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Articles published in August 2012

Six Dead – Or Dying – 'Cable Killers'


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6)
August 31, 2012 : Joost and ivi are just two purported cable killers that failed to outlive cable, which, at last check, is still around

SPIT Bits: M&A Matters


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
August 31, 2012 : The wave of mergers and acquisitions in service provider IT (SPIT) continues ... plus other news from the likes of Openet and Huawei

9 Wireless Quotes of Note


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
August 31, 2012 : The summer news lull was filled with hot talk and hot air from the world's top wireless executives and, mostly, their lawyers

HBO, Netflix Set for OTT Video Clash


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
August 31, 2012 : Also: Arris prototypes super-fast D3 modem; Google shuts down TV ad biz; more Olympics postmortem; bomb scare at Charter St. Louis HQ

OS Watch: Samsung Beats Nokia to Windows 8


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
August 31, 2012 : Also: Huawei gives Android a facelift; Sony has an Ice Cream Sandwich party; Samsung threatens 4G payback to Apple; Amazon puts out the Kindle Fire

Euronews: BT Banks £159M From Stake Sale


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
August 31, 2012 : In today's roundup: BT's Indian stake sale; DT dances with Spotify; SDH/Sonet over Packet developments; Iliad's mobile success; and more

Burnt Ciena: Optical Stock Falls After a Tough Quarter


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (17)
August 30, 2012 : CEO Gary Smith wasn't hit by fruit during today's pow-wow with investors. See? There's still a good argument left for conference calls

Sprint & Verizon: This Note's Not for You (Yet)


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
August 30, 2012 : 3G CDMA carriers in the US will have to wait for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, according to the vendor's announced specs

VMworld, Virtualization, Violence – v0dgeball!


Slide Shows - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
August 30, 2012 : A pre-VMworld dodgeball match featuring the biggest names in networking? You bet we brought a camera!

Sprint Launches 4 LTE Markets for Labor Day


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (4)
August 30, 2012 : The operator hints that it's also now doing its 3G and 4G 'Network Vision' upgrades in Boston and Washington

Cable on Cusp of Winning Video Security Battle


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
August 30, 2012 : Also: U-verse friends Facebook; Adobe makes progress with TV Everywhere; Comcast outlines nDVR storage plan; WatchESPN expands

Comcast's Set-Top Accelerator Gains Traction


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
August 30, 2012 : As Comcast's Reference Design Kit (RDK) finds support, it could create a new, open environment for developing IP set-tops and gateways

Euronews: BT Offloads SPIT Shares


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
August 30, 2012 : In today's roundup: BT sells stake in service provider IT firm Tech Mahindra; the latest on NSN; TeliaSonera bypasses the set-top box; Ireland's broadband dream

Cisco Talk Boosts Acme's Stock


Rumors - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
August 30, 2012 :

Photos: AT&T's New Chicago Playland


Slide Shows - Sarah Reedy - Comments (3)
August 30, 2012 : AT&T's flagship experience store sets up shop across from Apple on Michigan Avenue to show customers all they can do with what AT&T offers

Google Taps Barclays to Shop Motorola Home


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 29, 2012 : But you already knew that, right? Now it's time to begin narrowing down the likely suitors for Moto's cable unit

Photos: VMworld 2012


Slide Shows - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 29, 2012 : The show that's about to become big on software-defined networking took to San Francisco this week

Will the iPhone 5 Be a North American Roamer?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
August 29, 2012 : Business deals will probably squelch local roaming, but the next iPhone should hop most international markets with ease

Who's King of M&A?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
August 29, 2012 : There have been some major mergers and acquisitions during the past year, but who will make the Leading Lights Best Deal Maker shortlist?

Cricket Trades Cheaper Data for Music for All


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (7)
August 29, 2012 : Pre-paid operator lowers the cost of data and offers its unlimited music service to all its smartphone customers in hopes of driving up APRU

Crunch Time for Google Fiber


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
August 29, 2012 : Also: TiVo Stream nears launch; Cox talks about CDNs; cable op goes rural with FTTH; ThinkAnalytics fuels up recommendations engine

Vodafone Joyns Fight Against OTT Threat


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (8)
August 29, 2012 : Vodafone is first to launch Joyn-branded Rich Communication Suite (RSC) services in Germany in a bid to fend off threat from OTT rivals

Euronews: Royal Rumpus at Telefonica


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
August 29, 2012 : In today's regional mish-mash: Strained relations at Telefónica; Slim makes his mark; Bouygues feels Iliad's heat; and more!

Cox Braces for Hurricane Isaac


LR Cable News Analysis - Comments (3)
August 28, 2012 : Cox has suspended normal business operations and activated its 'business continuity process' as the storm bears down on southeastern Louisiana

How Wireless Operators Get Hurricane-Ready


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
August 28, 2012 : How major carriers are preparing for Hurricane Isaac and steps you can take to stay online with your cellphone

Cisco Preps 'Arista Killer'


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
August 28, 2012 : The Insieme team's fingerprints are on Cisco's next low-latency Nexus switch

TW Cable Strings More Fiber in NYC


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 28, 2012 : Also: OnLive's CEO is ousted; Comcast unit creates video storefronts; AT&T to target ads across screens; another Google TV partner

Euronews: Operators Merge Their CDNs


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
August 28, 2012 : In today's roundup: Operators combine media distribution assets; MasterCard's latest partnership; NSN builds in Brazil; and more

Courts Keep ivi's Internet TV Service Off


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
August 27, 2012 : An Internet TV service provided by ivi must stay off following an appeals court ruling on Monday. The ruling could factor in to Aereo's fight with TV broadcasters

VMware Looks Into the Network


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 27, 2012 : The company's VMworld conference kicks off with a big software release and nibbles of news about networking and Nicira

Suddenlink Puts Broadband Overage Fees on Ice


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
August 27, 2012 : Suddenlink has suspended its usage-based broadband policy after an 'unusual' circumstance caused an inaccuracy in its byte meter

Apple Patent Win Puts Carriers in Driver’s Seat


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (13)
August 27, 2012 : The ripple effect of the Samsung/Apple trial will be far reaching, but it could have operators taking a more active role in accelerating a third mobile operating system ecosystem

Verizon Avoids FiOS TV Injunction


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
August 27, 2012 : But an appeals court affirms that Verizon is on the hook to make royalty payments and shell out millions more in damages to ActiveVideo

FTC Puts Dish in Hot Water


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
August 27, 2012 : Also: Apple exec downplays pay-TV plans; TW Cable streams Fox News everywhere; Panasonic, MaxLinear connect on DVB set-tops

Tracking T-Mobile's 4G Advance


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
August 27, 2012 : T-Mobile is preparing for LTE-Advanced in 2013 with an eye on 12 major cities in the US. Here's here's what faster 4G might mean for you

Verizon Manages Its Own Data Destiny


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
August 27, 2012 : While the carrier keeps the policy management of its Share Everything plans private, policy vendors suggest more pricing changes are to come

Broadcom Switches Push Into Terabit Range


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
August 27, 2012 : As Cisco (supposedly) works on its next switching ASIC, Broadcom continues to push merchant chips forward

Jury: Apple Guilty, But Samsung Much Guiltier


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (5)
August 24, 2012 : It's mostly a win for Apple, as a jury says the South Korean vendor owes the iPhone maker more than $1 billion in damages

Cisco's Insieme Building Massively Scalable Switch


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
August 24, 2012 : The Cisco spin-in isn't just doing software-defined networking, sources say

Huawei, ZTE Look to Handsets for Growth


News Analysis - Comments (3)
August 24, 2012 : With carrier spending tightening, Huawei and ZTE have focused more on consumer and enterprise handsets to find growth in developed markets

Comcast Streams More Disney


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
August 24, 2012 : Also: CWA blasts Verizon/cable deal; ESPN may cover Clemens's return to the mound; Cox hires regional GM

OS Watch: Apple, Samsung Both Guilty in Korea


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
August 24, 2012 : Also: Nokia and Microsoft's first handsets coming soon; Amazon heats up more Fires; Android owners clamor for iPhone 5; RIM plans a Canadian re-debut

Cable's 3 Wireless Whiffs


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
August 24, 2012 : Cable has taken three recent swings at wireless and missed, but it's not out. The Verizon Wireless deal gives it one last shot at mobile

Euronews: Vodafone Eyes Middle East Expansion


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
August 24, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: Vodafone looks to do a deal with Zain; TeliaSonera's mea culpa; BT engineers on the march

Qualcomm Snaps Up Small Cell SoC Designer


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
August 23, 2012 : Chip giant says it will acquire DesignArts to bolster its standings in the heterogeneous network

Verizon Wireless's Spectrum Deals Sail Through


LR Mobile News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 23, 2012 : The FCC stamps Verizon Wireless's spectrum deals with four cable operators and Leap and T-Mobile, with a few minor conditions

Suddenlink Defends Its Broadband Bit Counter


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
August 23, 2012 : Some users are complaining about discrepancies with Suddenlink's byte-counter, but the cable company claims its meter is 'consistently accurate'

Apigee Unleashes an API Free-for-All


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
August 23, 2012 : With a fresh $20M, the WAC's technology and an API acquisition under its belt, Apigee is offering its platform for free

TV Streaming Startup Nets $2.5M in Seed Cash


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
August 23, 2012 : Also: Arris lands another Moxi DVR deal; Barry Diller goes after BarryDriller.com founder; Evolution and Rovi team on DTA guide

Nokia, 21 Others Explore the Great Indoors


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
August 23, 2012 : New In-Location consortium plans to improve indoor location accuracy and launch new apps to make mall walking more fun
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