Also in today's EMEA roundup: Microsoft sniffs around Nokia; Dutch backbone boost from Huawei; Iliad's femtocell for the home

Says it will focus its efforts on fighting Sprint for Clearwire instead

CE giant seeks to make further inroads in hospitality TV market with offer

Alcatel-Lucent CEO Michel Combes highlights cable's growing importance as he outlines the vendor's new strategy

New CEO Michel Combes introduces his 'Shift Plan' to revitalize the vendor, with Basil Alwan's IP division at the heart of everything

BT Retail chief to take top job as Ian Livingston quits to become government minister

Also in today's EMEA roundup: AlcaLu unveils its Shift Plan; Vodafone ups Kabel Deutschland offer; Orange launches 4G in Spain, Joyn services in France

OSS vendor lands seventh-largest US MSO for launch of business services fulfillment product

Analyst Richard Windsor suspects Google will make the hardware requirements less costly for Android 5.0 so it can grab more low-end market share in 2014

Optical and Carrier Ethernet vendors such as Accedian, ADVA, Coriant, Telco Systems and Transmode have product enhancements and – gasp – they're not all about SDN!

CableLabs qualifies first eight EPON products for cable operators under DPoE specs

Sprint suit says Dish's bid for Clearwire violates investor rights

Regional operator will tap into Devicescape's 12 million-strong amenity Wi-Fi hotspot network

Optical network management system goes beyond software-defined networking (SDN), says CEO

Also in today's EMEA roundup: Orange board backs Richard; HTC vets launch new mobile brand; Qatar invests in fiber rollout

Visible World, FourthWall Media team to put addressable ads on more cable set-tops

Says its next Galaxy smartphone will support LTE-Advanced, but its speeds – and network options – fall short

Google's broadband balloon ambitions, which have been years in the making, finally get off the ground with 'Project Loon'.

Sprint adds 22 new LTE markets to hit 110 towns & cities with its new 4G network

Wireless vendor unveils new outdoor access point for cable Wi-Fi deployments

New innovation center will test Cisco's self-optimizing heterogeneous network with local telco Pelephone

Cable operators use cash incentives to cut off content deals with OTT rivals

T-Mobile appears to be tuning up its LTE network in Manhattan ahead of an expected summer launch

The complexity of LTE means more costs, less room for antenna vendors, Heavy Reading finds

Also in today's EMEA roundup: New boss at TeliaSonera; Orange CEO gets some support; Neelie talks pasta; 400G news

And the network functions virtualization effort could use the help from the chip community, one carrier rep says

New GoPhone prepaid plans include more LTE data for less

Sports programmer plans to pull plug on pricey 3D network by year's end

Speculation suggests Siemens has been touting its telecom systems joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks to private equity firms

Sources suggest Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Samsung have been chosen for Reliance Jio's major LTE TDD rollout

Marvell's chips support landmark TDD-based 4G voice call set up by ZTE over China Mobile's network

Also in today's EMEA roundup: Roaming charges get death sentence; Finland debut for Jolla smartphone; survey finds LTE anxiety

Most US consumers still don't know they can get multi-screen video

Now says the satellite TV operator's bid represents a 29% premium over majority owner Sprint's bid

A new CDN player claims to serve pages and apps twice as fast as incumbents, even over wireless

The deployment of 100GigE ports on routers is about to become affordable, according to a European carrier executive

European optical transport vendor now has a rival vendor for company in TeliaSonera's regional network

Also in today's EMEA roundup: French minister questions Richard's future; AlcaLu lands London-Moscow link; Numericable IPO in the offing

The MSO's cloud-based IP video services will launch later this year

Friendly SDN companies agree to interoperate, but the list is missing some big names. Lots of them, actually.

The saga heats up as Sprint gives Dish one more chance to improve on Softbank's sweetened offer

Jinni's search technology wins another cable convert in Comcast

Eighth-largest US cable operator and long-time Motorola STB customer Mediacom is rolling out TiVo's next-gen platform

Outlines 'six pillars' to meet the needs of mobile operators between now and 2020

Also in today's EMEA roundup: Google buys Israeli map app firm; UK spooks go after Skype; Colt shrinks its energy bill

Chicago's newest data center operators aren't buying the SDN hype – at least not yet

No, it's not the zippy new CTR platform, but it's a step up

Cable Show vendors and panels bring industry focus to the Big Data issue

MSO also launches new home control and energy management services

Also in today's EMEA roundup: Stephane Richard is Out of Office; UK broadband program in for a pasting; ousted Nokia managers find new role

Company executives spell out product strategies for combined Arris-Motorola portfolio

Vendor unveils new self-install solution for home networking and control that's at the heart of Comcast's new service.

And the heat, too, as the streaming music service is bound to test the limits of operators' new LTE networks

AT&T offers an enhanced push-to-talk iPhone app as Sprint's iDEN shutdown date approaches

Debate around the Prism revelations is far-reaching, but how shocking are these developments?

Gateways, X1, RDK, CCAP and HTML5 will be under the spotlight at the annual cable confab in Washington DC

Current challenges add up to major, emerging, long-term opportunities for antenna vendors and other RF companies

Also in today's EMEA roundup: BT tackles BYOD; Dutch deal for Openet; Ericsson notches UK managed services win

Silicon firm boasts quad-stream video transcoding for reference development kit (RDK) IP-enabled devices

This Technology adds adverts to alternate linear IP video streams

Major consumer electronics vendor plans splashy Cable Show debut with set-tops galore

Alain Couder is out as CEO, as the optical components vendor continues to try to steady the ship

Chinese vendor says it's not just how far a signal goes, but how fat the pipe is too – although both claims might be challenged...

Carrier accelerates its LTE rollout schedule and revamps its prepaid plans as it forecasts adding half a million postpaid wireless subs this quarter

Smart city projects and programs have several different drivers, sources of funding and outcomes

Industry experts expect the use of connected mobile devices to keep soaring

Also in this roundup: Huawei cites British political support; LTE-Advanced and LTE action across Europe; more Free pressure in France

Transport equipment vendor's stock jumped more than 17 percent following its fiscal second-quarter report but it's still in the red

Vendor snares new and expanded MSO deals with cloud-based video platform

Redacted UK security report raises further concerns about Chinese vendor's perceived state links

Agreement will see Vubiqiuity's VoD streaming service added to TiVo boxes

Also in today's EMEA roundup: EE introduces 4G shared data tariffs; Telecom Italia merger on back-burner; investor rage in Saudi

Data analytics firm purchases platform offering IPDR data for cable operators

AT&T continues its summertime push with 4G LTE, extending its footprint to 261 markets

Big Canadian MSO launches pilot broadband program for low-income families

Also: Orange ups its customer care commitments; Vodafone linked to German cable network bid; Viber barred in Saudi

Semiconductor specialist puts its fastest Wi-Fi chipset in Intel's video gateways

Verizon and the NFL ink a multiyear deal extension to stream all NFL games live to mobile devices beginning in 2014

A rift forms in the big, happy group. Who could have predicted that?

For its next trick, FreedomPop plots a free voice and data plan for Android phones, as its CEO envisages the leap to LTE

Vendor wins CMTS contract and CCAP nod from Numericable

New system-on-a-chip sets the bar high for next generation hybrid cable gateway functionality

Also: NSN boasts RAN crown; Ooredoo turns on its LTE services; Telenor encourages mobile data roaming; Ericsson's stat attack; Virgin Media's executive shuffle; Casa's French fancy

Carrier leans on partners to build out its enterprise offerings

Regulation to block carriers from using public Wi-Fi could cripple future Wi-Fi integration strategies

Hulu has got new billion-dollar offers on the table for its online video service

Also in today's EMEA roundup: Telefónica looks at sale of Irish unit; Nokia's tax downer in India; NSN to close Calcutta plant

Now T-Mobile's LTE network shows up in the heart of Texas, Philly and Seattle ahead of an official launch