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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comments (2) August 30, 2007 : Optical vendor posts strong revenue and earnings results for the third quarter
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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+
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comment (1) August 24, 2007 : Deal ensures the content delivery network won't lose Microsoft for five years
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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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