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Articles published in September 2011

Cox Gets Ready to Reorg


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
September 30, 2011 : MSO aims to centralize operations, integrate its wireless business and consolidate some cable systems

Amazon's $199 Tablet Is No Loss Leader


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
September 30, 2011 : Amazon is one of the few companies that can significantly underwrite a tablet and count on its media services to turn a profit

LightSquared Anticipates Close to 100 Customers


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Post a comment
September 30, 2011 : LightSquared's CEO expects many more wholesale customers will flock to its controversial 4G network, which isn't even on the air yet

Verizon Expands Home-Monitoring Service Plans


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
September 30, 2011 : The carrier's demo at the FTTH Council event precedes an Oct. 11 launch for service that could be part of national rollout

OS Watch: Amazon Checks Out HP's webOS


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (4)
September 30, 2011 : Also, Intel and Samsung's new operating system runs MeeGo out of town, while Nokia builds yet more code for the low end in this week’s OS news

Netflix Sinks to a New Low


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (11)
September 30, 2011 : Also: Verizon, Comcast linked to Xbox TV launch; CableLabs talks up MSO peering play; cable tops telcos in voice service rankings

BBWF 2011: Dutch Delight


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5)
September 30, 2011 : Broadband World Forum attendees are happy about the show's relocation to Amsterdam

Euronews: Italians Pay €3.9B for Spectrum


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 30, 2011 : Italy's mobile operators dig deep for new spectrum, Telia ramps up its LTE rollout, M&A in Poland and more, including Nokia and Skype

Maybe FTTH Is Creating Jobs


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (3)
September 29, 2011 : A panel yesterday questioned FTTH's economic benefits, but the jobs are there, according to the annual FTTH Council data dump

Samsung Hears From T-Mobile & Steve Jobs


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
September 29, 2011 : T-Mobile, Microsoft and Steve Jobs himself: Samsung has had a pretty busy week on the patent front

NeoPhotonics Makes a 100G Move


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
September 29, 2011 : The pending acquisition of Santur is all about photonic integration -- and the end of Santur's IPO dreams

Cox Wireless Clears California


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
September 29, 2011 : Also: Free Press targets net neutrality rules; NCTA, CEA chiefs spar over AllVid; TW Cable bulks up iPad app; Google-Moto review lengthens

BBWF 2011: Happy Snaps


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 29, 2011 : Further visuals from the Paris trade show

Euronews: Cash Boost for NSN, Cuts at Nokia


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
September 29, 2011 : In today's EMEA roundup: NSN gets a new broom and a €1B cash injection, but Nokia has more bad news for its workers

BBWF 2011: Hot Chips


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 29, 2011 : 4:20 AM What's in demand in the broadband chip world? Here's a quick taste of what Lantiq's seeing

NSN Gets $1.36B & New Leader


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 29, 2011 : Nokia Siemens has a new executive chairman and a cash injection from its parents

Sprint to Place Big Backhaul Bet


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7)
September 29, 2011 : AT&T and two big MSOs expected to get the lion's share of Sprint's initial fiber cell backhaul build as it preps for the iPhone and LTE

100G Watch: The Ramp-Up Continues


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
September 28, 2011 : Systems, chips and standards – lots of 100Gbit/s players gave updates on their progress lately

Amazon Fires Up Low-Cost Tablet Market


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (12)
September 28, 2011 : Amazon’s new tablet lacks wireless connectivity, but it could make up for it with its low cost, Android customization and Internet storage

Comcast Creates Cell Tower Business


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
September 28, 2011 : New CTI Towers unit created to manage the company's 800 towers and lease access to Sprint, AT&T and other wireless service providers

SK Telecom Snags 7 LTE Smartphones


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (4)
September 28, 2011 : LTE heats up in South Korea as SK Telecom unveils plans for seven new smartphones, new tariffs and doubled network speeds

IPTV Pioneer Now Going OTT


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (6)
September 28, 2011 : Ringgold pulled its IPTV offer for lack of profits and now looks to bundle OTT boxes with off-air antennas to boost its broadband service

Huawei Unveils Its U2Net Vision


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
September 28, 2011 : Chinese vendor provides its optimal architecture for today's video-heavy networks

A la Carte Coming to Cable's Menu?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7)
September 28, 2011 : Also: Discovery, Huawei develop rugged mobile phone; HBO Go almost a go at TW Cable; ivi seeks handouts for legal defense

Euronews: Lithuania Tops FTTH Chart


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
September 28, 2011 : In today's EMEA roundup: Fiber take-up gathers pace, Virgin launches into the cloud and Nokia says no Windows Phones for O2

Sprint Hastens to Join US LTE Race


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
September 27, 2011 : Sprint could be launching LTE in early 2012, using its partners and a repurposed iDEN network to help bring it on par with the competition

BBWF 2011: Day 1 Photos


Slide Shows - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
September 27, 2011 : Behind the scenes as the show floor was built for Europe's broadband love-in

Calix Still Awaits Stimulus Funds


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
September 27, 2011 : Q3 looks a little more bleak, partly because government stimulus money is (hey, here's a shock) slow to arrive

Google Crafting YouTube 'Channels'


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
September 27, 2011 : Also: US puts heat on Moto Solutions; Comcast ad unit gets interactive; Liberty gets shot of VoD Adrenalin; J:COM expands

Can Carriers Sell Faster DSL?


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 27, 2011 : 9:25 AM Belgacom is going to deploy even faster VDSL2 technology, but what's the commercial proposition?

Tellabs Smartens Up Its Routers


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
September 27, 2011 : Years overdue for a router upgrade, Tellabs is coming out swinging with a whole new design

Innovate, Evolve ... & Open Up Already!


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
September 27, 2011 : 9:00 AM And so begins the fall tradeshow circuit, where wireless operators will need to prove that 'openness' is more than just a buzzword

Belgacom Preps VDSL2 Vectoring Deployment


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 27, 2011 : Belgian incumbent has tried out AlcaLu's VDSL2 with vectoring technology and likes it -- but why the long wait for commercial services?

Pure-Play Policy's Future Is Fading


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
September 27, 2011 : New Heavy Reading research shows service providers don't think they can scale their existing policy to handle new data demands

Euronews: Samsung/Apple Circus Hits The Hague


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
September 27, 2011 : In today's EMEA roundup: Samsung tries to stop sale of iPhones and iPads in the Netherlands, while Russian pair go their own way on LTE

T-Mobile Revs Android to 42 Megs


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (6)
September 26, 2011 : With no LTE or iPhone in sight, T-Mo bets big on Android as it unveils the first phones for its 42Mbit/s HSPA+ network

Sezmi Dumps No-Frills Pay-TV Service


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8)
September 26, 2011 : Sezmi shutters its hybrid broadband-broadcast TV service as it changes gears to focus on deals with service providers

Is Intune Off-Key?


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
September 26, 2011 : The quiet removal of the CEO suggests discord at the optical burst switch vendor

Verizon Defends Samsung Against Apple


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (3)
September 26, 2011 : Verizon doesn't want Apple to limit its LTE device selection as it intervenes on Samsung’s behalf in the device makers' patent dispute

Comcast AnyPlay to Stream Live TV to Tablets


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (12)
September 26, 2011 : Also: Dish CEO hints at wireless plans, Netflix outbids HBO for Dreamworks deal, Amazon pumps up Prime Instant video with Fox fare

LightSquared: We're the Good Guys


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (6)
September 26, 2011 : LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja makes the case for the wholesale LTE network in an open letter to the American public

Entropic Buys Into Video Transcoding


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
September 26, 2011 : MoCA chip-maker plows $10 million into Zenverge as the companies start work on a set-top 'sidecar' for MSOs that shares Slingbox traits

Broadcom Packs NFC Into 40nm Chips


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
September 26, 2011 : Semiconductor vendor promises 90 percent power savings on its 40 percent smaller NFC chips as it looks to put the tech in more devices

SFR Sets Femtos Free in France


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (3)
September 26, 2011 : C'est vrai! Femtos will be free for SFR's 3G customers in France

Why USF Reform Matters


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (11)
September 26, 2011 : There is a lot more riding on how -- and when -- the FCC reforms the Universal Service Fund than the future of rural telcos

Euronews: France's Femto Free-for-All


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
September 26, 2011 : In today's EMEA roundup: SFR doles out femtocells gratis while Etisalat rolls out LTE in the UAE (is that enough initials for ya?)

More Tunable XFPs Start Shipping


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
September 23, 2011 : The ECOC Exhibition brings out a few more vendors in what's expected to be a contentious product category

Dish Bundles Up Blockbuster


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
September 23, 2011 : Dish will try to boost sub counts with $10 add-on that binds video streaming with premium TV, by-mail DVDs and games

OS Watch: What’s Up With WebOS?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (5)
September 23, 2011 : HP's OS future is in new hands, Samsung's done playing nice, and Apple's phone is super sticky in this week's OS roundup

Privacy Law Blocks Netflix-Facebook Connection


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
September 23, 2011 : Also: It's open season on net neutrality rules; VUDU expands VoD vault; cord-cutting vs. the economy; changes on Comcast's board
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