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Articles published in April 2012

Who's Winning Cable's Tablet TV Deals?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
April 30, 2012 : RGB, Envivio and Harmonic – not Cisco and Motorola – appear to be grabbing the early linear TV transcoding deals with some major MSOs

The Number's Up for Huawei


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5)
April 30, 2012 : A change in reporting methods meant Huawei's 2011 annual report included restated and improved profit numbers for the previous four years

Comcast/Verizon Combo Steers Clear of FiOS


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (13)
April 30, 2012 : Verizon and the MSO tie in cable modem and LTE data upgrades in six markets where Comcast competes with AT&T and CenturyLink

Broadcom Switch Talks Terabits


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
April 30, 2012 : A 200G chip is the company's answer to the big, flat data-center fabric that vendors like to talk about

Microsoft Fights Fire With Nook Investment


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (4)
April 30, 2012 : Microsoft will invest $300M in Barnes & Noble's new Nook division for better reading apps and potentially an e-reader of its own

Apple Eyes Epix Streaming Deal


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
April 30, 2012 : Also: CableCARD gains momentum; Hulu courts authentication model; Canoe Ventures to shut down NYC digs; former Sunflower GM joins Synacor

Euronews: Nokia to Offload 'Bling' Brand


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Comments (2)
April 30, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: Nokia in talks to sell Vertu subsidiary; Deutsche Telekom settles pay dispute; UK joint venture's 4G 'campaign'

Falcone Could Step Down From LightSquared


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
April 30, 2012 : The latest reports around the company say hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone has struck a deal with creditors

Photos: Service Provider Wi-Fi


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
April 30, 2012 : Who has their finger on the service provider Wi-Fi pulse? Check out our photos from the recent one-day event in London

Photos: The SCTE Power Tour


Slide Shows - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
April 27, 2012 : Join us for a look at a hybrid power system the SCTE has deployed to help MSOs study how to keep biz customers humming when the grid goes down

Q1 Scorecard: Wireless Operators Square Off on Data


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (5)
April 27, 2012 : LR Mobile compares U.S. wireless operators' results for Q1, in which ARPU growth superseded subscriber growth as a key metric

Nokia Loses Its Mobile Crown


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
April 27, 2012 : After 14 years as the mobile device market leader, Nokia is relegated to second place in Q1 by Samsung

Cisco Links SDN & Policy


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
April 27, 2012 : Cisco doesn't see software-defined networking (SDN) as a threat but as a key to improve policy by revealing what the network is really doing

Comcast Brings IPv6 to the Home Network


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
April 27, 2012 : Also: Stake sale would value Hulu at $2B; Synacor profits on TV Everywhere; more TiVo DVRs get Comcast VoD

OS Watch: Amazon Leads the Android Tablet Pack


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
April 27, 2012 : Also: Samsung multiple OS plan pays off; no more Chomp'in on Android; RIM's runway is three to five years; Verizon's lineup leaked

Euronews: Nokia Knocked Off Top Spot


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
April 27, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: Nokia overtaken by Samsung in handset sales for first time; Sequans makes $9M loss; BT phone boxes up for grabs

Clearwire Targets 31 Cities for LTE TDD


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (6)
April 26, 2012 : The wholesaler pitches for more partners to get on board as it plans to activate hot zones in the biggest US cities

TW Cable Sets Docsis 3.0 Subscriber Record


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
April 26, 2012 : The MSO now has 218,000 residential customers taking its 30-Meg and 50-Meg broadband tiers

IntelliNet Spawns 4G Signaling Specialist


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
April 26, 2012 : Having sold its mobile data offload business, IntelliNet is reborn as Diametriq, a Diameter signaling traffic management company

MetroPCS Sacrifices Profits for LTE


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
April 26, 2012 : The regional carrier paid the price while upgrading its customer base to LTE in Q1, as new subscriber additions slowed to a crawl

Arris Gains From Docsis 3.0 CPE Surge


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (9)
April 26, 2012 : About 60% of modem and gateways shipped by Arris in Q1 had that Docsis 3.0 flavor as MSOs accelerated CPE upgrade cycles

Broadband & Biz Services Power TWC's Q1


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
April 26, 2012 : TW Cable sheds another 94,000 video subscribers in Q1, but healthy gains in other services help MSO deliver a tidy profit

Sprint's Wild Week


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
April 26, 2012 : Sprint has had a major week with Q1 results, tax lawsuits, video visions, a WiMax revitalization and iPhone chatter

Bad Start to 2012 for AlcaLu


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6)
April 26, 2012 : Shrinking revenues and margins herald the start of another tough year for Alcatel-Lucent

Euronews: AlcaLu Tanks in Q1


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
April 26, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: AlcaLu has a bad start to the year; Nokia slaps down German patent claim; Transmode lookin' good; Vivendi to split?

Carrier Wi-Fi Is Hot


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
April 26, 2012 : There are plenty of opportunities for everyone in the food chain to benefit from the boom in demand for Wi-Fi connectivity

Cricket Leans on Its Competitors for LTE


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
April 25, 2012 : The prepaid wireless operator is building out LTE, but its relying on wholesale partners and spectrum swaps to make it happen

Is Verizon an Infinera Customer?


Rumors - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
April 25, 2012 :

Envivio Pulls the IPO Trigger


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
April 25, 2012 : But shoots off a toe, as shares drop 5% in their debut. TW Cable, Huawei and Ericsson were its largest customers in fiscal 2012

How Is Juniper Sizing Up for 2012?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
April 25, 2012 : Q1 looked OK, but as Juniper brings out its new core router, packet-optical switch and data-center fabric, a good 2012 is not a slam dunk

T-Mobile Loads Up LTE Spectrum Ammo


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
April 25, 2012 : T-Mobile says it now has enough spectrum to cover 129 markets and get rolling with LTE after FCC OKs the transfer of AT&T's AWS licenses

Should Wi-Fi Be a Free-for-All?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
April 25, 2012 : As operators revamp their Wi-Fi service strategies, divergent marketing models have emerged

BT Tests Carrier Wi-Fi Roaming


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
April 25, 2012 : UK incumbent has been trialing seamless Wi-Fi authentication techniques on its live network with partners from Europe and North America

Sprint CEO 'Doesn't Know' Timing of 4G iPhone


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (9)
April 25, 2012 : Despite all the rumors, Sprint's Dan Hesse says he doesn't know when the next iPhone will arrive and if it will have 4G LTE onboard

Sprint, DirecTV Try to Stop Wireless Spectrum Review


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
April 25, 2012 : The FCC is still reviewing Verizon's proposed wireless spectrum buy. Also: Microsoft starts running more, longer commercials on Xbox Live TV service

Sprint Losses Mount on 4G Upgrades & iPhones


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (6)
April 25, 2012 : Sprint posts a net loss of $863M as it moves ahead with the Nextel shutdown and sells 1.5M iPhones

Ericsson Retrenches in Q1


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
April 25, 2012 : While net income ramps on joint venture sale proceeds, network equipment revenues dip. But Ericsson is building for future growth

Euronews: Ericsson Q1 Profits Double


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
April 25, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: Ericsson sales fall but its profits rise; Russia's MegaFon changes hands; NSN's scores again with Liquid Core

AT&T Labs CTO: Wireless Network Evolution


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
April 25, 2012 : The president and CTO of AT&T Labs discusses the network in the next decade and the growing importance of the cloud and mobile security

Apple Won't Compromise, Cook Declares


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (5)
April 24, 2012 : Tablets converging with PCs? Operators threatening to cut iPhone subsidies? Apple says it's not bothered by any of it

Juniper's Rookie Products Get Called Up


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
April 24, 2012 : Big hopes sit behind Juniper's T4000, QFabric and PTX, and the company is trying to show the products are off to good starts

Diller Says Aereo Doesn't Sell Content


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
April 24, 2012 : Aereo's high-profile investor also tells Congress that ESPN would be 'insane' to bypass MSOs and sell directly to consumers

Apple Earns $11.6B on Q2 iSales


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
April 24, 2012 : The Cupertino giant grew its iPhone sales by 88% and iPad sales by 151% in its Q2

Juniper Reports an Upbeat Q1 Early


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
April 24, 2012 : Jumping the gun on the close of the market, Juniper says its Q1 was pretty good, while Q2 could be comparatively flat

Google Unlocks a Nexus Phone (Again)


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
April 24, 2012 : The Android maker is hoping third time's the charm with direct-to-consumer sales of the Galaxy Nexus

AT&T: Customers 'Love Our 4G Network'


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (8)
April 24, 2012 : Ma Bell's mobile boss says that users understand and enjoy AT&T's 'blended 4G' approach as monster data revenue growth shows

Startup Opens Gateways to Wi-Fi Services


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
April 24, 2012 : Swedish startup Anyfi Networks offers software that can turn existing residential gateways into Wi-Fi hot spots

Broadcom Finally Gets to 100G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
April 24, 2012 : Its relatively quiet network processor division steps up to the level EZchip and Xelerated (now Marvell) reached a while ago

AT&T's DSL Pain Offset by U-Verse Gains


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
April 24, 2012 : Also: Netflix's 2012 streaming challenge; Synacor lands another TV Everywhere deal; Blockbuster HQ to share space with Dish

Mobile Ops Can Learn From Wi-Fi, Cisco Says


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5)
April 24, 2012 : Service provider Wi-Fi rollouts can help mobile ops get to grips with the challenges of small cell deployments, believes Cisco
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