The big MSOs are notching big gains in commercial services revenue, even as their overall revenue growth has flattened out
Despite protests by some lenders, the MSO is now poised to shave $8 billion of its debt load and apply for a new Nasdaq listing
MSO offers 1,000 hours of content, but access is limited to Canadian Internet connections and governed by broadband usage policies
What's another $7.5 million among friends?
4:15 PM Not to diss $180M, but you'd think Sierra Monolithics would have had other options
Nokia Siemens is looking to gain back some of its lost market share now that it has built a more secure financial footing
2:00 PM Won't happen anytime soon, however
1:10 PM Apple rumored to be testing LTE iPhone, but don't expect anything commercial in 2010
MSO poised to become US cable's new Docsis 3.0 speed king with the expected launch of a new broadband service called 'Ultra 105'
12:05 PM Clearwire, Intel, and MVS to invest $700M to deploy WiMax in 23 Mexican cities
11:00 AM No surprise, Michael Jackson tops the list
Infineon announced it's partnering with Nokia to create chips for next-gen mobile broadband
8:25 AM Report suggests optical vendor aims to raise $100 million
Viviane Reding, the scourge of Europe's carriers, is being given a new role at the European Commission, but her replacement is just as formidable
1:30 PM And other nuggets from TiVo's Q3 call
On average, 538,000 new mobile lines were added each day in October, suggesting India will reach 500 million mobile connections before December
8:00 AM Acquires stake in satellite TV player, plans to appeal FTTH decision
Policy management specialists are picking up new business, profiting from demand, and preparing for greater demand from the mobile sector
10:00 AM Video: MSO EVP Barry Frey dishes out some detail on Cablevision's interactive ad plans at the Future of TV confab
U.K. cable operator is going live with a dynamic advertising platform that inserts relevant adverts into on demand TV streams
Standalone appliances still dominate the DPI market, but that trend could soon start to change, according to a new Heavy Reading report
Partners to demo 'federated catalog' approach at Management World Americas in Orlando, but business processes still a challenge
10:05 PM E-Plus and O2 sue the German regulator over auction rules
Europe's service provider landscape is changing yet again as operators merge, sell units, and consider ownership options
Huawei, Echostar, and others apparently see a chance to crack the US cable market, as Cable ONE tries to squeeze down the price of its HD set-top
The reborn OpVista, now named Vello Systems, seems to be adding some new twists to its optical system
NOON Jeffrey DeMond takes the helm as MSO gets ready to pursue 'strategic opportunities'
11:15 AM European Commission drops case against cellular chip supplier
10:50 AM AT&T is the latest to go for a day pass
9:10 AM Reports suggest the spectrum auction won't happen in January as planned
With $920M in new debt financing, Clearwire says it now has more than enough money to cover 120M people by the end of 2010
Ericsson bags more Nortel mobile assets as the Swedish giant and Austria's Kapsch CarrierCom win in Nortel's GSM and GSM-R asset auction
With the GSM and Metro Ethernet Networks business units offloaded, and more than $2.9B banked, what's left for Nortel to flog?
China, Malaysia, and South Africa host IBM's new telecom service creation centers, while the IT giant teams with Comverse in France
TiVo's on board as the exclusive middleware supplier and user interface for boxes that will key on broadband video convergence
The mobile packet core market has had a good year, with more to come in 2010
6:15 PM Mark your calendars. The inevitible is set to occur on Jan. 25, 2010
3:30 PM Ad content management specialist Teracent is the latest acquisition
DVR data deal will reveal more about the tendency toward ad-skipping, but TiVo and Google are confident the new insight will help advertisers create more effective ads
The assets and final fate of the once-promising broadband video player are now in the hands of a UK-based online ad company
1:00 PM The FCC gives Texas Instruments more time to mount a defense for the 'Firewire' interface
Industry's desire to reduce travel costs and increase collaboration drives the demand, AT&T says
Alcatel-Lucent is acting as the bridge between apps developers and operators with an initiative called Open API, with Sprint already on board
11:20 AM Finnish operators spend $5.6M for 4G spectrum
French mobile operator SFR launches consumer 3G femtocell service with Ubiquisys
9:50 AM Microblogging site is planning acquisitions, actual revenue for 2010
6:55 AM Proximus to replace all base stations with Huawei's
Ciena prevailed in the tussle to land Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks division, but does that make it a winner?
5:20 PM Liberty chief and renowned dealmaker says purported Comcast-NBCU hookup looks like a 'heavily-engineered' custom job
A batch of lenders and stockholders are urging a New York judge to stay the bankruptcy order so they can mount an appeal
NOON Ubiquisys blurs some lines
11:20 AM TI wants more time to defend against Intel's request to erase a rule requiring that HD set-tops contain a Firewire interface
Verizon's new Telehealth Collaboration Services aim to make video conferencing a major tool for medical professionals
Verizon Enterprise Center gets billing upgrade that delivers more details and easier payment options – and more trees in the ground
10:35 AM Carrier launches HSPA+ just in time for Mobile World Congress fest
Ruckus says 802.11n can help reduce the cost of metro-mesh, and it has a deployment in Mumbai to show us how
Ciena outbids Nokia Siemens in weekend-long auction process, paying $769 million for Nortel's optical and Ethernet assets
Roku's new store starts off with 10 Internet-fed channels, but the company's lineup still lacks content from a major content provider
Some unknown company has already bought up RadioFrame's femtocell assets. Could it be Broadcom?
This is not a drill. Repeat: This is not a drill
4:40 PM Costly CableCARDs, Charter inching closer to an exit, cable FTTP without all the mess, and more
Adding to the cable IPTV fray, Harmonic's seeking support for Docsis Lite, an architecture requiring new CMTS and edge QAM software
Senior exec at Russian giant MTS says carriers need to focus on partnership management and internal processes to succeed in the Internet world
Motorola is buying into cheaper, low-power iDEN technology
The mobile gateway company claims it's getting quite a fan base in Japan – and in Europe, too
10:10 AM Shock news - IT vendor displays sense of humor
8:55 AM Clearwire funding solid – for 2010 and beyond
FCC rules to set limit on how long local governments can review applications for new towers
5:25 PM What does cable really get out of Internet TV?
Cable upgrade lets Telstra offer 100-Mbit/s downstream services to 1M homes in Melbourne and provides a pipe for its broadband DVR
4:55 PM Society releases two VPs as it looks to strengthen its engineering core
Phil Wiser says Sezmi has the strategy to win against the traditional TV guys as well as Boxee and other over-the-top video service providers
Cisco says a closer look at how consumers are digesting video on set-tops will aid programmers and ad agencies as TV viewing goes increasingly mobile
11:10 AM Site is now third, behind only YouTube and Hulu, in streams
10:20 AM New industry tie-up in the making
OSS provider believes broadband service providers can capitalize on their customer data to deliver more value
AlcaLu and Moto lead LTE-focused round for chip designer Sequans UPDATED 9:50 AM
6:55 AM Is VoLGA drying up?
Polycom breaks new ground with software collaboration and global support for BT's managed videoconferencing service
5:35 PM The great Post-it note in the sky
The possibility of open access is re-awakening as the FCC considers ways to improve US broadband access
The concurrent arrival of 3G and 'beyond 3G' mobile networks, mobile data services, and all-IP networks is putting much higher demand on mobile backhaul in China
China's three mobile operators are splashing out on backhaul equipment to keep up with their 3G network deployments, finds a new Unstrung Insider report
As SingTel chooses vendors for multiple LTE trials, NTT DoCoMo focuses on its LTE launch, and China Mobile preps a TD-LTE pilot
PicoChip lands $20M from existing investors and plans an initial public offering in 2011
Policy control and deep packet inspection are hot topics for mobile broadband service providers in the virtual and 'real' worlds
A new adapter could help spur the TV Everywhere cause in the absence of any industry consensus
IPTV Interoperability Forum announces three new standards and says targeted ads and on-demand content are up for 2010
North American CEO says the Nortel wireless buyout gives Ericsson a commanding position on the new continent
Amid a flurry of big tech acquisitions and big-name cloud partnerships, Riverbed plans to sit disdainfully on the cafe patio
4:50 PM AT&T says they gave it to you. Can you hear them now?
11:25 AM Newer set-tops can offer service providers a good place to start serving Internet apps on the TV
10:00 AM Is Comcast vying for the Wal-Mart experience?
Third-quarter numbers show another significant decline in revenues at Nortel, with the up-for-grabs optical business shrinking by 26%
Nearly half of the world's 4 billion-plus mobile connections are in Asia/Pacific, and the region is still showing remarkable growth
The acquisition bid rises to $3.4 billion, and that's the final offer, Cisco says
Huawei looks set to muscle in on more European mobile core network action as it opens a new research lab in Italy with Vodafone
3:05 PM French bidder raises stakes in battle for Brazil's GVT
1:15 PM Because we couldn't return from TelcoTV without party pictures
Samsung will take on Symbian, Android, and LiMo with its own open OS in December
New Web gateways help service providers provide in-line URL filtering for their growing armies of Web-enabled mobile devices
Having already launched XaaS services in Europe, partners NTT and OpSource offer virtual private cloud services to US enterprises
9:10 AM Mobile operators turn to DPI to manage broadband usage
AT&T teams with VMware and Sun to target enterprise users with on-demand computing services
8:05 AM So many diseases, so little time
Personalized video service provider offers free service for three months in Los Angeles, still targeting telcos as partners
10:50 AM Former Redback CEO is now a former JDSU board member
Airvana gets money for its unpaid CDMA bills at Nortel
Not everyone is convinced TV needs an app store, but EchoStar and Dish are going to give it a try
Ankeena's CTO Prabakar Sundarrajan gives us his view on the content delivery challenges facing telcos, and he outlines a few tips for holding on to subscribers and building an infrastructure that won't break when VoD content continues its rapid growth
Cable's presence was felt at TelcoTV this week as MSOs embarked on IPTV fact-finding missions
1:05 PM Shareholders go for Kudelski's sweetened bid for OpenTV, and the notion that OpenTV faces a brighter future with Kudelski in control
12:30 PM Friday the 13th is unlucky for Ciena
12:15 PM Clearwire's Q4 goal: 900 new subscribers a day
Android-based Mini 3 will be initially sold by Claro in Brazil and China Mobile
Now that telcos are being introduced to new service areas that they've never done before (entertainment delivery, home monitoring, etc.), it's worth asking: What is job No. 1 for today's telcos?
10:35 AM Google buys VoIP software firm Gizmo5
Telcos have to walk a fine line between exploiting consumers for advertising purposes and missing out on a potentially huge revenue source that could supplement the cost of their expensive TV offerings
9:05 AM The Asia America Gateway submarine cable is live and ready for traffic
Liberty Global is to buy Germany's second-biggest cable operator, Unitymedia, in a deal valued at $5.2B
'Come' to our virtual tradeshow on policy control and DPI to register your views on the FCC's latest moves
But the trade body is predicting a long life for HSPA as a 'fall back' to LTE and a mobile broadband standard in its own right
The 2.0 version of MoCA is targeting two performance modes: a 400-Mbit/s basic version, and an enhanced 800-Mbit/s mode that could outgun G.hn
2:15 PM The importance of getting others to do the work
NSN has lost another top executive, this time to Finland's domestic airline
NOON Reports suggest a potential delay to optical asset auction, but Nortel says nothing has changed
11:45 AM Apple's said to be pursuing an over-the-top subscription TV service, but tricky programming rights could make it a nonstarter
Who's got $4.5B and wants in on the North American cable market? Sources at TelcoTV had at least one answer
11:10 AM A Facebook status update clears a teen of robbery charges
9:40 AM Olivier Baujard has landed himself a plum new role as CTO of Deutsche Telekom
9:15 AM They couldn't wait until TelcoTV was over?
Here's our quick photo tour of some of the panels and stands at TelcoTV 2009
Twitter on your telly? Really? Differentiating IPTV from cable is a major telco concern. As execs from Ankeena Networks and Amino Communications point out, there's a tension between what will enhance the TV experience and what may just be annoying
7:45 AM SP Telemedia is buying Australia's Pipe Networks for A$373 million
Applications are the key to IPTV success, but the right ones won't emerge unless telcos adopt the iPhone model, one keynoter says
And the winners are...
Moto could sell off its profitable set-top box unit for $4.5B, according to a WSJ report
Avail-TVN CEO Ramu Potarazu says the telcos need to brace for an onslaught of VOD content by making sure they have networks that scale to match the depth of choice that video consumers have come to expect
Telecom service providers may be forced into metered billing if the number of heavy video users continues to grow
The battle to control the virtualized data center of the future heats up, as Hewlett-Packard announces a deal to purchase 3Com for $2.7 billion
Green Bay-based telco becomes the first to reveal itself as a ZillionTV partner, anticipating a broad rollout in 2010
1:25 PM Everything flows from there
12:50 PM Meg Whitman, now running for governor in California, says Skype 'will prove to be a good acquisition'
12:10 PM CEO blames iPhone for sliding market share in Germany
AT&T keynote speaker says IPTV has been shown to be a viable service for telecom operators
Butler-Bremmer taps Harmonic's Docsis-powered architecture as it looks to unify all its video services on one, common IP-based platform
RIM makes an effort to attract app developers so it can better compete with Apple and Google
Heavy Reading survey data reveals that pay TV providers have a way to keep price-sensitive consumers from churning
9:30 AM Japanese giant unveils video transport solution
Chinese vendors are the only ones to increase their optical equipment revenues during the third quarter, according to Ovum
As it reveals a wider Q3 loss, Clearwire says the one big name not involved in its latest round of funding is still a partner
Responding to criticism of a slow and burdensome process, the NTIA and RUS are consolidating Recovery Act rounds and asking for more suggestions
Heavy Reading's Adi Kishore discusses his firm's latest consumer survey on pay TV. The survey reveals that consumers are more price sensitive than ever, but that consumer loyalty can be enhanced by bundling services
Smaller telcos deploying IPTV today can use individually focused content to compete with cable and satellite, a TelcoTV panel said
Sprint puts up the big money, and Google isn't involved this time
5:00 PM The conditions are perfect for cord-cutting, but it's not happening yet. I have a theory that might explain why
2:50 PM Alteon line is gonna kick some butt!
Vodafone looks to cut another £1 billion in operating costs as it reports half-year results today
Weakened 40G sales and a shaky Q3 outlook are sending Opnext's stock plunging
Nokia ships its high-end hopeful, the N900, which uses the Linux-based Maemo operating system
11:00 AM The 'Big 2' may be all powerful, but the influence of AT&T and Verizon can help other operators, too
10:25 AM Santa (a.k.a. Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft) brings free WiFi to planes, airports, hotels, and Times Square
9:50 AM Cisco's $3B offer isn't cutting it with Tandberg's investors
9:30 AM More than a technology play?
Vodafone plans to get more mileage out of its 3G network with HSPA+ upgrades and does not see a need for LTE until late 2011, or even 2012
8:20 AM There’s lots to learn
Arris looks to keep Moxi's retail flame lit by reducing unit prices and introducing a new three-tuner HD-DVR
Sprint to bleed even more jobs as it reportedly looks to pump more cash into Clearwire
Google buys up smartphone-ad-serving rival as it gets deeper into mobile
Russian WiMax startup has shown it's possible to take on the DSL players, but can its strategy be replicated by others?
2:25 PM WiMAX Telecom files for insolvency and starts restructuring
12:45 PM Other than the DVR, what's out there that you would pay for?
Access equipment vendor says its first all-Ethernet offering can build itself up to terabit size
11:45 AM Confident of Thailand's 3G licensing plans, AIS plans its next-gen mobile investments
Sprint and its joint venture partners are ready to invest an additional $1.5 billion in Clearwire, according to a Wall Street Journal report
New Verizon consulting service helps businesses find distributed data and prioritize their security
The enterprise femtocell finally appears to be moving beyond the conceptual phase
Signaling that it's back in the cable modem game, Juniper becomes the first to win the Docsis 3.0 stamp for an 'embedded cable modem module'
Craft beer, finger foods, and some of the brightest minds in the industry. Mix it all together and you get quite a party
5:45 PM MSO will roll 100-meg Docsis 3.0 services in 2 markets next month, while another 9 start off with 50-meg tiers
Cisco is buying the Chinese set-top maker, not for technology, but for a stronger role in China's move to digital cable
Amdocs sees an upturn in the market as it reports its fiscal year, and fills a hole in its SDP portfolio with a significant acquisition
3:00 PM Sprint WiMax booster leaves Clearwire
Verizon will follow T-Mobile with an option for users to pay for Android applications via their monthly phone bills
Acquisition gives AT&T nearly 1M new subscribers
11:10 AM My PS3 is about to get a movie-streaming upgrade
Rembrandt's money-grab falls short after a judge rejects claims that several MSOs were infringing on its data-over-cable patents
Another 15 million mobile lines were activated during September, taking India's total mobile market to nearly 472 million lines
10:15 AM WiMax may have a longer lead time than you think
Verizon's first two Android phones arrive Friday, but here's an early peek
The economy weighed on TWC as the pace of residential sub growth slowed in the third quarter, but biz services offered a bright spot
Symbian still dominates the mobile OS market, though RIM and Apple are snapping at its heels
Service providers are all adhering to Metro Ethernet Forum standards, so what are they doing to differentiate their offerings?
1:45 PM Telenor to swap out its mobile network, build with Huawei and Starent
As 100-Gbit/s modules become available, NTT America's CTO wants to make sure routers get upgraded accordingly
The hot topic at this year's Ethernet Expo Americas was the introduction of Ethernet exchange services
The 3G60, a modular CMTS blade in the works at Cisco, will pack in 60 upstream ports – 12 better than Moto's RX48 module
10:35 AM What would you fix first?
More pics from Ethernet Expo, including some scenes from the Ethernet Expo Awards
Keynotes, panels, and more show floor vendors make up this installment of our trip 'round Ethernet Expo
As part of its quest for simplicity, Interoute is aiming to cut the number of customer boxes it needs to support to just a handful
Ethernet technology enables an interactive healthcare application that is changing how doctors and patients interact. Optimum Lightpath's Dave Pistacchio describes that service and talks about the need for high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity
MSO will make unspecified layoffs as 'Project Cavalry' gets underway in more than half of its markets
AT&T and Verizon are among the big dogs backing IMS for voice and SMS service delivery over proto-4G LTE
Carrier is rapidly pushing Ethernet into every part of its network, including the wireless piece that's straining under the bandwidth demands of smartphone use
1:15 PM Equinix, CENX, and the MEF: ready to rumble
Russell Shriver, Level 3's VP of product management for IP and data services, says carriers need to expand, innovate, and take Ethernet services to the next level
More pics and grins from Ethernet Expo in New York
12:40 PM MSO debuts its 60-Meg wideband tier in another AT&T U-verse market
Small booths and wide smiles dominate the Ethernet Expo exhibits hall
Service providers at Ethernet Expo insist there's demand for a, still theoretical, 100-Gig Ethernet service
Nokia Siemens is reportedly looking to outbid Ciena for Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks business
Mzima Networks CTO Grant Kirkwood discusses his company's business plan and how it uses Ethernet connectivity to give enterprises a fresh start in their offices and when outsourcing their network infrastructures
Enterprise customers are realizing that not all Ethernet services are created equal, says AboveNet CTO, Rajiv Datta. Newer, more aggressive service-level agreements and ultra-low latency guarantees are ways that service providers are standing out from the competition
The winners of Light Reading's 2009 Ethernet Expo Awards
5:45 PM Cable overbuilder starts lighting up Cisco's wideband gear in New York, Boston, and Lehigh Valley
One constant challenge for carriers is their ability to connect with other carrier networks to extend the reach of their services. Service providers here have taken note of the problem, and they weigh in during this news brief
Reliance Globalcom's CTO talks about the importance of managed services and explains why that particular carrier offering is still going gangbusters in a bad economy
New York-based MSO says outdoor WiFi deployment is ahead of schedule and coming in 15% under budget
New offering isn't the market's first, but Verizon Business says it delivers better common customer experience
CLEC creating customer portal that will enable enterprises to keep close tabs on network and application performance
2:40 PM SK Broadband, another cable tech early adopter, is using Arris gear to bond four upstream channels
Equinix Inc.'s Jarrett Appleby explains how local carriers can get global reach with his company's Carrier Ethernet Exchange
The market for Carrier Ethernet switch router gear is set to grow in 2010 after contraction in 2009, analyst tells packed event
According to reports, Apple planned over-the-top subscription TV service would cost $30 per month and be delivered through iTunes
NOON MSOs talked the talk about new, advanced services, but will they walk the walk?
Nokia Siemens unveiled a major cost-cutting initiative, a new corporate structure, and plans to cut 9% of its workforce
The company's EtherStream technology promises to help carriers milk more mobile data bandwidth out of their base stations
Using the same technology its vendors developed to push FiOS into MDUs, Verizon Business now offers fiber LAN
9:45 AM We discuss Ethernet business services market trends with Russell Shriver, Level 3's VP of Product Management, IP & Data Services
9:25 AM Apple is pitching a $30/month iTunes video package
9:10 AM Cisco's M&A run continues with a bid to buy Chinese set-top box firm DVN
MEF president Nan Chen takes the wraps off his long-awaited Ethernet interconnect startup
Startup AirHop tackles thorny issues of self-organizing networks for LTE and future 4G networks
SureWest is launching Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV to fiber and copper customers and promising to do it aggressively
5:00 PM Phone maker shuts down mobile games service
Startup has nothing to do with superheroes, spiders, or anything cloudy
After years of self-containment, John Cioffi's DSL management specialist Assia bags $10 million, with operators backing the vendor
Cable IP convergence, 3D-TV demos, and Docsis and PON growing closer together – just some of the things that were on tap at cable's big tech confab in Denver
8:25 AM Not much difference between Orange and O2 iPhone prices
7:00 AM Dave Pistacchio, president of Optimum Lightpath, talks to us about the future of Ethernet services
