Light Reading's first big Ethernet bash in Europe was a big success

NAB 2006 this week was all about IP, TV, and IPTV

As rumors circulate about BT's 21CN efforts in Wales, a BT exec says it could be 2011 before the carrier switches off its PSTN

BT Group plc's 21CN program director Matt Beal talks about the carrier's progress with the most massive network transformation in its history.

Ericsson's enterprise chief for North America talks about helping companies mobilize

A raft of new players, including startups, are making the case to build a parallel mobile TV network

Investors snub the stock despite pro-forma profits and a forecast for more revenue growth

Craig Farrill, CEO of {complink 2970|Kodiak Networks Inc.}, talks about how the right kind of voice applications can drive mobile minutes usage up and give carriers a big advantage over free calling services, such as Skype.

Sprint Nextel reported a decrease in profits for Q1, as new customer growth failed to make up for massive merger costs

A cellular/WiFi roaming technology partnership between Cisco and Motorola lacked carrier support and fell flat

Sprint Nextel reported a decrease in profits for Q1 2006, as new customer growth failed to make up for massive merger costs

Canadian telco Telus offers white-label mobile email solution

Telco tech chief says Ethernet is much cheaper than alternatives and that its Microsoft IPTV plan is back on track

Deal? No deal. A cellular/WiFi roaming technology partnership between Cisco and Motorola lacked carrier support and fell flat

Ethernet player reports a weak quarter and sales struggles appear to be continuing

Among the many strategy questions facing the pending merger is what to do in 3G wireless

As earnings reports show, major vendors and providers have not figured out the enterprise market

It's Ethernet and IP all the way, says Colt tech boss at Light Reading's Ethernet Expo Europe

Company's sales are off because of slower carrier deployments and consolidation across the industry

WiMax chipset maker TeleCIS is getting ready to ship a chip designed to bring portability to fixed WiMax

It's no Sprint/Nextel, but Clearwire's acquisition of rural service provider will mean more play in the 2.5GHz range

Readers think the best way to build a big company is by acquiring smaller pieces - but which ones?

Sources say Tropos will release a wireless router with multiple radios, as muni wireless contracts roll in

It's time to bring back the epic Light Reading list. Feed us your input

Playing host to President Bush and Governor Schwarzenegger, Cisco is taking precautions including leaving employees home

Stock drops after-hours as net income comes a penny short of analyst expectations

Sprint Nextel has bought another Sprint affliliate, UbiquiTel, for $1.3B

Even with some added drama involving Qualcomm, Nokia posted a strong profit for the first quarter of 2006

Moves further into IP interconnectivity services with plans to buy the DNS management company UltraDNS for $61.8M

Carriers broaden enterprise mobile email offerings

Nokia blames e-Series delays for lackluster enterprise results for Q1 2006

One of the people behind Symbol's original WLAN switch turns up at Aruba

The company faces a Q2 shortfall while trying to defray concerns about its fate after the Alcatel/Lucent merger

Optical heavyweights gather in New York to plot the new world of booming applications, bandwidth, and flexible networks

Carrier posts good numbers, but will a rising tide raise all boats?

Liberty Global Inc.'s UPC Broadband has topped the one-million mark for cable telephone customers in its European footprint, having doubled its customer base over the last 15 months.

Linked by a common investor, the 10-Gig Ethernet startups are merging and getting an extra funding boost

Not yet... but user groups claim the first sighting of the fabled Moto smartphone.

Cingular's revenues and earnings were up as it cut customer churn and data service usage increased

802.11s wide-area WiFi standard expected to benefit municipalities, enterprises

Lucent says Alcatel's French staff are as much in the firing line as Lucent employees when it comes to headcount reductions

Redefining impersonal communications.

15 carriers have requested bids for Unlicensed Mobile Access deployments, but Cingular is not among them

Motorola is buying Orthogon Systems to boost its wireless portfolio

Sources say some 15 carriers have requested bids for Unlicensed Mobile Access deployments, but Cingular is not among them

Chatter heats up on Siemens' Communications group; latest M&A reports have Motorola and Nortel in the hunt

Given all the research networks it sells to, Force10 has decided to start selling 10-Gbit/s security boxes

At NCTA this week, content was king

Voice and email still rule for enterprise users, but new trends have emerged in the handheld world

Mountain View-based MetroFi beats out Earthlink (sans Google) for the right to build and own Portland's citywide WiFi network

Enterprise users say it is too soon to get serious about network-jumping VOIP technology

In tightening spectrum-auction rules, the FCC is not necessarily serving customers.

As mobile email market heats up, SingTel offers RIM service over Palm devices

Mobile applications startup lands AirTtel and IDEA in India, bringing its customer list to a dozen

Storage services and data center growth are expected to fuel interest in carrier Ethernet, says Verizon Ethernet guru

RIM could find reds under the LEDs as it launches in China.

Siemens has made noises about using fewer B-RASs for IPTV, creating a bit of an annoyance for Juniper

Pushmi-pullyu? Windows Mobile 5.0 handles email a bit differently from competitors, says analyst

Internet content distribution pioneer says he won't stream his HDTV network's content over the public Internet

What a combo: PR pitches and toilet imagery.

Specialists JacobsRimell and Apertio team up to offer carriers a mine of IMS data

CTOs of the largest North American cable companies still say coax is king

How come carriers are still dragging their feet on Bluetooth?

Vendors are revving CDMA, but when will faster services be available for enterprise users?

Investment activity in India's telecom market continues unabated, but analyst reckons the deals may be overvalued

The router company is finding a new calling in the midst of the net neutrality debate

Vodafone and O2 are checking out DSLAM capabilities and local loop unbundling as they look to offer their own fixed/mobile services

Reporting lackluster Q4 results, BlackBerry maker says it will move beyond enterprises

Issues such as competing standards, licensing, QOS, and device compatibility are front and center in wireless video

Issues such as competing standards, licensing, QOS, and device compatibility are front and center in wireless video

Two years after a blockbuster RFP, Verizon Business still isn't convinced that it has seen a killer next-gen core router

Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski, a Motorola and GE veteran, is ready to use that Jack Welch training to clean things up

The chip firm caps development on the switch fabric it acquired from IBM

Most respondents in our ongoing poll feel that they won't support both Globalcomm and TelecomNext in 2007

Vendors move from one-off products to end-to-end systems as WiMax becomes an end-to-end, 'carrier grade' solution

Device maker looks to be first out with Microsoft push email update

Alcatel's President of Europe has left suddenly following the merger deal with Lucent. Insiders say he wanted Mike Quigley's COO position

2.5Ghz band's up in the air, and Sprint Nextel's in a hurry. Per the FCC, the company must use it or lose it

Verizon exec to describe ROI of carrier Ethernet in upcoming GLOBALCOMM 2006 Master Class event

Operator says it will start to install faster CDMA as soon as it becomes available

Offering multiplatform device management, handset maker aims at business customers

TV content firms are in a frenzy at the MIPTV event, finding out about IPTV, Internet TV, and mobile TV

Session management platform for fixed/mobile convergence is shipping for revenue, though the startup won't yet name customers

Mitri Halabi has left the building to pursue 'other activites,' Tellabs says

Analysts expect T-Mobile to add the latest BlackBerry to its lineup, as RIM works towards 3G devices

Lucent's gonna disappear? What are we all going to do?

At CTIA, it's 'Happy Days Are Here Again'

But the business case is complicated by operational and integration challenges, says Heavy Reading report

As mega-mergers reshape the industry, the race for new devices and networks rushes forward

Wireless workflow system gives London's venerable Tube a 21st century facelift

Three execs have been named Juniper's VPs of marketing

As Tchuruk and Russo talk about the merger, there's no indication about where the near 9,000 job cuts will fall

Showtime's terrific series turns on wireless tech.

The deal is on. Initial analyst reaction suggests they've got a lot of hard work to do

Vendors agree to merge, creating a global giant with revenues of $25B a year, with Lucent's Russo as its CEO

Tony Li comes onboard as software guru at WiFi mesh firm

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