Policy server specialist vendors are finding the going tough as major vendors like AlcaLu, Ericsson and NSN swarm over the market, finds Heavy Reading report

Nistica has built up fans in Japanese industry through the years, so the deal isn't exactly a shocker

Analytics from Avvasi are empowering the Canadian startup to rethink how it does mobile video

Also: Google augments your eyes; Instragram wages a geek war; Lumia 900 puts its OS on lockdown; RIM holds its ground in DC

9:45 AM We keep hearing about privacy slipping away – but how privacy-minded were you 10 or 20 years ago?

8:00 AM This week: Carrier cloud ecosystem, LTE-Advanced, mentioning the top telecom news

App developers and mobile operators got out of the Valley for a couple of days to hang out and talk shop

4:05 PM Competition is heating up as ISPs, telcos and MSOs seek easier paths to offering cloud services

The CCAP era won't take Cisco by surprise, as the company is pushing its edge QAM to next-generation density

LTE wholesaler isn't giving up, but its majority owner, Philip Falcone, says a voluntary bankruptcy may be how it 'completes its vision'

12:45 PM Blocking out the breeze in the Windy City is as important as mobile data upgrades

Flagship 4G LTE handset will be the first to support HD Voice while doing away with WiMax connectivity

Also: HBO GO braces for Comcast breakthrough; DirecTV-Tribune cut a deal; Arris sheds connector unit; Boxee's regulatory challenge

Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) will initially create more confusion in mobile broadband standards

In today's EMEA roundup: Pair target SMEs in Italy; DT makes health-care move; Skype increases its London presence

4:15 AM It's not as big a number as you'd think

Rajeev Suri highlights Motorola-inspired innovation and game-changing capabilities for telco CMOs as he talks shop with Light Reading

5:05 PM Bharti Airtel set to launch LTE services this month

Bold blogger at Magenta claims that Verizon is trying to corner the spectrum market and is misrepresenting its spectral efficiency

4:15 PM Others offer private clouds, but Terremark will try to set itself apart with the promise of easy movement of apps and data

Google's 1Gbit/s fiber deployment in the Kansas Cities is in 'full swing,' with half of its fiber huts already built

The X3, Comcast's first all-IP, high-def client box, could be a sign that IP video simulcast is on the way

10:55 AM If Research In Motion isn't going to die in a decade, its best chance of standing out may be to improve its apps chops and battle the low-price leaders in several emerging markets

Virginian regional operator nTelos to offer $50 off iPhone 4S models running over Sprint's network nationwide

Also: Mediacom opens to Roku streaming; ex-Cablevision exec lands at Charter; CableLabs's slow CEO search; Sony avoids legal scrape with Rovi

In today's EMEA roundup: EC thinks MotoMob may have been unFRANDly; Sony Mobile replaces Bert Nordberg; Telecom Italia considers spin-off

Service provider IT (SPIT) giant is seeing its sales eroded but records a quarterly profit as it emerges from the financial wastelands

The Indian SME sector demands a complete suite of apps that will be easier for carriers to position and sell in the cloud

6:00 PM U.S. operators are already going low on subsidized LTE devices but not competing where it counts -- the data plans

It may not have LTE deployed, but it's got the ball rolling with its first LTE smartphone, the $100 LG Viper

3:00 PM BlackBerry won't be the life of its party, but at least it'll let you BYO

School's out by this summer for engineers working toward an EPON-over-Coax standard

Carriers can't really get nimble just by hanging out with startups, can they? Luckily for AT&T, John Donovan was around to answer that

Also: Pace taps international president; Google TV sets sights on Europe; Concurrent splices VoD ads; AT&T exec joins Cox Business

Unlimited data and video on-demand now costs users $70 per month, while lower-cost plans are subject to data caps and throttling

Users of the first LTE Nokia Windows phone from AT&T will have three -- count 'em -- more 4G markets on which to use their devices

Genband has agreed to buy Aztek Networks for an undisclosed sum, giving Genband another piece to help carriers modernize their networks

In today's EMEA news: Ex-Nokia workers twiddle their thumbs at Accenture; sourcing SVP appointed at France Telecom; UK snooping slammed

RGB says it can help service providers avoid storing multiple formats of video for multiple devices

The BlackBerry maker is hiring LTE specialists as it looks to improve on 4G with BlackBerry 10

6:10 PM Chapter 7 appears to be the final one for a pioneer in interactive television and broadband videophones

Comcast's authenticated TV Everywhere recently debuted on Microsoft's IP-connected game console. Here's a brief look at the app in action

12:30 PM Finnish giant will need more than some iPhone insults and a teaser website to give the Lumia 900 some allure

11:45 AM Strikes major global cloud services contract with cigarette manufacturer but such deals are few and far between for telcos

Sigma Designs is the 'stalking horse' bidder for the digital TV silicon assets of bankrupt Trident, which recently sold its STB assets

Also: Netflix CEO carps about Comcast's HBO GO policy; Ericsson wraps up BelAir buy; Sigma Systems provisions WOW's video gateways

Operators already let tens of billions of dollars slip through their fingers each year, and LTE could push revenue leakage numbers even higher

8:00 AM This week's top telecom stories, as chosen by the readers of Matt's Mentions

Ahead of commercial launches planned for later this year, interoperability and device support issues remain for 4G voice services

In today's EMEA roundup: Nokia stalwart moves to Finnish operator; Ericsson completes BelAir buy; Turkcell sues MTN