Analyst Lowers Q4 View for AlcaLu
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 31, 2009 : Slowdown in spending in China, Europe, and the US set to hit Alcatel-Lucent's Q4 numbers, but the longer-term outlook is brighter, sector analyst says
Asia Watch: M&A, IPTV & Indian Delays
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 31, 2009 : The latest developments from the APAC region, including wireless acquisitions and activity in the broadband TV markets
2009 Top Ten: Cloud Stories
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 31, 2009 : 2009 has seen a swath of new services and platforms offering on-demand, online, pay-as-you-go capabilities
2009 Top Ten: Nortel Stories
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
December 30, 2009 : A look back on one of the most tumultuous years for any company in the Light Reading universe
Nokia's New Patent Complaint
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
December 29, 2009 : Nokia is taking a new patent complaint against Apple up with the ITC
2009 Top Ten: OSS/IT Stories
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 29, 2009 : As the telecom back office shifts to the front line in a more applications-centric world, we look at our most popular telecom software and IT-related stories of the year
2009 Top Ten: Most Popular Cable Stories
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 28, 2009 : M&A speculation, Comcast's bandwidth buster, and anything about Huawei got your index fingers a-clickin' in 2009
The Set-Top Files (Part II)
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 28, 2009 : Verizon, Cablevision, Cisco, and Moto all pitch ideas on how the FCC can help spark innovation in the video device market
TiVo Gives Cable Both Barrels
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 24, 2009 : TiVo may be biting the hand that's feeding it by whining to the FCC that cable discriminates against retail boxes and hinders product innovation
India Passes 500M Mobile Mark
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 24, 2009 : India's mobile operators activated nearly 18 million new lines in November, taking the total well over 500 million
Can One Middleware Rule European Cable?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 23, 2009 : Cable Europe Labs aims to unify a fragmented digital video market with a pan-European middleware spec, but it needs MSOs to buy in
HomeGrid Aims for the Smart Grid
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
December 23, 2009 : Backers of the universal G.hn standard for home networking also promise service providers a path into the smart grid market
Telefónica Buys VoIP Player Jajah
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 23, 2009 : As expected, the Spanish giant wins the race to buy VoIP service provider and application developer Jajah for €145 million
Genband Bids $282M for Nortel's VoIP Unit
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 23, 2009 : Genband is the 'stalking horse' bidder for Nortel's Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions business, laying down a $282 million offer
ZTE Scores Euro 3G Deal With KPN
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 23, 2009 : Cut-price deal gives ZTE a breakthrough in Europe as Dutch incumbent expands and upgrades its 3G networks in Belgium and Germany
RIM Suffers Another Outage
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
December 23, 2009 : Users are reporting data problems in North America and beyond on the iconic BlackBerry service
The Set-Top Files (Part I)
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 22, 2009 : Cable and CE giants and their lobbying arms are telling the FCC how it can help spur video device innovation. Here's a sampling of what's been said so far...
Apple Video Play May Hurt Boxee, Roku
LR Cable News Analysis -
December 22, 2009 : It's stylish to label Apple's purported subscription TV service as a 'cable-killer,' but it's the Web TV players that could face the most risk
Comcast Settles P2P Class Action Spat
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 22, 2009 : MSO will pay up to $16M to settle the score for its previous use of a network management system that throttled some P2P applications
Asia Watch: India 3G Update
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 22, 2009 : Auction still set for January, but the wait for spectrum will continue, plus other news from India and elsewhere in APAC
Morin's Plan: Stick With Ciena
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
December 22, 2009 : Nortel's MEN man appears to be on board for the transition once the optical division gets acquired by Ciena
China Pumps $15B Into 3G
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 22, 2009 : China's Big 3 carriers invested $15 billion in their 3G networks during the first nine months of this year, according to the MIIT
Device Sales Are Soaring
LR Mobile News Analysis -
December 21, 2009 : Shipments of smartphones, netbooks, cellular modems, and other mobile devices will grow from 1.2 billion in 2009 to 2.25 billion in 2014
Verivue Tech Gets a Toehold at Shaw
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 21, 2009 : Industry sources say the Canadian MSO is among the first to use Verivue's Flash-centric servers, paving the way for a future Web TV play
Analyst: Nortel VoIP Biz Bids Imminent
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 21, 2009 : Analyst expects stalking horse bid for Nortel's Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions unit this week... but who might flash the cash?
Who's Saying Hello to Moto?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 21, 2009 : Report says Arris and a handful of private equity firms are eyeing Moto's set-top unit, though Arris will likely need financial help to land it
Top 10: Mobile M&A Mania
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
December 21, 2009 : Unstrung tracks the top M&A deals of 2009 that reshaped the wireless industry
Why Oclaro Picked Xtellus
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
December 21, 2009 : Scalability was important, but the price tag might have been a bigger factor when Oclaro went ROADM shopping
Consumer Groups to FCC: Redo the Set-Top Rules
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2009 : Group calls on the FCC to open a new rulemaking process for a standard 'gateway' that can accommodate video from all sources, including the Web
Nortel Ex-CEO Roth Wants Protection
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
December 18, 2009 : He's reportedly asking the company for $1B in indemnification against class-action lawsuits
Orange Unveils Cloud Formation
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 18, 2009 : Orange Business Services gains a cloud services strategy, but loses its leader, as analyst suggests how carriers can benefit from the cloudburst
Verizon: Huawei No Shoo-In for XG PON
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
December 18, 2009 : Verizon used Huawei's XG PON gear in its first field trial, but that has no bearing on its final vendor selection and deployment process
AlcaLu Swaps Out Its APAC Chief
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 18, 2009 : Asia/Pacific president Sean Dolan is unexpectedly replaced, though it's unclear whether he's leaving the vendor
Huawei Beats Ericsson to Swedish LTE Deal
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 18, 2009 : Swedish joint venture of Tele2 and Telenor turns to Chinese vendor for its national LTE rollout, leaving Ericsson to rue a home turf loss
Recovery Act: Cable Shortchanged
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2009 : Lots more broadband stimulus funds are to be handed out, but only one American Cable Association member, a telco, has scored so far
ActiveVideo Goes Over-the-Top With CE Play
LR Cable News Analysis -
December 17, 2009 : ITV firm isn't abandoning its MSO model, but embedding its 'CloudTV' platform in broadband-fed TVs and Blu-ray players could offer a fresh growth opportunity
Oclaro Makes Its ROADM Bid
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
December 17, 2009 : Filling a noticeable gap, the company goes to the acquisition for some optical switching power
Ubiquisys Femtos Go Soft
LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan -
December 17, 2009 : Femtocell pioneer Ubiquisys unveils a new software licensing business model, signaling change across the nascent femto market
Will Green Sell? Telcos Try
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
December 17, 2009 : New AT&T and Verizon initiatives put environmental benefits out front, but still count on bottom-line savings to convince businesses
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