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Articles published in June 2006

Unstrung Takes a Holiday


LR Mobile News Analysis - Terry Sweeney - Post a comment
June 30, 2006 : But we'll be back Wednesday, July 5 with the very best in wireless news. In the meantime...

New Q Review


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Comment (1)
June 30, 2006 : For a comparison of the new, cool smartphones, we go straight to the IT guys

Saying 'No' to WiFi


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 30, 2006 : Right next door to a Starbucks, Blue Cross of Idaho looks to Network Chemistry for an 802.11 lockdown

Net Processors Await an IPO


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
June 30, 2006 : Wintegra delayed its IPO this week, thanks in part to Marvell; meanwhile, Bay Micro says it's got the gumption to go public

Is Google Going Dark on Fiber?


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comment (1)
June 30, 2006 : Google may be rethinking its plans to build a fiber transport network. One source says the company may instead opt to lease from other carriers, which helps explain its stance on net neutrality

Will Software Kill the IPTV Set-Top?


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (2)
June 30, 2006 : Upcoming PC media player from Verimatrix has the potential to replace set-tops in the home and -- in the future -- allow for place-shifting outside the home

Infinera's CFO Quits


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (12)
June 30, 2006 : Getting out while the going's good? Optical starlet names a new CFO in the run up to an anticipated IPO filing after its previous numbers man reportedly quit for another job. What's going on?

Optium Files for $100M IPO


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
June 30, 2006 : As rumored earlier this year, optical transponder vendor Optium has filed for an initial public offering on Nasdaq, and is looking for $100 million from investors

Jumpstarting Mobile Collaboration


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
June 29, 2006 : Lotus Sametime update extends messaging and workflow tools to mobile devices

Lucatel: Full Steam Ahead


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
June 29, 2006 : The merger process between Alcatel and Lucent appears to be going better than expected, though speculation persists about the COO-elect of the new venture

Is Nortel the Old Maid in Telecom M&A?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (10)
June 29, 2006 : With Alcatel, Lucent, Nokia, and Siemens out of the picture as potential merger partners, Nortel might be better off slimming down rather than bulking up, analysts say

Cisco Issues WCS Warning


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 29, 2006 : WiFi management platform turns up with a handful of vulnerabilities

Cable Accelerates Wideband Response


News Analysis - Michael Harris - Post a comment
June 29, 2006 : MSOs seek to fire back at telco fiber and IPTV offerings with proprietary solutions

Is Netopia Buy-Out Bait?


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
June 29, 2006 : Remote management software vendors say they're getting more attention from telcos but might need a big friend to take them into large telco accounts

Sprint Hints at Spectrum Plans


News Analysis - Carmen Nobel - Comments (2)
June 29, 2006 : Plans to buy additional spectrum in the 2.5GHz band in order to give the company a nationwide footprint; remains mysterious on service plans for its spectrum but promises to divulge all by summer's end

Spirent Cuts More Jobs


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 29, 2006 : Test firm extends its restructuring process and cuts deeper into its service assurance division in an effort to reach breakeven in its OSS business

iAnywhere Bundles Up


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
June 28, 2006 : iAnywhere offers modular mobile bundle, analysts expect to see others in the industry follow suit

The Infrared Solution


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
June 28, 2006 : Startup ClearMesh offers high-speed optical networks for small companies

Verizon: Lights, Camera, Actiontec!


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (4)
June 28, 2006 : Verizon said Wednesday it had chosen Actiontec as the primary supplier of its version of a home gateway; the vendor says it's already shipped 'in the hundreds of thousands' of the devices

Investors Share Funding Wisdom


LR Mobile News Analysis - Carmen Nobel - Post a comment
June 28, 2006 : Investors looking to fund new wireless companies are keen to put their money where the data is

Sonus Looks to Buy & Get Bigger


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (8)
June 28, 2006 : Sonus CEO Hassan Ahmed says the VOIP equipment firm is looking to splash some cash to extend its IMS capabilities into the applications arena, and he takes a swipe at his bigger rivals

CableLabs Kills Interim DOCSIS Standard


News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
June 28, 2006 : CableLabs has killed a budding attempt to create an interim DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) tech standard for cable modem equipment

Foundry, VeriSign in Stock Option Probes


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
June 28, 2006 : Switch/router vendor Foundry and security specialist VeriSign are the latest companies asked to supply the authorities with stock awards documents as the 'back-dating' scandal spreads

Investors Share Wireless Funding Wisdom


News Analysis - Carmen Nobel - Post a comment
June 28, 2006 : Investors looking to fund new wireless companies are keen to put their money where the data is, say execs at the WCA conference. And some of these startups may bid in the upcoming advanced spectrum auction

Time Warner Goes Dualmode


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (5)
June 27, 2006 : Time Warner Cable hopes to use dualmode phone service to ease the costs of connecting calls. The move could prove important as cable companies pose more of a competitive threat to phone companies that own wireless networks

700MHz Debate: Safety or Shopping?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Carmen Nobel - Post a comment
June 27, 2006 : At the WCA conference, two industry experts argue about what to do with a controversial band of spectrum

Marvell Takes a Bit of Intel


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
June 27, 2006 : Intel sells its cellphone chips to Marvell for $600M, seriously displeasing Marvell investors

700MHz Debate: Safety or Shopping?


News Analysis - Carmen Nobel - Comment (1)
June 27, 2006 : At the WCA conference, industry experts argue about what to do with the controversial 700MHz band of spectrum that the FCC intends to auction off in 2008

Marvell Takes a Bit of Intel


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
June 27, 2006 : Intel, in the process of culling its businesses, is selling off its cellphone chips to Marvell, which has been longing for a presence in the handset market

Telecom Italia Bids for AOL Units


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 27, 2006 : Italian giant looks to bolster its German and French operations with an initial non-binding offer for AOL's ISP assets, but the UK business isn't included

Mobile WiMax Goes Mini


News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
June 27, 2006 : Adaptix is releasing a suite of third-generation WiMax equipment based on 'micro-cell' layouts; the mobile terminals will run between $250 and $300 each

Cable-Tec: Fun With Photos


Slide Shows - Phil Harvey - Comment (1)
June 27, 2006 : We've snapped again! Light Reading's photos add to a tipsy tour of last week's Cable-Tec show in Denver

AT&T, Cisco Elbow Into Akimbo


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comment (1)
June 26, 2006 : AT&T and Cisco believe Akimbo has a big future in gathering and selling specialized or hard-to-find video content; AT&T will bundle the service in its new HomeZone service

Mobile WiMax Goes Mini


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
June 26, 2006 : OFDMA vendor Adaptix pushes 'micro-cell' technology

Redback Shares Stumble


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
June 26, 2006 : The company's soaring share price takes a hit as one analyst notes potential 'choppiness' in sales to prize customer BellSouth

Lucent 'Not Interested' in Nitel


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 26, 2006 : Lucent denies reports that it's part of FT Networks, the consortium bidding for a controlling stake in Nigeria's national operator

BT Gets Back Into Japan


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 26, 2006 : BT forms joint venture with KDDI to target Japan's largest multinationals, going head to head with its former international partner and now rival, AT&T

OCAP Set-Tops on the Way


News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
June 26, 2006 : Six of the nation's largest MSOs are upgrading their cable system headends to support digital TV gear equipped with the critical OpenCable Application Platform middleware

Good Hooks Into Lotus


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
June 26, 2006 : BlackBerry rival eyes 125 million Lotus Notes users

Intel Wows With Dualmode WiMax


News Analysis - Carmen Nobel - Comments (2)
June 23, 2006 : Intel next week is introducing a client chipset that supports both the fixed and mobile versions of WiMax, as it tries to garner carrier support for the technology

Intel Wows With Dualmode WiMax


LR Mobile News Analysis - Carmen Nobel - Post a comment
June 23, 2006 : Intel is introducing a client chipset that supports both the fixed and mobile versions of WiMax

SoonR Gets Mac Mobile


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
June 23, 2006 : PC-to-your-mobile startup extends support to the Apple world while defining key user cases

Aruba's Marina Trist


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 23, 2006 : Marina WISP finds that Aruba offers smooth sailing for unwiring at the docks

Sources: Siemens, Nortel, Avaya Mull JV


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
June 23, 2006 : Industry sources say the three are in talks about a possible enterprise equipment joint venture that would become the world's largest PBX vendor

Mobile CRM Arrives


LR Mobile News Analysis - Gabriel Brown - Comment (1)
June 23, 2006 : Engineering firm replaces notepads and pencils with real-time, wireless-enabled service information management system

Euro Telcos Face Storage Avalanche


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 23, 2006 : Meeting the requirements of a new European Union directive will cost carriers and ISPs hundreds of millions of dollars

Who's Going to Buy Tellabs?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (13)
June 23, 2006 : Many in the analyst community are asking 'who's next' in the wake of news of a Siemens/Nokia tie-up; the Tellabs name seems to keep coming up

Microsoft Ups Pressure on Skype


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (2)
June 22, 2006 : Microsoft brought its Windows Live Messenger out of beta this week; the new Messenger features PSTN-connected VOIP service through a partnership with Verizon

Cable's Sweet on Switched Digital


News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comments (4)
June 22, 2006 : Many top cable engineers insist it will trump IPTV's benefits because it's built to take advantage of cable's HFC networks

MSOs & Gear Makers Duel Over DOCSIS


News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
June 22, 2006 : There's heated debate over the interim DOCSIS 2.0b proposed standard
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