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Articles published in May 2010

iPhone: Could Multitasking Increase 3G Woes?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (6)
May 31, 2010 : Several vendors suggest that Apple's upcoming iPhone OS update could increase network pressures for operators

Singapore Set for Broadband Ramp


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
May 31, 2010 : There's a great deal of growth expected in Singapore's broadband sector in the next few years, and not just in the fixed market, finds Pyramid Research report

Former Microsoft Exec Joins Cisco's Video Group


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
May 28, 2010 : Enrique Rodriguez, an exec formerly responsible for products such as Mediaroom and Zune, is joining Cisco's Service Provider Video Technology Group

LTE Watch: Huawei Rides the Rails


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
May 28, 2010 : Huawei claims super-fast LTE deployment on Chinese bullet train

Marvell Plugs a Computer for Telcos, MSOs


LR Cable News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
May 28, 2010 : The company's all-purpose 'plug computer,' its pride and joy at the last two CES shows, is making a play for telco services and broadband video

Motorola Brings More Droids to VZW


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
May 28, 2010 : Motorola and Verizon will launch two Android phones in July, while Microsoft says it will sell 30 million, and something big brews at Samsung

Photos: iPad Hits Europe, APAC


Slide Shows - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
May 28, 2010 : The iPad has gone international – see how its acolytes reacted in Europe and Asia/Pacific

Europe Almost Catches iPad Fever


LR Mobile News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Comments (3)
May 28, 2010 : Only les geeks made the effort in France, but elsewhere it was a case of the longest queues since the last British Airways strike

SK Telecom Takes Stake in WiMax Operator


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
May 28, 2010 : Korean operator to invest $100 million in Malaysian WiMax operator P1 as part of its international expansion plan

Spain Leads LR World Cup Poll


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
May 28, 2010 : Brazil also strongly backed, while the Ohio State Buckeyes get some sympathy votes

Policy Watch: Eyes on NBCU & Title II


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
May 27, 2010 : Separately, that is. A senator wants Comcast to shed NBC's stake in Hulu, while the FCC prepares to ask about its authority over broadband

AT&T U-verse: No OTT


The Philter - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
May 27, 2010 : 5:15 PM With all that's coming up with AT&T's U-verse service, the prospect of integrating over-the-top content with pay TV doesn't seem likely

ActiveVideo Suit Targets Verizon


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
May 27, 2010 : A key Cablevision ITV partner goes after the telco roughly two months after Verizon accused the MSO of violating patents linked to FiOS TV

Covad Counting on Ethernet Growth


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
May 27, 2010 : Competitive carrier's latest transformation built on providing last-mile Ethernet to a wide range of new customers

Telcordia: More Services Are the Answer


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (5)
May 27, 2010 : Communication service providers have to rethink everything as data traffic continues to climb, Telcordia says

No Surprise: Verizon Talks Tiered Pricing for LTE


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
May 27, 2010 : Operator executives have actually been talking about moving to a more usage-based model for mobile broadband for at least two years

Clearleap Lands Mediacom Deal


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
May 27, 2010 : Startup scores its largest deal so far as MSO heads to the clouds for linear and VoD ad support, and sets up potential for Web-fed video

Disaster Recovery Turns Wireless & Cloudy


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (6)
May 27, 2010 : AT&T's annual survey of businesses finds many more using wireless devices and cloud computing to execute business continuity plans

Unicorn Opens Up Real-Time Analytics


LR Cable News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
May 26, 2010 : Unicorn Media is opening up its analytics to all video providers to let them know what their users are doing, when, where, why, and how

Gadget Watch: Dell's New Streak


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
May 26, 2010 : Is it a tablet? Is it a phone? Brits will find out for sure in early June

Deutsche Telekom to Trial LTE This Year


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
May 26, 2010 : German operator gets busy with its newly won 800MHz spectrum and plans to test LTE this year

Eircom Gets Heavy With Rock Fans


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
May 26, 2010 : The Irish incumbent is sending out 'three strikes' letters to suspected illegal file sharers in a crackdown on Internet music piracy

Deutsche Telekom Joins Rush to WiFi Offload


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (3)
May 26, 2010 : German operator has started offloading iPhone traffic onto WiFi networks and plans to increase its hotspot coverage to help 3G network capacity

Rumor: Cisco Hunts for LTE Policy Control Smarts


Rumors - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
May 26, 2010 : Analyst firm says Cisco is looking to build on Starent acquisition with a buyout of either Bridgewater or Openet for LTE policy control capabilities

Photos From AT&T's U-verse Tour


Slide Shows - Phil Harvey - Comments (3)
May 26, 2010 : AT&T shows off its iPad app, interactive games, 3DTV, and more ways to take your content on the go

ClariPhy Raises $24M to Chase 100G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 26, 2010 : The CoreOptics buy could mean Cisco won't need merchant chips for 100G. But that doesn't deter Oclaro – or ClariPhy, which just got $24 million to pursue that market

Who's Really Sitting on an LTE Goldmine?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
May 26, 2010 : Ericsson, Nortel, Nokia, Huawei stake their claims, but the answer remains 'anyone's guess'

Hillcrest Creates Hulu Workaround for TV Browser


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Comments (2)
May 26, 2010 : Hulu workaround is part of a new round of updates to Hillcrest's 'Kylo' video browser, but will Hulu try to block access again?

Will Verizon Have a Q3 iPhone Launch?


Rumors - Dan Jones - Comments (4)
May 25, 2010 : A JP Morgan Chase analyst believes that it is much more likely that Verizon & Apple will plot a CMDA iPhone launch for Q3 rather than June

Canoe Experiments With VoD Ads


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6)
May 25, 2010 : Cross-MSO advanced ad venture licenses This Technology's platform for VoD proof-of-concept work

Rumor: AT&T Rethinks Set-Top Chips


Rumors - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
May 25, 2010 :

AT&T Touts the U-Verse Reality


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (5)
May 25, 2010 : Previewing a far-out app gives AT&T the chance to reaffirm the possibilities of its IPTV network and service

MTNL, BSNL Prep for 3G Battle


News Analysis - Gagandeep Kaur - Comment (1)
May 25, 2010 : Now that state-owned operators BSNL and MTNL face 3G competition from their privately owned rivals, the race is on

Cisco Tailors Router & Switch for Smart Grid


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (3)
May 25, 2010 : After a year of evangelizing the smart grid, Cisco is bringing its hardware to utilities looking to modernize the grid with IP

TiVo Starts Thinking Outside the Box


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
May 25, 2010 : Who needs tru2way? TiVo's going direct to get its software baked into Best Buy's broadband-fueled, Insignia-branded digital TVs

Reader Poll: Who Will Win the World Cup?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (14)
May 25, 2010 : Verwaayen has spoken, Vestberg has sided with Brazil, and O'Hara has complained on behalf of the Irish – now it's your turn

KPN Joins M2M Pack in Germany


LR Mobile News Analysis - Anne Morris - Post a comment
May 25, 2010 : Extra spectrum could help new machine-to-machine strategy, but KPN's German operator, E-Plus, missed out on the sought-after 'digital dividend' band

Mgmt World 2011: In Pictures!


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (7)
May 25, 2010 : The annual service provider IT (SPIT) event that is Management World had gossip, booze, and just the best coffee... oh, and good contacts, too

Infinera Ditches 40G, Talks 100G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
May 25, 2010 : Everyone needs a 100G story, and Infinera is no exception. The more pressing issue is whether people buy its 40G story

HSPA+ in the US & the Wait for Handsets


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (4)
May 24, 2010 : T-Mobile will likely be first with smartphones supporting the faster 3G standard, but analysts say a HSPA+ iPhone is possible for AT&T

Avail-TVN: All 3D, All the Time


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
May 24, 2010 : Avail-TVN says it hopes to go 24/7 with 3D content in due time

US Wireless Competition: Does It Exist?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (9)
May 24, 2010 : Wireless operators have their own set of criteria that point to a competitive US wireless market, but the reality depends on where you look

Size Matters, Says CENX Founder


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
May 24, 2010 : Founder Nan Chen gets excited as eight-month-old Ethernet exchange hits milestone of 10M end points

NEC Preps LTE Femto


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (4)
May 24, 2010 : NEC gets to work on developing residential femtocells for LTE

BSNL Blocks Huawei, ZTE Bids


News Analysis - Gagandeep Kaur - Comments (2)
May 24, 2010 : Indian state-owned carrier excludes Chinese vendors from its mobile network expansion plans as security concerns drag on

Interoute Turns a Profit, Plans M&A


News Analysis - Post a comment
May 24, 2010 : Pan-European network operator continues its turnaround story with a profitable 2009 and a focused acquisition strategy

Nice Move for NFC


LR Mobile News Analysis - Comments (3)
May 21, 2010 : Orange sees Nice launch as dress rehearsal for nationwide, near-field communication, over-the-air payments rollout

Cable ONE Sizes Up EchoStar, TiVo Set-Tops


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
May 21, 2010 : The MSO has yet to make a final decision, but sources say broadband-fueled TiVo and SlingLoaded EchoStar boxes are in the running

LTE Watch: Yota Drops WiMax for LTE


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
May 21, 2010 : Wotta shocka from Yota! Russian operator is ditching WiMax for LTE

Scenes From Packet-Optical Evolution, Part II


Slide Shows - Post a comment
May 21, 2010 : Our final look at some of the familiar faces in the optical networking world that were seen at our NYC event this week
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