We've got the scoop on the outcome of TelcoTV and ad:tech, and word on Microsoft's shiny new social network
Cable operators can expect service convergence to be a big push as telcos try to build video market share
Analyst kicks Nortel while it's down
As the service broker sector heats up, Israeli startup Convergin scores $10 million for expansion in North America
Layoff season rolls on
Strong economic news from the Ethernet market suggests that it may continue to flourish despite the recession
Chinese vendor adds to its list of carrier femtocell trials with a gig at Mobilkom Austria
TelcoTV panelists say the consumer's access to content is being stifled by crummy interfaces
Out of the box
Ethernet in a tough economy
Nokia lowers its device sales outlook for Q4, says mobile phone sales volumes and infrastructure sales will fall in 2009
Professionally produced content booms online
The networking firm cuts one third of its staff as it shores up for a possible recession
Steady(ish) stream of signups for BT's TV service
Wireless backhaul deal makes Tellabs a BT 21CN preferred supplier, says the vendor's CEO, who also laid out the vendor's strategy
Widevine flashes its cool
Live to tape: Look at what is happening right now (when we taped this)
Is it good to be targeted?
An interesting shared model
British incumbent announces a workforce reduction of 10,000 as it reports second-quarter results
Let's help
The show's first awards program honoring telco innovation was celebrated Wednesday in Anaheim
Three keynotes offered different views of telco TV and video entertainment
Today Seattle, tomorrow the country? Sezmi's non-IP TV service is a step closer to commercial launch
Charlie Ergen's tech spinoff's going after Tier 2 and Tier 3 telcos with an IPTV system that fuses video transport, set-tops, and software
Ben Verwaayen has revamped AlcaLu's organizational structure and built a new management team that's a mix of new and old faces
The smartphone is set to be exclusive to Russia's 4G network, but it paves the way for handsets with high-speed mobile broadband
TelcoTV Web cam
No, not the insect guys
Telcos dangle money in front of broadcasters
TelcoTV keynotes have Verizon and AT&T reaffirming their commitment to the 'revitalization' of TV
The seemingly unstoppable rise of wireless broadband may spur wireline telcos to move faster on fiber deployment
Tellabs enters the already crowded carrier Ethernet switch market with a new family of products, starting with an aggregation box
Operators stake out 4G positions
Unstrung grades Vodafone on its 1H08 performance and dishes out the lowest grade yet on a scorecard
More like a slow ambling walk, really. Anyway, see if you can find your company in our first slideshow from TelcoTV
The two largest US MSOs are preparing to deploy a relatively light ITV platform that will address their entire universe of digital boxes
Japanese giant NTT DoCoMo is buying a 26% stake in Indian operator Tata Teleservices for $2.7 billion
Features are nice, but TV consumers care mostly about price, a Heavy Reading survey finds
AT&T says WiMax may get more northern exposure but it expects to stick mostly with its current broadband services
Running down the numbers
Promises of 400-Gbit/s per slot and an Arroyo-powered video blade highlight the announcement that leaked 10 days ago
Research firm gives some indication of how heavily T-Mobile is subsidizing the $179 Google phone
DoD launches YouTube-like site for military
Top cable, tech, and programming execs say the industry will not be crushed by a faltering economy
As Virgin Media, Telekom Austria, and C&W prepare to cut staff, Nokia Siemens details its final round of merger-related job reductions
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Femtos find each other
Vodafone picks Tellabs for Ethernet backhaul
Vodafone revamped its strategy today as it reported half-year results and cut its full-year revenue forecast
Text updates from TelcoTV 2008
Canoe Ventures has a logo, too
Peer-to-peer caching company receives another round of funding
The North American carrier capex crunch is hitting Nortel where it hurts as the vendor's service provider customers turn down demand
Nortel axes 1,300 jobs, including top executives, as part of a new restructuring program as it announces a Q3 net loss of $3.4 billion
Execs for the MSO-backed advanced ad initiative tell an SRO crowd that Canoe isn't competing directly with programmers
That's entertainment!
Internap saw its content delivery network segment decline for the third straight quarter
Deal gives AT&T about 1.1 million new subscribers and strengthens its network, particularly in the Midwest and Southeast US
Operator posts a subscriber increase of just 8,000 as it throttles back on fixed wireless to wait for mobile WiMax
But at what cost?
Credit crunch puts company split on hold
'Traditional' video distribution models need to adjust to a broadband-fed world
Vendor mum on fate of LTE business
AT&T introduces a new video search service powered by Divvio
Company gunning for CableLabs approval early next year, setting the stage for a 'turn-key' tru2way platform for Tier 2 cable operators
Cuts expected as economic slowdown bites
Aeluros is making an early bid for 100GigE fame, trotting out a physical-layer chip ahead of the big players
The Pannaway point of view
Former CTO Eric Klinker steps into the chief executive role just a few days after founder Ashwin Navin leaves the company
It's blowin' in the (targeted) wind
MSO inches toward first Docsis 3.0 deployment, but is content to stay on the wireless sidelines for now
AT&T exec says multinationals are warming to virtualization strategies, but they're also reviewing their spending plans
Third-ranked cellular operator posts a Q3 loss of $326M with Q4 not looking much more promising
Samsung led the shipments hit parade with a 22.4% share of the cellphone market, while LG Electronics finished in third place with a 20.5% share
Apparently, $37M wasn't enough
Eyeing increasing numbers of mobile devices with WiFi onboard, AT&T makes a cash deal that will expand its hotspot footprint
MSO still sticking it to the telco competition on the ground as it looks for its ambitious WiFi network to add mobile voice capabilities
I didn't kill the Microsoft deal, he says
The big MSO-backed advanced ad venture is expected to offer a clearer glimpse of its hull during next week's CTAM Summit in Boston
Demand for Deutsche Telekom's IPTV has explodierte
As wireless services grow in importance for consumers, cable operators look for ways to offer the elusive quad-play
VOIP gear vendor preps cost-cutting measures as weak Q3 revenues precede an anticipated major Q4 dip
Copyright Alliance wants the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's decision that OK'd Cablevision's network DVR
In fact, it might help
It's official: It's bad
Ahead of its new leadership team announcement, Alcatel-Lucent appoints a new head of Europe, Middle East and Africa
The trick involves packing four 10-Gig wavelengths together. Sound familiar?
Officially smacked by the economic downturn, Cisco plans to cut $1B in expenses as it faces a decrease in revenues
MSO says the economy will catch up to it eventually
Google dashes Yahoo's search hopes, and publishers optimize ad inventory
Congratulations, now take a break
Hutchison's new handset subsidiary INQ Mobile will launch low-cost 3G phones optimized for social networking next week
Hossein Eslambolchi joins Intelliden's advisory board
Mark Papermaster appears to be heading up a team that will design processors for Apple gadgets
Other MSOs can only hope consumer reaction is as muted as they reclaim analog spectrum in the midst of a shiny, new FCC probe
PCCW gets a $2B privatization offer, KT's CEO quits over bribery allegations, Korea's carriers consider capex cuts, and more
Adopts 'conservative' order, holding that it puts in place safeguards against interference issues raised by cable and broadcasters
Unanimous vote approves Sprint-Clearwire spectrum merger deal
T-Mobile plots its LTE course and says it will not deploy HSPA Evolution as an interim step to 4G
Says it's responsible for CNN's popularity with the kids
MSO plans to cut 2% of workforce by the first quarter of 2009, but its budding wireless divison will remain untouched
Nov. 5 could get explosive if European Commissioner Viviane Reding unveils her revised telecom reform package
According to Comcast, P4P technology increased download speeds in its network by more than 80%
Surprise, surprise, surprise! The FCC meeting did not get underway on time today
LTE and WiMax-focused infrastructure startup adds to its VC coffers in Series C 'up round'
Since no one's really working today...
Guns and booze and rock & roll
Webinar audience response reveals expectations for LTE deployment worldwide
FCC Keeps swinging, or is that the foxtrot?
MSO hopes a mix of free DTAs and cable boxes capable of delivering VOD will entice some analog subs to make the digital leap
The Ethernet switch company claims its software has tricks for wringing more out of virtualization
Components makers
Well, kind of...
The devices are on their way to all of TWC's switched digital video markets - Austin first
TV broadcasting turns out to be another application that can make use of all-optical switching
Despite planning to drop its in-house Linux OS efforts, Motorola still promises more phones based on the LiMo code by year's end
The company's over-the-air update patches a browser vulnerability that could enable hackers to gain access to information like saved passwords
Profits warning piles pressure on British bulldog
Reliance and Bharti report enviable growth in revenues, Turkcell takes a look at Indian acquisition, and Ceragon and Subex land deals
Taiwan-based SerComm becomes the eighth vendor to win CableLabs certification for a super-speedy cable modem
Some fine parting gifts from JDSU
As vendors move forward on 100G technology, the OIF must step in to fill gaps being left by the major 100G standards bodies
T-Mobile tests user experience in UK
Vendor expands system to ensure that cable ops can check video's heartbeat as content flows from headends to network hub sites
Cheney endorses McCain
