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Articles published in May 2011

Cisco Partner Tries to Break Moto's Grip on Tier 2s


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
May 31, 2011 : A hosted SDV platform from Adara could help Cisco find new inroads into small and mid-sized cable operators

What's picoChip's Exit Strategy?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (3)
May 31, 2011 : The femto startup could be shopping for a buyer as it looks toward an IPO, but there's no match made in heaven for the UK company

OSS in the Cloud? Not So Fast


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
May 31, 2011 : OSS transformation would be easier if complex systems could migrate to the cloud, but that will take time, standards and more work

Netflix, YouTube to Ride Big OTT Revenue Wave


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
May 31, 2011 : Also: Comcast eyes $1B theme-park deal, Charter waives post-storm box fees, FCC turns down the volume, big changes at Pace

Nokia Lowers Outlook, Shares Slump


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (3)
May 31, 2011 : Nokia issued a surprise Q2 warning of lower net sales and operating margin and scrapped making annual targets for 2011

Mavenir Bags $40M, Buys Airwide


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
May 31, 2011 : Mavenir lands $40M in funding and snaps up messaging specialist Airwide as it looks to expand its LTE efforts

Euronews: France Telecom Outlines Masterplan


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
May 31, 2011 : France Telecom sets out its five-year plan and eBay leans on Ofcom in today's regional roundup of telecom tidbits

Ruckus Makes Over KDDI With Wi-Fi Offload


LR Mobile Rumors - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
May 30, 2011 :

AT&T Building Islands of LTE in 2011


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
May 27, 2011 : Early AT&T LTE users could find themselves defaulting to 3G a lot, as neither Ma Bell or Verizon will confirm a roaming deal for the 4G tech

PayPal Sues Google for Mobile Wallet


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
May 27, 2011 : eBay-owned payments company says Google stole its executives and its trade secrets around mobile payments

DirecTV CEO: Dish Merger 'Tough Hill to Climb'


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
May 27, 2011 : Also: Dish revs Blockbuster promo, Cablevision pushes retrans consent reform, Cox starts rowing with Canoe, ESPN gives MPEG-4 the nod

Cisco Set for Telco Managed Services Push


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
May 27, 2011 : Cisco is about to launch a new managed services offering for telecom service providers that want to target SMBs

Tail-f Tails Cisco


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
May 27, 2011 : If you're going to do anything 'multivendor,' there's one vendor you really can't leave out. (Sorry, Juniper, it's not you)

Euronews: Symbian on Life Support (Until 2016)


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
May 27, 2011 : Nokia commits to Symbian (for a while, anyway), MTS reports Q1 and eircom feels the heat in today's corral of Euro telecom headlines

Arris Sets Sights on SeaChange


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
May 27, 2011 : A source confirms that Arris is in talks to add more video software by acquiring its rival

RUS Shreds List of Materials


TDM Replacement News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (3)
May 26, 2011 : Was your product RUS accepted? Really? Congratulations. The world no longer cares

Speculating About Cox's Spectrum


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
May 26, 2011 : If Cox ends up sellin' its spectrum, who's buyin'? And will the FCC even allow it?

Google Taps Sprint for Tap-to-Pay


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
May 26, 2011 : Google Wallet supports credit-card payments and promotions using NFC on Sprint's Nexus S smartphone

Ultra Broadband: More Than Just Fiber


Next-Generation PONs News Analysis - Post a comment
May 26, 2011 : Light Reading heads to Shanghai to find out about China's FTTH revolution and talks to Heavy Reading about the transport network requirements and business cases associated with FTTH rollouts

Telcordia's Suitor Identified


Rumors - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
May 26, 2011 :

Mobile Broadband China 2011 in Pictures


Slide Shows - Comments (2)
May 26, 2011 : Photos from Light Reading's Beijing event

Netflix Pops on Facebook Integration Buzz


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
May 26, 2011 : Also: TW Cable jacks broadband speeds in Maine, Shaw raises broadband caps, Skype suffers outage, Rovi CEO is retiring

Comcast Tees Up IP Video Tests


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
May 26, 2011 : MSO will use the MIT campus to kick the tires out on a cloudier, more versatile IP-based video system, says The Wall Street Journal

Mgmt World: KT Puts Commodity Spin on Cloud


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comment (1)
May 26, 2011 : Rather than avoid competing with Amazon and other Web cloud providers, KT is trying to outdo them

Euronews: UK Mad for Slow Mobile Broadband


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
May 26, 2011 : Ofcom study finds mobile broadband in the UK is rising in popularity, if not in speed, while Telefonica looks to make more job cuts

Chipmakers Snack on Optical Designs


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
May 26, 2011 : The latest transition in optical networking is turning obscure chip-design houses into acquisition targets

Nortel Sells Out in Dallas


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (16)
May 25, 2011 : The company's fadeout has a lot of milestones, but this is one of the most visible

Mgmt World: StarHub's Data Experience


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
May 25, 2011 : Singapore's StarHub updates on mobile data patterns, the benefit of all-IP backhaul and the growing role of customer experience management

Mgmt World: Take Me to the Bridge


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
May 25, 2011 : 12:25 PM Deutsche Telekom's CTO and CIO are 'Bridging the Chasm' by bringing the operator's network and IT teams closer together

Comcast Notches 20 Billion VoD Views


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Comments (9)
May 25, 2011 : Elsewhere: CableOne grapples with Joplin tornado, AT&T shops U-verse on Lifetime, VUDU gets button on Vizio remotes, HBO rolls social TV site

AT&T Starts Small With LTE


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
May 25, 2011 : AT&T's 4G network will go live in five cities this summer with 15 or more markets up by the end of the year

Intel Inside LTE Small Cells


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (13)
May 25, 2011 : Intel processors soup up small cells from UK femto firm Ubiquisys

Mgmt World: Big Banks Want Tailored Cloud Services


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
May 25, 2011 : Multi-national banks are willing to buy cloud services but they want service providers to understand their business first

Cox Chucks Wireless Network Plan


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
May 24, 2011 : Cox to 'decommission' its 3G network and piggyback on Sprint as it looks to launch wireless service in half its footprint this year

Is AboveNet for Sale?


Rumors - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
May 24, 2011 :

Comcast Says No to Usage-Based Billing


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (10)
May 24, 2011 : MSO isn't planning to adopt UBB policies for cable modem services, but the tools are in place if it should ever change its mind

Mgmt World: DT Bridges the Chasm


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
May 24, 2011 : In an unprecedented display of unity, Deutsche Telekom's CTO and CIO sing from the same hymn sheet and give the industry a set of demands

Dish CEO: DirecTV Merger Possible


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Comments (3)
May 24, 2011 : Elsewhere: Samsung reaches connected-TV app milestone, Cablevision founder invests in social media research, cable MSO sues DirecTV

Microsoft Tangos With Mango


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
May 24, 2011 : Nearly 500 new WP7 OS updates include a focus on social networking and people, more localized Web browsing and better app integration

Mgmt World: StarHub's New Experience


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
May 24, 2011 : 10:00 AM Customer experience management has at last found its way to the frontline of service provider strategies

Mgmt World: KPN Would Like the Lasagna, Please


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
May 24, 2011 : At least, the mobile operator would prefer organized layers of network operations, rather than the messy spaghetti bowl

Forum Tackles Connected Home Management


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
May 24, 2011 : New diagnostic tools help service providers pinpoint problems that are likely to emerge as more devices are broadband-enabled

Euronews: Spanish Spectrum for Orange & Yoigo


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Comment (1)
May 24, 2011 : Spanish spectrum auction attracts just two bidders while Internet heavyweights rendezvous in France in today's EMEA telecom roundup

T-Mobile Busts Out With 42Mbit/s Service


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
May 24, 2011 : Fifty-two more cities are getting the superfast HSPA+ service, and there's a smartphone and possibly a tablet in the wings as well

Qualcomm Not Holding Up LTE iPhone


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
May 23, 2011 : Qualcomm says that sourcing LTE chipsets with 3G support isn't a problem for Apple; Qualcomm has the multimode chips ready to go

AlcaLu Undecided on Cable Gear Opportunity


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
May 23, 2011 : Next-gen access network initiatives may accelerate AlcaLu's cable strategy, but the vendor is still weighing the risks and rewards

T-Mobile Shakes Up Pricing Sans Unlimited Data


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (3)
May 23, 2011 : New rate plans offer a variety of data caps, but slow data speeds once the max is reached instead of charging overages

LightSquared: Testing in 2011, Launch in 1H '12


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (8)
May 23, 2011 : LightSquared will work on test markets in 2011, as more early details about its GPS work in Vegas trickle in

Mgmt World: Telstra Sees ASP Future


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
May 23, 2011 : Moving to cloud-based services that are device- and network-agnostic is the best way to ensure a profitable future, exec says

GTT Snaps Up PacketExchange for $20M


News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
May 23, 2011 : Global Telecom & Technology agrees to buy PacketExchange for $20M in a bid to expand its network reach and customer base
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