Shares in the streaming giant surge almost 14 percent after the activist investor makes a big buy and declares the stock undervalued

Brad Brooks, VP of business strategy and marketing, software solutions, Juniper Networks, gives keynote at 4G World in Chicago

CTO Neville Ray says T-Mobile wants to cover 200M people with LTE by the end of 2013 and complete the network in 2014

Cisco's Kelly Ahuja talks about a small cell future that enables multiple connectivity options and explains how the tiny radios could operate in situations such as Hurricane Sandy

Kris Rinne, SVP of Network Technology at AT&T Labs, delivers one of the Tuesday afternoon keynotes at 4G World in Chicago

Bill Davidson, SVP of Qualcomm Investor Relations and Firethorn Sales and Marketing, delivers keynote at 4G World in Chicago

The expo hall opens here at 4G World and the sessions keep going. Here are some more pics from the show's second day

11:20 AM Continuing our look at this year's shortlisted entries, it's time to check out the companies that excelled in mergers and acquisitions

FCC estimates that the historic storm knocked out about 25% of the cell towers and a quarter of cable services in 10 states

Big Switch gets a bigger bankroll as it works toward releasing a commercial product for software-defined networking

Also: Boxee TV scores Wal-Mart exclusive; Cable Bahamas sets US invasion; Roku cross-indexes Web TV, expands exec team

MetroPCS claims another LTE first by making RCS services such as video chat available on a 4G Samsung phone on its network

In today's news queue: Ofcom looks beyond 4G; Türk Telekom deploys VDSL2; Infinera's latest subsea gig; Orange puts NFC on the menu; and more

The wireless industry can't stay ahead of consumers, but it can plan its networks to keep pace more effectively, says AT&T Labs executive

IP Hong, VP of Samsung Electronics and head of global marketing at Samsung Telecommunication Systems Business, delivers his keynote at 4G World in Chicago

Vish Nandlall, CTO and head of marketing and strategy for Ericsson North America, delivers one of the Tuesday morning keynotes at 4G World in Chicago

Kelly Ahuja, SVP and general manager of the Mobile Internet Technology Group at Cisco, delivers one of the Tuesday morning keynotes at 4G World in Chicago

Telstra network director says the industry needs more momentum behind the standards needed for inter-operator video chat services

Executive pins US security report conclusions on 'Americans being Americans'

1:00 PM Here's the view of the show from behind the podium

4G World 2012 is under way in Chicago. Here are some scenes from the first set of sessions and keynotes

Bill Payne, head of advanced technologies at Nokia Siemens Networks, speaks at 4G World in Chicago

Fred Campbell, of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, chats with FCC Commissioner Ajit V. Pai in a Regulatory Q&A Session at 4G World

Mobile video caching on 4G infrastructure is on the menu for Samsung in 2013

8:20 AM It's still early days for this storm, sadly, but – to me – mobile networks seem to be holding up better than they used to in disasters

Two acquisitions haven't panned out as expected, leading to a $276M writedown for the chip company

7:30 AM Our salary report is making the rounds here at 4G World and carriers may need to fill very different types of jobs as more consumers start using LTE

Erik Prusch, president and CEO of Clearwire, delivers his keynote at 4G World in Chicago

In today's roundup: EE launches LTE service; Telefónica Deutschland IPO; Allot boosts revenues

Service providers need the tools to integrate and manage the proliferation of small cells and Wi-Fi

Catch up on coverage from the show in Sin City, and a fresh set of pics and caps from our travels

Calix executive Andy Lockhart talks about the access equipment vendor's expansion in Europe, updates on the introduction of vectoring capabilities and gives Butch Cassidy his movie vote

Software-defined networking is re-energizing the telecom technology industry

11:00 AM Our 2012 Leading Lights awards rundown continues as we explain how our six finalists made the cut in the mobile services category

To help vendors get a jump on product development, the hardware specs for Docsis 3.1 could emerge by next March or April

Also: Aereo patent to tie local TV with roaming; Netflix jumps on Microsoft rumor; Cablevision and Tribune make peace

In today's regional roundup: BT's targets; Telenor's digital king; Vodafone's NFC buddies; Vimpelcom M&A chat; and Phoenix flies to Canterbury

7:30 AM If you're not down with OTT, then you're just not trying very hard

4:00 AM Continuing our look at this year's shortlisted entries, it's time to examine the best services or applications in the fixed line world

A coming upgrade will include more Huawei equipment to supplement what Clearwire already has

3:35 PM Far from the years-away talk of network programmability, a couple of TelcoTV panelists discuss what SDN can do for them now

Windstream CEO Jeff Gardner explains how his company's Merge service is driving higher broadband tiers with over-the-top video

John Cioffi, CEO at ASSIA, talks about the deluge of interest in the vectoring capabilities that are enhancing VDSL broadband lines and puts himself in Luke Skywalker's shoes

About 15% of Comcast's business service revenues are now generated by mid-sized users served by the operator's MetroE platform

Networks sales are suffering in key markets and big services projects are still suppressing margins but CEO sticks with game plan

Comcast still lost 117,000 video subscribers, but continued to gain in all other categories, including a 33% jump in business services revenues

The keynotes are chiming and the show floor is wide open at the TelcoTV 2012 show in Las Vegas

FCC rules are seriously impacting rural telcos' broadband buildouts, so they are fighting back, says NTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield

In today's EMEA roundup: Handsets giant slips out of smartphones top five; Ericsson keeps the faith; Euronews gets tough on pizzas

4:00 AM In the third of our 2012 Leading Lights awards shortlist blogs, we look at the companies that made the cut in the mobile products category

AT&T's Maria Dillard touts the popularity of the new wire-free boxes and outlines how interactive apps are giving U-verse a TV edge

Sprint bets that the iPad Mini could change the dynamics of the LTE tablet market as it revamps data plan pricing to take on AT&T and Verizon

As Windstream plans to augment Merge, its over-the-top video service, its thinking offers some pointers for other independent telcos

12:00 PM The carrier and IT communities are worlds apart when it comes to big mobile issues, according to some recent surveys

11:40 AM SDH has been torched in the pan-European research network run by Dante

As its Q3 losses widen and its iDen customer exodus continues, Sprint continues with its LTE rollout race, despite vendor delays

Also: Private equity firm snaps up ACI; Comcast's McSlarrow heads west; Texas telco streams with Harmonic

Arris sets a record as it ships 2.63 million cable gateways and voice modems in Q3, with 88% having that distinct Docsis 3.0 flavor

With sales still under pressure, another 200 staff are being laid off as Tellabs looks to reduce its costs further

8:30 AM The company talked about this big North American customer. The deal finally happened, and there aren't many guesses as to who it is

Telstra's Mike Wright and Rami Rahim of Juniper Networks discuss the Australian carrier's decision to revamp its edge network using broadband network gateway (BNG) capabilities

Also in today's EMEA roundup: Maroc Telecom suitors emerge; Telefónica is Thinking Things; die Mutter of all German data centers

In his TelcoTV keynote, Verizon's Robert Mudge says the service will play a key role in the company's 'borderless lifestyle' strategy

After initially appealing to cord-cutters, Boxee CEO Avner Ronen says his company is now prepared to strike partnerships with cable operators

AT&T expects tablets, including the new iPad Mini, to contribute big in Q4, as smartphones dominate in Q3 and 4G LTE buildouts continue to expand

Also: Intel connects with Comcast; Harmonic sees Euro sluggishness in Q3; Arris and SeaChange get their TelcoTV on

Vendor revamps its backhaul portfolio to address small-cell rollouts

9:45 AM In round two of our 2012 Leading Lights award series, we offer the reasons why we picked these seven finalists

Also in today's EMEA roundup: EE takes a dip; Norway to go, Telenor; AlcaLu does lightRadio Wi-Fi with Ziggo; FT to fund FTTH in Alsace

Broadband Forum CEO Robin Mersh talks about the recent G.vector plugfest, the potential gains from vectoring for DSL operators and his 'odd' connection with Jane Fonda

A flat outlook and yet another executive transition keep the 'interesting' times rolling

6:10 PM -- The new iPads add support for Sprint's LTE to AT&T and Verizon 4G, but which carrier to pick for your iPad Mini?

An $18.75M sale of most of the business presages the end of a high-flier from Light Reading's early days

The device's LTE support is good news for Sprint and its new big brother, too, as Apple spreads out to more 4G frequencies

Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin and Colt's Mirko Voltolini discuss opportunities and challenges for network operators in the cloud era as well as some of the key enabling technologies for adapting transport networks to cloud demands

Cable modem pioneer Rouzbeh Yassini explores whether 3.1 is final step before cable goes FTTH, or if new Docsis specs might be on the horizon

Our wrap-up hits the Docsis 3.1 reveal, the CCAP race, upstream innovations, cable's mobile maneuvers, and what's on deck at Huawei

A new Industry Specifications Group has been created to identify the communications network architecture of the future.

11:00 AM Kicking off a series of blogs about the 2012 Leading Lights awards, here's the reasoning for the six telecom product finalists we picked

Sprint is playing catch-up with AT&T on 4G LTE as the carrier moves ahead with new launches in smaller markets

Also: Virgin Media rides TiVo to Q3 video sub gain; Verizon/Redbox service eyes Q4 launch; another ex-Canoe exec resurfaces

Software defined networking using OpenFlow has worked so well for Google's inter-data center network it's going to adopt it elsewhere

Also in today's EMEA roundup: Q3 profits down at KPN, Transmode and ADVA; EE unveils its 4G tariff

Further pictorial evidence of industry life at the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam

Advances in coherent optics are good news for submarine network system upgrades but not so great for those wanting to lay new subsea cables

The mobile carrier, Cox and Time Warner Cable hook up their bundles in several more cities in Arizona, California, Massachusetts and New York

3:15 PM ADT looks even more cable-friendly after industry vet Arthur Orduña joins the home security giant, which has been the topic of M&A scuttlebutt

Heavy Reading offers a preview of Ethernet Expo Americas, which will take place this November in New York

11:25 AM Some utility companies don't want to rely on telcos for communications networks in their smart grids

Also: TW Cable means business with new cloud services; Cable-Tec Expo attendance drops; CEA goes with UltraHD label

BT Wholesale's Steve Best gives an update on the backhaul and HD voice services markets as mobile operators migrate to 4G, answers questions about dark fiber and wholesale IP voice and gives The Lord of the Rings a nod

We had our camera to hand on the Broadband World Forum show floor in Amsterdam – see who had a drink and a massage!

Broadband strategies will be showcased at the 11th annual event, keynoted by execs from AT&T, TDS Telecom, Verizon and Windstream

The hot cable-access startup packs $23M in new investment, Infinera's Drew Perkins as CEO and vets from Cisco, TW Cable and Ericsson

Also on today's EMEA news dashboard: MegaFon delays IPO; Qatar Telecom sniffs around Moroccan stake; du does the business in third quarter

Cox's Jeff Finkelstein identifies some apps and services that will need the speed and capacity boost expected from Docsis 3.1

Major telcos are collaborating on a joint-operator initiative into network virtualization that's closely related to SDN

Rouzbeh 'Father of the Cable Modem' Yassini offers his opinion on the emerging Docsis 3.1 platform and if the project represents the final step before cable takes fiber to the home

Cox's Jeff Finkelstein explains how Docsis 3.1's proposed modulation scheme and channelization plan will help cable shoot for bigger broadband

Huawei has a vision to take wide area comms networks to 'all IT'

The North American standards group promises to move fast in devising best practices for implementing SDN

Heavy Reading analysts Graham Finnie and Gabriel Brown discuss the apparent unwillingness of European operators to match their peers in Asia/Pacific and North America when it comes to major investments in fixed-line broadband

Security, privacy and cyber-threat issues are increasing concerns throughout the mobile industry

Also: Docsis 3.1 placed on a fast track; SCTE rallies for Docsis 3.1; Netflix brings command and control to the second screen

The quintet of deals that will reshape the mobile world in 2012 and beyond

In today's EMEA roundup: Networks joint venture perks up Nokia share price; Italian court rules that mobiles can cause tumors; Telenet profits double

Segways on the floor, CCAPs on parade and Docsis 3.1 chatter were among the Kodak Moments we caught at this year's cable tech confab

The shuffling of top engineers continues as SDN creates new opportunities in networking

Google's erstwhile Android flagship, Motorola Mobility, is a drag on the search giant's Q3, according to analysts

Aiming for 10-gig down and 1-gig upstream, the cable guys expect to wrap Docsis 3.1 specs next year, with products coming in 2014

Jorge Salinger of Comcast and Mark Palazzo of Cisco break down what's on the horizon for cable's next-gen IP platform

Cisco's Mark Palazzo explains how Docsis 3.1 will fit into the company's product roadmap for network equipment and broadband modems

Comcast's Jorge Salinger talks about the goals of Docsis 3.1 and how it will be designed to work with previous generations of cable's IP data platform

The 18M access lines that didn't get U-verse might see an upgrade

Among them, Verizon sells 3M 4G Androids and 650,000 LTE-capable iPhone 5s as carrier ramps up LTE coverage to 419 markets

Also: TiVo advances patent fight with Motorola; TW Cable and Bright House move to streamline TV Everywhere; Aereo lands on the PC

Deal should give SoftBank-Sprint a path to deploy a new faster LTE TDD 4G network in the US

9:00 AM Many Alcatel-Lucent jobs to go in France as restructuring details are released

Stronger sales in Asia/Pacific, particularly Japan and South Korea, boosts revenue and margins at Nokia Siemens Networks

Carrier Wi-Fi is still hot, explains Heavy Reading analyst Gabriel Brown, and as the wireless industry works on connectivity management and network selection features, expect to hear more about the Wi-Fi Alliance's Passpoint program

At the Broadband World Forum, Telekom Austria CEO Hannes Ametsreiter discusses the European operator's multi-technology broadband strategy, the use of vectoring, startup investments, working with Carlos Slim, and Scorsese's Taxi Driver

In today's EMEA roundup: Nokia's Q3 doesn't bode well for Lumia-based resurrection plan; Austria in the spotlight; Ofcom on the tariff warpath

LTE isn't just for Tucson anymore

Networking the home was a hot topic during day 2 of the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam

James Blackley is the latest former Cablevision exec to be reunited with Tom Rutledge at Charter

After two major network outages, the UK mobile operator will rip out an Ericsson server that caused the problems at a cost of $16M

Ericsson's Wi-Fi embrace has spawned a big equipment contract, new products and a vision for roaming between Wi-Fi and cellular networks

Also: Deluxe pitches super-sized TV Everywhere package; Cox and TW Cable CTOs do more for SCTE; Cisco tailors Videoscape for cable

At the Broadband World Forum show in Amsterdam, Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson gives us the lowdown on Service Provider SDN and explains why the definition of software-defined networking needs to be expanded for the telecom sector

Also in today's EMEA news roundup: Europe's top FTTH markets; Telecom Italia preps LTE launch; and DT gets an ADN

Unable to topple the Layer 4 through 7 guys, Cisco is turning one of them into an intimate ally

To achieve multi-gigabit speeds without FTTH, cable will eventually shift from 6MHz-wide channels in favor of super-wide 200MHz channels

Two MetroPCS shareholder suits in Dallas claim the T-Mobile deal undervalues the fifth-largest operator in the US

4:45 PM LTE TDD 4G might become much more familiar in the US thanks to the SoftBank play for a majority stake in Sprint

While voice over LTE (VoLTE) service launches are on target, according to Heavy Reading analyst Gabriel Brown, challenges remain for the next-generation mobile voice services

The new CEO of CableLabs says the new specs will target 'multi-gigabit' speeds and be compatible with previous generations of Docsis

10:45 AM SDN is grabbing the early headlines but there are more traditional topics, such as DSL and FTTH, coming down the pipe in Amsterdam

The Broadband World Forum show has opened with a welter of big-name announcements around SDN (software-defined networking), explains Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie

Also: Cable TV rivals lead in customer satisfaction; U-verse offers Viacom channels everywhere; HBO streams into Sweden

TW Cable launches a request for proposal (RFP) that will give more than a dozen suppliers a shot at the operator's IP video transition

Also in today's EMEA roundup: Ericsson wants to redefine SDN; Jolla Mobile swaps out its CEO; Zain Saudi's losses widen; Vanjoki's at Vertu

Everyone's favorite photonic integration long-shot will help a large Chinese vendor with 40G and 100G modules

Ericsson's CTO Ulf Ewaldsson sets the tone at the Broadband World Forum by proposing a new definition of SDN (software-defined networking)

8:10 PM If SoftBank succeeds in its Sprint deal, let's hope its awesome Japanese ads also make the transition

Can you spot yourself in this last batch of photos from the fall CTIA show in San Diego?

3:25 PM But what happens to Clearwire? A Heavy Reading analyst ponders the future of Sprint's WiMax partner

The $20.1B cash infusion will not change the timetable for Sprint's 3G and 4G LTE upgrades

The latest version of OCS brings new functionality to a private cloud platform designed for public scale

Also: Providence dumps Hulu stake; ActiveVideo spins out something

Want to see what goes on inside a Telefonica Digital Wayra startup academy? Then you've come to the right place…

Docsis 3.1's big reveal, CCAP updates, the new digital home, a focus on innovation and wireless wizardry will be on our agenda

Arris takes on Cisco and other cable access rivals with the E6000, a CCAP-capable device that will initially function as a high-density CMTS

And the FCC's ruling that the top MSOs need to help retail IP-connected devices receive encrypted basic TV signals makes Boxee happy too

Also in today's EMEA roundup: Nokia closes Vertu sale; AlcaLu sheds staff in India; Virgin Mobile looking to expand; O2 outage hits UK again

Japan's Softbank will invest $20.1B for a 70% stake in Sprint Nextel, which says the infusion will help it compete with Verizon and AT&T

Chinese vendor plans to cut jobs and close offices in overseas markets following a dip into the red in the first nine months of 2012

Will EE gain a commercial advantage in the U.K. market by launching 4G services ahead of its rivals? Not necessarily, reckons Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Gabriel Brown

6:00 PM I brought my own device so you don't have to! Taking in the sights at MobileCON 2012 in San Diego

5:40 PM If you're heading to Cable-Tec Expo, don't miss our breakfast session on the industry's mobile and wireless broadband maneuvers

4:50 PM Oh, hey, what happened to the sure thing that was the iPad Mini?

Humax is getting aggressive with a US cable strategy that includes a shot at supplying IP-only client boxes and HD-DTAs to Comcast

Also: DirecTV does more than dream about Genie HD-DVR; TriQuint preps a fatter cable upstream; Moto locks up Massillon's OTT video

11:00 AM Metaswitch CEO John Lazar and CTO Martin Taylor talk about the company's place in an evolving network and its future as a software-focused business

The network processor is expanding its reach up to applications and services, possibly intensifying the rivalry between two chipmakers

8:00 AM Can either Sprint or T-Mobile grow their subscriber base as an unlimited 4G operator?

General counsel's blog highlights discrepancies in Chinese vendor's interpretation of the Cisco vs Huawei intellectual property dispute

In today's EMEA roundup: Ethiopian mega-deal for Chinese pair; AlcaLu does APIs; Telefónica sheds contact center unit; French bill-shock

The policy and DPI express train is taking on new carriages as it chugs along, but what exactly is the destination?

The Clearwire MVNO may be a plus-one data service now, but it'd like to replace more expensive mobile data plans at Tier 1s and eventually compete in the living room as well

Andy Bechtolsheim shares some thoughts about Moore's Law, networking chip design and the state of 100G

After being repeatedly linked to SK Telecom, Sprint may have actually found a buyer that can fund its 4G: Japan's Softbank

Telefónica Digital's BlueVia is on a mission to bring telcos, APIs, Web services platforms and developers together – just don't mention WAC!

Taking in the serious business of wireless at the latest CTIA show in sunny San Diego

Also: TiVo opens up for apps; Malone says Starz could use a 'big brother'; Ceton sets media extender launch; Chapter 11 doesn't slow down Contec

Ericsson hopes to fix a problem that pops up when multiple devices on a home network try to stream video at the same time.

When Everything Everywhere re-branded, why didn't it go down the fruit route instead of opting for the ridiculous EE?

Saar Gillai, the CTO of HP Networking, discusses the value that service providers can get from software defined networking

8:05 AM 2013 might just be about more capacity and coverage on LTE networks in the U.S.

John Horn, president of M2M services firm Raco Wireless, says a merged T-Mobile and MetroPCS means increased 2G capacity, a broader customer reach and infinite connected device possibilities for M2M

Also in today's EMEA roundup: Skype co-founder builds startup fund; Telenor's 4G fairy tale; AlcaLu helps smart grids in Saxony

There's a really large MX router on the books now, but the bigger story is the continued emphasis on router-based services

6:30 PM Helping enterprises offer their employees a work/life balance, right on their smartphones, is an important opportunity for wireless operators

A carrier payments vendor is helping take wireless operators from app stores to digital purchases to the physical world with mobile payments and analytics

MetroPCS does not plan to stop offering VoLTE services, a senior Acme Packet exec tells Light Reading Mobile

CIO Robin Bienfait talks up its enterprise-friendly features like BlackBerry Balance, security and apps, but welcomes iOS and Android devices into the mix

2:15 PM Verizon's celebration of beating its 400-market deadline left some lingering questions about future upgrades of 4G LTE on its network

Also: Netflix CEO to leave Microsoft board; Comcast hires new California leader

10:45 AM Saar Gillai, the CTO of HP Networking, discusses the overall opportunity for software-defined networking and HP's perspective on this new way of thinking about networks

They're the latest known set-top makers to license Comcast's Reference Design Kit for IP-connected devices

8:00 AM As Infonetics Research says small-cell volumes won't be big enough to support the current crop of vendors, I've chosen some potential M&A candidates

In today's EMEA roundup: UK security committee could be next to have a go at Chinese vendor; TeliaSonera defends CEO decision; patents pow-wow

Telenor is set to team up with the Spanish giant's BlueVia platform

With the first wave of policy server deployments almost complete, vendors and service providers need to rethink their strategies to take full advantage of policy capabilities, says Heavy Reading's Graham Finnie

The plan for the combined T-Mobile/MetroPCS seems to veer away from voice-over-LTE

Sprint has its first 4G tablet and may be pulling ahead as the premier carrier for NFC capabilities in the US

Customer experience management is gaining ground in service provider organizations, and their budget dollars will follow

5:45 PM It's amazing how many 4G LTE devices you can buy in the US now given how little network coverage most carriers have deployed so far

5:20 PM Welcome back to the VoD squabble that never ends....

Verizon Wireless will have 410 markets up and running with 4G LTE by Oct. 18, the operator's CTO says

Sales cycles are getting longer, but reasons vary from political uncertainty to technological complexity

Finisar breaks out a miniature, power-saving optical module, tailored for cable networks, that will plug in to next-gen access gear

Get ready for 5G as researchers in the UK start work on developing the next generation of mobile technology

Also: Consumers are finding pay-TV savings; This Technology adds cable vets, opens Denver digs; Wipro tailors pre-paid broadband for US cable

Harmonic says it has eight lab trials with US cable operators lined up as it rolls out its first integrated CCAP product

A booster shot for the Z77 packet-optical system gives Cyan a way to target router bypass in the core, a method Verizon likes to talk about

Also in today's EMEA roundup: Telefónica goes large on Big Data; MegaFon plans London IPO; ADVA does ROADMs in Belgium

Vendor negates the need to upgrade customer premises equipment in VDSL2 vectoring rollouts

If the FCC grants AT&T's request to lift wholesale requirements, companies could lose out on advanced services, a CEO tells Comptel

U.S. vendor adds to its collection of fiber-to-the-home deployments in the U.K.

Also: HBO Nordic adds Starz to the OTT menu; Dish mothballs its Netflix competitor; FreedomPop adds cable to its broadband targets

Verizon's business unit offers a cloud-based way for enterprises to more easily manage the proliferation of mobile devices used by employees

With a debut in Lubbock, Texas, Suddenlink becomes the first cable operator to lease out TiVo's new video transcoding device

With a former Motorola exec at the helm, Morega aims to help cable operators develop multi-screen TV strategies

Wi-Fi firm Ruckus files for an initial public offering that could raise up to $100M

In today's EMEA roundup: UK government's £530M broadband assist set for green light; Vivendi looks to sell Maroc Telecom stake; QTel ups Kuwait interest

5:00 AM No shock as House Intelligence Committee warns that Chinese companies should not be trusted

5:50 PM There's no sign it would actually happen, but one analysis of EMC buying Juniper brings up some interesting ideas

The Metaswitch team gathered in Florida for tech talk, Harry Potter, football, gold medal winners and plenty of swimming pools

Ma Bell gets hip on NYC's Lower East Side with a flood of new 4G phones, tablets and even a connected camera for its holiday lineup

12:55 PM ActiveVideo used it to vanquish Verizon, but CEO says the vendor will be careful not to abuse it

10:00 AM The Metaswitch Forum reminds us that technology isn't really the stumbling block preventing carriers becoming more Internet-centric service providers

Also: Microsoft works on Nook; HP sits out 2013; RIM leaks its 'best' BlackBerry yet; Starbucks brews up more mobility

In today's EMEA roundup: France Telecom steadies nerves with recruitment pledge; TIM Brasil offloads with Aptilo; Google eyes new UK HQ

Also: Cablevision and Disney add TV Everywhere; 4K TV demand to suck wind; new cable connectors shield off LTE interference

The Sprint board reportedly could intervene to stop T-Mobile from taking the US pre-paid crown

Verizon Wireless hooks up with Cox in Kansas, Arkansas and Nebraska, and with TW Cable in Hawaii

If you're keeping score in Cisco's chain of succession, you knew Rob Lloyd and Gary Moore were already near the top of the list

An SEC filing suggests 20% might not be enough

2:20 PM That's €9.2B earmarked for broadband stimulus investment

Cloud computing startup vCider might become Cisco's answer to the VMware/Nicira acquisition

1:00 PM The pay-TV and OTT providers still don't love each other, but an Amdocs study suggests tension between them is easing

Software defined networking is a new concept for many. We've discussed it with some industry proponents from Contrail Systems, Extreme Networks, vArmour, Embrane and HP

Also: Cablevision rolls out cloud-based guide; Bright House adds modem rental fee; BlackArrow splices and targets ads on all screens

An operator-studded panel will offer details about new specs that will super-size cable broadband

Wrap up warm … there's an icy wind blowin' across broadband capex county and it's already sending a chill up Adtran's pants

6:50 AM T-Mobile/MetroPCS deal consolidates Ericsson's position as a key LTE supplier to the big four mobile operators in the US

Ahead of the Broadband World Forum show in Amsterdam, Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie talks about the potential of vectoring for DSL broadband service providers, the impact it may have on GPON and why his beer glass may be half empty in the Dutch capital

In today's EMEA roundup: Spanish giant sells its private jets to make ends meet; managers charged in Telekom Austria probe; EE names LTE day

6:00 AM Back in the driver's seat at Metaswitch, John Lazar is looking at the road ahead to see what kind of company his firm ought to be next

The Netscaler platform could become a central figure in future SDN implementations, if Citrix and its partners get their way

A dearth of standards means Terremark has to work harder to get some enterprises to embrace the cloud, an exec tells an LR Live! audience

4:40 PM With MetroPCS deal, is Deutsche Telekom finally saying auf wiedersehen to its US investment?

Having prevailed in its court battle with Amdocs, Openet is looking forward to accelerating some strategic initiatives

Why cloud and broadband make good bedfellows for the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam

4G spectrum is a key reason for merging T-Mobile and MetroPCS, and this isn't the Sprint-Nextel merger all over again, says the new T-Mob CEO

Here's a sneak peek at the XI3, an IP-only hi-def client device under development at Comcast and made by Pace

T-Mobile and MetroPCS to merge to create a 42.5M subscriber US mobile operator pushing toward unlimited 4G

Also: TW Cable packs on business services muscle; TiVo's Comcast universe expands; ThinkAnalytics does Mediaroom

Despite skepticism about the effectiveness of patent pools, AT&T, Clearwire, Telefonica and seven others join forces to protect their 4G IP

In today's EMEA roundup: Handset giant could become a tenant; UK 4G services will start in H1 2013; Telefónica plans IPO for German unit

5:30 AM SPIT vendor to name new chief

5:35 PM A T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger could be Deutsche Telekom's way to lessen its stake in the US market, one analyst reckons

A hardware reseller is offering generic optical modules, trying to topple the premiums charged by some companies (*cough* Cisco *cough*)

4:40 PM New Charter CEO Tom Rutledge continues to leave his mark as the operator gets ready to complete its turnaround

John Roese, the former Nortel exec who had been a key part of Huawei's North American ambitions, has moved on

T-Mobile could be poised to battle it out with Sprint to be the 4G unlimited data carrier of choice in the US

Finnish startup Jolla reveals plans to develop a new mobile ecosystem for the Chinese market based on the MeeGo OS

Also: Supreme Court to hear Comcast system-clustering case; Charter and Cox tee up new corporate digs; new Slingboxes spotted

Analyst says about 90% of the operator's 10.8 million cable modem customers could be affected by a new $3.95 monthly fee

The company puts a dose of packet-optical into the core, offering a multilayer control plane for the CRS-3

Irish policy control specialist fends off Amdocs after two years in court, opening up the way for a potential IPO

In today's EMEA roundup: UK 4G auction date may be brought forward; NSN sells IPTV assets to Accenture; ADVA in Polish position

The lure of software-defined networking has drawn another executive away from a big-company haven

Raymond James analyst Ric Prentiss writes that T-Mobile's latest moves position it as a challenger to Sprint for smaller M&A deals in the US

The would-be 4G provider is back with an altered plan for a wholesale 4G network -- and for its survival

In cutting 5% of its workforce, Juniper says it isn't picking on any particular product

Accenture is the latest company to grab a piece of the Nokia Siemens Networks empire

For leased IP-capable devices, TiVo is centering on its Hardware Porting Kit, while Comcast leans on its Reference Design Kit (RDK)

MVNO targets AT&T and Verizon with a 'freemium' mobile broadband service that runs on Clearwire's WiMax network, with Sprint LTE on deck

Also: Cablevision squares off with Dish; Hughes lights up faster broadband bird; Comcast chips in on wireless gateway innovation

As Europe nurses its Ryder Cup hangover, today's EMEA action sees NSN revamp its LTE offering and Nokia beginning its Lumia fire sale