Apple in a box
Nortel is disappointed at BT's decision to relegate PBT to a bit part player in its 21CN, but says other major carriers are interested
Verizon hopes to take a bite out of The Big Apple with FiOS, but Time Warner Cable is already making plans to bite back
Shareholders at AlcaLu's annual meeting approve all the resolutions, including some that affect CEO Russo's position
The verdict is in at BT: PBT has been found guilty of being a one-trick pony, so it's being sidelined in favor of MPLS
The moral: Change your passwords frequently, especially if you're Comcast
Infineon results might point to 3G delays
Google gives a video view of Android features
Cisco's 'Vision' strategy could see its WiFi empire rubbing shoulders with other networks
Cisco's CTO is on the Live! agenda
Nice work if you can get it
The mobile Web has so far failed to inspire users and the 'amazing app' has yet to be invented, says Google
As operators evaluate next-gen wireless technology, the path from 3G tops the agenda, according to Heavy Reading
Job postings by the search giant reveal possible Clearwire work and a desire to further mobilize YouTube
Where the startup doesn't want to be pigeonholed
A melding of routing and computing power could help carriers deploy new services faster
Next stop, the Nordics and Baltics
Ambitious Indian carrier opens its wallet once more to buy troubled virtual VPN provider Vanco
It's been a long time coming, but China is ready to issue 3G licenses as part of its telecom market restructuring process
Comcast has outlined its concept for a 'protocol agnostic' platform, and the vendors appear ready and willing to lend a helping hand
In a video exclusive, Comcast CTO/EVP Tony Werner offers some details about the MSO's upcoming bandwidth capacity management system
Hey, you with the nifty tru2way box! Wanna join cable's managed P2P network?
A rootkit for IOS. Yeah, that could be bad
It's not just consumer behavior that is driving cable operators to maximize their networks for higher capacity and performance, but also ever increasing competition from telcos. LRTV looks at some of the new technologies, such as Docsis 3.0, that helping them in this battle royal.
While the consumer may be driving the method and manner that their content is delivered, what is the business model that supports this? New technologies such as switch digital video allow cable operators to target ever more specific demographics and thus increase the value of their advertising. Just as important, the 'Next 40 Channels' become a a very important revenue opportunity.
...against my antenna, causing packet loss and latency
Some believe Jayshree Ullal's departure was related to the Nuova buyout; others say it's just Cisco's newest phase
You might be stuck with AT&T for 3G
At the Streaming Media East conference, Comcast and Verizon say they won't throttle traffic from peer-to-peer networks
Since it has a birthday, we might as well note it
Content is becoming truly mobile, not just in terms of wireless, but in time and space. DVR technology is well established, but how will content get delivered across various competing technologies utilized by all the operators? What will be the impact of new technologies such as Packet Cable 2.0 and LTE? LRTV takes a look at the new world of mobile media.
2.6GHz auction could be delayed
Google's $500M bet on Clearwire's WiMax plans does not include access to the company's dark fiber assets
Until now cable operators have been slow to get into the wireless space. But now it seems there’s no reason why that elusive quadruple play shouldn’t be just around the corner. The answer seems to be WiMax. With the rollout of WiMax across North America by the end of the year, it seems there will be no excuses for not taking the kids out while the football game is on.
MediaFLO coming to UK soon?
What an ex-Microsoft guy might mean to baseball
But what with, exactly?
India's Reliance Communications has scored a $750M loan from the China Development Bank to bankroll a GSM contract with Huawei
With iPhone sales topping 100,000 in France, Orange will sell the Apple device in more than 10 extra markets in EMEA and the Caribbean
CTO John Saw tells Unstrung that microwave links and a flat-IP architecture can reduce the cost of backhauling wireless broadband
Verizon is waiting to see a business case reason to move to IPTV and if one never emerges, it may not do it at all
Study from German research firm suggests that broadband ISPs may be throttling peer-to-peer applications
Not ready to sell to you, but it's ready
Despite the best efforts of WiMax advocates, good old W-CDMA is still more than holding its own in the global mobile broadband market
Little Rock carrier also has a good quarter for subscriber adds
Help to track the ever-evolving story of Apple's 3G iPhone
Verizon helps to make LiMo a Linux OS contender
Ericsson boosts R&D spend to $25B over the next five years and looks forward to increased IPR revenues
Does Germany have a Ministry of Crazy Ideas?
Swisscom lands iPhone deal
Apple confirms Jobs keynote at WWDC
WiMax player plots launches in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and, er, Grand Rapids, and confirms it will only need $2.3B to complete the network
Cisco and ip.access are working on an end-to-end femtocell solution, while the femto vendor has landed an important win at AT&T
Cisco and Teliris are both looking to capture the larger low end of the telepresence market with new cheaper configurations
Company offers up to 80 Gbit/s of throughput with two new Deep Packet Inspection products
The US market's third-ranked cellular operator lost more than 1 million customers during the first quarter
New carrier deals will take the iPhone to mobile users in Asia/Pacific, including India, and Latin America
RIM forms a $150 million apps development VC fund and unveils its 3G BlackBerry device
Operator said to be close to introducing open-source Linux phones based on the LiMo platform, but no Android yet
FiberNet has announced a significant network expansion project on the heels of its successful collocation upgrade last year
Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
Scoping out the field
Your harsh verdict on mobile WiMax in the US so far
BSNL issues new GSM tenders for 93M new lines following the demise of its previous network expansion contracts
Woo-hoo! More debt! Teliris has secured $10M in debt financing, saying it needs more working capital
Analysts estimate that it could cost up to $12B to deploy a mobile WiMax network in 50 markets in the US
Troops reconnect with loved ones
Why WiMax wishes it were the new CDMA
SunCom acquisition helps to make the first quarter a major customer grab for T-Mobile USA
Pirelli partners with Nokia Siemens
The president of the 'new Clearwire' talks with Unstrung about how mobile WiMax is the next big thing (again)
Data services revenues and mobile broadband subscribers continue to grow at Orange in Europe as the operator reports Q1 results
New Wimax venture reckons its large pool of spectrum and ready-to-rock mobile broadband services will leave the LTE crew in its wake
Report says MSO is considering a 250 gigabyte monthly consumption cap as part of a 'protocol agnostic' bandwidth management effort
StarHub customers get to try out femtocells from ZTE and Huawei for six months
Despite Sprint’s 51% stake in the new WiMax version of Clearwire, its own 4G and M&A strategies remain anything but clear
What's the opposite of a silver lining?
The carrier isn't commenting on the latest spinoff rumors but says it's committed to iDEN and push-to-talk for the foreseeable future
The Clearwire WiMax rumor rodeo
Revenues stalled, but net income beat expectations, and sales forecasts didn't bring any further bad news
A new initiative replaces the P2P Bill of Rights that Comcast and Pando had started
As energy costs continue to soar, operators in all markets will be looking to shave opex with greener equipment
Telecom Italia will sell the phones this summer in Italy, where it will go head-to-head with Vodafone, which also has an iPhone deal
Qwest becomes an MVNO as Ed Mueller gets the kind of wireless partnership he wanted
If DT does buy Sprint, it gets a knock-down bargain customer base and cheap 4G – but also a huge potential integration headache
Riverbed announces deals with a host of vendors, eyes network monitoring opportunities
Otherwise known as a four-network fiasco
Development could portend a shift away from all-you-can-eat consumption models and toward bandwidth 'quotas' and byte cap policies
Better late than never
A rough definition
Making telepresence as widespread as Cisco wants is going to require more than just selling a lot of units
Stock drops on Comcast comments
The countdown to 3G
We think not
The rivals team up to rule what they believe will be the dominant software delivery model in the 21st century – cloud computing
You can pre-order the WiMax tablet, but what will you connect to?
The 4G backhaul bottleneck may not be limited to Sprint's Xohm rollout
XO has greatly expanded its national Ethernet footprint largely through the use of copper
While handset makers in the US and Europe face a tough earnings season, there's no sign of slowdown in China or India
BT has joined AT&T in unveiling inter-company telepresence services based on Cisco's immersive, multimedia conferencing technology
