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9/2/2010  -  Over-the-top video players say they'll have no trouble competing with Apple's latest attempt to rule the TV domain
Most Recent Post: Jeff Baumgartner... Sounds like a sucker bet, but I'll still treat you to something dangerous in The Big Easy. Hard to argue that Apple TV won't...
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9/1/2010  -  Apple could put pressure on cable VoD with device that sells for $99 and accesses Netflix streaming and iTunes movie/TV rentals
Most Recent Post: Jeff Baumgartner... I'd agree that it certainly represents another Netflix box, plus access to the iTunes rental library, so this gives...
9/1/2010  -  Evolution Digital intends to use EBIF as a quasi-middleware layer in DTAs for user interfaces and an array of other video apps
Most Recent Post: Jeff Baumgartner... The way I understand it, this EBIF implementation would be more of a push model... they'd just send the app to the DTA from...
8/31/2010  -  A frustrated Rocco Commisso withdraws after special committee rejects his offer to sweeten original bid of $6 per share
8/30/2010  -  Chip shortages are causing cable modem makers to adjust forecasts, but persistent problems could put MSO inventory levels at risk
Most Recent Post: Jeff Baumgartner... At least 12 months?  Heard it was closer to nine months, but I get your point. The shortages have been ongoing, but...
8/30/2010  -  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
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Sarah Reedy
Cisco Steals Smart Grid Show
Sarah Reedy
9/2/2010  -  2:05 PM Cisco is getting aggressive on the grid, potentially leaving telcos out of the equation
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Carol Wilson
FCC Puts Regulation Cart Ahead of Services Horse
Carol Wilson
9/1/2010  -  3:15 PM Feds want to know how to regulate smart grid, telemedicine, and IPTV services: How about waiting until they exist?
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Erin Barker
Apple's Big Day
Erin Barker
9/1/2010  -  11:05 AM Apple's expected to make a bushel of big announcements today, ranging from a new line of iPods to the latest version of Apple TV
Most Recent Post: Jeff Baumgartner... Cool, now I have a reason to expense my iPad. Thanks, Steve!  JB
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Cable Dreams in 3D
7/22/2010  -  Competitive pressure from telco-TV and satellite video rivals is pushing US cable operators to move forward with deployment of some 3DTV services
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Broadband Speed War: Cable's Docsis 3.0 Volley
6/9/2010  -  MSOs are investing considerable amounts in bandwidth, capital, and operation expenditures in Docsis 3.0 technology
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Cellular Backhaul: Is There Gold in Them Thar Towers?
2/26/2010  -  US cable operators are rapidly expanding their reach to the nation's cellular network towers, in an effort to take lucrative backhaul business away from telco competitors
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The Cable Show 2010: New Product Recap
Tim Hills
Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from The Cable Show 2010
Who Makes What: RFoG Systems
Tim Hills
Lost in the RFoG?
  • Who's in it?
  • What are they up to?
    • Who Makes What: Telco Home Gateways
    Tim Hills
    Who's Who in telco home gateways:
    * Boxes
    * Management
    * Chips & Software
    Heavy Lifting
    ANALYST NOTES
    Sterling Perrin, Senior Analyst
    The analyst ventures into Infinera's cleanroom for a closer look at photonic integrated circuit production
    Pyramid Points
    Leslie Arathoon (Director of Product Development)
    Smartphones will be the fastest-growing segment and will make up more than half of all sell-throughs by 2015.
    Research Services
    REAL WORLD RESEARCH
    Turnkey Networks: The Future of Managed & Professional Services
    Over the past decade, network operators have increasingly relied upon managed services to contain costs and simplify network management. This report examines the current and future state of managed services, examining the portfolios of 18 telecom vendors, consultants, IT specialists, outsourcing specialists, and systems integrators that compete in this market.
    Cable Operators Weigh Tech Options for Delivering 3DTV
    This report examines the technologies and strategies that cable is exploring, and the opportunities and challenges that 3DTV presents. It profiles 14 suppliers that provide 3DTV support products specifically for cable or that may play a role in the future.
    LATEST RESEARCH
    UAE: Fiber Deployments Will Boost Uptake of Pay-TV and VoIP
    The UAE telecom market generated $6.1bn in service revenue in 2009 and can look forward to healthy but not dramatic growth between 2010 and 2015. The fastest significant growth segments will be broadband Internet and mobile data. A key change over the next five years is the switch from copper to fiber fixed-line infrastructure that is currently underway and due to be completed by 2011.
    SIP Trunking Gains More Ground With SMBs
    Cloud Services Fly Into Some Security Turbulence
    Mobile Payments: Opportunity in the Run-Up to 4G
    M2M on the Rise: The Technology Perspective
    LTE Chip Makers Ramp Up Production to Meet Demand
    Telco Application Delivery: The Network vs. IT Power Struggle
    Online Video Platform Survey: Launching the Internet Video Era
    Third Window
    The 1550 nm region of wavelengths used in optical networks
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    Events
    Green Broadband 2010
     Tuesday, September 21, 2010
    The Westin Times Square, New York City
    Service Provider IT Global Event Series: The 360-Degree Customer Experience
     Tuesday, October 12, 2010
    The Cumberland Hotel, London
    Ethernet Expo
     Tuesday & Wednesday, November 2 & 3, 2010
    Hilton New York, New York
    TelcoTV Conference & Expo
     November 9 – 11, 2010
    Las Vegas
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    A Platform Approach to Mobile Unified Communications - by BlackBerry Presenters: John Cash, Enterprise Solution Advocate, BlackBerry Overview: BlackBerry Mobile ...
    Ground-breaking test of service quality at 100Gbps - by Ixia Presenters: Rajiv Paoneja, Director, Isocore; Houman Modarres, Director of Product Marketing, ...
    Analyst Q&A Webinar: How your billing system can keep up with organizational changes - not yours, but your customer's! - by MetraTech Corp. Presenters: Dan Baker, Principal Market synthesizer and Co-Founder, Technology Research ...
    Evolve Your Network - Simpler, Smarter, Faster - by Alcatel-Lucent Presenters: Salvador Lopez, Senior Manager, Optical Business Development-Solutions and ...
    Chalk Pushcast Software Webcast: Media Rich Training and Compliance Communications on BlackBerry Smartphones - by BlackBerry Presenters: Jody Glidden, Director, Chalk Media Overview: More and more, workforces are ...
    IT Best Practices Webcast: Mobile Policies and Processes for Employee-owned smartphones - by BlackBerry Presenters: Mark Keating, Director - Platform Marketing, Research In Motion; Maribel Lopez, ...
    On-Demand Webinar: Introducing BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express: Mobility for your Business Presenter: Erin Ransom, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Research In Motion Overview: Learn how ...
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    Companies
    Alcatel-Lucent (6357), AT&T (3263), BellSouth (851), BT (1403), Cablevision (758), Cisco (6462), Comcast (2353), Cox Communications (1020), Deutsche Telekom (887), eBay (Skype) (360), Ericsson (2070), France Telecom (1056), Google (1101), Huawei (1422), Intel (1859), Juniper (2258), Microsoft (1730), Motorola (3149), Nokia Siemens Networks (2852), Nortel (4046), NTT (207), Siemens (1362), Sprint (2141), Telefonica (593), Time Warner Cable (1136), Verizon (3878), Vodafone (1881), Yahoo (353)

    4G/LTE
    3G Evolution (392), Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (269), Carrier WiFi (2767), CDMA (3G) (3865), China Mobile (79), Core Network (852), EV-DO (294), Femtocells (612), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (147), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (252), GSM/EDGE (2554), HSDPA/HSUPA (879), IMS Core (136), Long-Term Evolution (LTE) (1444), Messaging (150), Messaging (333), Mobile Advertising (205), Mobile location (117), Mobile Music (170), Mobile TV (341), Mobile Video (370), Mobile WiMax/WiBro (2152), Mobile/Wireless (7192), Municipal networks (115), Packet Core (191), Presence management (51), Radio Access Network (2962), Services (2820), TD-SCDMA (Chinese 3G) (151), Transmission (119), Ultra-Mobile Broadband (UMB) (84), UMTS(3G) (519), Video services (4522), Videophone (205), Vodafone (1881), Voice Core (102), VOIP software (747), WiMax (1231), Wireless Backhaul (599), Wireless LAN (394)

    Broadband
    Access devices (305), Access equipment (2309), Access technologies (2461), Access test & measurement equipment (133), Broadband loop carriers / multiservice access nodes (424), Cable Modems (840), Carrier WiFi (2767), Content/software downloads (254), Docsis (1343), DSL (2695), DSL chips (249), DSLAMs (713), Ethernet PONs (176), Femtocells (612), Free-space optics (40), FTTx (4165), Home gateways (720), Internet Video (1280), IPTV (3790), Media adapters (30), Microsoft (1730), PON (1605), Satellite (588), Video services (4522), VOD (3046), Yahoo (353)

    Cable
    Access equipment (2309), Access technologies (2461), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (807), Cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) (1216), Cable Modems (840), Cable/MSO equipment (2908), CableLabs (592), Cablevision (758), Comcast (2353), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (321), Cox Communications (1020), Digital content (1406), Digital rights management (422), Docsis (1343), DVRs (867), Embedded multimedia terminal adapters (E-MTAs) (258), FTTx (4165), Gaming consoles (83), Head-ends (272), Home gateways (720), IPTV (3790), Media adapters (30), Middleware & business support systems (1074), Network DVR (135), PacketCable (142), PON (1605), QAM (363), Residential (880), Set-top boxes (1961), Stored video servers (425), Time Warner Cable (1136), TV (4474), Video equipment (2610), Video services (4522), Video software (1510), VOD (3046), VOIP services (3959), Wavelength services (342)

    Ethernet
    10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1491), 100-Gbit/s Ethernet (374), Access devices (305), Ciena (100), Circuit emulation (19), Converged access (132), Ethernet chips (619), Ethernet equipment (2444), Ethernet over copper (251), Ethernet PONs (176), Ethernet services (2108), Ethernet technologies (639), Ethernet test & measurement equipment (197), Multipoint (167), Multiservice edge equipment (154), Multiservice provisioning platforms (632), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (384), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (274), Point-to-point (183), Powerline (93), Resilient Packet Ring (175), Sonet/SDH (1066), Tellabs (32), Wireless Backhaul (599)

    IP & Convergence
    Activation (442), Anti-virus (39), B-RASs (236), Billing systems (864), Cell/WLAN (86), Centrex (205), Circuit emulation (19), Conferencing (160), Contact centers (39), Content delivery network (CDN) (453), Content/software downloads (254), Converged access (132), Core Network (852), Customer relationship management (373), Data Integrity (165), Denial-of-service attacks (67), Edge routers (1786), Element management systems (109), Encryption (176), Endpoint security (100), Enhanced voice (106), Enterprise (683), Fault management (147), Firewalls (138), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (848), GMPLS (80), IMS (1163), IMS Core (136), Interactive advertising (306), Internet Video (1280), Intrusion detection & prevention (123), Inventory management (237), IP equipment (1337), IP software (422), IPSec VPN (867), Layer 3 VPNs (236), Media gateways (387), Mediation systems (283), Messaging (150), Middleware (143), Mobile/Wireless (7192), MPLS (1831), Multicast (41), OSS (3574), OSS test & measurement (1155), Performance monitoring (468), Planning tools (112), Policy control (401), Presence management (51), Product Management (104), Provisioning (666), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (133), QOS (365), Residential (880), Revenue assurance & fraud management (428), Security (2003), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (388), Service management (340), Service-oriented architectures (347), Services (2820), Session border controllers (428), Signaling gateways (123), SIP (433), Softswitches (1134), SSL VPN (931), Telepresence (247), Traffic managers (868), URL filtering (82), User authentication (99), Video services (4522), Videophone (205), VOIP equipment (3536), VOIP services (3959), VOIP software (747), VOIP test & measurement equipment (150), VOIP VPNs (33), Web services (155), Wholesale (242), Wireless LAN (394), Wireline/Wireless (74), XML (54)

    Mobile Backhaul
    10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1491), 100-Gbit/s Ethernet (374), Access devices (305), Cell/WLAN (86), China Mobile (79), Circuit emulation (19), Converged access (132), Core Network (852), Ethernet equipment (2444), Ethernet over copper (251), Ethernet PONs (176), Ethernet services (2108), Ethernet technologies (639), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (147), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (848), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (252), IMS (1163), IMS Core (136), Mobile/Wireless (7192), Optical amplifiers (356), Packet Core (191), Point-to-point (183), QOS (365), Speciality fiber (106), Tellabs (32), Transceivers (1315), Transmission (119), Transmission fiber (426), Vodafone (1881), Voice Core (102), Wavelength services (342), WiMax (1231), Wireless Backhaul (599), Wireless LAN (394), Wireline/Wireless (74)

    Optical Networking (Sponsored by TeraXion)
    40-Gbit/s transmission (509), Alcatel-Lucent (6357), ATM switches (336), Core optical switches (780), CWDM (296), DWDM (1890), Ethernet technologies (639), Huawei (1422), Long-haul WDM equipment (735), Metro optical switches, ROADMs (1232), Metro WDM equipment (835), Multiservice edge equipment (154), Multiservice provisioning platforms (632), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (384), Multiservice switches (404), Mux/demuxes (304), Optical amplifiers (356), Optical channel monitors (96), Optical components (2926), Optical components test & measurement equipment (127), Optical equipment (2448), Optical switches & crossconnects (409), Optical technologies (459), Optical test & measurement equipment (916), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (274), PON (1605), Resilient Packet Ring (175), Sonet/SDH (1066), Sonet/SDH chips (367), Sonet/SDH test & measurement equipment (1604), Switches & OADMs (430), Transmission fiber (426), Variable optical attenuators (143), Wavelength services (342)

    Service Provider IT
    Activation (442), Anti-virus (39), Application servers (210), Billing systems (864), Carrier managed (201), Cloud computing (300), Content/software downloads (254), Customer relationship management (373), Data Integrity (165), Denial-of-service attacks (67), Digital content (1406), Element management systems (109), Encryption (176), Endpoint security (100), Fault management (147), Firewalls (138), Grid networking (95), IMS (1163), IMS Control Layer (41), IMS Service Layer (44), Interactive advertising (306), Intrusion detection & prevention (123), Inventory management (237), IP software (422), IP technologies (1542), IPSec VPN (867), Managed Services (134), Media gateways (387), Mediation systems (283), Messaging (333), Middleware (143), MPLS (1831), MPLS (700), OSS (3574), OSS test & measurement (1155), Performance monitoring (468), Planning tools (112), Policy control (401), Product Management (104), Provisioning (666), QOS (365), Revenue assurance & fraud management (428), Security (2003), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (388), Service management (340), Service-oriented architectures (347), Services (2820), SSL VPN (931), Telepresence (247), URL filtering (82), User authentication (99), Vendor managed (130), Web gateways (71), Web services (155), XML (54)

    Video (Sponsored by Cisco)
    Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (269), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (807), Cable TV chips (350), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (321), Content protection (409), Digital rights management (422), DVRs (867), Gaming consoles (83), Internet Video (1280), IPTV (3790), Middleware & business support systems (1074), Mobile TV (341), Network DVR (135), P2P (278), Satellite (588), Set-top boxes (1961), Stored video servers (425), Telepresence (247), TV (4474), Video equipment (2610), Video services (4522), Video software (1510), Videophone (205), VOD (3046)

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