Sprint will spend billions to improve 3G coverage and add LTE as new 4G devices appear on the horizon

4:25 PM Analyst predicts that the BlackBerry maker will lose all its subscribers in less than a decade as the mobile enterprise embraces consumer devices

At the SCTE Canadian Summit, cable engineers dove into how, not if, MSOs will make the IP video shift

Turmoil in country's massive mobile sector means few strategic and investment decisions are being made

8:00 AM This week: Deep packet inspection, policy management, five-year telco forecasts for Argentina and Singapore

11:50 AM Is HomeFusion a DSL alternative? Verizon seems to think so. But its 'cantenna' won't put a whuppin' on cable

Also: Synacor does more for BendBroadband; Comcast tweaks Xbox 360 FAQ; SeaChange has a new CTO; RGB lights up MPEG DASH

Also: Dell pulls its US smartphones; Android set to overtake Microsoft; AT&T talks up the Lumia; Google preps online tablet sales

In today's EMEA roundup: Spanish giant hatches plans for startups in Israel; Hutchison Whampoa on the up; Telecom Italia going down

5:25 AM Mergers like Oclaro/Opnext do help, but the really big moves in optical components will have to be made by outsiders

The market for policy management and DPI gear topped $1B for the first time in 2011, and will be worth a whopping $2.7B by 2016

Next-generation SPIT systems will transform the way service providers understand the connected experience of their customers

CEO Thorston Heins says he's keeping all options open to make BlackBerry 10 the 'mobile computing platform of the next decade'

The emergence of carrier cloud has created a race between the world's biggest network equipment vendors

Striving to become a pure-play software company, SeaChange will try to divest UK-based On Demand Group

The new CEO is making some changes up top as three execs depart, and a dismal Q4 doesn't look like it'll give way to brighter quarters

NetCracker may choke on Convergys SPIT assets, reckons one analyst, while another sees AlcaLu and integrators as the potential casualties

In the face of a looming spectrum crunch, LightSquared's chairman says too much is at stake to let precious bandwidth go to waste

CEO of the contract-free operator calls on the wireless industry to draw up deals that will let its customers roam on other LTE networks

Also: Some Cisco/ClearAccess fallout; Videotron spreads the love; Comcast's new C-level exec; Comcast adds digital voice features

Sprint's network SVP says that up to 6,000 employees and support staff are now working on the operator's 3G and 4G upgrade nationwide

thePlatform and Empathy Lab team up to develop TV Everywhere portals for MSOs with 10,000 to 500,000 subscribers

6:45 AM Australia's decision to bar Huawei from NBN deals gets political

6:40 AM What does the iPhone maker want with a femtocell patent?

In today's EMEA roundup: Nokia threatens to withhold SIM patents; EU roaming just got cheaper; Vodafone and Tata given more time on C&WW bids

6:00 PM And the whole to-do has got the regulatory rhetoric on full spew

3:25 PM AT&T is trialing a new 'Plus' loyalty program, which sounds like it should be covered in SPIT

3:05 PM Cellphones are clearly no longer about voice

The company's optical work will focus on telecom, as the VCSEL business gets sold to Sumitomo

The Chinese vendor's 2011 revenues were up 23%, but margins took a massive hit

12:35 PM Huawei executive's comments suggest growth of more than 10%

Acquisition of ClearAccess will give Cisco in-house expertise in the monitoring and management of home gateways and mobile devices

Also: Cox calls usage-based broadband hint an 'error'; Rogers rolls VoD ads; mPortal scores at TW Cable; Aurora gets northern exposure

9:00 AM Responds to criticism over Iran business

CFO says the operator is 'on track' to get funding from up to three vendors this quarter

In today's EMEA roundup: Deutsche Telekom has a MIMO moment with Chinese giant; NDS/Sky scandal latest; Bahrain sets 4G date

7:20 AM The UK's LTE spectrum auction could face yet more delays

Microsoft makes its latest bid to turn its game console into the home's all-dancing, all-singing, all-purpose entertainment hub

5:30 PM Sprint's CFO says the operator would be able to support an LTE iPhone in the fall because it will have major 4G markets up and running by then

It's not a practical technology yet, but it makes you think about how much energy is being wasted

VP of finance says spectrum acquisition is the carrier's top priority, but it's only looking at wholesale options, like Clearwire, in markets outside its footprint

Also: NDS target of UK video security scandal; Alticast names CTO; Netflix won't resurrect Terra Nova

11:45 AM Updating its UI makes sense, but it's a bit ironic that the handset maker will delete all of its customer data from its backup service in order to do so

2012 could be the first year of all the major operators 'aggressively spending' as LTE deployments grow, Jefferies analyst suggests in new research

MSO continues its move upmarket with Business VoiceEdge, a hosted PBX service targeted at businesses with up to 250 employees

9:30 AM Customer experience management is a hot topic in India

In today's EMEA roundup: Telenor wants billions from India following licenses debacle; more French fun; Vodafone wants Egypt to back off

The companies' planned merger is all about surviving by getting bigger, something Oclaro already knows a little about

MetroPCS gives video a rate plan of its own as the regional carrier takes a unique approach to monetizing and managing video on its LTE network

Optical consolidation continues as two of the remaining publicly traded players join sides

Cable engineers make the case that the two next-gen access projects will work together

1:15 PM What does leaving Huawei out of the national broadband network project say about Huawei's big telco customers around the world? Why do those companies trust the vendor?

Proposed acquisition of Convergys assets gives NetCracker a full deck, says Heavy Reading analyst

TiVo counterclaim against Motorola drags one of its high-profile set-top box customers into the fray

The carrier confirms to CNET that it'll sell Nokia's first flagship LTE phone, the Windows 7-based Lumia 900, for $99.99 on contract

Also: Comcast to evaluate live TV on Xbox; TiVo slashes pricing; Buckeye revs up 110-Meg D3 tier; Hillcrest goes mobile

9:20 AM This week's top telecom stories, as chosen by the readers of Matt's Mentions

For operators looking to develop, deliver and monetize new services; run their companies more efficiently; and provide an overall better experience for their customers, Service Provider IT, or SPIT, is just as important as the network

8:05 AM Microsoft and Nokia attempt to entice developers with investments – but is €18M enough?

In today's EMEA roundup: NSN announces partial reprieve for Munich workforce; Nokia and Microsoft invest in mobile apps

5:00 AM Chinese vendor not allowed to bid for role in Australia's national broadband network

5:35 PM Can developers, device providers and users do something more to prevent the rising tide of smartphone crime?

2:35 PM Ma Bell lectures the FCC on T-Mobile's layoffs, saying they would've been avoided if the merger was approved

Also: AT&T is first with Ice Cream Sandwich; Light Reading explores mobile OS usage; Microsoft wants you to swap for Windows Phone, but it won't have Angry Birds

Also: Comcast's private CDN has TV Everywhere potential; Sling's latest pitch; Raycom Sports picks VoD partner

In today's EMEA roundup: Finnish handset factory downsized; BT reduces its pension deficit; Portugal fined for flouting EU telecom rules

8:00 AM This week: ICT plans in Africa; MPLS VPNs in health care; delivering top telecom news and trends to your inbox

John Callahan is leaving ActiveVideo Networks for the great white north, eh?

The FCC may have opened the path that allows users to get much better 700MHz LTE coverage in the US

But its LTE presence will be small, with just parts of six cities covered and supported by only one (expensive) tablet early on

Buckle up for some sights and scenes from Light Reading's event in Denver covering cable's broadband evolution and its emerging wireless strategies

12:10 PM Google may be finding out that it can't get around the wireless operators for mobile payments, so it might as well work with them

Also: Netlix preps HD iPad app; Ziggo shares pop in public debut; HBO exec jumps to Synacor; Comcast promotes three women to SVP posts

In today's EMEA roundup: NSN now losing 'only' 624 jobs on its home turf; Ericsson ups stake in South Korean JV; Hungary in tax trouble

NEC's SPIT subsidiary NetCracker grows even larger with deal to buy Convergys's BSS business for $449 million

People don't storm into the CDN market, because it takes a network. OnApp realized last year that it's got the network. Sort of

Execs try to convince a Senate hearing that competition would prevail if Verizon bought wireless spectrum from cable operators

Apple is looking for telephony software engineering talent, but its LTE voice strategy remains unclear

4:20 PM Operators can't seem to live without 4G as a marketing hook but don't seem to know how to effectively sell faster data services

The FCC is proposing a rule that would clear Dish to build out its own LTE network -- if Charlie Ergen can wait long enough

Most folks have no intent to buy an LTE-powered device this year. What might change their minds?

Also: Pay-TV providers collectively add subs in 2011; Comcast preps for Senate hearing; another exec exits Cablevision

The new iPad could already be a major LTE player for Verizon and AT&T, UBS suggests

Comcast begins equipment selection process as the MSO prepares to deploy CCAP on a small scale later this year

Broadcom rounds out its PON portfolio after pulling the trigger on a rumored acquisition that could heat up a rivalry with Qualcomm

In today's EMEA roundup: Stéphane Richard sucks up to Brussels; Apple digs in for nano-SIM fight; former BT CTO fears UK broadband freeze-out

Comcast's Jorge Salinger says the MSO has conducted an operational-readiness trial for the Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) and has issued an RFP in advance of a small-scale deployment later this year

Docsis ain't dead but has a fruitful (and speedy) life ahead of it as cable migrates more services to IP, predicts a Cisco exec

TW Cable's Lee Howard explains the company's long road to debugging IPv6 and its decision to choose native dual-stack technology to manage the transition from IPv4

5:00 PM Confused about what 4G really means? Check out our handy table of true 4G operators in the US

Comcast and Time Warner Cable are moving aggressively this year to get IPv6 out to broadband customers, using a native dual stack approach

Former Charter CTO Marwan Fawaz says MSOs will need to free up 24 to 32 QAM channels to run a full IP-video simulcast

Teardown confirms the new iPad's Qualcomm Gobi chipset supports both AT&T and Verizon's flavors of LTE, but it lacks the radio frontend to make the move between them

Nearly 73% of all cable homes will be passed with Docsis 3.0 by the end of 2012, according to Heavy Reading's new forecast

Google's pending $12.5B acquisition of Motorola Mobility awaits approval from China's competition authority

Also: Set-tops to take a power-saving nap; US cable dominates broadband in 2011; DirecTV eyes Ultra-HDTV; Mediacom slashes service windows

In today's EMEA roundup: Search giant's privacy policy comes under scrutiny; NSN does LTE in Saudi Arabia; Israeli ad firm gets $15M

The GSMA and the Wireless Broadband Alliance get together to make Wi-Fi roaming easier for consumers (and carriers)

12:05 AM Intel will bring the power of the Atom to the Puma 6, but what else can we expect from the next-gen D3 chipset?

An Intel exec claims the new CE5300 chip will bring 'PS3-level' performance to set-tops and video gateways

Low-cost ISP launches a mobile broadband service, including a free tier, in the 80 markets where Clearwire has WiMax

Also: Moody's doesn't like Aereo's chances; Senate sets Verizon-cable hearing; cable fights set-top energy mandate; TiVo CTO resigns

Sprint's big spend on the iPhone and network upgrades makes bankruptcy 'a legitimate risk,' according to an analyst at Bernstein

Zayo Group wants to buy AboveNet for $2.2B to boost its North American and European capacity

In today's EMEA roundup: IPTV circus arrives in London; Free Mobile goes a-poaching; and UK is king of the Internet economies, apparently

8:10 AM With all the booth tours published, who topped the grade ranking this year?

Our final tour was at Huawei's booth, where the team had just 10 minutes to tell us about three key products they were showing off at Mobile World Congress – here's what we saw

5:00 AM This week's top telecom stories, as chosen by the readers of Matt's Mentions

The guys who keep getting acquired back into Cisco seem to have found their next project

Cable's figured out that it has an energy problem on the horizon. Now, comes the hard part ... solving it

3:40 PM Those in line at Chicago's Apple store had many reasons to opt for or against LTE, including the data caps, hot-spot functionality, traveling needs and overall cost

12:40 PM Around 100 lined up to buy the new iPad in Chicago, but LTE wasn't the selling point for most

Verizon's Glenn Wellbrock explains how 100G improves latency, when the costs might be right to see 100G in the metro and why Verizon supports flexible grid technology

11:20 AM It was hard to tell how many of the faithful were there to buy the 4G LTE models though

Samih Elhage has been appointed chief operating officer at Nokia Siemens Networks

Government pressure is pushing those in the health care sector to adopt MPLS VPNs

11:00 AM Net neutrality debate to be sparked again in Europe as operators admit to blocking tactics

Also: Analyst offers pros/cons of Cisco-NDS deal; Xbox 360 ready to take HBO GO for a spin; new Roku HD box reaches the feds

Sprint backs away and returns $65M as LightSquared fights for its life

9:40 AM How Cisco's $5B play for NDS could alter the global pay-TV landscape

Also: PlayBook slated for BlackBerry 10; HTC serves up Ice Cream Sandwich; more iPhone 5 rumors; Nokia plans a unique tablet

CEO Brian Protiva discusses how the optical control plane is getting more complicated and tells us what metro 100G means to carriers

This week: social network analytics, Matt's Mentions, your daily dose of the best telecom tweets

In today's roundup: Italian urbanites to get fast fiber access; the new iPad sees the light of day; VoIP and P2P traffic blocked

It was ZTE's turn to tell us in just 10 minutes about three key products it was showing off at Mobile World Congress -- here's what we saw

Big Red says you won't be able to switch between AT&T and Verizon's 4G LTE networks with the new Apple iPad

Will North American carriers cope with the expected surge in LTE signaling traffic when Apple's new iPad hits their networks?

12:15 PM The new iPad could be the first device to justify operators' investment in LTE – that is if consumers activate their data plans

Deal to buy Radvision adds to Avaya's videoconferencing and mobile device support capabilities

10:30 AM Shows its digital desire by pumping cash into mobile payments specialist Boku

Mark Coblitz says the cable sector's growth is at risk if it fails to create an energy plan that covers future bandwidth demands and cloud services

After a decent Q4, Adtran catches the carrier-capex bug, saying Q1 sales could be $45M lower than expected

Its biggest acquisition in years indicates the significance Cisco believes video holds for its future, and that of service providers

Also: Cablevision adds HBO GO; Aereo sign-ups face a wait; FCC sets spectrum rules vote; WOW CEO pushes for new retrans rules

In today's EMEA roundup: Nokia design chief focuses on iPad challenger; Avaya swallows Radvision; ST-Ericsson prepares for a possible takeover

LightSquared could be moving toward legal action against the FCC's decision to block its proposed wholesale LTE network in the U.S.

5:10 PM Group plots political response to perpetual threat of change from regulators that are unsympathetic to the plight of rural telcos

Just like its peers, NEC had 10 minutes to tell us about three key products it was showing off at Mobile World Congress – here are the results in photo essay format

Only 5% of its customers use LTE phones today, but Verizon's CTO says that'll change as it will only introduce LTE-friendly phones this year

Also: Aereo launches in NYC; Rogers rolls Seachange for VoD ads; VUDU primes UltraViolet's pump; Imagine touts TV Everywhere upgrades

Prepaid carrier joins Sprint as the second to use Clearwire's wholesale LTE network to fill in gaps in its 4G coverage

LIME, the Caribbean operation of Cable & Wireless Communications, has implemented a caching strategy to deal with its data traffic deluge, says COO David Crawford, who also talks about customer care and cloud services

Tier 2 MSO taps Arris's Moxi QAM/IP video gateways as it looks to win back customers and kick off an IP video migration plan

In today's EMEA roundup: 'E5' group might be in hot water over their cozy chats; Everything Everywhere could get LTE head start; and more

7:40 AM First green shoots appear for next-gen mobile broadband in UK

Customers unhappy with Cisco's optical-module markups are turning the gray market into a growth business for used-equipment dealers

The problem with setting up a monopoly is that, sooner or later, it starts behaving like one ...

T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray says that the company could move to HSPA+ 84Mbit/s even as it's deploying LTE

XKL founder Len Bosack gave his company the goal of creating a 1GTbit/s wavelength – back in 2001. At OFC/NFOEC, we asked him why

3:05 PM Carrier's CMO wants customers to pay in full for devices, a nice idea but not one its bigger competitors are likely to get on board with

EVP of Corporate Engineering and Technology James Blackley is the latest exec to leave Cablevision UPDATED 5:30 PM

German giant Deutsche Telekom has taken the cloud as its inspiration for its simplified, OpenFlow-friendly TeraStream Architecture

Financial analyst firm ThinkEquity finds that 70% of IT managers could replace their BlackBerry email server in the next two years

10:40 AM It's an explosive idea, but Cox has no plans to breach its franchise walls to deliver services via the municipal fiber network

Also: Synacor posts Q4 profit; Docsis modem maker expands into small cells; cable guys give high marks to Coincident

In today's EMEA roundup: Nordic vendor wants to be bigger in broadcast; Blackstone makes move on eircom; Vodafone does LTE in Portugal

Aereo countersues the broadcasters, seeking a judgment that its broadband TV/network DVR combo doesn't violate copyrights

5:25 PM Phil relies on a timeless technique to find out what's going on in a city you're visiting: Follow the guy in the devil costume who's flanked by tuba players

3:00 PM An editor's-eye view of the big optical show during its last visit to LA (for now)

Nokia Siemens Networks had 10 minutes to tell us about three key products it was showing off in Barcelona -- here are the results in photo essay format

Social network analytics (SNA) is becoming increasingly popular as service providers look for ways to gain a competitive edge and better understand their customers

Charlie Ergen's company closes the TerreStar and DBSD acquisitions, but their LTE dreams are still on hold

4G LTE connectivity, coupled with a new Retina display, camera and battery, will mean less money per iPad sold for Apple, according to UBM TechInsights

Ma Bell says it will take 12 more 4G LTE towns and cities live over the next few months

Also: Ex-SeaChange President reportedly headed to Cablevision; court OKs Entropic-Trident deal; DirecTV's streaming plan; Charter's guarantees

More and more network operators are building caching capabilities into their networks, says Heavy Reading analyst

LR Mobile stopped by the Mobile Apps pavilion in Barcelona to see what's new in one-minute bursts, but we'll let you decide what's noteworthy. (There's a bit of scratchy audio at first, but please bear with it)

With more than 30,000 hotspots already deployed, Orange wants to make it easier for its smartphone customers to access Wi-Fi

Broadcom hits the low and high end with DTA chips that add Ethernet, and a gateway SoC that keeps Web-borne security threats at bay

The carrier hasn't said where its first LTE deployments will be, but a look at AT&T's divested AWS spectrum and its own 3G launches provides some clues

In today's EMEA roundup: Anger at NSN's German redundancies; Telefónica sheds 1,500 in Brazil; Nokia drops mobile money plan in India

Ahead of the IPTV World Forum show in London, Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Adi Kishore explains why telcos are starting to build their own content delivery network (CDN) capabilities

5:00 AM This week's top telecom stories, as chosen by the readers of Matt's Mentions

Newly single handset maker looks to mesh more with its parent company, but won't confirm the existence of a gamer's dream phone

Google says that if everything is turning into bits, service providers need to figure out how to make money as a dumb pipe

4:45 PM One rumored scenario has Edward Breen making a play for Motorola's cable business and spawning the second-coming of General Instrument

As a newly single company, Sony plans to build more tightly integrated mobile devices that tap into Sony's TV and gaming businesses

The fate of Moto's cable business may be in flux, but the vendor is plowing ahead with its CCAP development plans

Up to 10% of Ericsson's North American staff are being laid off, but the vendor says it's not part of any cost-cutting plan

Google's Milo Medin says there is no rural vs. urban debate when it comes to building a fiber-to-the-home network. It's just that some cities make the cost of building too high

ZTE's US chief explains how the Chinese handset maker will make a name for itself in the US – first with carriers, then consumers

Users won't get a bigger data bucket for the hi-def, high-speed new iPad from Apple

11:00 AM This Week: Tablets in Asia-Pacific; iPad announced; Egyptian and Iranian telecom markets; M2M success strategies for operators

Google's Milo Medin discusses why he finds monopolies distasteful and why infrastructure competition is needed, even though it seems inefficient to overbuild other networks

Also: FCC seeks more data on Verizon-MSO deals; Netflix's House of Cards suffers a setback; Moto says the set-top future is bright

Google's Milo Medin reminds us that cutting network costs makes sense because the average revenue per user that any one service provider can extract from its customers is limited

Also: Google locks developers in to pay for Play; Microsoft shuts down its old app store; Samsung delays Galaxy S Ice Cream Sandwich update

There's still a 'big gap' between telcos and the app developer community, but Telefónica's BlueVia is trying to build bridges

In today's EMEA roundup: Musical chairs at chip joint venture; Steely Neelie stands firm (again); Iliad says non to the 'smears'

Between 100G developments and the arrival of Cisco, should the optical industry be freaking out about silicon photonics?

José Valles, the head of Telefónica Digital's BlueVia, talks about the ongoing efforts to bring apps developers and service providers closer together, BlueVia's relationship with Microsoft, the evolution of Open Web Devices and Euro 2012

Mobile World Congress 2012 Wrap-Up

You knew somebody at OFC/NFOEC would be talking about terabit

2:05 PM It's not just about set-tops. Google may saw off and try to sell the rest of Motorola's cable business

With just 10 minutes and a tight brief, what did the Alcatel-Lucent team show us at its Mobile World Congress home? Check out this photo essay

Also: Roku seeks expansion cash; Comcast VoD joining TiVo in April; another Cablevision exec exits; Cox expands IT service

A 42Mbit/s upgrade is good news for iPad fans worldwide as well as AT&T users stymied by the carrier's small LTE footprint

Comcast unit adds metadata management pieces that let MSOs develop customizable OTT video packages

A cherished post-deadline paper moves Huawei closer to its goal of joining the optical cool kids

Hot on the EMEA agenda today: Only four European markets are getting the 'new iPad' initially; cable services sector growth accelerates; Iliad grows

The third-ranked US carrier gets no love at Apple's launch of its first 4G iPad

The 'new iPad' got faster data connectivity, a better display and a boatload of software updates but no fancy fresh name

4:15 PM 4G speeds aren't worth hocking my iPad 2 for the new version when data caps make it a pricey proposition

3:45 PM Even as a sideshow to the new iPad, the new Apple TV is a ho-hum addition to the family

Low-loss waveguides (to fend off a power crisis in 2018) and radical modulation tricks are on researcher Dan Blumenthal's mind

2:30 PM -- Don't bother stopping us. You've heard this one before

Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin gives us an update on 100G and we discuss how close the industry is getting to settling on the next leap forward in transport bandwidth

1:50 PM Spanish giant wants to find the 'Steve Jobs of Europe'

Our annual trek to OFC/NFOEC provides a visual tour of Hollywood-esque marketing, show floor games, and masterful sales messages

Deutsche Telekom, Huawei and NTT are all shouting loudly about their latest optical transmission developments

Dan Blumenthal of the Terabit Optical Ethernet Center describes some key research areas and explains the idea of splitting up a modulation space. From the OSA Executive Forum at OFC/NFOEC

If Moto and Cisco end up exiting the set-top business, here are the top candidates and dark horses that are poised to fill the gap

Also: Google may unload Moto's STB biz; Cox's new COO; HughesNet eyes faster satellite broadband; ABC Family gets iOS-friendly

Fiscal Q1 net loss of $47.7M is better than a year ago, while CEO Gary Smith points to signs of underlying strength

7:00 AM Sprint reportedly poised to pull plug on network share deal on March 15

In today's EMEA roundup: NSN waves goodbye to Expedience range; Deutsche Telekom's burst of speed; BT wins Standard Life deal

That is the question, even if Apple has actually given scant evidence about what it is unveiling Wednesday

4:30 PM With 4G LTE poised to chew through more data than ever before, Wi-Fi will help users balance faster downloads with data caps

Revamps its marketing to wrap apps, music, movies and more into one 'Google Play'-branded service in hopes of making money on mobile services

Some Verizon Wireless and MSO competitors are pretty [REDACTED] that they can't see every detail of the [REDACTED] commercial agreements

Yes, it's yet another intelligent network, but this one aims at making CIOs and IT directors smarter at using and planning services

Startups like Acacia – which we now know is shipping 100G modules – are betting semiconductors will rule the next generation of devices

Snaps and captions from Monday's meeting of the optical networking elite

AT&T's M2M chief says the future of tablets is LTE, and you can bet he's hoping Apple fuels the trend with a 4G iPad this week

Also: Cable's interactive ads paddle ahead without Canoe; Carlos Slim's Mexican streaming service; Alticast pitches ITV ecosystem

GSM Association boots Russian BSS vendor out of next year's Mobile World Congress

Ericsson had 10 minutes to tell us about its three key products it was showing off in Barcelona -- here are the results in photo essay format

New HomeFusion service brings LTE speeds to underserved rural homes and could serve as replacement if Verizon's spectrum holdings allow it

Japanese operator will stop offering femto services later this year, but will still give away the tiny base stations for free

OFC/NFOEC 2012 Day 1

In today's EMEA roundup: AlcaLu CEO finds a more secure financial footing; NSN outsources OSS-related jobs; Spanish operators rapped by EC

Wouldn't Dr Seuss be proud! It turns out Ciena isn't the only vendor with an enhanced 100G story that points a way to 400G

A new MaxLinear tuner supports D3 modems that can bond 24 downstream channels, providing the building blocks for an IP video simulcast

Big Red says it needs cable's AWS capacity to help it avoid a spectrum strain in some 4G markets by 2013, and many others by 2015

MSO's home security/monitoring service is up in one-third of its footprint, is expected to be in the bulk of its markets by the year's end

Nokia users won't have the Ovi Share user content store anymore by the end of May

Verizon expects to deploy 100Gbit/s in metro networks in early 2013, exec says as he kicks off the OSA Executive Forum at OFC/NFOEC

TeliaSonera explained its LTE voice services strategy in an interview with Light Reading Mobile

Also: Net neutrality challenges get court clearance; Roku CEO weighs effects of a virtual MSO; deal-making slows down TV Everywhere

LTE small cell is 'on horizon' but Wi-Fi remains the capacity champ as Cisco bigs up its small-cell portfolio

APAC powerhouse to buy mobile ad specialist as part of a group-wide reorganization that aims to preserve direct customer relationships

7:15 AM Could DTN-X deal be back door into Vodafone?

In today's EMEA roundup: Nokia gets a 'BBB-' from S&P; Deutsche Telekom goes cloud-crazy; Infinera lands DTN-X deal; Huawei helps out Mobily

Force10's switches are now outfitted for a virtualized future, adding Dell's name to a crowded data-center battle

5:00 AM This week's top telecom stories, as chosen by the readers of Matt's Mentions

TeliaSonera started selling this week the first LTE smartphones in Europe and VP of System Development Tommy Ljunggren explained the early experiences with LTE voice services as well as the operator's pricing strategy for 4G services

Potential buyers are sizing up the service provider IT (SPIT) assets that Nokia Siemens Networks has put on the block

Dish's LTE network plans are stuck in neutral after the FCC decides to pursue a formal rulemaking on how Dish's spectrum can be used

Unless Dish gets its waiver, a looming vote at the FCC on March 21 could derail Dish's plan to build a video-capable 4G network

Also: Apple's pay-TV plan hits a media roadblock; MSOs push for basic tier lockup; ex-SeaChange CEO resurfaces; ONO does more TiVo

11:00 AM Light Reading talks to Barry French, CMO of NSN, and finds out what the big marketing picture is for the vendor

9:45 AM Michelle's unofficial Mobile World Congress slideshow

Devices, dresses and two men in a Connected House bed ... some of the enduring images from this year's Mobile World Congress

8:00 AM This week: 3G in China; mobile banking; Akamai's licensed CDN; enabling multi-CoS Ethernet; mobile application management

In today's EMEA roundup: France Telecom made it too easy for Free, says Vivendi boss; Russians eye Bulgaria's Vivacom; Nitel to be liquidated

LR's Mr Mobile went for a wander round some of the halls, taking time out for coffee, sunshine and unexpected student protests

With the Starz deal ended, Netflix might find itself becoming a bigger part of some operators' plans

3:00 AM He may be missing an arm, but our little green correspondent didn't miss any of the action in Barcelona..

4:45 PM Light Reading interviews star telecom CMO Stephen Carter of Alcatel-Lucent

Its Merge service with Roku is just the first step in what the telco promises will be a unique and aggressive strategy to bulk up broadband

CMTS downstreams surge in 2011, but vendors could have cause for concern as the cost per port plummets

Mobile banking is fast becoming a mainstream service demanded by more affluent users

10:35 AM Juniper says operators need to get ready for every smartphone owner to become a mobile broadcaster

10:15 AM MTS has a TDD license and isn't stopping there

Also: Netflix subs no longer seeing Starz; TW Cable closes Insight buy, setting up Willner's exit; Cogeco bugs out of Europe

Sprint isn't thrilled that rising smartphone subsidies will drag down profits this year, but admits it had to buck up for the iPhone

The iPhone will be a drag on Sprint's profits this year, but VP of Product Fared Adib says the company had to carry it to retain customers and appease those who stayed

A new chip will start Ciena's 400G generation, but really it's about doing more with 100G

In today's EMEA roundup: Indian giant looks at UK services provider; TeliaSonera buys some fiber; SFR slumps in 2011; lightRadio in the UAE

The implementation of a customer experience management (CEM) strategy at Singapore's StarHub has helped boost the operator's bottom line, says CEO Neil Montefiore

3:00 AM Light Reading Mobile did some small cell spotting here at MWC