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Articles published in September 2009

Comcast 'Cavalry' Rides Into Pittsburgh


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 30, 2009 : Steeler country among markets next in line to become part of Comcast's big, $1B bandwidth reclamation project UPDATED 5:50 PM

TWC, FCC Settle Switching Spat


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 30, 2009 : MSO to pay $25,000 to help settle federal allegations that its Hawaii system didn't give adequate notice about its deployment of SDV

Telefónica Kicks Off LTE Trials


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (3)
September 30, 2009 : Telefónica takes the LTE world by storm with the announcement of a six-country trial project

Bharti, MTN Abandon $23B Merger


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 30, 2009 : South Africa's government blamed for breakdown in monster merger

Matt Bross Joins Huawei as CTO


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (12)
September 30, 2009 : Chinese vendor hires BT's former CTO to help crack the North American market

Femtos Promise Big But Cost Too Much


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
September 30, 2009 : The femtocell market is still suffering from growing pains, the latest edition of Unstrung Insider finds, but 4 million home base stations could be shipped in 2010

Will LTE Break the Bank?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
September 30, 2009 : New figures from Aircom detail just how much it will cost to roll out an LTE network in the first year

100-Meg Price Tag: $350B


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7)
September 29, 2009 : Giving 100-Mbit/s broadband to every US home sounds nice, but the FCC says it won't come cheap

Sprint & Verizon All Quiet on 3G Femto Front


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
September 29, 2009 : After AT&T's soft launch, there's not much 3G femto chatter from the other two major wireless carriers

Another Operator Shuns Tru2way


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
September 29, 2009 : Buckeye CableSystem is eager to deploy advanced interactive services, but less eager to deploy tru2way, another sign that the CableLabs platform is best suited for big operators

French Still Slow on FTTH Uptake


LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 29, 2009 : The French FTTH market has yet to find its feet, with consumers more keen, it would seem, on next-gen cable broadband services

BBT Preps Its Own CableCARD


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 29, 2009 : A successful effort by the MSO consortium could lead to partnerships with TiVo and other CE companies that make gear with CableCARD slots

AsiaWatch: NTT Revamp Rumors


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 29, 2009 : The Japanese market is buzzing with talk over NTT's future, India plans spectrum bonus for 3G auction winners, and more from APAC

Huawei Takes On US Set-Top Market


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
September 28, 2009 : Chinese giant's North American subsidiary seeks FCC blessing for two 'limited capability' cable set-top boxes

ITU Telecom: Occam Boards Euro FTTx Train


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
September 28, 2009 : The ITU event might not be the launch pad it used to be, but Occam is using it to penetrate the European fiber access equipment market

Nokia Buys Social-Networking Startup


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
September 28, 2009 : Nokia buys small social-networking travel startup Dopplr as it beefs up its mobile Web services credentials

O2 UK Loses iPhone Monopoly


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
September 28, 2009 : Orange UK muscles in on iPhone action and will start selling the devices before the end of this year

Ciena Catches Packet/Optical Convergence Bug


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
September 28, 2009 : Ciena's CoreDirector gets an upgrade, but it's the 5400 family of switches that represents Ciena's future in packet-optical transport

AsiaWatch: Unicom Preps iPhone Launch


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 28, 2009 : China Unicom will start selling the iPhone this week and is buying a chunk of its own shares for nearly $1.3 billion, plus other news

Evolution Passes on Tru2way


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 28, 2009 : Evolution says broadband-connected, interactive TiVo DVRs offer the best economic alternative for small- and mid-sized cable MSOs

Huawei Ups the HSPA+ Stakes


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Comments (2)
September 25, 2009 : Huawei promises commercial release of 56-Mbit/s HSPA+ in 2010 after successful demo of the speed boost using multiple antenna and clever radio techniques

RIM Gains Mainstream Status


LR Mobile News Analysis - Post a comment
September 25, 2009 : RIM added 3.8M new BlackBerry users in Q2

The Android Shopping List


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
September 25, 2009 : Unstrung charts the rise of Android in 2009, with over 10 devices expected on the market by early next year

EuroWatch: Mobile Carriers Embrace Web 2.0


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 25, 2009 : Europe's mobile operators are adapting to the potential offered by Web services, while it's all kicking off in France

Cisco's Pure Digital Looks to Expand Overseas


LR Cable News Analysis - Post a comment
September 25, 2009 : Networking giant is making overseas expansion is a high priority for its consumer digital camera business

AsiaWatch: Orange Alert!


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 25, 2009 : Orange Business Services is beefing up its presence in Asia/Pacific, WiMax is all the rage, and other news from the region

Infinera: Thinking Packet-Optical?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
September 25, 2009 : Packet transport might be the next thing for the optical company, and it's possible Huawei beat Infinera on price, not 40G, at Level 3

Will Intel Go Inside Cable Multimedia Gateways?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 25, 2009 : A new media processor from Intel with Flash Player 10 support is a candidate for new class of IP-capable cable gateways expected in 2011

Recovery Act: WiMax Hunts for Broadband Bucks


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
September 24, 2009 : Clearwire wants a 'modest' $39.7M in grants, just one WiMax operator among a herd that are seeking broadband stimulus funds

Interview: Dr. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, ITU


News Analysis - Comment (1)
September 24, 2009 : Dr. Hamadoun Touré discusses Internet growth, broadband policy, and the relevance of the ITU and its upcoming conference

Vodafone Live! Is Dead!


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 24, 2009 : 'Long live the 360!' cries Vodafone as it makes what one analyst believes is a bid to reclaim ground lost to the likes of Google

Tata Takes Summer Subs Lead


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Comment (1)
September 24, 2009 : Tata Teleservices gets GSM boost to secure the largest share of India's 15.1 million new wireless connections in August

TWC Fights FiOS in NYC


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
September 24, 2009 : Time Warner Cable picks New York City for its wideband debut, starting off with a 50 Mbit/s downstream tier that runs $99.95/month

AsiaWatch: What Price India's Mobile Market?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 24, 2009 : Sistema Shyam gets a valuation, Vodafone looks to up its Essar stake, number portability dates are set, plus more from Asia/Pacific

Could Clearwire Help T-Mobile Find a 4G Fit?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
September 23, 2009 : DT is reportedly interested in investing in Clearwire for spectrum access, but it would still take time to deploy next-gen services

Thinking LTE? Think Distributed


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
September 23, 2009 : LTE networks will likely have more radio cells on the front-end than many 3G architectures, and may get more distributed at the core, too

ATCA Is in Da House


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
September 23, 2009 : And that's just the problem: In-house designs are glomming half the revenues in ATCA, according to Heavy Reading

Cablevision Looks to Lock Up Basic Video Tier


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
September 23, 2009 : Waving the encryption rule would force some cable customers to use a set-top box to view basic channels UPDATED 4:30 PM

Digeo Gives Arris Multimedia Gateway Potential


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
September 23, 2009 : Arris is joining Cisco and Moto in the chase to develop a new breed of cable devices that manage IP video, voice, and data services

Singapore Slings for AlcaLu, Huawei


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
September 23, 2009 : As expected, Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei have landed deals for Singapore's National Broadband Network, but Ericsson loses out

CableLabs: 'Hundreds' Have Downloaded Tru2way Reference Stack


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 23, 2009 : Critical mass is nowhere in site, but CableLabs says it's made progress since debuting a tru2way 'reference implementation' in June UPDATED 9/30 3 PM

Arris Digs Digeo


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
September 22, 2009 : Arris to buy Digeo for $20M, a move that thrusts Arris into the broadband-fueled set-top arena and pits it in closer competition with Cisco and Motorola

Sprint: Please, Sir, Can We Have Some More Ethernet Backhaul?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
September 22, 2009 : Sprint's backhaul guy explains the telco's need for Ethernet behind the scenes at Light Reading's backhaul conference

Reliance Ignites Infratel IPO


News Analysis - Catherine Haslam - Post a comment
September 22, 2009 : With the financial markets in better health, Reliance has dusted off its plans to take its mobile tower business, Infratel, to IPO

Ericsson Pushes Consumer Broadband Big Bang


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
September 22, 2009 : Ericsson has new HSPA module for consumer electronics coming – could this help spur more wide-area connections in smaller gadgets?

Nortel's Next Auction: The Packet Core


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
September 22, 2009 : Nortel says it's ready to sell its wireless packet core assets next, but it doesn't have a named bidder. Could Hitachi be interested?

Blockbuster Busts Out Cable Deals


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 22, 2009 : Mediacom and Suddenlink will start using Blockbuster's VoD brand and might later integrate its by-mail and broadband movie services

4G World Slideshow


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
September 21, 2009 : We just got our film back from the Fotomat! Please enjoy our 4G World slideshow

FCC Chairman Pushes for Net Neutrality Rules


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
September 21, 2009 : FCC chairman seeks rules that would prevent ISPs from blocking or degrading access to broadband applications

ITU Chief Defends Telecom World Event


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
September 21, 2009 : Why would anyone attend the ITU's Telecom World event in Geneva in early October?
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