AT&T's No. 1 SON


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
February 24, 2012 : AT&T is planning to deploy self-healing technology across its network to improve performance

Cisco to Buy Lightwire for $271M


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (6)
February 24, 2012 : Cisco sees optical interconnects using silicon photonics as a way to make routers and switches handle more data at lower costs

TiVo Developing Low-Cost IP Set-Top


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
February 24, 2012 : Also: EchoStar posts Q4 loss; Dish to close more Blockbusters; Google picks Sanjay Jha's successor; lower STB shipments sting Technicolor

OS Watch: MWC Shows Its Software Side


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 24, 2012 : LR Mobile preps for MWC, where Google will be huge, Ubuntu tackles the phone dock, Nokia's going cheap, Fujitsu's getting a quad-core and Windows 8 is unveiled (again)

Huawei Preps LTE TDD Smartphone


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
February 24, 2012 : With a number of LTE TDD network deals under its belt, Huawei is preparing to launch its first smartphone supporting that technology

OFC/NFOEC 2012: 100G Is Finally Happening


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
February 24, 2012 : 8:30 AM What (and whom) to watch out for as the optical industry returns to Los Angeles with 100G and more on its mind

Euronews: Telefónica's Profits Halved


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
February 24, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: domestic woes continue for Spanish giant; Ericsson boosts 3 Italia's backhaul; Colt results less than frisky

SMS Boom Days Are Over


News Analysis - Comments (2)
February 24, 2012 : Is this the end of text as we know it? Carrier trends suggest so :-(
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