Cricket's iPhone Leap of Faith
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May 31, 2012 : Carrier commits to $900M over three years to get the first pre-paid iPhone 4S for its regional customer base
Aereo Fights for Its Life
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May 31, 2012 : Also: TiVo posts loss but adds subs; In Demand hops on Comcast's CDN; Comcast's cloud-based voice platform rolls into Michigan
Euronews: Slim Makes His Move on KPN
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May 31, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: Formal offer made for quarter of Dutch incumbent; Telefónica preps IPOs; ETNO wants public funds for rollouts
Telefónica Plans Regional IPOs
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May 31, 2012 : Debt-laden Spanish giant to raise funds through IPOs in Europe and Latin America
Ex-HP CTO Named CableLabs CEO
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
May 30, 2012 : Phil McKinney has come out of HP 'retirement' to head up the cable industry's Louisville, Colo.-based R&D house
Verizon Tees Up 300-Meg FiOS Tier
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May 30, 2012 : Verizon to retain its broadband bragging rights over cable and Docsis 3.0 as it prepares to crank up FiOS speeds in June
IT Services Firm to Buy Connectiva
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May 30, 2012 : IT services firm Mara Ison Technologies is set to acquire revenue assurance and analytics specialist Connectiva
Verizon Builds an MPLS Metro With AlcaLu
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May 30, 2012 : Alcatel-Lucent's XRS core router is being put to metro uses by Verizon, which really just wants raise its MPLS quotient
Where Will Comcast's X1 Land Next?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
May 30, 2012 : Atlanta, Denver and Philadelphia are among the markets that could get Comcast's next-gen video product before the end of 2012
Vodafone Leads Open Global App-Store Push
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May 30, 2012 : Vodafone, AT&T, DT, Telefónica and Verizon team on API-based effort to enable open apps market, with no industry/standards bodies involved
RCN's Strange Bedfellows
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May 30, 2012 : Also: Apple still likes its TV box; BendBroadband wraps LTE upgrade; Comcaster to help monitor net neutrality; Amazon streams to the Xbox
Docomo Locks Down 4G With AlcaLu
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May 30, 2012 : Alcatel-Lucent muscles in on Stoke's turf as it wins a deal to supply LTE security gateways to the Japanese mobile carrier
Analyst: Nokia Lumia 'Not a Company Saver'
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May 30, 2012 : MKM Partners downgrades Nokia to $2 after finding that the Windows phones have already been supplanted by the latest Androids
Euronews: AlcaLu CEO Warns of 'Digital Desert'
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May 30, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: Ben Verwaayen urges network investment; EC proposes Net Neutrality action; S&P piles yet more pressure on Nokia
RIM to Sell the BlackBerry Farm?
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May 29, 2012 : The company warns of a Q1 operating loss and hires bankers to explore its options, which suggests a sale might be on the table
Sprint's iDEN Will Be iDONE in June 2013
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
May 29, 2012 : Sprint says it's done selling iDEN phones and will turn off the push-to-talk network as soon as June 30 of next year
Samsung Unveils iTunes Rival
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May 29, 2012 : The Samsung Galaxy S III comes equipped with Music Hub, Samsung's new music repository
AlcaLu's APAC Action
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May 29, 2012 : Major FTTH deal in China plus noteworthy IP, SPIT and video monitoring engagements in Japan, Australia and New Zealand
Androids Join Comcast's Streaming Party
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May 29, 2012 : Also: Cox updates its iPad app; Dish's defends its ad-zapper; Comcast expands Xfinity Home; Ultra-HD takes a step forward
Euronews: Investors Fight Over Technicolor
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May 29, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: Vultures circle over video technology firm; Huawei rejects subsidy allegations; Samsung Galaxy S III reaches EMEA
Meet the New CTO – It's the CIO
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May 28, 2012 : As the technology power shift accelerates within service providers, Vodafone is hiring country CIOs that will become the operator's CTOs of the future
Report: RIM to Cut 2,000 More Jobs
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May 28, 2012 : BlackBerry maker Research in Motion will announce further job cuts and a new restructuring effort later this week, according to reports
Euronews: EC Sharpens Knives Over Huawei, ZTE
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May 28, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: Commission plans case over 'illegal state subsidies'; France Telecom gets Mobinil; set-top plant could close
Cisco Hits the Brakes on Cius
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May 25, 2012 : Maybe it's time to admit that the world already has a zillion tablets
Bharti Buys Into Qualcomm's 4G Unit
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May 25, 2012 : India's lead operator has acquired more LTE coverage through an investment in Qualcomm's spectrum holdings
Euronews: Tide Turns Against Handset Subsidies
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May 25, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: Will European telcos just say no to handset subsidies? And it's a bad week for Telefónica on the ratings front...
AlcaLu Claims 400G Is Hot
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May 24, 2012 : Even Alcatel-Lucent is surprised at the eagerness around 400G, with some carriers wanting bragging rights for the optical technology
Comcast Gives Wi-Fi a Voice
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May 24, 2012 : Comcast aims to rejuvenate its home phone service with Voice2Go, an app that lets customers place free phone calls via Wi-Fi
Microsoft: A Company of Many Clouds
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May 24, 2012 : Consumer clouds and B2B clouds litter the Microsoft landscape, but the software giant is serious about service provider clouds as well
Aereo's Service Wins a Reprieve (for Now)
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
May 24, 2012 : Also: Cable Show attendance dips; ActiveVideo rolls its video cloud; MaxLinear goes inside Intel's D3 chips; Minerva flirts with cable
Euronews: T-Mobile Sale 'Unlikely'
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May 24, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: DT's CEO tells it like it is; Freeview boss sees 4G trouble ahead; C&WC results not so hot in Caribbean
4G Voice Still Just a Whisper
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May 24, 2012 : It will take longer than expected for operators to launch and turn up the volume on Voice-over-LTE
AlcaLu CEO Likes His Product Lineup
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May 23, 2012 : The right pieces are in place, even if the results don't show up in quarterly earnings yet, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen says
NetCracker's Suite Spot
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May 23, 2012 : With Convergys deal done, software firm sets its sights on total OSS/BSS play for differentiated services
Carriers Get Black Marks on Teamwork
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May 23, 2012 : Their fear of OTT apps and old telco mentality has made the wireless operators hard to do business with, software companies say
Does Docsis Have a 10-Gig Future?
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May 23, 2012 : Arris, Cisco and Moto offer a roadmap that, they claim, will help Docsis bump capacities to 10Gbit/s downstream and 2Gbit/s upstream
Euronews: Dante Opts for Infinera's Hot Tech
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May 23, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: research network deploys DTN-X platform; the bleak view from Spain; NFC, not KFC, lands at French airport
Avail-TVN Will Buy Again, CEO Says
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May 23, 2012 : Avail-TVN CEO says that advertising and analytics companies could be in his M&A sights
Cable's Still Finding Its Way on Wi-Fi
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May 23, 2012 : Cable's getting aggressive with Wi-Fi, but execs say school's still in session as they try to fine-tune their wireless broadband strategies
Google Closes $12.5B Motorola Deal
LR Mobile News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
May 22, 2012 : Sanjay Jha steps down as CEO of Motorola Mobility, but Dan Moloney will continue to run Moto's Home unit
Is Innovation Too Tough for Big Telecom?
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May 22, 2012 : TM Forum is focused on innovation acceleration but industry experts say dramatic culture change is needed to make that happen
Comcast Navigates New Screens
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May 22, 2012 : Also: Adobe gives TV Everywhere the ad-vantage; Comcast ads going multi-screen; Enseo debuts a CableCARD box; Google Fiber hits a snag
Amdocs Analyzes Analytics
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May 22, 2012 : High-powered analytics systems are all the rage in the Service Provider IT world, so what's sector giant Amdocs up to in this area?
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