Cisco Fakes: A $76M Business
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
February 29, 2008 : The US goverment says it's amasses $76M worth of seizures of counterfeit Cisco components and labels
Limelight Loses Patent Suit
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February 29, 2008 : Stock plunges 30 percent after a jury rules Limelight infringed on a key patent held by rival Akamai
Comcast Aims for SMBs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 29, 2008 : Analyst says MSO is gearing up for 'major unveiling' of business-class offering next month, but downplaying wireless infrastructure
AlcaLu Climbs to 16.4 Tbit/s
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
February 29, 2008 : An OFC/NFOEC post-deadline paper has AlcaLu using 100-Gbit/s channels to create a 16.4-Tbit/s signal
Cablevision Faces FiOS
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 28, 2008 : Stock rises as MSO manages to grow across the board despite mounting competition from Verizon’s completely fiber-fed platform
Liberty Seals DirecTV Swap
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 28, 2008 : Liberty Media polishes off a $12.5B stock deal that transfers over News Corp.'s stake in the US's largest satellite TV operator
Optical Raids!
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
February 28, 2008 : Module vendors say the counterfeiting business has gotten to the point where customs raids are going down
BT Preps GPON Shortlist
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
February 28, 2008 : BT is about to announce a shortlist of preferred next-gen access suppliers as it prepares for future fiber access deployments, say sources
AlcaLu: We're Not Just a GPON Player
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
February 28, 2008 : Alcatel-Lucent, probably GPON's most vocal supporter, says it offers other FTTH options too as the Euro fiber access debate heats up
Charter Hints at Docsis 3.0
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 27, 2008 : The MSO says it's ready to test Docsis 3.0; meanwhile, Q4 results show a record number of phone subscribers added
Akamai Wins Patent Case
News Wire Feed -
February 29, 2008 : Jury finds Limelight Networks infringes key Internet content delivery patent
Pink Mag Honors Avgiris
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February 29, 2008 : Comcast's Cathy Avgiris named one of Pink Magazine's top women in business for 2008
Kudelski Reports Q4
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February 29, 2008 : KKudelski Group’s 2007 results marked by strong top-line growth and long-term investments
Anritsu Tests at OFC
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February 29, 2008 : Anritsu introduces highly accurate coherent OTDR that detects faults in optical submarine cables
Feds Seize Cisco Fakes
News Wire Feed -
February 29, 2008 : Departments of Justice and Homeland Security announce international initiative against traffickers in counterfeit network hardware
Vimpelcom, Golden Complete Merger
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February 29, 2008 : Vimpelcom announces completion of the merger of its subsidiary with and into Golden Telecom, Inc.
PT Reports 2007
News Wire Feed -
February 29, 2008 : Portugal Telecom reports full-year 2007
Belgacom Reports 2007
News Wire Feed -
February 29, 2008 : Belgacom concludes a solid year, reports operational successes; financials within expectation, dividend of €1.68/share
Bouygues Reports 2007
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February 29, 2008 : Sharp rise in recurring net profit in 2007: €1,376M (+32%), increase in dividend per share: €1.50 (+25%); bright outlook for 2008
Vivendi Reports 2007
News Wire Feed -
February 29, 2008 : Revenues were €21.66B, an increase of 8%, and adjusted net income was €2.8B, an increase of 8.3%
BSNL's $4.7B Blowout
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
February 29, 2008 : Indian operator has $4.7B in its capex wallet
Life Left in 3Com Deal?
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
February 29, 2008 : Reports suggest Bain and Huawei will resubmit 3Com bid
Tiscali Seeks Buyer
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
February 29, 2008 : Euro broadband player has a new CEO and a 'For Sale' sign
OFC: NSN's Landfall
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
February 28, 2008 : A North American first -- barely
HBO Embraces YouTube
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 28, 2008 : Well, something had to give...
The Future of Optical Communications
LRTV Custom TV - The Future of Optical Communications -
February 28, 2008 : The optical communications industry is back on the rise, but this time its the consumer who is driving the networks needs for agility and innovation. Applications such as YouTube and Facebook are creating ever more unpredictable stresses on the network, but how are the equipment providers responding? Is photonic integration the answer on the road to 40 Gbit/s and 100 Gbit/s networks? LRTV looks at what lies in the future for the optical industry with JDSUs David Gudmundson, NSNs Hans-Juergen Schmidtke, and Heavy Readings own Sterling Perrin.
John Roese, CTO, Nortel
LRTV Interviews - John Roese- CTO- Nortel -
February 27, 2008 : 4G makes me happy. Despite having a foot in both the WiMax and LTE camps, there's no doubting Nortel CTO John Roese's enthusiasm for LTE. But its still not over for GSM: The business is going strong and it makes the perfect platform for the move to John's favorite new standard
Chris Pearson, President, 3G Americas
LRTV Interviews - Chris Pearson- President- 3G Americas -
February 27, 2008 : Latest news on the GSM standard from the wrong side of the pond with 3G America's Chris Pearson. How Evolved Edge is bringing new innovation to the standard and why HSDPA has the edge over WiMax, especially in Latin America
Leonid Melamed, CEO, MTS
LRTV Interviews - Leonid Melamed- CEO- MTS -
February 27, 2008 : MTS is the largest mobile operator in Russia and the CIS with over 80 million subscribers. MTS CEO Leonid Melamed explains their unique approach to the marketplace and his take on the opportunities for broadband in the region
Nortel: Don't Say M&A
EuroBlog - Michelle Donegan -
February 27, 2008 : Nortel didn't want to talk about inorganic growth today
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