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Articles published in April 2009

Comcast's $1B Bandwidth Plan


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (9)
April 30, 2009 : SDV be damned! MSO's sticking with an 'all-digital' bandwidth strategy that, it says, costs just 10% of a physical plant rebuild

OSS Firms: Are You Experienced?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
April 30, 2009 : Customer Experience Management is an approach that is gaining traction amongst vendors and operators, but how big is the market?

AlcaLu, Bharti Form Joint Venture


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Comment (1)
April 30, 2009 : AlcaLu and Bharti Airtel form new venture to run the carrier's fixed network, a move that will net the vendor $500M in revenues

Arris Readies for a Rebound


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
April 30, 2009 : Cable vendor gets off to an expected slow start in 2009, but sees brighter times ahead as MSOs ramp up Docsis 3.0 deployments

Motorola's Loss Widens


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
April 30, 2009 : The hurt continues for Motorola, but the company is promising a narrower loss and pinning its hopes on Android in the coming months

Ericsson Holds Up in Q1


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
April 30, 2009 : Ericsson's profits take a hit from restructuring costs and its joint ventures, but its network infrastructure sales are holding steady

JDSU to Close Picolight Fab


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
April 30, 2009 : A manufacturing shuffle moves Picolight's VCSEL work to San Jose while handing other products over to contract partners

WildBlue Makes Stimulus Pitch


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
April 30, 2009 : Satellite broadband firm says it needs funds to develop and deploy a new system that can deliver downstream speeds in excess of 18 Mbit/s

Viking Victory for Infinera


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
April 30, 2009 : TeliaSonera is upgrading its 'Viking' US transport network, replacing its current optical network with new gear from Infinera

JDSU's Forecast Disappoints


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
April 29, 2009 : Q3 earnings arrive as lukewarm as expected, and there seems slim chance of happier news to come in Q4

Bharti Profits From Mobile Boom


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
April 29, 2009 : Indian operator sees revenues, profits, and customer uptake soar in the past year. Now it needs services like IPTV to help raise ARPUs

China Mobile Enters Taiwan


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Post a comment
April 29, 2009 : China Mobile agrees to take a 12% stake in, and strategically ally with, Taiwan's Far EasTone

TWC Basics Boosted by Digital Transition


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
April 29, 2009 : MSO surprises by adding 36,000 basic video subs in the quarter, and notes that it's launching Docsis 3.0 in NYC this summer

Qwest Profits From Job, Cost Cuts


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comment (1)
April 29, 2009 : While other telcos dare to take fiber to the home, Qwest takes a red pen to its budget and payroll

ATCA Attacks the Data Center


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
April 28, 2009 : The specs are being expanded to more directly challenge ATCA non-believers, IBM and HP

Celeno: A Little Frosty on MoCA


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (19)
April 28, 2009 : Chipmaker hooks up with TI to build Docsis set-tops and gateways that can shuttle video around the house using WiFi

Thomson Gets a Reprieve


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
April 28, 2009 : Former AlcaLu man takes total control as Thomson gets waivers from its creditors and reports improving Q1 numbers

AlcaLu's $1.7B China Boost


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Post a comment
April 28, 2009 : Framework agreements for Alcatel-Lucent with China Mobile and China Telecom complete the technology set and raise its market share

Transport Sales Slump Hits Tellabs


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
April 28, 2009 : Tellabs had forecast a first-quarter dip, and it was right, with transport equipment sales falling away sharply

Nokia Shrinks Services, Cuts Jobs


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
April 28, 2009 : Nokia streamlines its services business, limiting new initiatives and cutting 450 jobs as part of cost reduction program

IBM to Resell Brocade/Foundry Gear


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
April 28, 2009 : Big Blue gets its own line of routers and switches, better known as 'Stuff Foundry Used to Sell'

Cablevision Debuts 101-Mbit/s Wideband Service


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
April 28, 2009 : Cablevision tops Verizon with a $99.95-a-month broadband service called 'Optimum Online Ultra'

Bookham, Avanex Form Oclaro


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
April 27, 2009 : The long-awaited merger is done, with hopes that a new name helps dispel ghosts of the past

Wireless Pumps Up Verizon in Q1


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
April 27, 2009 : Verizon says it's 'weathering the effects of the economy very well' as it posted Q1 results today

Nortel Seeks Protection Extension


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
April 27, 2009 : Nortel wants protection from its creditors extended to the end of July as it continues to restructure and cut costs

TeliaSonera Feels the Pinch


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
April 24, 2009 : It's not just Deutsche Telekom that's starting to feel the strain as the Nordic giant cuts its full-year revenues forecast

Starent Blazes Q1 Trail


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
April 24, 2009 : Everything's up for mobile packet core vendor as revenues, profits, full year earnings forecast, and share price all head north

WiMax Subbing for DSL in Vietnam


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Comments (2)
April 24, 2009 : Vietnam's ISPs are set to join the growing number of emerging-market service providers deploying WiMax as a DSL alternative

Juniper Sees Q1 Stabilize


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
April 23, 2009 : The company predicts flat revenues next quarter and has even hired in R&D, after cutting 140 jobs elsewhere

ZTE Readies Fresh Assault on Europe, US


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
April 23, 2009 : As domestic business boosts Chinese vendor's Q1, it reveals plans to create a new unit to target opportunities in Europe and the US

Can Flash & Tru2way Coexist?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
April 23, 2009 : Sun exec says adding Flash to the set-top has the potential to drive up box costs and complexity, and fragment the applications market

Dialog Talks Up HSPA+


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Post a comment
April 23, 2009 : With 3G, HSPA, and WiMax already in its back pocket, why is Dialog looking at yet another upgrade?

Ikanos Reaches for DSL Breadth


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
April 23, 2009 : A $54M deal would hand Conexant's DSL business to Ikanos, but the question is what it will do to Ikanos's bottom line

Panasonic Plugs In HD Web TV


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
April 22, 2009 : CE giant is offering over-the-top hi-def fare from Amazon, but none of its early Viera Cast-capable HDTVs will carry the tru2way label

AT&T: Another Bumper iPhone Quarter


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
April 22, 2009 : AT&T posts profit drop, but the iPhone is still keeping wireless strong for the largest GSM operator in the US

Huawei Closes In on Rivals


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
April 22, 2009 : With its sales set for another surge this year, Huawei could be bigger than NSN, AlcaLu, and even Ericsson in dollar terms in 2009

Cablevision Mobilizes Content Play


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
April 22, 2009 : Cablevision says a remote DVR scheduler is in the plans but not included in an initial batch of mobile Web apps

Server Glitch Crashes T-Mobile Network


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (8)
April 22, 2009 : A software problem in NSN subscriber database servers shut down T-Mobile's network yesterday leaving 40M German customers without service

Huawei Reports 2008 Revenues of $18.3B


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
April 22, 2009 : Huawei has released its annual report including audited numbers for 2008, which show actual annual revenues up by nearly 43 percent

Zhone Says 'Buy American'


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (26)
April 22, 2009 : Public comments filed by Zhone urge the government to temper its use of foreign firms when doling out Recovery Act broadband funds

Infinera Dampens Q2 Expectations


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
April 21, 2009 : Revenues are growing, as is the customer roster, but Infinera's sales might be getting tweaked by the recession

Cox, Entropic MoCA Deal Not Exclusive


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
April 21, 2009 : Door left open for Broadcom as the nation's third-largest MSO gears up for a whole-home DVR deployment

IEEE to Rubber-Stamp PBB-TE


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
April 21, 2009 : PBB-TE is only weeks away from being ratified as a formal standard by the IEEE, a move that's set to make it more appealing to carriers

Backhaul Clouds Metro Femto Vision


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (4)
April 21, 2009 : Vodafone still likes the metro femtocell concept for future LTE networks, but finding low-cost, high-capacity backhaul is a challenge

Downturn Smacks Deutsche Telekom


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
April 21, 2009 : German giant cuts its earnings forecast for 2009 as economic woes hit its overseas operations, sending its share price tumbling

Canoe Preps Interactive TV Ads


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Comments (4)
April 21, 2009 : Major US cable providers to launch ad campaign for Visa in which viewers will be able to request more info about the credit cards

India Sets Subs Record


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Comment (1)
April 21, 2009 : India sets another record with 15.64 million new wireless connections in March, as fixed-line numbers also grew

Mixed Fortunes for Chinese Giants


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
April 21, 2009 : China Mobile and China Telecom publish mixed Q1 numbers that suggest intensifying competition in the wireless services market

Comcast Offers Glimpse of Flash Strategy


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
April 21, 2009 : MSO has a healthy interest in adding Flash to the set-top. Just don't expect those boxes to pipe video from the Web at the get-go

RGB Still Gunning for an IPO


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
April 20, 2009 : CEO says digital video firm should sustain profitability later this year and remains eager to go public once market conditions improve
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