4G Backhaul: A Problem for All?
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
May 01, 2008 : The 4G backhaul bottleneck may not be limited to Sprint's Xohm rollout
Copper Leads XO’s Ethernet Push
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
May 01, 2008 : XO has greatly expanded its national Ethernet footprint largely through the use of copper
Sonus Nears NGN Role at Colt
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
May 01, 2008 : Sonus is close to striking a deal with pan-European carrier Colt to be a provider of IMS systems for the operator's new network rollout
Telcos Soften Up
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
May 01, 2008 : Carriers make the case for software-centric strategies at London event, but at least one says the whole Web 2.0 movement is over-hyped
High-Speed Internet Drives Comcast's Q1
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
May 01, 2008 : MSO couldn't stop the bleeding of basic subs, but the quarter was marked by solid Docsis and voice service subscription gains
Comcast Confirms Digital Dongle Project
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
May 01, 2008 : Comcast cable president Steve Burke sheds some light on MSO's plan to deploy a simple, one-way Digital Terminal Adapter (DTA)
Sezmi Aims Beyond IPTV
LR Cable News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
May 01, 2008 : The former Building B wants to help telcos rewrite the TV rules, from the way video is delivered to the way it's watched
BT Lines Up Telepresence Service
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
May 01, 2008 : BT has joined AT&T in unveiling inter-company telepresence services based on Cisco's immersive, multimedia conferencing technology
Reliance Profits Rise 47%
LR Mobile News Analysis -
April 30, 2008 : India’s second largest mobile operator, reports 46.8% rise in fiscal Q4 profits, beating analysts' expectations
Huawei Bites at the IP Core
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 30, 2008 : Chinese vendor lifts the lid on its clustered core IP router platform, claiming up to 10-Tbit/s switching capacity
Clearwire's Rumor Ride
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 30, 2008 : Unstrung rounds up the rumors and sighs that have been causing Clearwire's stock price to shift consistently over the last month
Britt: Wireless Broadband 'Interesting'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 30, 2008 : Time Warner Cable is exiting the Pivot partnership, but MSO's CEO believes there's potential for a wireless broadband offering
Arris Settles Down
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 30, 2008 : Key VOD and Docsis supplier posts an in-line quarter, but echoes that switched digital video activity isn't moving as rapidly as expected
RadiSys Soars After Q1
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 30, 2008 : Stock climbs 20% for the ATCA firm as a rosy Q2 could be in the works
CDMA Hits AlcaLu's Wireless Biz
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
April 30, 2008 : Drop in CDMA revenues overshadows progress in GSM and WCDMA businesses in Alcatel-Lucent's Q1 results
AlcaLu Posts Loss, Warns on Full Year
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 30, 2008 : Alcatel-Lucent says 2008 revenues will go down and unveils some worrying trends in its carrier business as it posts a Q1 loss
Cricket Goes on IP Shopping Spree
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April 30, 2008 : Wireless carrier buys equipment from Genband and Acme Packet to bolster services over its all-IP core
Is AlcaLu Seeking a New CEO?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 29, 2008 : Industry sources and the French media believe the Alcatel-Lucent board is looking for a new CEO to replace Pat Russo
Wireless Camps Prep Fresh 4G Battle
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
April 29, 2008 : An ITU call for proposals for IMT-Advanced technologies sparks a new standards battle between WiMax and LTE
Comcast Boosts Biz Service Speed
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 29, 2008 : At 16 Mbit/s down and 2 Mbit/s upstream, MSO doubles down on the Internet speeds offered to small and mid-sized businesses
Matisse Targets the Enterprise
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April 29, 2008 : Optical Ethernet specialist targets a market with faster deployment times than the telcos
Calix Joins MDU ONT Party
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
April 29, 2008 : The king of Tier 2 GPON adds its first customer premises boxes designed for apartment complexes
Fighting FiOS With Fiber
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 29, 2008 : To keep pace with the speeds and capacity offered by some telcos, cable operators must fight fiber with (wait for it) more fiber
It's All Sprint's Fault
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 28, 2008 : When in doubt, blame the struggling cellular operator for poor numbers and problem services
All-IP Architectures Square Off
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
April 28, 2008 : Operators need to evolve to flat, all-IP architectures, but how to do it is much debated, finds Heavy Reading
Verizon to Raise Prices, Cut Jobs
LR Cable News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
April 28, 2008 : Verizon's CFO tells analysts that the company will raise prices with FiOS and continue to reduce staff to lower costs
Wireless Fuels Verizon's Q1
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
April 28, 2008 : Verizon now has 1.2 million FiOS TV subscribers, but wireline services overall were a drag on Q1 2008 results
Ciena 4200 Wins at Embarq
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April 28, 2008 : Ciena's 'converged Ethernet' transport platform chosen for deployment throughout Embarq's North American footprint
Cisco Intros SDV Tuning Adapter
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 25, 2008 : Cisco is teeing up a first-generation 'tuning adapter' for one-way, CableCARD-based, digital TVs and TiVo DVRs
Bharti Profit Climbs on Subs Growth
LR Mobile News Analysis -
April 25, 2008 : India's Bharti Airtel reports 37% increase in quarterly net profit as mobile subscribers approach 62M
Concurrent Seeks Reverse Stock Split
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 25, 2008 : If approved by shareholders, one-for-10 split might revive video-on-demand firm's struggling stock
Vonage Takes Step Toward Recovery
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
April 25, 2008 : Vonage has a possible agreement in place to refinance much of the debt that has plagued its balance sheet
ZTE Pumps Up Sales
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 25, 2008 : Chinese vendor sees Q1 sales increase by 44%, but profit margins are still small
Ericsson Spreads Q1 Joy
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 25, 2008 : Swedish giant sees its stock leap by nearly 25 percent following its better than expected first quarter results
Juniper Sails Through Q1
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 24, 2008 : Even with some enterprise spending fading, Juniper says business was good last quarter
Dish Preps for Mobile TV
LR Cable News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
April 24, 2008 : Dish Network is trialing a mobile broadcasting technology with Alcatel-Lucent gear that could turn into a mobile TV service offering
Harmonic: Waiting on SDV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 24, 2008 : Harmonic says QAM sales and deployments remain solid, but installs tied to switched digital video aren't growing as rapidly as expected
Reliance Plots Global WiMax Rollout
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 24, 2008 : Indian operator buys into startup and plans to invest $500M over three years to build WiMax operations in up to 50 countries
Qwest Moves Quickly With FTTN
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
April 24, 2008 : Qwest has launched two new broadband services that will run on its new $300M FTTN network
The iPhone's Fat ARPU
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 24, 2008 : AT&T gets 'over $90' a month from the average iPhone user on its network, displaying the ARPU power of integrated devices
TV & Storage Play Web 2.0
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 24, 2008 : It's not all Twitter and Facebook at the Web 2.0 Expo – we found a couple of startups related to video delivery models
Foundry Cranks Up FastIron
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 24, 2008 : The company's latest fixed-configuration switch rolls out the big IPv4/IPv6 numbers
Infinera Minds the GAAP
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April 24, 2008 : Optical vendor will move to generally accepted accounting principles in 2009
MSOs Pivoting Away From Sprint JV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 23, 2008 : Comcast, Cox, and Time Warner confirm that they are severing ties to the wireless joint venture
There's a 'Nu' Cable Player in Town
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 23, 2008 : Former Broadstripe exec takes helm of NuLink, an operator formed via the $70M purchase of Newnan Utilities's cable assets
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