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Articles published in March 2007

Friday Funding Roundup


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 30, 2007 : Mobile commerce makes bank in this week's VC wrap

Indian Gov't Holds Up Vodafone Plans


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
March 30, 2007 : Vodafone is shaping up plans for Hutchison Essar, including a $1.6 billion deal with IBM and a potential fiber optic network, but approval for the deal has been deferred by India's foreign investment board

Networx Numbers Big for VZ, AT&T, Qwest


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
March 30, 2007 : The federal government Networx Universal contract isn't quite the $48 billion monster you might have thought. Still, Verizon gets the lion's share of the loot, while Qwest could see the most upside from the deal

Vodafone Data Up, Shares Down


LR Mobile News Analysis - Gabriel Brown - Post a comment
March 30, 2007 : UK giant says data revenues are up again, but investors wonder if data can supplement voice quickly enough

C5 Photos: An Alternative Milan


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 30, 2007 : Here's what you won't see on a regular vacation to Milan, one of Europe's financial and fashion hubs, where, while visiting the C5 show, we caught a glimpse of Verdi and tasted some Italian integration

PMC-Sierra Closes Sites, Cuts Staff


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
March 30, 2007 : Chip vendor aims to save up to $24 million a year by closing two R&D sites, in Winnipeg and Saskatoon, and cutting headcount by 175, nearly 15 percent of the company's total staff

Nacchio Qwoted Qwestionable Qwest Targets


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comment (1)
March 30, 2007 : Witnesses say Joseph Nacchio repeatedly ignored warnings that Qwest could not meet revenue and earnings targets he presented to analysts

Huawei Joins PBT Fan Club


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (11)
March 29, 2007 : As Huawei becomes the latest vendor to lend its support to PBT, and BT's CTO says other carriers are interested, Cisco starts dumping on the Ethernet technology

CTIA's Ex-Presidents Society


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 29, 2007 : The 'odd couple' – George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton – tackle how wireless can improve the world at CTIA

CTIA 2007 in Photos


Slide Shows - R. Scott Raynovich - Light Reading - Post a comment
March 29, 2007 : The 40,000-strong wireless show ran the gamut from gadgets to content

Bell Canada Denies Takeover Rumors


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
March 29, 2007 : Bell Canada was reported to be in takeover talks with private equity firm KKR. The company has since denied being in discussion with anyone

Vyyo Stock Soars After Funding


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
March 29, 2007 : Vyyo shares are way up after some new funding this week. The cable tech firm secured $35 million in fresh funding from Goldman Sachs

100-Gig Chases 40-Gig


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
March 29, 2007 : Developments in 100-Gbit/s and the competitive cost of 10-Gbit/s equipment might end up affecting the life span of the 40-Gbit/s generation, according to some at OFC/NFOEC

AlcaLu Pushes the Optical Envelope


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (5)
March 29, 2007 : Alcatel-Lucent has announced a world-record optical transmission and demonstrated a number other optical milestones in a series of post-deadline papers presented at OFC/NFOEC

C5 News Roundup


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 28, 2007 : Equipment firms use C5 event in Milan as news launch-pad, with ADVA landing a significant new deal at Deutsche Telekom, Alcatel-Lucent beefing up its VDSL2 capabilities, and more

MSOs Moving Slowly on CableCARDs


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
March 28, 2007 : With the FCC's July 1 ban on new digital set-tops with integrated security features just three months away, the nation's 10 largest cable operators are still not installing all that many removable security modules in customers' homes

Mobile Alliances Unite


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
March 28, 2007 : Mobile roaming alliances unite to create a global footprint for international users, but what they really want is managed mobility services

Hacking the Car Navigation System


LR Mobile News Analysis - Kelly Jackson Higgins - Post a comment
March 28, 2007 : Italian researchers reveal attack methods on RDS-TMC navigation systems

Cisco to Buy Spans Logic


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 28, 2007 : As predicted in February, Cisco is acquiring a ternary CAM startup, but analyst say that's not necessarily trouble for CAM vendor NetLogic

Citigroup Analyst Sticks 'Sell' on Vonage


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comment (1)
March 28, 2007 : Citigroup analyst Michael Rollins says a patent lawsuit loss could send Vonage into bankruptcy court. He put a Sell rating on the stock on Tuesday

Aruba's IPO Fillip


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
March 28, 2007 : Wireless LAN switch maker dodges the 'Clearwire effect' as shares stay strong after IPO

Subsea Firm Azea Raises $20M


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
March 28, 2007 : With bandwidth demand on the up, UK-based company specializing in capacity upgrades on submarine cable networks raises $20 million in Series D funding

Siemens Exec Arrested


News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
March 28, 2007 : Siemens still wrestles with corruption investigations as a top executive is arrested, but the scandals won't derail the joint venture with Nokia

CTIA: West Talks WiMax


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 28, 2007 : Sprint's announced more details on its WiMax plans; CTO Barry West talks about the 'mobility premium' and new devices

Fiber-to-the-MDU: Verizon's Manhattan Project


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (5)
March 28, 2007 : Verizon is slowly but surely working to get FiOS into densely populated major cities. The company anticipates all of New York City could be covered in one to three years

Sonus Buys Zynetix for $13M


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
March 27, 2007 : As reported by Light Reading in February, Sonus is to buy GSM softswitch specialist for $13 million in cash and stock. Investors react badly and Sonus stock dips 4 percent

Optium, Finisar Bulk Up


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (2)
March 27, 2007 : Consolidation in optics is all the rage, as Optium and Finisar together splash out more than $60 million on three companies

Smith Micro Wins Macro Sprint Deal


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
March 27, 2007 : California company's multimedia software for cellphones is now in use at Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless, two of the three largest North American wireless carriers

FT, Telefónica Talk Up IMS


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 27, 2007 : IMS is alive! France Telecom and Telefónica are both using IMS-based strategies to underpin their next-generation networks

BigBand Goes Dutch With M-CMTS


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
March 27, 2007 : BigBand Networks has shipped its modular cable modem termination system to Multikabel, giving the MSO the ability to offer downstream broadband speeds as high as 100 Mbit/s

UK Mobile Rate Cut Includes 3G Costs


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
March 27, 2007 : Ofcom defies Brussels and leads European regulators to include 3G spectrum license fees in cost analysis for mobile termination

Vonage, Verizon Fight to Go Into Late Rounds


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (2)
March 27, 2007 : Friday's injunction against Vonage is just the beginning of a battle that will drag on for a year or more. Vonage will face a tough road in its appeal, sources say

Video Hopes Boost Optics


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
March 27, 2007 : Big components mergers didn't come about, but vendors are still abuzz at OFC/NFOEC, thanks to the promise of big video bandwidth

CTIA: WiMax in the Air


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 27, 2007 : The wireless broadband tech is coming of age – or at least hitting puberty – at the largest mobile show in the US

BT, Huawei Look Alive at C5


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 26, 2007 : News from the C5 World Forum in Milan, where Huawei and BT have been attracting attention with talk of intelligent optical systems and carrier Ethernet technologies

Vyyo Adds New CEO, Vice Chairman


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comment (1)
March 26, 2007 : Vyyo aims to boost its share price and credibility by adding two well known cable managers to its ranks

Optical Mix Nips Tellabs Margins


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
March 26, 2007 : Tellabs could see margins fall off as optical networking gear – specifically the 7100 ROADM – becomes a bigger part of its sales

MTC Bids $6.1B for Saudi Mobile License


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
March 26, 2007 : Kuwait-based MTC wins auction for Saudi Arabia's third mobile operator license with $6.1 billion bid, part of its strategy to expand across the Middle East and Africa

ROADMs, 40G Spark OFC/NFOEC


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 26, 2007 : Year by year, energy continues coming back to OFC/NFOEC, with 40-Gbit/s technologies and ROADM devices among the hot topics this year. Startups Capella, Kailight, and Nistica get a jump on the festivities

AlcaLu Lands $6B Deal


News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
March 26, 2007 : Verizon Wireless gives Alcatel-Lucent a much needed credibility boost with a three-year, $6 billion extension contract for IMS and CDMA2000 equipment

Convergence India: In Pictures


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6)
March 26, 2007 : We went to New Delhi this week to see what's going on in the Indian telecom market. Broadband, WiMax, the food, and the weather were all hot, and we even bumped into Winnie the Pooh...

Convergence India: In Pictures


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 26, 2007 : We went to New Delhi to see what's going on in the Indian telecom market. Broadband, WiMax, the food, and the weather were all hot

Limelight Files for IPO


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
March 23, 2007 : Limelight looks to raise more than $200 million in an IPO. Content delivery network service provider looks to be a public market foil to competitor Akamai

Italtel Shows a Good Mix in '06


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comment (1)
March 23, 2007 : Softswitch maker reports strong 2006 earnings on increased market share overseas and a strong domestic enterprise business

Friday Funding Roundup


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 23, 2007 : Artimi and Reef Point get VC dollars for their acronym-riddled wireless technologies

Terayon Sees Winter Slump


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
March 23, 2007 : Terayon's losses will continue for at least another quarter, and analysts doubt the company can continue as a standalone

RIM's Crimson Tide


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 23, 2007 : RIM expected to try and broaden mass-market appeal with new smartphone

Internet Video's Scale Scare


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
March 23, 2007 : P2P may help the Internet video business finally realize large-scale live streaming. Meanwhile, high-def video is still a concern for all involved in distribution

FCC Recap: Net Neutrality Is Alive!


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
March 23, 2007 : The FCC announced 10 actions in its Thursday meeting, the most talked about being its inquiry into net neutrality

BT Stares Down 21CN 'Complexity'


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
March 23, 2007 : BT aims to leave the TDM world soon, and the operator is already feeling deadline pressure as complexity mounts; it's orchestrating new gear and untested software from eight major vendors
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