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Articles published in August 2007

Microsoft-RIM Tie-Up Unlikely


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 31, 2007 : Analysts and others decry the likelihood of Microsoft buying out BlackBerry maven RIM, citing the sheer cost of such a deal as a major obstacle

Orca Still in Takeover Talks


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
August 31, 2007 : As IPTV middleware firm preps for the IBC tradeshow, CEO says takeover talks are continuing with a number of parties. And while business is still tough for the Israeli vendor, business is at least improving

SeaChange Slims Down


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 31, 2007 : Company cuts 30 employees in Q2 after deciding to decouple its VOD hardware and software elements

What Now for Muni WiFi?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (5)
August 30, 2007 : Citywide mesh networks aren't dead but they sure smell funny; commentators suggest a municipal rethink is on the cards

Level 3 Co-Founder Starts Zayo Bandwidth


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (8)
August 30, 2007 : Zayo Bandwidth is a new startup that looks to provide bandwidth services to Tier 1 carriers in Tier 2 and 3 cities

African Expansion Boosts MTN


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
August 30, 2007 : Last year's Investcom acquisition boosted subscribers by 90 percent, pushing the African mobile operator to focus on network expansion

CEO Joins OpenTV Exodus


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 30, 2007 : The sudden departure of OpenTV president and CEO Alan Guggenheim follows a recent exodus by key execs at the middleware and apps firm

Comcast Funds TiVo App Expansion


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 30, 2007 : Comcast will pony up some development dough to port TiVo apps to Scientific Atlanta set-tops. Meanwhile, Comcast is close to deploying TiVo in New England, and TiVo execs hope the Cox rollout kicks off by year's end

DT Cuts Its IPTV Price


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5)
August 30, 2007 : German incumbent cuts its entry-level triple-play package price by 25 percent in an effort to reach its 200,000 end-of-year telco TV customer target, and it's pushing soccer as a lead content attraction

Ciena Swings to Profit


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (2)
August 30, 2007 : Optical vendor posts strong revenue and earnings results for the third quarter

Nortel Takes a Look at Tellabs


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (9)
August 30, 2007 : Nortel has emerged as the most recent suitor for Tellabs, Light Reading has learned. But Nokia Siemens isn't out of the picture just yet

DirecTV Pushes Play on VOD Beta


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 29, 2007 : Although DirecTV's DVR-powered 'on-demand' service is a different animal than two-way cable VOD offerings, it could blur consumer perception about the content category, analysts say

Carrier Access: Still in Play


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
August 29, 2007 : Carrier Access is still in play, but Tellabs isn't as hot to do a deal. Adtran's CFO says his company's not interested

Nokia Stakes Claim on Services


News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
August 29, 2007 : Nokia invades mobile operators' territory with the launch of three new mobile Internet services that will be integrated with Nokia devices

ECI Shareholders Approve Buyout


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
August 29, 2007 : Shareholders vote in favor of $1.2 billion buyout, which is expected to close in the fall

Juniper Settles, SEC Charges


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 28, 2007 : The SEC seems content with a settlement over Juniper's stock-options accounting, but it's filed charges against Juniper's former counsel

Motorola Sues Aruba


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
August 28, 2007 : Motorola subsidiaries file lawsuit against Aruba Networks for patent infringements related to wireless LAN technology

Optimum Lightpath Lights Up Video Transport


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 28, 2007 : The business services arm of Cablevision is tapping its metro Ethernet-based grid to expand into the lucrative world of high-end video transport services

Two-Way Battle Reaches FCC


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 28, 2007 : Cable is pitching the OpenCable Platform as the two-way 'Plug & Play' answer, while the CEA wants a non-OpenCable approach called DCR+

Vodafone Soups Up HSDPA


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
August 28, 2007 : With new devices, a flat-rate all-you-can-eat tariff, and a network upgrade, Vodafone hopes to attract more users to its 3G network in the UK

AlcaLu's Router Run Continues


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
August 28, 2007 : Edge routers continue to shine for Alcatel-Lucent even as the company struggles overall, according to second-quarter market share figures

BigBand Not Abandoning CMTS


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 28, 2007 : BigBand is not bugging out of the modem termination system sector but refocusing efforts on a faster Docsis 3.0-based platform

Google Phone: Out of India?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 27, 2007 : Local reports suggest the GPhone could be alive and well in Asia Minor

Sprint & Samsung in NYC WiMax Push


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 27, 2007 : Sprint and Samsung plot NYC WiMax rollout late in 2008 as the operator further firms up mobile broadband plans

CDNs See 3 Price Pressures


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
August 27, 2007 : Content delivery networks are cutting prices for large media deals, but analysts say volumes could make up for lower per-unit pricing

NCTA Sees Solution to Switching Snag


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 27, 2007 : Addressing a key TiVo complaint, the cable industry's proposed 'Tuner Resolver' will enable two-way switched digital video services to run on inherently one-way digital TVs and set-tops

Qwest Free of Nacchio Legal Fees


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
August 27, 2007 : Last week's Appeals Court ruling will not affect a settlement between Qwest and Joe Nacchio that frees the telco of its convicted former CEO's legal expenses

Sony HD-PC Slots in CableCARD


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 27, 2007 : A new line of Sony-made, VAIO-branded 'computer entertainment centers' comes equipped with CableCARD slots. The consumer electronics giant is offering both standard-def and high-def models

3G iPhone in Early 2008?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 24, 2007 : Analysts are still divided on whether the phone will arrive on US or Euro shores first

BigBand Reduces CMTS Staff


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 24, 2007 : BigBand's digital video strategy remains solid, but its cable modem termination system business faces a less certain future after staff cuts

Tellabs Cuts Run Deep(er)


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
August 24, 2007 : Tellabs is laying off 30 employees at its Danish R&D facility. Including the 55 layoffs reported yesterday, this brings the total tally to 85. What will Monday bring?

CableLabs, CEA Agree on DTCP-IP


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 24, 2007 : The cable and consumer electronics industries find common ground with CableLabs' approval of DTCP-IP, which will protect video and other digital content as it traverses IP-based home networks

AT&T Confirms Second VRAD Fire


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (3)
August 24, 2007 : Carrier says a small fire damaged a Houston VRAD cabinet in January. This second incident involving broadband cabinets happened only 20 miles from a cabinet that exploded in October 2006

Limelight Locks In Microsoft


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comment (1)
August 24, 2007 : Deal ensures the content delivery network won't lose Microsoft for five years

Vitesse Unloads Storage Biz


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 24, 2007 : To Vitesse, storage was once a way to bolster sales during a bad telecom run. Now, it's become a way to get $63 million in cash while trimming some operating expenses

AT&T: Defect Caused VRAD Explosion


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (4)
August 24, 2007 : Investigation points to a limited manufacturing defect – a defect so limited it only affected two units out of tens of thousands of batteries made

C-COR Sets Sights on SDV


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 23, 2007 : Along the bandwidth-boosting timeline, look for MSOs to make a move to switched digital video well before a jump to 1 GHz, says C-COR Chairman and CEO David Woodle

Strix Rumored to Cut Jobs


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 23, 2007 : The muni shakeout continues with reports of layoffs at Strix, although the startup is mum on the subject

Sales Jump at C-COR


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 23, 2007 : Cable and VOD gear and software specialist C-COR posted fiscal fourth-quarter net sales of $74.4 million, up from $59.6 million a year ago, but its stock took a hit in early trading Thursday

Tellabs Trims in Access


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (2)
August 23, 2007 : Cuts 33 in its access group and looks to do more trimming outside North America. Also, eight-year Tellabs vet Stephen McCarthy is moving on

Top 10 Storage Startups to Watch


News Analysis - Post a comment
August 23, 2007 : Young, frumpy sister publication Byte and Switch presents its list of hot storage startups. Check it out

Investments Line Up for Chinese 3G


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Post a comment
August 23, 2007 : Carriers in Asia position themselves for a piece of China's long-awaited 3G market as trial network deployments get up and running

McLeod Looks for $100M in IPO


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
August 22, 2007 : The numbers are in: McLeodUSA appears ready to launch its IPO, setting a price range of $13 to $15 for an offering of 11 million shares

WiMax Blooms in Paris


News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
August 22, 2007 : Paris will have two competing mobile WiMax networks by the end of the year, making the French capital a hotbed of wireless broadband activity

Quigley, D'Amelio out at AlcaLu


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (30)
August 22, 2007 : AlcaLu's integration clean-up guy and its once-rising star are leaving. Qu'est que c'est que ça?

UbiquiSys, IneoQuest Dominate Top 10 Poll


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 22, 2007 : Two longshots are enjoying most of the love – and the hate – in our latest Top 10 poll. Conspiracy theories abound

Cox Flips BigBand's DV Switch


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 22, 2007 : Cox's switched digital video strategy is going to bat in Northern Virginia, while Phoenix and Orange County are on deck. The SDV deployment marks BigBand's third with a major cable MSO

Report: Apple Picks Euro iPhone Partners


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
August 22, 2007 : A new report says Apple has picked three European iPhone partners and the mobile operators agreed to share 10 percent of service revenues

Comcast Takes on TorrentFreak


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (24)
August 21, 2007 : Comcast denies blocking or throttling peer-to-peer traffic, but its vendor, Sandvine, says policies that slow down P2P activities are widespread

Time Warner Goes Small With VOD


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
August 21, 2007 : A more centralized platform from Tandberg Television is allowing some smaller Time Warner Cable systems to launch video-on-demand. Fourteen such markets are expected to launch VOD using the new configuration by year's end
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