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Articles published in August 2006

Genband Eyes Cable IMS Play


LR Cable News Analysis - Michael Harris - Post a comment
August 31, 2006 : Eying an alternative point of differentiation in the cable market, Genband is pitching SIP and IMS through its Syndeo and BayPackets combo.

Ericsson Gets Small


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
August 31, 2006 : Wireless networking giant looks for growth in SMB market

New Mobile-to-PC Worm Arrives


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 31, 2006 : But enterprise users aren't scared - at least not yet

Tekelec Puts Switching on Notice


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comment (1)
August 31, 2006 : The North Carolina company says it may make some 'strategic decisions' if its switching business doesn't improve. Analysts say the company, as a whole, is healthy

Ciena: Let's Split!


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
August 31, 2006 : Revenues are up, performance is better than expected, and the 4200 multiservice platform is hot, but Ciena needs a reverse stock split to reach a new breed of investor as its share price dips

India's Mad About Mobile


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
August 31, 2006 : GSM network expansion contracts are likely to ramp up in India, says analyst, with Ericsson and Nokia the main beneficiaries

Irish Skies Are Humming


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
August 31, 2006 : Budget carrier Ryanair to offer in-flight cell service

Hacking Home WLANs


LR Mobile News Analysis - Kelly Jackson Higgins - Comment (1)
August 31, 2006 : Don't forget to lock down your users' home WLANs

Comcast Boosts SeaChange Revenues


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
August 31, 2006 : VOD systems specialist SeaChange soars on record quarter, fueled by a major deal with cable operator Comcast, which is now first in line to buy the vendor's VOD assets

JDSU Shoots Low


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 31, 2006 : Revenues grew in Q4 but might be flat in Q1, a speed bump in JDSU's progress that sent its shares reeling 15% in after-hours trading

Wireless Piggybackers Put on Notice


LR Mobile News Analysis - Tim Wilson - Comments (3)
August 30, 2006 : California law asks users to lock up WLANs, setting the stage for legal action against hackers, piggybackers

RFID: Readily Fooled Indeed


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
August 30, 2006 : 'Guardian' detects and spoofs tags and readers, and has thrown into question RFID security and cost assumptions

Sun's Canepa Goes Extreme


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 30, 2006 : After taking a beating at the helm of Sun Microsystems' storage division, Mark Canepa is moving in as Extreme Networks' new CEO

Verizon Drops New DSL Fees


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comment (1)
August 30, 2006 : Customer complaints and pressure from the FCC force carrier to drop new DSL 'cost recovery fees'

Alcatel Lucent Merger Under Fire


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
August 30, 2006 : As the two vendors' shareholders prepare to vote on the proposed merger, opposition to the marriage emerges on both side of the Atlantic, with Lucent's meeting under threat of postponement

Sources: Limelight Scans for New CEO


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (3)
August 30, 2006 : Sources say a search is underway to replace content delivery company's CEO Bill Rinehart; Limelight's numbers look strong, one analyst says, but a leadership change may be needed before the company holds an IPO

Aruba Plots Imminent IPO


News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (4)
August 30, 2006 : CEO Dominic Orr says the enterprise wireless LAN vendor could be ready to go public 'within months'

Aruba Plots Imminent IPO


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
August 30, 2006 : Switch startup's new CEO says it could be ready to go public 'within months' UPDATED 5:45 PM

Genband Splashes Out for BayPackets


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (22)
August 30, 2006 : Genband buys another company, giving it another set of products for wireless, cable, and telco operators

Study Sees DOCSIS 3.0 Penetration Soaring by 2011


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
August 29, 2006 : ABI says penetration of DOCSIS 3.0 CMTS devices will reach nearly 60% while penetration of DOCSIS 3.0 CPE will approach 40%.

MoCA Certifies Motorola & Tellabs ONTs


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
August 29, 2006 : The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has approved its first two optical network terminals (ONTs) for last-mile networking use.

ZTE Leans on Credit Crutch


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
August 29, 2006 : As its first-half profit slumps and its balance sheet shows some unhealthy signs, Chinese vendor ZTE applies for $2.6 billion worth of credit facilities

Lightspeed Unauthorized


Slide Shows - Phil Harvey - Comments (13)
August 29, 2006 : In North Texas, more ugly cabinets signal that AT&T's fighting lots of competition with its fiber-fed U-verse service – here's the proof

VSNL Boosts Asia Subsea Capacity


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
August 29, 2006 : Indian powerhouse is investing $600 million to build two new submarine cables connecting India with Europe and the rest of Asia, in addition to an upgrade of the former Tyco Pacific cable

WiFi's High-Speed Compromise


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 29, 2006 : 'Pre-n' products need to be certified before high-speed 802.11n standard is finalized

Cisco, HP Ink WiFi Deal


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
August 29, 2006 : 'Pervasive' services to further push towards unified networking

Insecure at the Airport?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 29, 2006 : Five ways to make your concourse WiFi experience more secure

Verimatrix Player Puts PCs in TV-Land


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (2)
August 29, 2006 : With the debut of the Verimatrix PC player, IPTV operators may turn to software apps to cut down on set-top costs and allow 'view anywhere' TV

Tech Mahindra Soars on Debut


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
August 29, 2006 : Indian telecom software and services firm sees its share price leap more than 50 percent on its first day of trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange

Avanex Soars on Q4 Forecast


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 29, 2006 : The struggling optical components company's Q4 report has been delayed, but the news is good, as revenues should beat analyst estimates

WiFi Gets High


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
August 28, 2006 : 'Cellular-style' networks catch on for campuses, small towns

Monday Tech Roundup


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 28, 2006 : This week's roundup of new WiFi, cellular, FMC, and VOIP products and services

FCC's Martin 'Furious' Over New DSL Fees


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (30)
August 28, 2006 : A source says the Chairman is furious over Verizon's and BellSouth's new DSL 'cost recovery' fees; BellSouth dropped the fees Friday while Verizon execs think it over

CableLabs OKs First Modular CMTS Element


News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
August 28, 2006 : In its busiest product testing round of the year, CableLabs has approved the first piece of equipment meeting a key requirement of the DOCSIS 3.0 standard

Riverbed Scales Up


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 28, 2006 : WAN acceleration firm launches a product with 4-Gbit/s throughput to support larger installations; new software adds QOS and other capabilities

Bandwidth.com's SMB Story


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
August 28, 2006 : Bandwidth provider morphed with the market to capture the small/medium business market that large providers neglected; CEO says revenue could double in the next year

Force10 Orders One More Round


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (20)
August 25, 2006 : Sources say Force10 is raising another $50 million, most of it already committed, to tide it over until the long-awaited IPO can come around

Laptop vs Smartphone: No Contest


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Post a comment
August 25, 2006 : Mobile workers cling to notebooks even as handhelds continue to advance

Startup Company Profile #11: RBG Networks


LR Cable News Analysis - Michael Harris - Post a comment
August 25, 2006 : RGB is gunning to take a big bite out of the video processing segment, taking on BigBand and incumbent Terayon.

Siemens Scores on Home Turf


LR Cable News Analysis - Michael Harris - Post a comment
August 25, 2006 : German communications infrastructure giant Siemens landed Kabel BW GmbH & Co., Deutschland's third-largest MSO, as a customer.

SunRocket Fuels Up With $33M


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (3)
August 25, 2006 : The Virginia-based pure-play VOIP provider says the race for VOIP subscribers is far from over; SunRocket will use its new funds to beef up support and open new sales channels

Nokia Siemens Names More Execs


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
August 25, 2006 : Nokia and Siemens name business unit and regional heads for their carrier infrastructure joint venture; Nokia dominates the management teams, while Siemens gets the department heads

Dealing With Laptop Recalls


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 25, 2006 : Enterprise users say that Apple & Dell laptop battery recalls will not affect their notebook buying habits

TiVo/Cox Deal: Is It Enough?


News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
August 25, 2006 : TiVo announces a big DVR deal with Cox Communications, its second such pact in the past year and a half, but will it be enough to reverse the firm's revenue decline?

Siemens Scores on Home Turf


News Analysis - Michael Harris - Post a comment
August 25, 2006 : Kabel BW, Germany's third-largest MSO, is deploying Siemens's Surpass cable VOIP platform

Global X Makes Offer for UK's Fibernet


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Comment (1)
August 25, 2006 : Global Crossing joins the UK consolidation wave with a $96.1 million offer for corporate service provider Fibernet Group

Case in Point-to-Point


LR Mobile News Analysis - Richard Martin - Comments (2)
August 24, 2006 : Georgia Power goes Lateral to connect off-fiber buildings

Ericsson in $1B Bharti Expansion


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Comment (1)
August 24, 2006 : Ericsson awarded monster $1 billion contract to expand and upgrade Bharti Airtel's network across India with its mobile softswitch and media gateway

Ericsson in $1B Bharti Expansion


LR Mobile News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
August 24, 2006 : Ericsson awarded monster contract to expand and upgrade Bharti Airtel's network across India

Microsoft's Hotspot Test Run


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 24, 2006 : Redmond's new software could signal another move in Google's direction
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