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Former CTIA Head Could Be Next FCC Chief
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
May 01, 2013 : Tom Wheeler, former CTIA head and NCTA president, could soon add FCC to his collection of initials
Comcast Mines Business & Home Services
News Analysis - Alan Breznick -
May 01, 2013 : Comcast could take home $3 billion haul in commercial services this year
SPIT Giants Make Q1 Gains
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
May 01, 2013 : Service provider IT (SPIT) big hitters Amdocs, Comverse and Asia-Info Linkage can all feel pleased with the start to 2013
Arista's On-Board Optics Boost 100G Density
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
May 01, 2013 : Who needs those pesky CFP-sized transceivers, anyway?
Comcast Suffers Q1 Video Subs Setback
LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick -
May 01, 2013 : While triple-play gains and X1 progress look good for Comcast, the bad news is that its video subs attrition rate is on the rise again
T-Mobile Completes MetroPCS Merger
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
May 01, 2013 : The combined company talks big about 'smoking fast' 4G in 90% of the top 25 metro areas in 2014
Spirent Sticks With R&D Strategy
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
May 01, 2013 : Sales may have faltered but the test specialist is ramping up R&D spending in areas such as 4G and SDN to prepare for new business
IMS Gets Some Open-Source Love
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
May 01, 2013 : Project Clearwater, due to launch this month, could speed up development of cloud-based IMS. Whether that's what everyone wants remains to be seen...
Euronews: AlcaLu Tackles Its Debt Pile
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
May 01, 2013 : Also in today's EMEA roundup: Vivendi considers SFR flotation; Telefónica's data center launch; M2M in Germany
Photos: Disney Puts the Magic in Mobile
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
May 01, 2013 : The happiest place on earth is also one of the most advanced in terms of a lot of hot topics in mobility
HP Calls Out Cisco With Data-Center Switches
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 30, 2013 : It's gonna be a stats-and-specs rumble at Interop
AT&T Breaks 200-Market 4G LTE Barrier
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 30, 2013 : AT&T now has 207 LTE markets live as it races to cover nearly 90% of Americans with 4G by the year's end
Verizon Preps Network, Waits on Marketing Nod for VoLTE
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 30, 2013 : Verizon will be network-ready for VoLTE this year, CTO says, but the marketing team will decide when it goes live
Nielsen Tests Tool to Track TV Everywhere
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 30, 2013 : It's not tracking mobile-device viewing yet, but Nielsen is at least trying to measure online TV viewing habits
Comcast Opens Up on OpenStack
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 30, 2013 : The upcoming X1 video service has Comcast preaching the benefits of open source and the cloud
Brocade Spruces Up for Data Centers
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 30, 2013 : A handful of announcements tie the Vyatta acquisition and the application delivery controller (ADC) business to the rest of Brocade's data-center story
Huawei: We're No 'Coward Company'
News Analysis - By Robert Clark -
April 30, 2013 : Chinese giant has its work cut out to become a consumer brand giant in the smartphone sector but it's ready for the fight
Genband Builds a Gateway to WebRTC
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 30, 2013 : Gives operators a role in the move toward embedding real-time communications in browser-based apps
Euronews: Telefónica Raises $500M in Asset Sale
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
April 30, 2013 : Also in today's EMEA news roundup: EC climbs down over copper access tariffs; BICS uses FraudView; Pontefract cakes!
AT&T Searches for VoLTE Product 'Leader'
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 30, 2013 : AT&T wants a product marketing master to help it develop voice-over-LTE services due to be launched this year
Huawei Sees an SDN Future
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 29, 2013 : Make way for SoftCOM, as Huawei's long-term forecasts imply a diminishing impact for wireline and wireless hardware
Sensio Unwraps 3D VoD Service in US
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 29, 2013 : 3D video-on-demand comes to the US. Will anyone care?
Verizon Could Pay VOD $130B+ for Wireless Stake
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 29, 2013 : UBS analyst suggests $130-$137B should be table stakes for Verizon bid for outright ownership of Verizon Wireless
Cisco Ups Wi-Fi Gateway Ante
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 29, 2013 : New home gateway being offered by Comcast clocks in at 270 Mbit/s over Wi-Fi
ZTE Suffers Sales Slump in Q1
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 29, 2013 : Quarterly net profit masks a dip in sales but there's better news on the 4G horizon
AlcaLu Shrinks Its Managed Services Unit
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 29, 2013 : Review of managed services deals has resulted in lower headcount and a number of contract cancellations, though new deals are still being struck
Euronews: BT Lands 10-Year Deal With O2
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
April 29, 2013 : Also in today's EMEA roundup: Vodafone/Verizon speculation latest; Telenor buys Bulgarian mobile operator
Ofcom Puts UK White Spaces to the Test
News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 26, 2013 : UK's telecoms regulator stages a pilot in preparation for a 2014 white spaces roll out across the country
Extreme Replaces Rodriguez as CEO
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 26, 2013 : A focus on high-end switches got Extreme some kudos but apparently wasn't enough to keep Oscar Rodriguez in the CEO's office
AT&T Launches Digital Life Service in 15 Markets
News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 26, 2013 : AT&T finally rolls Digital Life home security & automation service in 15 markets in US, promising 50 by year's end and location-based capabilities to come
Alcatel-Lucent CEO Preps Kill List
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 26, 2013 : As first-quarter losses hit $460 million, new CEO Michel Combes reviews AlcaLu's assets and operating model
Euronews: Verizon's VOD Bid May Fall Short
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
April 26, 2013 : Also in today's EMEA roundup: It's crunch time for AlcaLu's Combes; Telenor revenues down; NSN combines 10G with 100G
Amazon Set-Top Slated for Fall
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 25, 2013 : The retail market for TV hardware is heating up
More AT&T 4G LTE Markets Spring Up
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 25, 2013 : AT&T turns on six new LTE markets as it ups the pace on its 4G build-out
Time Warner Video Subs Slide
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 25, 2013 : TWC loses video subs to rivals but adds broadband users in Q1
Euronews: BT Seeks 4G Partner
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
April 25, 2013 : Also in today's EMEA roundup: NSN does 100G in Poland; AlcaLu scores African deals; Colt pops over to Cork
Infinera Prepares for a Big 2013
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 25, 2013 : Everything seems to be going according to plan, as the optical company says it's on track to grow sales by nearly 20% this year
AlcaLu Sells Off Its API Repository
News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 24, 2013 : MuleSoft acquires online Web API catalog ProgrammableWeb as AlcaLu streamlines its apps strategy
MetroPCS/T-Mobile Wedding Is On
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 24, 2013 : MetroPCS shareholders approve the sweetened T-Mobile USA merger deal
Google Takes Fiber TV to the iPad
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 24, 2013 : Google brings Fiber TV control to the iPad, plans more social functions
Sprint to Dial 800 for LTE in Q4
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 24, 2013 : Sprint is getting ready to switch off the Nextel network and move LTE onto 800MHz in Q4
AT&T Piles the Hurt on Cable
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 24, 2013 : AT&T's U-verse customer gains add to the pressure imposed by Verizon's FiOS first-quarter numbers
Ericsson Still Under Margin Pressure
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 24, 2013 : Mobile networks market leader saw its margins and profits take a hammering in Q1 but it's still confident about future profitability
SDN Market Size: Would You Believe $35B?
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 24, 2013 : That's a 2018 figure. It might still sound high, but there's a reason for that
Euronews: Bidding War for Maroc Telecom Stake
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
April 24, 2013 : Also in today's EMEA roundup: France Télécom, Ericsson and Virgin lift lid on their first quarters; Ofcom rethinks spectrum distribution
Sprint Delays HD Voice Launch to Q2
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 24, 2013 : Carrier will begin supporting a limited HD voice experience in the next month or two
Huawei Gives Up on US Telecom
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 23, 2013 : Suddenly, US telecom is 'not a market that we pay much attention to,' a Huawei official says – which actually makes sense
Apple's Cook Teases New Products
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 23, 2013 : But you may have to wait until the fall for anything new from the iPhone maker
AT&T Says LTE Deployment Is Ahead of Schedule
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 23, 2013 : AT&T says it will now cover 90 percent of 300M Americans it wants to blanket with 4G LTE by the end of 2013
Vitesse Gets Edgy With Carrier Ethernet
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
April 23, 2013 : A bit player in the bigger Ethernet world, Vitesse continues pushing for a leading role at the Carrier Ethernet edge
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