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3/9/2010  -  Cisco did have some tricks up its sleeve for its new core router, but as you'd expect, other vendors are quick to pounce on it
3/9/2010  -  Nortel's LTE patents gain the attention of a Canadian licensing firm
3/9/2010  -  Vendor says China Mobile's TD-LTE network is now running and the one-channel mobile broadband technology could attract others
3/9/2010  -  MSO tells FCC it will need to deploy 'at least' 200,000 HD-capable DTAs to get unit prices in the desired $50 range
3/9/2010  -  The once 'huge' CRS-1 gets a hugeness update in an announcement Cisco's been hyping for weeks UPDATED 12:10 PM
Most Recent Post: stevedc3... it's very fitting that all we got today from Cisco was a core router announcement... one that's been in development for...
3/9/2010  -  Systems vendors have had the glory so far, but Opnext says it's proven its 100G technology on a long-haul span
Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... That I did. Thanks for spotting it.
3/9/2010  -  POW! Another telecom service broker is acquired, giving Metaswitch hardware, apps, and IP service transition credibility
3/8/2010  -  Not so much a booth, more a small independent state landlocked inside Barcelona's showgrounds. But what could you see in just 10 minutes?
3/8/2010  -  HP following in Apple's footsteps, but sparring Webpad ads are strong on presentation, low on information
3/8/2010  -  New field trial results prove standards-based 100G technology works in multi-vendor environment, paving the way for 2010 deployment
3/8/2010  -  CEO insists big exec shakeup makes vendor leaner and meaner, while analyst says CFO switchout could end speculation that BigBand is seeking a buyer
3/8/2010  -  State-owned Indian carrier kills its 93M-line GSM expansion plan, leaving Ericsson, Huawei, and others empty-handed, at least for now
Most Recent Post: Ray Le Maistre... What's going to be interesting to watch is the price per line that BSNL will get from vendor bids this time around. The...
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Is 100G Transport Closing the Window on 40G?
Danny Dicks
While 10-Gbit/s systems still dominate optical transmission system shipments, bandwidth demand is spurring network operators to accelerate their timetables for migrating to 40G and 100G technologies
The Rush Toward SPIT
Ray Le Maistre
The deployment of Service Provider IT (SPIT) systems is going to be crucial for operators, but they need to put their skates on
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Jose Magana (Analyst)
High prices, lack of service bundles are curbing demand.
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LTE vs. Advanced 3G
Dan Jones
3/9/2010  -  2:45 PM Is HSPA good enough for now?
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Fleet Week at CBS
Larry, Monkey
3/9/2010  -  NOON The search for Harry Smith's head
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Ray Le Maistre
What Volpi Did Next
Ray Le Maistre
3/9/2010  -  11:20 AM Former Cisco exec Mike Volpi boards the Ericsson train
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Erin Barker
Google Tests TV Search
Erin Barker
3/9/2010  -  9:45 AM Google and Dish are the latest to try to blend traditional TV with Web content
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Ray Le Maistre
Love Me Tender
Ray Le Maistre
3/9/2010  -  8:00 AM Reports suggest a new monster GSM RFP from BSNL
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Phil Harvey
Mobile Madness
Phil Harvey
3/9/2010  -  7:30 AM As consumers take control of their hardware, who's really adding value to today's mobile experience?
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    4G/LTE (Sponsored by Cisco)
    3G Evolution (249), Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (245), Carrier WiFi (2715), CDMA (3G) (3767), China Mobile (37), Core Network (816), EV-DO (263), Femtocells (516), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (126), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (145), GSM/EDGE (2479), HSDPA/HSUPA (777), IMS Core (107), Long-Term Evolution (LTE) (1019), Messaging (302), Messaging (130), Mobile Advertising (147), Mobile location (98), Mobile Music (131), Mobile TV (221), Mobile Video (281), Mobile WiMax/WiBro (1993), Mobile/Wireless (6554), Municipal networks (109), Packet Core (135), Presence management (46), Radio Access Network (2908), Services (2677), TD-SCDMA (Chinese 3G) (125), Transmission (95), Ultra-Mobile Broadband (UMB) (63), UMTS(3G) (416), Video services (4244), Videophone (197), Vodafone (1778), Voice Core (75), VOIP software (700), WiMax (1112), Wireless Backhaul (476), Wireless LAN (364)

    Broadband
    Access devices (281), Access equipment (2225), Access technologies (2412), Access test & measurement equipment (132), Broadband loop carriers / multiservice access nodes (402), Cable Modems (744), Carrier WiFi (2715), Content/software downloads (244), Docsis (1153), DSL (2525), DSL chips (241), DSLAMs (709), Ethernet PONs (167), Femtocells (516), Free-space optics (39), FTTx (3615), Home gateways (675), Internet Video (992), IPTV (3595), Media adapters (26), Microsoft (1653), PON (1457), Satellite (534), Video services (4244), VOD (2793), Yahoo (343)

    Cable
    Access equipment (2225), Access technologies (2412), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (755), Cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) (1150), Cable Modems (744), Cable/MSO equipment (2836), CableLabs (517), Cablevision (668), Comcast (2080), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (294), Cox Communications (918), Digital content (1299), Digital rights management (380), Docsis (1153), DVRs (733), Embedded multimedia terminal adapters (E-MTAs) (226), FTTx (3615), Gaming consoles (72), Head-ends (242), Home gateways (675), IPTV (3595), Media adapters (26), Middleware & business support systems (922), Network DVR (112), PacketCable (132), PON (1457), QAM (331), Residential (852), Set-top boxes (1746), Stored video servers (390), Time Warner Cable (1033), TV (3928), Video equipment (2505), Video services (4244), Video software (1403), VOD (2793), VOIP services (3826), Wavelength services (318)

    Ethernet
    10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1472), 100-Gbit/s Ethernet (288), Access devices (281), Ciena (62), Circuit emulation (16), Converged access (111), Ethernet chips (601), Ethernet equipment (2289), Ethernet over copper (237), Ethernet PONs (167), Ethernet services (1970), Ethernet technologies (586), Ethernet test & measurement equipment (183), Multipoint (141), Multiservice edge equipment (148), Multiservice provisioning platforms (628), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (379), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (264), Point-to-point (151), Powerline (90), Resilient Packet Ring (173), Sonet/SDH (1053), Tellabs (15), Wireless Backhaul (476)

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    Activation (425), Anti-virus (31), B-RASs (232), Billing systems (802), Cell/WLAN (83), Centrex (199), Circuit emulation (16), Conferencing (139), Contact centers (38), Content delivery network (CDN) (415), Content/software downloads (244), Converged access (111), Core Network (816), Customer relationship management (318), Data Integrity (130), Denial-of-service attacks (50), Edge routers (1724), Element management systems (91), Encryption (157), Endpoint security (80), Enhanced voice (90), Enterprise (653), Fault management (126), Firewalls (118), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (834), GMPLS (79), IMS (1124), IMS Core (107), Interactive advertising (231), Internet Video (992), Intrusion detection & prevention (104), Inventory management (218), IP equipment (1283), IP software (405), IPSec VPN (854), Layer 3 VPNs (209), Media gateways (371), Mediation systems (265), Messaging (130), Middleware (129), Mobile/Wireless (6554), MPLS (1803), Multicast (38), OSS (3384), OSS test & measurement (1120), Performance monitoring (403), Planning tools (84), Policy control (330), Presence management (46), Product Management (81), Provisioning (623), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (133), QOS (356), Residential (852), Revenue assurance & fraud management (396), Security (1929), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (358), Service management (299), Service-oriented architectures (325), Services (2677), Session border controllers (409), Signaling gateways (114), SIP (416), Softswitches (1107), SSL VPN (917), Telepresence (216), Traffic managers (837), URL filtering (66), User authentication (81), Video services (4244), Videophone (197), VOIP equipment (3464), VOIP services (3826), VOIP software (700), VOIP test & measurement equipment (147), VOIP VPNs (32), Web services (138), Wholesale (226), Wireless LAN (364), Wireline/Wireless (68), XML (52)

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    10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1472), 100-Gbit/s Ethernet (288), Access devices (281), Cell/WLAN (83), China Mobile (37), Circuit emulation (16), Converged access (111), Core Network (816), Ethernet equipment (2289), Ethernet over copper (237), Ethernet PONs (167), Ethernet services (1970), Ethernet technologies (586), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (126), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (834), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (145), IMS (1124), IMS Core (107), Mobile/Wireless (6554), Optical amplifiers (351), Packet Core (135), Point-to-point (151), QOS (356), Speciality fiber (98), Tellabs (15), Transceivers (1268), Transmission (95), Transmission fiber (420), Vodafone (1778), Voice Core (75), Wavelength services (318), WiMax (1112), Wireless Backhaul (476), Wireless LAN (364), Wireline/Wireless (68)

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    40-Gbit/s transmission (473), Alcatel-Lucent (6203), ATM switches (334), Core optical switches (770), CWDM (291), DWDM (1859), Ethernet technologies (586), Huawei (1302), Long-haul WDM equipment (680), Metro optical switches, ROADMs (1197), Metro WDM equipment (796), Multiservice edge equipment (148), Multiservice provisioning platforms (628), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (379), Multiservice switches (395), Mux/demuxes (300), Optical amplifiers (351), Optical channel monitors (93), Optical components (2854), Optical components test & measurement equipment (118), Optical equipment (2296), Optical switches & crossconnects (402), Optical technologies (439), Optical test & measurement equipment (893), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (264), PON (1457), Resilient Packet Ring (173), Sonet/SDH (1053), Sonet/SDH chips (362), Sonet/SDH test & measurement equipment (1601), Switches & OADMs (403), Transmission fiber (420), Variable optical attenuators (141), Wavelength services (318)

    Service Provider IT (Sponsored by Nokia Siemens Networks)
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    Video
    Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (245), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (755), Cable TV chips (309), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (294), Content protection (318), Digital rights management (380), DVRs (733), Gaming consoles (72), Internet Video (992), IPTV (3595), Middleware & business support systems (922), Mobile TV (221), Network DVR (112), P2P (271), Satellite (534), Set-top boxes (1746), Stored video servers (390), Telepresence (216), TV (3928), Video equipment (2505), Video services (4244), Video software (1403), Videophone (197), VOD (2793)