Verizon Claims First Amendment Foul
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 01, 2008 : Cable may have won the latest round at the FCC, but Verizon is appealing its phone customer 'win-back' case in a DC court
UTStarcom Sheds Some Wireless Weight
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
July 01, 2008 : A $240M sale continues UTStarcom's shift away from (most) wireless and more towards higher-margin areas like IPTV
Vyyo on Life Support
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 01, 2008 : The 3 GHz spectrum overlay specialist says it could be lights out if it's unable to raise more funds in the next three months
Mobile WiMax Goes on the Piste
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
June 30, 2008 : The first commercial mobile WiMax network in the US is being launched in the upmarket ski resort of Jackson Hole, Wyoming
CEO to SCTE: 'See Ya!'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 30, 2008 : Cable engineering society looking to head in a new direction, with plans already underway to find a successor by year-end
Another Sonus VP Splits
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
June 30, 2008 : Jocelyn Philbrook, VP of corporate marketing and investor relations, hits the road as her is job split up
Certified: Netgear's Wideband Modem
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 30, 2008 : New CableLabs data shows that Netgear has become the latest modem supplier to join the Docsis 3.0 certification club
C&W Offers £329M for THUS
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
June 30, 2008 : C&W agrees improved offer worth $656M just ahead of its self-imposed deadline, but THUS still thinks it's worth more
Carriers Under Siege From EC
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
June 27, 2008 : Mobile operators are facing new measures from the EC's Viviane 'The Plumber' Reding that could hit their top and bottom lines
J:COM Does Docsis 3.0 All Over
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 27, 2008 : Japanese cable operator says it'll have all its systems wired up for the speedy spec by the end of this July
Carriers Don't Trust Ethernet Backhaul?
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
June 26, 2008 : Ethernet-based backhaul deployments are scarce because mobile operators don't trust the technology, according to a carrier survey
Clearwire in Euro Partner Talks
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
June 26, 2008 : CEO Wolff hunts for an established European partner to help turn the WiMax trailblazer’s international dreams into reality
Apple Peels Away iPhone Costs
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
June 25, 2008 : Apple has cut more than $50 from the manufacturing costs of the 3G iPhone, according to research outfit iSuppli
HP Pumps Up Telco Consulting
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
June 25, 2008 : IT company adds marketing to old consulting practice and wrings a story out of us – d'oh!
Cox, Comcast Wax on Wideband
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 25, 2008 : Cox targets 'limited' deployments for the third quarter, while Comcast ponders wiring up more than 20% of its plant this year
Vodafone Dreams of Metro Femto
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
June 25, 2008 : Vodafone wants the industry to start thinking about taking femtocells out of the home and onto the streets
IneoQuest Probes SDV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 25, 2008 : New tool gives MSOs increased visibility into the operations and performance of switched digital video systems
Thomson Sidelines ip.access
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
June 25, 2008 : Thomson jilts femtocell partner ip.access and integrates home base station technology from Airvana into its home gateways
Symbian Wants the World
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
June 24, 2008 : Nokia's buyout is a bid to make the Symbian OS 'the most widely used software platform on the planet'
NSN Unveils Unified Optical Platform
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
June 24, 2008 : Nokia Siemens has developed an all-in-one optical platform for all distances, but at least one analyst doubts whether it's needed
Mobile OS Wars: Nokia Snaps Up Symbian
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
June 24, 2008 : With Apple and Google shaping up to challenge for mobile OS bragging rights, Nokia takes control of Symbian and forms a new industry body
AT&T Makes CDN Play
News Analysis -
June 24, 2008 : Goes after Akamai and Limelight with new content delivery and digital media solutions, names partners
AT&T, Microsoft Electrify Healthcare
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
June 23, 2008 : AT&T, Microsoft, and Covisint are teaming to deliver a nationwide e-health service that will move paper medical records online
Lumera Soars on Telcordia Results
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
June 23, 2008 : The struggling optical company shows signs of life after its modulator passes Telcordia muster
Nokia Is Going Plazes
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
June 23, 2008 : And it's going where only its carrier customers used to tread
Italians Strike NGN Ducts Deal
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
June 23, 2008 : Telecom Italia and FastWeb claim a 'first' with their plan to share the passive infrastructure parts of their next-generation networks
FCC Orders Verizon to Dial Back Win Back Tactics
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 23, 2008 : A majority of FCC Commissioners vote to uphold a complaint by three cable MSOs that Verizon used illegal tactics to retain phone customers
Comcast Goes for WiMax Femtocells
LR Cable News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
June 23, 2008 : Comcast reveals intention to deploy WiMax femtocells as part of its participation in the new Clearwire consortium
Comcast Media Center Making MPEG-4 Play
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 23, 2008 : CMC says it will distribute VOD fare in the more efficient format after it finalizes a new deal with SES Americom
Hitachi Rolls Out RFoG Gear
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 23, 2008 : Vendor enters the 'RF over Glass' mix as cable operators look to deploy FTTP systems in spot situations
PicoChip Unveils Low-Cost Femto Chip
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
June 23, 2008 : Chipmaker unveils new range of optimized, integrated femtocell chips that will dramatically cut the cost of the home base station devices
Cox Flirts With Fiber
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 20, 2008 : Industry sources say RFI seeks a wide range of FTTP options, including 'RF over Glass' and cable-friendly PON schemes
WAN Speed Race
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
June 20, 2008 : Cellular carriers are talking big numbers from wireless broadband as data becomes more important for revenues
IPTV Roundup: What's With NSN?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
June 20, 2008 : Nokia Siemens CEO clams up on IPTV, Alcatel-Lucent pumps up its renamed video server, and Amino faces acid test
Telcos: Climb Aboard the Tru2way Train
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 20, 2008 : At NXTcomm, CableLabs president and CEO encourages telcos to cooperate with cable and adopt the 'open' tru2way platform
MLB.com CEO: 10M Streams in 2 Years
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June 20, 2008 : MLB could use a strong telco partner as it looks to upgrade its streaming media capability in the next few years
Ex-Nortel Execs Charged With Fraud
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
June 19, 2008 : Remember Frank Dunn? He and two others are facing criminal charges going back to Nortel's restatements of 2003
Sprint: More on B'More
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
June 19, 2008 : Baltimore is first with mobile WiMax because the operator wants more information on data usage for the new network
India Adds 8.6M Mobile Subs in May
LR Mobile News Analysis -
June 19, 2008 : India's operators signed up 8.61M new mobile subscribers in May, for a total subscriber base of 272.71M
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