2:25 PM The bids to be a Telecom Software Top Pick are rolling in, with AppTrigger far from clueless

Dr. Hamadoun Touré discusses Internet growth, broadband policy, and the relevance of the ITU and its upcoming conference

'Long live the 360!' cries Vodafone as it makes what one analyst believes is a bid to reclaim ground lost to the likes of Google

Tata Teleservices gets GSM boost to secure the largest share of India's 15.1 million new wireless connections in August

Time Warner Cable picks New York City for its wideband debut, starting off with a 50 Mbit/s downstream tier that runs $99.95/month

10:30 AM BroadSoft has a crack at the consumer market just as Vodafone unveils its convergence service

9:40 AM Tastes even better than it sounds!

Sistema Shyam gets a valuation, Vodafone looks to up its Essar stake, number portability dates are set, plus more from Asia/Pacific

8:20 AM New optical box? Or part man, part horse?

7:55 AM A bunch of engineers hit the mall

7:15 AM Line of credit matches its expected annual contract sales

DT is reportedly interested in investing in Clearwire for spectrum access, but it would still take time to deploy next-gen services

5:45 PM How much were you willing to pay for Paul Allen's media center baby?

LTE networks will likely have more radio cells on the front-end than many 3G architectures, and may get more distributed at the core, too

And that's just the problem: In-house designs are glomming half the revenues in ATCA, according to Heavy Reading

Waving the encryption rule would force some cable customers to use a set-top box to view basic channels UPDATED 4:30 PM

2:30 PM Cisco has beefed up its edge router portfolio but has failed to roll out a next-gen flagship Carrier Ethernet switch/router

1:10 PM Microsoft has a concept tablet, but who's buying it?

Arris is joining Cisco and Moto in the chase to develop a new breed of cable devices that manage IP video, voice, and data services

12:25 PM When ATCA leads to quick forklift upgrades

11:15 AM Oregon operator couples new 60-meg wideband tier with a 150-gig monthly consumption cap

As expected, Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei have landed deals for Singapore's National Broadband Network, but Ericsson loses out

Critical mass is nowhere in site, but CableLabs says it's made progress since debuting a tru2way 'reference implementation' in June UPDATED 9/30 3 PM

Arris to buy Digeo for $20M, a move that thrusts Arris into the broadband-fueled set-top arena and pits it in closer competition with Cisco and Motorola

5:20 PM Cable has some catching up to do

5:00 PM Yes, that is the real punctuation for Yahoo's new slogan

4:45 PM LTE backhaul, that is

Sprint's backhaul guy explains the telco's need for Ethernet behind the scenes at Light Reading's backhaul conference

4:15 PM Here's the Top Picks update for Consumer Services

Unstrung's Dan Jones corners picoChip to find out: Why are we talking about 4G femtocells when the 3G ones are barely out the door?

1:05 PM MSO hasn't pulled the trigger on the RS-DVR, but it has debuted a Web-based app that lets subs manage their home-based DVRs remotely

With the financial markets in better health, Reliance has dusted off its plans to take its mobile tower business, Infratel, to IPO

11:05 AM Incumbent MSOs and cable overbuilders outdo the telcos in latest JD Power survey

9:15 AM Not a good start for the Vodafone Access Gateway

Ericsson has new HSPA module for consumer electronics coming – could this help spur more wide-area connections in smaller gadgets?

Nortel says it's ready to sell its wireless packet core assets next, but it doesn't have a named bidder. Could Hitachi be interested?

Mediacom and Suddenlink will start using Blockbuster's VoD brand and might later integrate its by-mail and broadband movie services

Clearwire's Barry West says WiMax is maturing as a technology and some new roaming agreements prove that point. He expects to see devices able to roam between different WiMax networks around the world in Q1 2010

6:55 PM One possible path that might even go to terabit

5:50 PM GSMA adds new specs for rich communications suite

We just got our film back from the Fotomat! Please enjoy our 4G World slideshow

4:30 PM AOL CEO reveals the company's next stage of development

Why is there a need for bigger, better backhaul in the wireless network? One of Clearwire's backhaul providers explains the economics of fast backhaul and talks a bit about DragonWave's new 4-Gbit/s radio

3:20 PM This time it's a $2B network for the armed forces... Huawei need not apply

3:00 PM China Telecom hooks up with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom

2:30 PM Light Reading is heading to the ITU Telecom World show – but who else is going?

2:00 PM We have the technology

FCC chairman seeks rules that would prevent ISPs from blocking or degrading access to broadband applications

1:00 PM Is the open computing movement in telecom moving as fast as it might?

AT&T beats Sprint to a 3G femtocell, even if it's just a 'soft launch' to start

Comcast brings Docsis 3.0 to Qwest's backyard, likely setting the stage for a 100-Mbit/s business service

7:00 AM Detailed claims of staff intimidation at France Telecom

StarHub leverages Huawei kit for a packet backhaul network that is among the most advanced in the world, according to Heavy Reading

Posts revealing femto soft launch details are gone from AT&T retail manager's Twitter feed

After walking away from the high-end network processor market, Intel might take another shot, this time using Xeon as its basis

France Telecom and Alcatel-Lucent have had their share of employee uprisings in the past few days

4:40 PM FCC to propose net neutrality rules, Paul Allen could lose control of Charter, Rogers ties cable and wireless closer together, and more

Samsung's Rick Svensson discusses the leapfrogging in device capabilities that will go on as LTE networks come online and how WiMax handsets will improve

1:05 PM So, you think you got what it takes to be an LR Top Picks winner in this category? It's high time you start proving it

12:25 PM Systems architects ponder the software question

Sprint chief says he's willing to help Clearwire bridge any future funding shortfalls as the co-venture looks to complete a national WiMax network deployment

Malaysian mobile operator is set to return to the public markets by listing 30% of its existing stock

Broadband video fed to a new hybrid TiVo 'Media Device' won't count towards Telecom New Zealand's Internet usage meters and consumption caps

9:00 AM Where's our WiMax in Chicago?

7:40 PM American Cable Association says 83 members put in bids for broadband projects totaling $1.3 billion

Startup says it will target consumers directly in markets where it doesn't have ISP partners

4:25 PM MSO hints that a Docsis 3.0 deployment in San Diego is imminent UPDATED 5:50 PM

A limited launch could happen as early as Monday, and AT&T employees are already chatting about the new 'mini cell tower in your home'

2:35 PM We're talking Top Picks here, folks, in case you were wonderin'...

Mid-sized MSO opts for integrated CMTS from Arris instead of Cisco in four new markets

VimpelCom agrees to the purchase of Millicom Lao to add to its Vietnamese and Cambodian operations as Millicom seeks exit from Asia

New Zealand's FTTH plans, Quigley's NBN team, Huawei's latest deals, PCCW linked to African talks, the ITU on Chinese 3G, and more!

Samsung shows off WiMax handset, netbooks, and a tablet in Chicago, and says LTE will come in 2010, 802.16m in 2011

Combined TDD/FDD modes for LTE can generate vast economies of scale

More pics from the Broadband World Forum Europe show floor, including GPON, 3D TV, and kick-ass cocktails

5:30 PM Sources say the two are in talks

The MSO still has no plans for the AWS spectrum won at auction in 2006, noting it's focused on WiMax and the partnership with Clearwire

5:00 PM With tru2way retail efforts off to a slow start, is DCR+ back in play?

An interactive advertising system will allow viewers to request info on products and, starting next year, buy products directly through the TV

In fact, it's already time to start talking about 400-GigE and beyond, a network engineer says

3:35 PM Sensing an opportunity, China pushes sensor networks

3:00 PM Imagination and commitment key to Top Picks success

UBS analyst drops earnings estimate for Verizon in the second half of 2009 and sees ARPU growth slowing for Verizon Wireless

CEO Bill Morrow touts Clearwire's WiMax credentials, but leaves the door wide open for LTE in the future

12:30 PM Category updates, plus a formula for becoming a winner

11:00 AM Can't get enough of that wardrobe malfunction

MaxLinear could rival Microtune with a new line of low-power silicon tuners for digital cable set-tops and more advanced 'gateway' products

10:25 AM Internet giant brings femtos and WiFi together

10:00 AM Word on the street puts Starent in acquisition talks

The company is thinking big, with a plan to redefine the way packet and optical networks interact. And the stakes are bigger than a P-OTS box, AlcaLu says

9:20 AM Don't mention it. No, really – don't

Here we go again with the WiMax versus LTE debate for Clearwire

Get your 3D glasses on. Georgina Burnett talks to execs from Etisalat, PCCW, and Ericsson about the TV experience of the future

Combination of Taiwan Mobile and cable operator Kbro is designed to rival Chunghwa Telecom

TWC gets ready to roll with BigBand's switched digital video gear in the major markets of New York City, Los Angeles, and Dallas

5:40 PM Samsung is supplying gadgets to Verizon and MetroPCS. Is it taking an early lead in LTE devices?

4:30 PM Jay Leno's new show premiered last night, but you won't find any clips of it on YouTube

3:50 PM My API can beat up your API

3:15 PM Irish incumbent set to change hands again

Australian Government gives Telstra Hobson's choice: separate or we'll split you up

A less breakneck approach to deploying a proto-4G network will provide users a better service and more device choice, AT&T's keynoter claims

The long-awaited metro system has landed, but a 40-Gig product is still a ways off

MetroPCS will use Ericsson LTE access and core infrastructure and Samsung handsets for its next-gen mobile broadband network

Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei are in line to sign contracts for big roles in Singapore's next-gen network project

Another C-level startup? After Cerent and Calix, Michael Hatfield is hoping to strike optical gold in the packet-optical market

LTE vendors build on work already done with WiMax

AT&T's video platform counters cable with a mosaic app called Multiview and music and photo sharing from the home PC

4:15 PM After Akamai rejected them

1:30 PM The new Lost Generation

Convergence specialist Mavenir and session border controller vendor Acme team up to offer a non-IMS voice-over-LTE solution

12:45 PM India's BSNL thinks again and awards $2B contract to ITI instead of Huawei, according to local reports

CA adds to its OSS assets with the purchase of performance management specialist NetQoS for a whopping $200 million

NOON A Wednesday announcement could target the optical core

11:35 AM Here's why...

DragonWave has a new 4-Gbit/s microwave backhaul box, and Clearwire is first in line to use it

Avaya lands Nortel's Enterprise business with a winning bid of $900 million, nearly double its original offer

It's on at last... allegedly... India's 3G spectrum auction is set to kick off on December 7

8:20 AM Talk that Deutsche Telekom could bid for Sprint has resurfaced

As the broadcasting and telecom industries grow ever closer, Georgina Burnett reports from Europe's biggest television tradeshow and finds out what new innovations are getting telecom service providers all excited

3:45 AM The fate of Nortel's Enterprise division is still up in the air

1:00 PM Still no word on the Nortel enterprise auction

6:00 AM A stunning coincidence

4:50 PM Great stuff, if you like puzzles

3:40 PM Hello, Google? Can WiMax have a smartphone?

2:50 PM Mulling a Comcast-TWC merger, Canadian MSOs square off, Clearleap jumps on Bresnan, big changes at Insight, and more

We made the annual trip to the BBWF, held this year in Paris, and even remembered to take our camera! Check out the results

2:00 PM It's extrapolation time!!

Virgin is prepping a major big content delivery system upgrade, and indications are it might deploy a new breed of hybrid QAM-IP gateways

Japanese giant set to bolster its European presence with plans to acquire mobile content delivery specialist Net Mobile

VCs tell their mobile apps startups to not cede power to carriers, but that could leave operators empty-handed from the apps boom

By our count, cable MSOs requested at least $442M to fund more than 54 broadband-related stimulus projects

8:15 PM On paper, at least, the Cliq looks like an excellent addition to the Android stable. Yes, this is Motorola we're talking about...

Motorola's Cliq delivers social-networking smarts on an Android handset

Qualcomm licenses out CDMA for home base stations as it preps its own femtocell chipset for 2010

4:10 PM This year's battle of the beverages was a tie

2:25 PM More mystery for the multiplatform conundrum

1:45 PM Ericsson's CEO-elect has a great command of the English language...

1:30 PM Windows Media Center with Windows 7 to support SDV, help cable ops extend video programming to more screens

1:15 PM -- Can NEC use Japanese LTE experiences to become a major RAN player and fill the gap left by Nortel?

Chinese vendor says it has conducted two 10G EPON trials with carriers as it competes for traction in the next-gen broadband market

Now that he doesn't have to run Vodafone anymore, Arun Sarin has come back to Cisco

9:15 AM Fresh denials from the Chinese vendor

RGB nabs two longtime Envivio execs as the vendor looks to shore up its CTO and international sales slots and pursue an IPO in 2010

Jim Dolce's video switch startup insists it wasn't seeking a new round of funds, but is happy to take more cash when it's offered UPDATED 1:50 PM

Cable and Wireless to use Move's adaptive bit-rate technology to serve up video in 38 countries

COO Steve Burke says a national rollout of the 'On Demand Online' service is 30 to 60 days away

If Telecom Italia's CTO is on the money, incumbent carriers are going to turn to WDM PON systems for their future broadband needs

4:40 PM When it comes to SeaChange and Verivue, they are now one and the same

Thinner and cheaper than the Pre, 'Pixi' will be exclusive to Sprint until at least the end of the year

3:00 PM MSOs are still printing cash even as their basic video sub bases decline

Canadian backhaul vendor predicts $20M boost in fiscal year 2010 revenue

2:00 PM Like you didn't see this coming

Following a delay, supplier says its digital-to-analog gateway for MDUs is fit to ship, with Comcast considered the likely beneficiary

What do a Malaysian billionaire and an Indian conglomerate with its own mobile technology have to do with Kuwait-based telecom group Zain?

iPhone 3GS users will be among those able to get faster 3G in six cities in the US by year's end

12:15 PM This year's Expo has its most senior lineup of carrier speakers yet UPDATED 1:50 PM

11:10 AM No. One survey says there are at least 100M people who aren't sold on broadband being a core utility

10:05 AM Recession? What recession? Huawei confirms half-year numbers

French telecom and media company Vivendi splashes out in Brazil to expand its emerging market footprint

With the fiery name of Carrier Ethernet Solutions, the JV pledges to have its products in place by Q1

What Unstrung expects to make headlines at this fall's CTIA show in San Diego

Twin Cities first to get Comcast's new $370-a-month business-class tier, but MSO's mum on when it might intro a residential version

Korea's top mobile operator has global ambitions for its mobile app store, but Korea's rules for device openness might not translate

Reflecting on how the North American wireless industry got to where it is today

Sandvine's PTS gets a booster shot to support throughputs of 240 Gbit/s per cluster, but the obvious MSO hasn't signed on yet

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom plan UK joint venture that will be the largest mobile operator in the country

Ericsson has enlisted the help of Adtran to flesh out the portfolio it's taking into AT&T's wireline access domain

9:35 AM Shareholders look to offload 46% stake worth $13.7B

Sweden still has Europe's highest FTTH/B penetration rate, with Norway a close second, according to the latest FTTH Council stats

The Ethernet-over-copper vendor continues its push to win Tier 2s (and small incumbents), and its investors are kicking in more cash to help

Can DoCoMo's new approach give IMS services new momentum?

2:20 PM Are AlcaLu and Ericsson shoo-ins?

Vodafone and O2 have offered bids for T-Mobile UK, but Deutsche Telekom eyes a merger with Orange UK, according to reports

Chip giant launches its anticipated GPON-MoCA 1.1 chipset, but rival Entropic claims it's the wrong product at the wrong time

Alcatel-Lucent demos next-generation PON technology with LTE mobile traffic, and offers a guide to help GPON equipment interoperability

Swedish giant kicks its broadband week off to a flyer with news that it's one of the two chosen suppliers in AT&T's Wireline Access domain

The all-in-one transceiver maker, pushing chip integration as a key to cost savings, is readying its EPON devices

Carriers invest in each other as they strengthen their alliance with plans to co-source technology and jointly develop service platforms

5:15 PM And Dish and EchoStar are 'pleased' about DVR-related patent sanction because it could've been a whole lot worse

CTIA is expecting a strong wireless showing in San Diego this October despite continued general economic problems

As India’s mobile number portability deadline gets shunted back to the end of the year, Telenor and MTNL suffer strategic headaches

1:40 PM International content to give Korean IPTV further impetus

Yes, it's legal in Canada (we think). Ciena and a private equity group could make a bid for Nortel's Metro Ethernet group

12:45 PM Clearwire price cuts: How low should they go?

Arris takes the lead after a strong Q2 and a dive by Cisco, but a quick Cisco comeback isn't out of the question

Following months of speculation, AT&T confirms its slimmed-down approach to key vendor selections

Our pics of the week include wildfire threats, M&A bets, a French telco vet, and a tiny mobile TV set

9:05 AM With $2B coming its way, Korea probably doesn't mind

PON developments of all kinds are set to be a key focus at next week's Broadband World Forum Europe jamboree in Paris

It's (sort of) official: A report says Siemens and Gores Group will challenge Avaya for the Nortel enterprise business, as expected

Sprint becomes the second US carrier to support the Google's Android OS

4:25 PM The streaming movie service lands on two more devices

IP engineer and Web TV guru heads to TWC as the MSO gets ready to roll out its first 'TV Everywhere' test

Momentum grows behind HSPA+ in Asia/Pacific as Japan's EMobile launches services in major cities

2:00 PM Handset giant decides not to exhibit at Mobile World Congress

It shouldn't be hard to find something exciting about the upcoming CTIA IT & Entertainment show

12:15 PM Cable gets closer to better movie windows, Cablevision wants to put WiFi on rails, and more

Fiscal third-quarter sales beat expectations. Dare anyone mention a recovery?

Swedish optical specialist unveils mobile backhaul product and bets on operators taking fiber out to base stations

7:15 PM Nokia gets hip to mixing social networking with location awareness

Qwest is building its next backbone on AlcaLu, moving the vendor's 7750 onto the same big stage as Cisco and Juniper's core routers

Despite the need to save costs, operators are slow to adopt packet transmission in their backhaul networks, finds a new Heavy Reading report

4:20 PM More Americans are surfing the Net and watching TV at the same time, study finds

2:50 PM M&A, IPO, and investment news from India's telcos

SeaChange ends Q2 with a tighter Comcast relationship and an entree to Europe's budding VoD market

Subsidiary of media giant Seven set to rival 3G players with Australia's first mobile WiMax network and its plans for LTE

Africa's telecom sector is ripe for mergers and acquisitions, with Morocco and Nigeria the latest markets in the spotlight

11:25 AM Last seen helping Suddenlink prepare for disasters. Oh, the irony of it all

RGB's new gateway aims for the crowded any stream/any screen market

Startup supplies packet core equipment to mobile WiMax operator Clearwire in multiple US cities

7:50 AM Equipment maker among four bidders reportedly shortlisted for Nortel's stake in LG-Nortel

And it's taking Global Crossing with it, as the vendor announces its gear for submarine networks

Dell joins IBM in putting together an end-to-end data center strategy, going up against Cisco and HP

5:00 PM NCTA and Verizon say FCC should keep the current benchmarks, while Free Press proposes a 5-Mbit/s symmetrical link

India's fastest-growing new mobile operator, Sistema Shyam TeleServices, is first to commit to CDMA 1x Advanced

4:15 PM The $4B acquisition was too expensive for some shareholders

Arris puts up $6.5M to snag the assets of video encoding specialist EGT, a company that raised at least $30M during its nine-year history

Clearwire sheds some light on its plans for using broadband stimulus funds as it launches service in 10 new markets

11:35 AM In the right hands, Skype could be much more than a $1B company

11:20 AM The speculation continues after DVR pioneer sues AT&T and Verizon

8:50 AM The OPhone follows swiftly on the heels of the iPhone

Simon Beresford-Wylie is being replaced by NSN's head of services, Rajeev Suri, who takes the helm on October 1

Interop's on board to manage all of Cox's wireless messaging needs, but the MSO has an option to take it all in-house later on

SeaChange buys Dutch video-on-demand software specialist eventIS for nearly $37 million

4:00 AM Reports suggest eBay will announce sale of Skype today