Light Reading - Telecom News, Analysis, Events, and Research
Sign up for our Free Telecom Weekly Newsletter
Connect with us

Telecom News & Analysis

Articles published in July 2008

Apple Says MobileMe's Email Bugs Fixed


LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment
July 31, 2008 : The company said the service's email issues have been repaired, but some subscribers are still reporting problems

Euro Telcos Ramp Up IPTV Subs


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
July 31, 2008 : European broadband customers are still signing up to IPTV services in droves, but, as France Telecom, Telefónica, and BT announce their latest financials, the news is not all good

Handsets Hinder as Moto Posts Small Profit


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 31, 2008 : Moto's share price is up on an unexpected $4M profit but there's still no turnaround in sight for the handset business

Cablevision Begins Wideband Assault


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 31, 2008 : MSO is applying capital toward a three-year project that will include a rollout of Docsis 3.0 and a WiFi canopy that will cover Cablevision's footprint in New York and Connecticut

Genband Unloads BayPackets


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
July 30, 2008 : Genband says it has divested itself of BayPackets, the IMS specialist it acquired two years ago. The sale is a contrast to Genband's recent strategy of growing itself mainly through acquisition

India Telcos See Q1 Drop


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
July 30, 2008 : India's Spice Telecom and Tata Communications report drop in earnings, while real estate firm Unitech seeks partner to help establish its new operator

Despite Buyout, Bell Canada Cuts 2,500 Managers


News Analysis - W. David Gardner - Post a comment
July 30, 2008 : he company said the loss of positions will result in annual savings of about $300M when combined with other reductions carried out earlier in the year

Comcast Rings the Telcos' Bell


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 30, 2008 : Advanced service subscriber growth slowed in Q2, and Comcast lost more basic subs, but much of what it gained came right off the hide of its telco rivals

Siemens Seeks Damages From NSN Vice Chairman


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
July 30, 2008 : Siemens is claiming damages from 11 former executives, including the current vice chairman of Nokia Siemens Networks. Separately, Siemens has offloaded its enterprise business

LTE Focus Puts Pressure on Femtocells


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
July 30, 2008 : Industry emphasis on LTE developments threatens to delay the completion of femtocell standards by the end of this year

Former AT&T Exec Tabbed to Run Vonage


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
July 30, 2008 : Marc Lefar, former chief marketing officer at Cingular, has been named the new CEO of Vonage. Lefar replaces interim CEO Jeffrey Citron who will remain with the company as chairman

Apple's iPhone Privacy Headache


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
July 30, 2008 : As third-party iPhone apps allow developers to access handset contact lists, what can Apple do to ensure its users' privacy?

Embarq Cuts Its Way to Growth


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
July 30, 2008 : Cost cutting is helping Embarq keep profits up even as the tough economy cuts into revenues. CEO Tom Gerke says the carrier will make network investments in future quarters

Signs of Stability at AlcaLu?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
July 29, 2008 : Russo's resignation and the impact of CDMA's demise have overshadowed AlcaLu's Q2 results, which show some progress in cost control and margins

Harmonic Sinks on Soft Guidance


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 29, 2008 : Investors send stock down almost 19 percent Tuesday following conservative guidance for the second half of '08, but one analyst calls it 'borderline sand-bagging'

Entropic Plunges on Broadcom Fears


LR Cable News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
July 29, 2008 : The chipmaker's stock slides more than 20% as investors piece together what Broadcom's GPON entry could mean to the home-networking sector

CMC, Moto Adapt to One-Way DTAs


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 29, 2008 : Upgrades from Comcast Media Center and Motorola will enable smaller MSOs to reclaim analog spectrum using inexpensive digital terminal adapters

AlcaLu Looks to China


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
July 29, 2008 : AlcaLu's wireless business is reeling from the decline in CDMA spending, but the vendor is optimistic about 3G in China and WCDMA generally

BT Leapfrogs to Web 2.0 With Ribbit


News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
July 29, 2008 : As expected, BT beefs up its Telco 2.0 strategy with the acquisition of voice services software platform Ribbit

AlcaLu's Q2 Dragged Down by CDMA


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
July 29, 2008 : As Russo announces her departure, Alcatel-Lucent reports its sixth straight quarterly loss, hit hard by worsening conditions in the CDMA market, and sees trouble ahead in Europe

Russo, Tchuruk Out at Alcatel-Lucent


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (12)
July 29, 2008 : Pat Russo will stay on as AlcaLu CEO until a successor is found, while Serge Tchuruk says October 1 will be his last day as the vendor's chairman

FCC's Martin Is Ready to Pounce


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (97)
July 28, 2008 : Like a kitten taking on a helpless ball of yarn, the FCC boss has reportedly secured enough votes to do absolutely nothing to Comcast for its treatment of P2P traffic

Reliance Globalcom Beefs Up Its Metro


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (2)
July 28, 2008 : Reliance Globalcom will use Juniper's MX-series routers and M120 edge routers to increase metro capacity tenfold and extend its VPLS capabilities to the network edge

Zain Grows Ahead of Saudi Entry


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
July 28, 2008 : Middle Eastern and African operator Zain reports Q2 financials ahead of its upcoming launch in Saudi Arabia, and Saudi operators prepare for increased competition

Motorola Once Again Reshuffles Business Units


LR Cable News Analysis - Post a comment
July 28, 2008 : The handset and networking vendor said it will split its Home & Networks Mobility group into three separate businesses

tru2Way Tallies Two More


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 28, 2008 : Pour a couple more shovelsful of sand on DCR+. LG and Funai are the latest consumer electronics giants to sign up for that 'binding' tru2way MOU

Motorola Once Again Reshuffles Business Units


LR Mobile News Analysis - W. David Gardner - Comment (1)
July 28, 2008 : The handset and networking vendor said it will split its Home & Networks Mobility group into three separate businesses

AlcaLu Teams for 3G CDMA Femtocells


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
July 28, 2008 : Alcatel-Lucent and Airvana will jointly develop an end-to-end 3G CDMA femtocell solution for IMS-based networks

China Telecom Unveils CDMA Plans


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
July 28, 2008 : Incumbent plans to invest heavily in its CDMA network and aims to more than double its current 43 million subscriber base by 2011

Verizon Hits 2M FiOS Subs


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (2)
July 28, 2008 : Verizon says that since the close of the second quarter of 2008, it has surpassed the 2 million mark in FiOS Internet subscribers and 1.4 million FiOS TV subscribers

Mark Cuban: tru2way Should Be More Open


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 25, 2008 : Mark Cuban says cable needs to open up and take on an 'Internet mindset' with tru2way, but others counter that there's already a significant groundswell of support from app developers

Survey: RIM Rules in the US


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 25, 2008 : The iPhone got the buzz, but it's RIM that held the top spot in the country for cellphone sales this month

ATCA Takeoff Is Imminent


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
July 25, 2008 : A Heavy Reading report says the ATCA market is set to double each year, building up to a $7.2B total in 2012

India's Going Mobile! 52M New Subs in H1


LR Mobile News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Comment (1)
July 25, 2008 : Indian mobile operators add 52M new subscribers during the first half of the year, 8.93M of them in June alone

AT&T Looks to Block Sprint/Clearwire Merger


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (2)
July 25, 2008 : AT&T has filed a complaint with the FCC contending that Sprint and Clearwire's application to merge assets should be denied. The telco says the two carriers have not disclosed all of their spectrum holdings

Google Wants You to Be Your Own ISP


News Analysis - Thomas Claburn - Comments (4)
July 25, 2008 : Vint Cerf slams the telecoms, which aren't happy that bits have been commoditized and would like to shape industry regulations to help them to get back in the services game

Slideshow: Next-Gen Video Strategies Conference


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 25, 2008 : Get ready to squint. We've got some drugstore camera pics from our latest cable-licious Light Reading Live! event

Juniper Continues Growth in Q2


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
July 24, 2008 : Certain rivals might be seeing weakness in some areas, but Juniper says it's going strong and is even increasing its forecasts for the rest of the year

Nokia's CDMA Renaissance?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 24, 2008 : Qualcomm IPR deal could see a Nokia resurgence in the North American market, analysts suggest, with a particular focus on so-called '4G' handsets

Investors Grill Ikanos; Chip Biz Is No Picnic


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
July 24, 2008 : New CEO Mike Gulett hasn't had time to formulate his strategy for the company, but investors are quite ready to interrogate him about profitability

Subs Growth Drives Bharti, IDEA Revenues


LR Mobile News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
July 24, 2008 : Indian operators Bharti Airtel and IDEA Cellular each report fiscal Q1 revenue growth over 40% driven by record mobile subscriber adds

WiMax: What's Working Now


News Analysis - Tim Hills - Comments (2)
July 24, 2008 : WiMax is starting to take off worldwide. We track the who, what, and wherefore

WiMax: What's Working Now


LR Mobile News Analysis - Tim Hills - Comments (7)
July 24, 2008 : WiMax is starting to take off worldwide. We track the who, what, and wherefore

Kriens Steps Aside as Juniper CEO


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
July 24, 2008 : Long considered to be at a crossroads, Juniper has apparently decided it's time to bring more big-company experience, recruiting Microsoft's Kevin Johnson as CEO

Thomson Nabs AlcaLu Exec for CEO Role


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
July 24, 2008 : French video systems vendor Thomson turns to Alcatel again to strengthen its management team as it announces second-quarter results just about as weak as expected

Videotron Plants 'Fiber Deep'


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
July 24, 2008 : Taking fiber all the way to the premises was deemed too expensive, so Canadian cable MSO opts for a new architecture that shaves down node sizes and boosts capacity for 'narrowcast' services

IPTV Forum North America 2008


Slide Shows - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
July 24, 2008 : Some pics and quips from a tiny show about a potentially huge industry

Report: Juniper Finds... a CEO?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
July 23, 2008 : If it's what it sounds like, Juniper's new era has begun: The Wall Street Journal says the company is going to be 'run' by a departing Microsoft exec

AT&T, Verizon Stack Up Subs


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
July 23, 2008 : Healthy subscriber numbers add up for both AT&T and Verizon Wireless in Q2

Verizon Brings GPON Home


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comment (1)
July 23, 2008 : New 175-Mbit/s home gateways aim at making FiOS customers ready for GPON speeds and multidevice applications like home security
Page 1 of 4 Next >
Search Telecom News & Analysis
Browse by Keyword
Browse by Date