Net Neutrality Sweep: Everyone's Ticked
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
December 01, 2010 : Consumer groups say new framework is a sell-out, Republicans say it's not necessary, and Verizon wants a broader overhaul of the rules
FCC Swaps TV Spectrum for Mobile Broadband
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
December 01, 2010 : FCC puts forth a plan for TV broadcasters to make more efficient use of their spectrum, freeing it up for mobile broadband services
Cisco Reels In LineSider
News Analysis - Phil Harvey -
December 01, 2010 : Network management software firm appears to give Cisco some smarts in offering computing and storage as a service to network operators
Virgin Media Sets TiVo Price
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 01, 2010 : UK MSO's broadband-connected, TiVo-powered offering will cost £199 and be subject to a monthly service fee
Cloud Watch: WikiLeaks Goes Virtual
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
December 01, 2010 : Infamous file-disclosing site takes to the cloud; 2011 predictions start warming up; and more cloudy ideas
Ericsson Buys Another Bit of Nortel
News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
December 01, 2010 : Nortel says sale of Chinese R&D unit to Ericsson for $50M marks the last of its big asset divestitures
Euronews: Dec. 1
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
December 01, 2010 : TeliaSonera, O2, and Orange do LTE, while BT looks skywards in today's digest of Euro telecom news headlines
Moto to Split in Two on Jan. 4
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
December 01, 2010 : The consumer and government units will go their separate ways just ahead of CES in 2011
Verizon's LTE: What You'll Get
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
November 30, 2010 : With more LTE details from Verizon due tomorrow, LR Mobile looks at what you can expect from the '4G' service
Did Level 3 Know What It Was Getting Into?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 30, 2010 : It's common for CDNs to pay additional fees if the amount of traffic being swapped among peers is out of balance, industry sources say
AT&T, BT Spur Telepresence Interconnection
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
November 30, 2010 : By linking the two largest telepresence networks with a scalable, automated approach, these giants may have created a new standard
Euronews: Nov. 30
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
November 30, 2010 : Orange, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Magyar Telekom crack the whip in today's canter through the Euro telecom news headlines
Level 3: Comcast Erected Web Video 'Toll Booth'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 30, 2010 : Is Comcast violating network neutrality by charging extra for Netflix streaming? Or is a new fee just the effect of normal peering negotiations?
Zoom Moans About Comcast's Modem Tests
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 29, 2010 : Vendor complains to the FCC that the MSO's 'Physical and Environmental' tests have harmed its ability to sell modems at retail
ZON Turns On 360Mbit/s Internet Service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 29, 2010 : Portuguese MSO taps Cisco gear to introduce a EuroDocsis 3.0 service that pumps out downstream bursts of 360 Mbit/s
Marvell Gets Off the Hook
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
November 29, 2010 : Even so, the lesson remains: When leaving someone a voice mail, don't make it sound like you stole things from them
Comcast Hit by Regional Net Outage
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 29, 2010 : Comcast restored service outage in Boston and other East Coast systems on Sunday night, believed to be caused by DNS server issues
Symbian Shutters Its Sites
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
November 29, 2010 : Open-source project continues its spiral into irrelevancy as it stops offering its platform source code and turns support over to Nokia
Sprint, Clearwire Fire Up 4G in LA
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
November 29, 2010 : Sprint and Clearwire launch mobile WiMax in LA early and add five other markets
Euronews: Nov. 29
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
November 29, 2010 : You can keep your Wikileaks – we've got hot stuff on Telecom Italia, Vodafone, NSN, and more in today's Euro telecom digest
Data Is India's Next Tariff Battlefield
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November 28, 2010 : With India's operators still nursing their voice tariff war wounds, the pricing battle is all set to shift to the data services market
Euronews: Nov. 26
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
November 26, 2010 : Intune Networks, BT, TDC, and AlcaLu are the hot potatoes in today's Euro telecom news mash-up
Allied Fiber Finds More Financing
News Analysis - Phil Harvey -
November 26, 2010 : Two institutional investors agree to finance some of Allied Fiber's first dark fiber and facilities buildout
MNP, Finally!
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November 25, 2010 : After multiple delays, mobile number portability arrives in India
IPV6, MPLS-TP Are Hot, Says Forum
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 25, 2010 : The Broadband Forum's members are showing a high degree of urgency around IPV6, and are looking for help with MPLS-TP deployments
Euronews: Nov. 25
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
November 25, 2010 : The European Commission, France Telecom, Vodafone, and BT feel mighty real in today's Euro telecom news digest
TiVo: $99 Premiere DVR Revving Retail
LR Cable News Analysis -
November 24, 2010 : TiVo chief says steep holiday-season hardware price cuts are helping as DVR pioneer reports losing 112,000 subs in the third quarter
Insight Battles U-Verse With $95 Wideband
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 24, 2010 : Insight is the latest Tier 2 MSO to boot up wideband services as it starts off with a 50Mbit/s downstream tier in three markets
Euronews: Nov. 24
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
November 24, 2010 : France Telecom, Sunrise, and Ukrtelecom are mixing it in today's Euro telecom news digest
Comverse Kobi Coughs Up $54M
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 24, 2010 : Fugitive Kobi Alexander shells out $53.6 million to settle with the SEC, but he's still on the run
Cisco, Cyan Think Beyond the Box
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
November 23, 2010 : The dream of a multivendor control plane is slowly coming to life. Cisco even says it's doable now
DigiForge Teaches DTAs New Tricks
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 23, 2010 : Startup has built a specialized EBIF user agent that creates a uniform app environment for millions of one-way channel zappers
WiMax Operator Issues LTE RFP
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 23, 2010 : Russia's Yota says it's shifting to LTE as soon as possible because it doesn't want to get stuck with a 'Betamax' technology
Euronews: Nov. 23
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
November 23, 2010 : Draka, Apple, TalkTalk, and Alcatel-Lucent top the bill of fare in today's digest of Euro telecoms news bites
Draka's In Demand
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 23, 2010 : Dutch fiber specialist receives improved takeover offer worth nearly $1.4 billion from Chinese conglomerate
Operators Still Seeking LTE Engineers
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
November 23, 2010 : LTE network buildouts have been in the works for years, but there's still a demand for engineering talent at the wireless operators
Wi-LAN Suit Targets Comcast, TW Cable, Charter
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
November 22, 2010 : Patent troll claims the MSOs are infringing on a patent that covers channel bonding and other features tied to Docsis modem technology
DirecTV, Dish Connect on Interactive Ads
LR Cable News Analysis -
November 22, 2010 : Satellite-TV giants are close to striking a deal with a media buyer that would pipe interactive ads to homes served by both companies
Verizon Confirms December LTE Launch
LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
November 22, 2010 : Verizon's first jab in the FauxG marketing wars, a commercial that aired last night, confirms a December 2010 launch date for LTE
Deutsche Telekom Reveals Next LTE Move
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
November 22, 2010 : Beyond the required rural broadband coverage, Deutsche Telekom plots what it will do next with LTE
Euronews: Nov. 22
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
November 22, 2010 : Prysmian, France Telecom, and T-Systems get busy in today's digest of Euro telecom news
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