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Time Warner Perks Up
LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick -
January 31, 2007 : Subscribership grew across the board for Time Warner Cable in Q4
Reliance Boasts Profit Growth
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January 31, 2007 : Indian mobile carrier Reliance beats analysts' expectations with a 198% increase in third-quarter net income
Sybase: 25B Mobile Messages in '06
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January 31, 2007 : Interoperator carrier doubles SMS and MMS delivery from 2005
Crunch Time for Newport
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
January 31, 2007 : Session border controller vendor is losing key executives, is nearly out of cash, and still doesn't have the big win it craves
Tekelec Switching Faces Gallows
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January 31, 2007 : Analyst downgrades Tekelec on fears the company will close its switching business in the absence of a buyer
Vodafone Tops 200M, Talks M&A
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
January 31, 2007 : Mobile giant now has more than 200 million subscribers, but says it won't overpay for India's Hutchison Essar to add to its base
Moto Promises WiMax Phones in '08
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
January 31, 2007 : No. 2 handset vendor works with TI for devices to coincide with Sprint's WiMax launch
Juniper Talks Up 2007
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
January 31, 2007 : Q4 comes in on the money, although future growth will come with increased expenses
AT&T Vendors Sing Merger Blues
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January 31, 2007 : Tellabs and Adtran blame the AT&T merger for poor Q4 numbers, but could the carrier's aggressive fiber plans also factor in?
Comcast Appeals CableCARD Ruling
LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick -
January 30, 2007 : Comcast Corp.has made good on its threat to challenge the FCC's upcoming ban on integrated digital cable set-top boxes
Sprint Expands 'Rev A'
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January 30, 2007 : Three new markets, higher speeds for wireless broadband network
Digium Grows Up
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
January 30, 2007 : The provider of Asterisk, the open-source PBX, hires a new CEO and VP sales; creator Mark Spencer will become CTO
TowerStream's Seattle Speakeasy
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
January 30, 2007 : Biz-focused WiMax operator grabs the wireless assets of one-time network rival
Alcatel-Lucent Unveils IPTV Strategy
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
January 30, 2007 : Alcatel-Lucent benches its internal developments and rallies around Microsoft for its IPTV software
Opnext Unveils IPO Details
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
January 30, 2007 : Public listing set to value optical components vendor at up to $930 million
Time Warner to Expand Start Over
LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick -
January 29, 2007 : Time Warner Cable intends to extend the service to another dozen markets by the end of the year
Surveys: Internet Traffic Touched by YouTube
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January 29, 2007 : Internet video now a bigger piece of network traffic than P2P file-sharing
Verizon Sees Lower Profits in Q4
News Analysis - Dan Jones -
January 29, 2007 : But Verizon Wireless keeps pace with Cingular, adding over 2 million new subs in Q4 2006
Verizon Sees Lower Profits in Q4
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
January 29, 2007 : But Verizon Wireless keeps pace with Cingular, adding over 2 million new subs in Q4 2006
One Console, Many Networks
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January 29, 2007 : AirWave debuts new management software for hybrid WiFi/mesh/WiMax deployments
Tech Roundup: MIMO Hits WiMax
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
January 29, 2007 : The smart antenna technology goes metropolitan in this week's new technology roundup
DT Issues Profit Warning
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
January 29, 2007 : Tough domestic market forces Deutsche Telekom to scale back its earnings forecast for 2007
MSOs Switch Digital Gears
LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick -
January 26, 2007 : Big North American cable operators are finally beginning to roll out switched digital broadcast technology
MRV Buys Fiberxon, Preps IPO
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
January 26, 2007 : MRV's Luminent subsidiary is going public, taking startup Fiberxon along for the ride
Sports Battle Looms for IPTV
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January 26, 2007 : Heavy Reading finds telco TV players may pay top dollar for exclusive sports programming as a way of winning subscribers
Handsets Break 1B Mark
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
January 26, 2007 : IDC says holiday sales and developing markets drove handset growth past 1 billion units in 2006
France Telecom: 'More IPTV, Please'
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
January 26, 2007 : French incumbent, with 600,000 telco TV users, wants other carriers to join with large IPTV deployments
Decentral.tv Joins Video Fray
News Analysis - Phil Harvey -
January 26, 2007 : Decentral.tv hopes its upcoming video sharing platform, kyte, will unite mobile users and Web users in real-time UPDATED 2/1 10AM
Motorola's WiMax Wait
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
January 26, 2007 : It could be years before the networking vendor sees a profit from WiMax deployments
Treos Gets Microsoft Push
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January 25, 2007 : Palm adds Direct Push to native OS
Google's Powerline Play
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January 25, 2007 : Interference on the muni WiFi network has Google looking at a powerline option, an analyst says
Google's Powerline Play
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January 25, 2007 : Interference on the muni WiFi network has Google looking at a powerline option, an analyst says
AT&T Reports Healthy Q4
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
January 25, 2007 : AT&T reports a healthy Q4 and says IPTV and fiber-to-the-node are still its 'Plan A'
Mangrove Closes Its Doors
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
January 25, 2007 : While still hoping to find a buyer, the pseudowire gear vendor has ceased regular operations
Iskratel Partners for IPTV Package
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
January 25, 2007 : Slovenian vendor has licensed some IPTV middleware assets and assembled a set of partners to build a complete IPTV package
Nokia's Profits Up 16%
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
January 25, 2007 : Sales in developing markets propel the No. 1 handset maker to a record-breaking quarter
Piconi Packs His Bags
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
January 25, 2007 : One of Lucent's most charismatic senior executives, former VP of broadband solutions Rob Piconi, is out the door
The Perils of Being Slim
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January 25, 2007 : How Motorola's reliance on its popular RAZR line helped hasten its downturn
RGB & EGT Go to the Edge
LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick -
January 25, 2007 : RGB Networks and EGT are both bringing out network edge products to help MSOs process new video services and content elements
Cingular Earnings Nearly Quadruple
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January 25, 2007 : Adding 2.4 million subscribers, AT&T unit enjoys 'best-ever' quarter
Cablevision Switches With BigBand
LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick -
January 24, 2007 : Cablevision has rolled out switched digital broadcast technology in its New York area cable system with BigBand
Sources: Nortel Planning IPTV Acquisitions
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
January 24, 2007 : Industry sources say Nortel is shifting its IPTV strategy away from partnerships and more towards technology ownership
Cisco Discloses IOS XR Flaw
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
January 24, 2007 : The latest denial-of-service warning out of Cisco relates to the CRS-1's operating system
Microsoft Adds Three for IPTV
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January 24, 2007 : Magyar Telekom and Slovak Telekom are in full deployment. Beijing Netcom has started trials
ZTE Resells Ciena Gear in China
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
January 24, 2007 : That ZTE optical switch is actually a Ciena CoreDirector
Cingular Earnings Nearly Quadruple
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January 24, 2007 : Adding 2.4 million subscribers, AT&T unit enjoys 'best-ever' quarter
Broadcom's $2.2B Confession
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
January 24, 2007 : Founder Henry Nicholas didn't benefit from back-dated options, but he shares the blame for them, a Broadcom report states
Bharti Sees Big Q3 Profits
LR Mobile News Analysis -
January 24, 2007 : India's largest mobile operator beats analysts' expectations with a 123% increase in net profits
Cable Confronts Bandwidth Crunch
LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick -
January 24, 2007 : The cable industry has finally started dealing with the prospect of an impending bandwidth shortage
Palm Offers Subscription Model
LR Mobile News Analysis -
January 23, 2007 : Bundled with services from Movero, Treos at $30 per month
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