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Worldwide Cellphone Shipments Up 21%
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April 30, 2010 : Increase in shipments is driven by demand for smartphones, according to market research
LTE Watch: Dell to Intro '4G' Phone?
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 30, 2010 : Dell – yes, Dell – could become a mover and shaker in the world of LTE smartphones in 2011
Uninor Unveils 'Dynamic Pricing’
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April 30, 2010 : Indian mobile operator puts its back office to work with a service that uses network capacity data to determine voice call discount rates
LifeSize Shapes Up for Managed Video Services
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
April 30, 2010 : New LifeSize Video Center offers quick entry into distance-learning and corporate training for service providers looking to add value
CableLabs Clears Panasonic Tru2way Box
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 30, 2010 : Docsis modem to be paired with a Panasonic HD-DVR gets 'verified,' but when will the box see the light of day on a Comcast cable system?
India's DoT Denies Blanket Ban on Chinese Gear
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April 30, 2010 : Department of Telecom denies across-the-board ban on purchase of Chinese equipment, but some procurement processes are being blocked
Neutral Tandem Takes on Ethernet Peering
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 30, 2010 : Neutral Tandem hopes new IT investments will attract Tier 1 providers to its Ethernet peering service
India Watch: Vendor Lockdown
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 29, 2010 : Indian government slaps ban on Chinese equipment, mobile operators add 20 million new connections in March, and more
Spirent Rises to Cloud Testing Challenge
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
April 29, 2010 : T&M company launches suite of cloud computing tools that enable service providers and enterprises to test effectively in virtual world
Motorola Could Get the Tablet Habit
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 29, 2010 : Motorola is interested in mobile tablets, with co-CEO Sanjay Jha focusing on the integration prospects for media in the home
Slow Start for TWC's Fastest Broadband
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 29, 2010 : MSO is starting to ramp up its wideband deployments, but only 1,000 customers signed up for its new 50-Meg service in Q1
TWC Upgrades WiMax to Business Class
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 29, 2010 : MSO boots up two biz-tailored WiMax tiers in Texas, with promises to extend those services to more markets later this year
Mobile Marketers: Just Do Something
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 29, 2010 : Marketers, brands search for the right strategy to kickstart an overdue mobile marketing revolution
Moto Posts Profit, Plots Smartphone Recovery
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 29, 2010 : Motorola units deliver surprise Q1 profit, but all eyes are on device business recovery
Gadget Watch: Nokia Has Symbian 3 Phone
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 29, 2010 : Nokia's N8 is its latest bid to steal back the smartphone limelight from Apple and Android
HP to Buy Palm for $1.2B
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 28, 2010 : Everyone who bet on Huawei, pay up
Cloud Watch: Lots of Talk
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 28, 2010 : IBM and Microsoft play to the cloud, while products start streaming from Interop and other shows
Comcast IDs Next WiMax Markets
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 28, 2010 : MSO also expands Docsis 3.0 reach and moves the all-digital train forward while posting a 3.8% revenue bump in Q1
Caution Clouds Ericsson's Outlook
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 28, 2010 : There's too much market uncertainty for Ericsson to provide a full year outlook, but the CFO is prepared to make at least one prediction
Arris Spreads Its Wideband Wings
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 28, 2010 : Surge in demand for Docsis 3.0 gear helps Arris hit an international revenue record in Q1 amid slower sales to Comcast and TWC
Bharti Needs More Data Drive
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April 28, 2010 : Revenues from non-voice services are certainly growing, but not by enough to arrest the Indian leader's ARPU decline
Verizon, Novell Offer ID Management for Clouds
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
April 28, 2010 : Two companies to offer identity management as a service to enable more secure single log-in to cloud-based services for enterprises
Sprint Pins Hopes on WiMax Phone
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
April 28, 2010 : As Sprint posts a Q1 loss and a decrease in post-paid subscribers, the carrier looks forward to launching a WiMax Android phone later this year
CommScope RFoG Connects With PON, EuroDocsis
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 28, 2010 : Vendor tweaks its cable FTTP platform to ensure upstream compatibility with PON systems and EuroDocsis environments
Backhaul Watch: AlcaLu Syncs Up
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
April 28, 2010 : In the world of wireless backhaul, the latest goings-on are about migrating to Ethernet, synchronization support, and LTE strategies
Interop Wrap: Latency Craze
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 27, 2010 : 40G is at the show, sure, but other announcements talk about low latency, management systems, and chip capabilities
App Insights: Nokia Ovi Store Professes Relevance
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 27, 2010 : As it does every year, Nokia sets out to prove there’s more to mobile apps than Apple
Handsets, Services Boost ZTE's Q1
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 27, 2010 : Chinese vendor reports 14% leap in revenues as device and services sales grow significantly, while infrastructure sales stay roughly flat
Verizon Teams With Riverbed to Optimize Apps
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
April 27, 2010 : Riverbed's WAN optimization becomes a pay-as-you-grow managed service, as Verizon turns its eye towards application performance
Boxee CEO: MSOs Should 'Go Over-the-Top'
LR Cable News Analysis -
April 27, 2010 : Avner Ronen says cable ops should loosen their local ties and use broadband to pipe video services outside their service footprints
Open House at Casa Systems?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 27, 2010 : SeaChange's divestment in the CMTS firm fuels talk that Casa's on the block and has attracted looks from AlcaLu, Huawei, and Juniper
Reliance Taps GetJar for Free Mobile Apps
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 27, 2010 : App Stores and smartphones are quickly becoming table stakes in India’s competitive wireless market
Google Leans on Vodafone in Europe
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
April 27, 2010 : Analyst says Google is still learning how to operate in the device market as the online giant teams with Vodafone for the European Nexus One launch
Tellabs Busts Out in H1
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 27, 2010 : Stock soars as Tellabs beats first-quarter expectations, predicts a big hike for the second quarter, and talks up the mobile packet core
Freescale Gathers Software Muscle
LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 26, 2010 : Close-knit partnerships announced today are aimed at the increasingly complex job of programming multicore processors
Satellite Guys Start Building Their Own Canoe
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 26, 2010 : DirecTV and Dish join forces to create an interactive advertising platform that could beat cable's Canoe to market
Cable Ponders Life After Docsis
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 26, 2010 : CableLabs's post-Docsis research looks at gigabit speeds without channel bonding — and that could require new chips and systems
Positive Progress Predicted for Mobile Payments
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 26, 2010 : The mobile Web/mobile app combo could mean big bucks for retailers and, eventually, mobile payment facilitators
Nokia Ups Its Game in India
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April 26, 2010 : Nokia offers its mobile email service for free and unveils new devices as it looks to snatch back the smartphone initiative in India
All About the FCC's AllVid
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 23, 2010 : It's all still pie-in-the-sky thinking, but the FCC has outlined its vision for a proposed successor to the troubled CableCARD
Infinera Puts 100G Coherent on Pause
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 23, 2010 : No slave to fashion, Infinera is reportedly not going to have a 100G coherent offering out for two or three years
Subex Readies a Rebound
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April 23, 2010 : After a tough year the Indian telecom software specialist is gearing up for growth
Wireless Not in the Cards for CenturyLink, Qwest
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 23, 2010 : CenturyLink’s Qwest acquisition will help it compete in the dying landline business, but wireless may not be an option
Insight Joins the DTA Dance
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 23, 2010 : MSO's all-digital project in Lexington will pave the way for about 100 HD channels, Docsis 3.0, and whole-home DVRs
Carriers Beat Facebook to Location Game
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 23, 2010 : The carriers may have made more noise with location, but Facebook is expected to come out on top in the end
Carrier Caution Cuffs Ericsson in Q1
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 23, 2010 : Even North American revenues couldn't arrest the decline, as Ericsson's hit by lower capex in growth markets, and supply chain issues, in Q1
Optical Firm Preps Hong Kong IPO
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 23, 2010 : O-Net, a Shenzhen-based vendor of passive optical components, expects to raise nearly $60M when it goes public next week
Cox Adds Weight to Comcast's Big Box Project
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
April 23, 2010 : Cox is the first other MSO to acknowledge its support for Comcast's super-dense, do-it-all Converged Multiservice Access Platform (CMAP)
Overture Grabs More Funding
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 22, 2010 : Ready to expand in new directions, the Carrier Ethernet specialist grabs a $17.2 million round
Smartphone Data Makes Verizon Look Smart
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 22, 2010 : With LTE on the horizon, Verizon isn't worried about slowing subscriber growth or rising data usage
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