5:45 PM Apple's iCloud could make us prisoners of our own devices when it comes time to upgrade

When consumers find things that 'break' on World IPv6 Day, the problem might not be something the service provider can fix

The ability to predict latency could be an important tool. Cyan wants to give it a try in mobile backhaul

Apple's upcoming cloud service won't bust a hole in your data cap even as it replicates music, video and photos across iPads, iPhones and Macs

3:35 PM But will Microsoft become a virtual MSO?

Latest OS update includes features borrowed from BlackBerry, Android, webOS, Microsoft and HTC, plus a few Cupertino originals

1:25 PM The DoJ is reportedly concerned about Apple's interest in Nortel's patents

Elsewhere: Ceton expands reach of its PC-TV CableCARD tuner, Verizon tweaks FiOS bundles and court lets Dish offer Starz for free

Cable may need to do some extra wooing to convince Juniper to take the plunge and develop a CMAP Packet Shelf

EchoStar takes a stab at Tier 2/3 MSOs with 'Aria,' a system featuring Sling-loaded boxes, a customizable guide and over-the-top VoD

Italian incumbent signs research agreement with Chinese giant while Vodafone CEO pleads the carriers' case in today's EMEA headlines

Pressure on wireless operators mounts with growing data traffic, and more wireless operators turn to Wi-Fi and small cells for relief

Go beyond the limits of fiber optics with Ciena's market-leading, field-proven coherent optical technology.

Mobile operator sentiment worldwide seems to be shifting toward using IPsec encryption and authentication from LTE cell sites

The Apple iCloud service could super-charge iPhone and iPad remote media capabilities, while worrying competitors from Amazon to RIM

Qualcomm's annual Uplinq developer show covered more ground than its usual Brew-haha, so we covered more ground with our camera this year

Also: LightSquared and Sprint deal rumor swirls; Comcast, Fox, ESPN battle for Olympic rights; Baker details NBCU job talks

Tough times in Spain for its biggest telco, and a new man at the helm of UK operator 3 in today's nosegay of Euro telecom highlights

This week: Location-based services; telecom markets in El Salvador, South Africa, Malaysia, the Czech Republic and the United Arab Emirates

4:40 AM It's understandable why this merger theory is getting so much play

4:20 AM CMAP or CESAR? Cisco's politically correct answer: Whatever it takes!

The big buzz in India is all about the impact that LTE TDD could have on India's broadband market

Handset maker opens up its mobile software to developers to make a user experience that's simple and differentiated

9:20 PM Ma Bell is going to have some serious explaining to do if AT&T does end up selling 4G capacity to LightSquared

Rover service to end July 1, as Clearwire gets ever closer to being a wholesale-only play

CEO Stephen Elop calls for handset makers and developers to join forces against a common enemy in Android

CommScope snags edge QAM startup, putting it on a path to develop products for a next-gen cable access architecture helmed by Comcast

12:15 PM The SCTE's standards effort is in full swing as the Society looks ahead to Phase II and full-resolution 3DTV

Also: TWC eyes broadband-only subs, Comcast adds ID theft protection, Clearleap powers tablet streaming for MSOs, Sling tunes up for Google TV

Qualcomm's Snapdragon family of CPUs is racking up partners for smartphones and tablets as it plans 250 more devices this year

9:15 AM Qualcomm hooks up with Hollywood in hopes of avoiding FLO TV's fate of being boring

Elop says rumor of sale to Microsoft is 'baseless' while France Telecom talks net partiality with Google in today's Euro roundup

HP's head of mobile, Jon Rubinstein, says he's open to working with one or two webOS partners, but won't license the software a la Android

Seeing only limited near-term potential, RGB will leave it to edge QAM vendors to develop modular CMAP products

It's up to the FCC what happens after June 15, but LightSquared expects a 2012 launch of services on its LTE network for wholesale customers

The ambitious push for a unified standard continues, even as some vendors and carriers exercise pre-standard options

3:05 PM Let's see Cisco try to shut this one down

LTE and the city: DT has launched the mobile broadband service in Cologne using 1800MHz spectrum

Also: Video traffic swarms the Web, Roku flies with Angry Birds, NCR sues Dish, Cox's Prez to keynote SCTE confab, BlackArrow targets VoD ads

Ericsson wins $1.1B deal to build and operate LTE TDD network in rural areas for Australia's national broadband program

9:00 AM Qualcomm's annual developer confab is all about apps – mobile apps, appetizers and surprise appearances

AlcaLu pitches MSOs and telcos an online video troubleshooter that could help them attract services like Netflix to their on-net CDNs

The European Commission puts the Digital Agenda scores on the doors and Deutsche Telekom does LTE in today's EMEA telecom roundup

Light Reading launches its first country-specific online community in arguably the most dynamic telecom market in the world