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Articles published in August 2011

Analyst: DoJ Suit Bad for All Carriers


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (4)
August 31, 2011 : Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett says AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile is definitively dead, and that hurts everyone – even Sprint

AT&T's First LTE Tab Is for Big Spenders


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
August 31, 2011 : The HTC Jetstream – its first LTE/HSPA+ tablet, and its first on Android Honeycomb – will sell for a hefty $699.99 with a two-year contract

DoJ Blocks AT&T/T-Mobile Merger


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (6)
August 31, 2011 : The US Department of Justice has moved to block the $39B merger, which could be bad news for AT&T's LTE future

Reliability Trumps Speed in LTE


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (4)
August 31, 2011 : 11:05 AM Chicago is becoming a 4G city with AT&T's LTE showing up, but the hand-off from LTE to 3G will be just as important as speed in the early days

Comcast Faces $875M Class-Action Suit


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
August 31, 2011 : Also: Rogers taps iControl, Comcast gets going with gateways, Pace heads to the cloud, another small op thinks big with SDV

Nokia Shells Out for Windows Phone Development


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (3)
August 31, 2011 : Nokia will be the main investor in Vision+, a new fund to be led by former Nokia exec Tero Ojanperä and focus on apps development

DirecTV, BSkyB Lock In NDS for TV Everywhere


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 31, 2011 : NDS's multi-screen VideoGuard Connect DRM may help the vendor expand its presence at Cablevision and Cox and gain entry with other US MSOs

Ericsson Debuts New Service Routers


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
August 31, 2011 : The company launches its post-Redback line of routers, putting an increased emphasis on services while hitting the magic 400G number

Euronews: Sun Sets on AlcaLu's Sunrise Deal


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Comments (2)
August 31, 2011 : In today's EMEA roundup: AlcaLu makes an early exit from Swiss contract, while Vivendi and Bouygues Telecom feel the telecom heat

HP Brings TouchPad Back From the Dead


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (6)
August 30, 2011 : Despite killing off the webOS-based tablet, HP plans to manufacture some more – are happy consumers or angry suppliers to thank?

Brocade Sells Router Subscriptions


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 30, 2011 : A new pay-as-you-go business model is Brocade's latest way of trying to get buyers' attention in the shadow of Cisco

BTI Makes the Metro Dynamic


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
August 30, 2011 : The long-haul optical network already has some automated power-balancing features. Now it's the metro's turn

ZTE Boasts LTE Momentum


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
August 30, 2011 : H1 details show LTE uptake and growth in mobile devices

LiTE Bites: LightSquared's 12 & AT&T in Chicago


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
August 30, 2011 : Reports vary widely on early speeds found on AT&T's Chicago LTE network before it is launched

Pay TV in Store for a Rocky Q3


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 30, 2011 : Also: Google TV tunes up for Europe, Dish goes tailgating, Comcast's Cavalry rolls into Sacramento, MoCA makes a milestone

India Inches Closer to LTE TDD


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
August 30, 2011 : Multiple vendors prepare to launch LTE dongles housing Qualcomm multi-mode chips as India's operators ready services

Euronews: Vodafone Eyes Greek Merger


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
August 30, 2011 : In today's EMEA roundup: Mobile giant has Wind Hellas merger in its sights, while Nokia site suffers an – ouch! – SQL Injection attack

Enablence Sells Off PON Systems


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8)
August 30, 2011 : Signaling an official end to Enablence's PON-systems ambitions, cable vendor Aurora pays $5.1M for what used to be Wave7

Cisco Doubling Down on CMTS Density


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
August 29, 2011 : Next-gen CMTS said to pack in 144 downstream QAMS and give MSOs the headroom for an IP video migration and a bridge to CCAP

Hype Hurting Enterprise Cloud Confidence


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
August 29, 2011 : ING CTO warns that 'everything-to-the-cloud' thinking makes it harder for CTOs to explain enterprise-quality clouds

Apple Prepping Pay-TV Push


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
August 29, 2011 : Also: Apple scraps TV rentals, Canoe realigns its executive oars, Moto says 'most' US MSOs are setting net-DVR launches

US Wireless Operators Spend Big on mCommerce


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (4)
August 29, 2011 : AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile will reportedly pump more than $100M into Isis, their joint venture for NFC-enabled mobile transactions

RIM LTE Phones Expected Early Next Year


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
August 29, 2011 : RIM could add LTE to its first phones using the QNX operating systems due in early 2012, analysts say

LTE Demo: A Socialized Life


The Philter - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
August 29, 2011 : 7:00 AM With a house full of connected mobile devices, Ericsson finds a friendly way to manage energy usage and home security via the Internet

Videoconferencing Poised to Explode – Again?


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (3)
August 29, 2011 : Once again, vendors are poised for a videoconferencing market that is set to take off – unless, of course, it doesn't

Cloud Watch: VMworld Looms


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 26, 2011 : VMware catches heat, Oracle catches a draft and a few cloudy startups catch some funding

Who Will Nab Hulu?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
August 26, 2011 : Also: US broadband has a slow Q2, DirecTV may cook up its own Slingbox, cable guys rail against telco-backed USF reform proposals

Aircel Joins India's Cloud Crowd


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
August 26, 2011 : Operator teams with Virtela to capitalize on the expected demand for cloud-based services in India and overseas

OS Watch: Korea Builds Its Own OS


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
August 26, 2011 : In this week's digest: Korea wants a new OS for Samsung and LG, Samsung does want HP PSG, and Verizon doesn't want Samsung's Galaxy S II

Broadcom Crafting PON-Speed HFC


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
August 26, 2011 : Broadcom's prototype for EPON-over-Coax could extend the life of HFC and grace it with symmetrical Gigabit speeds

Why Cisco Makes Cius


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 26, 2011 : Why didn't Cisco enlist a mobile-device partner to build the Cius? Turns out there's a good reason

LTE Demo: Ad Hoc Video Streaming


The Philter - Phil Harvey - Comments (6)
August 26, 2011 : 7:00 AM Ericsson shows what's possible with an advanced mobile network and how service providers could charge for short bursts of big video streaming

Euronews: French 4G Auction Rules Under Fire


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
August 26, 2011 : In today's EMEA roundup: French operator fears being bulldozed by bigger rivals in 4G spectrum auction; Italy's telcos escape Robin Hood tax

The Bigger Bubble


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
August 26, 2011 : 4:20 AM Mobile startups are hot, but VC spending on wireless is much more diverse than it was during the previous Internet bubble

Cisco Keeps Hammerlock on CMTS Market


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 25, 2011 : The CMTS world belongs to Cisco. You're all just living in it

Cablevision Gets Closer to Sprint


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 25, 2011 : A partnership gives MSO's SMB customers access to discounted wireless service, but is there more in store between Cablevision and Sprint?

RIM Ties Music to BlackBerry Messenger


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (7)
August 25, 2011 : RIM is hoping its new music service will keep users sufficiently addicted to BBM to hold on to their BlackBerrys -- and bring their friends

Carriers Spending More on Optical Gear


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
August 25, 2011 : Huawei has a standout quarter as carriers generally spent more on optical gear during Q2

WOW & Wave Broadband Divvy Up Broadstripe


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 25, 2011 : Also: Brightcove goes for an IPO, TiVo sheds subs but makes MSO progress, Comcast amps up MetroE sales strategy

Verizon to Buy CloudSwitch


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
August 25, 2011 : CloudSwitch acquisition brings new software to Terremark that lets enterprises join or switch clouds

Euronews: DT Plans FTTH Unit


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
August 25, 2011 : In today's EMEA roundup: German giant hatches fiber access unit plan; Samsung faces Galaxy phone ban; Apple shares fall on Jobs bombshell

Tata Touts Next-Gen Strategy


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comment (1)
August 25, 2011 : Indian-based multinational carrier says it will survive as traditional telecom players become less relevant

Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (8)
August 24, 2011 : Apple's COO Tim Cook is the new CEO; Jobs becomes chairman of the board at the iPhone maker

TW Cable Slings a Wideband Play


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
August 24, 2011 : MSO will subsidize Slingboxes in NYC, but the D3 promo will likely grab the attention of programmers as they square off over streaming rights

Samsung & Nokia Push Midrange Smartphones


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
August 24, 2011 : Handset makers launch new phones aimed at the middle range of smartphone users

Google's Other Fiber Project Revs to 150 Mbit/s


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 24, 2011 : Also: Dish LTE plans are questioned, Grande taps TiVo, Cablevision hires biz service reseller, Netflix's UK speed bump

Euronews: NSN Counters Human Rights Claims


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
August 24, 2011 : In today's EMEA roundup: NSN says it cannot be held responsible for 'abuses' of spy software; Ericsson closes M2M deal

The Myth of LTE Global Roaming


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Comments (9)
August 24, 2011 : 6:10 AM Operators are standardizing on LTE but they're all using multiple radio bands, making it hard to develop a 4G world phone

iPhone 5 Rumor du Jour: Coming Soon to Sprint?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
August 23, 2011 : WSJ is reporting that the latest iPhone 5 could launch on Sprint in mid-October

Entone Gets CableCARD Clearance


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
August 23, 2011 : Entone's VUDU-powered hybrid boxes get the CableLabs stamp as the vendor joins the five others chasing the US Tier 2/3 MSO market
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