Vendor's chips are staying in-house, despite what might have been said

RGB, Envivio and Harmonic – not Cisco and Motorola – appear to be grabbing the early linear TV transcoding deals with some major MSOs

1:45 PM Microsoft may soon be exclusive with Nokia, whether it likes it or not

A change in reporting methods meant Huawei's 2011 annual report included restated and improved profit numbers for the previous four years

Verizon and the MSO tie in cable modem and LTE data upgrades in six markets where Comcast competes with AT&T and CenturyLink

A 200G chip is the company's answer to the big, flat data-center fabric that vendors like to talk about

Microsoft will invest $300M in Barnes & Noble's new Nook division for better reading apps and potentially an e-reader of its own

Also: CableCARD gains momentum; Hulu courts authentication model; Canoe Ventures to shut down NYC digs; former Sunflower GM joins Synacor

Dimension Data's CMO of Group Cloud Solutions, Keao Caindec, talks about the ongoing development of cloud service delivery capabilities and explains why it's important to focus on the networking capabilities that underpin cloud applications

In today's EMEA roundup: Nokia in talks to sell Vertu subsidiary; Deutsche Telekom settles pay dispute; UK joint venture's 4G 'campaign'

The latest reports around the company say hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone has struck a deal with creditors

Who has their finger on the service provider Wi-Fi pulse? Check out our photos from the recent one-day event in London

Join us for a look at a hybrid power system the SCTE has deployed to help MSOs study how to keep biz customers humming when the grid goes down

LR Mobile compares U.S. wireless operators' results for Q1, in which ARPU growth superseded subscriber growth as a key metric

After 14 years as the mobile device market leader, Nokia is relegated to second place in Q1 by Samsung

Cisco doesn't see software-defined networking (SDN) as a threat but as a key to improve policy by revealing what the network is really doing

Also: Stake sale would value Hulu at $2B; Synacor profits on TV Everywhere; more TiVo DVRs get Comcast VoD

11:20 AM After exiting the US cable set-top business, EchoStar may still find success baking its Sling technology in boxes made by other vendors

Also: Samsung multiple OS plan pays off; no more Chomp'in on Android; RIM's runway is three to five years; Verizon's lineup leaked

In today's EMEA roundup: Nokia overtaken by Samsung in handset sales for first time; Sequans makes $9M loss; BT phone boxes up for grabs

The wholesaler pitches for more partners to get on board as it plans to activate hot zones in the biggest US cities

The mobile cloud will be the battleground where the interests of carriers, mobile device makers and Internet-based companies come crashing together

2:40 PM Though not literally, notes CEO Ben Verwaayen, as he addresses fiber demand in Europe following some optimistic political talk

The MSO now has 218,000 residential customers taking its 30-Meg and 50-Meg broadband tiers

2:05 PM T-Mobile's singing a different tune now that Verizon Wireless, and not its erstwhile partner, AT&T, is petitioning the FCC

Having sold its mobile data offload business, IntelliNet is reborn as Diametriq, a Diameter signaling traffic management company

The regional carrier paid the price while upgrading its customer base to LTE in Q1, as new subscriber additions slowed to a crawl

About 60% of modem and gateways shipped by Arris in Q1 had that Docsis 3.0 flavor as MSOs accelerated CPE upgrade cycles

TW Cable sheds another 94,000 video subscribers in Q1, but healthy gains in other services help MSO deliver a tidy profit

Sprint has had a major week with Q1 results, tax lawsuits, video visions, a WiMax revitalization and iPhone chatter

Shrinking revenues and margins herald the start of another tough year for Alcatel-Lucent

In today's EMEA roundup: AlcaLu has a bad start to the year; Nokia slaps down German patent claim; Transmode lookin' good; Vivendi to split?

There are plenty of opportunities for everyone in the food chain to benefit from the boom in demand for Wi-Fi connectivity

The prepaid wireless operator is building out LTE, but its relying on wholesale partners and spectrum swaps to make it happen

But shoots off a toe, as shares drop 5% in their debut. TW Cable, Huawei and Ericsson were its largest customers in fiscal 2012

Q1 looked OK, but as Juniper brings out its new core router, packet-optical switch and data-center fabric, a good 2012 is not a slam dunk

T-Mobile says it now has enough spectrum to cover 129 markets and get rolling with LTE after FCC OKs the transfer of AT&T's AWS licenses

As operators revamp their Wi-Fi service strategies, divergent marketing models have emerged

UK incumbent has been trialing seamless Wi-Fi authentication techniques on its live network with partners from Europe and North America

Despite all the rumors, Sprint's Dan Hesse says he doesn't know when the next iPhone will arrive and if it will have 4G LTE onboard

The FCC is still reviewing Verizon's proposed wireless spectrum buy. Also: Microsoft starts running more, longer commercials on Xbox Live TV service

Sprint posts a net loss of $863M as it moves ahead with the Nextel shutdown and sells 1.5M iPhones

While net income ramps on joint venture sale proceeds, network equipment revenues dip. But Ericsson is building for future growth

Eircom Senior Product Manager John Bermingham explains how the operator's recently relaunched Wi-Fi service will complement its fixed and mobile broadband offerings

In today's EMEA roundup: Ericsson sales fall but its profits rise; Russia's MegaFon changes hands; NSN's scores again with Liquid Core

Björn Smedman, CEO of Anyfi Networks, explains how his company's Wi-Fi virtualization software works and talks about his company's relationships with operators and Wi-Fi gateway vendors

The president and CTO of AT&T Labs discusses the network in the next decade and the growing importance of the cloud and mobile security

Tablets converging with PCs? Operators threatening to cut iPhone subsidies? Apple says it's not bothered by any of it

Big hopes sit behind Juniper's T4000, QFabric and PTX, and the company is trying to show the products are off to good starts

5:35 PM Some users could definitely save money over time by paying more upfront for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus from Google

Aereo's high-profile investor also tells Congress that ESPN would be 'insane' to bypass MSOs and sell directly to consumers

The Cupertino giant grew its iPhone sales by 88% and iPad sales by 151% in its Q2

Jumping the gun on the close of the market, Juniper says its Q1 was pretty good, while Q2 could be comparatively flat

The Android maker is hoping third time's the charm with direct-to-consumer sales of the Galaxy Nexus

Ma Bell's mobile boss says that users understand and enjoy AT&T's 'blended 4G' approach as monster data revenue growth shows

FON chief operating officer Alex Puregger talks about the shared Wi-Fi network operator's progress, proposition, partnerships and business model and how the smartphone revolution gave it a lease of life and acceptance in the carrier community

Swedish startup Anyfi Networks offers software that can turn existing residential gateways into Wi-Fi hot spots

Chris Bruce, head of business development at BT Wi-Fi and chair of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), talks about how BT is providing Wi-Fi services to its retail and wholesale customers and how WBA members are trialing integrated mobile/Wi-Fi services

Its relatively quiet network processor division steps up to the level EZchip and Xelerated (now Marvell) reached a while ago

Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Gabriel Brown explains what Service Provider Wi-Fi is, the major challenges facing operators and identifies some of the leading players in this space

Also: Netflix's 2012 streaming challenge; Synacor lands another TV Everywhere deal; Blockbuster HQ to share space with Dish

Service provider Wi-Fi rollouts can help mobile ops get to grips with the challenges of small cell deployments, believes Cisco

AT&T increases its profit and beats analysts' expectations for Q1, but wireless subscribers fall compared to the same time in 2011

EchoStar cedes the set-top market to Cisco and Motorola as it closes down its set-top business along with Aria, a video platform targeted at Tier 2/3 MSOs UPDATED 11:50 AM

Nokia slips below investment grade, and it's a first-quarter results frenzy, with ST-Ericsson, ADVA, Etisalat and KPN all playing by numbers

For mobile operators, Wi-Fi is like the Wild West, according to Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Gabriel Brown

4:30 AM There's an opportunity for mobile operators to integrate Wi-Fi into their service offerings and networks, but how will they do it?

Multi-COS at the heart of Carrier Ethernet 2.0, but network operators question its immediate value

5:45 PM Is $20 per month a fair price for access to a Slingbox-in-the-cloud plus network DVR, or is NimbleTV just a tax on TV Everywhere?

Shares dive more than 15% in after hours as investors fret about Netflix's soft Q2 subscriber forecast

What problem is software defined networking even trying to solve? David Ward, from Cisco's CTO office, tells the Open Networking Summit how service providers could approach that question

Carrier describes several network tools it is using to reduce mobile video file sizes and keep its unlimited data promise alive

It's about extracting and exploiting the information that's packed inside the network, says David Ward of Cisco's CTO office

DPI specialist is raising new capital with acquisitions in mind – but what might it buy?

It's the year of 4G LTE, and the hardware and software are just as important as the zippier apps

The startup tests a video streaming/network DVR combo in New York that, it claims, will help MSOs fulfill the promise of TV Everywhere

Also: TW Cable adds sports to TV streaming app; Comcast, Netflix execs pull down big bucks in 2011; another Cablevision exec departs

Revenues are up but profits are down in 2011 for the Chinese giant, which can't quite grab the telecom equipment sales crown from Ericsson

In Monday's EMEA mash-up: MegaFon starts LTE rollout; Vodafone makes formal offer for C&WW; Calix scores in UK's curly-sausage country

See who was movin' and shakin' at the Ethernet Europe event in Munich – and see how much the German city looks like a chocolate box...

David Ward of Cisco says that to apply software defined networking, you have to throw out some decades-long routing traditions

After months of due diligence, Vodafone offers more than £1B for enterprise services and international capacity player C&W Worldwide

10:00 AM China poses a major challenge to Nokia's smartphone ambitions

Rob Pullen tells employees and shareholders that he plans to continue working through his treatments

4:25 PM Silicon Valley seems to love software defined networking, and it's big in Japan, but there's still a long way to go

White-label Android-powered set-tops are among the devices Dyyno has assembled in its TV Everywhere arsenal for cable operators

Also: 'Free' VoD market could be worth $1 billion; Hulu tees up more Web TV originals; WalMart's disc-to-digital program gets high marks

Test giant buys its way into the cloud applications security sector with the acquisition of Mu Dynamics

Also: Nokia plans deep price cuts; RIM's recruiting an advisor; Verizon wants a third OS; iPad Mini rumors pop up; and more

As two departments become one, Genband promotes one exec, waves goodbye to a few employees and proclaims a focus on Tier 1 customers

LTE networks need a different approach to network security, finds a Heavy Reading report

A new aggregation system designed to sit at the edge of the cloud turned heads at Ethernet Europe

In today's EMEA mash-up: Spirent to buy Mu Dynamics; Vodafone gets an extension on C&WW bid; France Telecom agrees pay deal with unions

Amsterdam Internet Exchange CTO Henk Steenman says ISPs interconnecting in the Dutch capital are already signing up for 100 Gigabit Ethernet services but notes there are still limitations to the service outside the data center environment

It's the year of LTE, and the hardware and software are just as important as the zippier apps

Verizon CFO Fran Shammo says DSL won't be sold where its FiOS fiber-optic Internet service is available

But they'd better not use the IP addresses for IPv6 procrastination, or the IETF will get all uppity

Cablevision allows live TV streaming to PCs, Macs, iPads, iPod Touches and laptops in the home with its apps

Mike Tighe, the former Verizon executive who recently joined AboveNet as VP of marketing, says history suggests that a 100Gbit/s Ethernet connection will soon become the standard for business customers

1:10 PM Having just lost a fortune, Nokia is also losing its top sales exec

1:05 PM The handset maker has a tough battle ahead, but the wireless operators could give it more powerful weapons

The company confirms that $100M spin-in Insieme is working on software-defined networking in some form

Wireless users will be able to dip more than one device into the same bucket by mid-year as Verizon aims to juice data usage

Also: Huawei tops VoD server market; Cartoon Network tunes up for TV Everywhere; Netflix CEO's rants have much to do with competition

Cable Labs' Chris Donley explains how a new block of IPv4 addresses is being made available to service providers to help them ease the transition to IPv6

Ricky Wong eyes media opportunities as he bails out of telecom with the sale of his Hong Kong broadband and voice business to CVC

The carrier posts Q1 revenues of $28.2B as it added 501,000 net contract subs who are averaging about $23.80 on data per month

In today's EMEA roundup: Yep, it's more bad news for Nokia; TeliaSonera struggles too; Russian competition authority goes after Telenor

Paolo Gambini, the VP of product management and development at Inteliquent (formerly Neutral Tandem and Tinet), explains the different ways in which Ethernet OA&M has changed for the better

Silicon Valley's lovefest for software-defined networking drew a much bigger crowd than expected

The fallout could be good for T-Mobile and Verizon's MSO partners, but bad for Dish if the feds try to impose a spectrum cap

Spectrum shortage, what spectrum shortage? Carrier says it will sell some 700MHz spectrum, but only if it's cleared to buy AWS radio waves

2:40 PM If Square's valuation is skyrocketing, why are we supposed to get excited about NFC from the wireless operators again?

11:45 AM There's been a greater focus on service management and customer experience at Ethernet Europe

HP's new mobility platform lets operators target enterprises with mobile apps, but first they have to get employees on board

11:25 AM The guys who live down at Layer 1 are cheering for software defined networking more fiercely than you might realize

It's also making its own 10Gbit/s switches, which isn't a surprise, but it's nice to hear someone admit it

Incumbent MSOs such as Comcast, TW Cable, Charter and Mediacom will soon have to deal with a bigger broadband competitor

Ever been to Munich? Ever been to Light Reading's Ethernet Europe event? You can see what both look like right here...

Also: Hulu subs reach 2 million; Comcast's Xfinity Home blows into Chicago; DirecTV brings HD-DVRs to hotels

Mobile operators are not convinced by Nokia's Lumia smartphone efforts, reports Reuters, and analysts say operator support lags expectations

At Ethernet Europe in Munich, Colt's head of Ethernet & IP Services, Henry Bohannon, talks about the 'new battleground' in Ethernet services and explains his company's 'Service Wrap' philosophy

In today's EMEA roundup: Will Vodafone or Tata bid for Cable & Wireless Worldwide? And why Virgin had to ex-ter-min-ate! its TiVo ad

European carrier learns lessons on wholesale cloud services from early experience hosting online video games

The exchange provider enables cloud service operators to reach a bigger market quickly and telecom network operators to make more money

Drink along as we explore the hot buzzwords at this year's show

4:05 PM If you want a hot mobile social property, you have to look for what people are talking about

Cox's countersuit proves, once again, that friends can quickly become enemies when business deals crumble

On Thursday, Big Red will turn on its 4G LTE network in 27 new markets, bringing its total to 230 potential customers covered

The Belgian incumbent is building enterprise service management capabilities into its network

What were the highlights of Ethernet Europe's tag eins (day one) in Munich?

At Ethernet Europe in Munich, Belgacom's director of WAN, Internet & Security Services explains the operator's approach to 'smart networking' and how that's helping it take cloud services to its full range of enterprise customers

Quantenna lands a stack of cash as pay-TV providers seek out ways to move HD video around the house via gateways and set-tops

Also: Tablets become the key secondary TV screen; Level 3's CDN packs on muscle; Casa scores a CMTS deal; Synacor lands MetroCast

There's a magical twist to some new product launches at Ethernet Europe plus an effort to clean up mobile communications

At Ethernet Europe, AT&T's Margaret Chiosi recalls voice network's move to software-defined networks and says it's data's turn now

At Ethernet Europe, Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Patrick Donegan talks about the challenges associated with small-cell backhaul, the evolution of wholesale mobile backhaul and the Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid Champions League semi-final soccer match

The annual Ethernet Europe event has gone-gone to Munich for the first time – find out what's on the menu, apart from bier and knackwürste

Not every carrier is sold on software-defined networking, but Verizon thinks it's the way to unlock some crucial data-center capabilities

Exchange operator looks to the cloud as a growth driver, embracing Amazon Web Services and other direct cloud connections

In today's EMEA roundup: Deutsche Telekom sees the Ethernet light; Telefónica goes gaming; Vodafone calls for referee in Indian tax dispute

5:40 PM The credit rating agency knocks Nokia down to a notch above junk

Sprint took us on a quick field trip to Olathe, Kans., to see a Network Vision cell site it has up and running with Clearwire and Ericsson

The idea of making money off of occasional bandwidth bursts in the enterprise comes one step closer to reality for service providers

Cisco's Videoscape has teamed with a startup called Coincident to bring interactive TV apps to tablets, smartphones and other companion devices

Sprint is lining up its first 4G LTE smartphones to appear on April 22, before the network is live in its initial launch markets

10:50 AM Sprint gives LR Mobile a progress report on Network Vision, including updates on LTE, smartphones, Wi-Fi, roaming and more

There's no sunshine in Munich this week, but that's OK with Ethernet Europe folks, who are mostly interested in clouds anyway

Nokia Siemens gets some mobile broadband action in Asia/Pac as it beats Huawei to StarHub's LTE deployment

Also: Roku streams into Canada; DirecTV, Starz deal adds TV Everywhere; NBC gears up for Olympic streaming

In today's EMEA roundup: Data-connection problem tackled on flagship phone; Deutsche Telekom faces strike; KPN looks at Belgian mobile biz

Hesse & Co. want to keep their unlimited edge on 4G as long as they can

Sources say Comcast is conducting a small nDVR pilot that closely emulates the system Cablevision deployed in Connecticut and New York

As Sprint's Network Vision unfolds, so will HD voice, with full support planned by the project's completion

Everyone expected Facebook to buy more mobile apps, but this was quick

With the Trident deal sealed, Entropic will go after Broadcom with integrated MoCA and set-top box SoCs as MSOs ramp up their IP video plans

Sprint execs open the doors to its Overland Park headquarters, giving a glimpse inside what makes its Network Vision tick

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Ohio and other areas are set to get LTE this month as Verizon wades into smaller and smaller 4G markets

Also: Entropic seals the Trident deal; Boxee reveals its box user base; Comcast opens up the IPv6 gateway; HBO offers free streams

They might taste great together, but the exact recipe is still up for debate

Sprint plans to shut down, then repurpose, its iDEN network for LTE in 2014. But, by then, it will also be blazing a trail to LTE-Advanced

In today's EMEA roundup: Is Nokia now wasting its time in emerging countries? And can Europe control the 'Internet of Things'?

This week: New telecom forecasts for Argentina and India; DPI vendors deliver on policy management

Some NetScreen veterans say they're covering up a real-world weakness of OpenFlow's, and they won't be the last

The MSO and its wireless partner launch service bundles in five markets that are in U-verse territory

12:25 PM If the FCC has declared war on small, less efficient telcos, are they ready to fight back?

11:45 AM Analyst says Dish and DirecTV are 'prime candidates' to connect with Apple's new TV (if it really exists)

Also: Charter boots up interactive ads; Moto beefs up its video transcoding menu; Cablevision unit pipes uncompressed HD via Ethernet

In today's EMEA news: Telefónica makes M2M move; France Telecom buys up 95% of Egyptian joint venture; TeliaSonera cuts Finnish jobs

12:05 AM Profit warning reveals severity of threat to Nokia's emerging market strongholds

Even if the launch isn't as smooth as it might be, AT&T is initially stumping up over $100 for each 4G Lumia sold on a contract

5:40 PM Sprint's taking reporters to Overland Park, Kan., for a deep dive into its Network Vision, and we're looking for clarity on a few things

Cisco and Ericsson aid telco's FiOS VoD system redesign as Verizon appeals lawsuits brought on by ActiveVideo Networks

With Facebook splashing $1B on Instagram, we can see a number of other mobile social apps are prettying themselves up for a takeover

Metaswitch exec says a new kind of fixed-mobile convergence can help operators without a cellular network become more valuable to their customers

MSOs and telcos are getting into home security and monitoring, but report warns that they'll have trouble turning that into a material business

12:00 PM Some wireless operators may not yet embrace mobile video, but soon they'll have to track it and optimize it If they hope to one day monetize it

Wireless operators may start out trying to ignore mobile video, but soon they'll have to track it and optimize it with the hope of one day monetizing it

Nokia's share price dropped 18% on the Helsinki exchange as the phone maker lowered its Q1 outlook for its device business

Also: Verizon sub sues over DSL speeds; Hargray nabs a Charter system; cable co-op makes changes; TiVo CEO gets a new deal

New Calix report shows that early video streaming usage is eating up two-thirds of rural bandwidth, raising alarms about what's coming next

'Memory management issue' prompts Nokia to offer $100 refund as goodwill gesture to all Lumia 900 buyers in the US through April 21

In today's EMEA roundup: Software problem surfaces in US prior to European launch; BT mines rich services seam; TeliaSonera talks MegaFon

Teaming up with EdgeCast, Dell wants to cash in on the trend of service provider-owned content delivery networks

Millimeter-wave specialist E-Band has got funding and a new strategic investor to back its plans for small-cell backhaul

5:50 PM As the mobile social bubble grows, it could blot out other crucial parts of building an unwired ecosystem

Video gear vendor chops revenue guidance by up to 11% as sales slump in Europe, but an analyst's already predicting a rosier Q2

Wireless industry seeks to help police dry up the aftermarket for smartphone thieves by locking and wiping stolen devices

The deep packet inspection and policy management sector is undergoing a big market shift

MSO may keep the specter of new AllVid rules at bay as it starts to stream its VoD library to retail TiVo boxes in San Francisco

Also: Broadband-connected TVs on the rise; Comcast gives HBO GO on the Xbox 360 the all-clear; Avail-TVN expands TV Everywhere platform UPDATED 4:10 PM

The 4G era is underway in India as Bharti Airtel lights up LTE services in Kolkata

In today's EMEA news: Everything Everywhere begins spectrum sale in UK; Huawei shows off 200 Gbit/s in Norway; BT wants more Subex SPIT

On the heels of its OpenFlow obsession, HP adds software around another popular networking buzzword

Facebook is spending a cool billion on a mobile photo-sharing app that makes your smartphone snaps look like they were taken with Grandpa's Box Brownie

Can Paris Hilton's PR guy save RIM as more top execs exit and its Android support wanes?

Leap and T-Mobile buddy up on bandwidth as they prep for 4G deployments

UXP Systems believes its multi-screen home phone system will help juice up cable's slowing home phone business

Policy server specialist vendors are finding the going tough as major vendors like AlcaLu, Ericsson and NSN swarm over the market, finds Heavy Reading report

Nistica has built up fans in Japanese industry through the years, so the deal isn't exactly a shocker

Analytics from Avvasi are empowering the Canadian startup to rethink how it does mobile video

Also: Google augments your eyes; Instragram wages a geek war; Lumia 900 puts its OS on lockdown; RIM holds its ground in DC

9:45 AM We keep hearing about privacy slipping away – but how privacy-minded were you 10 or 20 years ago?

8:00 AM This week: Carrier cloud ecosystem, LTE-Advanced, mentioning the top telecom news

App developers and mobile operators got out of the Valley for a couple of days to hang out and talk shop

4:05 PM Competition is heating up as ISPs, telcos and MSOs seek easier paths to offering cloud services

The CCAP era won't take Cisco by surprise, as the company is pushing its edge QAM to next-generation density

LTE wholesaler isn't giving up, but its majority owner, Philip Falcone, says a voluntary bankruptcy may be how it 'completes its vision'

12:45 PM Blocking out the breeze in the Windy City is as important as mobile data upgrades

Flagship 4G LTE handset will be the first to support HD Voice while doing away with WiMax connectivity

Also: HBO GO braces for Comcast breakthrough; DirecTV-Tribune cut a deal; Arris sheds connector unit; Boxee's regulatory challenge

Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) will initially create more confusion in mobile broadband standards

In today's EMEA roundup: Pair target SMEs in Italy; DT makes health-care move; Skype increases its London presence

4:15 AM It's not as big a number as you'd think

Rajeev Suri highlights Motorola-inspired innovation and game-changing capabilities for telco CMOs as he talks shop with Light Reading

5:05 PM Bharti Airtel set to launch LTE services this month

Bold blogger at Magenta claims that Verizon is trying to corner the spectrum market and is misrepresenting its spectral efficiency

4:15 PM Others offer private clouds, but Terremark will try to set itself apart with the promise of easy movement of apps and data

Google's 1Gbit/s fiber deployment in the Kansas Cities is in 'full swing,' with half of its fiber huts already built

The X3, Comcast's first all-IP, high-def client box, could be a sign that IP video simulcast is on the way

10:55 AM If Research In Motion isn't going to die in a decade, its best chance of standing out may be to improve its apps chops and battle the low-price leaders in several emerging markets

Virginian regional operator nTelos to offer $50 off iPhone 4S models running over Sprint's network nationwide

Also: Mediacom opens to Roku streaming; ex-Cablevision exec lands at Charter; CableLabs's slow CEO search; Sony avoids legal scrape with Rovi

In today's EMEA roundup: EC thinks MotoMob may have been unFRANDly; Sony Mobile replaces Bert Nordberg; Telecom Italia considers spin-off

Service provider IT (SPIT) giant is seeing its sales eroded but records a quarterly profit as it emerges from the financial wastelands

The Indian SME sector demands a complete suite of apps that will be easier for carriers to position and sell in the cloud

6:00 PM U.S. operators are already going low on subsidized LTE devices but not competing where it counts -- the data plans

It may not have LTE deployed, but it's got the ball rolling with its first LTE smartphone, the $100 LG Viper

3:00 PM BlackBerry won't be the life of its party, but at least it'll let you BYO

School's out by this summer for engineers working toward an EPON-over-Coax standard

Carriers can't really get nimble just by hanging out with startups, can they? Luckily for AT&T, John Donovan was around to answer that

Also: Pace taps international president; Google TV sets sights on Europe; Concurrent splices VoD ads; AT&T exec joins Cox Business

Unlimited data and video on-demand now costs users $70 per month, while lower-cost plans are subject to data caps and throttling

Users of the first LTE Nokia Windows phone from AT&T will have three -- count 'em -- more 4G markets on which to use their devices

Genband has agreed to buy Aztek Networks for an undisclosed sum, giving Genband another piece to help carriers modernize their networks

In today's EMEA news: Ex-Nokia workers twiddle their thumbs at Accenture; sourcing SVP appointed at France Telecom; UK snooping slammed

RGB says it can help service providers avoid storing multiple formats of video for multiple devices

The BlackBerry maker is hiring LTE specialists as it looks to improve on 4G with BlackBerry 10

6:10 PM Chapter 7 appears to be the final one for a pioneer in interactive television and broadband videophones

Comcast's authenticated TV Everywhere recently debuted on Microsoft's IP-connected game console. Here's a brief look at the app in action

12:30 PM Finnish giant will need more than some iPhone insults and a teaser website to give the Lumia 900 some allure

11:45 AM Strikes major global cloud services contract with cigarette manufacturer but such deals are few and far between for telcos

Sigma Designs is the 'stalking horse' bidder for the digital TV silicon assets of bankrupt Trident, which recently sold its STB assets

Also: Netflix CEO carps about Comcast's HBO GO policy; Ericsson wraps up BelAir buy; Sigma Systems provisions WOW's video gateways

Operators already let tens of billions of dollars slip through their fingers each year, and LTE could push revenue leakage numbers even higher

8:00 AM This week's top telecom stories, as chosen by the readers of Matt's Mentions

Ahead of commercial launches planned for later this year, interoperability and device support issues remain for 4G voice services

In today's EMEA roundup: Nokia stalwart moves to Finnish operator; Ericsson completes BelAir buy; Turkcell sues MTN