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Articles published in June 2007

The iPhone Arrives


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 29, 2007 : Fans line up 'round the block to be the first with the new phone

Limelight Shares Rise on Patent Ruling


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
June 29, 2007 : Shares in the content delivery network rose on preliminary ruling in its patent suit

Nortel Eyes IPTV Prospects


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
June 29, 2007 : So many big carriers are spoken for when it comes to IPTV vendors, but that's not discouraging Nortel, which says there's business to be had even in Tier 1 accounts

Ericsson, Others Top FT's IMS Shortlist


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
June 29, 2007 : Industry sources say France Telecom is set to announce an IMS vendor shortlist of four major vendors, kicking off what will be a long and complex process

Limelight Dims on Patent Worries


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
June 29, 2007 : A legal expert says Akamai has an overwhelming likelihood of winning its patent infringement suit against rival content delivery network Limelight

RIM's BlackBerry Booming


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 28, 2007 : Canadian vendor's upward climb continues with 73 percent profit rise in the first quarter of its fiscal 2008 and promises 'unexpected' consumer upgrades for the Fall

3Guppies: Reelin' in the Kids?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
June 28, 2007 : Mobile content startup uses MySpace as way to reach the masses that -- hopefully -- want to send photos and videos to their phones

Palm Profits Drop 43%


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 28, 2007 : Despite record Treo sales, rising costs drag the smartphone maker down in the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2007

Spec Combo Could Boost Cable IPTV


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 28, 2007 : CableLabs engineers are looking to marry Docsis 3.0 with OpenCable, a move that could allow operators to deliver a range of IP-based video apps and services directly to a new class of hybrid set-tops

FTTH Council Sets Euro Target


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
June 28, 2007 : The FTTH Council Europe has a new strategy to help promote fiber-to-the-home deployments in Europe, but analysts believe its target of 8 million homes connected by the end of 2012 seems conservative

Report: IPTV Competitors Are Over-the-Top


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (6)
June 28, 2007 : Could Joost and YouTube force carriers to open their IPTV networks? The question has to be asked, as operators face competitive threats from so-called 'over-the-top' video

Reynolds Leaving BT to Run TNZ


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
June 27, 2007 : Paul Reynolds is leaving BT Wholesale in September to become the CEO of Telecom New Zealand

Palm Drops WiFi Team?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 27, 2007 : Sources say that the PDA maker has canned some or all of the team working on integrated WiFi for its Treo phones

Euro Carriers Combine Fiber Forces


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
June 27, 2007 : Ten European network operators have teamed up in a bid to take on Europe's major wholesale and enterprise-focused carriers

Bidding for Bell Canada Heats Up


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comment (1)
June 27, 2007 : Three groups have submitted takeover bids for Bell Canada, with Telus surprisingly dropping out of the running. Bell Canada says it will finish reviewing the bids sometime in the third quarter of 2007

T-Mobile Launches UMA in USA


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (6)
June 27, 2007 : T-Mobile launches the first unlicensed mobile access (UMA) service in the US and positions it as fixed/mobile substitution (FMS) to replace consumers' fixed-line phones

CommScope Comes Back for Andrew


LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
June 27, 2007 : For the second time in a year CommScope plans to buy Andrew Corp., but this time the price tag is 50% higher at $2.6 billion and it's nearly all in cash

Operators Lose $6B Tax Rebate Case


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
June 26, 2007 : European Court of Justice rejects operator claims that they can claim back more than $6 billion in taxes from 3G license fees

AT&T Defines Service Creation Platform


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5)
June 26, 2007 : AT&T has a large team prepping a document to define how it will create, manage, and deliver services for its fixed and wireless networks in the future – but it's more than just IMS

MSOs Struggle With Set-Top Change


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 26, 2007 : The rapidly approaching FCC-mandated ban on set-tops with integrated security could create a financial hardship for smaller cable operators and cause them to pass added costs to their customers

iPhone Starter Plan: $60 Per Month


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 26, 2007 : AT&T has decided: $60 a month will let you yak it up on this new Apple gadget, but you don't get many text messages

Poll Sees Low NXTcomm Numbers


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
June 26, 2007 : A Light Reading poll shows that many NXTcomm attendees felt that attendance fell well short of the expected 20,000. Is the TIA and USTA split-up in 2006 to blame?

Slideshow: SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2007


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 26, 2007 : Bandwidth was the big issue, but the Nintendo Wii was the big draw at the 2007 Cable-Tec Expo in steamy Orlando

Vodafone's WiMax Creep


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
June 26, 2007 : Vodafone has launched commercial WiMax services in Malta – other markets will follow as the operator bets on the technology for fixed broadband services

Saudi Telecom Invests $3B in Maxis


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 26, 2007 : Saudi Arabia's national operator is investing $3.05 billion in the Maxis Group to give it a foothold in Malaysia, Indonesia, and India as competitive pressures grow in its home market

Intel Goes Inside Cable... Again


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 25, 2007 : Intel has signed on the dotted line for the OpenCable Platform, and a new family of Intel chips could soon find homes inside set-tops from Comcast

Court Asks VG, VZ to Mend Fences


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
June 25, 2007 : A US Appeals Court judge suggested today that Verizon and Vonage seek a middle ground in their patent dispute case. A written decision on the case is expected in late July

Nokia Tries to Unlock US Market


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 25, 2007 : Nokia makes moves to expand its channels beyond US cellular carriers for its high-end phones

PBT Parties On


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (13)
June 25, 2007 : Turn a corner at last week's NXTcomm show and carrier Ethernet technology PBT was lying in wait, ready to mug the next carrier executive who walked by…

Proxies Push for Terayon-Moto Marriage


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 25, 2007 : Recommendations from two influential proxy firms should dispel any rumors that the $140 million Terayon-Motorola marriage is in jeopardy

3 Group Seeks Spectrum Compensation


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
June 25, 2007 : Europe's spectrum refarming policy to use 900MHz for 3G services could leave 3 Group at a competitive disadvantage, and the operator says regulators will have to provide compensation

Infinera Adds to Euro Footprint


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
June 25, 2007 : Optical vendor adds to its customer list in Europe, where existing users talk highly of the company's technology. Now BT reportedly has visibility into how Infinera's platform works in the field

Funding Roundup


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 25, 2007 : In this week's VC summary, Visage Mobile, PicoChip, and 'Flirtomatic' look to find out if money can buy love

NXTcomm Slideshow, Part III


Slide Shows - Phil Harvey - Comment (1)
June 22, 2007 : NXTcomm's long gone, but we've still got more pics and grins from Chicago to share

NXTcomm: GPON Wrap-Up


NXTcomm News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (3)
June 22, 2007 : The GPON vendors were out in full force at NXTcomm. Here are some highlights and photos from Ericsson, Hitachi, Tellabs, Zhone, and ZTE

Comcast Set for Set-Top Deadline


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 22, 2007 : A Comcast exec says the nation's largest MSO is ready to go when the FCC-mandated ban on set-tops with integrated security comes into effect on July 1

Standards Folks Crave 'Common IMS'


NXTcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 22, 2007 : 3GPP and European standards outfit ETSI are taking convergence to yet another level by pooling their IMS standards efforts

Huawei Pumps Up Asian Biz


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 22, 2007 : Huawei lands a monster GSM deal with China Mobile, says its Asia/Pacific sales are growing (but at a slower pace), and strikes video system and OSS reseller deals

Luminous Crew Gets Brilliant


NXTcomm News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
June 22, 2007 : No, it's not another RPR startup. Brilliant Telecommunications, staffed by some Luminous veterans, hopes to make a business out of network timing, taking on Symmetricom in the process

Spirent: We're Not Prepping for Sale


NXTcomm News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
June 22, 2007 : Spirent COO says test system vendor isn't lining itself up for an acquisition, but rumors flew on the NXTcomm show floor

NXTcomm Slideshow, Part II


Slide Shows - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
June 21, 2007 : The show may be over, but our photo fun continues as we present more pics and grins from NXTcomm 2007

Sandvine Bags Two in Shopping Spree


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
June 21, 2007 : DPI vendor buys CableMatrix Technologies and Simplicita Software and announces a stock offering to possibly fund more acquisitions

Sprint's West: WiMax on Track


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (6)
June 21, 2007 : Sprint exec confirms talk of possible spinoff or merger options for the operator's WiMax unit but reiterates that the company is bang on schedule for a 'soft launch' at the end of 2007

Cisco WiMax Buzz Grows


NXTcomm News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
June 21, 2007 : Now Sprint says that a 'major, major routing company' is getting into the WiMax game. Signs point to Cisco

Cisco WiMax Buzz Grows


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 21, 2007 : Now Sprint says that a 'major, major routing company' is getting into the WiMax game. Signs point to Cisco

Adtran Muscles Into Copper Ethernet


NXTcomm News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
June 21, 2007 : As bigger-name players get into Ethernet-over-copper, Adtran hopes to use a vast installed base of access gear to its advantage

ADB Aims for US Set-Top Market


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 21, 2007 : Thanks to the emergence of OCAP and cable's mandated move to the CableCARD, ADB thinks the time is once again right to enter the US cable set-top market

Telus, Bell Canada in Takeover Talks


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
June 21, 2007 : Canada's second operator is in talks to buy the country's national incumbent in an effort to create a single, national, fixed-and-wireless operator with revenues of more than $24 billion

NXTcomm Slideshow, Part I


Slide Shows - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
June 21, 2007 : As NXTcomm in Chicago winds down today, here are some sights and snaps from this incredibly busy week

Bandwidth Dogs Digital Transition


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
June 20, 2007 : In addition to freeing up shelf space for HDTV services, operators must also find gobs of bandwidth to accomodate the February 2009 digital TV transition
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