Sprint adds Motorola to its WiMax 'ecosystem'
The ape is good!
Broadband wireless vendor confirms high-profile 802.16 reseller deal
The startup is approaching a $60M revenue year, investor Dick Kramlich says in a Light Reading interview
Marketing VP Christine Heckart has left Juniper to become general manager of marketing at Microsoft TV
NTT launches global Ethernet virtual private line service
Be afraid...
Flash-OFDM vendor announces small commercial deal at rural Virginia service provider
Carrier Ethernet services are alive and kicking and in demand, but they still face operational challenges
Keeps the doctor away...
Europe's carriers look at home and abroad for acquisition opportunities, plus other continental tidbits
'Goodbye' is too good a word, Bob...
Investors find a safe bet in phone numbers, buying clearinghouse NeuStar's IPO
If you listen to the shrieking from the chicken-littles in the mainstream news media, the broadband sky is falling thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court's Brand X decision this week. It's all nonsense, of course.
VOIP gear company sees daylight in emerging markets
You can learn so much from television...
Blames downturn in global retail market and warns of Q2 shortfall
Carrier targets 300 to 400 users in Washington deployment
My little baby sister can do it with ease – It's easier than learning your ABCs...
To cut a further 180 jobs, about a third of the staff, at its service assurance division
Already holding a majority stake in Net2Phone, IDT prepares a bid to acquire the rest
After a lengthy evaluation process, BT joins a growing list of large operators betting their IPTV future on Microsoft
UMA startup Kineto taps Rick Gilbert as its permanent CEO
Interoperability is key when building an Ethernet network, says BT's top technologist
With Cisco and Alcatel on board, the successor to Juniper's Infranet council is ready to roll
Not giving up on optical yet, the strugging Zarlink brings in a Picolight founder for help
Xtera has found a customer in UK operator Energis, according to sources
The TIA's Globalcomm show comes from behind to win by more than 100 votes in a week-long Light Reading poll
Incumbent preps countrywide launch of fixed-wireless 802.16 trials
Saddam can't catch a break, curse you!
The Supreme Court rules in a 6-3 decision Monday that cable broadband providers do not have to share access lines with ISPs
Extreme's second wave of enterprise wireless LAN switching gear is coming
We're fatter than ever!
Have they no decency?
Cisco's M&A machine sparks into action again with purchase of security startup
Europe's carriers look at home and abroad for acquisition opportunities, plus other continental tidbits
ROFL IMHO...
With Ericsson on its side and $54M in hand, Meriton is chasing the Verizon optical RFP, sources say
Civilization continues its inexorable decline...
The new center adds jobs to the payroll, officials stress
Globalcomm makes a poll comeback while vendors are forced to play favorites with their marketing budgets
Analysts mull Asian partnership for Nortel, Flarion linked to Indian trial, and TD-SCDMA takes another knock
Call it a Quarter Tonner...
Other incumbents are telling BT that it shouldn't have caved in on access competition
Harmonic and Tut Systems each claim to be the first to deploy working MPEG-4 streams in telco TV networks
BT's 21CN plans remain on track, but the UK's smaller carriers are touting their own next-gen IP networks now
FMC startup Persona says convergence should be about user control
Expands its international capabilities, particularly in China, as it looks to reap rewards from a $10B investment
A Heavy Reading report finds more than 100 ATCA products launched or in the works
Buys software-based test system company TDA Systems, a move that headlines several recent test and measurement news items
And then you go to hell.
Another victory for Mankind.
Kilby's death at 81 ends an electronics era
Legally binding deal with UK regulator saves BT from breakup process, and keeps 21CN plans intact
Supercomm is dead, and a two-horse race is fast and furious to determine what will be the next Big Show
Startup scores its first publicly announced 450MHz network deal
It's the Sartre Centennial.
BT execs face a sleepless night ahead of a regulatory Thursday that could affect its 21CN plans
Keynoters at LR conference to describe monster municipal broadband project in Catalonia
Vendor makes European sales projections, plays down acquisition talk, reiterates IPO position
Chipset startup has now raised $41.5 million in VC funding
Vendor makes European sales projections, plays down acquisition talk, reiterates IPO position
Myrio exec says Microsoft's Early Adopter program gave carriers a way to test the IPTV waters with Wall Street
The debut of AON is a bold new direction but could cause friction with enterprise middleware partners
New solution pairs Siemens softswitch with any number of media gateways
Says BT and BellSouth aren't the only major carriers working on a fixed/mobile convergence offering
Tragic road mishap kills dozens.
Says BT and BellSouth aren't the only major carriers working on a fixed/mobile convergence offering
Convergence, carrier trends, and monkey humor mark this lightning fast look back at Supercomm 2005
Potato Rights Are On The March!
Launches product that combines B-RAS, session controller, firewall, and deep packet inspection
Airspan set to announce high-profile WiMax partnership – Ericsson appears likely
Broadband wireless vendor is set to announce high-profile WiMax partnership – Ericsson appears likely candidate
Muskrat Love...
Silicon giant takes steps towards 802.11n and intelligent radios
Expected to announce Application-Oriented Networking (AON) and its strategy for XML networking
RHK's research arm is bought by Ovum, and the consultancy business becomes a 'boutique'
As expected, UMTS-TDD vendor wins high-profile Czech deal
Ericsson offers to buy Norwegian MSPP vendor for $51 million in cash to bolster its metro Ethernet capabilities
Unstrung Insider warns of threat to vendor’s mobile softswitch crown
Verizon has a big WDM RFP out there, but will it be a billion-dollar baby, as some analysts say?
NetCentrex gears up for the emergence of IMS and looks for ways to work around Huawei's competitive pricing
At least seven telecom companies have received delisting notices in recent weeks UPDATED 6/20
After selling off most of its assets, troubled vendor CoSine is now touting its intellectual property
The Fiberlane legend is running another company, possibly targeting XML chips
Unstrung Insider warns of threat to vendor’s mobile softswitch crown
The Way of Sycamore could lead to the Ultimate Nothing
Nasdaq says company's symbol will be branded with an 'E,' and if appeal fails, it will be dropped
Two writers charge discrimination, but we think the issue may have been their prose style.
With Ethernet providers increasingly targeting vertical markets, Exponential-e goes for the media sector
Eric Janszen adds to the ex-BlueSocket contingent at the wireless LAN software startup
Rejoyce! (to steal a phrase)
Stealth and other peering points are providing more signaling and database features, offering an alternative to the PSTN
European service provider minnow eyes massive 802.16 expenditure
Want to improve your PR? Hire a looney!
Specialist in preventing fraud and other 'revenue leaks' lands $15 million in new funding
Will target enterprise users in Atlanta, and will be 'much bigger' than existing New Jersey trial
Eight-month old, 11-person security firm is picked up by its landlord, Cisco
Skype's VOIP service is responsible for about half of the VOIP minutes on North American networks
Calix and Entrisphere prevail in Sprint triple-play race
ROADMs and pseudowires were major matters at Supercomm 2005; beaches and bowling also made the agenda
Startups are pitching XML routers for telco networks, but Cisco isn't far behind
Mobile NGN: A Step Toward IMS & All-IP Core Softswitch and IP technology is having a disruptive impact on mobile core network design, with knock-on effects on the vendor landscape
VOWLAN startup grabs more dough, talks up voice prospects
Claims it has launched world’s first combined fixed and mobile phone service based on UMA technology
Launches world’s first combined fixed/mobile phone service based on UMA technology
Are you manly enough for the World Beard and Moustache Championships?
Yahoo confirms it has closed a deal to purchase long-time VOIP player Dialpad for an undisclosed amount
BelAir intros single-radio as it eyes municipal mesh business
One year after its much-anticipated launch, Nortel's MPE 9500 router still awaits general availability
Further details of the RBOCs' RFI for GPON equipment, and their plans to compete with cable operators, are coming to light
A group of small companies is helping carriers cross the last mile with Ethernet, and the RBOCs have taken notice
Nokia linked to Alvarion OEM, Megisto rumored to be on the ropes, and Flarion finds Finnish friends
Nokia linked to Alvarion OEM, Megisto rumored to be on the ropes, and Flarion finds Finnish friends
Amoebas welcome – engineers, too!
I'll sing you the tale of Akbar from Fife...
Aruba wins massive worldwide deployment deal with the software giant
Fake industry analysis and a pile of snapshots tell the story of Light Reading's Supercomm party
IPTV requires new switching and routing architectures, and may not be a slam dunk for Cisco and Juniper
Readers are open to IPTV from RBOCs and mobile operators, but security is a big challenge
Microsoft sees SDPs as the way into service providers' hearts
Broadband wireless vendor has now raised a whopping $175M in VC investment
Broadband wireless vendor has now raised a whopping $175M in VC investment
Moseley Associates buys struggling vendor in a deal previously hinted at by Unstrung
Nokia, the top supplier of mobile handsets, and chip giant Intel Corp. announced a cooperation agreement today aimed at accelerating the development, adoption and deployment of WiMAX technology.
Discussions of WiMax and carrier Ethernet services dominate the final day of Supercomm 2005
Finnish vendor teams with Intel ahead of 802.16e standardization later this year
IPTV not working? Sure it works – try it out
Former Cisco exec leaves the COO spot at Nortel after just three months on the job. CTO departs, too
Former Cisco exec leaves Nortel after just three months. CTO departs, too
Little Univa hopes to be the Red Hat of grid computing technology
Supporters for the standard set their eye on the wired edge and the wireless core
Ethernet providers look to advanced services at Supercomm
Finnish vendor teams with Intel ahead of 802.16e standardization later this year
More e-molestation...
Applications take baby steps towards IMS
LRTV's coverage of Supercomm 2005 - featuring more interviews with industry movers and shakers such as Bill Smith, CTO of BellSouth
The Infranet is dead! Long live the Infranet! The IIC is reborn as standards-based effort with more vendor support
M&A murmurs, ZTE's North American plans, and more chitchat from the show floor
Applications take baby steps towards IP multimedia subsystems
Sonus may have beat Siemens in bid to provide softswitch technology to BellSouth
Alcatel and Nokia talk up convergence work as BT preps Bluephone service launch
Two vendors team on IMS as Ericsson lands another deal as integrator for a European operator
Welcome to Dortmund, City of Romance.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin says he's 'sympathetic' to the franchising woes of new IPTV players
Alvarion, Aperto, and others gear up to supply kit for a potential mid-2006 launch of WiMax services in the US
Alvarion, Aperto, and others gear up to supply kit for a potential mid-2006 launch of WiMax services in the US
Angel-backed VOIP session border controller is snatched up for $20M, $47M less than what Juniper paid for Kagoor
Volatile shares pop 6 percent as multiyear accounting mess winds down
The Infranet Initiative is toning down its Juniper roots in hopes of attracting certain other vendors
Hooks up with Orca to target large, Tier 1 deployments of IP video and rattle the Alcatel/Microsoft partnership
Earliest known shoebox discovered...
LRTV's Supercomm 2005 continues
Sun, HP, and IBM show off their telecom blade servers at Supercomm
Mobile convergence startups and established networking vendors are converging at Supercomm
Mobile convergence startups and established networking vendors are, er, converging at Supercomm
The global integrator is positioning itself for telco video, cutting in on Alcatel and Microsoft
Teams with Bridgewater to offer subscriber and service management for triple-play networks
LR poll shows benefits of end-to-end IPTV may outweigh the tradeoffs
Aperto readies product as interoperability testing looms
Calling Comrade Sanders!
Plans trial of wireless broadband kit from Navini this August in Athens, Ga.
Plans trial of wireless broadband kit from Navini this August in Athens, Ga.
Why you should never flip off a Buddhist.
What better measure of an industry's health do we have than the quality of tradeshow parties?
IMS, ATCA, and fixed/mobile convergence are already emerging as big stories at Supercomm 2005.
New technologies keep the ROADM momentum flowing at Supercomm, but the volume is still not there
Who'd a'thought Penn (& Teller) Jillette would do something asinine?
A change of mindset is needed when evaluating service delivery platform ROI, say LR conference speakers
Spirent dives into video test boom, taking a scenario planning approach to compete with vendors such as Acterna and Agilent
Switch startup integrates software to check out 'unmanaged' clients on a WLAN network
A Time Warner Telecom VOIP executive kicked off Supercomm by sprinkling a little cold water on the VOIP business
Communications chip biggies had merger talks earlier this year, sources say. With COO now gone, could they resume?
Our wise men sharpen their pencils, turn their eyes to the key trends in store for next week
The new E320 increases Juniper's B-RAS capacity to 320 Gbit/s and 128,000 subscribers to accommodate IPTV
AT&T will use Microsoft's service delivery platform to develop business services: SDPs to be hot at Supercomm this week
What are the biggest opportunities and challenges facing carriers in 2005? LRTV arrived the day before Supercomm 2005 to ask exhibitors and show organizers what they think.
Incumbent vendor purchases Spanish data services platform startup for undisclosed sum
Research says consumers like the idea of dealing with one party for voice, video, and data
Here's your chance to get an insider's view of the telecom industry's fastest-growing research organization
The ongoing claims by the hype-masters at Vonage Holdings Corp. that the company is "the fastest growing telephony company in North America" are as reliable as Vonage's E-911 service.
MIMO maker wins Samsung laptop contract, looks further
Today is Allen Ginsberg's birthday.
SBC stays true to its timeline despite rumblings of Project Lightspeed delays
Heavy Reading analysts sharpen their pencils and turn their eyes to the key trends in store for next week
Kicks off expected Supercomm video and IPTV announcements with the launch of its video service test modules
In which the Guv'nor is not amused and dashes off a letter...
Pan-European carrier offers multipoint Ethernet service in 61 locations
Readers say more public spectrum is needed to help solve potential 802.11 congestion problems
Adds new CEO to go with latest funding as broadband growth bolsters policy management sector
Carrier expects 802.16 technology to serve 'certain niche goals'
It's selling more gear, but still losing money; stock sags a bit and cash burn slows UPDATED 5PM
Now called the Marconi Service Router, the former Crescent box is picking up revenues and new features
Citrix lines up $300 million purchase of traffic management specialist NetScaler
Until now, industry discussion of broadband has tended to focus on the network required to support the applications: Is it passive or active? Ethernet or IP? Fiber or copper? Wireless or wired? And so on. The problem with this approach is that it puts the network cart before the applications horse – the really interesting and important element of broadband service is the ways in which people will use it, not the network that it runs over. In this LRTV documentary, we reverse t
Tellabs gets exclusive FTTC contract from BellSouth through 2006
CEO says IP isn't up to the task of effectively handling transport of large amounts of video traffic
Dan Brown: Threat or menace?
Carrier says it has already won 10 enterprise customer deals for its service delivery platform
Carrier claims 10 enterprise deals for its service delivery platform
After seeing IMMI get crushed in the telecom crash, Denny Miu wanted to think small for his next startup
Charges send it into the red, but wireless infrastructure sales boost revenues
IP telephony? Same ol' spit.
Charges send it into the red, but revenues are up
Sneaky startup Bay Microsystems pockets Parama, seeing possibilities in the single-chip ADM space
Is SBC in denial about TV franchising? Carrier is aloof after telco-friendly franchising bill fails in Texas legislature
Says partnership will boost its fixed/mobile convergence story
