Customer screening vendor says mobile money transfers are open to abuse by crooks and terrorists, but industry body dismisses the claims
9:15 AM LTE is in the house
7:30 AM Proposed $10.7 billion telecom towers deal called off
It's a Polish double, plus the latest on C&W Worldwide and Vodafone, in today's roundup of European telecom news bites
Policy control is rapidly moving from a tool to control network traffic and ease congestion to a means of delivering user-centric services
12:40 PM So, tell me what's been troubling you (not that I don't have a guess)
11:40 AM Struggling startup operators approach government for an exit route
As mobile phones become basic tools of commerce, the threat of significant theft through hacking is rising
11:10 AM Retransmission deals are typically touchy, but broadband video and TV Everywhere are taking them to a whole new level
Our latest ROADM resource is now live. While it gets going, here's a quick primer on all things ROADM to get you caught up
8:55 AM With restrictions lifted, Huawei lands network deal with Tata
Cisco sits atop the global CMTS revenue heap, while Harmonic hops over BigBand in the edge QAM market, Infonetics says
Fastweb, Vodafone, and Deutsche Telekom take the lead in today's roundup of European telecom news bites
6:00 AM TM Forum moves its annual jamboree
5:45 AM Italian operator takes fast FTTH to 2 million homes and businesses
5:30 PM The XO trial gives us a reason to get Infinera on the phone
5:15 PM Quick: Name that acquisition. From 2005
Broadband services and mobile phones may prove the biggest IPv6 bugaboo and service providers need to get moving, Cisco says
4:45 PM Apple could easily upgrade to faster GSM-based 3G for its next phone
Cable's R&D house advises MSOs and programmers how many bits they should throw at 3DTV services when using MPEG-2 or MPEG-4
2:05 PM Cisco is getting aggressive on the grid, potentially leaving telcos out of the equation
Verizon is the latest service provider to urge businesses to get ready for the transition before IPv4 numbers are all gone
12:35 PM How far will consolidation shrink the European market?
More acquisitions lie ahead for the managed services company, which this week completed its merger with Covad and Speakeasy
O2, Deutsche Telekom, and Virgin Media are in today's potpourri of European telecom news
Expected 'dual-carrier' speed bump should require less work on the network side, but faster downloads will require newer devices
Over-the-top video players say they'll have no trouble competing with Apple's latest attempt to rule the TV domain
Verizon Wireless's rumored prepaid smartphone plans are only a tactic, not the start of a real prepaid strategy UPDATED 12:25 PM
GWR saves money on server upgrades and gets guaranteed uptime for its software service using Verizon CaaS
Apple could put pressure on cable VoD with device that sells for $99 and accesses Netflix streaming and iTunes movie/TV rentals
3:15 PM Feds want to know how to regulate smart grid, telemedicine, and IPTV services: How about waiting until they exist?
It's day one of TelcoTV Asia in Shanghai, and our photographer was there to capture the action
12:20 PM The startup brings out its heavyweight investors
NOON And speculation crops up again over T-Mobile investing in Clearwire
11:05 AM Apple's expected to make a bushel of big announcements today, ranging from a new line of iPods to the latest version of Apple TV
10:35 AM Dell'Oro says Cisco was the CMTS top dog in Q2 as sales outpaced Arris's and Motorola's
Shocking news! Indian government allocates 3G spectrum on time
C&W Worldwide, VimpelCom, and Vodafone Germany are doing the business in today's digest of Europe telecom news snippets
Evolution Digital intends to use EBIF as a quasi-middleware layer in DTAs for user interfaces and an array of other video apps
T-Mobile USA is promising 42-Mbit/s 3G in 2011, but will only beat AT&T in highest theoretical speeds
Telco equipment giant buys a maker of mobile software development tools hoping to help carriers find their apps with both hands
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