RIP RIM: Will Foresight Be 20/20?
The Philter -
Phil Harvey -
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
Cable Plots Its IP Video Path
Cable Guy -
Alan Breznick -
March 30, 2012 : At the SCTE Canadian Summit, cable engineers dove into how, not if, MSOs will make the IP video shift
LTE in a Can
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 30, 2012 : 11:50 AM Is HomeFusion a DSL alternative? Verizon seems to think so. But its 'cantenna' won't put a whuppin' on cable
Verizon Sizes Up New Wireless Video Service
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 30, 2012 : Also: Synacor does more for BendBroadband; Comcast tweaks Xbox 360 FAQ; SeaChange has a new CTO; RGB lights up MPEG DASH
Optical Mergers Get Tougher From Here
Valley Wonk -
Craig Matsumoto -
March 30, 2012 : 5:25 AM Mergers like Oclaro/Opnext do help, but the really big moves in optical components will have to be made by outsiders
Netgear Bug Slows Comcast's IPv6 Push
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 29, 2012 : Also: Some Cisco/ClearAccess fallout; Videotron spreads the love; Comcast's new C-level exec; Comcast adds digital voice features
Comcast Unit Targets Synacor's Turf
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 29, 2012 : thePlatform and Empathy Lab team up to develop TV Everywhere portals for MSOs with 10,000 to 500,000 subscribers
Huawei Ban Row Escalates
AsiaBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
March 29, 2012 : 6:45 AM Australia's decision to bar Huawei from NBN deals gets political
Apple Goes Patently Femto
Wireless Bits -
Michelle Donegan -
March 29, 2012 : 6:40 AM What does the iPhone maker want with a femtocell patent?
AT&T: Does the 'Plus' Mean SPIT?
Light Reedy -
Sarah Reedy -
March 28, 2012 : 3:25 PM AT&T is trialing a new 'Plus' loyalty program, which sounds like it should be covered in SPIT
Cisco to Buy SPIT Specialist
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 28, 2012 : Acquisition of ClearAccess will give Cisco in-house expertise in the monitoring and management of home gateways and mobile devices
Cisco, Alticast Box Up Videotron Deal
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 28, 2012 : Also: Cox calls usage-based broadband hint an 'error'; Rogers rolls VoD ads; mPortal scores at TW Cable; Aurora gets northern exposure
A 4G Pig's Ear
Wireless Bits -
Michelle Donegan -
March 28, 2012 : 7:20 AM The UK's LTE spectrum auction could face yet more delays
Xbox 360 Streams In Comcast, HBO & MLB.TV
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 27, 2012 : Microsoft makes its latest bid to turn its game console into the home's all-dancing, all-singing, all-purpose entertainment hub
Sprint, the LTE iPhone & 4G Plans
Jonestown -
Dan Jones -
March 27, 2012 : 5:30 PM Sprint's CFO says the operator would be able to support an LTE iPhone in the fall because it will have major 4G markets up and running by then
Is HTC Being Senseless?
Light Reedy -
Sarah Reedy -
March 27, 2012 : 11:45 AM Updating its UI makes sense, but it's a bit ironic that the handset maker will delete all of its customer data from its backup service in order to do so
Comcast Rolls Business Voice Into the Cloud
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 27, 2012 : MSO continues its move upmarket with Business VoiceEdge, a hosted PBX service targeted at businesses with up to 250 employees
India Shifts Toward CEM
AsiaBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
March 27, 2012 : 9:30 AM Customer experience management is a hot topic in India
Australia's (Safe) Bet Against Huawei
The Philter -
Phil Harvey -
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?
TiVo Sues Motorola & Time Warner Cable
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 26, 2012 : TiVo counterclaim against Motorola drags one of its high-profile set-top box customers into the fray
AT&T's Nokia Lumia Drops LTE to $100
Light Reedy -
Sarah Reedy -
March 26, 2012 : The carrier confirms to CNET that it'll sell Nokia's first flagship LTE phone, the Windows 7-based Lumia 900, for $99.99 on contract
Comcast Won't Cap Xbox 360 Streaming
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 26, 2012 : Also: Comcast to evaluate live TV on Xbox; TiVo slashes pricing; Buckeye revs up 110-Meg D3 tier; Hillcrest goes mobile
Honorable Mentions: March 26
Matt's Mentions -
March 26, 2012 : 9:20 AM This week's top telecom stories, as chosen by the readers of Matt's Mentions
Small Change for Windows Phone Apps
Wireless Bits -
Michelle Donegan -
March 26, 2012 : 8:05 AM Microsoft and Nokia attempt to entice developers with investments – but is €18M enough?
Huawei Barred From NBN
AsiaBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
March 26, 2012 : 5:00 AM Chinese vendor not allowed to bid for role in Australia's national broadband network
Combating the Mobile Crime Wave
Jonestown -
Dan Jones -
March 23, 2012 : 5:35 PM Can developers, device providers and users do something more to prevent the rising tide of smartphone crime?
AT&T Won't Lay Off the FCC
Light Reedy -
Sarah Reedy -
March 23, 2012 : 2:35 PM Ma Bell lectures the FCC on T-Mobile's layoffs, saying they would've been avoided if the merger was approved
Where's the Smart TV Payoff?
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 23, 2012 : Also: Comcast's private CDN has TV Everywhere potential; Sling's latest pitch; Raycom Sports picks VoD partner
Learning to Play Nice With NFC
Light Reedy -
Sarah Reedy -
March 22, 2012 : 12:10 PM Google may be finding out that it can't get around the wireless operators for mobile payments, so it might as well work with them
No Cash Swap in Microsoft-TiVo Settlement
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 22, 2012 : Also: Netlix preps HD iPad app; Ziggo shares pop in public debut; HBO exec jumps to Synacor; Comcast promotes three women to SVP posts
4G: Just a Marketing Term?
Jonestown -
Dan Jones -
March 21, 2012 : 4:20 PM Operators can't seem to live without 4G as a marketing hook but don't seem to know how to effectively sell faster data services
LTE's Uphill Climb
The Philter -
Phil Harvey -
March 21, 2012 : Most folks have no intent to buy an LTE-powered device this year. What might change their minds?
SeaChange Sells Off Its Broadcast Server Biz
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 21, 2012 : Also: Pay-TV providers collectively add subs in 2011; Comcast preps for Senate hearing; another exec exits Cablevision
Comcast Issues CCAP RFP
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 21, 2012 : Comcast begins equipment selection process as the MSO prepares to deploy CCAP on a small scale later this year
Does Docsis Have a 5-Gig Future?
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 20, 2012 : Docsis ain't dead but has a fruitful (and speedy) life ahead of it as cable migrates more services to IP, predicts a Cisco exec
What We Mean When We Say '4G'
Jonestown -
Dan Jones -
March 20, 2012 : 5:00 PM Confused about what 4G really means? Check out our handy table of true 4G operators in the US
Cable Giants Get Aggressive on IPv6
LR Cable News Analysis -
Carol Wilson -
March 20, 2012 : Comcast and Time Warner Cable are moving aggressively this year to get IPv6 out to broadband customers, using a native dual stack approach
MSOs Poised to Pass 100M Homes With Docsis 3.0
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 20, 2012 : Nearly 73% of all cable homes will be passed with Docsis 3.0 by the end of 2012, according to Heavy Reading's new forecast
Motorola Plugs a CDN Hole
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 20, 2012 : Also: Set-tops to take a power-saving nap; US cable dominates broadband in 2011; DirecTV eyes Ultra-HDTV; Mediacom slashes service windows
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