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Voice-over-LTE News & Analysis
5/18/2012  -  The combination of social, mobile and cloud, or SoMoClo, will have Management World attendees exercising their jaws, reckons industry analyst
5/18/2012  -  A substantial slice of Facebook's expected IPO bonanza could help further its mobile ambitions
Most Recent Post: Soupafly... @ ray; Your quote; "What facebook needs to figure out is how people are using facebook on mobile devices and how they are...
5/18/2012  -  Also: Samsung wins in Android's fragmented world; RIM and bada beat Windows Phone; BlackBerry gets UK government seal of approval
Most Recent Post: Flook... Could be this is not about Google retailing Android phones or cutting out the operators. If this strategy establishes Google...
5/17/2012  -  In today's EMEA roundup: Ciena scores in UK; AlcaLu settles with Klausner; Intune bags former Ciena man; LTE goes live in London
Most Recent Post: bogowan... As of now we haven't provided a separate number publicly on 100G count...though our list of publicly announced 100G customers...
by Paul Rainford
5/16/2012  -  Grandfathered-in unlimited plan customers will be forced to pick a tier when Verizon rolls out shared data plans this summer
Most Recent Post: mj42... I'm not so much mad as exercising options. With the old plans I didn't have to worry about how much data was being used....
5/16/2012  -  Also: ESPN predicts big TV Everywhere numbers; Cisco, Comcast execs join Adobe board; Avail-TVN splices VoD ads
Most Recent Post: Jeff Baumgartner... Cox offered some additional details that aren't as clearly spelled out in the FCC notices.  -         ...
5/16/2012  -  In today's EMEA roundup: Yota fires the LTE starting pistol in Russia; Iskratel expands in GPON space; Nokia gets Siri-usly cheesed off
by Paul Rainford
5/15/2012  -  Verizon expands 4G LTE to 28 new markets and adds extra coverage in 11 existing 4G cities
Most Recent Post: billsblots... VZW really is.  LTE was not supposed to be here in my city until 2013, but by end of summer 2011 when my daughter visited...
5/15/2012  -  Verizon explains to LR Mobile how it uses mobile cell sites to restore wireless services after hurricanes and other disasters
5/14/2012  -  Wireless broadband wholesale hopeful LightSquared can't hold off lenders any longer, files for bankruptcy protection in New York
Most Recent Post: ppfautz... Not sure it's quite so simple when you consider the backhaul issues and the other deployment issues. Outside plant is nasty...
5/14/2012  -  Adaptix is once again in court, this time alleging that NSN base stations being deployed by T-Mobile infringe on five of the vendor's patents
5/14/2012  -  Small cells are crucial to the deployment of LTE, and their role in the 4G world started to solidify at the New Orleans wireless fest
Most Recent Post: Dan Jones... Interestingly, Verizon wasn't talking so much about about small cells as far as I could tell. They need to find out how...
5/11/2012  -  U.S. Cellular might consider a bid for Verizon's lower band 700MHz spectrum as it seeks ways to extend its 4G footprint
5/11/2012  -  Interop's booth crawl and happy hour rounded out a terrific day of cloud content and carrier meetings here in the driest place on Earth
Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... Good guesses, both!  Although... if he's life-casting from Vegas, and Interop is his best content ... he might want...
5/11/2012  -  In today's EMEA roundup: Brussels sets price caps for roaming within EU; Telefónica offers its own bill-shock solution; Dutch go net neutral
by Paul Rainford
Voice-over-LTE Newswire Feed
CHICAGO: U.S. Cellular Debuts 4G Hotspot - 5/17/2012
REDWOOD CITY, CA: Equinix Agrees to Acquire ancotel - 5/17/2012
BASKING RIDGE, NJ: Verizon to Add 28 More LTE Markets in May - 5/15/2012
Voice-over-LTE Blogs
Sarah Reedy
Mobile Money: What's the End Game?
Sarah Reedy
5/21/2012  -  6:45 AM Wireless operators have partnered up on mobile payments, but it may only be a stopgap until they're ready to tackle the market on their own
Most Recent Post: SReedy... There is a difference between digital and physical purchases. Carrier billing makes sense for app purchases and maybe other...
Dan Jones
What We Learned at CTIA
Dan Jones
5/15/2012  -  3:10 PM Small was beautiful, video was mobile and context was creepy at CTIA; but device hunters were out of luck in The Big Easy
Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... > Also, how many more processor cores can you add to a smartphone before you totally kill the battery life? Sext-core?...
Phil Harvey
OpenFlow, SDN & an Industry Uprising
Phil Harvey
5/11/2012  -  6:05 PM OpenFlow's popularity might be about an industry demanding more control of networks, services and the cloud than top vendors have allowed to date
Most Recent Post: With The Lights Out... Re: "TCP/IP vs. SONET" -- isn't this like asking whether a particular vehicle is better than a certain road or rail system? IP...
Sarah Reedy
Mobile Commerce Sidesteps the Carriers
Sarah Reedy
5/9/2012  -  10:10 AM Credit card companies aren't waiting on the wireless operators to offer mobile wallets to their customers
Most Recent Post: SReedy... They can limit their functionality, like Verizon did to Google Wallet, but all the services run over the top of the operators'...
Dan Jones
CTIA: What's Hot in New Orleans
Dan Jones
5/8/2012  -  6:25 PM 4G LTE and mobile video are getting hot and heavy in The Big Easy
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Sarah Reedy
Photos: AT&T's Digital Housewarming
Sarah Reedy
5/8/2012  -  11:10 AM Photos from the carrier's connected digital home in New Orleans
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Sarah Reedy
CTIA: Behind the Devices
Sarah Reedy
5/4/2012  -  8:00 AM Have we mentioned it's the year of LTE? At CTIA, we'll see what that means to the operators, vendors and device makers
Most Recent Post: kaps... More so than new devices what is needed are some new plans... pricing plans in general. We can't get to family plans soon...
Jeff Baumgartner
Synacor Upends the App Concept
Jeff Baumgartner
5/1/2012  -  4:15 PM Synacor's first (and very small) acquisition could be a big multi-screen hit for MSOs as they tap HTML5 to avoid paying tribute to Apple and Google
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Columns
Coming in 2020: The Web 3.0 Experience
How cloud computing and analytics will drive 21st century business applications and revenue for enterprise customers
Questions for a Network Evolution
Hossein Eslambolchi has 10 things service providers should ponder as they consider how to make their networks ready for the next mobile and video revolution
BBWF 2011: Hot Techs on the Show Floor
Ray Le Maistre
Remind me, baby, of you! We don't want Teardrops in our BBWF eyes – we just want sizzlin' tech developments and some Womack & Womack on our iPad
Operators Accept Support Act Role
Michelle Donegan
Mobile operators are coming to terms with their supporting role in the mobile apps world
MWC 2011: The End of the RAN as We Know It?
Michelle Donegan
Radio access networks are set for radical change
Heavy Lifting
ANALYST NOTES
Tim Kridel, Contributing Analyst
Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) will initially create more confusion in mobile broadband standards
Denise Culver, Research Analyst
Government pressure is pushing those in the health care sector to adopt MPLS VPNs
Denise Culver, Research Analyst
The explosive growth of mobile broadband service usage is creating a surge in demand for mobile application management
Denise Culver, Research Analyst
Enterprises of all sizes are turning to cloud IP-PBX systems
Simon Stanley, Analyst
Small cells could mean a big payback for femtocell developers
Alcatel-Lucent Ad
Voice-over-LTE Core Content
VIDEO
VoLTE Is Near
2/8/2012 - Gabriel Brown of Heavy Reading gives his industry expert view on the timeline and challenges of voice over LTE.
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WHITE PAPER
Examining the Case for VoLTE & Rich Media Communications - by Heavy Reading
1/25/2012 - This white paper aims to provide operators and other industry participants with a status update on VoLTE that will contribute to an understanding of the...
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WEBINAR
ON DEMAND
Voice Over LTE: A Foundation Service for All-IP Mobile Networks - a Light Reading Webinar
12/7/2011 - As part of Light Reading's Voice-over-LTE Industry Initiative, this webinar will examine the commercial drivers for VoLTE, provide a status update on...
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Voice-over-LTE Sponsor Assets
ARTICLE
Efficiently Measure RF Characteristics of LTE Devices/Systems - by Anritsu
11/14/2011 - Conducting common radio transmit characteristics, such as OFDM, MIMO, and Layers 1/2/3, based on 3GPP standards can be a challenge. Certain test...
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WEBSITE
LTE Reference Poster - by Anritsu
11/14/2011 - Visit our LTE site for information and downloads including a handy and comprehensive wall reference on everything LTE.
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ARTICLE
Telephony services over LTE end-to-end - Ericsson Review article
11/29/2011 - How to deliver telephony services for LTE-capable devices is a topic of much debate. Ericsson supports two standardized solutions for delivering these...
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WHITE PAPER
Voice over LTE - a step towards future telephony - by Ericsson
11/29/2011 - Which voice over LTE solution offers the most advantages for operators and satisfies user expectations? And what steps need to be taken to deploy such a...
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WHITE PAPER
The New Conversation Experience - by Alcatel-Lucent
11/14/2011 - We need a better user experience. We can connect communities. And we can mainstream application innovation. It's time to reinvent communications.
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SOLUTION PAPER
Voice and Video (V2o LTE): The Cisco Solution
11/14/2011 - Cisco® provides a complete Voice and Video over LTE (V2oLTE) solution.
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