Remote oil rigs rely on bandwidth compression technology for voice and data transmissions
Inteference could stymie municipal mesh networks; vendors say RF management is the answer
Japanese incumbent plans mega-fat optical pipe to cope with the demands of growing FTTH customer base
Seattle-based IP 'group communications' company helps defense and public safety radios and phones interoperate
Pirate Capital: The dumbest name, ever
One small sniff for Man...
People will fight about anything
The uncertain science of stock-charting
Portugal's Competition Authority has given a preliminary thumbs up for Sonae's takeover of Portugal Telecom
City agrees to examine a public-utility alternative to Google/EarthLink project
But T-Mobile is on the verge of launching its own FMC play
Now wait for downloads?
Calling results preliminary pending internal stock-option review, RIM shows strong earnings
Juniper might finally be getting back to normal
Dumbass sports fans everywhere mourn MVNO's demise
City agrees to examine a public-utility alternative to Google/EarthLink project
Gird your loins for SingleMalt.TV
Says its IM/VOIP software client is based on an open industry standard, while its competitors keep users 'walled in'
But T-Mobile is on the verge of launching its own FMC play
Well ahead of schedule, the big British MSO rolled out its first four-service bundle, known as the "4 for £40" package, on Wednesday.
As approval for the Alcatel/Lucent merger heads towards the office of George W. Bush, Wall Street analyst likes the look of the combo
Stock tumbles 22% as international business falters
4G is suddenly hot, but the what and when remain unclear
Former Comverse CEO, who featured on the FBI's Most Wanted list, has been arrested in Africa
Study predicts US cable operators will have 24 percent of the total phone market in a little more than three years' time
The management issues that have burdened carrier Ethernet in the past few years are at last being addressed
I spent most of the weekend locked in one – trying to answer an important question
Microsoft says the network build, not problems with its middleware, has made the rollout of IPTV a slow process
Is Verizon spending $9K per FiOS customer?
WiFi vendor releases access point for wireless intrusion detection and prevention marketplace
The testosterone tradeoff
Due out tomorrow, earnings should be buoyed by new Pearl device and continued enterprise dominance
Or, What Hath Metcalfe Wrought?
Two computer outages, one yesterday, temporarily blocked Cisco's ability to take orders
Scottish cuisine takes another hit
The US incumbent backs up its FTTH strategy with more investment, saying its FiOS service will turn profitable after four years
Puttering around the Ruckus office
PR firm makes the news. Really
TV Cabo says it has deployed C-COR's CableEdge network resource and bandwidth management software for IP data and voice services.
Charter says it's now offering a 10 Mbit/s tier in 15 of its 20 markets, as well as a 5 Mbit/s tier everywhere.
Tales of Cisco miscues are rolling in
Excuse me, while I kiss, er, answer this phone
Will the Finnish giant follow in Motorola's footsteps with an enterprise acquisition?
Carrier's NGN core was set to be pure IP/MPLS, but now BT is considering adding a new approach to Ethernet called PBT
An ECOC paper from Bell Labs claims 2,000km transmission for 100-Gbit/s Ethernet
More bling for Larry?
Hint: He's not the CEO of HP
When finance and IT don't see eye to eye, mobile deployments suffer
No test drives, please
Ex-WorldCom CEO Ebbers starts his hard time
Mad Germans own the moon
Motorola buys switched digital video specialist Vertasent for an undisclosed amount
Ethernet demarcation becomes an even hotter topic as Cisco moves into the game
Symbol shows off new mesh, RFID, and wearable kit at rough and tumble NYC show
Why should I, when someone else can do it for me?
IPTV rollouts and the lack of HD service should ease by the end of this year
Looking for an East Asian beachhead, RIM preps Japanese-language BlackBerry
LRTV lands CMP's best video show award
Cookie Monster is an endangered species
Soapmakers say: 'Use more soap!'
Plus WiFi sniffing, meshed video, and patent news in the weekly new-product round-up
Bandwidth ain't free
Industry sources say Cisco, Nokia, and Siemens have formed a consortium pitching for a massive IMS deal at France Telecom UPDATED: 9/25, 3:20 PM
Rutberg & Co. research says a large portion of August VC money went to young digital media companies focusing on video
In a bad omen for cable, DSL subscribers seem much happier with their service than do cable modem customers, thanks largely to lower DSL prices.
North America's largest MSO is piling up broadband subscribers again, with a big boost from the now-defunct Adelphia Communications.
By taking a walk-then-run approach, cable operators are making major inroads in the residential phone market.
Another excuse not to exercise more and eat less
Carrier could perk up blue collars with long-awaited phones that roam between CDMA, iDEN networks
Arizona Cardinals Stadium features distributed-antenna system for voice, data
The big tower tells Boston's airport to take a flying leap
We wrap our coverage of Optical Expo 2006 with a list of 10 pictures and five (yet unpublished) quotes from the show
The first US or Canadian broadband provider to hit this milestone
'You can’t complete a telephone call in the US without using NeuStar,' says CEO
Firm warns on three WiFi driver flaws that could enable Intel and PowerPC hijacks
Telco Systems is building its capabilities with small acquisitions – this time it's a remote IP DSLAM startup
Sound advice, lyrically expressed
Early-stage Indian startups have found VC funding hard to come by, but the recent influx of funds is raising new challenges
Cablevision admits it awarded stock options to a dead executive
Keynote Systems concludes that not only is cable phone service cheaper that ILEC offerings, it sounds better and is more reliable, too.
A new report from investment house Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. warns about "cable's looming bandwidth crisis" because of telco fiber and DBS upgrades.
Sprint Nextel examines WiMax technology as a way to provide less costly broadband data services
Treading water in turbulent seas, Treo-maker reports first-quarter results
Sprint Nextel VP explains why the operator needs more horsepower behind its '4G' network at LR Live show
Take the HP Spy poll!
Like other muni networks, San Francisco's Google/EarthLink wireless dream encounters reality
The ROADM components startup reportedly has shut down after losing its key customer
The clock has all but run out on new federal telecom legislation, as the debate over net neutrality plods on in the Capital
Cisco network in environmentally-friendly NYC skyscraper may be the largest single-building enterprise WLAN deployment yet
Cisco hands out the cash
WAN optimization firm's stock leaps nearly 50 percent on its Nasdaq debut
It's time to double down on triple play and FTTH, apparently
... and monkeys scratch
Bandwidth management specialist bags a $15 million third round to fund international expansion
'There is no intellectual exercise which is not ultimately useless' — Borges
My watch gets 40 MPG highway
Hybrid mechanism combines power of capacitor with storage life of a conventional battery
With earnings report due tomorrow, Treo-maker faces an array of obstacles
Symbol buyout will give Moto more of what it needs to do FMC in the enterprise and beyond
Service providers say there's a need for optical startups, but they're not seeing many around these days
Symbol buyout will give Moto more of what it needs to do FMC in the enterprise and beyond
VOIP and IPTV are the hot topics in the test-and-measurement sector, where new products and services are emerging
No big surprises – and no big changes to the wireless landscape
Drunk petting zoo fun
Acme Packet continues to report enviable profit margins, while Newport Networks cuts back again after a dismal half year
Network Chemistry's endpoint update lets Canadian University enforce peer-to-peer lockdown
P2P, VOIP, video, and other applications enabled by broadband are pressuring core networks, says AT&T Labs VP
Symbol takeover gives mobile-phone giant an enterprise leg up
Symbol takeover gives mobile-phone giant an enterprise leg up
MSN is getting on a soapbox
The European passive-optics company will arrive at ECOC with big hopes for WDM-PON
Cisco hits the airwaves
New mobile devices bring benefits, dilemmas to small businesses
Today's foodie prize goes to IBM and Telenor
Motorola becomes a major presence in the wireless enterprise market with the $3.9B buyout of Symbol
FCC Chair is shocked – shocked!
And becomes a leader in wireless LANs – just like that
Sprint and its cable operator partners were among the big winners in the FCC's wireless spectrum auction, which raised nearly $14B
Reports from Israel suggest that video processing and VOIP vendor is heading for an IPO that could value it at $500M
Doubt over a startup's ability to send broadband signals through gas pipes has all but spiked a promising new access medium
The cellphone chipmaker may be part of a bidding war, even after a $17.6B offer for the company
Carnivals step right up to go wireless with fairground-wide mesh networks
A hybrid CMOS/InP device could be the mass-producible silicon laser Intel has been hoping for
Startup debuts its distributed Ethernet switch products and boasts of a networking breakthrough
The market for ROADM-based optical equipment is set to boom in the coming five years, according to a new Heavy Reading report
Motorola the most likely buyer, but other major players could be in the hunt, say analysts and industry sources
Plus new WiMax chips for public safety and faster 3G services in the new product roundup
What a weekend for the Italian incumbent as its chairman quits and it buys AOL Germany for $855M
North American cable operators signed up more than 1M IP phone customers for the first time during the spring
Former Sonus exec launches new company from spacecraft
The ex-Qualcomm exec has left the mesh startup for 'the best of all personal reasons'
Operators band together to answer the question: What the hell is '4G' anyway?
BT is expanding its international network, has set aggressive revenue growth targets, and has plans to make further acquisitions
Force10 may have found the exit it's been looking for. Analyst says an acquisition by Nortel is close
Seven of the world's biggest operators have formed a new 4G wireless technology group to let vendors know what they need to deliver
Carriers head back to court as dispute over FLAG Telecom's access to a subsea landing station in India escalates
Set phone on vibrate
Red Panda reports on distant, dimmer cousins
Reorganizing itself into three new divisions, including one to concentrate on multimedia apps
CTIA and the Wi-Fi Alliance are teaming to test dualmode cellular/WiFi devices
After nearly 8 years in business and $300M in funding, the core routing company can't hold on
Consumer-friendly features on new breed of $200 smartphones could be bad news for established business users
And we aren't talking cobblers
Aiming to win the hearts of its high-end video customers, Comcast will boost its available HD VOD content from 15 hours per month to 100 hours per month.
They aim to provide quick end-to-end service validation, testing the network and applications from the network into the home, and then at the customer premises.
Mobile billing provider using deep-packet inspections says it's ready for an IPO on the London AIM exchange
It's World Hearing Voices Day
US phone companies netted more high-speed data subscribers in the second quarter than their cable rivals
Carrier has created consultancy to cash in on its 21CN experience and claims it has already signed up one carrier customer
A flow-based failure?
A win with Cingular sets the pattern for Tellabs's wireless backhaul plans
Some restrictions apply
Smartphone makers plunge into consumer space with flashy new devices
Contrary to muni-network hype, big opportunities lie in developing world, says new report
Illinois university finds Aventail kit a boon for securing multiple campuses
French operator will deploy Active Ethernet technology in its €1 billion FTTH network
India's government is building a pan-African telecom network in the hopes of selling some telecom gear
Grab a skateboard at the CTIA
What do we do now? Pay for content?
IMS could take years to integrate smoothly into cable architecture
After buying Intel's optical networking business, Cortina thinks it's ready for the big time
Darwin Award applicant Down Under
Mobile carriers and content providers say they want mobile video, but nobody seems to agree on exactly how it works
Mobile carriers and content providers say they want mobile video, but nobody seems to agree on exactly how it works
In a new study, ABI Research projects that cable operators worldwide will generate more than $1 billion in backhaul business by 2011.
CTIA kicks off with an unfortunate video and a guest appearance from the Governator
The defense contractor gets a $500M contract to provide a public safety wireless network in NYC
Enterprises go from early-stage deployments to 'transformational' systems, say CIOs
Lucent says it will acquire Mobilitec for an undisclosed cash amount in a move to round out its wireless portfolio
Wireless deployments alter the relationship between the IT dept. and the boardroom
VLSI will determine the boss of the WiMax world
Is the communications biz bundling itself to death?
The session border controller maker says it needs the $25 million for post-sales support infrastructure and product development
As the CTIA Show kicks off carriers push email smartphones, WiFi VOIP comes into focus, and Skype gets off the desktop
How the IXP came to be
Readers chime in on Cisco's practice of reselling optical modules at reportedly high markups
Feed us your young!
Some views from the land of Tom Cruise and Leeza Gibbons
Who is madder: headbutter Zidane or FIFA boss?
French broadband player plans to invest $1.27 billion over six years reaching 10 million people with FTTH
New FCC bureau to focus on communication
Performs a strategy U-turn by creating separate subsidiaries for its mobile and Italian access business
XConnect makes an early, and potentially important, M&A move in the race to build the biggest and baddest VOIP peering network
More PR fumbling
NCTA says MSOs could save Americans more than $60 billion in phone charges over the next five years if they switch to VOIP.
Making emergency wireless communications interoperable is still a major challenge five years after 9/11
Smartphone revolution in Japan presages US developments, says Symbian CEO
WLAN vendor searches for new head as it ramps up Alcatel partnership
The long-awaited sale of Intel's communications business – some of it, anyway – goes to startup Cortina
Making emergency wireless communications interoperable is still a major challenge five years after 9/11
Another day, another downgrade
Blessed are the geeks
BT and Vodafone should get a room!
I continue to hear that RFID will do something that it cannot
Cable TV equipment suppliers are brandishing new gear and new alliances at the IBC 2006 show in Amsterdam
Carrier's stock is suspended as its board meets to discuss reorganization of fixed and mobile businesses
French competitive carrier aims for Euronext listing as it prepares to acquire AOL's French broadband business
A deadly recipe
But where does the new breed of $200 smartphone leave Palm and its Treo family?
Fall marketing themes are out, multi is the word
Juniper upgrades the E320, boosting its IPTV cachet
As demand grows, IT pros seek more sophisticated mobile transfer and collaboration apps
New business plans by Cyren Call and M2Z Networks may both be addressed by regulators this month
New business plans by Cyren Call and M2Z Networks may both be addressed by regulators this month
In a special Webinar for CDN readers, Simon Hill, Events Editor at Light Reading, will focus on the benefits of IMS for cable MSOs.
How 'bout a Redknee to the groin?
The marriage may be closer following shareholder approval from both sides of the Atlantic, but US government approval is still required
Lucent's Pat Russo deals with some stylish comments
A coalition of four top cable operators and Sprint Nextel appears close to capturing a hefty chunk of public wireless spectrum
A coalition of four top cable operators and Sprint Nextel appears close to capturing a hefty chunk of public wireless spectrum
Sudden death of Steve Irwin leaves fans and squirrels alike in mourning
Revenues and contract sales are still ramping up at a fearsome pace, but margins are on the slide
A fatsuit for a phone? Only in Canada
A dozen years after McDonald's stopped counting its "billions served" under the golden arches, Comcast is picking up the slack.
Carrier asks the FCC for permission to stop sharing its DS1 and DS3 facilities with competitors in six cities
Bluetooth device reads you your emails while you're on the freeway
Mobile work-order system increases fitness equipment co.'s revenues by more than one third
Arris's demonstration of an IPTV solution with RGB Networks at the IBC expo spotlights Arris' lack of a video processing solution.
WAAT did you say?
The stock levels off after two days of carnage; meanwhile, analysts mull the pros and cons of Asian success
The worst Internet experience ever
Alcatel and Lucent shareholders have voted in favor of their merger
RIM & T-Mobile hope to pry open the consumer market with new $200 smartphone, out this coming Tuesday UPDATED 4:30 PM
Pipex splashes £36 million on two acquisitions and awards monster broadband wholesale deal to C&W
The Russians drive each other to distraction
Transatlantic relations are about to worsen – the Ryder Cup is back!
Stock gets savaged in Oslo, a day after company reported a big shortfall in Q3 revenues
Things were said about Motorola...
On the eve of its merger shareholder vote, Lucent says it's facing action by the SEC over its operations in China
Moto chief is all lathered up about WiMax, saying standards-based wireless broadband is likely to take over the world
Online rumor mill overheats, again, as Apple prepares to take a bite of smartphone market
Cox will deploy Concurrent's MediaHawk 4000 VOD servers and related software in Cleveland, where it has about 73,000 basic subscribers.
In a deal with wholesaler MobilePro Corp., the competitive cable provider will market the service under the RCN Wireless brand.
DPI technology may be used to identify and give preferential treatment to video packets, says a new Light Reading Insider report
Scandinavian carrier launches pan-European transport network for media companies
New network touted as first major metro system in North America
Those high markups on Cisco's optical modules are generating more profit than you might think, according to one report
Brian Eno's oblique mobility
The central nervous system of tech in the US gets meshed, with WiMax to follow in 2007
Stock falls 10% as one analyst suggest a Verizon win isn't imminent
Cisco's claiming a Juniper account as a CRS-1 customer, but Juniper pooh-poohs the news
Video equipment maker blames sluggish IPTV market and the loss of two key contracts for it Q3 woes
As the networking giant unbundles hardware from software, IT managers grumble about prices, but do they switch?
Online video will succeed. Even if it sucks
Riverbed has revealed the offer details of its IPO, which could raise $82 million
Analyst report suggests that BlackBerry maker could be shopping for a new OS
Croissants are key to Alcatel's future
An increasing number of VC firms are setting up funds specifically to invest in Indian startups
700wx adds double the memory, EV-DO modem capability
The Wi-Fi Alliance did the right thing, but lots of issues remain
Cisco unveils a quarter-sized CRS-1 core router in response to carrier demand for a cheaper model for multiple deployments
The chip startup is opening a third front in the ASIC/FPGA war, targeting the communications space
Mobile operator plans to invest $2 billion in network expansion, raising up to $300 million through an IPO
Deutsche Telekom's CEO has been working over the weekend to come up with a new überplan
Just what we all needed - another blog!
Lucent brandishes its checkbook to avoid a court hearing that could have postponed this week's merger vote
The small Israeli company's service delivery platform (SDP) may be part of Cisco's answer for telco TV players
Just what is fourth generation wireless anyway?
Fueled by increasing passenger demand, maritime telecom business booms
RIM and T-Mobile plot Big Apple BlackBerry dish next week
Motorola and Cisco are preparing to take the plunge into the market by buying hot startups; analysts and investors are buzzing about who's next
Nortel's CEO explains how Nortel will learn the lessons from its UMTS access history to ensure it has a fighting chance in the 4G arena
Andrew Tanenbaum raises security alarms
Industry analysts thought Nortel would get more than $320 million for its UMTS access business
Confessions of a former telco PR person
Alcatel agrees to pay $320 million for Nortel's UMTS access business, making it the clear number three in the market
Alcatel agrees to pay $320 million for Nortel's UMTS access business, making it the clear number three in the market
Industry researchers discuss how 100-Gig Ethernet could come to life - assuming it even becomes a standard
