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Articles published in March 2006

Li Takes Tropos Route


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (9)
March 31, 2006 : Tony Li comes onboard as software guru at WiFi mesh firm

Luminous Still Twinkles


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
March 31, 2006 : Adtran has 'fessed up to buying the RPR startup's technology, but Scientific-Atlanta has a perpetual license on it and could merge the technology into Cisco's platforms

What's Next for TelecomNext?


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
March 31, 2006 : Show organizers say the 10,000+ attendee show was a success, but many attendees are mulling the thin crowds in the final days and how to fit it into an increasingly crowded conference schedule

OSS Firms Jump on IMS


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 31, 2006 : Carriers with next-generation network aspirations are concerned about their back-office capabilities, and OSS firms are ready and willing to help them meet their IMS and SDP requirements

Users See Mobility Boost in Faster 3G


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 31, 2006 : HSDPA and other faster 3G technologies could enable users to do more on the road with smartphones

LR Shakes Up Private Companies List


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
March 31, 2006 : 'Yer fired!' Four new faces debut on the list and four more hit the floor as LR updates one of its most talked about Top Tens

Entrisphere Confirms Sprint Win


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (5)
March 31, 2006 : Move over, Calix. Entrisphere, too, says it has won certification to sell gear inside of Sprint's wireline affiliates

Broadband USA


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 30, 2006 : As carriers promise updates, business users clamor for new mobile broadband services

Trains Run on Autopilot


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
March 30, 2006 : Booming freight traffic drives railways to seek efficiencies via wireless technology

FiberZone Starts Connecting


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
March 30, 2006 : The patch panel isn't the most glamorous telecom market, but Israeli startup FiberZone hopes to make a business out of it. The company's raised another $8 million to aid its automation efforts

Google Searches for TV Guy


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
March 30, 2006 : Google wants the airwaves, baby. The search giant published an ad for a 'Product Manager – Interactive TV' at its site today

BroadSoft Edges Closer to IPO


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 30, 2006 : Ericsson and Lucent have helped beef up VOIP system vendor BroadSoft, which is expanding its Euro presence and IMS portfolio

Reports: Alcatel/Lucent Deal Nears


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
March 30, 2006 : French media reports suggest today's Alcatel board meeting is one of the final steps before an Alcatel/Lucent deal is signed. More than 75 percent of LR readers believe the two will merge

Harris Secures Spooks


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 29, 2006 : Supplier snags contract to supply federal government with faster encrypted WiFi cards

Juniper Readies Ethernet Launch


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
March 29, 2006 : It looks like a May launch for the carrier Ethernet box that so many believe Juniper needs. One twist: The company reportedly is using network processors for the first time

Sling Media: We're Good for Cable


News Analysis - Comments (8)
March 29, 2006 : Sling says its video 'place shifting' device will help cable companies by extending their reach

Merger Would Benefit Lucent in IPTV


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (8)
March 29, 2006 : A merger with Alcatel may give Lucent a chance to play a meaningful role in the fiber-driven IPTV rollouts of Tier 1 carriers; Alcatel already dominates the access gear market in part because of IPTV

IPOs & M&A: London Gossip


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
March 29, 2006 : As NetCentrex gears up an IPO and Siemens addresses M&A issues, executives at a London telecom event are full of ideas about who might buy whom

Fast & Low: xG's Broadband Play


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
March 28, 2006 : Wireless broadband startup takes local approach to innovative broadband technology

Is Juniper Eyeing H3C?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
March 28, 2006 : The latest acquisition rumor has Juniper interested in the Huawei/3Com joint venture, a $1.7B pairing that would give Juniper some LAN switching

B&S Top Ten Recast


News Analysis - Mary Jander - Post a comment
March 28, 2006 : Byte and Switch casts a fresh list of Top Ten Private Companies, just in time for spring

BT's Learning From Google


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
March 28, 2006 : Paul Reynolds, the man at the helm of BT's $17.5B next-gen networks project, says BT is learning from Google and others about Web-based software-defined services, and gives an update on the 21CN process

21C World Forum: It's a Tie!


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 28, 2006 : Tough choices at London show: Matt Bross, BT's CTO, in fancy dress, or some 'orgasmic chocolates'

RBOCs Wait & See on P2P


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (5)
March 28, 2006 : P2P traffic may be on the rise, but some of the biggest phone companies in the US aren't worried (yet)

Barton Bill to Boost Telco Video


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (3)
March 28, 2006 : The final version of the House Commerce Committee's telecom bill, which creates a national video franchise, was released Monday evening; a committee hearing is scheduled for Thursday

Palm Pushes Deeper Into Enterprise


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
March 27, 2006 : Expanding salesforce and MS partnership give Treo a larger business foothold

Afaria's Mobile Feast


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 27, 2006 : Users like new security and sync options in the latest upgrade to the gadget management software

Sun Still Has an IPTV 'DreaM'


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (9)
March 27, 2006 : The server maker is building its own end-to-end IPTV distribution system around a powerful new video server; the system is being billed as an open-standards alternative to Microsoft TV

Arch Rock Racks $5M for Sensors


LR Mobile News Analysis - James Rogers - Post a comment
March 27, 2006 : Stealthy startup plans wireless monitoring for servers and storage devices

Infinera Numerates Its Numbers


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (36)
March 27, 2006 : Optical transport vendor sees much love in London this week as it demos its 1.6-Tbit/s chip and talks revenues, and BT's CTO says there's room for the company in 21CN plans

Alcatel, Thomson in M&A Spotlight


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 27, 2006 : Alcatel's board to discuss potential Lucent merger on Thursday, while fellow French vendor Thomson is also the subject of takeover talk

TelecomNext: In Pictures


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comment (1)
March 27, 2006 : There's nothing more distracting than working a tradeshow in Vegas. Not that we're complaining

HIV Drug to Carry RF Tags


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
March 24, 2006 : GlaxoSmithKline pilots electronic anti-counterfeiting system

Treo Hits New Highs


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 24, 2006 : Vendor adds more RIM-like features to combat Blackberry in business market

Ericsson's Riverstone Hangover


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
March 24, 2006 : It may have lost out in the bid to buy Riverstone, but it's not short of carrier Ethernet equipment partners, and those ties will become even more important now, says analyst

Alcatel/Lucent: The Domino Factor


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (30)
March 24, 2006 : Should the two giants get wed, other mega-mergers could follow close behind, says Heavy Reading analyst

Lucent & Alcatel: Quigley or Russo?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (34)
March 24, 2006 : Should Alcatel and Lucent tie the knot, one of the key decisions will be choosing the CEO – Pat Russo or Mike Quigley? They both have cases to put forward, but ultimately someone wouldn't be happy...

Lucent, Alcatel Rekindle the Flame


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (12)
March 24, 2006 : Shades of 2001: Alcatel and Lucent again want to hook up, this time confessing to a planned 'merger of equals' with a $33B price tag

Europe First for Redmond Push


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
March 23, 2006 : US carriers are expected to follow the Microsoft mobile email trail in the first half of this year

P&G Finds RFID Razor-Sharp


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
March 23, 2006 : Consumer product giant likes the supply-chain data it gets with Vue Technology

BSNL: Love Me Tender!


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (7)
March 23, 2006 : Indian operator gives vendors about five weeks to submit bids for its monster GSM/UMTS network equipment contract worth up to $4 billion, but not everyone's invited. Analysts see Ericsson, Nokia, and Siemens as the favorites

Finisar: Bookham Wouldn't Wash


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
March 23, 2006 : Chief exec Jerry Rawls takes a few minutes from Finisar's first-ever analyst day to talk about stock prices, foundry plans, and why a merger with Bookham never materialized

TelecomNext: Notebook Nuggets


News Analysis - R. Scott Raynovich - Light Reading - Comments (8)
March 23, 2006 : A collection of news snippets from a show that didn't live up to Supercomm standards, according to many vendors

Liberty Bails Out of France


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 23, 2006 : Pan-European cable operator Liberty Global is selling its French business for $1.5 billion to private equity firm Cinven, which will completely dominate the French cable market if the deal goes through

Nortel, Minerva Find IPTV Partners


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (7)
March 23, 2006 : As speculated in these pages late last year, Nortel says Minerva is its IPTV middleware of choice. The pairing might be 60-employee Minerva's chance to snare some Tier 1 and Tier 2 carrier business

Microsoft's Push Comes to Shove


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 22, 2006 : Microsoft's push email is struggling with enterprise readiness, according to analysts

Adtran Buys Luminous Embers


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (11)
March 22, 2006 : Having announced its shutdown right around Christmas, the defunct RPR vendor reportedly has been picked up by Adtran

TelecomNext: Even More Ethernet


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (31)
March 22, 2006 : There's no escaping Ethernet, as Nortel and Ciena talk up future plans while Riverstone trots out its final pre-acquisition product launch

Siemens Shuffles Top Deck


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
March 22, 2006 : Siemens Communications, currently under the M&A spotlight, gets a new president as German giant Siemens AG revamps its management lineup

Yahoo Launches VOIP Service


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
March 22, 2006 : Yahoo takes on Skype with the launch of its pre-paid 'Phone Out' and 'Phone In' services for users of its instant messenger application. Will Google be next?
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