MSO's 'CodeBig' initiative aims to create common APIs for apps that support a variety of devices and extend reach of cable-delivered content

The telecom, business and wireless units are jointly developing services that could create new markets for FiOS

The converged multiservice access platform combines CMTS and edge QAM functionality into a single platform inside the headend

NSN finally buys Moto wireless know-how for a lower price of $975M after 10 months of international wrangling

Still getting punished by the lack of a 40Gbit/s product, Infinera confirms it's on target to get 100 Gbit/s launched by year's end

11:30 AM Heavy Reading considers the challenges Huawei faces with its new enterprise- and mobile-device-driven growth strategy

Elsewhere: Cablevision preps 50-Meg tier, Royal Wedding sets streaming records, Time Warner CEO praises Netflix, Dish reopens Blockbuster stores

10:15 AM Shanghai's fixed broadband infrastructure is undergoing a massive transformation, but ultra broadband services haven't reached the masses yet

Our conference on how cable evolves to become a next-gen video platform was a hit, and we have the photos to prove it

9:15 AM Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Sterling Perrin is surprised by Huawei's growth expectations for 2011

This week: Angry Birds, a good SON, LTE in Malaysia, mobile banking in Asia-Pacific, Brazilian broadband, dieting Poles

By adding low-latency switches, Sidera is targeting more financial service locations with ultra-low-latency service

Heavy Reading consultant Berge Ayvazian analyses Huawei's new strategic direction

Moto Mobility is pleased with sales of its first tablet, but says it's waiting on Verizon to fix its LTE issues to launch the 4G Droid Bionic

The MSO eyes a set-top-free world as it prepares to deliver most of its linear TV lineup to iPads, TVs and other connected devices

Morgan Keegan analyst suggests that Verizon LTE outage was caused by NSN server in the new network

1:40 PM When will the writs end?

Adding microwave towers to optical regeneration sites opens up easy access to nationwide fiber optic network

Normal service is resumed, the operator says, after first major outage for the LTE service Wednesday

Arris hopes to halt eroding margins and compete with a new software release that doubles the density of deployed CMTS line cards

Elsewhere: Comcast adds primetime hits to free VoD lineup, Epix rolls apps for connected devices, DirecTV mulls a Netflix killer

R&D exec John Roese explains some tech angles Huawei will take as it tries to wedge its way into the enterprise and cloud markets

Sprint narrows the gap between it and its larger competitors in Q1, but CEO Dan Hesse warns growth would go away in a duopoly environment

Peter Roberts discusses what a content provider can get out of the TV Everywhere trend

Technicolor is in the pink, Everything Everywhere adds contract customers and Swisscom does FTTP in today's Euro telecom news digest

4:45 AM Former Comcast Media Center COO Gary Traver has resurfaced at a stealthy startup called CloudBurst TV

The father of the cable modem preaches the age of caches and the flat, digital network

4:30 AM There are signs of renewed vigor at the French video specialist

Startup raises $6 million and inks remote carrier switching deals that blend Sprint's CDMA network with T-Mobile's GSM network for M2M

Heavy Reading senior analyst Sterling Perrin gives the lowdown on Huawei's annual analyst conference in Shanghai

5:25 PM The inevitable transition to IP video was the big topic at this week's Cable Next-Gen Video Strategies conference

Telecom players buying cloud services companies makes sense, as long as they don't impose standards too quickly, Steele says

Users report that Verizon's new 4G network is suffering from its first major nationwide outage

Comcast's programming arm could profit from selling Web video outside the MSO's footprint, but the cable operation is focused on the triple play

10:50 AM AlcaLu wants developers to plan ahead for LTE and create apps that are network aware, not just more bandwidth hungry

But will CenturyLink have to sweeten its $2.5B offer?

Nielsen intends to fill an important gap by tracking live TV viewing on iPads by the end of this year or early 2012

To quicken app development for operators, AlcaLu is offering free access to OpenPlug, as well as training on how to use the tools it includes

Cable MSOs are now asking content delivery networks for more adaptive streaming and content delivery to consumer electronics, according to Verivue's Ganesh Pai

Nokia plans to outsource Symbian development, and 3,000 staff, to Accenture and cut 4,000 jobs

Elsewhere: Cox hails new wireless chief, Dish seals Blockbuster buy, and Technicolor pumps cash into Digitalsmiths

Nokia drops a jobs bombshell while Ericsson has a pleasing first quarter in today's EMEA news digest

Swedish vendor starts 2011 on a high with a surge in profits and a 17% year-on-year increase in revenues for the first quarter

Chinese vendor expands its horizons and targets annual revenues of $100 billion within 10 years

Comcast's chief software architect Sree Kotay says he wants to compete on capability not compatibility

7:15 PM I'm not as down on the RIM tablet as many in the tech press, but users need to think about how they'll use the gizmo

Tom Williams from Arris pitches his firm's 'whole home solution' for combining OTT, linear and user-generated content

Roku CEO says a cable MSO will use over-the-top video to sell video programming outside its footprint within two years

4:05 PM OfferedApp lets consumers download a daily paid app for free, if you're willing to give up some personal data

TiVo's David Sandford talks about how his company is more than just a DVR provider

AT&T CTO says the operator is spending large to make sure femtocells work well on its network and talks about the future of network capacity

The profitability of 4G may depend on the development of self-organizing network technology

Roku CEO Anthony Wood says his company is a next-generation content distribution platform and cable MSOs no longer have to own wires to sell customers a great video experience

With so many others pitching complete data center networks, Force10 figures there's room for a more open approach

Consumer electronics giant previews its first two tablets, plans to differentiate with unique hardware design and a focus on media

Boxee CEO Avner Ronen says MSOs are making a mistake by assuming that the TV experience is going to be different from the landscape of other connected devices in consumer homes

Cisco's Ken Morse explains that set-tops as we know them today are going to become less important over time

Cisco CTO Dr. Ken Morse says set-tops are becoming 'virtual' as MSOs and other service providers continue to give IP video the vote

Heavy Reading survey finds that about 40% of MSOs across the globe plan to launch IP video services by 2012

Elsewhere: Charter wants to unload its LA cable system, Genachowski to drop in on The Cable Show, Rogers gets it on with TR-069

RIM tries to make friends in Russia, InfoVista reports Q3 and Polish smartphone sales soar in today's whistle-stop tour of Euro telecoms

Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick sets the stage for today's LR Live cable event in New York with a reminder of how competition is encouraging cable operators to embrace IP and to reach more devices

Wireless operators in the US want to lead the charge for NFC, and they have some distinct advantages that will help their cause

Reports say the mythical white iPhone 4 should finally hit AT&T and Verizon shelves this week as Apple spends longer building the LTE-compatible iPhone 5

Carrier's new suitcase-sized cell tower lets first responders set up their own wireless service when a natural disaster strikes

12:30 PM Telecom players are chasing the cloud market, but will they embrace the real cloud model, or fall back on old (bad) habits?

Elsewhere: Time Warner Cable expands iPad TV lineup, Comcast deploys low-cost HD boxes, 3-D video hits Nintendo Wii and AT&T expands U-verse

Krikorian on the iPad streaming scuffle, how Sling has stayed above the legal fray and why EchoStar's Sling strategy has fallen short

Reliance, the only operator with pan-India BWA license, is planning to launch mobile broadband services in January 2012

Getting stuck with the wrong service or service provider is a big worry being addressed by the IEEE's Cloud Computing Initiative

How many DVRs Dish will have to replace will determine if it's dealt a death blow or merely a flesh wound

Is the FCC's recent call for comment an olive branch to incumbent telcos, or another weapon to wield against them

Elsewhere: FCC tracks online TV competition, Limelight and Akamai to lock horns again, CEO salaries ebb and flow at Cablevision and Netflix

In this week's OS rundown, Samsung says Apple's the patent infringer, while Apple says Android's fragmented -- oh, and it's tracking you too

AT&T is now saying that it will cover 97% of the U.S. population with LTE if the T-Mobile buyout is approved

The equipment and standards for NG-PONs are showing up now, but demand is just around the corner, according to Heavy Reading's Graham Finnie

This week: IP Multimedia Subsystem, opportunities for service providers in financial services; mobile finance; mobile social networks

Its SMB customers want managed security, online backup and other specific service, but aren't clear on 'cloud' as a concept

Elsewhere: Hulu blocks the BlackBerry PlayBook, Hollywood in a huff about premium VoD, Insight rolls multi-room DVRs, Comcast expands WiMax footprint

Verizon is accelerating its LTE expansion as the HTC Thunderbolt and other 4G devices prove to be big sellers in Q1

NSN turns a Q1 profit and gets the OK from Chinese regulators to proceed with its Motorola asset buy

Network security is critical if mobile banking, mPayments, electronic wallets and similar financial services apps are to succeed

Device maker signs a definitive agreement with Microsoft as its handset market share continues to decline in the first quarter

China approves NSN's Motorola deal, KPN battens down the hatches and Tesco buys a Blinkbox in today's roundup of European telecom news

Apple had a record-breaking second quarter, but it was driven by the iPhone, not its tablet sales

5:00 PM Apple may be collecting location data about iPhone users, but the real question is whether they're selling it and to whom

Are developments such as RCS and VoLTE evidence of a comeback for IMS, or just a last gasp?

TiVo shares are up almost 30% after court upholds ruling that found Dish in contempt of an order that required it to disable infringing DVRs

Netflix may look invulnerable right now, but pressure from major content rights holders could cause its business model to crack

AT&T's plans to launch its 4G service may neatly align with a rumored September launch for the next Apple iPhone

Ethernet access player sells product lines and intellectual property to an edge equipment specialist to get more reach in a quickly consolidating space

AT&T is counting on a smooth path from the iPhone to LTE smartphones to drive continued growth as it feels the squeeze from Verizon and Sprint

Large US indie operator signs LTE roaming deal with LightSquared; Sprint soon to follow?

Elsewhere: AT&T ups U-verse subs, Apple TV reaches milestone, layoffs at Vecima, and DirecTV sets the debut of premium, $30 VoD titles

China Mobile and Alcatel-Lucent will collaborate on the development of lightRadio and new mobile network architectures

But smartphone competition from Verizon and others is forcing AT&T to be less iPhone-dependent

Pre-Easter bonus time! And yes, we're being ironic -- really, it's a bit of cost-cutting during a trying time for the router giant

A major MSO goes big with Cisco's edge router to aggregate all its residential and commercial services traffic at the edge

Analysts sharpen their knives over Nokia while Virgin Media pushes up its operating income in today's digest of EMEA telecom news

Slowed sales due to the Japanese earthquake shouldn't stop Juniper from growing in Q2, officials say

Sprint fires back at AT&T, saying it's distracting the public from the real issue at hand, the creation of an innovation-crushing duopoly

This is a tutorial for LR editorial staff on our new photo uploading workflow

The first in a new series of apps does VoIP calls via Facebook, and T-Mobile promises video calls next

Russia's biggest operators, MTS and MegaFon, are migrating to IP-based mobile backhaul, and both will use Tellabs gear

Dish and three satellite firms tell the Feds they have the capacity and financial story to bring broadband to unserved areas

It could be as soon as next week, now that Sprint has squared things away with Clearwire

FiOS TV isn't going to let recent spats between MSOs and programmers derail or slow down its own TV Everywhere plans

12:25 PM Swedish vendor marches towards 50B connections

Elsewhere: No HBO Go for Time Warner Cable, ESPN drops poker shows, Dish to close some Blockbuster stores, Philips exits TV business

Chinese equipment vendor's sales rose 51 percent in the first quarter on 3G handset gains in Europe and the US

After months of wrangling over wholesale pricing, Sprint and Clearwire reach a deal that will give the WiMax operator payments of at least $1 billion through 2012

Verizon's annual data breach study shows smaller firms now at risk as the bad guys look for easy access to valuable info

10:05 AM Mobile data growth and aggressive pricing round out a tale of two Swedes

Handset vendor stays in the black in the first quarter despite supply chain problems, a decline in sales and a fall in units shipped

Ericsson buys Telenor's M2M unit, the EC opens up spectrum for 4G and Sony Ericsson's figures are earthquake-affected in today's roundup

Peter Agnew, Director of Network Service Design at COLT, talks about the pan-European operator's ""service wrap,"" the role of Ethernet exchanges, the advantage of owning a network when it comes to offering cloud services and the developments he'd like to see from vendors

Apple alleges that Samsung violated its trademarks and patents in both its Galaxy smartphone and tablet product lines

Digital video firm sets its sights on a $69 million IPO, but the timing of the filing takes one of its rivals by surprise

Jibe Mobile CEO encourages carriers to embrace the coming deluge of apps that use peer-to-peer sharing, making data twice as taxing

The momentum behind multi-screen video is building, especially on the iPad, but how can cable operators cash in?

Lower prices, no contracts and the end to product promotions mark a shift in strategy aimed at remaining dialup users

Elsewhere: Some Fox and Discovery nets return to TW Cable's iPad app, Comcast takes heat for data cap, DirecTV's Arthur mishap, and Envivio's IPO

Huawei's annual report shows growth in revenue and profit for 2010 and the vendor reveals its board members for the first time

11:25 Carrier-branded services still aren't selling -- or maybe it's just in the name as AT&T, Yahoo and Google give us nothing to buzz about

RIM once again has its eye on Canadian LTE 'jewels' and could reportedly top Google's bid for Nortel's 4G assets

7:00 AM Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom get closer with new procurement joint venture

France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom get closer, Interoute turns a profit and the EC eyes net neutrality issues in today's EMEA roundup

Tinet Chief Marketing Officer Paolo Gambini explains how the international wholesale operator, which is now owned by Neutral Tandem, is pitching its services to the global Ethernet services community

Tata's John Hoffman explains how the international operator is offering an end-to-end service level agreement using monitoring technology

3:00 PM Moto's smartphone that doubles as a PC could usher in a new category of devices

AT&T labels Sprint CEO Dan Hesse a hypocrite for his claim that AT&T's buy of T-Mobile would make the industry less competitive

Shifted priorities led to a trimming of less than 10% at the prized San Jose center

Cablevision's Optimum Link service relays digital content from PCs to TVs using its broadband network

ESPN is willing to embrace over-the-top video, so long as it can do things its way

12:40 PM Steve Donohue likes what he's seen so far of Verizon's latest batch of FiOS TV guide upgrades

Jonathan Morin, project manager at independent test center EANTC, provides the lowdown on the latest Carrier Ethernet Interconnect demo

Hours of OTT viewing are still going up, but the number of unique viewers is not, which should encourage telco TV efforts

Pyramid Research says that NFC-enabled mobile phones will make up 28% of the global market by 2015

AboveNet's VP of Business Development Brett Johnson provides an update on the company's Ethernet services strategy and talks about the market impact of the Ethernet exchanges, several of which count AboveNet as a customer

RIM launches its first tablet as a Wi-Fi device but WiMax, HSPA+ and LTE versions will follow

Elsewhere: Comcast says its VoD traffic trumps Netflix's, DirecTV invests in targeted ad firm, and 'The Slowskys' prep for a comeback

Former Clearwire CIO Kevin Hart will be leading the technology charge at Cox, which has been without a permanent CTO since last summer

This week: 10GE components, gray markets for handsets, the adoption curve for NFC-enabled handsets, Kenyan telecom, Yota, mobile data packaging

BT's Director of Product Solutions, Rob Thomas, provides an update on the British carrier's mobile cell site backhaul strategy, and discusses the impact of LTE and mobile network sharing on backhaul network planning

7:20 AM Whatever happened to Cisco Field? (Actually, don't ask. Just ... don't ask)

AlcaLu scores in Tunisia and Egypt's interim government comes in for criticism in today's roundup of telecom headlines from the EMEA region

As the world's largest market for mobile phones, competition is hotting up in China -- driven by 3G, Android and more low-cost smartphones

4:45 AM iPhone or iPhoney? Knock-off cellphones in China drive an enormous and thriving industry

It was a good Q1 for Google's mobile biz as Android Market and mobile search gained ground and brands opted for mobile-only ad campaigns

Small telco trade groups say out-of-touch FCC is proceeding with plans that could shut down rural telcos

IT giant may take on BT by building an open access fiber-to-the-home network that can be used by any service provider

It's the operations guys who bear the brunt of the transformation to all-IP

Elsewhere: TiVo works on four-turner DVR, Verizon spruces up its FiOS TV media guide, and Comcast won't repeat as 'Worst Company' champ

Photos from Day 2 of Ethernet Europe, warts 'n' all

MSO's milestone for its 'Extreme 105' Docsis 3.0 tier sets table for IP video while making FCC's broadband goals for 2020 look less than lofty

Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Stan 'The Etherman' Hubbard talks about the key takeaways from this year's London event

NeoNova brings ad-free Google apps to its small telco offerings to help build up broadband revenues

7:30 AM Carrier Ethernet is no longer a technology debate -- it's a service debate

Adtran wants its proprietary Ethernet broadband technology to be adopted as a standard by the ITU

Fujitsu takes on BT in the UK FTTH market and Telefonica mulls Spanish job cuts in today's nosegay of EMEA telecom news nuggets

The MSO's remote-storage DVR has quietly expanded beyond the Bronx into Connecticut

4:30 PM The Web 2.0 project looks like another casualty of the consumer reorg

It's all about the timing as synchronization remains the key challenge for Ethernet backhaul networks

10GE technology is now entering a new phase, with widespread deployment across the network and a mature supply chain

Elsewhere: The Feds have indie cable's back, Web privacy bill gets going, and Comcast heads to the 'Golden Poo' Final Four

Is this a primate party or can anyone join in?

More photos from Ethernet boot camp in London

Jeff Schwarz, head of Global Ethernet WAN Product Management at Verizon Business, talks about the applicability of Ethernet connectivity to enterprise users looking at cloud services

End of IPR legal dispute opens the door for NSN to complete its buyout of Motorola's wireless networks unit, which now has a lower price of $975M

10:00 AM Small cable players may soon get a piece of the $7B+ funds traditionally used by telcos

Global Crossing's Senior Director of connectivity services, EMEA, Jeff Smith talks about his company's Ethernet offerings, the demands of enterprise users and the quality of the 'flat white' on the show floor

LTE upstart could go public as early as this summer, according to a new report from Reuters

7:00 AM No sign of a smackdown as rival Ethernet exchanges are all politeness here at Ethernet Europe

Intel opens R&D plant in Finland, BT claims top cloud spot for financial services and Sweden's switched on in today's Euro roundup

The companies have grown more competitive with video products, raising questions about the long-term life of their relationship

New policy control tools are enabling major innovation in mobile data pricing schemes and packages

3:05 PM AT&T makes pre-paid calling cheaper and introduces it first phone for the market, which happens to be T-Mobile's forte

Survey shows carriers want services faster but are cowed by market complexities from making necessary internal changes

Elsewhere: VUDU hits Web browsers, Nagra's shrinks security for mobile video devices, and Kit Digital doesn't buy thePlatform

Nokia unveils two new smartphones featuring refreshed Symbian software as a stopgap as it transitions to Microsoft-based mobile devices

It's been a busy Day One at Ethernet Europe 2011!

10:35 AM HR's Stan Hubbard gets the chance to talk with Jim Poole, Equinix General Manager of Global Networks, Mobility and Content

Interoute CTO Matt Finnie says the demand in Europe for 10Gbit/s wavelengths has gone through the roof – so is he ready to order some 100Gbit/s gear?

Cisco restructures its consumer business by shutting down Flip and burying umi into another part of the company

9:30 AM Big-name carriers, a top European barista and two high-profile stuffed toys show up at Europe's annual Ethernet event

It's not Ethernet or cloud services alone that will please enterprise customers, but a hybrid approach, according to Verizon Business

Comin' at ya live from Ethernet Europe 2011, Euronews hears the latest from Omnitron, Equinix, ADVA and others, plus the usual EMEA roundup

Epitiro peeks into TeliaSonera's LTE network in Finland to see if the speed, latency and voice quality are all they're cracked up to be

Will the promise of reduced costs and complexities for delivering on TV Everywhere give MSOs reason enough to jump in bed with a competitor?

If you ran Cisco, where would you cut back? The world seems to think there's an obvious answer

As it preps to make news in London Tuesday, Nokia says that Symbian is no longer open source and brings the delayed E7 to the UK

3:10 PM Not a cloud. Not a CDN. But a little of both

The acquisition of Global Crossing improves Level 3's financial picture immediately and could be the boost needed for recent sagging fortunes

Set-top and software firm closes its Philadelphia office and confirms that Tim Schermerhorn, its top US cable exec, has resigned

12:00 PM Testing vendor Mu Dynamics says YouTube is the most operator- and consumer-friendly video app, while Hulu wreaks havoc

Elsewhere: Viacom claims Cablevision's iPad app isn't authorized, YouTube rolls live streaming, Comcast Media Center renews NCTC deal

Level 3 and Global Crossing play up the 'complementary fit' of their networks in announcing a stock-for-stock deal valued at $1.9 billion

Why let Verizon have all the fun?

The mirror image to P-OTS is a really big MPLS switch, and now Cisco can join Juniper in saying it's got one

BT and Phorm avoid prosecution over "wiretap" trials and OBS strikes a telepresence deal with Tata in today's EMEA regional roundup

Wireless operators and vendors tap Mu to test how mobile apps are affecting their networks and may inform policy decisions

Verizon's global wholesale service targets content providers and OTT video firms using an agnostic approach for display devices and access networks

But the resolution is unlikely to get past the Democrat-controlled Senate and the threat of a presidential veto

Microsoft cracks the cable seal as Comcast and thePlatform use its DRM and adaptive streaming tech to power the MSO's TV Everywhere service

Elsewhere: Judge OKs Dish/Blockbuster deal, Comcast preps HD video for the Web, WOW eyes IP video migration, ESPN's iPad app has some big caveats

Verizon's iPhone drops less calls than AT&T's and Android defends its openness as it preps to overtake Symbian in this week's OS watch

This week: Mobile broadband in Algeria and Russia; elections in Nigeria; mMoney in Africa; Wi-Fi; end-to-end management systems

France Telecom's rivals get nervous, Nokia suffers another rating cut, Vodafone goes headhunting and Huawei feels the heat in today's Euro roundup

4:50 AM A major merger has boosted telecom stock prices in the Philippines

MSO seeks a declaratory judgment that it has rights to stream live TV to home-bound iPads, while MTV's parent responds with a countersuit

Moto taps into the social networking craze with Medios extension for tablets, smartphones and other HTML5-capable 'companion devices'

5:15 PM Malaysia's P1 plans to migrate to LTE TDD – is its new investor behind the move?

Elsewhere: Insight expands all-digital footprint, Comcast wants to keep Hulu details secret, Azuki hits TV Everywhere, and (gasp!) a Netflix skeptic

Verizon FiOS TV, TW Cable and Bright House customers get first taste of 'WatchESPN' app for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices

11:15 AM Ethernet in the cloud and top-drawer coffee are going to be hot at the annual Ethernet Europe event

The deal could take upwards of 18 months to close as concerns over spectrum auctions and competitive disadvantage mount

Study shows that 65 percent of smartphone traffic is already offloaded to Wi-Fi

Vendor says it sticks to the laws and commercial codes in Austria

European incumbent launches investigation into alleged irregularities surrounding contracts awarded to Huawei

7:30 AM Accusations of dodgy dealings in Austria

Nokia gets overtaken by HTC, Polkomtel's suitors shrink in number, and spade-wielding senior cuts off Armenia's Internet in today's roundup

8:40 PM What in the wide, wide world of sports is Charlie Ergen up to now?

3:50 PM Motorola is estimated to have sold 100,000 Xoom tablets, nowhere near Apple's record-setting iPad – but does that matter?

The LightSquared GPS saga goes mainstream with a new report from the working group looking into the issue due April 15

3:20 PM It's like finding things in the garage that you know you should throw out, but you just don't

The LTE competition heats up in Germany as Deutsche Telekom takes on Vodafone with the launch of commercial services

Subscription billing company also inks a deal with Salesforce to speed time to market and make pricing plans more flexible for telcos

Elsewhere: FiOS, U-verse top best-bundle survey; Insight's price too rich for TW Cable; Comcast, AT&T to face off in the Golden Poo 'Elite Eight'

O2 and eircom have inked Ireland's first mobile network sharing agreement

IP applications vendor acquires Norwegian rich communication suite specialist Colibria to beef up its next-gen mobile services offering

Charlie Ergen's $320 million bet on bankrupt retail chain also puts Dish in league with some big cable operators

New head of business markets group sees larger capital outlay, more local fiber facilities as positive forces

Femtocell vendor ip.access says it's 'business as usual' after replacing its CEO and CFO and insists it's not looking for a buyer

Metaswitch buys Colibria, ZTE boasts managed services growth, and MTS reports Q4 in today's roundup of EMEA telecom news headlines

CEO John Chambers tells Cisco staff that the company's 'operational execution' needs a shake-up and that 'tough decisions' are imminent

End-to-end order management systems will improve the customer experience – and service providers' bottom line

Even as tensions build between MSOs and programmers, Comcast remains committed to offering live TV on home-bound tablets later this year

While the rest of the US operators plot an NFC pilot for next year, Sprint vows to race ahead with commercial deployments in 2011

Elsewhere: Cox hikes rates, Hulu Plus eyes 1 million subs, Dish serves EPIX, and researchers pan $30 price for premium VoD movies

Mobile operators are putting policy into practice and that's good news for consumers, according to Telesperience and Volubill

11:30 AM The timing of AT&T's LTE launch in the US could be one of the keys to the launch of a 4G iPhone

New all-in-one CDN kit encourages even smaller telcos and cable companies to build their own congestion relief

Promises 42Mbit/s service will cover 140 million Americans by mid-year as it continues faster mobile broadband deployment

AlcaLu fluffs up its fabric, MTS goes GLONASS and TeliaSonera joins the cloud crowd in today's roundup of Euro telecom news

The company doesn't want to be left out in the fabric wars of 2011

But we may be back to square one soon enough as Verizon says it's already prepared to lodge an appeal

New report says arcane rules could force incumbents to operate two networks and slow the reach of more efficient broadband

Get out your autumn almanac: The iPhone 5 is now widely rumored to be a fall arrival, possibly due to Apple's LTE plans

Google submits $900M stalking-horse bid for Nortel's patent portfolio and kick-starts an auction process expected to be held in June

Elsewhere: Malone eyes Dutch MSO, Comcast to expand indie TV slate, reviewers dig Cablevision's iPad app, FiOS TV hits Albany

Neutral Tandem's international network subsidiary unveils its global wholesale Ethernet services offering

Vodafone sells SFR stake to Vivendi, Ericsson sues ZTE and STC bids for third Syrian mobile license in today's news from the EMEA region

Vivendi buys Vodafone's 44 percent stake in French operator SFR for $11 billion, ending a years-long saga

Swedish giant takes legal action against ZTE over mobile technology patent infringements after years of failed negotiations

Cablevision's app may send programmer lawyers flying into action as MSO starts off with almost 300 TV channels and 2,000-plus VoD titles

Elsewhere: Studios have theater owners hopping mad, OTT boxes sales rise, CableCARDs at retail still rare, another Charter exec jumps ship

12:00 PM eBay sure does...

A new motion in a class action case alleges that Clearwire execs knew that WiMax didn't boldly go everywhere they said it did. UPDATED 1:30 PM: Clearwire 'flatly denies' the claims

Fellows, a partner at Genovation Capital, gives his view of cable's OTT future

This week: ATCA, AMC and MicroTCA market; mobile analytics; RAN congestion; telecom markets in Brazil, Argentina and Canada

LTE venture says it's still on track to launch terrestrial LTE network by year's end despite concerns about GPS service interference

NSN helps out with off-grid plan, Deutsche Telekom is told to cut its last-mile access charges -- and it's smartphones by royal appointment

The T-Mobile deal might be the only way AT&T attempts a serious, nationwide 4G buildout, according to the CEO of one fiber provider