Eying an alternative point of differentiation in the cable market, Genband is pitching SIP and IMS through its Syndeo and BayPackets combo.
DOCSIS 3.0 means fast cable modems, but don't expect to see them flying off the shelves too quickly.
Wireless networking giant looks for growth in SMB market
But enterprise users aren't scared - at least not yet
The N.C. company says it may make some 'strategic decisions' if its switching business doesn't improve
Revenues are up, performance is better than expected, but the stock is down, and it's time to split, reckons Ciena
Ericsson and Nokia are set to benefit from mobile network expansion in India, notes analyst
Optical transport player is shutting down
Budget carrier Ryanair to offer in-flight cell service
Don't forget to lock down your users' home WLANs
Will tech IPOs ever come back? And do we really need Sarbanes-Oxley?
Blog survey respondents may not be bloggers
VOD systems specialist SeaChange soars on record quarter, fueled by a major deal with Comcast that also includes an acquisition clause
Bridges exploding and cellphones flying
The stock drops nearly 15% after disappointing with its forecasts for Q1
If it's VOIP, it must be good
California law asks users to lock up WLANs, setting the stage for legal action against hackers, piggybackers
'Guardian' detects and spoofs tags and readers, and has thrown into question RFID security and cost assumptions
The Gordon Stitt era ends as Mark Canepa is named Extreme Networks' CEO
Customer complaints and pressure from the FCC force carrier to drop new DSL 'cost recovery fees'
Here's how to tell if U-verse is coming to your 'hood
Newsflash: Dogs don't drive very well
As shareholders prepare to vote on the proposed marriage, opposition to the marriage emerges on both side of the Atlantic
Sources say a search is underway to find a replacement for content delivery company's CEO Bill Rinehart
Switch startup's new CEO says it could be ready to go public 'within months'
Use it in a sentence
It's a WiFi clock radio... and maybe more
Switch startup's new CEO says it could be ready to go public 'within months' UPDATED 5:45 PM
Genband buys another company, giving it another set of products for wireless, cable, and telco operators
ABI says penetration of DOCSIS 3.0 CMTS devices will reach nearly 60% while penetration of DOCSIS 3.0 CPE will approach 40%.
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has approved its first two optical network terminals (ONTs) for last-mile networking use.
Anti-WiFi university now on anti-Ivy kick
Recovering from catastrophe has become a primary requirement for IT managers
Chinese vendor applies for $2.6B in credit facilities as its profits slump and cash drains away
In North Texas, we got photos of lots of ugly cabinets signaling AT&T's impending access fight with cable MSOs and CLECs
Indian powerhouse to invest over $600M in upgrading capacity on its subsea network
'Pre-n' products need to be certified before high-speed 802.11n standard is finalized
Making hay from hell & high water
As IMS spreads across the telecom industry, the focus shifts to end-user applications.
'Pervasive' services to further push towards unified networking
What's up with those anti-Net Neutrality cartoons?
Five ways to make your concourse WiFi experience more secure
IPTV operators may turn to software apps to cut down on set-top costs and allow 'view anywhere' TV
Indian telecom software and services firm sees its share price leap more than 50 percent on its first day of trading
Amid a tech slump, some good news shines from Avanex, of all companies
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
'Cellular-style' networks catch on for campuses, small towns
This week's roundup of new WiFi, cellular, FMC, and VOIP products and services
A source says the Chairman is furious over Verizon's and BellSouth's new DSL 'cost recovery' fees; BellSouth dropped its fees Friday
WiFi security is a good thing, but far from sufficient
CableLabs has approved the first piece of equipment meeting a key requirement of the DOCSIS 3.0 standard
WAN acceleration Riverbed launches a product with 4-Gbit/s throughput to support larger installations
How a bandwidth provider morphed with the market to capture the small/medium business market that large providers neglected
Are we tired of this epidemic yet?
Its IPO delayed, Force10 is raising another $50M in a final – no, really, final – round
CrackBerry addicts unite: It's time to get litigious
Mobile workers cling to notebooks even as handhelds continue to advance
But when will viral marketing really go mobile?
RGB is gunning to take a big bite out of the video processing segment, taking on BigBand and incumbent Terayon.
YouTube is more valuable than all the oil in China
German communications infrastructure giant Siemens landed Kabel BW GmbH & Co., Deutschland's third-largest MSO, as a customer.
The Virginia-based pure-play VOIP provider says the race for VOIP converts is far from over
Joint venture names business unit and regional heads for their carrier infrastructure joint venture
The people have spoken
Enterprise users say that Apple & Dell laptop battery recalls will not affect their notebook buying habits
TiVo announces a big DVR deal with Cox, but will it be enough to reverse the firm's revenue decline?
Kabel BW, Germany's third-largest MSO, is deploying Siemens's Surpass cable VOIP platform
Wow, this is worse than I thought
Global Crossing joins the UK consolidation wave with a $96.1 million offer for corporate service provider Fibernet Group
Friday in August: Time for highly doped fiber and zinc fuel cells
Georgia Power goes Lateral to connect off-fiber buildings
Ericsson awarded monster contract to expand and upgrade Bharti Airtel's network across India
Ericsson awarded monster contract to expand and upgrade Bharti Airtel's network across India
Redmond's new software could signal another move in Google's direction
2:30 PM -- Sometimes working at home is overrated
Optimization technology enables cost-effective cellular-over-satellite deployments
The plan was for this year. The paperwork reportedly was being drawn up. Where is Force10's IPO?
Repositioning may be the answer in the short term
New research on the VOIP gear market shows Cisco had an excellent Q2, fueled by sales of high-density gateways in the US
Proxilliant Systems is pushing a system to boost HFC upstream capacity and reliability, particularly for VOIP applications.
The things you find out about your cellphone in the pitch dark
Optimization technology enables cost-effective cellular-over-satellite deployments
P2P video sharer gets gobbled up by Sony; exact plans are yet unclear
The biggest deal of Frank Quattrone's life
Bluesocket user plots a trial of multipath WiFi technology early in 2007
Aruba and Symbol gain a little ground on Cisco in the enterprise WLAN market
A simple plan for dealing with BlackBerry addiction
They're mocking you
In NTP v RIM, a trail of chicanery, betrayal, and bitterness
With an IPTV middleware platform in hand, Cisco could in time pose a credible threat to the Microsoft/Alcatel combo
Google tweaks, your phone bill leaks, and where to find equipment in Dubai
One for the restaurant hall of shame
Carrier chooses HomePNA as its official in-home networking technology
The chip startup has shed most of its staff as it halts work on ASI, an ATCA-related switching protocol
MSOs like Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable are gobbling up the firm's OpVista2000 metro DWDM and ROADM platform.
When a government-required DSL fee dies, Verizon finds a way to keep its price the same
The company's long-awaited, CMOS-based optical chips are sampling as Luxtera prepares to storm the 10-Gbit/s market
As operators move into managed mobility services, who's an IT manager to trust?
Bushwhacking through one Jersey neighborhood, we captured FiOS up and running in its natural fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) habitat.
Former AT&T CTO serves up a new book, a blog, and an investment consultancy
An analysis of products, especially in CDMA, leads another analyst to take potshots at the proposed merger
UK town becomes the site where wireless and soul-crushing urban ennui collide
The cash-and-stock deal adds Entone's VOD processing software to Harmonic's cable, satellite, and telco video platforms
An analysis of products, especially in CDMA, leads another analyst to take potshots at the proposed merger
Len Lauer is out as Sprint tries to put its wireless house in order
Assorted annoyances
That high cholesterol cheese is next
Cisco has swung a deal to buy video-on-demand server vendor Arroyo Video Solutions for $92M
If a VON falls, will anyone hear it?
Wireless blimp idea floats again
XM chief Hugh Panero resigned from the board effective last Friday; Vonage has no plans to fill the vacancy
Analysts anticipate RIM's 8100 'prosumer' device could be launched with partner T-Mobile
Research firms say that Q2 was good for enterprise VOIP vendors, while Avaya pumps out more new product
European Commission upholds regulatory ruling that Deutsche Telekom must open its broadband networks to competitors
New model will be sold through Vodafone and run Windows Mobile
Privatization of Australian carrier hangs in the balance as share price and revenue guidance drop
ATCA, and the accompanying AMC and MicroTCA standards, continues to gain ground, according to the latest Heavy Reading report
IMS: Hot stuff? Or hot air? Time to put up or shut up
Another soul saved by chocolate
Links make the world go round
Familiar problems with the Alcatel-Lucent merger might be more serious than some think, one analyst says
Winners, losers in the first week of FCC spectrum bidding
Researchers now say they used a third-party drive to facilitate infamous MacBook hack at Black Hat
Offering its first dual-radio mesh node, network vendor launches new salvo in tech wars
Video sharers offer five ways carriers and gearmakers can make it possible for online video to go mainstream
Offering its first dual-radio mesh node, network vendor launches new salvo in tech wars
NTL, Tiscali, and Portugal Telecom are among the European operators fueling M&A speculation this week
Narad Networks is an automatic award winner in the start-up turnaround and tenacity categories.
Kasenna was originally founded as a division of SGI in 2000 to attack the VOD space.
Locking down new broadband wireless will keep Sprint busy
The company's disappointing Q2 will be followed up with a disappointing Q3
Ill-fated in-flight WiFi service never caught on with passengers, airlines
Locking down new broadband wireless - and projecting where vulnerabilities will arise - will keep Sprint busy
Circumstances of Neff's departure to consultancy to be examined by city ethics commission
Chip vendors sound off about new carrier demands at Light Reading's 'Next-Gen Networking Chips' event
Ericsson, like Lucent, is seeing wireless sales stall in North America, but one analyst calls it a temporary setback
Questions remain about the viability of city's muni-WiFi project
Reports suggest a bid of $19 billion from a consortium of private equity firms could be offered this week
Reports show FTTx and VDSL2 equipment and component markets are reaping the benefits of carrier buildouts
What do Mormons seek?
Things were said. Changes were made
Ultimate WMD in orbit 10 billion miles from the sun
Questions remain about the viability of city's muni-WiFi project
Sources say the carrier is taking a hard look at adding shared video to its consumer product mix
Startup uses cash to pay off recent acquisition of airport network host, Concourse
Google-provided non-commercial network goes live
92% of all spam statistics are made up
Google-provided non-commercial network goes live
It is inevitable that most enterprises will have to deal with RFID security and privacy issues.
The Draft N crowd has two problems, and one will be easy to fix
Cisco says it can't find the PIX firewall vulnerability disclosed at Black Hat
Hutchison Telecom and India's Essar Teleholdings take dispute over their mobile JV to the courts
A comrade falls under the wheels of progress
On the Net, no one knows you're an ape
Ellacoya Networks has been through its share of corporate and product restructuring since its inception in 1999.
Damage from the options scandal looks minimal for Redback, which sees shares climb 14%
Connie Wong, CEO of Vidiator, explains what her company does (sort of) and describes how the online video market is evolving and how TV programmers can broadcast live to mobile phones using multicasting technology
Security startup claims new software will stop users from bollixing corporate laptop security policies
Service providers want to see a solid business case before hosting Internet video, but the cable guys may force their hand
Charting the spread of 'Wiffiti'
Leap Wireless gives Huawei its first substantial win in US next-generation wireless
Carriers finally start to put their money where their future is
A stealth-mode company is working on a way to detect and interrupt the formation of botnets
PC vendor's summer just got a lot hotter
Why does Google miss so often?
Watch for fallen rocks – and bladder disease
We know our stooges
Chris Ruff, President of UIEvolution, says handset technology and the ability for carriers to think beyond the first generation of wireless services are some of the issues holding up a real boom in the mobile video market
A Components Insider survey finds 50% of buyers give thumbs down to network processors - but maybe there's good news in that
Our periodic round-up of enterprise-ready new wireless products and devices
FiOS customers can now share pictures, music, and – someday – video files via the home network
As FDA tries 'kick in the pants,' IBM intros new medicine-tracking suite
Tiscali UK to merge its broadband operations with Video Networks' HomeChoice triple-play service
Cedar Point Communications is the sole surviving PacketCable softswitch start-up with meaningful traction among North American MSOs.
Camiant Inc. is the leader in the PCMM policy server segment with announced deployments by top MSOs Cox Communications and StarHub (Singapore).
Blip.tv, VideoEgg, and Dailymotion beat YouTube in a Light Reading evaluation of 45 Websites
Or, why the marketing department needs more engineers
Draft vote on 802.11n gets pushed to 2007 as IEEE struggles with volume of comments
Be careful what you call yourself
Mike Parton is stepping down as CEO of Telent with a £3.2M payoff
Digium and Vyatta are taking their shots at bringing open-source products into the networking sphere
New Heavy Reading research finds some carriers forming peering arrangements that guarantee end-to-end QOS
Tellabs CTO Tom Gruenwald talks about the evolution of fiber access equipment, the growth of IPTV, and what services we might see in 10 years, if bandwidth growth continues
A cure worse than the disease
Carrier could launch initial fixed/mobile convergence services in the US this fall
Intel, Motorola eye next moves in broadband wireless build-out
Ripple effects of North American ISP consolidation show up in market data from Renesys
4G could kill global roaming
The AC is 100!
Enterprise WiFi users may have to switch off initially to protect against latest vulnerability
Cisco takes 80% ownership of Nuova Systems, the stealthy startup run by Andiamo spin-in veterans
Packet loss is plaguing Project Lightspeed's IPTV service, say sources – and a few unhappy IPTV subscribers
Hot IMS player Apertio plans to list in London next year after growing its revenues, customer base, and headcount this year
Telecom equipment vendors say they've been struggling to get some of the components they need when they've needed them
An internal investigation into stock options is prompting Juniper to restate earnings back to 2003
All the video buzz in the telco world these days centers on IPTV. Meanwhile, Qwest is trail-blazing an alternate approach: FBTV.
CableMatrix Technologies is one of two start-ups in the PacketCable Multimedia (PCMM) Policy Server space.
BigBand Networks Inc. is the big dog in the cable startup category.
The pickup of a small security-test firm continues Spirent's product and business transition
Retailers are cautious on RFID, bullish on wireless
Pseudowire specialist bags $13M, about two thirds of its planned third round, following its headcount reduction
UK communications market transformed by greater competition, falling prices, and erosion of traditional services
Is Intel buying the success of WiMax? And does it matter if it is?
Solutions for managing security of portable storage devices still elude enterprises
Denmark, Land of Mirth
F-Secure finds another virus that targets the Symbian OS
Andrew has called off its merger with ADC and has rejected the all-cash offer made earlier this week by CommScope
BlackBerry maker readies new 'Stealth' device to broaden market appeal
Another piece of Intel goes, as relatively tiny Eicon scoops up the former Dialogic
OK, I’m nowhere near as skeptical about WiMax as I was Monday
Regional mobile operators are bidding to become national players as India looks to boost network coverage
Another race riot
The top eleven cable startups that could become tasty morsels for the infrastructure behemoths
New Light Reading Insider says SIP is not yet a shoo-in for de facto signaling standard
Italian incumbent denies it's discussing any stock swaps with Rupert Murdoch's Sky Italia
Principled Gigolo
Cablevisions Systems and Charter Communications had tough news for investors as they reported earnings this week
WLAN switch startup gets funding from some familar networking names
Sony resurrects, inadvertently, a true literary icon
Users advocate boycott, following blunder that exposes search logs of 650,000 AOL customers
But there is one small step that the vendors involved with Sprint Nextel haven't yet taken
Revenues are up, orders are up, and Cisco thinks it's primed for a solid fiscal 2007
New proof-of-concept code could give an attacker access to enterprise networks using a BlackBerry handheld
The third-largest wireless operator in the US looks to leapfrog 3G rivals with mobile broadband
Tiger mauls man, man sues city
The third-largest wireless operator in the US looks to leapfrog 3G rivals with mobile broadband
Arroyo Video Solutions Inc. is such a high-flyer in the VOD space that Cisco is rumored to be ready to gobble it up.
Upgrade legacy networks or invest in next-generation wireless? The zero-sum game for IT pros
CacheLogic is building a global network of content nodes and teaming up with P2P companies in a bid to make money from video distribution
The VOIP equipment company beat analysts' expectations, but a stock options review is holding up a full quarterly report
Cable access gear vendor CommScope has trumped ADC by tabling a higher bid for wireless equipment firm Andrew Corp.
CableLabs has finally come out with its next-generation technical standard for cable broadband equipment
As infrastructure giants wrestle for position with MSOs, more equipment vendors may make acquisitions of tech startups.
Scottish startup launches scary monitoring system
Mobile security and 802.11n are on the menu for AirDefense, Atheros, Broadcom, and Sybase
The international Convention on Cybercrime is 'world's worst Internet law,' critics say
Convergence gonna get you
Startup claims mesh node breakthrough
Watch out for flying, dead dogs
VOIP peering will have profound effects on voice settlements and pave the way for a slew of advanced IP services beyond basic voice
Australian incumbent scraps its $3 billion fiber-to-the-node plans after bust-up with regulator
It's not Lucatel. It's not Alcalu. It's not Alcatelics Anonymous. It's – wait for it – Alcatel Lucent
The $660 million sale of Telent, the former telecom services arm of Marconi, has been scuppered by shareholders
Hatteras has grabbed BellSouth as a customer, but other RBOCs don't feel the need to follow suit just yet
Poll takers liked some of our Top 10 New Startups, but alas, they didn't care much for Gigle Semiconductor's name
Arris Group has snared one of its first international cable operators for its new, pre-DOCSIS 3.0 "FlexPath" wideband offering.
Time Warner Cable cooled its jets in the second quarter, backing off from a red-hot first quarter as it posted smaller subscriber gains across the board.
Celebrity-scandal ringtones, anyone?
Solar is out there... even if still a bit dear
In letters to CEOs and legal representatives, USTelecom strikes back at vendors that may have balked at exhibiting at TelecomNext
Australian ski resort boasts first 'border-to-border' wireless coverage
SMBs could pay up to $1,000 a head to upgrade to Microsoft push email, according to a new study
Another Cisco flaw, this time affecting firewalls, has been uncovered at the Black Hat security conference
PHY-chip vendor Quake Technologies gets snapped up for $69 million
The small company launched this week with $8 million in VC and hopes of setting itself up as the Google of the P2P world
Cinven and Warburg Pincus create a cable powerhouse in the Netherlands, putting incumbents under pressure
Aussie piss for $325 a bottle
IBM awarded $100M deal to deploy and operate a service delivery platform for India's largest mobile carrier
Despite gloomy Q2 results for Sprint Nextel, the major US CDMA operators are pushing ahead with 3G
New citywide WiFi projects try to avoid pitfalls of early, ambitious plans
Just about everywhere you look right now, cable operators are rolling out and promoting IP phone service as THE hot digital product of our times.
Chopsticks. Fortune cookies. Steamed rice
SIP hacking tools become more common as VOIP handsets get a toehold in the enterprise
The stock drops another 12% as Bookham misses Q4 estimates
Product mascot or lead balloon?
BT CTO Mick Reeve talks about the role of carrier Ethernet in 21CN and discusses the most challenging aspects of that massive network.
Look for the logo – it might not be there
Nortel predicts significant growth in the second half of the year, with CDMA infrastructure sales set to soar
Dark Reading's survey of security pros reveals lack of policy on portable storage
A new Cable Industry Insider report estimates that North American MSOs scaled the 4 million customer barrier at the beginning of June
Nortel hangs its UMTS/3G business out to dry as it reports its second quarter results, including a $366 million profit
Internet video and bandwidth constraints are making life fast and furious for content enablers and caching specialists
In case you were bored
Its third consecutive quarterly disappointment sends the stock down another 8%
Even though they may now be in close to 15 million American homes, they haven't exactly revolutionized the way that most of us watch TV just yet.
Our friends at Light Reading recently highlighted a study from Brix Networks that cites declining IP phone call quality over the last 18 months.
A random thought on a day hot enough to steal the breath out of your mouth
Roam Secure provides text-based network to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast
The M&A splurge continues, with Norway's Telenor opening its wallet the widest for a $1.9 billion mobile acquisition in Eastern Europe
Stock drops 25% as the DSL/PON/VOIP chip company says revenues will continue to sag in September
The Shock of the New
Cable: It's not all used up
Swedish mobile giant adds new infringement claims to patent dispute with Korean handset maker
Vendors still haven't publicly called for a single telecom tradeshow and the TIA says it's open to having single show talks
Chipmaker says driver flaws could leave top-selling WiFi chipsets open to airborne attacks
Reports from Paris suggest Alcatel is on the verge of acquiring Nortel's GSM and UMTS business
Reports from Paris suggest Alcatel is on the verge of acquiring Nortel's GSM and UMTS business
Financials from India's service providers help identify the country's high-growth services, with mobile leading the way
The company's first public earnings report misses estimates, sending the stock down another 5 percent
What's the big deal about DVR?
Why carriers can't, or won't, improve coverage
Verizon CEO lays to rest rumors of Vodafone selling its stake in U.S. wireless joint venture
Two unstoppable forces drive the inevitable enterprise wireless future
AT&T chief Ed Whitacre says net neutrality is an issue that can be worked out commercially
Verizon is stepping up its deployment of FiOS services around the country to counter its growing loss of phone access lines
Does Brix have trouble operating a reliable SIP-based VOIP network?
Humble 802.11 technology transforms enterprise networking in unforeseen ways
Stocks drop 20% and 14%, respectively, as investors take issue with some earnings suprises
Heavy Reading Enterprise research says companies plan to increase security spending in the next two years
Hot convergence startup receives $15M in VC funding as it preps product
The workplace's widespread hidden menace
One of the senior Nortel executives to survive the Zafirovski shake-up has jumped ship to become CTO of mobile giant Vodafone
