Mediacom CEO Drops Bid to Go Private
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 31, 2010 : A frustrated Rocco Commisso withdraws after special committee rejects his offer to sweeten original bid of $6 per share
BlackBerry Avoids Ban in India
News Analysis -
August 31, 2010 : RIM avoids an immediate ban in India by enabling the Indian government to access BlackBerry data, but the matter isn't settled for good
Lead Times Double for Docsis Modem Silicon
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 30, 2010 : Chip shortages are causing cable modem makers to adjust forecasts, but persistent problems could put MSO inventory levels at risk
Has Verizon Made Its Last DSL Boost?
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
August 30, 2010 : With relatively low investment dollars, Verizon offers DSL customers download speeds of up to 15 Mbit/s, but is this the last upgrade?
Cable Adapting to Video's Streaming Future
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 30, 2010 : Cable is checking out the Web TV playbook as it ponders how to deliver video to PCs, phones, and tablets via a variety of bit rates
Uganda Thinks Big on Broadband
News Analysis - Paul Rainford -
August 27, 2010 : New subsea connections could be about to change the face of the telecom market in Uganda, predicts a report from Pyramid Research
Cisco Buys Into TV Everywhere (Again)
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 26, 2010 : Cisco looks to kick its cross-platform video strategy into another gear with purchase of media publishing firm ExtendMedia
New Product Recap: July 2010
Reports -
August 03, 2010 : Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from last month
Occam Names Greek Reseller
News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2010 : Athens-based Optronics joins broadband access supplier's EMEA reseller network
Mediacom Staying Public
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2010 : Rocco B. Commisso withdraws his offer to take Mediacom Communications private
Softel Streamlines Captioning
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2010 : MultiText, a new option for the Swift vTX and Swift TX subtitling encoding and transmission systems
Iliad Reports H1
News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2010 : French operator sees net profits double year-on-year to €171.4 million ($217.3 million)
Harmonic Notches Transcoding Deal
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
August 30, 2010 : Harmonic's Rhozet universal transcoding solutions integrate Cinnafilm's dark energy image processing tools
Arris EMTA Passes EuroD3 Test
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August 27, 2010 : Arris Touchstone TM902 voice and data modem awarded EuroDocsis 3.0 certification
ABRY Closes RCN Buy
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August 26, 2010 : ABRY Partners completes acquisition of RCN
Cable Catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 31, 2010 : 1:30 PM Paul Allen lawyers up, Comcast sets VoD data free, Evolution goes south, and Roku braces for Apple iTV
Euronews: August 31
EuroBlog - Paul Rainford -
August 31, 2010 : 9:45 AM NSN, Telefónica, and Eircom are among the choice cuts on the butcher's slab of today's European telecom news
MSOs Not Sending 'Rover' Right Over
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 30, 2010 : 5:15 PM Comcast and Time Warner Cable aren't ready to go with Clearwire's new pay-as-you-go option
Google to Launch Major Rental Service
Contentinople -
August 30, 2010 : 9:25 AM It's been quietly testing VoD for a while, but this new launch will have the full weight of Google and Hollywood behind it
Euronews: August 27
EuroBlog - Paul Rainford -
August 27, 2010 : 8:10 AM Vodafone, Sony Ericsson, and Mrs Robinson get star billing in today's European telecoms news digest
RCN Goes Private
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 26, 2010 : 5:45 PM And the man who led RCN out of bankruptcy won't be coming along for the rest of the ride
Relax, Enjoy a Cup of MoCA
Rewired - Carol Wilson -
August 26, 2010 : 5:25 PM There's little reason to get too frazzled by the home networking wars – the US is MoCA turf and will be for some time
Euronews: August 26
EuroBlog - Paul Rainford -
August 26, 2010 : 8:30 AM There's a TV tinge to today's roundup of European telecom news – so let's turn it on...
Another QAM-Tum Leap?
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 25, 2010 : 11:30 AM Harmonic and LiquidxStream have set the edge QAM density bar, but cable's move to IPTV will likely require vendors to raise it again
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