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Articles published in June 2008

Mobile WiMax Goes on the Piste


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
June 30, 2008 : The first commercial mobile WiMax network in the US is being launched in the upmarket ski resort of Jackson Hole, Wyoming

TV Guide/Comcast Joint Venture Gets NAC


LR Mobile News Analysis - Kelly Jackson Higgins - Post a comment
June 30, 2008 : GuideWorks adds mobile, visiting users to its network with TippingPoint appliance

CEO to SCTE: 'See Ya!'


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 30, 2008 : Society looking to head in a new direction after board opts not to renew Clark's contract. Committee already tasked with finding a successor and having that person in place later this year

Another Sonus VP Splits


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (2)
June 30, 2008 : Jocelyn Philbrook, VP of corporate marketing and investor relations, hits the road as her is job split into two separate positions

Certified: Netgear's Wideband Modem


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 30, 2008 : New CableLabs data shows that Netgear has become the latest modem supplier to join the Docsis 3.0 certification club, though it remains unclear whether the vendor will go the retail or direct-to-MSO route

C&W Offers £329M for THUS


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
June 30, 2008 : C&W agrees improved offer worth $656M just ahead of its self-imposed deadline, sending THUS's stock up 20% in morning trading, but THUS still thinks it's worth more

Vendors Take Note: Managed Services Matter


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
June 30, 2008 : With carriers looking for new revenue sources, equipment vendors including Cisco and Juniper are putting more emphasis on managed services

NEC Shells Out $300M for NetCracker


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
June 27, 2008 : NEC fancies the NetCracker suite so much, it's forking out $300M to buy the OSS firm

Carriers Under Siege From EC


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 27, 2008 : Mobile operators are facing new measures from the EC's Viviane 'The Plumber' Reding that could hit their top and bottom lines

10 Things You Should Know About Symbian


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 27, 2008 : Everything you ever wanted to know about the quiet giant of mobile operating systems and some stuff you probably didn't...

SCTE Cable-Tec Expo '08


Slide Shows - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
June 27, 2008 : Snappage from this week's show in Philly

J:COM Does Docsis 3.0 All Over


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 27, 2008 : Japanese cable operator says it'll have all its systems wired up and ready to pipe in 160 Mbit/s downstream speeds by the end of July 2008

Carriers Don't Trust Ethernet Backhaul?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 26, 2008 : Ethernet-based backhaul deployments are scarce because mobile operators don't trust the technology, according to a carrier survey

Clearwire in Euro Partner Talks


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
June 26, 2008 : CEO Wolff hunts for an established European partner to help turn the WiMax trailblazer’s international dreams into reality

Apple Peels Away iPhone Costs


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 25, 2008 : Apple has cut more than $50 from the manufacturing costs of the 3G iPhone, according to research outfit iSuppli

HP Pumps Up Telco Consulting


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
June 25, 2008 : IT company adds marketing to old consulting practice and wrings a story out of us – d'oh!

Cox, Comcast Wax on Wideband


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
June 25, 2008 : Cox targets 'limited' deployments for the third quarter, while Comcast ponders the idea of wiring up even more than 20% of its plant for Wideband by the end of 2008

India's IDEA Buys Spice for $750M


LR Mobile News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
June 25, 2008 : IDEA Cellular to merge with long-time acquisition target Spice Telecom for around $754M, creating India's fifth-largest mobile operator

CommunicAsia 2008, Part II


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 25, 2008 : More visuals from the CommunicAsia 2008 event in Singapore – IN COLOR!!

LRTV Interview: Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
June 25, 2008 : There's no need to wait on wireless broadband, says the CEO of Australia's largest phone company. He also says Telstra will continue to invest outside of Australia as opportunities arise

Vodafone Dreams of Metro Femto


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
June 25, 2008 : Vodafone wants the industry to start thinking about taking femtocells out of the home and onto the streets

IneoQuest Probes SDV


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 25, 2008 : New tool gives MSOs increased visibility into the operations and performance of switched digital video systems, providing the ability to root out and troubleshoot problems

Thomson Sidelines ip.access


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
June 25, 2008 : Thomson jilts femtocell partner ip.access and integrates home base station technology from Airvana into its home gateways, but ip.access works with Cisco

Symbian Wants the World


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 24, 2008 : Nokia buyout is a bid to make the Symbian OS 'the most widely used software platform on the planet,' using the power of open source

Tata Takes Bigger Stake in South Africa's Neotel


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
June 24, 2008 : India's Tata Communications is boosting its stake in South African operator Neotel from 30% to 56% as part of its strategy to extend its Ethernet and VPN services in emerging markets

NSN Unveils Unified Optical Platform


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
June 24, 2008 : Nokia Siemens has developed an all-in-one optical platform for metro, regional, long-haul, and ultra-long-haul deployments, but at least one analyst has doubts whether such a product is needed

Mobile OS Wars: Nokia Snaps Up Symbian


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 24, 2008 : With Apple and Google shaping up to challenge for mobile OS bragging rights, Nokia takes control of Symbian and forms a new industry body

AT&T Makes CDN Play


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
June 24, 2008 : The carrier announces new content delivery and digital media solutions, as well as partners

AT&T, Microsoft Electrify Healthcare


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comment (1)
June 23, 2008 : AT&T, Microsoft, and Covisint are teaming to deliver a nationwide e-health service that will move paper medical records online and could save billions off the costs of deliverying healthcare in the US

Lumera Soars on Telcordia Results


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (21)
June 23, 2008 : The stock rises 24% after an OK from Telcordia presents hope that Lumera's telecom-centric plan might work

FCC Orders Verizon to Dial Back Win Back Tactics


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
June 23, 2008 : A majority of FCC Commissioners vote to reverse an earlier staff decision and uphold an original complaint from three cable MSOs that Verizon used illegal methods to win back phone subs

Nokia Is Going Plazes


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 23, 2008 : And it's going where only its carrier customers used to tread

Italians Strike NGN Ducts Deal


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 23, 2008 : Telecom Italia and FastWeb plan to share the passive infrastructure parts of their next-generation networks in a bid to save money and launch their fiber-access services more quickly

Comcast Goes for WiMax Femtocells


LR Cable News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (4)
June 23, 2008 : Comcast reveals intention to deploy WiMax femtocells as part of its participation in the new Clearwire consortium

Comcast Media Center Making MPEG-4 Play


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 23, 2008 : CMC says it will distribute video-on-demand content using the more efficient format after it finalizes a new, expanded deal with SES Americom

Hitachi Rolls Out RFoG Gear


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
June 23, 2008 : Vendor enters the 'RF over Glass' mix as cable operators look to deploy fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) systems in a growing number of spot situations, including greenfields

PicoChip Unveils Low-Cost Femto Chip


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
June 23, 2008 : Chipmaker unveils a new range of optimized, integrated femtocell chips that will dramatically cut the cost of the home base station devices, with an HSPA chip the first due off the production line

NXTcomm: Top 5 Ethernet Trends


NXTcomm News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
June 23, 2008 : This year's NXTcomm was sporting an Ethernet look, with deployments, backhaul, management, and PBT leading the discussions

NXTcomm 2008, Part II


Slide Shows - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
June 23, 2008 : More digital delights from last week's show in Las Vegas

Cox Flirts With Fiber


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
June 20, 2008 : RFI seeks a wide range of FTTP options, including 'RF over Glass' and cable-friendly PON schemes, as MSOs weigh opportunities in residential greenfields and the delivery of business-class service connections

Slide Show: CommunicAsia 2008


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 20, 2008 : Visual splendors from the CommunicAsia 2008 show in Singapore

Adtran Looks Overseas


NXTcomm News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
June 20, 2008 : With its new VDSL2-capable Total Access 1100, Adtran is looking to market more heavily overseas where the technology is widely used

WAN Speed Race


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
June 20, 2008 : Cellular carriers are talking big numbers from wireless broadband as data becomes more important for revenues and 3G slowly evolves towards fourth-generation networks

IPTV Roundup: What's With NSN?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
June 20, 2008 : Nokia Siemens CEO clams up on IPTV, Alcatel-Lucent pumps up its renamed video server, and set-top box vendor Amino faces acid test as it makes a strategic acquisition and appoints a new CEO

Telcos: Climb Aboard the Tru2way Train


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 20, 2008 : At a keynote to NXTcomm attendees, CableLabs president and CEO encourages telcos to cooperate with cable and adopt the 'open' tru2way platform

Survey: 91% of Japanese Won't Buy 3G iPhone


LR Mobile News Analysis - Comment (1)
June 20, 2008 : Seventy-seven percent of respondents in survey from iSHARE say they prefer a phone with a removable battery

NXTcomm 2008, Part I


Slide Shows - Post a comment
June 20, 2008 : Feast your eyes on our Las Vegas leftovers from NXTcomm 2008

MLB.com CEO: 10M Streams in 2 Years


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
June 20, 2008 : MLB could use a strong telco partner as it looks to upgrade its streaming media capability in the next few years

Ex-Nortel Execs Charged With Fraud


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
June 19, 2008 : Frank Dunn and two other former Nortel officials get charged with fraud after a four-year investigation by Canada's RCMP

GPON Gets a 10G Look


NXTcomm News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (15)
June 19, 2008 : Ericsson has upped the GPON ante by showing off a 10 Gbit/s version of the technology
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