The consumer effect of new cellphone rule is minimal – but the long-term industry impact could be huge
The Asia/Pacific region looks as if it will finish 2006 with at least 6 telecom-related company IPOs
Sources say that Google is tapping local startup Meraki for indoor mesh coverage in Mountain View
Euro cable operator Telenet agrees to buy UPC's Belgian business for €187 million, while Numericable invests in new access gear
Motorola inks major deal with BT in the UK, while Cisco will unwire Albany and North Singapore
Motorola inks major deal with BT in the UK, while Cisco will unwire Albany and North Singapore
We tapped some industry mavens to find out their thoughts on the end of Lucent as an independent company
Alcatel-Lucent will cut more jobs than the 10% projected, with Lucent taking the biggest hit, predicts a Light Reading poll
Sources say that Google is tapping local startup Meraki for indoor mesh coverage in Mountain View
Nobody knows how to tick off consumers better than cable operators
Even tho they've never vu'd
Board members including the former Ericsson CEO threaten to walk if shareholders back EGM motions proposed by activist investor Sherborne
Finnish vendor is hoping that new thin phones will trigger a US renaissance
Jaws, 400 million BC
Recent research announcements highlight the continued push for 40- and 100-Gbit/s transport
Carrier crosses major hurdle in delivering a cable-beating video service, also begins shipping new Motorola set-top boxes
Offering up a cool $882M, 3Com agrees to buy out the rest of its joint venture with Huawei
Never mind the quality, feel the width
A flap over .11 packet header fields has long-term implications
The MSO is set to star in a potential class-action suit filed by former Adelphia and Comcast subscribers
Says Alcatel needs Microsoft's IPTV middleware less after troubles at AT&T and because it has two middleware platforms of its own
Somehow, someway, the telcos will figure out the triple play... won't they?
With YouTube-Verizon deal, Google's appetite may just be whetted
BT has hooked up the first real customers to its spanking new next-gen network, while its IPTV launch is set for next week
Don't get yer knickers in a twist
Redmond targets the enterprise WiFi market with its new OS
Striving to integrate disruptive new technologies, WLAN suppliers face stringent performance requirements for enterprise applications.
Swedish trade paper suggests Ericsson could buy its GPON partner to secure a deal at AT&T. Ericsson says partnership is enough
Who knew there'd be a test?
The Alcatel Lucent post-nuptials start Dec 1
City Council redefines 'procrastinate'
More action in the mobile messaging market as NeuStar ups its IM game with Followap acquisition
More action in the mobile messaging market as NeuStar ups its IM game with Followap acquisition
Cisco is putting together a set of vendor partners to deliver an end-to-end IPTV distribution system that may include Siemens/Myrio
Time Warner Cable has launched Start Over in three more markets and plans numerous more market rollouts over the next few months
Why are mobile messaging startups getting so much cash from VC firms?
Despite denials, Treo-maker faces acquisition – or radical re-strategizing
...Pants on fire, literally
Mobile giant names management team to go with an operational revamp that will also result in 300-400 job losses
Startup preps 802.11n in the home and Verizon hopes to sell location services with new phone in the post-Thanksgiving new-product roundup
Ericsson and Nokia pick up the spoils as T-Mobile USA pushes ahead with its 3G rollout
Ericsson and Nokia pick up the spoils as T-Mobile USA pushes ahead with its 3G rollout
IBM is adding to its OSS portfolio with the acquisition of wireless performance management specialist Vallent
Alcatel is pumping out news, bankers open up their Czech books, COLT has a new CEO, and more
Chinese equipment vendor forms joint venture as a way around the Indian government's objections to its expansion plans
Industry scuttlebutt suggests SAP has its eyes on Telcordia, which has just won a long-standing court case in South Africa
Indian mobile operator receives licenses to go national, but it's scrapping IPO plans following dispute between Hutchison and Essar
BT buys another part of the Fiat empire, plus other European news snippets
New HSDPA mobile broadband service delivers 1-Mbit/s download speeds
The Brits take their pies very seriously...
Something about Microsoft delivering video is giving Alcatel patent-infringement conniptions. Could it be Xbox 360?
With Asia leading the way, wireless broadband networks have begun to spread rapidly
New HSDPA mobile broadband service delivers 1-Mbit/s download speeds
It's the new Hungry!
Israeli mobile broadband player Alvarion divests its cellular biz as it plots a purely WiMax-driven future
Charter Communications has begun inserting commercials freely on two VOD channels in the St. Louis metro area
FCC Commissioner clarifies his position on the AT&T/BellSouth merger vote, as EC talks of centralized regulation
Comcast inked a deal with Amazon.com and launched a new Comcast Store on the Web this week
'It's a song about Alice...'
The IEEE Higher Speed Study Group officially votes to make 100-Gbit/s Ethernet its target
Plans for early 2007 include Internet browsing, IP PBX features, and ultra-wideband support
Stadium WiFi supports largest point-of-sale network in the world
British TV company rejects NTL's $8.9 billion cash and stock bid
Readers seem undecided on which recent and potential IPOs they like, but they certainly know what they don't like
Aussie government agency wins round in WiFi patent case but faces a long battle to make it pay
Photos from Heavy Reading's pow-wow on the future of telecom and our Leading Lights Awards Dinner
Suicide is pretty...
Equipment vendors are discovering the challenges of call handover in fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) services
Equipment vendors are discovering the challenges of call handover in fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) services
North American cable operators could soon find themselves outgunned by Verizon's emerging fiber business
With mobile users and an increase in targeted attacks, it's time to reassess your risk of data seepage
Redmond is working with Siemens on more integrated 802.11 security, DiVitas gets the nod, and the cradle gets unwired in this week's new product roundup
New 'iPod killer' has a long way to go to capture the digital music-player crown
Strange happenings on the Links 2006 course
As Juniper plots its fixed/mobile strategy, other hookups are in the pipeline
As Juniper plots its fixed/mobile strategy, other hookups are in the pipeline
Place of worship: mom's basement
A gala dinner, a happy puppet, and the telecom industry's best and brightest are among the highlights of Light Reading's 2006 Leading Lights Awards
Agreement with US government bodies means the terms of Alcatel Lucent merger can be reviewed after the deal is closed
It's a new era coming for networks and media, according to speakers at the annual Heavy Reading executive summit
Two weeks. No blog. Good times
Business-jet communications provider plans to succeed where Boeing's Connexion failed
Final approval comes from the office of the President, and the two companies expect to tie the knot on November 30
Motorola has been on an M&A spree for a couple of years – what could it buy next in the mobile sector?
At least not right away, as the Month of Kernel Bugs (MOKB) is pumping out more wireless device driver bugs
We have some winners
Final approval for the Alcatel/Lucent merger looks to be only days away
The Emeryville, Calif., company looks well positioned to extend AT&T's U-verse to mobile devices and PCs
Number three WLAN vendor rumored to be working on initial SEC registrations
Cherish them before they're gone
Or Death, more like it
British smartphone software developer goes into administration, the British equivalent of Chapter 11
Spirent rejects shareholder's proposal to replace board members and take effective control. Now an extraordinary general meeting has been called
Five arrested after police raids as investigators look into embezzlement of about €20 million. The vendor is not under suspicion
Cablevision and Verizon have managed to strike a key TV programming deal
The year of coding mobility?
Tiny New Jersey middleware company believes telco will use gaming to differentiate
European 3G operator has unveiled plans for flat-rate wireless Internet and targets a December launch of Skype Mobile
Teaming on location-based search, the pair inaugurates a new 'strategic alliance'
Cisco and Juniper, talkin' trash
European 3G operator has unveiled plans for flat-rate wireless Internet and targets a December launch of Skype Mobile
The purchase of nPhase should increase Qualcomm's fixed asset machine-to-machine capabilities
The two would-be components powerhouses could be joining forces, so the rumor goes
From outsourcing to toiletries
20% stock jump on its Nasdaq debut gives it a market value of about $300 million
BT, TeliaSonera, and Telefónica are all making acquisitions in hot markets, and other M&A deals look to be in the cards
After 55 years, the NCTA announced that it's changing the name of The National Show, the cable industry's biggest annual convention
Planet Earth, extra crispy
Caribou happy hour
The 10 winners of the third annual Leading Lights Awards
Cisco and HP make strong showing in buoyant corporate WiFi market
T&M vendors are jostling for position as IPTV and video specialists, with Alcatel lending some of them a hand
On Tuesday, Cisco announced plans to enable the triple-play by unveiling a partnership with the American League's Oakland A's
No, it's not Mike Quigley
As LR prepares to hand out its 2006 awards, here's a look at how last year's crop fared
Theoretically speaking, of course
Partnering with MetroFi, software giant takes on Google in citywide network space
Creationism gets creative
3Com says it's ready to bid for Huawei's entire stake in their joint partnership
BT forms joint venture to tap into India's burgeoning corporate services market
Golf trivia time
Motorola snapped up Netopia earlier today for $208 million in cash
Intel and friends pump $10.5 million for wireless digital positioning company
Vodafone partnership raises as many questions as it answers
Akimbo missed the boat on AT&T's Homezone launch, but officials say they'll be ready by Christmas
It's official: Alcatel got a seat at the Cable & Wireless NGN party, deploying 200 to 250 nodes
More testing times
Baseball shouldn't sound like a keynote speech
Content providers have loads of ideas on how to make IPTV more interactive – someone should listen to them
The wisdom of the Dakotas applied to telecom
Will the buddy-tracking apps now debuting find a home with consumers, or with enterprises?
Mobile giant reports on H1, unveils mobile ad partnership with Yahoo, and updates on M&A and network sharing
Bad-guy commerce goes online
More nightmare before Christmas
Extends security, WAN optimization to devices outside the 'four walls'
CableLabs, the industry's R&D consortium, unveiled a streamlined process Monday for testing Multi-Stream CableCARD (M-Card) compatibility with consumer electronics devices
All-star cast set for Tuesday's Alcatel Lucent security hearing
Liberty Global posted strong subscriber and revenue growth in the third quarter
Bay Area sports fun continues
Boosting its metro Ethernet story, Cisco grabs Ethernet chip startup Greenfield Networks for an undisclosed sum
Security researcher 'Johnny Cache' highlights another WiFi driver security issue
Long lines at Denver traced to network logjam
The P2P file sharing company remains in contract talks with the studios
Motorola-Qualcomm chipset deal will drive HSPA into forthcoming devices
Giant infrastructure joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks gets the all clear from Europe and the US
Motorola-Qualcomm chipset deal will drive HSPA into upcoming devices
The mobile email product battle heats up and Cingular launches a new high-stakes smartphone in this week's new-product roundup
Please drink responsibly
Kai-Uwe Ricke steps down with immediate effect. T-Mobile CEO René Obermann takes his place
Kai-Uwe Ricke steps down with immediate effect. T-Mobile CEO René Obermann takes his place
Particulary informatical
State-run MTNL launches India's first IPTV service despite regulatory concerns
What's black & white & dumb all over?
...and other possible scenarios in the wacky world of wireless messaging
Motorola Intros new new devices for enterprise types that like to party
No, not me. GHz
People with too much time on their hands
Enterprise acquisition could reshape the mobile email market and be bad news for RIM, Palm
With Telewest and Virgin Mobile only just swallowed, NTL is hungry for more, and may like the idea of UK broadcaster ITV
Google acknowledges YouTube's exposure to suits from music and video copyright holders
Squeak. Squawk. Burble. 'Genius grant, please!'
Motorola's latest enterprise acquisition could reshape the mobile email market and be bad news for RIM, Palm
All hail our zombie overlords
Makes Katrina look like a gentle breeze
Vendor has selective memory over new exec's past
Vendors head to Washington to answer questions about the potential security implications of their merger
Solid revenue growth and profits in the 3Com/Huawei joint venture are raising eyebrows and drawing potential buying interest
Still more than a year away, WiMax will offer enterprises a powerful alternative, according to new Unstrung Insider report
Couldn't climb out of the red this summer even though it signed up bunches of new cable subscribers
...for Republicans
'Unavoidable packet loss' found inherent in wireless LAN standard
The latest round for Raj Singh's SOA company brings in big names like Juniper Networks
How Vinod Khosla became the bad guy
Profit jump caps a promising third quarter for the fourth largest mobile operator
Industry sources say Motorola has been kicking the tires on some potential IPTV middleware acquisition targets
BT's 21CN will not be complete until 2011, a year later than planned, while its IPTV service is set to launch before Christmas
Cable overbuilder says it's finally ready to conduct a major test of VOIP
PR that really bites
Despite strong cable subscriber and revenue gains, Cablevision suffered a higher than expected quarterly net loss
Can anyone top Alcatel's Pittsburgh deal?
Earnings in Q1 and forecasts for Q2 beat out analyst expectations as Cisco's bullish year continues
New version of Skype lets users click and dial phone numbers displayed on any Web page
Hammerhead reportedly got qualified by Verizon Business, but a new pseudowire service is all Cisco
Recent networking IPO announces more profits in Q3, but the outlook for Q4 and 2007 sends shares down more than 20%
Sometimes you don't want the calls to follow you
Moto boasts its On-Demand Solutions unit powers Start Over
Meet TV crime's new star: a pumped argon laser
WiFi mesh startup issues retraction and may not be the only name on NTT West's muni dance card
Optical vendor Tejas Networks raises $20M to further expand its sales outside India
WiFi mesh startup issues retraction and may not be the only name on NTT West's muni dance card
Enterprise customers give Nortel some padding from the impact of cautious carrier spending in its latest quarter
Redmond tells Unstrung that its Windows Mobile email is secure enough for enterprise users
Enterprise customers give Nortel some padding from the impact of cautious carrier spending in the vendor's latest quarter
Brace yourself for the Silicon Valley A's
This time it's suing Treo-maker Palm Inc.
South Korean giant shows technology lead – but is it enough to get users to give a WiBro a chance?
The Xbox gets a movie trailer
At Mobile Business Expo, big carriers were noticeable by their absence
New chip is designed to let cable operators triple their digital video spectrum and cheaply upgrade networks to all-digital
What's spooking Arris shares? They're down more than 15% this month on a new debt issuance
France Telecom is getting into the movie business
FMC specialist bags more cash as it boosts development of its MobileStick product
Carrier says it is still looking into the cause of an explosion and equipment fire that damaged property in Houston
Bookham's earnings report didn't join the Avanex/JDSU happy parade, plunging the stock 12% after hours
A trio of startups with recently announced products are targeting different ways of changing the TV landscape
Phrases to run from
XM posts smaller loss, looks for path to profitability
Cingular is first with a US UMTS device, Newbury self-locates, and Tesco gets converged in this week's new-product roundup
Here's a paternity test we haven't seen on Springer
FMC specialist bags more cash as it boosts development of its MobileStick product
VOIP monitoring specialist Minacom snapped up for $27 million by Tektronix, which gains a foothold in the MSO test market
Users chime in with dissatisfaction, Google responds with assurances
Users chime in with dissatisfaction, Google responds with assurances
Restructured wireless equipment vendor sees stock leap 144% as it relists on the Bombay Stock Exchange
How mobile WiMax vendors and service providers address roaming and coverage could separate the winners from the losers.
French giant set to unveil a new product roadmap that accounts for Lucent merger. IPTV strategy will be closely scrutinized
Startup says it has a five-stage, three-year plan for fixed/mobile convergence
Better democracy, electronically
An improved twist on a classic
'Frank yet cordial' discussions at Mobile Business Expo mask deep divides
Bluetooth cracking tool can hit cellphones, not to mention headsets, handheld computers, cars, PCs, and networks
It knows if you've been bad or good...
It could be, and it doesn't even depend on the band
AT&T gets the hump as stalemate at the FCC means a verdict on its merger with BellSouth gets kicked off today's meeting agenda
AT&T gets the hump as stalemate at the FCC means a verdict on its merger with BellSouth gets kicked off today's meeting agenda
JDSU gets pro forma profitable for the first time in five years and fesses up to buying bits of Optovia
Cable player's revenues and losses are both up significantly as data customers continue to sign up in droves
Cells towers are for the birds
Mesh WiFi vendors agree that a period of market consolidation is inevitable; the only question is when
Time Warner Cable, the cable industry's leading VOIP player, may be reaching a limit on how many IP phone subscribers it can sign up
Beats N. Korean leader in peace threat poll
While still losing money, Avanex reports Q1 results good enough to boost the stock 12% after hours
More cost and personnel cuts once again ignite rumors that Cisco is close to ditching its optical business
What's in a name? Beans mostly
Google's social networking site Orkut will soon offer members free phone calls with Google Talk
Not your average security dweebs
What's Web 2.0 got to do with it? We ask Michel Burger, CTO of Microsoft's Communications Sector
St. Louis company has put its content delivery network on the block and offers have already come in
Fixed-mobile convergence, at least the WiFi-to-cellular variety, will arrive in 2007, according to vendors, providers
Motorola gets court order to hold up BSNL as it prepares to dole out $4.8B in wireless contracts
Motorola gets court order to hold up BSNL as it prepares to dole out $4.8B in wireless contracts
Canadian set-top software maker looks to square off against Microsoft in IPTV middleware
Nortel's John Hawkins tosses out some quotes on PBT
So, is it a problem, or not?
Who'll be the next Clay Aiken?
What animal doesn't hate postal workers?
International mobile operator finalizes back-office outsourcing deals that could save it nearly $2B over seven years
Never mind 'Casual Friday' – here's 'Flintstones Tuesday'
Live virtually, die young, leave a good looking avatar
The kids are paying attention
The age-old user-vendor disconnect persists
Is Vonage saving anyone that much?
Swiss incumbent has finally launched its IPTV services after a problematic pre-launch period that lasted three years
Multi-platform, multi-network hardware to integrate WiFi, RFID, WiMax, etc.
Sources say Tekelec's expensive push into IP switching will soon come to an end with the sale of the business to Ericsson UPDATED 6:30 PM
Halloween Googlites invade downtown
Andrew snaps up EMS division in $50.5M deal as the base-station consolidation trend continues
Municipal deployment is one of the biggest in the Southeastern US
Light Reading has gotten wind of AT&T's plans to expand its U-verse video service into dozens of new locations
C-COR has come out with a smaller, cheaper video-on-demand server
It's the Rodney Dangerfield of MSOs
Time Warner Cable has selected Siemens Networks to supply IP-based voice feature servers for the MSO's VOIP rollout
Bresnan Communications has chosen MetaSwitch's softswitch, media gateway, and application server products
Ma Bell still limps along with limited IPTV rollouts
Bribery claims, embezzlement, sex shops... welcome to European telecom
