NSN Might Rebid for Nortel's MEN
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
December 01, 2009 : Do-over! NSN is challenging Ciena's winning $739 million bid and offering to better it with $810 million cash
Comcast Lights Up Broadband Bit-Counter
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 01, 2009 : The MSO's long-anticipated broadband usage meter starts testing in Portland, with NetForecast checking its bit-counting accuracy
AsiaWatch: Upheaval at Telstra
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 01, 2009 : Telstra's changing shape by the minute, plus other news and speculation from Malaysia, India, China, and Thailand
LTE Core Action Heats Up
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
December 01, 2009 : In LTE packet core networks, many vendors are lining up to challenge Ericsson and Nokia Siemens, a new Heavy Reading report finds
Arbor Intros 40-Gig DDoS Defense
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
December 01, 2009 : Arbor Networks introduces 40-Gbit/s version of PeakFlow SP, to mitigate increasingly sophisticated DDoS attacks
Dune Digs In at Broadcom
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
December 01, 2009 : The chip vendor picks up a new switch fabric and finds a way to get cloud computing mentioned in the deal
Charter Leaves Chapter 11
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 30, 2009 : Despite protests by some lenders, the MSO is now poised to shave $8 billion of its debt load and apply for a new Nasdaq listing
Rogers Unboxes 'TV Everywhere'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 30, 2009 : MSO offers 1,000 hours of content, but access is limited to Canadian Internet connections and governed by broadband usage policies
NSN Targets Greater Market Share
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 30, 2009 : Nokia Siemens is looking to gain back some of its lost market share now that it has built a more secure financial footing
Mediacom to Wear Speed King Crown
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 30, 2009 : MSO poised to become US cable's new Docsis 3.0 speed king with the expected launch of a new broadband service called 'Ultra 105'
Reding Replaced as Europe's Telecom Watchdog
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 27, 2009 : Viviane Reding, the scourge of Europe's carriers, is being given a new role at the European Commission, but her replacement is just as formidable
India Adds 16.7M Mobile Lines in October
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 27, 2009 : On average, 538,000 new mobile lines were added each day in October, suggesting India will reach 500 million mobile connections before December
Policy Players Prosper
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 26, 2009 : Policy management specialists are picking up new business, profiting from demand, and preparing for greater demand from the mobile sector
Virgin Presses 'Play' for On Demand Ads
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 26, 2009 : U.K. cable operator is going live with a dynamic advertising platform that inserts relevant adverts into on demand TV streams
DPI Vendors Eye Integration
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
November 26, 2009 : Standalone appliances still dominate the DPI market, but that trend could soon start to change, according to a new Heavy Reading report
BT, Qwest Surf Service Creation Wave
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
November 26, 2009 : Partners to demo 'federated catalog' approach at Management World Americas in Orlando, but business processes still a challenge
European Carriers Catch M&A Fever
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 25, 2009 : Europe's service provider landscape is changing yet again as operators merge, sell units, and consider ownership options
Cable ONE Seeks $50 HD Box
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 25, 2009 : Huawei, Echostar, and others apparently see a chance to crack the US cable market, as Cable ONE tries to squeeze down the price of its HD set-top
OpVista Gets Another Go
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
November 25, 2009 : The reborn OpVista, now named Vello Systems, seems to be adding some new twists to its optical system
Clearwire Grabs $920M More Funds
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
November 25, 2009 : With $920M in new debt financing, Clearwire says it now has more than enough money to cover 120M people by the end of 2010
Ericsson Buys Nortel's GSM Biz Too
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
November 25, 2009 : Ericsson bags more Nortel mobile assets as the Swedish giant and Austria's Kapsch CarrierCom win in Nortel's GSM and GSM-R asset auction
Nortel: What's Left on the Shelf?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 25, 2009 : With the GSM and Metro Ethernet Networks business units offloaded, and more than $2.9B banked, what's left for Nortel to flog?
IBM Targets Telcos' Apps Dev Needs
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 25, 2009 : China, Malaysia, and South Africa host IBM's new telecom service creation centers, while the IT giant teams with Comverse in France
Virgin Presses 'Play' on TiVo
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 25, 2009 : TiVo's on board as the exclusive middleware supplier and user interface for boxes that will key on broadband video convergence
Google Clicks With TiVo
LR Cable News Analysis -
November 24, 2009 : DVR data deal will reveal more about the tendency toward ad-skipping, but TiVo and Google are confident the new insight will help advertisers create more effective ads
Joost Sells Off Scraps
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 24, 2009 : The assets and final fate of the once-promising broadband video player are now in the hands of a UK-based online ad company
AlcaLu Turns Apps Broker
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 24, 2009 : Alcatel-Lucent is acting as the bridge between apps developers and operators with an initiative called Open API, with Sprint already on board
France Fires Up Femtocells
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
November 24, 2009 : French mobile operator SFR launches consumer 3G femtocell service with Ubiquisys
Nortel's MEN: Winners & Losers
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 23, 2009 : Ciena prevailed in the tussle to land Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks division, but does that make it a winner?
Charter Bankruptcy Exit Hits a Speed Bump
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 23, 2009 : A batch of lenders and stockholders are urging a New York judge to stay the bankruptcy order so they can mount an appeal
Verizon Pushes Deeper Into Tele-Medicine
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
November 23, 2009 : Verizon's new Telehealth Collaboration Services aim to make video conferencing a major tool for medical professionals
Verizon Portal Makes Paperless Push
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
November 23, 2009 : Verizon Enterprise Center gets billing upgrade that delivers more details and easier payment options – and more trees in the ground
Ruckus & the Revenge of Metro Wireless
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
November 23, 2009 : Ruckus says 802.11n can help reduce the cost of metro-mesh, and it has a deployment in Mumbai to show us how
Ciena Beats NSN to Buy Nortel's MEN
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 23, 2009 : Ciena outbids Nokia Siemens in weekend-long auction process, paying $769 million for Nortel's optical and Ethernet assets
Roku 'Store' Opens With 10 Channels
LR Cable News Analysis -
November 23, 2009 : Roku's new store starts off with 10 Internet-fed channels, but the company's lineup still lacks content from a major content provider
RadioFrame's Mystery Femto Buyer
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
November 20, 2009 : Some unknown company has already bought up RadioFrame's femtocell assets. Could it be Broadcom?
Calix Files for an IPO
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
November 20, 2009 : This is not a drill. Repeat: This is not a drill
Harmonic Goes Lite for Cable IPTV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 20, 2009 : Adding to the cable IPTV fray, Harmonic's seeking support for Docsis Lite, an architecture requiring new CMTS and edge QAM software
MTS Exec: Partners, Processes Key to Success
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 20, 2009 : Senior exec at Russian giant MTS says carriers need to focus on partnership management and internal processes to succeed in the Internet world
Stoke Scores Second DoCoMo Deal
LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
November 20, 2009 : The mobile gateway company claims it's getting quite a fan base in Japan – and in Europe, too
Telstra Amps Up Its HFC
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 19, 2009 : Cable upgrade lets Telstra offer 100-Mbit/s downstream services to 1M homes in Melbourne and provides a pipe for its broadband DVR
Cisco: Set-Top Data Could Boost 'TV Everywhere'
LR Cable News Analysis -
November 19, 2009 : Cisco says a closer look at how consumers are digesting video on set-tops will aid programmers and ad agencies as TV viewing goes increasingly mobile
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