It ain't a clown car, lady
Say hello to the 'most intuitive product ever designed'
Hulu preps its much-hyped Superbowl commercials
It's been a long week...
Where can I get one of these tele-papers?
MSO, with some help from Cablevision, has launched a WiFi trial covering about 100 NJ Transit commuter rail stations
Wireless backhaul specialist says it's not aware of any bid, but adopts a rights plan to counter unwanted takeover offers
Economic conditions aren't ALL bad
The guy who helped Tandberg Television springboard its US cable business is on to a new challenge: helming CDN specialist Internap
Will new CEO Eric Cooney be enough to turn the company around?
Ashton and Demi share the love
A new bill has reportedly made it through the Senate
A flurry of new customers is good news, but it also drags down Infinera's margins
Exits with a 3% share of the mobile WiMax market, will soldier on with fixed 802.16d, concentrate on LTE UPDATED 1/30, 4:00 PM
Nortel quits the mobile WiMax business
Some 'Internet' company overtakes Level 3
The numbers came out fine, but even Juniper isn't immune to some cautious buying patterns by its customers
Let the purging begin
MSO capex will certainly dip in '09, but in one analyst's view, Harmonic should fare better than BigBand
According to a breakdown by iSuppli, the touch-screen BlackBerry costs $203 to make, $30 more than Apple's smartphone
Fourth largest US cellular operator reports a Q4 subscriber slowdown
New report on Digital Britain is a damp squib
Battling for customers in the flat fields of Frisco, Texas
About 200 cable folks gathered at The Cable Center in Denver for WICT Rocky Mountain's annual event
French video, VoIP, and IPTV vendor Thomson needs to sell assets to balance its books as its Q4 revenues tumble
And it won't cost all that much
Juniper builds up to its Q4 earnings report by appointing former Nortel executive Lauren Flaherty as marketing chief
MSO doesn't let financial troubles stop it from launching a Docsis 3.0-powered 60 Mbit/s service against AT&T's U-verse
Photo evidence of the telco turf war happening in North Texas
Digital switch-over is good news for LTE
The date is still Feb. 17, and cable says all signs are go
DreamWork will air a 3D commercial during the Super Bowl
Problems with rogue unit won't hit plans, says CEO
Focus on utility customers paying off
As the dust settles on AlcaLu's executive reshuffles, Mary Chan emerges with responsibility for 4G and LTE marketing
House shoots down digital delay bill
CTOs have made it clear to suppliers that they want more energy-efficient technologies without a significant rise in cost
In Japan, anyway...
In the wake of earlier scrutiny, Cox confirms it will start testing a new bandwidth management system next month
Apple iPhone takes bite out of AT&T's margins in Q4
As it unveils its Q4 and full year results, AT&T announces a reduction in annual capex of up to 15% in 2009
Bookham and Avanex pretty much had to merge
That is the question... or, why Huawei and TeliaSonera can't really call their LTE network plans '4G'
Russian telecom sector holding up, says mobile CEO
The perennial turnaround companies offer the reasons why they think their merger can fly
Not hard to see who's in charge
Netflix exceeds analyst expectations with its Q4 results
The win will give Apple more legal ammunition against Palm and other competitors
Trying not to be relegated to the second tier, the two optical components companies join forces
What the media really thinks of Tellabs
Highlights (and lowlights) we expect at the massive European wireless tradeshow
Tellabs CEO says customers in mature markets are playing 'wait and see' with their capex plans
Ivan Seidenberg likes femtocells
Cisco's strategic investment in the video management company could be related to its recent entry into media and entertainment with Eos
Have DVRs finally lost their luster?
Vendor claims its policy server touches 70% of all deployed cable modems in North America
Coffee and cupcakes for the CRS-1
Verizon Wireless results highlight backhaul, policy, and DPI requirements
Verizon reports solid Q4 with record FiOS subscriber additions but lower wireless subscriber adds
Fourth-quarter revenues were down 13 percent, and the first quarter will see a further dip, but margins are up
Unique feature or just table stakes?
With a Senate nod, a decision to delay the broadcast TV transition to June 12 appears poised for a House vote as early as Tuesday
Texas Instruments' OMAP 3430 chip will give Palm Pre more raw multimedia power than the iPhone or G1 but will add cost
If it's running your network, Cisco reasons, it might as well run your building, too
Fortune finds a new champion
Jones/NCTI aims to boost cable installer IQs
Deutsche Telekom will resell content delivery services from Edgecast
Product details about a Cisco-branded femtocell have emerged on a new AT&T Web page, as the operator preps a customer trial in three cities
$250 'network extender' offers no-service-charge coverage boost, but no 3G support yet
Reports suggest a return to the mobile market
US operator announces 8,000 job cuts, freezes salaries, and cuts employee benefits in a bid to save $1.2 billion a year on labor costs
Moto adds Starent's technology to its LTE offering in a move that, one analyst believes, has been struck with Verizon Wireless in mind
Cable isn't immune to the tumbling economy, but an analyst says MSOs should fare better than some of their biggest rivals
According to the latest comScore numbers, Facebook has pulled into the lead
Credit gets crunchier
The global market for telecom services is set for little growth in 2009, but will likely pick up in 2010, according to Pyramid Research
A jury finds Limelight doesn't infringe on those old Savvis patents after all
Is it a landline? Is it a femto? Is it a picture frame? Nope, it's the Verizon Home Hub
In 2009, every cloud has a lead lining, except for companies lucky enough to have a hit smartphone
Senate appears poised to vote on a 'bipartisan' bill next week that would delay the broadcast digital TV transition to June 12
India now has 346.9 million mobile lines activated following another high-growth month
Apple stock rises as the company reports positive Q1 results
Expects to cut 11 percent of its workforce this year to keep expenses in check, but the cable sector could provide a silver lining
Inauguration Day caused sore thumbs across the nation
Nielsen says millions still not prepared for the big digital switch
Despite the downturn, the Symbian OS is likely to be an important weapon as Nokia plans to license the software royalty-free through an independent foundation
4:05 PM Down come the Nortel signs
Cost problems and contractual issues are plaguing BT's Global Services unit, resulting in hefty charges and a sinking share price
VoIP rival moves in on Nortel's customers
Sales are down more than 5% from a year earlier as business falls away in Europe, but underlying operational indicators are encouraging
A tale of two tails at CES
OneSeason.com scores $3.5 million
The former Alcatel-Lucent executive raises his head to join the board of Audinate, a video-networking company
Mazu might be a small acquisition, but it could play a big role in Riverbed's service provider ambitions
Set-top waiver not enough to spur all-digital move in tiny Point Roberts
Ericsson CEO tells media that Motorola is 'on its way out' of the mobile infrastructure business – but is that fair comment?
If you're just offering broadcast TV, it'll be difficult to survive, says Aksh Optifibre Ltd.'s K.S. Choudhari, who gives us an idea of what kind of services stand out in India's IPTV market
Adtran draws an upward curve for the TA 5000
MSO is on track to meet an FCC deadline, free up capacity required to beef up its HD and VoD menus, and clear room for Docsis 3.0
With its execs clamming up about the company's future, we think you'll enjoy a romp through Nortel's recent past
Move into hosted voice and Internet services is good news for two vendors
CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg says the mobile network infrastructure sector is set to weather the global economic storm better than others
Web Wide World takes us to Rwanda, a country torn apart by genocide, and now attempting a radical transformation from an agrarian society to a knowledge-based economy, via the Internet
Ericsson delivers strong Q4 results, sending its share price up more than 12%, but it's still cutting costs and staff in 2009
What's the opposite of 'topping off?'
FCC wonders if MSO's new 'protocol agnostic' bandwidth management system discriminates against over-the-top VoIP applications
Rolling the dice on Clearwire's deployment plans
Test firm's sales are up, its new product gets plaudits, and its stock leaps as the market falls
Former Nortelian heads up femto product management at Airvana
FCC allows MSO to use SmartCard-based boxes through 2010, giving Cablevision enough time to develop a downloadable security system
Can we finally put the much-maligned DCT5000 to rest?
Company is looking for RF engineers in the New York and New Jersey area, suggesting that Clearwire services are bound for the Big Apple
The Application Storefront has started taking submissions, and the catalogue is expected to be filled with enterprise and entertainment apps
T-Mobile takes the G1 phone to five European countries
That'd be Harry Wallop, not the Prince
Huawei is seen as the most likely company to buy Nortel's wireless network assets, according to Unstrung's latest reader poll
44's the charm!
New customer not disclosed, but Cox confirms it's 'evaluating a new technology'
Former Telenor executive Sten Nordell joins transport equipment firm Transmode as CTO and has Ethernet/optical integration on his mind
ADB hopes to outdo its tru2way rivals by tightly integrating set-tops with middleware from its Osmosys unit
European regulators have delayed mobile broadband spectrum auctions in the 2.6 GHz band – will 2009 see any auction action?
British pension protection fund saddled with deficit
Latvian operator Lattelecom says its fiber-to-the-home rollout will enable broadband speeds of up to 500 Mbit/s by the end of 2009
Verizon reportedly plotting femto launch on January 25
Bahrain Telecom becomes the latest overseas carrier to buy a slice of an Indian mobile startup, plus an update on the 3G saga
Don't share the disease-ridden things
Sony Ericsson and Samsung Electronics feel the economic pinch, while Sprint intros recession-busting unlimited plan
YouTube launches a TV site
There's no 'Burger King' in it
Ernst & Young to work with Nortel teams on restructuring process that will affect 5,000 staff in Europe
A higher calling than Cisco
The FCC Chairman is shipping out on Jan. 20, so here's our Top 10 Kevin Martin Moments – with a cable emphasis
MSO won't kick a VoIP partner while it's down
New super-fast wireless on the horizon
Arris's next-gen strategy includes a new 'solid state,' carrier-class platform from Jim Dolce's Verivue
Sees a sharp increase in visitors in 2008
Photo of the day
Guangzhou today, UPC tomorrow?
TeliaSonera aims for 4G in 2010
London Olympics still on the vendor's calendar
Says component integration and bill of materials for new 320 Mbit/s wideband modem chip will help vendors breach a new pricing threshold
Scandinavian giant awards deals for initial rollouts in Stockholm and Oslo to Ericsson and Huawei, and eyes a 2010 commercial launch
Majority of the cuts will come from the Mobile Devices division, which has lost more than $2.7B since the start of 2007
CDMA mavens feel the Nortel pinch
Company tops 300M views in 2008
The company expects to emerge from bankruptcy, but it's likely to be smaller and could be split up entirely
Our wrap-up of CES 2009 is live
A new vendor has emerged: Anybody But Nortel
New filing viewed as a precursor to a possible pre-packaged bankruptcy for debt-saddled MSO
The Nortel news you've been waiting for
French vendor might benefit from bailout funds
Ubiquisys names Israeli startup Percello as second chip supplier for next-generation WCDMA femtocells
The new Palm could support up to 1 GB in processor memory
It's not a laughing matter, but...
Less jaw-jaw, more war-war as Palm rejoins the smartphone fray taking on Apple, Nokia, and RIM
Nokia Siemens will manage T-Mobile's mobile backhaul networks in Austria
Oh yeah... Bookham
The Patent office is re-examining the validity of TiVo's 'Time Warp' patent, giving EchoStar and Dish a glimmer of hope in the DVR case
Oh no, Moto!
Nortel's share price plummets as it files for Chapter 11 protection from its creditors in Delaware bankruptcy court
While global support for 4G standard LTE is unprecedented, base station products are diverse, finds a new Heavy Reading report
Deutsche Telekom executive tells investor conference that carriers are well placed to survive the current global storm intact
Comcast denies report that it awarded Moto a deal for up to 100,000 EMTAs, while Thomson says reports of a recall are inaccurate
Here's a sneak peek at our Telco Home Gateway report
Gov. David Patterson is reviewing the controversy with vendor M/A-COM
Yahoo finally chose its new CEO – but is she the right pick?
A Thursday deadline could tip Nortel's hand
Game On! Verizon will offer FiOS in some AT&T-served neighborhoods by the end of February
Intel stumps up the 'lion's share' of an $11M investment in Tribold, one of the key players in OSS's hot new sector
A copyright debate centering on the MSO's network-based DVR moves a step closer to a date with the US high court
Says that Q2 trail will encompass 'at least one market'; doesn't comment on a potential wider launch
Telco 2.0 proponent joins the BT Design team
UPDATE: Sling founder confirms the Krikorian brothers are leaving EchoStar
France will get a fourth mobile operator
Etisalat, Zain, Orascom are all in expansion mode
We got'em!
Limelight has lost two senior-level execs in the past month
What we saw on our trawls through the halls in Vegas
That's salaries, not people
A new Ethernet card lets the company's GigaMux behave like a small-scale ROADM, sort of
And it's not the crummy economy or a dearth of deployments
India's 3G auction timetable revised again
Portugal 'gets it' in terms of FTTH
I saw a lot. Understood very little
Long live the CableCARD... and Cisco and Motorola's set-top security margins
Video on the go requires some high-powered handsets and a finely tuned network. Or a car with a huge trunk
What will TV look like in the next year?
Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV platform has been deployed by Chinese cable operator Guangzhou Digital Media Group
Social networking makes live TV even more lively
In Las Vegas, an Android-hunt
Time Warner Cable exec outlines features with which sophisticated tru2way retail boxes will whet consumer appetites
Having a little fun with photos
CableLabs is considering HDMI-CEC as an official extension to tru2way
Video on-demand demands a second look as a pay TV replacement
FCC Chairman says cable's platform for interoperable retail set-tops and digital TVs is 'closed' and hinders product innovation
The gnawing concern of every hapless hack here in Vegas
The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem makes slow progress on its standards-based digital rights framework
Shock! Horror! (OK, not really.) Intel stands four-square behind WiMax at Vegas consumer show
Some say long, persistent viewing of video in three dimensions made them feel a wee bit woozy
Firm has quietly developed an HD box based on the CableLabs platform, and expects to introduce a DVR version sometime in 2010
Latest word is that AT&T could be eyeing the fall for its first commercial launch of femtocells in the US
Android sightings and a some tru2way cooling off
And you thought their cuisine couldn't get worse?
Modular home gateway targets what 2Wire says is a growing carrier interest in getting a cut of the network applications business
Video on-demand demands a second look as a pay TV replacement
Paul Allen-backed firm resets retail strategy with a $799 HD-DVR that has a 500-Gbyte hard drive and 1080p resolution capabilities
Latest poll results show LR's readers expecting a significant reduction in global carrier capital expenditure in 2009
Tunisia is set to house a $3 billion telecom park
The latest speculation involves Radware
Devices unveiled at CES bridge the gap between Internet and TV
Examining the product strategies of the big four RAN equipment vendors as they scramble to bring LTE base stations to market
Irony? We've heard of it...
A gizmo is on the way to connect WiFi devices to Clearwire's WiMax network
Or at least do its part to pull everyone out of this crappy economy
Come! Be my follower, sayeth the journalist
A marathon keynote went heavy on over-the-top content strategies and completely ignored tru2way
The big Q shows off the Google mobile operating system running on its Snapdragon chipset here at CES
We're waiting for the new Palm to hit here at the show
10 photos from last evening's opening keynote at the 2009 International CES
Microsoft and others are warming to the idea that the network should be your DVR
Competition, once again, spurs an MSO into action with Docsis 3.0
It's been dubbed 'India's Enron'
Supposedly, Google wants a router of its own
Shares dip after MSO says impairment charges largely tied to cable franchise rights will result in a 2008 loss
The Nokia 810 WiMax Tablet is dead, but was it ever really alive?
Hi-def capabilities will likely be among the new features to grace the final product, which was unveiled at the '08 gadgetfest
With a new IPTV feature and more Xbox enhancements, anytime is prime time for consumer access to video entertainment
Contentinople has the straight poop on a flood of new products from the CES pool
It's not in the device market... yet
As other major vendors prepare to shrink in 2009, Huawei sees its business growing by a recession-busting 29%
Really, I'm not
But the new Curve can't use T-Mobile's expanding 3G network
Retailer says it could use a partner in digital delivery
Is the vendor ridding itself of some potential bad apples?
UK operators say reports of deeper network sharing are 'speculative'
Cable vet set to take the helm of the industry's standards-setting body
Evolution Broadband offers a sneak peak at its new CableCARD, a security module that'll match up with a new line of tru2way set-tops
Cisco's consumer push starts with new digital media hubs and wireless home audio products
Verizon is courting content delivery networks with the possibility of a more direct connection to its broadband customers
At last! Government agency MIIT hands out 3G licenses to China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom
News abounds today, on subjects from Sling Media to Macworld
Optical vendor says it has the top five US MSOs as customers and is targeting expansion in Europe and Asia as its client base grows
MSO makes good on its pledge to deploy a new bandwidth management system by the end of '08 that doesn't discriminate against P2P apps
Femtocells reached a milestone with the approval of the first standards for the UMTS flavor of the mini base stations
Small MSO is confident it can restructure debt and emerge from bankruptcy later this year
New buddies say their planned merger is a bet on increased convergence of data centers and service provider networks
Mediaroom-based 'Storefront' service allows IPTV service providers to manage and sell multimedia bundles across three screens
Citing a 'new model' for Clearwire, ThinkEquity believes the company will launch nine new WiMax markets this year
Motorola has built a femtocell in a picture frame and plans to show it off for CES
Netflix nabs LG's HDTV, but gets competition on Roku
My Pet Goat was just the beginning
Despite reports over the new year, it is still not clear exactly when Clearwire will launch in the Windy City
Say it with SMS
Dutch MSO places 'large initial order' for wideband gear from Arris as it braces for fiber-fed competition from incumbent telco KPN UPDATED 1/6 3:35 PM
Ethernet equipment vendors seek safety in numbers with a merger that will see Turin's CEO Henry Wasik take the helm at the 'new' Force10
Leaving 2008 with a bang, and a profit
Written well after Xmas, but you can ignore that
Future events such as these will affect you in the future
Motorola accelerates the distribution of pink slips as part of overall plan to save $800 million in 2009
New Pyramid Research report puts US atop global fixed broadband revenues chart, even though China has the most connections
Microsoft can leapfrog Cisco and Apple with a strong move to embrace media adapters
Positive start to the new year for Chinese players as country's State Council gives the go-ahead for the award of 3G licenses
Cable Nebraska gives BBT's 'downloadable' conditional access system and MPEG-4-based video platform a shot
As India delays its 3G auction by a few weeks, figures for November show another 10 million-plus increase in 2G mobile lines
