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Free! Ethernet! Stuff!


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December 3, 2012 : 6:00 AM Light Reading's 'State of the Market: Ethernet Expo' report is now available, and a special virtual Ethernet Expo starts tomorrow

2012 Leading Lights Finalists: Company of the Year (Public)


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November 5, 2012 : 12:30 PM Our last list of short-listed entries for the 2012 Leading Lights awards considers the year's stand-out public companies

No Signs of LTE


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November 2, 2012 : 11:10 AM After my AT&T store tour in Chicago, I wonder – is LTE a good thing to advertise to customers?

The Future of Metaswitch


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October 4, 2012 : Back in the driver's seat at Metaswitch, John Lazar is looking at the road ahead to see what kind of company his firm ought to be next

The 2012 Leading Lights Awards: Deadline Extension!


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September 7, 2012 : 1:00 PM The deadline for Leading Lights entries and Light Reading Hall of Fame nominations is now Monday, Sept. 17, 2012

The 2012 Leading Lights Awards: Enter Now!


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September 4, 2012 : 9:00 AM Click here to nominate your company or executives for the 2012 Leading Lights Awards and the Light Reading Hall of Fame

Finding a Data Cap That Fits


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August 20, 2012 : 8:00 AM Consumers have to accept data caps as service providers find that tiered plans are the easiest way to slow consumption and raise revenues

Distracted Driving: Where's the Data?


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August 17, 2012 : 2:00 PM When wireless operators decry distracted driving, I'm reminded of what really kills people on roadways and how long we've lived with it

Is Pay-Per-Bit Anti-Consumer?


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June 21, 2012 : 8:30 AM I want broadband and wireless phone bills I can understand. I want to comparison-shop data plans for the best rate. Am I nuts or what?

Verizon CTO Shows Some Backbone


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June 7, 2012 : 1:50 PM Verizon CTO Tony Melone says the process of converging the carrier's four backbone networks is, well, a process

Management World 2012:
The Customer Experience Catalyst


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May 25, 2012 : 11:10 AM Ventraq and others devise a way to measure how operators are meeting customer needs. But could such a straightforward system ever catch on?

OpenFlow, SDN & an Industry Uprising


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May 11, 2012 : 6:05 PM OpenFlow's popularity might be about an industry demanding more control of networks, services and the cloud than top vendors have allowed to date

More RIM Shots: BlackBerry Apps & Mishaps Abroad


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April 4, 2012 : 10:55 AM If Research In Motion isn't going to die in a decade, its best chance of standing out may be to improve its apps chops and battle the low-price leaders in several emerging markets

RIP RIM: Will Foresight Be 20/20?


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March 30, 2012 : 4:25 PM Analyst predicts that the BlackBerry maker will lose all its subscribers in less than a decade as the mobile enterprise embraces consumer devices

Australia's (Safe) Bet Against Huawei


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March 26, 2012 : 1:15 PM What does leaving Huawei out of the national broadband network project say about Huawei's big telco customers around the world? Why do those companies trust the vendor?

LTE's Uphill Climb


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March 21, 2012 : Most folks have no intent to buy an LTE-powered device this year. What might change their minds?

Phil's Not-So-OFC/NFOEC Pictures


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March 12, 2012 : 5:25 PM Phil relies on a timeless technique to find out what's going on in a city you're visiting: Follow the guy in the devil costume who's flanked by tuba players

Duopoly Money


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February 24, 2012 : 4:30 PM AT&T and Verizon are the biggest and they're only going to get bigger. Should we expect them to be the best, too?

5 Things We Hope 'New Ethernet' Might Be


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February 22, 2012 : A silly list from two silly people who didn't want to wait until tomorrow to get an angle on the 'new Ethernet'

NSN's New Tradition


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November 23, 2011 : 2:00 PM Hang on a minute! Don't they hit the reset button every year at this time? Should restructuring at NSN be on our calendars, right next to Black Friday?

Leading Lights Finalists: Public Company of the Year


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October 12, 2011 : 3:00 PM Here are some thoughts on why we selected this group of finalists for Public Company of the Year

A Sept. 11 Reflection


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September 9, 2011 : 1:35 PM Light Reading's archives reveal a resilient news staff and outspoken readers who helped one another through a horrifying week

Making Sense of HP's Mobile Mess


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August 19, 2011 : 11:45 AM Walking away from the hottest personal computing trend in 20 years makes it hard not to watch what HP might do next

Huawei's Next 6 Months


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August 19, 2011 : 8:00 AM All signs point to more momentum for Huawei, even while the rest of the industry struggles to maintain its footing

Google Bringing Order to Android


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August 15, 2011 : 10:30 AM Google's bigger presence in mobile device manufacturing could give it a chance to be the model citizen in the wild Android marketplace

The Leading Lights in 2011


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July 11, 2011 : 3:20 PM We're now accepting entries for the 2011 Leading Lights awards. Deadline for entries is Sept. 2, and we'll announce finalists during the week of Sept. 18

Verizon FiOS: The Cloud Comes Home


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May 23, 2011 : Verizon's FiOS updates hint at a future where hardware is virtualized, set-tops are dead and a low-latency, high-speed network is the fastest computer you'll ever need

Cloud Computing & TEM Reinvention


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May 19, 2011 : 6:10 PM Telecom equipment makers are expanding everything they do in order to help find and define opportunities in cloud computing

App Developer Oppression?


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February 28, 2011 : 2:40 PM Apple's revenue-sharing policies in its App Store are crystal clear. So why is everyone so upset?

Huawei's Rep Repair


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February 25, 2011 : 9:20 AM Is it time to cut Huawei some slack?

AlcaLu's Rise to Normalcy


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February 14, 2011 : 4:20 AM Alcatel-Lucent's Philippe Keryer says his company is seeing product growth happening in all the right places

Podcast: Cablevision's Network DVR


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January 25, 2011 : 1:05 PM It saves some DVR hardware costs, but is it efficient enough to work in a major market?

Podcast: Android Antipathy?


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January 13, 2011 : 1:20 PM More commentary on how Verizon's iPhone will change the game for the Android OS

Podcast: Verizon's iPhone 4 Challenge


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January 11, 2011 : 2:35 PM LR Mobile's Dan Jones discusses what's different about an iPhone 4 on Verizon's network

Apple's Next Big Move


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January 10, 2011 : 3:00 PM Will history be more accurate than hype?

LRTV: How Can We Improve?


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October 28, 2010 : 11:30 AM -- Help us improve our editorial video offerings by taking this super-short survey

Leading Lights 2010: It's Almost Here


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October 26, 2010 : 11:30 AM In one week, we'll reveal the winners of the 2010 Leading Lights Awards

Google's Apology, Remixed


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October 25, 2010 : 3:40 PM So sorry about all the data we unintentionally collected when we photographed your home while you were away

Pitching: An Email Solution


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October 19, 2010 : 11:30 AM A simple form for complex times

Pitching: A Practical Guide


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October 14, 2010 : 11:30 AM Hey, PR people. Phil has stopped doing his job long enough to tell you how to do yours. What a guy!

Android Transformation


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October 13, 2010 : 10:55 AM When carriers guide Android's openness, consumers get great features and more mobile choices

Rise & Shine


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October 4, 2010 : 11:25 AM Our daily newsletters are getting to your inbox earlier. Starting now

Leading Lights Finalists: Public Company of the Year


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September 29, 2010 : 8:00 AM Here are some thoughts on why we selected this group of finalists for Public Company of the Year

RIP Paul Bonenfant


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September 28, 2010 : 10:30 AM Top optical analyst and industry vet passes on

Leading Lights Deadline Approaches


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September 15, 2010 : 1:00 PM Thursday is the last possible day we'll accept entries for the 2010 Leading Lights Awards

Introducing Light Reading's Salary Survey


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September 1, 2010 : 6:00 AM Tell us what you're pullin' down and we'll tell you how you compare to your industry peers

Rethink Combined Billing


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August 18, 2010 : 10:25 AM AT&T can combine your wireless and U-verse bills. But in some cases it's more trouble than it's worth

AT&T's Mobile Video Misfire


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August 12, 2010 : 3:45 PM If you download AT&T's U-verse Mobile app to watch your shows on the go, you may be disappointed

A Smart Phone Shopper


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July 14, 2010 : 3:50 PM What do we really want from a smartphone? It's easier to tell when you look at a few top models side-by-side

Cisco Interviews... Me?!


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July 8, 2010 : 4:25 PM Cisco's social networking maven quizzes me on social media, publishing, and Light Reading's evolution
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