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Articles published in March 2009

A Cable Show '09 Preview


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
March 31, 2009 : Concerns about the economy are sure to take center stage, but here's a handful of hot tech topics that will also define the cable confab

CTIA 2009 Preview: Verizon's LTE Party


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (5)
March 31, 2009 : As the mobile industry heads to Vegas for the annual US trade fest, Verizon won't be the only operator at the LTE party

China Unicom Plans Massive Capex Hike


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 31, 2009 : Unicom is ramping up its capex budget for 2009 by 56 percent as it plans a rapid 3G mobile network rollout and bolsters fixed broadband

Chunghwa Rides High in Taiwan


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Post a comment
March 31, 2009 : Competitors look to mobile TV and WiMax to challenge Chunghwa Telecom's dominance in FTTx and IPTV

Nokia Getting Touchier


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 30, 2009 : Analysts are looking for revamped touch-screen smartphones and user interfaces from Nokia, Unstrung finds

EchoStar Slings Its First Tru2way Set-Top


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
March 30, 2009 : EchoStar plans to sell its Sling-capable HD-DVR directly to US MSOs rather than trying its hand at retail

Cox, Huawei Make Wireless Connection


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
March 30, 2009 : China giant gains first big US cable foothold after winning deal to supply Cox with 'LTE-ready' SingleRAN gear and 3900 base stations

AlcaLu Preps New Optical Platform


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 30, 2009 : It's not just Ciena that has OTN switching on its optical R&D conveyor belt – AlcaLu's brewing something new, too!

Moto Downloads Docsis Plans


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
March 30, 2009 : Moto adds redundancy to its downstream-dedicated CMTS blade, but says plans are underway for an upstream blade that packs in 48 ports

CTIA 2009: Device Preview


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
March 27, 2009 : Femtocells, smartphones, and maybe even a WiMax tablet could be on the menu at CTIA next week

VC: IPTV 'Dogged' by Standards Issues


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
March 27, 2009 : VC firms are looking for investment opportunities in IPTV, but a lack of scale and standards means the attraction is limited, says VC

OFC/NFOEC 2009 Roundup


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
March 27, 2009 : Nokia Siemens tunes up, ROADMs double down, and pieces of 10-Gig EPON start falling into place

Coming Soon: An Optical Uptick?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
March 27, 2009 : The components industry is agreeing with Finisar that orders might improve after a couple of brutal quarters

Charter Turns to Chapter 11


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
March 27, 2009 : Charter aims to cut its debt by $8B by filing for bankruptcy

AlcaLu Mad for MSO Ad Market


LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 26, 2009 : Vendor's so jazzed about interactive media opportunities in the North American cable market that it's tuned its IPTV platform for the MSOs

Huawei's Clearwire Ride?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (4)
March 26, 2009 : WSJ says Clearwire is talking to Huawei, but you heard it here first!

Google's Android Gets Flash


LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment
March 26, 2009 : Bsquare will port the technology to Google's platform, which could give the Android an advantage over the iPhone

R.L. Drake CEO: We'll Be Agile


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
March 26, 2009 : Drake may be a small fish in a big cable technology pond, but its new chief believes the firm can swim faster than its larger competitors

Cox Severs Ties to TVWorks


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
March 25, 2009 : Cox has dissolved its interest in an ITV joint venture originally formed with Comcast in 2005, Cable Digital News has learned

BCI Gets Busy With Cox's 3G Buildout


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
March 25, 2009 : Cox is still mum on when its wireless service will debut, but selection of BCI shows that the buildout is well underway

Europe Dominates IPTV Landscape


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 25, 2009 : More than half the world's IPTV customers are in Europe, according to a new report from the Broadband Forum

ChinaWatch: Capex Cuts & Contracts


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 25, 2009 : China Telecom is cutting its annual capex budget by nearly a fifth, while China Unicom has been handing out 3G infrastructure deals

Sprint to Extend '4G' in Clearwire Markets


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
March 25, 2009 : Sprint tracks Clearwire with plans to ride on mobile WiMax launches in 2009 and 2010

Entropic Slashes 18% of Staff


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
March 25, 2009 : MoCA founder cuts 55 employees and scuttles an advanced network processor architecture as part of a restructuring that will cost $1.7M

JDSU, Emcore Shrink Tunables


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 24, 2009 : Tunability gets squashed down into XFP modules, a development JDSU has worked on for years, with Emcore hot on its trail

LTE Phones Will Lag Behind Networks


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (6)
March 24, 2009 : Analysts don't expect LTE handsets to come out in high volumes until at least 2011, and initial devices will be pricey and battery-hungry

IPTV Forum: Show Floor Shockers!


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 24, 2009 : Visitors to the 2009 IPTV World Forum in London will find some big names missing from the show floor – plus news from AlcaLu and others

DirecTV Calls NFL Broadband Play


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
March 24, 2009 : DirecTV retains possession of Sunday Ticket, but Web TV component could loosen satco's exclusive grip on the package

Optical Components: Still Too Crowded


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (11)
March 24, 2009 : Big-name mergers might not be enough to boost the optical components industry, because they're not doing enough to cut down oversupply

Verizon Rethinks Long Haul


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
March 23, 2009 : Carrier prods equipment vendors to create a new type of gear that's going to be key to a long-haul network rebuild in 2011 or 2012

Concurrent Upgrades for Mobile & PC VoD


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
March 23, 2009 : Concurrent's the latest traditional VoD vendor to offer mobile and Web-fed video services

Startup Pushes for IPDR Adoption


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
March 23, 2009 : Applied Broadband says the need for metered Internet services and advanced advertising will increase the need for IPDR technology

Ericsson Offloads OSS Unit


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 23, 2009 : Ericsson is selling its TEMS wireless network optimization business to Ascom, giving the Swiss firm instant market leadership

India's TRAI Left With Empty Chair


LR Mobile News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Post a comment
March 23, 2009 : India's telecom regulator will be without a new chairman ahead of the national elections and the delayed 3G spectrum auction

Cox Puts NDS at Heart of Tru2way Plan


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
March 23, 2009 : Cox hires NDS to prepare 20 set-top applications for its planned tru2way launch this summer

ADVA Opens Another 100-Gig Front


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
March 23, 2009 : Another modulation scheme! This one's for the metro, where ADVA believes carriers won't wait for the full slate of 100-Gig components

Force10 Thinks 'Exa'


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
March 23, 2009 : The company puts up new, big numbers with its latest 10GE switch while hinting at a stronger telecom play with Turin

Mobile Commerce: A Loyalty Lever?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment
March 20, 2009 : New reports suggest that smart uses of mobile payments and mobile banking could help operators expand their businesses

OFC/NFOEC 2009 Preview


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
March 20, 2009 : All-optical rides yet again, 10Gig EPON steps to the plate, and OTN transceivers get a boost

ZTE Secures $15B, Highlights R&D


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
March 20, 2009 : Chinese vendor secures $15B credit line and details R&D focus areas, including LTE, SDR, PON, optical transport, IMS, and OSS

Will Consumers Get à la Carte Online?


LR Cable News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
March 20, 2009 : Boxee CEO Avner Ronen says consumers will be the big winners when online video goes mainstream

Sony Ericsson Issues Profit Warning


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 20, 2009 : First-quarter demand has been even weaker than expected, with the handset maker predicting sales of just 14 million and a massive loss

The Hammer Falls at Hammerhead


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
March 20, 2009 : Despite landing big-name carriers, the edge aggregation startup is forced to shut its doors

Charter Plan Could Pay Execs $24M


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
March 19, 2009 : Charter's incentive plan aims to keep four top execs from changing jobs through the bankruptcy process and beyond

India Adds 13M Subs in February


LR Mobile News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Comment (1)
March 19, 2009 : As India's mobile sub base continues its growth spurt, the telecom regulator pitches ideas on how to increase rural coverage and uptake

ZTE Ramps 2008 Revenues


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
March 19, 2009 : Chinese vendor reports big increases in revenues and profits for 2008, but the margins in its carrier infrastructure business dip

Viacom Sees No Cord-Cutting


LR Cable News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
March 19, 2009 : Viacom CEO Phillippe Dauman says his company is not seeing lower subscription rates for paid TV

Cisco's Latest Buy: Flippin' Sweet


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
March 19, 2009 : The $590 million acquisition of Pure Digital would put Cisco on consumer shelves and set up a potential fight with Sony

IndiaWatch: Towering Investments


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
March 19, 2009 : US firm buys Indian mobile tower player XCEL, Tata unveils 100 Mbit/s broadband in Mumbai, Russian government set to take stake in Shyam, plus other news

Take Our Poll: Supercomm Date Change


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (4)
March 18, 2009 : Do you want Supercomm to become the new October classic?
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