As the WiMax market shrinks, so does Alvarion – so now it's looking to the service provider Wi-Fi market for growth

In today's EMEA roundup: Alcatel-Lucent takes LTE to Tanzania; France Telecom shareholders want their full dividend; femtocells for Congo

If – as Ericsson predicts – 4G will cover half the world by 2017, what does that mean for carriers and vendors?

6:00 PM There are a few days left to share your thoughts on social media and be entered to win one of four Amazon gift cards

The former Intel network processors get more ammo to combat Broadcom, EZchip and Marvell

This one will be, if all goes as planned. Service providers, content providers and their suppliers expect smooth sailing on Wednesday

2:10 PM Humax's IP set-top box affixed with a Google Fiber sticker passes through the FCC

Also: Charter to open NYC digs; Comcast shareholders vote to dump poison pill; Comcast beats IPv6 deadline; Cablevisión picks AlcaLu

Verizon Wireless and Bharti Airtel boot up the ASR 5500, a network core box designed to handle data surges from smartphones, tablets and M2M apps

Fancy things like CDC ROADM networks and packet-optical management integration are happening on a job in the corner of Minnesota

The OpenFlow controller company says it's bringing a key virtualization ability into the more open world of software-defined networking

Talk of a deal apparently sends Opnext's shares upward after-hours, but officials say it's all for naught

Microsoft allows mobile devices to control its Xbox 360 consoles via a new app. The company has also added live and broadband video choices for the Xbox 360

Tiny LTE base stations can enable operators to be faster and more nimble when trying to meet the need for 4G capacity, Sprint's Iyad Tarazi says

4:30 PM Wireless operators like Orange are working to staying connected abroad cheaper ... finally

The Chinese giant will focus its US cable product strategy on EPON gear and a IEEE standard aimed at bringing PON speeds to HFC plant

New alliances, feature consolidation and M&A activity are increasingly commonplace among network security vendors targeting the telco sector

The iPhone's arrival on Cricket, and potentially Boost Mobile, will bring a new wave of mobile data, but roaming agreements could help

Seeking to deliver IP video services, cable operators are deploying cable multimedia gateways that convert QAM signals to IP signals in the home. In this video, cable operators and experts explain the benefits and challenges of using gateways

Also: Wave Broadband CEO joins buyout bid, Comcast Web portal adds more TV streams; Verizon Wireless debuts viewdini video portal

Samsung's newest Android Galaxy data hog will start to arrive at US carriers this month, starting at $199

Iyad Tarazi, Sprint's VP of network development and engineering, explains how LTE small cells will change his network

With the acquisition by Ericsson complete and the integration process well underway, the Telcordia brand is set to disappear on June 4

The company apparently can't wait its turn for a TiVo lawsuit like everybody else did

Verizon buys its way into the in-car services market by acquiring Hughes, as the M2M market heats up

M&A action involving NEC, CGI, Logica, NTT, Danaher, VSS Monitoring, Connectiva ... and more news from the world of Service Provider IT (SPIT)

CEO Randall Stephenson sees a lot of data pricing experimentation ahead, but probably not lower prices given that rampant spectrum shortage

FreedomPop has the iPod Touch in its sights as a vehicle for its cheap and cheerful mobile data plans via Clearwire. Is it time to dump your wireless carrier?

Several former Cisco and Scientific-Atlanta engineers have formed iNovo Broadband to take on the giants of the set-top market

Also: RIM's multimedia meltdown; Facebook's day at the Opera; Microsoft improves its apptitude; Siri gets smarter; Chrome and Android meld together

Nokia Siemens Networks starts a capital fund to pump cash into spinoffs but only puts in €10M

In today's EMEA roundup: China strikes back over EC's 'illegal subsidies' move; Nokia refutes Google patent claim; Fastweb ends IPTV

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