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Cablevision to Stream Full TV Lineup to iPads
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 31, 2011 : Meanwhile, TW Cable decides to remove 12 channels from its iPad lineup amid the threat of programmer-led lawsuits
Fox to TW Cable: Stop Streaming Our Stuff
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March 31, 2011 : Elsewhere: Cox cuts retrans deal with Lin TV, Comcast plows cash into TidalTV, and Google's 1-Gig jig is good and bad news for local ISPs
NFC Forum Brings In Google & 31 Others
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
March 31, 2011 : The group looking to standardize mobile contactless payments adds Google to its roster, along with 31 other companies keen on NFC
Euronews: March 31
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
March 31, 2011 : The Tunisian government takes control of Orange's local unit, FT and DT continue their love-in and Microsoft takes a swipe at Google
Pentagon Calls Interference on LightSquared
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
March 30, 2011 : Officials are reportedly calling for a 'comprehensive review' of LightSquared's potential to interfere with GPS navigation signals
Google's 1-Gig Fiber Winner: Kansas City, KS
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 30, 2011 : Heads up, Time Warner Cable and AT&T. Googlemania is heading your way
In-App Billing Makes Android More Appealing
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
March 30, 2011 : Operators and app stores agree that in-app billing is the best option to bring real revenues to developers – and help their own bottom lines
TW Cable's iPad App Enters Programmer Gun Sights
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March 30, 2011 : Elsewhere: RadioShack shoots down Dish gun promo, Roku hits Best Buy stores, Cox could lose Lin TV, Paul Allen reveals his true feelings for Bill Gates
Verizon Readies 100G Launch in US
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
March 30, 2011 : The time for trials is over as Verizon prepares to switch on multiple 100G transport links in the US
Cisco Counters Fabric Challengers
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
March 30, 2011 : Data center fabrics are proving quite the battleground, as Cisco prepares to counter the publicity Juniper's gotten for QFabric
The Other Microsoft
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
March 30, 2011 : The new relationship with Nokia is headline stuff, but there's plenty else going on in the software giant's comms division
Clearwire Finally Unveils Best Buy Service Plan
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
March 30, 2011 : Clearwire's $45-per-month mobile data service announcement comes hard on heels of Best Buy's MVNO deal with LightSquared
Euronews: March 30
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
March 30, 2011 : Telekom Austria is told to re-bid for Telekom Srbija and NSN is out-Twittered by a pop sensation in today's roundup from the EMEA region
TW Cable's Gaedtke Gallops to Google
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 30, 2011 : The exec who helped develop the MSO's controversial iPad app and connected-TV strategy is on the move again
Brocade Responds to Juniper's QFabric
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
March 29, 2011 : Juniper and Brocade both want to virtualize the data center into one big switch, but their approaches aren't so similar
Cisco Purchase Could Bring Self-Service to Telcos
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
March 29, 2011 : Cisco is expected to share newScale's portal and self-service capabilities with service-provider customers
AT&T & T-Mobile's Goliath Crushes the Davids
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
March 29, 2011 : Rural New Mexican carrier says he'll be out of business if AT&T/T-Mobile deal passes, while Sprint formally opposes the transaction
Netflix Canada Cuts Video Streaming Quality
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March 29, 2011 : Is 'Good' the new 'Good Enough'? Elswhere: Rovi loses appeal in UK, Amazon rolls streaming music, Cisco's M&A strategy gets cloudier
8 Things You Should Have Seen at CTIA 2011
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
March 29, 2011 : The editors pick the products, services and applications that wowed them at last week's CTIA show in Orlando
ZTE Scores LTE TDD/FDD Deal
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
March 29, 2011 : Nokia Siemens and Ericsson lose out as ZTE lands a deal with Hi3G in Sweden and Denmark to roll out dual-mode LTE networks
Cox Lights Up Wireless in the Sooner State
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 29, 2011 : Cox Wireless is up in five markets following debut in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, with the MSO's New England region next in line
Euronews: March 29
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
March 29, 2011 : Nokia swings at Apple (again), ZTE brings LTE TDD/FDD to Europe, VimpleCom reports Q4 and Swisscom invites trouble in today's news mash-up
Big AT&T & T-Mobile 4G Buildout Ahead?
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
March 29, 2011 : AT&T's buyout of T-Mobile presents it with a headache if it wants to use AWS for LTE as the smaller provider lacks towers in some rural areas
NetScout Buys Better Video Quality Management
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
March 28, 2011 : Psytechnics acquisition brings new capabilities for monitoring video and telepresence in a multi-vendor world
Ruckus Ready to Rumble With Docsis 3.0
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 28, 2011 : The Wi-Fi vendor looks to make waves in cable broadband, taking on BelAir and Cisco
Telecom Italia Gets Ready for LTE
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
March 28, 2011 : Nokia Siemens lands an LTE Italian job with Telecom Italia to modernize the carrier's mobile network with LTE-ready base stations
Cablevision Also Kicking LightSquared's Tires?
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March 28, 2011 : Elsewhere: Netflix eyes Miramax deal, TWC sub gets a $16.4M bill, Montana RadioShack offers free gun with Dish subscription
Microsoft Gives Telefónica an Apps Edge
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
March 28, 2011 : Telefónica teams with Microsoft to offer application developers a low-cost route to millions of mobile users
TV Everywhere Starts Getting Somewhere
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 28, 2011 : At least, that's true when it comes to authentication systems that tie consumers to Web TV hubs and programmers' sites
Euronews: March 28
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
March 28, 2011 : Nokia's shares bounce back (a bit), Deutsche Telekom makes peace with its workers and Orange goes smart metering in today's Euro digest
Tabula Gets $108M – & Cisco
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
March 28, 2011 : The FPGA challenger always sounded like an expensive proposition, and it's making good on that promise
AT&T Could Drop 40% of T-Mobile
LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
March 25, 2011 : Everyone's expecting concessions in the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. Turns out AT&T was expecting them too
OS Watch: RIM Embraces Android at Arm's Length
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
March 25, 2011 : Android apps will run on the PlayBook, smartphones won't get Honeycomb and iPad growth impresses in this week's OS rundown
TW Cable, Programmers Brace for iPad App Battle
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March 25, 2011 : Elsewhere: Boxee preps iPad app, Georgia eyes satellite TV tax, Comcast advances to the Golden Poo 'Sweet 16,' mobile 3D gets panned
Telcordia: Telecom Needs More Marketing Savvy
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
March 25, 2011 : Service providers have policy management tools to create new services but aren't being creative in using them to boost revenues
Netflix to Wait 90 Days for New Starz Fare
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 25, 2011 : Netflix forced to make more concessions as streaming giant becomes increasingly competitive with MSOs and premium TV networks
Euronews: March 25
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
March 25, 2011 : C&W Worldwide issues second profits warning, Portugal Telecom extends its credit line and losers line up for the iPad 2 in today's Euronews
Nortel Sells IPv4 Addresses
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
March 24, 2011 : When you've got to unload 666,624 IPv4 addresses, who can you turn to?
CTIA 2011: M2M Picks Up Momentum
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
March 24, 2011 : As wireless operators rack up partners, M2M is another landscape that could change in a post AT&T/T-Mobile world
Apple Eyes Direct Video Streaming to TVs
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March 24, 2011 : Elsewhere: Netflix offers refunds, Comcast accused of ballot-stuffing in consumer poll, Shaw cuts 500 staffers, and Charter snags some systems
Euronews: March 24
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
March 24, 2011 : Telefonica goes nuts for Brazil, TeliaSonera ticks off Turkcell and French regulator sets termination targets in today's EMEA roundup
CableLabs Peeks at Picocells
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 23, 2011 : Now in the RFI phase, cable may develop technical specs to help 'harmonize' deployments of small cell technologies
Sprint Plans to Fight the AT&T/T-Mobile Deal
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
March 23, 2011 : Sprint CEO Dan Hesse claims the big deal 'hurts the wireless industry' and threatens to take his company's concerns to Congress
CTIA 2011: LightSquared Leaps Into Best Buy Deal
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
March 23, 2011 : LightSquared CEO promises wholesale LTE network will cover 100M Americans by the end of 2012, unveils Best Buy mobile deal
Netflix Recovers From 'Rare' Technical Glitch
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March 23, 2011 : Elsewhere: Adobes makes its TV Everywhere play, Insight seeks suitors, Cablevision does more with mosaics, and Motorola buys IPTV vendor
Sequans Preps $110M IPO
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
March 23, 2011 : French WiMax and LTE chipmaker Sequans files plans for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange
CTIA 2011: Verizon's LTE Train Rolls On to 147 Markets
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
March 23, 2011 : Big Red adds 59 new markets to its roster for LTE, bringing its total cities covered to 147 by the end of the year
Charter Cranks Carrier Wholesale Efforts
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 23, 2011 : MSO charts course for more wholesale Ethernet deals with Tier 1 carriers after unleashing five interconnects, with more in the works
CTIA 2011: NSN Makes Liquid Radio Splash
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
March 23, 2011 : It's elemental! NSN morphs the radio access network into Liquid Radio
Euronews: March 23
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
March 23, 2011 : BT and TalkTalk head for the High Court, Bahraini operator has its license pulled and an Irish scandal comes to a head in today's roundup
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