8:30 PM It's a teeny-tiny femto for your iPhone

Moto Mobility's first earnings report as an independent company were so-so as it waits for its new advanced devices to hit the market

Says it needs to work with FCC and industry to test for interference among its L-Band base stations and GPS receivers without sufficient filtering

5:30 PM Company hits a big milestone while noting that subscribers find that Charter is the best US ISP for Netflix streaming

But the nascent 4G provider must work with the agency to ensure that its hybrid satellite system doesn't interfere with GPS and other systems

4:20 PM A leak suggests the Xoom will be coming to Best Buy Feb. 17 for $700 to $800

3:05 PM NCTA chief says more mandates aren't necessary amid rise of broadband-connected TVs, set-tops, tablets and other 'smart' video devices

Sen. Cantwell's bill looks to shield the FCC's rules from court challenges while applying a stricter ban on pay-for-priority access

VoLTE could set the stage for a more fundamental transition to real-time, rich-media services powered by IMS

Elsewhere: Comcast close to clinching NBCU, Epix builds app for connected TVs, and Demand Media's IPO goes gangbusters

Korean mobile carrier selects three LTE equipment suppliers

Jagadeesh intends to accelerate new strategy based around delivering outsourced IT services through local cloud centers

10:00 AM How could Obama encourage deployment of high-speed wireless to '98% of all Americans' in the next five years?

China Mobile chairman says that Apple is 'moving forward' to support domestic 4G standard in future models

At Light Reading's Service Provider IT (SPIT) event in London, fonYou CEO Fernando Nunez Mendoza talks about the development of his company's cloud-based mobile services platform and a deployment in South Africa

This is supposed to be the year for both projects. So far, so good

Pragmatus AV goes after six major MSOs, including Comcast, TW Cable and Cox, over claims they are infringing on patents tied to VoD

Ericsson modernizes at O2 UK, Swisscom does Davos and KPN brings home the (Dutch) bacon in today's roundup of Euro telecom news headlines

6:10 AM Analysts expect handset giant to report a Q4 earnings flop

New bundles, applications target small businessman on the go in effort to ward off cable, CLEC encroachment

5:30 PM Verizon results suggest that LTE has got off to a steady start, but there are bumps in the road ahead

MetroPCS follows Verizon in challenging the FCC's new network-neutrality rules amid complaints about its LTE pricing plans

But where will the government find the spectrum to actually implement a nationwide public safety network?

At Light Reading's Service Provider IT (SPIT) event in London, BT's Group Customer Experience Director Jo Upward talks about how and why the operator introduced a company-wide customer-focused initiative

It's the next step toward IPv4 depletion and sets off another call to arms for IPv6 deployment

Operators don't have to throw out their billing systems for new LTE services. That's the word at Light Reading's SPIT event in London

1:05 PM It saves some DVR hardware costs, but is it efficient enough to work in a major market?

Even the pessimists were outdone, as Tellabs misses guidance and delivers a weak forecast

Cloud services are just a means to the greater end of going deeper into the enterprise and SMB realm

Elsewhere: Virgin expands its 100-meg footprint, Hughes's broadband satellite biz is for sale, and AT&T targets Netflix with new VoD moniker

11:25 AM Aliance with Adobe will factor into the online video strategy of the cross-MSO In Demand JV

Verizon saw its subscriber growth slow as consumers waited on the iPhone, but it had its best quarter ever for data growth

9:30 AM Network operators have been talking about customer experience for years, but now they're actually doing something to improve it

Huawei gets a temporary restraining order against Motorola to prevent the vendor from sharing its intellectual property with Nokia Siemens

6:45 AM Lots of free-agent signings. Do they have to give up draft picks?

Ericsson reports Q4, Vodafone eyes potential new chairman and Ciena does Middle Eastern backhaul in today's roundup of EMEA telecom bits

Their help is required to link Charter's VoD service with TiVo, though the MSO is eager to add Netflix streaming when rights are obtained

5:55 AM Telecom Italia says it's time for carriers to shake up service models

Ericsson reports strong sales growth and increased profitability but its gross margins took a hit in the fourth quarter

Gerard Kunkel, Comcast's SVP of user experience and product design, is leaving the company at the end of February

Apple continues to lead the pack in mobile apps, the little widgets that will increasingly make or break a mobile phone for consumers

The company's still pumping out Carrier Ethernet chips and expanding its ambitions

Smart phones are going dual-core in 2011 for a faster, better Web experience, and chipmakers are going head-to-head to get inside

Also making cable news: ivi's big setback, the net neutrality battle heats up, WOW gears for wideband, and reviewers torch Sony's Google TV

Huawei says Motorola will illegally transfer intellectual property to Nokia Siemens Networks if the planned $1.2B acquisition is completed

9:30 AM Operator brings service provider IT (SPIT) management back in-house as outsourcing deal with HP ends

MSO soft-launches 'DVR Plus' service, starting off with 160GB of storage for $10.95 a month

Telefonica and China Unicom are in each other's pockets while Orange wants a slice of YouTube-style action in today's regional roundup

Portuguese MSO first to roll out the new UI, but NDS hopes to port it to legacy and tru2way boxes, tablets and other portable devices

Operators agree to invest $500M more in each other and work more closely on technology and services

3:40 PM Starbucks is serving up mobile payments, a brew carriers are wise to order

MSO says it lacks the programming rights to launch a broad TV Everywhere portal similar to Comcast's Xfinity TV Online offer

Android could be Google's mobile ATM, T-Mobile takes the blame and AT&T breaks it off with Nokia as this week's OS watch unwinds

11:25 AM Get and Cisco raise the Docsis 3.0 bar by kicking the tires on a 32-channel bonded downstream

And it plans to be bigger and badder than ever. Elsewhere: Al Franken says cable wants to kill Netflix, while Verizon seeks a home court advantage

Exec says innovation welcome from any corner, but fewer vendor newbies come knocking these days

The European Commission shows us how generous it's been with our money and AlcaLu heads way out east in today's Euronews digest

5:30 AM If this is why they changed CEOs, they might want to think again

Verizon hits back, claiming that the FCC's recently approved network neutrality rules overstep the Commission's authority

Co-founder Larry Page will take over as CEO as current chief Eric Schmidt slides into the executive chairman role

Twice-annual MRG survey sees global IPTV growth in multiple regions

'It's just a flesh wound'

2:30 PM BT has been Bridging the Chasm – will others follow?

1:35 PM Poor old '4G' has been marketed until it is utterly meaningless, so don't worry about it

T-Mobile CTO says operator will have faster HSPA+ data sticks available in the first half of 2011, smart phones in the second half

In other cable news: Paul Allen dethroned at Charter, Boxee rolls VUDU HD movies and Google TV recruits academics

A strategy to improve time to market and overall customer experience is at the heart of BT's decision to collapse the CTO and CIO roles into one

11:20 AM Norwegian operator touts speedy trial as it unleashes 100-Meg and 200-Meg EuroDocsis tiers

Despite improvements, device vendor still has its work cut out

As part of Light Reading's Bridging the Chasm coverage, BT's Clive Selley, who is the operator's CTO and CIO, talks about his job and explains why BT decided to have one senior management executive in charge of both networks and IT

Deployment lets MSO keep its distance from the Moto/Cisco duopoly while giving the FCC something to consider as it pursues 'AllVid'

Sony Ericsson reports on 2010, Ofcom nibbles at BT, France Telecom goes to the movies and an AlcaLu man has a new Italian job in today's Euro roundup

5:50 AM UK minister fancies a Wayne's World, but is he also considering the regulation of OTT content?

5:40 AM Qualcomm Venture Partners invests $3 million in ChaCha's SMS search biz

The acquisition of decades-old Nera Networks doubles Ceragon's size and gives it a broader outlook on mobile backhaul

Remember that whole 'going public' idea? Apparently, it's still on

3:00 PM SK Broadband approaches 1-Gig speeds using Arris CMTS and specialized modems that bond 16 channels

Government stamps on Comcast-NBC merger drum up mixed opinions on how the deal will affect Hulu, Google, Apple and even ESPN

11:40 AM MSO stokes biz-services growth with campaign aimed at taking customers away from Verizon

Light Reading unveils editorial initiative to highlight major organizational challenge facing communications service providers

Online video firms will have to cough up big bucks if they intend to offer NBCU programming over-the-top to growing crop of 'cord-cutters'

9:50 AM Chinese vendor says it's not treated fairly

Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie explains why carriers need to implement a Bridging the Chasm strategy if they're to avoid being marginalized

9:20 AM Reports suggest Alcatel-Lucent is set to be slung out of its SPIT gig at Singapore's NBN

7:00 AM Its Q1 numbers are great, but there's trouble ahead in Europe

European carriers form a protective huddle against Apple's iOS and Android, while NSN ups the mobile ante in Austria in today's Euro digest

COO Tim Cook calls Android tablets 'bizarre' and says Apple is ready to take on all-comers in the new market as it reports a stellar Q1

Engineers developing way for MSOs to bridge over to the Comcast-led, high-density architecture while preserving CMTS and edge QAM gear

4:40 PM Is the SPIT giant on the block?

FCC, in 4-1 vote, OKs $30B merger, but imposes a bevy of conditions aimed at protecting the budding online video market UPDATED 4:30 PM

The Clearwave buildout might not be the biggest, but it's a sign that packet-optical startup Cyan is getting more carriers' attention

1:45 PM Bought a Verizon Android and now have iPhone envy? Big Red will give you $200 to ease the pain

Stoke raises $17M to support growing customer base and new LTE and 3G network optimization projects

1:00 PM As Nokia has learned, unlimited music packages, such as Ovi Music Unlimited (aka Comes With Music), are still a hard sell

Deployment of OpenStack platform intended to add credibility to beta version of Internap's cloud storage offer

Also making cable news: FCC expected to approve Comcast-NBCU merger today, Cablevision rolls 3DTV promos, and Netflix angers subs

Tacks on a $10 'premium data charge' to 3G Everything data plans as customers test the limits of unlimited data

T-Mobile has plans to offer 3G femtocells in the US this year

New femtocell with souped-up provisioning and management system targets small offices and shops

Nokia turns down the music, Vodafone Ireland shrinks the board and CableLabs makes friends in today's digest of Euro telecom headlines

Also in today's cable news are Shaw's usage-based broadband, the good ol' FCC, a poorly Steve Jobs and Samsung's TV Apps

Infinera is claiming it's the first optical systems vendor to announce software-configurable modulation for 100 Gbit/s

CEO Steve Jobs steps down to address health issues, hands over day-to-day running of Apple to COO

International Wi-Fi access service provider looks to raise $75 million from a public listing on Nasdaq with the ticker symbol WIFI

6:30 AM Six markets and counting for Vodafone's femtocell services

NEC teams up with Chinese vendor to develop LTE TDD products for China and other markets

More M&A maneuvers from VimpelCom, Telenor and Etisalat, plus the latest from Albania in today's digest of Euro telecom news

New line of video gateways for cable will sport Docsis 3.0 connections, network attached storage, and real-time transcoders

Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi lists 10 things that are causing havoc in service provider networks

AT CES 2011, Verizon Wireless Executive Director of 4G LTE Strategy Lindsay Notwell talks about how the operator expects its LTE network to evolve this year

Opera previews its new browsing experience for tablets at CES

Moto is getting the short end of the stick in this week's OS watch, as Verizon fawns over the iPhone and RIM projects to outsell it

11:50 AM Abhor the size of your set-top? Check out the lug-worthy monstrosity that powered TWC's Full Service Network trial in the mid-1990s

In other news: Rovi sues Amazon, Level 3 could test FCC's new neutrality rules, and YouTube's movie rentals results are 'pathetic'

Predictions for 2011 include lots of competition for revenues in key growth areas such as mobile ads, banking, cloud and smart grid

9:00 AM LR talks with Tom Fallon about his first year as CEO of Infinera

6:15 AM There's an obvious, available test base for the Cius tablet

Trouble at eircom, Russian rumblings and plenty of pokes at Polkomtel in today's digest of Euro telecom news bites

Senior lenders are losing patience with Irish carrier eircom, which appears to have done little to deal with its crippling level of debt

4:05 PM What I did for my Christmas vacation

Trans-Pacific route a "canary in the coal mine" for what's to come for NTT networks globally

1:20 PM More commentary on how Verizon's iPhone will change the game for the Android OS

1:00 PM A read between the lines as the home networking technology battle continues to heat up (UPDATED 5:30 PM - Intel's response)

One of WiMax's most prominent supporters has apparently decided it's going to be an LTE world

Android was the growth story of 2010, but with the iPhone on both major carriers in the US, 2011 will be more competitive

Also making cable news: VC splashes cash on PrimeSense, Sinclair and TW Cable near the 11th hour, and AOL shoots an interactive series

11:20 AM There's a lot of work to be done by operators on their BSS and OSS systems, finds Heavy Reading

Following a record 2010, video vendor aims to be 'IPO-able' by Q4 as it borrows a page from the Cisco and Juniper playbook

M&A rumors are rife in today's Euronews, while O2 fancies a piece of the managed services action and T-Mobile UK, erm, clarifies

OfCom study shows that LTE can interfere with cable services when the conditions are just right, so take a breather, Chicken Little

3:20 PM RootMetrics rates the operators' wireless networks at the cell phone black hole that is CES

Not everyone hates the idea of usage-based billing for home broadband services

The service providers are set to kick off a high-stakes hearing over set-top technology and key interactive TV patents later this month

Canadian operator is among the first to plan a WiMax network with a software-driven transition path to LTE

Elsewhere, a Comcaster jumps to Disney, and a cable exec confesses to cutting the cord, and a report finds LTE can knock out cable services

We're putting a bow on our CES show coverage with a few more photos -- old and new -- from all the show floor craziness

Read, watch and listen to what the Light Reading Mobile team and others had to say about this long-awaited launch

6:30 AM Or, yee-hah, the SD card reader started working again

Ericsson eyes Volvo man, TP expects a windfall and T-Mobile UK slashes its monthly data allowance in today's Euro telecom news digest

Switched digital video specialist goes into cost-cutting mode via a 9% layoff and a facility consolidation exercise

5:30 PM Do the coming Netflix-branded remote controls violate the FCC's network-neutrality rules?

5:00 PM Why the Verizon CDMA iPhone launch complicates things for Apple when it comes time to launch a 4G smart phone

It might actually be a sign that the business has been doing well

The IEEE could one-up G.hn with budding '1905' standard that can manage and apply QoS to hybrid wired/wireless home networks (UPDATED 1/13)

4:30 PM Will AT&T customers switch to Verizon for the iPhone, and can Big Red handle it if they do?

3:15 PM When will LTE arrive, how much will data plans cost and other unanswered questions

2:35 PM LR Mobile's Dan Jones discusses what's different about an iPhone 4 on Verizon's network

The CDMA iPhone for Verizon has finally arrived and it's almost exactly the same as the AT&T iPhone 4, except for a few things UPDATED 5:50 PM

Fresh off its mobile dual-core processor coming-out party, Nvidia gets access to Intel's patents and vice versa

Also, Verizon's iPhone deal could affect MSOs, Google TV is hacked, Comcast responds to modem vendor complaint, and Tremor gets cable cred

11:25 AM It's Apple!

11:20 AM It's time to start asking your carrier for more information on how much data you're using

TeliaSonera chooses Ericsson and Huawei to upgrade its 2G, 3G and LTE networks in Norway

More Scandinavian action as AlcaLu does GPON in Finland and Ericsson does LTE in Norway in today's sleigh-ride through Euro telecom news

Buys a piece of CommScope to bolster the LTE capabilities of its Nemo network testing business

New TV vector makes cable look like an app, but sets up MSOs to offer subscription services outside their franchise areas... someday

3:00 PM Will history be more accurate than hype?

2:30 PM Until it can obtain more rights, Comcast may start off by streaming only a portion of its live TV lineup to tablets

Expanded offering targets companies with multiple small sites while pitting MegaPath against big boys such as AT&T and Verizon

Some nets resist Comcast's iPad plans, Starz is in 'no rush' to re-up Netflix, while an analyst says cheap bandwidth spells trouble for Hollywood

10:15 AM Now AT&T is calling its HSPA+ network 4G too, but why is it upgrading from 4G to 4G?

9:40 AM Everything you ever wanted to know about Jef Graham, except where the second 'f' went

Amdocs executives Tal Givoly and Gil Rosen discuss the dramatic technology and cultural changes surrounding service-provider billing. Also, the execs pinpoint collaboration happening in service-provider IT and network groups

9:05 AM A CES booth tour in which we learn lots of future ways to spend more money

Ericsson lands a three-year deal to build an LTE network and expand the HSPA+ network for DNA in Finland

Vizio debuts a new smart phone and tablet based on the Android OS, while making sure the UI stays the same across all devices

Ay up, there's a broad Yorkshire accent in today's news from BT and Pace, tha' knows... (subtitles available on request)

Verizon issues enigmatic invite to NYC event next week

Acer's new tablet shows just how powerful the mobile devices are becoming, only increasing the need for more robust mobile networks

Among other CES and cable tid-bits, Boxee teams with CBS, FCC chair wants more mobile spectrum, and ESPN eyes big NFL deal

The TV platform announced at CES isn't a takeover of IPTV, execs say. In fact, Cisco says it's enlisted Microsoft as a partner

Motorola's Atrix 4G smart phone and laptop dock show how mobile broadband is becoming more important for personal computing

Skype and Verizon have found a nice competitive response to Apple's FaceTime video chat app

Verizon pumps up its LTE portfolio but stays quiet on data caps and device pricing

MSOs will stream on-demand and live, linear channels to Samsung Smart TVs and Galaxy Tabs starting later this year

Android was far and away the star of CES, but other operating systems got on board the gadget train too

Cisco announced Videoscape at CES 2011, and now we have a closer look at what the platform offers to pay-TV providers

Combine powerful tablet computers, wireless networks and invigorated developers and you get a new gaming marketplace

EchoStar expands its TV Everywhere assets by acquiring the struggling pioneer of adaptive bit-rate video streaming

CES 2011 was the perfect place to have a sit-down demo of Cisco's home telepresence kit, Umi

Broadband and IPTV, 2G spectrum re-farming, and the future of comm services revenue generation all feature in today's regional roundup

LR Mobile runs down the major releases so far at this year's tablet-crazy show in Vegas, as vendors try to outdo the iPad in 2011

With no tru2way or CableCARDs in sight, Sony is gearing up to deliver the MSO's video slate to broadband-connected TVs

3:45 PM Wireless operators must cede their cross-border biz to VoIP giant Skype

Doubling up on video streaming and video calling will give wireless operators a powerful partner – or competitor – to contend with

1:10 PM There are doubts about the sustainability of the current telecom service charging environment

We document the big moments from AT&T's Developer Summit, featuring new Android phones from Motorola, Samsung and HTC

AT&T emerging devices maven suggests that simplification may be key to cost-effective LTE radios in 2011

NBC premieres series on the iPad, TW Cable responds to E-911 glitch, while Sony doubles down on 3DTV as Suddenlink places its first bet

10:40 AM Tablet computers are great, but will all these new devices motivate service providers to step up their efforts in home networking?

Cricket says its $55-a-month Muve Music service will allow users to download and share songs with ease

Lenovo's new 3G- and Wi-Fi-connected tablet prototype will arrive later this year, starting at around $500

Huawei, France Telecom, Vodafone, Belgacom and femtocells feature in today's regional round-up

New video and home monitoring services could become part of the national footprint Verizon is building with LTE

Alticast tries out an approach that preserves tru2way investments while allowing cable to pursue an Android-based app store play

Moto unveils an HSPA+ 'lapdoc' for AT&T, but Verizon gets both an LTE smart phone and a 3G-soon-to-be-4G Android 3.0 tablet

5:00 AM Ballmer touts the growth of Windows Phone 7, but doesn't say how he'll keep it going

4:40 AM Flip and Eos turn out to have roles in the big picture. Are you convinced?

Verizon may take its TV Everywhere to another level via a new partnership with place-shifting specialist Sling Media

Wielding the network as the ultimate weapon, Cisco says it can help service providers simplify the blending of TV and Internet content

The Teknovus acquisition, plus Broadcom's favored position with foundries, yields the first 10G EPON chip

Promises to complete its LTE rollout by 2013 and announces 20 4G devices for 2011, including smart phones from HTC, Motorola and Samsung

1:05 PM CES attendees got a gander at a Windows glitch before they could even get out of baggage claim

But until additional programming rights get hammered out, the feature will be limited to in-home streaming of live, linear networks

In other CES tidbits, Sony banks on swimsuit models to sell 3DTVs, VUDU streams in 3-D, and Netflix gets its own button on remote controls

Not such a happy new year for Tekelec as it hunts for a new CEO and warns of lower than expected 2010 sales

10:20 AM Even AT&T, according to an ad in Rolling Stone

Open Mobile Video Coalition uses CES to promote free-to-air ATSC-M/H digital TV devices and services, but will anyone tune in?

The question comes to mind as Cisco, its stock still hurting from a November smacking, prepares a big-deal TV announcement for CES

Fitch sees hard times ahead for network vendors, NSN completes Turkish deal and Russian giant gets even bigger in today's Euro digest

3:25 PM Funai is the first CE player to take the 'CloudTV' plunge

Cable operators worldwide are scrambling to deliver new, advanced video services, but are coming up against bandwidth constraints

VDSL2 deployment is the latest in a constant series of access upgrades that TDS hopes will help it stay ahead of consumer bandwidth demand

Aptilo bolsters its policy control strategy with the acquisition of Service Factory and adds a new private equity investor

Light Reading looks at AT&T's strategy for attacking the $34B health-care IT market

Also making the cable rounds: Microsoft may take on Apple TV, Dish raises and freezes rates, and USA Today fans cord-cutting flames

11:10 AM A slate of SCTE initiatives in 2011 is poised to help cable prepare for new technologies and a wave of fresh competition

Sprint's third WiMax-powered smart phone, the HTC Evo Shift, got official today ahead of CES

BT's head of 21CN transformation joins his former boss at Alcatel-Lucent

Genband cements its cable play with deal to acquire VoIP gear and app specialist Cedar Point Communications

Ericsson, Level 3, Deutsche Telekom, Swisscom and BT all feature in today's news roundup

Home automation service still a risky bet, but Verizon's done its homework

Google TV is panned, The Daily Show may return to Hulu, and Cablevision hikes some fees for programming and DVRs

MetroPCS wants to take on Sprint and Verizon with aggressive LTE pricing plans

LTE Android smart phones from HTC, Samsung, LG and Motorola expected to be showcased at CES this week

Apple users sleep in, BT names FTTx competition winners, cable operator Unitymedia upgrades its broadband, and Technicolor completes asset sale