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Articles published in September 2008

CableLabs Stamps Panasonic TVs


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
September 30, 2008 : Panasonic gets the green light to market two tru2way-powered HD screens at retail in time for the 2008 holiday season

Fujitsu Brings Flashwave to Europe


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
September 30, 2008 : With Verizon as its flagship customer, Fujitsu tries its Flashwave hand in Europe, though it knows it has its work cut out to gain some traction in these financially troubled times

Huawei Raises the Optical Stakes


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (8)
September 30, 2008 : Chinese vendor unveils two new optical boxes, including a 1.28 Tbit/s DWDM switch and a 10 Gbit/s GPON prototype

Nokia Goes to OZ


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
September 30, 2008 : This isn't Kansas, anymore – Nokia announced plans to buy Montreal-based mobile messaging specialist OZ

Huawei, VOD Go Soft in the RAN


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
September 30, 2008 : Huawei and Vodafone unveil development of a software-defined radio for a multimode GSM/WCDMA base station, paving the way for software-upgradeable equipment for next-generation LTE

Broadband Users Oppose Bandwidth Caps


News Analysis - Comments (5)
September 30, 2008 : But survey says some may be willing to pay for guaranteed QOS for applications

Cellular Empire Strikes Back – With Marketing


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
September 30, 2008 : Cellular operators, laptop makers, and chipset suppliers join forces to promote devices with embedded 3G mobile broadband as alternatives to WiFi and WiMax devices

A XOHM Timeline


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
September 29, 2008 : How Sprint's WiMax plans got here from there, or 2008: A WiMax Odyssey

XOHM WiMax Is Finally On


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (8)
September 29, 2008 : Sprint finally launches first WiMax network in Baltimore, slightly ahead of what many in the industry had expected

CDNs Coming Together


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
September 29, 2008 : Consolidation in the content delivery space could be imminent, according to attendees at Streaming Media West last week

DirecTV's Gain Could Result in Dish Losses


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8)
September 29, 2008 : Analyst says Dish Network stands to lose hundreds of thousands of subscribers after AT&T picks DirecTV as its exclusive, long-term satellite TV bundling partner

Telecom Italia Tunes In Cisco for Web TV


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 29, 2008 : Italian service provider is the first to use an 'Internet Streaming' flavor of Cisco's Content Delivery System that bakes in support for Adobe's popular Flash platform

ADVA Unleashes WDM-PON


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
September 29, 2008 : ADVA builds on its optical heritage with a WDM-PON system that aggregates backhaul traffic and enables symmetrical 100 Mbit/s broadband access, and claims a cost advantage over VDSL2 and GPON

Zeugma Spins a Remix


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
September 26, 2008 : Layoffs in hardware, offset by hirings in software, point the router startup in its new direction as an applications platform

Nokia Siemens Shares Ethernet Secrets


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
September 26, 2008 : Nokia Siemens Networks expands its carrier Ethernet portfolio with new products, shows off a telling partnership, and reveals a 'secret sauce' development

P2P Still Behind in Video Distribution


News Analysis - Comment (1)
September 26, 2008 : Despite some growing acceptance, peer-to-peer still isn't a go-to technology for video distribution

RIM Posts $492 Million 2Q Profit


LR Mobile News Analysis - Comment (1)
September 26, 2008 : BlackBerry maker is still the dominant leader in US smartphone sales and is making headway around the globe

OSS Company Considers Content


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 26, 2008 : CSG is broadening its OSS and billing horizons with a Silverlight-powered platform aimed at studios, TV networks, and other partners that want to promote and sell videos via the Web

G1 Is Just the Start for Android


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (5)
September 26, 2008 : The Android phone won't be alone for long, as other vendors are believed to be working on devices

CableLabs Chief Bows Out


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
September 26, 2008 : Dr. Richard Green intends to retire late next year, meaning cable's R&D house will be looking for a new chief for the first time in its 20-year history

Level 3 Increases CDN Capacity in Asia/Pac


News Analysis - Post a comment
September 25, 2008 : Also adds encoding to suite of services

Verizon Talks GMPLS, 100-Gig


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
September 25, 2008 : A promised paper on 111 Gbit/s networking gets delivered at ECOC. Separately, Verizon inches closer to control plane nirvana

FCC Considers 700 MHz D Block Price Drop


LR Mobile News Analysis - Comment (1)
September 25, 2008 : Originally priced at $1.3B, the 700 MHz D Block of spectrum is used by police and firefighters

Huawei Seen as Likely Nortel Suitor


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (23)
September 25, 2008 : Who might buy Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks division? We surveyed executives from the carrier Ethernet sector, who came up with a broad range of options, with Huawei seen as the most likely buyer

Android on WiMax in 2009?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (15)
September 24, 2008 : Analyst report adds more color to talk that Android devices could be available for WiMax networks in 2009, but will they be phones or something else?

ISPs Eye Tiered Broadband Pricing


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
September 24, 2008 : Some execs say service providers may have to implement tiered pricing to deal with the explosive growth in streaming video

Report: IPTV Standardization Underway


LR Cable News Analysis - Tim Hills - Post a comment
September 24, 2008 : A big effort is afoot to create a much more open environment in which end-to-end IPTV systems and solutions use open standards

PBT: Alive 'n' Kicking


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5)
September 24, 2008 : While some companies are determined to bury PBT, the connection-oriented Ethernet technology refuses to lie down, and is gaining endorsements from some unlikely carrier executives

Slideshow: Switching On Android


Slide Shows - Post a comment
September 23, 2008 : Picture this: A data-friendly phone for the rest of us

Slideshow: Switching On Android


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (4)
September 23, 2008 : Picture this: A data-friendly phone for the rest of us

FT Lauds WDM-PON's Potential


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
September 23, 2008 : France Telecom believes the savings it can generate by deploying WDM-PON technology in the future are enormous because of the number of central offices it could close

FCC No Longer Inquiring About Interactive TV


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 23, 2008 : Commission finally scuttles a fact-finding mission initially triggered by the AOL-Time Warner merger and the now-defunct AOLTV service that all six of you subscribed to in days of yore

Santur Girds for Battle


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (12)
September 23, 2008 : With Bookham and others trying to steal tunable-laser market share, Santur keeps its product development clicking and tries out a 100-Gig PIC

Verizon Opines on Grounding Gripes


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
September 23, 2008 : As the state of New York requests more time to review Verizon's network plan, the carrier says concerns about its FiOS network are 'considerably overstated'

Sprint Joins PBT Club


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (3)
September 23, 2008 : Ciena's acquisition of World Wide Packets starts to pay dividends after Sprint picks vendor's PBB-TE-based Ethernet backhaul gear for its budding Xohm WiMax network

Comcast Details Net Management Moves


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6)
September 22, 2008 : MSO hits FCC deadline to supply technical details about its new network management system and explain how Comcast expects to deploy it across the board by year's end

NEC, Ubiquisys Win Softbank Femto Deal


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (3)
September 22, 2008 : Japan's Softbank selects NEC's IMS-based femtocell solution with the Ubiquisys home access point and will launch commercial services in January next year

Extreme Goes for Ethernet Glory


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
September 22, 2008 : Extreme's BlackDiamond franchise gets a serious capacity upgrade, as the new 20808 model sports terabits of switching and 120 Gbit/s capacity per slot

AlcaLu Plugs Its Backhaul Hole


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
September 22, 2008 : Alcatel-Lucent fills out its wireless backhaul portfolio with the launch of a single-unit multiservice edge aggregation box

VZ Verifies FiOS Grounding Failures


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (26)
September 19, 2008 : A new report suggests that Verizon is slow to get its grounding fixes off the ground

Slideshow: Gadget Geek-Out


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
September 19, 2008 : A holiday spectacular brings the RIM Bold and, er, the stranger side of gadget mania too

ONO! Another Docsis 3.0 Story!


LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
September 19, 2008 : Spanish cable operator joins the growing European club that's piling broadband pressure on the telcos by using Docsis 3.0 gear to offer super-fast broadband

Cisco Gains Presence With Jabber Purchase


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
September 19, 2008 : Cisco is bolstering its unified communications arsenal with the acquisition of presence and messaging applications specialist Jabber for an undisclosed fee

ATCA Finds Its Stride


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
September 19, 2008 : The latest Light Reading Live! conference has ATCA vendors discussing what's behind the growing adoption of the standard

As Android Nears, T-Mobile Boosts 3G Networks


LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment
September 18, 2008 : The wireless carrier said it will have 3G networks in 21 markets by mid-October, and 27 markets by the end of the year

Amazon Goes Into the CDN Business


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Comment (1)
September 18, 2008 : Amazon.com announced its entry into the content delivery scrum this morning with a new service that it expects to launch by the end of the year

IBC 2008: Clogs, Canals & Virtual Heads


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
September 18, 2008 : There are plenty of ways to work up a sweat in Amsterdam, and we photographed a few of them at the IBC show and in the city

The Heavies Weigh In on Nortel


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (3)
September 18, 2008 : Heavy Reading analysts react as Nortel announces it is putting its optical and carrier Ethernet equipment businesses up for sale

Brocade/Foundry Readies Ethernet Invasion


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
September 17, 2008 : The $3B acquisition of Foundry is important not for the service provider angle, but for the 10GigE market that it's opening up for Brocade

Nortel 4G Plans Up in the Air


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5)
September 17, 2008 : Nortel's looking for an exit out of 4G, as well as getting out of the carrier Ethernet and optical markets
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