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Articles published in June 2010

Policy Watch: TiVo, Cable Trade SDV Barbs


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
June 30, 2010 : TiVo says its IP backchannel idea trumps the costs of tuning adapters, while Cisco claims the proposal underestimates the costs and complexities

Xelerated Finally Gets 100G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
June 30, 2010 : The network processors sampling today probably sound familiar

Telefónica's $8.8B Brazilian Deal Blocked


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
June 30, 2010 : Portuguese government intervenes, blocking Spanish giant's purchase of controlling stake in Brazilian operator Vivo

Softbank Kicks Off Free Femto Giveaway


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
June 30, 2010 : Softbank is one of the first operators to offer free femtocells, as it ramps up a national service in Japan

JDSU CEO Sees Wireless Test Boom


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
June 30, 2010 : Company transforms from optical components into major LTE test player, with acquisition of Agilent's NSD business

Samsung's US Galaxy Quest


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
June 30, 2010 : New Galaxy launches could be a boost for Android and the company's profile stateside

Cox Reports Heavy Interactive TV Usage


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
June 30, 2010 : MSO exec says usage of its interactive TV apps suite among eligible customers is outpacing video-on-demand

Android Gains Apps Developer Love


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (12)
June 30, 2010 : Android is picking up steam in the mobile app developer community, thanks to the openness and capabilities of the operating system

Cisco Debuts Android Tablet for the Enterprise


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (4)
June 29, 2010 : Cisco has an iPad alternative for the salaryman (or woman) coming in Q1 2011

Cisco Takes Energy Management to the Home


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
June 29, 2010 : The networking giant unveils a home control device for smarter energy usage and tackles building automation

Cable Defends Its SDV Crutch


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
June 29, 2010 : NCTA claims tuning adapters – deployed to just 31,600 subs so far on cable systems that use switched digital video – are doing the job

India's Mobile Market Hits 617M


News Analysis - Gagandeep Kaur - Post a comment
June 29, 2010 : Indian mobile growth continues unabated with addition of 16.3M new subscribers in May

Larger SPs Still Browsing Ethernet Exchanges


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
June 29, 2010 : AT&T and NTT are among those not yet committing to using an Ethernet exchange to extend the reach of their services

LTE Spurs Indoor Wireless Coverage Biz


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
June 29, 2010 : Distributed antenna systems specialist Extenet sees opportunity for indoor wireless coverage as LTE is deployed

AlcaLu Buys Some API Smarts


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
June 29, 2010 : In a bid to further boost its 'applications enablement' strategy, Alcatel-Lucent buys an API repository used by tens of thousands of developers

Cox Trots Out Tru2way Guide


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
June 29, 2010 : Cox exec says tru2way-powered interface is already live with some subs today as MSO prepares to deploy it everywhere later this year

Mobile’s Top 5 Battery Killers


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
June 29, 2010 : It's not just data caps that you have to worry about; here are five apps that will burn through your battery life

India's 3G Billing Challenge


News Analysis - Gagandeep Kaur - Post a comment
June 29, 2010 : Nine of India's mobile operators have secured 3G spectrum, but do they have the billing capabilities to make the most of their new capacity?

TV Everywhere Faces Standards Conundrum


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Comments (6)
June 28, 2010 : Offering shows on multiple screens could expand programmer reach and revenues, but lack of standards could stymie near-term growth

Femto Watch: Vodafone Expands Footprint


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (6)
June 28, 2010 : Vodafone's femto activities span more markets than you might realize while Wisconsin gets another femto service

3DTV Warning: Poor Quality Could Poison the Well


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 28, 2010 : Consumers could be turned off by 3DTV if programmers and setmakers rely too heavily on 2D-to-3D conversions in the tech's early days

Reliance, GTL Strike $10.8B Tower Deal


News Analysis - Gagandeep Kaur - Post a comment
June 28, 2010 : GTL and Reliance Communications merge their wireless tower units in a deal that creates India's largest independent tower company

Samsung Gets Epic With WiMax Smarty for Sprint


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
June 28, 2010 : Sprint pushes proto-4G time advantage with new handset, as Samsung preps for Android onslaught in the US

CommunicAsia 2010: I'll Drink to That!


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 28, 2010 : Our final set of pics from this year's CommunicAsia deals with the most important topics of the day: sports and beverages

Comcast Claims Interactive Ad Success


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Comment (1)
June 25, 2010 : Comcast exec says an interactive ad trial in San Francisco led to more TV viewers in one program's key demographic

Photos From Light Reading's Mobile Backhaul Show


Slide Shows - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
June 25, 2010 : Light Reading's tenth Backhaul Strategies conference in New York had some new faces, thanks to the addition of a core convergence focus

Apple Outdoes Itself with iPhone 4


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (10)
June 25, 2010 : Initial analyst estimates say Apple sold 1.5M iPhone 4s on launch day, more than any other device in the history of iDevices

Cloud Watch: Cisco Adds a Name


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
June 25, 2010 : Sun's former cloud minder finds a new home, as does a familiar face from the Ethernet world

Canoe Boots Up Interactive Ad Campaign


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Comment (1)
June 24, 2010 : Canoe CTO says cross-MSO advanced ad joint venture is offering interactive 'request for information' ads to millions of cable homes

Wall Street vs. LTE


The Philter - Phil Harvey - Comment (1)
June 24, 2010 : 2:30 PM Investors don't seem thrilled with LTE. Is it because no one sees a clear path from bigger bandwidth to higher profits?

Worldwide iPhone 4 Photos


Slide Shows - Phil Harvey - Comments (7)
June 24, 2010 : Scenes from New York, Paris, London, and Japan as customers all over brave bad weather, long lines, and media mockery to get an iPhone 4

SDV: Cable's Stepping Stone to IP Video?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
June 24, 2010 : Switched digital video offers cable a bandwidth boost, but a Comcast exec says it can also help the industry migrate to IPTV

ZTE Bankrolls Canadian Mobile Network


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
June 24, 2010 : New Canadian CDMA network to be kickstarted with $350 million loan from Chinese bank, brokered by equipment supplier ZTE

Big Lines Form for the iPhone 4


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
June 24, 2010 : Apple has done it again! Some fans waited all night for the new iPhone, and lines snaked around the block as it launched in NYC

Clearleap, Roku Shop Web Video Combo to Cable


LR Cable News Analysis - Steve Donohue - Post a comment
June 24, 2010 : Companies team to pitch cable an IP-centric platform in effort to help MSOs fend off over-the-top video service providers

AlcaLu Lands GPON Role in Australia's NBN


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 24, 2010 : Despite past associations, AlcaLu's involvement in national FTTx broadband access initiative is all above-board, says governing company

Verizon Reveals iPhone 4 Challenger From Moto


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
June 23, 2010 : Verizon brings out the big guns for the Motorola DroidX launch in NYC UPDATED 6/24 7:15 AM

Cox CTO Resigns


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 23, 2010 : MSO calls resignation of Scott Hatfield a 'mutual decision' and taps Percy Kirk as an interim replacement as it searches for a successor UPDATED 5:15 PM

Are Carrier Fees Killing LBS?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (3)
June 23, 2010 : Developer says they can’t make money on location-based services with carriers' high retail transport fees; carriers say that’s not their fault

Ethernet Quickly Eclipsing T1s for Backhaul


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
June 23, 2010 : Tower Cloud CEO says wireless operators ordering fewer T1s, more Ethernet

LTE Will Reshape Entire AT&T Network


LR Mobile News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
June 23, 2010 : Flood of mobile data will create need for greater efficiency than today's Ethernet metro networks can provide

Overture Beefs Up for Mobile Backhaul


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comment (1)
June 23, 2010 : Vendor adds ITU G.8032 Ethernet protection switching to its optical edge

Utility Tests White Spaces for Smart Grid


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
June 23, 2010 : Spectrum Bridge and Google team with Northern California utility to show how unused TV broadcast channels can revolutionize the electric grid

Marketers Slam Apple's Privacy Invasion


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
June 23, 2010 : Apple’s privacy updates aren’t meshing with the Mobile Marketing Association’s idea of fair play

RGB Tunes Up Mobile TV With RipCode Buy


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 23, 2010 : RGB deals for the technology to add mobile capabilities to its TV Everywhere network gateway. And it's still talking about an IPO

thePlatform Extends OTT On-Ramps


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 23, 2010 : Comcast-owned firm offers to help programmers hook up with the growing array of broadband-connected boxes from companies like Roku and Boxee

Carrier Pwns NYC/Chicago Latency


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (15)
June 22, 2010 : Spread Networks, funded by ex-Netscape CEO James Barksdale, got a low-latency network the 'easy' way: by trenching its own fiber... 'All your base are belong to us!'

Policy Watch: Who's Afraid of Comcast-NBC?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
June 22, 2010 : Critics and fans of the $30B merger pipe up as the FCC closes its first round of comments on the controversial marriage

DoCoMo Seeks LTE Femto Suppliers


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
June 22, 2010 : DoCoMo said it wants to roll out LTE femtos in 2011 and 2012, but who's got the goods to meet the carrier's demands?

CommunicAsia 2010: Picture This!


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 22, 2010 : Big names and a regional flavor were on display in Singapore, but the Dancing Girls Fiscal Health Metric gave us cause for concern
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