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
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Dish fires back at TiVo, Comcast.net hackers speak... and a handful of other items that caught our attention as the week draws to a close
Verizon hopes to take a bite out of The Big Apple with FiOS, but Time Warner Cable is already making plans to bite back
But it's Sorrento's property now
NXTcomm is replacing Supercomm, and the show’s executive director explains that NXTcomm is truly different because it’s a 'convergence marketplace.' It is still built on core telco technologies and companies but has an eye on the applications and content that will spur those core technologies to greater growth.
VOD vendor beats the street, buoyed by additional backoffice software deployments with Comcast and Cox
Shareholders at AlcaLu's annual meeting approve all the resolutions, including some that affect CEO Russo's position
Matt Polka is in touch with the small and mid-sized cable operator and, interestingly, their concerns are too terribly different from that of Comcast and others. The telcos and satellite operators are going hard after their core video businesses, forcing them to branch out and be more creative.
Tensions between Department of Telecom and the regulator, plus news of Spice Telecom and RIM, round out a week of activity in India
Stop us if this sounds familiar
I switched. Here's how it's going so far
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But not enough
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
Chinese giant spins off its telecom software assets into an independent operation, Huawei Software
Comcast's CEO lays down the reasons why he likes his deal with the new Clearwire
The moral: Change your passwords frequently, especially if you're Comcast
The DVR patent infringement case isn't likely to reach the Supreme Court, TiVo execs say
As expected, Sycamore's revenues fell more than 50 percent due to instability from one major customer
Moto learns a big lesson from early Docsis 3.0 deployments
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
A fake news nugget found on the way to VOD-ville
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Umm, no...
US cable operators are gearing up to take another run at the commercial services market
Cable & Wireless is in discussions to buy UK enterprise services provider THUS in a bid to bolster its British business further
Cisco's CTO is on the Live! agenda
Nice work if you can get it
From the morbid promo department
MSO looking to tighten up its clusters by selling off more than 40 systems serving about 400,000 subs
The promise of tru2way is closer to becoming a reality. This move to a common software platform could let cable companies, programmers, and gadget makers provide a real interactive TV experience, even without requiring a set-top box. The transition might be painful at first, but the payoff should be huge if the services come anywhere close to measuring up to the hype. In this video, hear perspectives from Cox Communications Inc., Comcast Corp., CableLabs, and the editors of Cable Digital Ne
The mobile Web has so far failed to inspire users and the 'amazing app' has yet to be invented, says Google
With the future of Chinese 3G clearer, China Mobile has opened the second phase of a tender for TD-SCDMA devices
A ruling earlier this month threatens to block the $52B takeover of BCE by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and a group of US firms
As operators evaluate next-gen wireless technology, the path from 3G tops the agenda, according to Heavy Reading
Sony and six major US MSOs sign a memo involving tru2way that could result in TVs that get cable services with no need for a set-top
With cable MSOs rolling out tru2way, AT&T says its 'been there done that' while Verizon feels a little left out
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 big telco, not a cable operator, becomes the first to launch a subset of Starz's Internet VOD service
What will become of the unused analog television frequencies?
Are we surprised that most startups are still failing?
Analyst suggests that a spun-off Time Warner Cable could produce nation's first blue-chip cable operator
Cable companies have more reach, deeper video-on-demand (VOD) plans, and the ability to install services faster in residential neighborhoods. But not everyone thinks the cable companies have the long term advantage. From The Cable Show in New Orleans, we get perspectives from Heavy Reading, Cox Communications Inc., and The American Cable Association (ACA), as well as the outspoken editors of Cable Digital News and Light Reading
Arun Sarin announces his retirement as Vodafone reports strong annual financials and outlook. The boy done good, says analyst
A melding of routing and computing power could help carriers deploy new services faster
Wolfgang Ziebart is victim of boardroom rumble
Device availability is important factor
Next stop, the Nordics and Baltics
As Bharti withdraws, Reliance eases into pole position
CEO 'shaken to core' by allegations of illegal use of call records by German carrier giant's internal security staff
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
Shareholders' meeting put back to late July
Ericsson's North American CTO says the company's GPON deployments at AT&T are coming in late 2008 or early 2009
Comcast has outlined its concept for a 'protocol agnostic' platform, and the vendors appear ready and willing to lend a helping hand
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Reversal of fortune for PBT, we hear...
The conglomerate's ambitions include 10% market share and its own brand of handsets
Clearwire lets you listen to Clear Channel on the move
Bell Canada's privatization bid is on the brink of collapsing amid shaky financing and an appeals court ruling
That's what some Santa Fe, NM, residents claim
Red Panda – and everyone else – duped by '13-Year-Old Hires Hooker' story
Some privacy here, OK?
The restructuring of China's carrier community has begun
Providence Equity Partners splashes out $640M for a 20% stake in an IDEA Cellular subsidiary
The fat lady's doing her vocal exercises as policy control specialist Operax has reportedly run low on cash
But based on Cisco's MoCA-powered set-top roadmap, the MSO's largest box supplier doesn't see large-scale volumes until sometime next year
Two American pastimes come together
Nah, she meshed of her own accord
The big box players, including AlcaLu, Cisco, NSN, and Nortel are talking up their OSS credentials at this year's OSS fest in France
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Telenor's Conax subsidiary acquires a tiny startup that says it's got an alternative to DRM
In a video exclusive, Comcast CTO/EVP Tony Werner offers some details about the MSO's upcoming bandwidth capacity management system
How much is Arris's gear deal with Comcast worth this year? One analyst takes a stab at it
Telekom Malaysia boosted revenues by 10.6% during Q1 and looks to add more operators to its stable of emerging markets investments
James Crowe is sorry for the 100% stock gain
As traffic spikes, mobile data networks are becoming more and more like their wired broadband forerunners
Back to the drawing board
SlingModems aside, EchoStar could really get Comcast's attention with a price-busting digital terminal adapter (DTA)
What, you thought cable would get the first crack at this?
Remember: It’s a mobile PHONE!
Operator says it is nearly finished with 3G uplink upgrade, just in time for the iPhone
Our second photo series from The Cable Show finds no shortage of sports legends, TV journalists, and sexy show hosts
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Hey, you with the nifty tru2way box! Wanna join cable's managed P2P network?
The digital terminal adapter (DTA) isn't the only digital-to-analog subscriber-side box Cisco is developing
Gabriel Brown reviews Vodafone's high-speed HSPA service and discovers that faster 3G is a thrill
A rootkit for IOS. Yeah, that could be bad
Motorola is delivering GSM equipment to BSNL for some temporary capacity relief and confirms its bidding on the carrier's new mega tender
Japan launches cute offensive
Mother ship looks to score a big dividend as the long-awaited separation arrives
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.
Former Granite CEO has a new hotseat
PicoChip takes the wraps off new reference designs for LTE femtocells and picocells
Content is king and celebrities run wild at The Cable Show in New Orleans
Pretty pictures.
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.
Peace & plenty! Well... plenty
...against my antenna, causing packet loss and latency
Femto Forum members agree on a common femtocell architecture and plan to submit specification proposals to standards bodies next week
Qualcomm makes strategic investment in femtocell vendor ip.access, but plans for femtocell chipsets remain unclear
Tony Werner, CTO, Comcast
Contentinople reports from Streaming Media East
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
Verizon doesn't see a compelling case to offer IPTV on its FiOS network yet – but it will come in time
Who made the best calls in 2007?
At the Streaming Media East conference, Comcast and Verizon say they won't throttle traffic from peer-to-peer networks
Richard Nottenburg, who left Moto last week, joins a company going through executive changes of its own
Ever pondered Jungian individuation in Buffy The Vampire Slayer?
Since it has a birthday, we might as well note it
Visual evidence that Digeo once again has a viable set-top product for the cable industry
Big box vendors stake their OSS claims at TMF event
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.
The eyes have it
The cable industry wants to monetize VOD
Cisco, Motorola, and Thomson are all showing off simple digital terminal adapters here at the show, but Pace Micro is not
Nokia Siemens Networks is planning the launch of a hosted IPTV service for telco TV hopefuls, with AlcaLu not far behind
2.6GHz auction could be delayed
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The stalling US economy might be getting ready to take a swing at AT&T, Qwest, and Verizon
BeamExpress takes another crack at VCSELs
Google's $500M bet on Clearwire's WiMax plans does not include access to the company's dark fiber assets
Panasonic's CEO points out a coveted demographic
The carrier spends $784M to boost social networking capabilities and fixed broadband services in Germany
Etisalat increases its stake in African operator Atlantique Telecom as it embarks on a new phase of international expansion
The former Mu Security wants to broaden its horizons and become Dynamic. $10M more should help
Sprint has had more than its fair share of bad fortune, despite (or maybe because of) some incredibly innovative ideas over the years
Silicon photonics gets another supporter
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.
And the MSO is already putting Docsis 3.0 to the test in at least two more markets, by the way
I don't have ICTV to kick around any more…
Another one bites the dust
MediaFLO coming to UK soon?
A 'spate' of official details about cable's big advanced ad project (even some that haven't leaked out already) are less than a month away
Comcast and Time Warner Cable outline deployment plans for the industry's much ballyhooed 'open' digital video platform
Despite the shaky economic environment, spending on advanced optical transport equipment is poised to keep on growing
Panasonic is jumping into the tru2way market and it insists it has looked before leaping
MSO comes out on the losing end of its protracted fight for a waiver on low-end set-tops with integrated security
AT&T's U-verse has arrived in my neighborhood. Should I try it?
Cable's big gig is just about to kick off in The Big Easy. Here's a handful of things we'll be focused on as we try to penetrate the noise
What an ex-Microsoft guy might mean to baseball
The biggest optical merger in years creates a legitimate challenger to No. 1 supplier JDSU
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But what with, exactly?
But what does the Finisar/Optium deal take away?
India's Reliance Communications has scored a $750M loan from the China Development Bank to bankroll a GSM contract with Huawei
Huawei has bagged some Euro subsea action
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
Cable is trotting out its 'open' platform at The Cable Show, but don't expect tru2way-powered devices to be a retail hit right away
CTO John Saw tells Unstrung that microwave links and a flat-IP architecture can reduce the cost of backhauling wireless broadband
Seriously, Extreme is rumored to be on the block again – for real this time
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
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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
Now spinoff snubs Sprint
Orascom Telecom has set up a subsidiary to handle investments in small operators in Africa and Asia
Rapid growth in wireless data usage shows it could eventually replace voice as a primary feature in cellular phone service
Despite the best efforts of WiMax advocates, good old W-CDMA is still more than holding its own in the global mobile broadband market
Extreme might finally get bought
NTT is checking out PBT rival T-MPLS
Little Rock carrier also has a good quarter for subscriber adds
The interesting ones like Mark Cuban, anyway
Verizon and AT&T have won nearly $1B in deals with The Department of Homeland Security under the Networx Universal contract
Study says MSOs signed on more high-speed subs in Q1 than the telcos for the first time since, well, a very long time ago…
Submarine cable and satellite projects aim to hook up Africa to the rest of the world
Help to track the ever-evolving story of Apple's 3G iPhone
Alcatel-Lucent shareholders will vote May 30 on whether to make it easier for the vendor's board to dismiss the CEO or Chairman
Companies confirm rumors, with plans in place to integrate Plaxo's social-networking tech into a wider set of services
Chairman Henry Samueli and general counsel David Dull step down as the SEC charges start to fly
As Verizon barrels ahead with FiOS, cable operators are finally getting serious about putting more fiber in their own diets
Announces major managed Ethernet backhaul services deal with mobile operator O2 but doesn't want to talk tech
A wireless broadband network might challenge wireline, but most feel it still won't touch fiber-to-the-home
Verizon helps to make LiMo a Linux OS contender
The Comcast Media Center believes a new centralized system will ensure that smaller MSOs aren't left off the tru2way train
Optical component startup gets funding to pursue 40-Gig opportunities
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Satco giveth and taketh away…
The horrors of war strike home
Ericsson boosts R&D spend to $25B over the next five years and looks forward to increased IPR revenues
Vendor assesses impact
Monkeying around on NY's No. 1 music station
New Docsis-powered SlingModem is cool for cable, but it's sold by a company with ties to the big MSO's most hated enemy
Spanish giant's revenues, profits, subscriber numbers, and domestic IPTV penetration rate are all still on the rise
Dr. Pepper, Fritos, Warcraft... and hookers
Bharti Airtel teams with Cisco to roll out a suite of managed network services for Indian enterprises
Microsoft couldn't, but maybe Icahn can
Does Germany have a Ministry of Crazy Ideas?
Shareholders, including Carl Icahn, still want to fight back
Swisscom lands iPhone deal
TeliaSonera plans to launch LTE in 2010
Ten things to put the spark back into your relationship with America's third-largest wireless operator
At The Future of Broadband conference, carriers and vendors discuss the perils of getting broadband services to rural territories
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New refinements could reduce costs for the OEM partners looking to build digital-to-analog gateways
Nothing worse than a mouse where it doesn't belong
The US and UK have even more in common than we thought
The disastrous earthquake in China has shut down cell sites
Apple confirms Jobs keynote at WWDC
The $13.9B acquisition of EDS by HP would create an even stronger partner and supplier for major carriers
WiMax player plots launches in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and, er, Grand Rapids, and confirms it will only need $2.3B to complete the network
What will it take for operators to finally pull the plug on TDM switches, and will they actually do it before TDM turns 40?
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
One Internet video exec suggests it might
Cox will use a new user interface on high-end set-tops powered by tru2way and an interim software/middleware platform called 'OnRamp'
In buying Newsday, the Dolans are sending a message to the Murdochs
Vodafone expands 7.2-Mbit/s HSPA network in the UK
Telecom Italia and femtocells – that's amore!
Jayshree Ullal spent time running Cisco's enterprise, optical, and data center divisions. Now she's off to something new
Lots of viewing choices, not a lot of channels
The pre-WiMax operator's loss keeps growing as it preps for the JV later in 2008
Cisco and Teliris are both looking to capture the larger low end of the telepresence market with new cheaper configurations
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MSO is less committal about its wireless plans than it is about Docsis 3.0 and its rollout of switched digital video and hi-def VOD
Are Democrats about to give in?
African operators added more than 65M new subscribers in 2007, led by Nigeria
Another exec breaks ranks
Alcatel-Lucent is forming a global managed network services joint venture with Indian operator Reliance Communications
VOD upgrades allow MSOs to restart shows in progress and help consumers personalize their on-demand programming lineups
Company offers up to 80 Gbit/s of throughput with two new Deep Packet Inspection products
Still no AMC-14? Still no problem, satco says
Getting them to stay on is the trick
Larry Dennison, the founder and CTO of Soapstone Networks, says his company’s full product rollout will happen in the second half of this year. When it does, Dennison says Soapstone hopes to convince carriers that using its control plane will allow them to automate operations across several different types of physical networks. He describes the value of his company’s recent announcement with ANDA Networks and talks about what’s happened to the Avici routers inside AT&T’s
Vodafone's not bidding for MTN
Intel buys WiMax spectrum
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
Yet another plan to deliver 40-Gig on 10-Gig optical networks, but one that OpVista says doesn't require dispersion compensation
RIM forms a $150 million apps development VC fund and unveils its 3G BlackBerry device
Contentinople reports that Steve Liddell has been hired as the new CEO of Panther Express
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
What's happenin' at Contentinople today
Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
Which vendors and product models have obtained the green light from CableLabs?
CableLabs awards first-ever Docsis 3.0 cable modem certifications, while Casa Systems is first to obtain 'full' CMTS qualification
New wireless investments by service providers demonstrate a growing commitment to mobile services
There are signs of recovery at the test vendor, with sales and profits on the rise following a lengthy company-wide overhaul
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
British firm shifts into new gear with formation of new retail firm and a bid to buy its way to the top of the British broadband pile
Does the Chinese vendor have a new US invasion plan?
Woo-hoo! More debt! Teliris has secured $10M in debt financing, saying it needs more working capital
Boston is next in line for cable operator's all-digital migration and an overarching strategy it calls 'Project Analog Crush'
A user report on Vodafone's self-proclaimed 'Fastest Mobile Broadband in the Galaxy'
Intel keeps on spending on WiMax
Analysts estimate that it could cost up to $12B to deploy a mobile WiMax network in 50 markets in the US
What's on deck at Contentinople
New numbers on the way
Meet Wilmington, N.C.
Don't take it to the pub
German broadband users aren’t being turned on by Entertain, Deutsch Telekom’s IPTV offer, as low Q1 customer additions show
Troops reconnect with loved ones
Why WiMax wishes it were the new CDMA
MSO moving on a plan to throw a WiFi-powered wireless canopy over of its entire footprint, and offer services free to existing cable modem subs
2008 is turning out to be the year of international expansion for Ethernet enterprise and wholesale services
For a company that supposedly protects content, Widevine is promoting a despicable habit
A user report on Vodafone's self-proclaimed 'Fastest Mobile Broadband in the Galaxy'
Vonage will be selling broadband DSL services to its customers through a partnership with Covad
SunCom acquisition helps to make the first quarter a major customer grab for T-Mobile USA
But not with WiMax...
16 carriers plan another submarine link to India
Verizon shows us some of the challenges and benefits of outfitting the dense urban jungle of New York City for FiOS
Telcos are making big strides toward IPTV, but they still need to do more to ensure service quality
More lessons from the wireless past
Pirelli partners with Nokia Siemens
France Telecom added another 167,000 IPTV customers in the first three months of 2008, taking its total to more than 1.4 million
What's shakin' at Contentinople
Already a Sprint partner, Mediacom likes the sound of the new WiMax joint venture
Shameless plug for our San Jose event
Sprint honcho's comments on 4G, 700 MHz, and the Clearwire deal
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
ABC makes a startling discovery
WiMax late in Q3?
New Wimax venture reckons its large pool of spectrum and ready-to-rock mobile broadband services will leave the LTE crew in its wake
Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House are throwing millions into a new venture that will rekindle cable's wireless strategy
Report says MSO is considering a 250 gigabyte monthly consumption cap as part of a 'protocol agnostic' bandwidth management effort
Sprint/Clearwire venture changes competitive landscape
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
Barry West, CTO, Sprint-Nextel
What's the opposite of a silver lining?
New buzzwords for the new era
Sprint and Clearwire's new $14.5 billion WiMax firm is being backed by Google, Intel, and three cable operators
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
Barry West, CTO, Sprint-Nextel
WSJ says big Sprint-Clearwire-cable WiMax deal is going down as early as tomorrow morning... for real this time
The Clearwire WiMax rumor rodeo
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Shankar Narayanaswamy, the VP Network of Architecture at Reliance Globalcom says his company is planning a $200M worldwide expansion of its Ethernet services for enterprises. Reliance says it will invest in dark fiber, Ethernet equipment, and it will strike agreements with carriers all over the world in order to connect to the cities where it plans to expand. The cities on its radar at the moment include London, Paris, Dubai, Bombay, and Singapore.
Big-name carriers might be gathering to offer a Skype-like service, according to one analyst's theory
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
A streamlined version of the tru2way agreement sits right with Samsung, which becomes the first CE vendor on board
Analyst says updates to Tellabs's optical transport system improves its position in Verizon and elsewhere
As energy costs continue to soar, operators in all markets will be looking to shave opex with greener equipment
As the era of Broadband 1.0 draws to a close, we look at the ten characteristics that will define Broadband 2.0
Dresdner analysts don't see DT bidding for Sprint
New tax rates drop Qwest's net income by 35% while the company's numbers overall continued their steady decline
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
South African operator MTN is already in takeover talks with India's Bharti Airtel, and it may attract other suitors, analysts say
A key engineering exec who's worked on Cisco's 7200, 7600, Catalyst, and ASR lines is in Redback's ranks now
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
Death by blogging
Vendor's latest Ethernet product targets one of the sector's main pain points -- external network-to-network interconnect (E-NNI)
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Video game madness! Win a router!
Three MSOs argue that DTV transition relief for small systems should not be given on the basis of bandwidth levels alone...
An array of session-control solutions are available these days, but the big question remains what telcos will do with them
Riverbed announces deals with a host of vendors, eyes network monitoring opportunities
Digital Fuel, a startup that manages SLAs for many major telcos, is counting some major carriers as its customers
Why not celebrate? Microsoft has given Yahoo a clear mission
Otherwise known as a four-network fiasco
Rascally rodents dine on Qwest's fiber
A cautionary tale from the past for today's wireless industry
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
How'd that guy get up here?
Or, how 4G could help widen the digital divide
Making telepresence as widespread as Cisco wants is going to require more than just selling a lot of units
PBT is seen as a technology on the rise. It’s not widely deployed yet, but it continues to win support with carriers the world over. Will it be used only in niche applications, or does it have potential to solve some real problems with carrier Ethernet multipoint services?
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Stock drops on Comcast comments
TIM Brasil and Claro launch 3G services in the 2.1 GHz band, having received licenses this week from regulator Anatel
The countdown to 3G
Really, what's not to like?
Posts better than expected revenues and expanding deployment base, but cuts back in effort to become 'pure play' digital video company
Not everyone's making money with ROADMs
The basic concept underlying mobile open access seems simple enough, but the devil, as usual, lurks in the details
In the telecom world, Oracle just got bigger
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
Six of the 'Top 10 Emerging Mobile Markets' are in Asia/Pacific, with China wrestling the top spot away from India in 2007
Have you heard the news? They've adapted the Iron Man trailer into a full-length movie!
Income from its joint venture with LG helped Nortel boost revenues by 11%, much higher than expected
Mamma Mia! Bolivia just nationalized Telecom Italia unit Entel
Speculation about accounting issues hits Ericsson's stock
CEO Hong Lu gets a $100K fine
Will you pay $500 for a Garmin phone?
What's been shakin' at the content factory
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
Sonus is close to striking a deal with pan-European carrier Colt to be a provider of IMS systems for the operator's new network rollout
Getting testy about the turnaround
Sonus CEO Hassan Ahmed had a lucrative 2007
Carriers make the case for software-centric strategies at London event, but at least one says the whole Web 2.0 movement is over-hyped
While handset makers in the US and Europe face a tough earnings season, there's no sign of slowdown in China or India
While handset makers in the US and Europe face a tough earnings season, there's no sign of slowdown in China or India
MSO couldn't stop the bleeding of basic subs, but the quarter was marked by solid Docsis and voice service subscription gains
Comcast cable president Steve Burke sheds some light on MSO's plan to deploy a simple, one-way Digital Terminal Adapter (DTA)
But did any cable modems break the Docsis 3.0 barrier?
The former Building B wants to help telcos rewrite the TV rules, from the way video is delivered to the way it's watched
BT has joined AT&T in unveiling inter-company telepresence services based on Cisco's immersive, multimedia conferencing technology
Well, since we brought it up, I have another name to add
