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Articles published in July 2007

Infinera Revenues, Losses Widen


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (51)
July 31, 2007 : The company's debut earnings announcement focused on the company's revenue pipeline, as opposed to reported results

FCC Straddles Open Access Issue


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 31, 2007 : The FCC will open up 700MHz wireless broadband auctions, but not as far as Google wanted

No New Bidders for ECI


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comment (1)
July 31, 2007 : ECI Telecom had 30 days to find an alternate bid before getting locked into the $10 per share price, but none showed up

AlcaLu's Russo: We're Under Attack!


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (10)
July 31, 2007 : Alcatel-Lucent has incurred extra costs as a result of rivals trying to unseat it from customer accounts, claims CEO Pat Russo, as analysts press for guidance on the vendor's future financials

Houston, We Have Pre-Packaged VOD


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 31, 2007 : Phonoscope of Houston marks the first cable operator to secure a deal to deploy 'VOD in a Box,' a pre-integrated system developed by C-COR and the Comcast Media Center that's targeted to small and mid-sized systems

Alcatel-Lucent Slumps on Q2 Loss


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
July 31, 2007 : There's no respite for Alcatel-Lucent as a second quarter net loss, low gross margins, and continued weakness in mobile systems send its share price down more than 8%

NCTA Seeks Waiver Reversal


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 31, 2007 : Following in Comcast's footsteps, the US cable industry's primary lobbying arm is seeking a full FCC review of a denied waiver request on integrated security set-top boxes

Optium's Q4 Veers South


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
July 31, 2007 : Optium's anticipated fourth quarter profit won't materialize, as the optical components vendor says revenues will be at least 25 percent short of expectations

AT&T's iPhone Deal Bountiful for Apple


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 31, 2007 : Analysts say Apple could be receiving up to $200 extra in activation fees from AT&T for each phone it sells direct

Analysts: Akamai Was Too High


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
July 30, 2007 : Shares in the content delivery network have dropped more than 20 percent on analyst downgrades and earnings that were only in line with expectations

Verizon Ropes Rural Cellular


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 30, 2007 : No. 2 US operator shells out $2.67 billion to bulk up coverage in rural areas as local buyout spree continues

KPN Plans $1B IT Acquisition


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
July 30, 2007 : Dutch incumbent joins other major European telcos in targeting the IT services needs of enterprises large and small as it plans to buy Getronics for €766 million

Vyyo Cuts Back


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 30, 2007 : Vyyo is slashing its workforce by 16 percent as part of a broader cost-cutting effort. The company reportedly is paring part of its R&D unit as it beefs up cable sales and marketing activity

Verizon Has Marginal Concerns in Q2


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
July 30, 2007 : Verizon turned in a solid Q2, but flat margins concerned a few Wall Street analysts. The company also announced the acquisition of Rural Cellular

Telefónica Raises Growth Outlook


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
July 30, 2007 : Spanish giant is forecasting a better 2007 after a strong first half of the year, but some analysts are cautious about the prospects for continued expansion now that the carrier is relying on organic growth

Sprint & Google: Max Headroom


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 27, 2007 : Sprint says it's exploring WiMax options beyond a mobile portal with the Wi-curious search giant

Entropic Wires Up an IPO


LR Cable News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (2)
July 27, 2007 : On the heels of Intellon, the chip developer behind the MOCA standard for home networks is ready to go public

Former Qwest Boss Gets Six for Insider Trading


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comment (1)
July 27, 2007 : Joe Nacchio, the former CEO of Qwest, is going to prison for six years for insider trading. He must also surrender $52 million he earned from the sale of Qwest stock and pay a $19 million fine

Bad Start for Nokia Siemens


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
July 27, 2007 : Analysts are predicting worse-than-expected numbers from Nokia Siemens Networks next week after Siemens included an equity investment loss against the venture in its latest earnings

Conexant, Ikanos Pack 802.11n


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
July 27, 2007 : Both VDSL chip companies are tapping Atheros for some wireless LAN help

Imagine Fires Back at BigBand Suit


LR Cable News Analysis - Post a comment
July 27, 2007 : Imagine has filed a counterclaim to BigBand's lawsuit. EETimes Europe has the details

Box Deadline Fuels Comcast's Q2


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 26, 2007 : Comcast's Q2 included some shoring-up for the July set-top box deadline. Overall, though, investors were disappointed about the MSO's basic sub loss and flat high-speed sub growth

Level 3 Feels Integration Irritation


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comment (1)
July 26, 2007 : Shares of Level 3 slid 12 percent today as the company's earnings fell short in its core communications sector and it struggled to integrate its new acquisitions

Harmonic's Mobile Video Marriage


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 26, 2007 : Harmonic's Rhozet buy gives it more than 100 transcoding customers and a strong technology play in mobile video

Bharti Profits Continue to Climb


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
July 26, 2007 : Indian mobile operator Bharti beats analysts' expectations with 100 percent increase in net profits, but revenues miss as falling prices drag on ARPU

BT Talks Google, IPTV & Collaboration


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
July 26, 2007 : BT announced decent first-quarter results today, but attracted attention with talk of its relationship with Google, its IPTV aspirations, and the importance of partnerships

Aruba, AlcaLu Team for Enterprise FMC


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 26, 2007 : Partners strengthen their ties to develop an enterprise convergence system for securely moving across wireless corporate connections

Comcast Taps Arris for Edge QAM Initiative


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 26, 2007 : Although Thomson is pressuring Arris's eMTA share with Comcast, a new edge QAM deal could give Arris a solid foothold in the MSO's switched digital video strategy

Report: IMS Goes From Hero to Zero


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
July 26, 2007 : A new Heavy Reading report finds IMS hasn't yet lived up to the hype, with full-scale deployment yet to be realized

Apple Preps for Millionth iPhone


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 25, 2007 : Early investor jitters turn to an after-hours rally as Apple says it will sell 1 million iPhones by the end of September

MSF Offers NGN Seal of Approval


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
July 25, 2007 : The MultiService Forum is implementing an NGN equipment certification scheme to give IP systems a seal of approval. Its a good scheme, but its success will hang on broader carrier backing, reckons analyst

Committee: P2P a National Security Threat


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (2)
July 25, 2007 : A House Oversight Committee hearing on inadvertent file sharing finds personal records and classified documents on peer-to-peer networks

V'fone Investors Reject Efficient Demands


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
July 25, 2007 : Vodafone shareholders vote against activist investor John Mayo over the valuable 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless – but there's still more drama on the Verizon horizon

FCC Awards, Denies More Box Waivers


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 25, 2007 : More cable operators, including Great Plains Cable, have been awarded set-top box waivers by the FCC's Media Bureau, though others haven't been so lucky

Bluesocket Buys PingTel


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 24, 2007 : Bluesocket buys its way into the wireless VOIP space with acquisition of PBX player Pingtel

iPhone Sales Disappoint Apple Watchers


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
July 24, 2007 : Apple shares fall on iPhone sales news. Despite a strong wireless quarter for AT&T, sales didn't quite hit the highs some had predicted

TiVo Courts Cable With New HD-DVR


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 24, 2007 : TiVo's $299 DVR is CableCARD-capable and more flexible than the company's higher-priced set-tops

Tellabs Mum on M&A Talks


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
July 24, 2007 : Tellabs reported its Q2 earnings Tuesday, but the vendor's conference call provided zip on any potential M&A talk, though it gave some insights into the pressurized world of the Tier 1 supplier

AT&T's Wild About Wireless in Q2


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
July 24, 2007 : Continued strength in wireless and BellSouth merger savings fueled another solid quarter from AT&T

Nokia: It Takes Web 2.0 to Twango


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
July 24, 2007 : Finnish mobile phones giant, which has already acquired a music download firm and invested in Internet TV, adds to its Web 2.0 portfolio with the acquisition of file sharing startup Twango

Intellon Plugs Into IPO Market


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
July 24, 2007 : Hoping the digital home is a market ripe for IPO candidates, chip maker Intellon files to go public

Amp'd Switches Off


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
July 23, 2007 : Another MVNO bites the dust as Amp'd says it will likely shut US operations by the end of the month

100-GigE, 40-GigE Live in Peace


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (12)
July 23, 2007 : Ending six months of debate, the IEEE Higher Speed Study Group agreed to let 40-Gig and 100-Gig Ethernet ride together

Corning Gets the Bends


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (12)
July 23, 2007 : Corning has developed a new optical fiber technology that allows fiber to be bent around tight corners with virtually no signal loss. Verizon plans to use the technology with its FiOS deployments in MDUs

Is Nokia Siemens Tailing Tellabs?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
July 23, 2007 : Tellabs' share price is up 8% following talk of a $7 billion takeover bid from Nokia Siemens, but analysts aren't crazy about the financials, even if it would bolster NSN's position in N America

Aruba Buys Wireless Security Biz


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 23, 2007 : Security startup decides to go back to its open-source roots, and Aruba adds more radio security know-how to its portfolio

Analyst: MSOs Too Wary Over Wireless


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
July 23, 2007 : New Cable Industry Insider report finds North American cable operators are edging their way into the wireless services market, but analyst says the MSOs aren't giving it enough priority

Ooma Takes Aim With VOIP Device


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (10)
July 23, 2007 : The self-proclaimed 'savior' of VOIP hopes to grab users with free voice service over a $400 device, but who invited Ashton Kutcher?

Virgin Guns for $506M US IPO


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 20, 2007 : Virgin Mobile USA now says it wants to raise $400 million more than previously stated in its US IPO

Airvana Makes $58M in IPO


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 20, 2007 : CDMA vendor, Airvana, prices IPO below initially planned price range, shares flip-flop in after hours
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