Microsoft will invest $300M in Barnes & Noble's new Nook division for better reading apps and potentially an e-reader of its own

LR Mobile compares U.S. wireless operators' results for Q1, in which ARPU growth superseded subscriber growth as a key metric

Cisco doesn't see software-defined networking (SDN) as a threat but as a key to improve policy by revealing what the network is really doing

Q1 looked OK, but as Juniper brings out its new core router, packet-optical switch and data-center fabric, a good 2012 is not a slam dunk

The president and CTO of AT&T Labs discusses the network in the next decade and the growing importance of the cloud and mobile security

Tablets converging with PCs? Operators threatening to cut iPhone subsidies? Apple says it's not bothered by any of it

The Cupertino giant grew its iPhone sales by 88% and iPad sales by 151% in its Q2

Jumping the gun on the close of the market, Juniper says its Q1 was pretty good, while Q2 could be comparatively flat

Multi-COS at the heart of Carrier Ethernet 2.0, but network operators question its immediate value

What problem is software defined networking even trying to solve? David Ward, from Cisco's CTO office, tells the Open Networking Summit how service providers could approach that question

It's about extracting and exploiting the information that's packed inside the network, says David Ward of Cisco's CTO office

See who was movin' and shakin' at the Ethernet Europe event in Munich – and see how much the German city looks like a chocolate box...

David Ward of Cisco says that to apply software defined networking, you have to throw out some decades-long routing traditions

4:25 PM Silicon Valley seems to love software defined networking, and it's big in Japan, but there's still a long way to go

As two departments become one, Genband promotes one exec, waves goodbye to a few employees and proclaims a focus on Tier 1 customers

A new aggregation system designed to sit at the edge of the cloud turned heads at Ethernet Europe

The company confirms that $100M spin-in Insieme is working on software-defined networking in some form

Wireless users will be able to dip more than one device into the same bucket by mid-year as Verizon aims to juice data usage

Cable Labs' Chris Donley explains how a new block of IPv4 addresses is being made available to service providers to help them ease the transition to IPv6

Silicon Valley's lovefest for software-defined networking drew a much bigger crowd than expected

2:40 PM If Square's valuation is skyrocketing, why are we supposed to get excited about NFC from the wireless operators again?

11:25 AM The guys who live down at Layer 1 are cheering for software defined networking more fiercely than you might realize

It's also making its own 10Gbit/s switches, which isn't a surprise, but it's nice to hear someone admit it

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The exchange provider enables cloud service operators to reach a bigger market quickly and telecom network operators to make more money

Drink along as we explore the hot buzzwords at this year's show

There's a magical twist to some new product launches at Ethernet Europe plus an effort to clean up mobile communications

At Ethernet Europe, AT&T's Margaret Chiosi recalls voice network's move to software-defined networks and says it's data's turn now

The annual Ethernet Europe event has gone-gone to Munich for the first time – find out what's on the menu, apart from bier and knackwürste

Not every carrier is sold on software-defined networking, but Verizon thinks it's the way to unlock some crucial data-center capabilities

10:50 AM Sprint gives LR Mobile a progress report on Network Vision, including updates on LTE, smartphones, Wi-Fi, roaming and more

There's no sunshine in Munich this week, but that's OK with Ethernet Europe folks, who are mostly interested in clouds anyway

They might taste great together, but the exact recipe is still up for debate

Some NetScreen veterans say they're covering up a real-world weakness of OpenFlow's, and they won't be the last

With Facebook splashing $1B on Instagram, we can see a number of other mobile social apps are prettying themselves up for a takeover

Metaswitch exec says a new kind of fixed-mobile convergence can help operators without a cellular network become more valuable to their customers

Wireless industry seeks to help police dry up the aftermarket for smartphone thieves by locking and wiping stolen devices

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Can Paris Hilton's PR guy save RIM as more top execs exit and its Android support wanes?

Leap and T-Mobile buddy up on bandwidth as they prep for 4G deployments

Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) will initially create more confusion in mobile broadband standards

Bold blogger at Magenta claims that Verizon is trying to corner the spectrum market and is misrepresenting its spectral efficiency

Genband has agreed to buy Aztek Networks for an undisclosed sum, giving Genband another piece to help carriers modernize their networks