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27 published in december 2006

FCC Welcomes 'Ma Bell' Back


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (3)
December 29, 2006 : The FCC (finally) approves AT&T's buyout of BellSouth just one day after AT&T made some net neutrality concessions

FCC Jabs Cable Costs, Pricing Policies


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comments (13)
December 28, 2006 : In its latest annual cable pricing study, the FCC takes the cable industry to task for jacking up its overall monthly rates by 5.2 percent in 2004

Cable MSOs Fight for Set-top Status Quo


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comment (1)
December 27, 2006 : The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and others are lobbying the FCC to postpone an upcoming ban on set-tops with embedded security

Ericsson's Svanberg Could 'Bolt On'


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (14)
December 21, 2006 : Fresh off a proposed Redback takeover, the Swedish giant may still be mulling a PON bolt-on

Gateway Converges on Video Patent


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
December 21, 2006 : Gateway engineers invented software that displays Internet video and traditional TV video in one channel guide for Media Center PCs; Gateway isn't saying how and when it will market the invention

Moto Taps Tut for $39M


LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
December 21, 2006 : Motorola is buying encoding specialist Tut Systems for $39 million in cash, adding to its video arsenal. Moto is picking up the company on the cheap while its stock is in the doldrums

FCC Approves Telco-Friendly Video Rules


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comment (1)
December 20, 2006 : The Republican-led Commission passed a proposal that sets a 90-day cap for local authorities to move on applications by incumbent telcos that already hold public rights-of-way for their wires

Intellon Gets $18M From Moto, Comcast


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
December 20, 2006 : Intellon gets new funding. The company backs the HomePlug standard, which it says allows more bandwidth for moving video around home networks

Ericsson Offers $2.1B for Redback


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (18)
December 20, 2006 : Swedish giant offers $2.1B in cash to buy edge router vendor and give it a strong IP convergence story. The news sends Redback's stock up 17 percent in after-hours trading

Cable Chief Slams FCC Chief


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comments (3)
December 20, 2006 : Using some of the harshest language that an NCTA president has reserved for an FCC chairman in recent memory, McSlarrow stopped just short of calling Martin a blatant hypocrite
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1 published in december 2006

Who Makes What: OSS


Reports - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
December 21, 2006 : Help create our updated taxonomy of operations support systems
* Where is your company?
* Where are your products?
* Who are your competitors?
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27 published in december 2006

Consumer Groups on AT&T


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December 29, 2006 : Free Press, Consumers Union, and Consumer Federation of America comment on AT&T's net neutrality concessions in merger with BellSouth

Bowl Games Go Online


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December 27, 2006 : FOX Sports announced that full-length games from the 2007 Tostitos Bowl Bash on FOX will be available on the Internet

Alcatel-Lucent Applauds FCC


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December 21, 2006 : The FCC ruled in favor of local video franchise regulation reform

HomePNA Expands


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December 21, 2006 : HomePNA announced today that its alliance membership has swelled by 28 members this year

Alcatel-Lucent Applauds FCC


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December 21, 2006 : Applauds the Federal Communications Commission's ruling on local cable franchising

HomePNA Expands


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December 21, 2006 : HomePNA builds momentum with 28 new members, faster home networking speeds, specification adoption

ZTE Debuts F3G


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December 20, 2006 : F3G converges IPTV, fixed-line, and mobile services onto a single service platform

Factum Wins Jobs


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December 20, 2006 : Factum Electronics enables RaiWay to broadcast mobile TV and the Vatican to provide digital radio

ACA Responds to FCC


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December 19, 2006 : The (ACA) released a statement in response to recent comments made by FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin regarding wholesale programming costs

FiOS TV Arrives in Richmond


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December 15, 2006 : Verizon launches FiOS TV in the Greater Richmond area
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4 published in december 2006

Comcast Racing Ahead, But Not Sprinting


BroadBananas - Michael Harris - Post a comment
December 20, 2006 : Comcast is content to play in mobile by partnering with Sprint, and leveraging the new wireless spectrum that the Sprint-MSO consortium acquired in key cable markets earlier this year

Case of the Disappearing TV Homes


Cable Guy - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
December 18, 2006 : The TVB reckons that cable operators have lost a whopping 2.6 million subscribers over the past year, chopping the industry's customer count from a cool 71.0 million to 68.4 million

Olivier Baujard, CTO, Alcatel-Lucent


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December 14, 2006 : Bigger is better for IPTV

Deals, Deals, Deals


Light Ranting - R. Scott Raynovich - Light Reading - Post a comment
December 8, 2006 : 3:10 PM -- Telecom front and center in M and A
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