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Articles published in August 2009

Clearwire Shuffles Exec Deck


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
August 31, 2009 : WiMax provider hires ex-Borland chief as CFO, adds a strategy and wholesale head to the mix

ZyXEL Boosts IPTV Home Gateways


News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
August 31, 2009 : For shuttling IPTV around the home, 802.11g isn't a good enough match for bonded ADSL2+ deployments, the vendor claims

What Calix Won't Do With $100M


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (10)
August 31, 2009 : Go public? Throw an obscene Christmas party? Sponsor a body-painting cocktail party for customers?

Apple & AT&T's Exclusive iPhone Deal May End in 2010


LR Mobile News Analysis - Comments (2)
August 30, 2009 : Analyst says Apple wants to open the iPhone up to multiple carriers

Slideshow: The Friday Five


LR Cable News Analysis - Post a comment
August 28, 2009 : Five photos from the past week include some new netbooks, Telecom New Zealand's checklist, some badly burnt earth, and a bikini car wash

Cisco, Moto Called Out by Ohio MSO


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
August 28, 2009 : Massillon Cable urges the FCC to force the vendor giants to support 'SimulCrypt' and open up the market for security and set-tops UPDATED 8/31 1:30 PM

Court Scraps Cable Ownership Cap


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 28, 2009 : But that doesn't mean we'll see a bunch of M&A activity for Comcast and other big MSOs

China Strikes Deal to Sell iPhones in China


LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment
August 28, 2009 : China Unicom will begin selling the device in Q4, but there's one catch

Recovery Act: Tracking the Stimulus


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (7)
August 28, 2009 : An updated look at Unstrung's stimulus index chart

CableLabs Blesses Evolution's CableCARD


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 28, 2009 : Evolution's new security module offers entry to the tru2way market and ramps up competition with Motorola and Cisco among cable Tier 2s

Arris Stimulates Some Broadband Action


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 28, 2009 : Cable gear vendor says it's been tapped for 'more than a handful' of broadband stimulus projects, but bid volume reduces odds of success

India Sets 3G Spectrum Price


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
August 28, 2009 : India edges closer to 3G and WiMax spectrum auctions as government sets minimum reserve prices

AME: A Refuge for Handset Vendors


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
August 28, 2009 : As the slowdown in mature markets hits sales hard, mobile handset vendors have the Africa and Middle East region to fall back on

Recovery Act: Round One Brings 'Nearly $28B' in Bids


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
August 27, 2009 : $4B first round of broadband stimulus funding is oversubscribed, according to NTIA

Recovery Act: TowerStream Eyes New Markets


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
August 27, 2009 : Business WiMax provider says that $100M plus in stimulus funds will help it to reach underserved areas in 17 different cities

Euro Firms Team for Hybrid TV


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
August 27, 2009 : Euro firms team up to define standard for the delivery of hybrid, broadcast/broadband TV services. But what about Project Canvas?

TV Everywhere Spreads


LR Cable News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
August 27, 2009 : Verizon and Time Warner Cable have joined the 'TV Everywhere' brigade

Recovery Act: Everyone Wants to Rural the World


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (3)
August 27, 2009 : This graphical look at the Recovery Act's definition of rural and remote areas sheds light on some service provider concerns

TiVo: AT&T and Verizon Won't Strike a Deal


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
August 27, 2009 : TiVo suit claims AT&T and Verizon are infringing on three DVR-related patents, seeks financial damages and injunctions

ChinaWatch: iPhone Imminent?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6)
August 27, 2009 : Tension builds around a potential iPhone announcement, and China Telecom unveils its financial results for the first half of the year

Recovery Act: Tier 2 Says 'No Thanks'


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
August 26, 2009 : It's not just the big companies that turned down a shot at the US government's broadband stimulus money

Concurrent Blames VoD Spending Cuts


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
August 26, 2009 : Shares slide almost 18% after vendor says some of its biggest MSO customers cut VoD gear and software spending in fiscal Q4

Reliance Takes Silk Route to China


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
August 26, 2009 : Reliance Globalcom and China Telecom have built a new fat pipe to link India and China, but it's not another subsea connection

Rumor Mill Boosts AlcaLu


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (13)
August 26, 2009 : M&A speculation is swirling around Alcatel-Lucent, giving the giant vendor's share price a boost

Recovery Act: The Stimulus Index


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (8)
August 26, 2009 : Unstrung charts the companies bidding for broadband stimulus funds

Are the DTA Floodgates Opening Up?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 26, 2009 : At least two top 10 US MSOs are expediting DTA deployment plans after the FCC blessed devices from Cisco, Moto, Pace, and Thomson

Recovery Act: Clearwire Applies for Stimulus Funds


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
August 25, 2009 : Clearwire wants 'modest grants' from US broadband stimulus funds, isn't revealing how much yet

Fitch: Europe's Too Crowded


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
August 25, 2009 : Some of Europe's telecom markets have too many operators and need a serious dose of M&A, according to the team at ratings agency Fitch

Syniverse Snaps Up VeriSign's Messaging


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
August 25, 2009 : Syniverse moves to beef up its mobile messaging capabilities with $175 million acquisition of VeriSign unit

Broadband Apps to Drive Korea's Growth


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
August 25, 2009 : Services like IPTV, VoIP, and mobile data will help get the Korean market back in growth mode, finds a new report from Pyramid

Cisco Pushes 160-Gig at Edge


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (23)
August 25, 2009 : It's divided into 16 ports of 10-GigE, but Cisco's quick to say that it trumps the 100-Gig ambitions of the competition

FCC Approves DTAs From Moto, Cisco, Thomson & Pace


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
August 25, 2009 : FCC OKs four more box vendor DTAs and Comcast looks to be the big beneficiary

Indian Subs Soar Again


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Comment (1)
August 24, 2009 : 14.38M new connections have been added to the world's fastest growing market, as operators target rural areas

T-Mobile Reveals LTE Trial With Huawei


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
August 24, 2009 : T-Mobile Austria claims it has Europe's largest LTE trial in Innsbruck, using equipment from Huawei

Canadian Poll Pounds Ericsson


News Analysis - Comment (1)
August 24, 2009 : Canadians want the government to block the sale of Nortel to Ericsson, the poll says

Recovery Act: Hospitals Want a Slice


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 21, 2009 : 70 hospitals want stimulus money to update their in-building wireless networks while the FCC ponders what 'broadband' really means

Huawei Sales Stay on Track


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
August 21, 2009 : An unconfirmed report says Huawei's 29% growth projection for 2009 is still looking good

China Mobile Turns Up VAS Heat


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Post a comment
August 21, 2009 : As China Mobile's margins are squeezed in the first half of the year, it sets sight on getting more from value-added services

Accelink Spikes in IPO


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
August 21, 2009 : Avago might have the bigger name, but Accelink got the bigger first-day IPO gains

Recovery Act: WildBlue Takes Its Shot


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 21, 2009 : Complements next-gen satellite broadband stimulus project with a $30M effort seeking to subsidize links in Colorado, Wyoming, and Arizona UPDATED 4 PM

Cox Kicks at Qwest


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 20, 2009 : Cox debuts 50-meg wideband tier in Arizona, aiming to slake subs' thirst for speed and take on Qwest's VDSL2

KDDI Picks Challengers for LTE Deployment


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Comment (1)
August 20, 2009 : Motorola and NEC – rather than the usual suspects – get the nod from Japan's No. 2 to provide LTE infrastructure

New England Eyes Recovery Funds


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 20, 2009 : City of Boston and Massachusetts nonprofit want government money for broadband projects

Broadband Booming in the Boondocks


News Analysis - W. David Gardner - Comment (1)
August 20, 2009 : Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act have been earmarked for the expansion of broadband penetration

Broadband Booming in the Boondocks


LR Mobile News Analysis - W. David Gardner - Post a comment
August 20, 2009 : Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act have been earmarked for the expansion of broadband penetration

JDSU Seeks Wireless Test


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
August 20, 2009 : The company is looking for ways to expand its test-and-measurement franchise into the wireless area

Broadstripe to Emerge From Chapter 11 in 2010


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 20, 2009 : Filings state that its bankruptcy reorg is taking longer than expected

LTE R&D Ramps Up


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
August 19, 2009 : EU Pumps $25M into LTE Advanced; NSN to open development center in Dallas

LTE R&D Ramps Up


News Analysis - Post a comment
August 19, 2009 : EU Pumps $25M into LTE Advanced; NSN to open development center in Dallas

Test Group Buoys JDSU


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
August 19, 2009 : Optical components are still hitting some stalls, but test and measurement saw some growth compared with the previous quarter
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