New and improved multicast capabilities for D3 could help push forward cable's grander IP video migration plans
Acme looks beyond session border controllers with new recording product and middleware platform to enable business apps in the IP world
But questions remain about where that bandwagon will ultimately take us
2:40 PM Apple's revenue-sharing policies in its App Store are crystal clear. So why is everyone so upset?
1:05 PM Apple is set to announce the follow-up to its iPad on Wednesday. Did you delay your tablet purchase in anticipation?
Vendors are aiming to solve the rural carrier innovation gap with cloud computing, VoIP and wireless solutions
Borrowing a page from China Mobile's playbook, the Chinese operator plans to develop its own operating system and take on Android and iOS
Cisco follows a wobbly 2009 by retaking the cable modem termination system revenue share lead from Arris in 2010
Elsewhere: ivi TV seeks help in DC, Level 3 and Comcast bend the FCC's ear, and Mediacom makes a bold Web ad play
10:55 AM Comcast's Chris Bastian sheds more light on the MSO's field tests of Docsis 3.0 upstream channel bonding
New UCaaS approach intended to hide complexity, reduce cost for enterprises wanting to use Unified Communications to support mobile apps
AT&T teams up with major brand names to launch a mobile ad system that delivers targeted info within retail 'perimeters' in major cities
Vodafone UK suffers major service outage following a break-in at an exchange where equipment was stolen
After a good year in the metro market, ADVA decides it's time to compete with the long-haul brigade. But it faces some challenges
The ITU appears to be supporting an AlcaLu/Huawei-led revolt, a move that some are calling a rift in MPLS standardization
Google denies European VoD plans, a third licence is granted in Oman and France frowns on Skype in today's news from the EMEA region
For multiplatform video to succeed, new technologies are needed to secure video content against piracy and unauthorized access
Charlie Ergen & Co. is trying to secure rights to stream programming over the top
4:45 PM Careless talk costs contracts
Researchers open up a Xoom, explain why you need to return the tablet for a 4G upgrade and identify differences versus the iPad
The trials, slated for mid-2011, will focus on the 'operational readiness' of the architecture rather than the testing of new CMAP gear
12:30 PM Smaller telcos can no longer put off product development, even if the regulatory climate is uncertain
The service providers that are willing to invest in health care today – despite elongated ROI – will reap the rewards for decades to come
This week: Service providers and health care, telecom in Ecuador and Iran, Mobile World Congress postmortem, Polkomtel's many suitors
Elsewhere: Dish chief stays coy on spectrum plans, retrans consent lobbying heats up, and former Cablevision exec joins social media firm
T-Mobile hopes that 42Mbit/s service in 25 metro areas by mid-2011 will help it on road to recovery
9:20 AM Is it time to cut Huawei some slack?
Microsoft makes its CDMA debut, iPad 2 expectations rise and Android 3.0 reviews amass in this week's OS observations
Deutsche Telekom, Telecom Italia and Telefónica have all reported their 2010 financials – so how did they do, and what are their 2011 prospects?
It's financials time for Deutsche Telekom, Telecom Italia, Telefónica and cable giant UPC in today's helping of Euro telecom news
5:50 PM When Verizon customers complain, exec Joe Ambeault answers. What kind of subversive is this guy?
The company takes a stand against what it considers to be an unfair image in US eyes – and openly invites an investigation
4:50 PM Next year's wireless show will move to New Orleans in May
Upstream channel bonding, which has hit 75 Mbit/s in labs, will be ready for the real world within weeks, a Comcast exec says
Users and reviewers like the Honeycomb OS, but aren't so keen on the price of the new Motorola tablet
Heavy Reading says wideband will reach 85M homes in North America this year, and close in on 90M by the end of 2012
11:30 AM China and India hold great potential, but there's LTE TDD activity in EMEA too
Carrier isn't ready to reveal financial details of its LTE rollout, but it could be teaming up with LightSquared for a wholesale roaming deal
French giant lays out its timetable for LTE and updates on its fiber-access progress
European giant holds up well in 2010, with growth towards the end of the year, though it still has a few troubled units to turn around
France Telecom steadies the ship, taxing times for Magyar Telekom and Eircom crisis latest in today's canter through the Euro telecom news
Cisco's first Videoscape deployment has to share the glory with Comcast's unit, thePlatform, and with non-Cisco set-tops
Apple confirms iPad 2 launch event just as Google unveils Android 3.0 'Honeycomb' SDK
Satellite TV giant looks to launch premium service that offers movies soon after theatrical release, and talks up some plans involving LTE
The Stratus fabric arrives as Juniper explains its plan for huge, distributed data centers that it says Cisco (and others) can't match
Verizon's first LTE smartphone, the HTC ThunderBolt, could be hit the market tomorrow – or next month
Motorola Solutions will use Verizon's LTE network for public-safety applications in the US
Elsewhere: DirecTV adds 289,000 subscribers, Netflix cuts CBS deal, while Knology expands in Alabama and Georgia
11:15 AM What happened when MWC newbies Sarah Reedy and Heather Stanic were set loose in Barcelona? Check out these pics to find out...
Huawei wins preliminary court injunction against Motorola to prevent trade secrets being sold to Nokia Siemens Networks
Company will build first US data centers and upgrade to ultra-long-haul optics to meet demand for cloud services and IP video
MittelEuropa dominates today's Euronews, with Austria and Poland very much in the telecom headlines
A firm that targeted so-called 'cord-cutters' by rerouting broadcast TV signals over the Internet has just had its own cord snipped
The industry's mindset has shifted from 3G hierarchical network architecture to flat, all-IP 4G architecture, but the hard work has just begun
Moto's Honeycomb iPad competitor will go on sale on Thursday for $600 with a two-year contract, or $800 without one
Competitive overbuilder to reclaim spectrum using new breed of 'universal' DTAs that can run on Cisco- and Moto-based cable networks
1:15 PM Specs are on track, but don't get too excited just yet
Elsewhere: 3-D-TV standard makes Euro-progress, broadcasters may face spectrum fees, while Convergys is ID'd as a possible takeover target
Using video routers rather than bridges helps drive down costs for video as a managed service from global service providers
Wholesale LTE provider to tap new infusion for 'corporate purposes' and its network buildout, as its total raised funds reaches over $2 billion
Alcatel-Lucent is now established as the number-two player in IP routing, so just how well did the vendor's IP team do last year?
CSR merges with Zoran, Interoute buys dark fiber from KPN and NSN/Juniper's Carrier Ethernet JV gets busy in today's Euro roundup
Elsewhere: DirecTV eyes charges for premium 3DTV, SeaChange targets broadband-connected TVs in Europe, while cord-cutting is debunked
11:25 AM OpenCloud's problem is an industry problem
A Brilliant move by the IP giant, for whom timing is everything...
9:00 AM L-T-E in the U-S-A, ra, ra!
DT's T-Systems teams up with Microsoft, Vodafone does a shades-y deal and Huawei goes down the Tube in today's news from the EMEA region
Chinese vendor abandons US acquisition under pressure from government authorities
The wideband Docsis 3.0 spec has made great progress, but the cable industry has barely begun to realize its potential
With revenues dwindling and federal programs in flux, many small telcos are fearful for their future
Nokia cast a long shadow at MWC 2011
Neil Montefiore, CEO of Singapore operator Starhub, explains why the mobile-data growth phenomenon is yesterday's news in his home market
Elsewhere: Verizon targets TWC in Brooklyn, House Republicans try to block FCC's net-neutrality moves, and some think cord-cutting is for babies
This week: Mobile World Congress, telecom in Slovakia and Indonesia, Carrier Ethernet exchanges
7:50 AM The 3GPP is holding its next meeting one week before CTIA in Kansas City, and it's not because of the BBQ
3DTV will be either the next big thing or a laughing stock. Guess which way Comcast is betting
6:45 AM A widely distributed antenna will someday call for a widely distributed clean-up operation
In today's EMEA roundup, Elop stocks up on Nokia shares, the EC wants movement on satellite mobile Internet and Bahrain clamps down
Effective mobile marketing has been up for discussion at MWC as operators seek incremental revenues in SMS and banner ads
What will be the next mobile-chip acquisition deal? The signs in Barcelona point to something LTE TDD-related
Map gives legislators ammunition that could be used to pressure cable operators and telcos into expanding affordable broadband access
4:00 PM The National Broadband Map is out. Can you see your house from here?
Once wireless operators work together, video chat could be the new voice calling for wireless operators
1:25 PM At Mobile World Congress, LTE = Love The Espresso
Some big guns from the CE and retail worlds form a unified front to urge the FCC to turn AllVid into a full-fledged rule-making effort
Elsewhere: Liberty insists its gateway project is on track, MSOs play some small ball in mid-America and NBCU's new CEO tells it like it is
11:15 AM You have to feel for Intel in this whole Nokia shakeout, a little bit, anyway...
Telekom Austria CEO Hannes Ametsreiter says this year's MWC isn't boring like last year
Signaling that it may start to shed other non-core assets, Cisco sells Fibercore, a company it obtained through its buy of Scientific Atlanta
KPN strikes a RAN deal with ZTE, VimpelCom gets shareholders on side and Swisscom slips up in today's roundup of Euro telecom news
Telefonica Europe CEO Matthew Key discusses the changing state of the mobile industry and says providing a good customer experience is the way for mobile operators to prevent becoming commoditized bit pipes
Kabletown rejoices as it loses fewer basic video subs than expected while growing in other key service areas
We speed-date AlcaLu, Cisco and Juniper to find out how they think they can keep mobile networks unclogged
Voice will start to go all-IP, all the time, baby, on the Verizon 4G network next year
Vodafone rounds out its 'metrozone' vision in a demo that uses LTE TDD to backhaul small cells
Deutsche Telekom CTO Olivier Baujard shares the latest on LTE services in Germany, plans for LTE voice support and how Wi-Fi fits into the 4G mix
MSO says its new network DVR service and downloadable security system will slash box costs as deployments of both expand in New York
Genachowski tells House subcommittee the FCC's order doesn't affect 'existing peering arrangements' UPDATED 7:45 PM
Korean carrier discusses how it will support smartphones and tablets on its LTE network before the end of the year
11:30 AM Carriers have the opportunity to launch femtocells apps that make use of the better coverage and network awareness
LTE testing is essential for service providers to face market challenges such as cost, profitability and time to market
Elsewhere in cable land: Groupon may clip Hulu's chief, reviewer broils OTT boxes and Telenet unsheathes Moto's new upstream CMTS blade
Deutsche Telekom decides to go for circuit-switch fallback and eventually IMS to deliver voice services on its LTE network
The carrier is exploring options when it comes to the next stage of its 4G deployment
Lots of outdoor femtos here in Barcelona, but do operators really like them?
8:25 AM Chinese vendor wants to shake its low-cost image, but needs to find a new one first
The 'crazy' Masayoshi Son tells mobile operators how to escape their depressing reality and move from voice companies to data-centric ones
Nokia Siemens Networks says the security at its Barcelona 'village' in Hall 8 was breached by an industrial spy disguised as a cleaner
Ericsson gets busy with WAC apps and M2M, AlcaLu does LTE in UAE, and Deutsche Telekom comes under investigation in today's EMEA roundup
Hutchison 3G Austria is ripping out its NSN network and replacing it with ZTE gear as it preps its LTE launch. Could vendor financing have swung it for ZTE?
Telefonica Europe CEO Matthew Key talks about the network capacity challenges brought on by the iPhone and other smartphones, how Wi-Fi can help, and shares the latest on the operator's LTE trials in Germany
Access gear maker now offering network flow monitoring on a managed services basis to help rural telcos cut costs, add new services
Telefonica Mobile Data Group Director Tanya Field explains how the European mobile giant is dealing with, and making money from, the data deluge
5:50 PM But does Cablecom's test of 32 bonded channels and downstream bursts of 1.37 Gbit/s offer more than just bragging rights?
Why should consumers have all the fun? New ease-of-use features and devices like the iPad could spark use of mobile video in the enterprise
MSO's 'unbelievably fair' wireless voice and data packages are coming to the Sooner state, but how soon?
1:50 PM 'Pulverize' would be fun, but Eric Schmidt says they aren't doing that, either
Elsewhere: Netflix hits Android phones and Boxee boxes, Rovi sells stuff through IPGs, and cable dollars heat up in Europe
12:25 PM Mobile operators should focus on building a few tightly integrated apps for devices, not on owning a huge app store
HTC CEO Peter Chou says the Microsoft-Nokia connection will strengthen the entire Windows Phone ecosystem
Femto firms looking to boost their fan bases should not go to Telstra, which views the technology as 'an admission of defeat'
10:00 AM Some helpful tips on navigating the most massive mobile show in all of Europe
9:20 AM Mobile developers have a responsibility to create apps that won't take down the network
China Mobile Chairman Wang Jiauzhou called for improvements in the Wi-Fi experience in a keynote speech in Barcelona
Orange prescribes a tablet, trouble at mill for Nokia, and NSN does mobile money in today's digest of European telecom news
Blair Levin, author of the National Broadband Plan, got little Valentine's Day love at the NTCA's annual gathering
6:50 AM There's slow'n'steady LTE evolution represented here at the show but nothing earth-shattering on the 4G front yet
Orange announces handset from Samsung that enables new contactless services
NSN's CEO talks of his company's turnaround in LTE, gives 3G a long shelf life, and says there are some 'holes to fill' with potential M&A
4:20 AM How many CEOs does it take to hold a press conference? Ask WAC
AT&T and cable's chief lobbying arm don't think so, and they want the FCC to agree – and actually say something about it
3:30 PM Mobile 3-D displays make a splash
Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg talks about his company’s tie-up with Akamai, cloud services, prospects for 2011 and M&A
2:30 PM A rainy day doesn't keep the crowds away
Telstra plans to launch LTE by the end of this year in Australia using network gear and devices from Ericsson and Sierra Wireless, respectively
For most service providers, Carrier Ethernet exchanges offer the promise of dramatically and economically expanding market reach
Microsoft shows off the future of Windows Phone and vows to be the most operator-friendly OS on the market
LightSquared's wholesale LTE vision gets closer to reality following completion of in-orbit testing with the SkyTerra 1 satellite
Elsewhere: CenturyLink turns up heat on Cox, Suddenlink expands TiVo rollout, Rovi seals up Sonic and ESPN 3D goes 24/7
Poor customer support produces surge of helpdesk calls and no-fault returns, limits consumer use of advanced features
Carrier's network engineer discusses how it will extend its device lineup and sustain unlimited pricing
Telefónica Europe CEO Matthew Key discusses his new services strategy, the impact of the acquisition of VoIP service provider Jajah, and the operator's ambitious new application developer program BlueVia
This Technology tries to jolt cable's VoD ad market back to life by bridging closed cable systems to the Web video world
8:00 AM Open is as open does at Telefónica Europe's headquarters in the UK
Mobile and content delivery giants team up to boost the quality of content provisioned over mobile connections
Nokia has pinned its colors to Microsoft's mast, but given little clue on how it will fight off market share marauders in the meantime
It's all kicked off in Barcelona, but elsewhere Nokia workers walk out, a DT man packs his bags and a third bid emerges for Zain stake
With Microsoft alliance, Nokia is ready to take on Android
4:20 AM Alcatel-Lucent's Philippe Keryer says his company is seeing product growth happening in all the right places
Radio access networks are set for radical change
4:00 AM When hardware gets homogeneous, software stands out
Mike Galvin, managing director of research at BT Innovate & Design, says the key aspect in technology development the UK operator is looking for is integration between network and IT systems
Vendor unveils the latest Galaxy S smartphone, targeted at the enterprise, and Galaxy Tab 10.1, targeted at an Apple takedown
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop says alliance with Microsoft is to fight Google's Android
Its real name is MobileNext, and it represents Juniper's big bet on open software for the mobile network core
New hardware and software platforms add policy management to Wi-Fi offload to help wireless operators keep track of the users they boot off
Cisco says dollars spent on the Videoscape network, rather than on gateways and set-tops, will help rejuvenate its flagging video business
3:15 PM One place where you can't fault the 'end-to-end' hard sell
Elsewhere: Google touts 'long-tail TV,' Netflix is okay with not being new and fresh, and Apple's gaming play could stick it to consoles
10:00 AM So who's doing what at the 'new' Nokia?
9:30 AM Qt developers, it's time to learn Microsoft
Nokia is shedding itself of its Symbian and MeeGo heritage in favor of Microsoft, but Android may not be off the table either
CEO Elop commits to a Finnish future, but says major job cuts will hit the domestic workforce
The Finnish handset giant has unveiled a slew of strategic decisions – here's the easy-to-read digest of the main points
Company wants to parlay its success as neutral third party running local-number portability into similar role in monetizing mobile apps
Nokia settles down with Microsoft, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom play nice and AlcaLu does femtos in today's roundup of Euro nuggets
6:15 AM If cable's serious about sticking a stake in AllVid, it needs to show the FCC some sustained momentum with the CE industry
4:35 PM No matter which OS Nokia chooses, there's no quick fix
Arris notches first design wins for video gateways linked to its $20M purchase of Paul Allen's set-top and software baby
Elsewhere: TW Cable launches multi-room DVR, Liberty Global eyes European expansion, and a look at what Apple TV may be doing to Netflix
A cold morning in NYC doesn't deter small crowds from waiting for the much anticipated launch of the CDMA iPhone at stores
11:00 AM 'Matt mates' meet in Milan – one's at Huawei, and the other's formulating CenturyLink's fiber access strategy
Sprint CEO says he's having good discussions with Clearwire about further investment, but no decisions made as 4G provider nixes Clear
Uniquely integrated organization bridged the chasm between network ops and IT service groups to focus on customer outcomes
Even Flip cameras disappointed as Cisco examines the shards of a Christmas quarter
Verizon FiOS wins this round as the MSO grudgingly agrees to pull ads claiming that its services are delivered over fiber
AlcaLu has encouraging Q4 numbers, Nokia knocks on Microsoft's door and Ericsson does IP networking in today's roundup of Euro snippets
Alcatel-Lucent increases its FY 2010 revenues by 5.5% and reports a significant leap in sales and profits for Q4 2010
NCTA claims AllVid proposal led by Google and Sony would violate copyrights and patents and break pay-TV business models
The company's fundamental businesses suddenly cooled off in Q2. That's going to raise some questions
HP unveils a tiny smartphone, a big Pre 3 and the TouchPad tablet, all with some webOS features it hopes will help it regain relevancy
Telefonica launches international initiative that opens up network APIs to developers and creates a new revenue-share model
Elsewhere: Shaw puts usage-based broadband on hold, Comcast's CTO to take center stage in Canada, and USF reform plan gets high praise
MetroPCS has the first LTE Android smartphone in the US
Vendor chosen by Cox to personalize the idle screen and by Cricket to take it one step further by adding mobile ads
9:50 AM Nokia CEO Stephen Elop shares brutal analysis of company with employees (and everyone else)
9:40 AM Gleaning the other tidbit from purported Verizon Thunderbolt delay memo
It's a blue valentine for the HTC Thunderbolt
CableLabs working on common interfaces and sparking multi-vendor interoperability for a new access architecture initiated by Comcast
Nokia may transplant its execs, Telefonica pairs up with Interoute and Telecom Italia brings fiber to Trento in today's Euro roundup
Pyramid Research Senior Analyst Stela Bokun highlights the main trends in the global smartphone market, including a look at the growing attraction of cheaper but smarter devices and the success of the Android operating system
MSO accelerates its pursuit of bigger businesses customers with first launch of IP PBX services in Oklahoma and Las Vegas
Accenture is piloting its own enterprise app store that it will take company-wide this spring
4:15 PM Next week's show is shaping up to be one of the busiest wireless events in recent memory
Subscriber data management represents a vital and strategic advance to help carriers adapt to the reality of the two-sided business model
The startup's efforts to let carriers outsource operations could have interesting implications for service provider IT (SPIT)
1:25 PM All base stations great and small, carriers could have them all
The trend for smaller, integrated mobile access infrastructure continues as Ericsson unveils its antenna integrated radio
Elsewhere: DirecTV starts state settlements, Keith Olbermann resurfaces at Current Media and Comcast has another Super Bowl glitch
9:10 AM Alcatel-Lucent gets disruptive in mobile
An Ethernet ring protocol has evolved into an ITU standard that gives Extreme Networks something to crow about
Telenor and Tele2 post Q4s, PacketFront does gigabit-to-the-home and TalkTalk admits to billing carnage in today's Euronews roundup
5:15 PM Do 'public-private partnerships' include county and muni participation?
No details yet, but he's promising a shift from voice to broadband and elimination of the complex intercarrier compensation process
North American MSOs have paused new SDV deployments. BigBand sees them picking up again in the second half, but analysts aren't so sure
1:30 PM Elop's appointment at Nokia kicked off a series of upper-level changes
Nokia's Elop is planning to overhaul its executive team. Here's our list of whom we think the Finnish handset maker should recruit
12:15 PM Rural carriers seem to have learned from their mistakes and are making headway in the race to provide 4G services
Elsewhere: FCC eyes broadband subsidies and the FBI books former Cox employee for putting porn in Comcast's Super Bowl feed in 2009
Ahead of the Mobile World Congress, Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie looks at the evolution of policy control deployments and talks about the operators' ongoing efforts to engage with app developers
Extreme Networks is putting its latest bet behind MPLS-TP, a move that edges PBB-TE even further toward the sidelines
Philippines operator Smart Communications unveils a branded smartphone, complete with Wholesale Applications Community widgets
Alcatel-Lucent has seen the mobile future, and it doesn't involve traditional base stations
Nokia management braces for a cull, TeliaSonera looks to Poland and Vodafone puts out the Gingerbread in today's Euro telecom news digest
Updates to the network optimization vendor's Unison platform can mean 50% more capacity for wireless operators and OEMs
Cisco is getting Inlet for $95M, but why didn't it pull the trigger when another adaptive bit rate specialist was on the block?
Nokia doesn't want to be a joke, Verizon breaks records and a whole lot of release dates make up this week's OS diary
12:30 PM It's up to the Internet community to make sure the dwindling resource of numbers isn't missed
Cisco buys into adaptive bit rate streaming and revs up its TV Everywhere play by forking over $95M for Inlet Technologies
Elsewhere: Mediacom sets vote on privacy bid, TiVo shines light on ad ratings and China's version of YouTube rakes in some big bucks
BT's CTO/CIO Clive Selley talks about the 21CN, voice service innovation, wireless spectrum, and West Ham's prospects in the Premier League (yes, some good ol' soccer banter)
9:50 AM 'The Internet isn't about to topple over...'
Pre-order sellout suggests the new version of the iPhone 4 will be a big seller, as the operator reportedly plans 3G data-throttling measures for heavy users
Merchant chips pack dozens of 10GE ports and have reached 100G. How much longer will systems vendors rely on ASICs?
9:00 AM Showing off the pilot Chrome OS laptop. It even works!
Lars attacks, France Telecom makes it official on fiber and Vodafone disowns Mubarak messages in today's Euro telecom news digest
Canadian regulator delays imposing usage-based billing on smaller ISPs amid pressure from consumer groups and the government
9:15 AM It's a good time to be an optical company. When does it stop?
5:25 PM Spain's largest MSO isn't doing Videoscape ... yet
The new AT&T Foundry is just a building, but the carrier says it represents a whole new approach to innovation
Cisco wants the FCC to put the AllVid proposal on ice because the market for smart video devices is already heating up
Nokia's E7 schedule may have slipped again, at least in the UK
Wholesale carrier plans to dominate IP and Ethernet services for Tier 2, 3 and 4 markets in Western US
Bidders reportedly include patent houses, big tech companies – and Huawei and ZTE
A provocative study commissioned by Tellabs suggests mobile operators could wave goodbye to their profits by 2013 unless they wise up
Indy mobile app store positions itself as a partner to device makers and carriers, rather than compete for consumers in a crowded market
Dish's spectrum position could rival Sprint's and T-Mobile's following a $1B play for DBSD. But what will Ergen do with it?
Elsewhere in cable land: metered broadband sparks controversy in Canada and retransmission battles smack News Corp.'s bottom line
BT's CTO/CIO Clive Selley talks about the challenge of video traffic, net neutrality, optical developments and the use of service provider IT (SPIT) to deliver self-service capabilities to the operator's customers
Alcatel-Lucent has decided it's time to go head-to-head with existing session border controller partner Acme Packet
Nokia Siemens Networks says service providers can help their customers, and make money, by protecting and managing their private data
Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi gives us his take on how to fix the 10 'pain points' causing havoc in service-provider networks
Verizon will soon offer the iPhone to all, causing its competitors to throw out their last-ditch attempts to keep customers from switching
5:45 PM The FCC wins today's round in the net-neutrality rules title bout
G.hn wants a spot at the table as the IEEE works to unify management of Wi-Fi, powerline and coax-based home networks
3:30 PM Android's tablet OS impresses
Google offers developers an iTunes-like Web store for app downloads, and institutes in-app purchases as it tries to monetize its Market
2:00 PM Document questions whether bank support for Chinese vendors violates rules
1:30 PM AT&T's new mobile PBX service draws heavily from what RingCentral has been selling for years
Elsewhere: DirecTV avoids Super Bowl blackouts, ivi finds friends, study takes the romance out of cord-cutting and Comcast-NBCU deal has lobbyists seeing green
The LG G-Slate, sporting Google's 'Honeycomb' update of Android, is coming in the spring – with 3D glasses!
Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Patrick Donegan (along with his wild and wavy jacket) injects some much needed sanity into the mobile network security debate, and shares his views on backhaul for LTE
Many companies may have unused IPv4 numbers, but capitalizing on their scarcity will be difficult, though not impossible
7:10 AM Comcast's Xfinity streaming TV app reaches the iPad
Vodafone gets its man, Nokia faces a possible credit downgrade and AlcaLu morphs into BT in today's helping of EMEA telecom headlines
5:10 AM Ben and Bland are back batting for the same team at Alcatel-Lucent
A $230M deal could help the MSO beef up its managed business services chops, keeping up with the likes of Verizon
Arbor's annual study shows the bad guys are marshaling enough bot computers to take down multiple trans-Atlantic links
T-Mobile says it will boost indoor coverage with Wi-Fi and has no plans for femtocells at this time
MSO puts switched digital video plans on hold as it focuses on other ways to manage precious bandwidth
More than 400M people will use mobile banking by 2015, a trend that could bode well for wireless operators, Heavy Reading reports
2:00 PM The CDMA iPhone becomes available to pre-order for existing Verizon customers Thursday
Long-term 'TV Everywhere' deal gives Comcast next-day VoD access while teeing up live streaming of Turner networks for later this year
Elsewhere: NAB blames cable for spectrum shortage, Comcast gets its IPv6 on and Dish puts up $1B for a bankrupt company
10:30 AM SCTE Board Chairman Bob Foote explains why the Society is reducing the size of its board from 19 to 15 members
Ahead of Mobile World Congress, Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Gabriel Brown talks about the progress of the LTE market, including the prospects for TDD LTE, and discusses data offload strategies
Fe, fi, fo, fum ... is that the sound of Verizon's LTE network?
Chipmakers reveal their financials, MTS is in merger talks and AlcaLu appoints in today's roundup of essential Euro telecom news nuggets
New US and Europe links are part of a bigger plan for 40Gig Ethernet and long-haul 100Gig links
Telcordia's SPIT tools provide the service delivery and charging mechanisms that run Sprint's four different pre-paid brands
Company starts supporting all forms of mobile broadband devices, an undertaking that will become more massive once LTE is widespread
But they will still only be the third-largest mobile data traffic generator in 2015, the vendor predicts
