TDVision Wants to Fill Up Cable's 3DTV Glass
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 30, 2010 : Tech firm pitches encoding process that can generate full-resolution, hi-def 3DTV signals without busting MSO bandwidth budgets
Smartphone Wars Pay Off in Q2
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July 30, 2010 : Smartphone competition is driving higher volumes for handset vendors, but it's also putting pressure on their bottom lines
Panasonic Tunes Out Tru2way TVs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 30, 2010 : Tru2way's retail pursuits hang by a thread, though hope may be found in 'set-back' boxes that can be paired with TVs via HDMI
AlcaLu in Recovery Mode
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July 30, 2010 : Second quarter shows signs of improvement, though Alcatel-Lucent is still losing money and constrained by parts shortages
Virgin Media CEO Disses DSL
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 29, 2010 : Neil Berkett downplays the DSL threat as UK MSO preps a 100-meg Docsis 3.0 tier and sets the intro of TiVo-powered video services
Motorola Posts $162M Q2 Profit
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July 29, 2010 : Handset sales are still down, but the vendor is predicting that smartphones will help spur sales for the rest of the year
Technicolor Lands Verizon Gateway Deal
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July 29, 2010 : French vendor (formerly Thomson) lands home gateway deal at Verizon, extends at DirecTV, and updates on its financials
Arris Falls on Mixed Q2
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July 29, 2010 : Arris warns of a CMTS purchasing slowdown just as Docsis 3.0 CPE shipments begin to speed up
Genband Challenging MetaSwitch
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July 28, 2010 : With its acquired base of Nortel DMS-10s and support for older Siemens switches, GenBand is targeting Tier 2 and Tier 3 IP migrations
Ceton Ready to Fire Live Bullets
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 28, 2010 : Following earlier delays, the vendor's CableCARD-powered PC-TV tuners are now poised to reach US shores by the middle of next week
India Clears Way for Chinese Imports
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July 28, 2010 : New rules are issued for testing and clearance of foreign technology, but operators face enormous fines if security breaches are discovered
Comcast Flashes Cash at Biz Services, SDV
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July 28, 2010 : MSO is placing bigger bets on commercial services, switched digital video, and its broader IP and service convergence strategies
Sprint Sticks With Unlimited Data Plans
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
July 28, 2010 : CEO Hesse says on Q2 call that Sprint could move to tiered pricing for smartphones in the future but is sticking with unlimited for now
Mediocrity Rules Mobile Video
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
July 28, 2010 : Bytemobile’s latest data shows that mobile video is on the upswing, but the user experience leaves much to be desired
TeliaSonera Develops New Mobile Data Model
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
July 28, 2010 : TeliaSonera looks ahead to new mobile data pricing models as the industry shifts from unlimited to usage-based pricing
BSNL's Chief Issues Parting Shot
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July 28, 2010 : Outgoing chairman and managing director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam regrets not being able to show profit like other private players
Viva La Vivo Deal
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July 28, 2010 : Telefónica strikes new deal to take control of Brazilian operator Vivo, leaving Portugal Telecom with the potential to invest in a rival carrier
Report: 3DTV Not Ready for Prime Time
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July 28, 2010 : Some MSOs may be jumping on the 3DTV bandwagon now, but cable can afford to wait until the tech matures and consumer adoption grows
Verizon Breathing Down Sprint's 4G Neck
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
July 27, 2010 : Rumors of a November 15th launch for Verizon's LTE could turn up the pressure on Clearwire and Sprint to launch 4G in more big cities
Major MSOs on Cusp of TV Everywhere Era
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July 27, 2010 : Turner exec says cable ops, telcos, and satellite TV providers are poised to go wide with TVE by the end of this year and into 2011
Comcast's Target: 105-Meg D3 Downstream
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July 27, 2010 : More hard evidence emerges that the MSO's close to launching a residential wideband tier that offers 105-Mbit/s bursts
Operators Have a WAC at Apps
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
July 27, 2010 : The Wholesale Application Community revealed the business model and new executive team for its operator-led mobile apps push
Tellabs on a Roll
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July 27, 2010 : Like butter! Q2 shows vendor's Q1 blowout wasn't a fluke, but Tellabs admits it's facing a threat in AT&T's backhaul network
Moto, BigBand Play Small Ball With SDV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 27, 2010 : Moto says hosted SDV will bring the technology to the Tier 2/3 crowd, but rival BigBand questions if the approach can handle the load
ISPs Shamed by UK Broadband Speed Tests
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
July 27, 2010 : Research commissioned by regulator Ofcom shows gap between advertised DSL speeds and reality is growing as cable operator Virgin Media shames ISPs
WiFi Hotzones: AT&T’s Half-Baked Network Savior
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
July 26, 2010 : AT&T is expanding its WiFi hotzones to additional US cities in hopes that data offload will save its 3G network, but will it be enough?
Cracks Emerge in the Moto-Cisco Duopoly
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July 26, 2010 : Comcast Media Center offers Tier 2 and 3 cable ops a DVB-based digital video option that pairs Evolution HD-DTA boxes and Conax security UPDATED 7/27 11:50 AM
India Adds 18M Subs in June
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July 26, 2010 : Bharti Airtel leads the way as another 18 million mobile numbers are activated in India, but there's still no sign of number portability
CENX, EXFO Team on Off-Net Monitoring
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July 26, 2010 : Collaboration enables CENX to offer its carrier customers the ability to monitor Ethernet SLAs when traffic goes off-net
Pace Makes $475M Move on 2Wire
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July 26, 2010 : Set-top box specialist sees way into Tier 1 carriers in US with home gateway vendor acquisition
BBT Buys Into Boxes
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 26, 2010 : Cable group has no long-term set-top plans, but bought R.L. Drake's box assets to speed adoption of its downloadable security system
IBBS, SinglePipe Tie the Knot
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 26, 2010 : With SinglePipe, IBBS strives to become a voice and data one-stop shop for Tier 2 and 3 cable operators
AlcaLu Pitches Single-Vendor LTE
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July 26, 2010 : Alcatel-Lucent is taking its message of end-to-end LTE from one vendor around the country, but one size doesn’t fit all for some wireless operators
Counting Down to LTE
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July 23, 2010 : Verizon says it is on track for a Q4 launch; AT&T plans to start trials this year
Comcast's 'Project Infinity' Takes Flight
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 23, 2010 : MSO's video CDN is running in Philly, with 25,000 on-demand choices on deck and the ability to serve up more than 100,000 on the horizon
Verizon Likes Its Droids
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
July 23, 2010 : Verizon’s smartphone portfolio struggled before Droid came along, but now data growth is so good that it isn’t sweating tiered pricing
Ericsson CFO: India Bottleneck Easing
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July 23, 2010 : The security clearance constraints that affected Ericsson's Q2 are easing, says CFO, but there's no telling what might come next
Parts Problems Hurt Ericsson's Q2
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July 23, 2010 : Just like NSN, components issues and purchase order holdups in India lower Ericsson's second-quarter numbers
Customer Growth Driving Infinera Success
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July 22, 2010 : Customers need more bandwidth to deliver video and wireless and are buying Infinera optical gear in record numbers as a result
Cable Thinking Big With Video-Focused CDNs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 22, 2010 : To deflect OTT pressure and blaze a path to TV Everywhere, cable's video-optimized content distribution networks could support a million or more on-demand titles
AT&T's Q2 iBoost
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July 22, 2010 : AT&T's pay-as-you-go subscriber base grew fast in Q2 thanks to the Apple iPad, but monthly subscriber numbers could be worrisome
India Holdups Smack NSN's Q2
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July 22, 2010 : Procurement delays in India cost Nokia Siemens hundreds of millions of euros
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