News Analysis - Post a comment May 31, 2005 : The UK's alternative operators are set to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on DSL gear in the coming years. Marconi and Huawei appear to be the early beneficiaries
News Analysis - Post a comment May 31, 2005 : European carrier Viatel launches three new business services to attract the more cautious enterprises that worry about switching to VOIP
LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment May 31, 2005 : But the inventor of Ethernet is really looking forward to how WiMax will change the competition among service providers
News Analysis - Comments (3) May 31, 2005 : Baby bells? WiFi? Plain old telephone service? Blow 'em all up, says the father of Ethernet, in a characteristically frank interview with LRTV
Supercomm News Analysis - Comment (1) May 31, 2005 : New GPON OLT will support 64 subscribers per PON with 2.4-Gbit/s downstream and 1.2-Gbit/s upstream at a distance of up to 20 km
News Analysis - Post a comment May 31, 2005 : With the ITU completing ratification of the VDSL2 standard, the fight begins among chip makers as to who's fully compatible and what features got left out
News Analysis - Post a comment May 31, 2005 : Momentum in the global broadband market shifts towards Asia/Pacific, as prices worldwide continue to fall
Supercomm News Analysis - Comments (7) May 27, 2005 : The telecom carrier IPTV world was hit with a setback this week as Swisscom confirmed that it won't be able to commercially launch its IPTV service during the second half of 2005
Supercomm News Analysis - Comments (2) May 27, 2005 : Kasenna says its video server is widely deployed, it's based on open systems, and it's more scaleable. So why is Microsoft winning all the big deals?
LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment May 27, 2005 : Lucent, Motorola, and Nokia likely to fight for UTStarcom partnership on TD-SCDMA
News Analysis - Post a comment May 27, 2005 : Two VOIP market share reports reveal that Italtel is the softswitch vendor to watch in the coming months
LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment May 26, 2005 : Unstrung Insider finds demand for basic 2G services in emerging markets fueling network sales
Supercomm News Analysis - Comment (1) May 26, 2005 : The first big-name carrier win is great news for Infinera's prospects and a testimonial to its technology, but the $205 million startup still has to prove its business model has long-term potential
News Analysis - Post a comment May 26, 2005 : Cable & Wireless awards its first NGN contract to Tellabs, signs an access deal with Marconi, and posts its first fiscal-year profit since 2002
News Analysis - Comment (1) May 26, 2005 : In a surprise move, Cisco bypasses other WAN optimization startups to pick up FineGround for $70M UPDATED 1 PM
News Analysis - Comments (16) May 26, 2005 : The telecom industry is going to have to choose between freedom and control, say content evangelists – it may be the biggest decision of their lives
News Analysis - Comments (4) May 26, 2005 : Alcatel North America CTO Kenny Frank says Alcatel sees its role in IPTV as a hardware vendor and integrator, the project manager making everything work behind the scenes
LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment May 26, 2005 : Sources say the struggling company will announce what direction it will go in today
LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment May 26, 2005 : Startup looks to a converged future following Swedish deployment
Supercomm News Analysis - Comment (1) May 25, 2005 : Secretive financiers, a CEO sued by investors, and an optical networking startup. Welcome to the weird world of Intellambda
Supercomm News Analysis - Post a comment May 25, 2005 : Pedestal gives UTStarcom an impressive product that wasn't likely to have sustained the startup by itself
News Analysis - Comments (3) May 25, 2005 : Even with a partner, an entry into the US market wouldn't be without its complications, as Italtel's experience is with European operators and services
LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment May 25, 2005 : Vendor eyes CDMA upgrade deals with KDDI and Verizon and aims for future Asian wins
Supercomm News Analysis - Post a comment May 25, 2005 : With partners in place on the telecom carrier and cable side, Tropic prepares to ramp up for future carrier ROADM demand
News Analysis - Comments (14) May 24, 2005 : Traffic management is an important and growing focus in networks supporting next-gen applications – but is Caspian’s 'flow-state' method of traffic management the only way to do the job?
News Analysis - Post a comment May 24, 2005 : Launches second stage in process aimed at creating comprehensive, in-depth competitive analysis of IP DSLAMs and Multiservice Access Platforms
LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment May 24, 2005 : Service provider set to launch ‘pre-WiMax’ network and eyes European expansion
News Analysis - Comments (17) May 24, 2005 : VOIP upstart Skype launches an affiliate scheme to spread its brand. In two weeks of testing, the program has already attracted 1,800 willing participants
News Analysis - Comment (1) May 24, 2005 : JDSU and Acterna have a lot in common: Both acquired madly during the bubble, and both suffered badly after the crash
LR Mobile News Analysis - Comment (1) May 24, 2005 : Atheros and Conexant announce new silicon for battery-powered WLAN
Supercomm News Analysis - Comments (5) May 24, 2005 : BellSouth, SBC, and Verizon have joined forces in an RFI querying the industry about gigabit PONs, a move that could presage their plans for IPTV
News Analysis - Comments (7) May 23, 2005 : JDSU is betting $760M on Acterna and its test equipment for carriers, a move that expands JDSU's product offerings and may accelerate its long drive to profitability
News Analysis - Comments (33) May 23, 2005 : Microsoft is scoring big wins with its single-source IPTV solution, but some in the industry are voicing concerns about the long-term side effects on operators
LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment May 23, 2005 : Fixed/mobile convergence startup scores new CEO and first commercial deal following $17M cash injection
LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment May 23, 2005 : Will they or won't they? The oft-sited pair of Juniper and Extreme is the networking world's version of Bennifer
Supercomm News Analysis - Comments (9) May 23, 2005 : Equipment vendors are pouring on the features to appeal to carriers' IPTV needs. Case in point: Redback, which is making what company officials say is its biggest product advance in two years
News Analysis - Post a comment May 23, 2005 : Norwegian incumbent pays $820M for B2 in Sweden and $236M for CyberCity in Denmark, an average of about $2,500 per subscriber – and more such deals are expected
News Analysis - Comments (52) May 20, 2005 : Sigh. They are at it again, or so says Wall Street. Extreme shares rocket 5% on the age-old 'Will Juniper buy them?' rumor – they now trade at just 1.5x sales
Supercomm News Analysis - Comments (3) May 20, 2005 : Equipment vendor tells the State of Florida it expects to close its Miramar FTTP facility and that all 90 employees will be terminated in July
News Analysis - Post a comment May 20, 2005 : While there are no great surprises in Alcatel's partner grouping, the news will be a boost to the vendors involved: Redback, Acme Packet, and Convedia
News Analysis - Post a comment May 20, 2005 : Cisco's latest security alert warns of a TCP vulnerability that can be exploited under certain conditions to start a denial-of-service attack
LR Mobile News Analysis - Comments (12) May 20, 2005 : Trials Alvarion and IPWireless kit, strikes partnership involving ArrayComm, and is linked to Navini deal
LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment May 20, 2005 : Convergence alliance winds down, following inclusion in latest 3GPP specs
News Analysis - Comments (30) May 20, 2005 : ROADMs have a 'chicken/egg' problem: The volumes necessary to drive down pricing are hard to reach in a cautious spending environment
Supercomm News Analysis - Comments (4) May 20, 2005 : Another company lays claim to Efficient Networks' success in the DSL CPE market by pitching BPON optical network terminals
News Analysis - Comment (1) May 19, 2005 : VOIP providers have 120 days to get access to the systems that automatically generate the caller’s location information for 911 operators
LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment May 19, 2005 : Chipmaker sues Qualcomm over alleged patent infringements
News Analysis - Post a comment May 19, 2005 : Fixed-line operators are following the example of their mobile cousins by deploying service delivery platforms, with systems integrators set to capitalize, according to LR Insider
News Analysis - Comments (4) May 19, 2005 : UTStarcom says the Euro-vendors, not the Chinese, are pinching prices – and it's replacing growth in wireless with IPTV and broadband platforms
LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment May 19, 2005 : Teams with ZTE on development of TD-SCDMA technology and plans opening of own R&D center
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