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Voice-over-WLAN market will double this year, according to Infonetics report

Router firm claims it's cracking big carriers and wants more funding to beef up the sales force

Just when it seems patent tussles can't get weirder...

Just a few weeks after its profit warning, France Telecom says au revoir to its CFO

Is Redback the next Google?

Google signs an agreement with VoIP Inc. to possibly connect VOIP calls to the rest of the PSTN-connected world UPDATED 5PM

Further roiling the mobile email waters, company alleges patent infringement

A 245-foot leap of faith

Japanese mobile carrier acquires 7% stake in Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and reports drop in revenues

Lawsuit pending.

C&W splits in two, issues a profit warning for the UK, and dumps its CEO. Stock crashes nearly 15 percent

One of the biggest concerns carriers have about Ethernet services is network visibility, says ADC's CTO, Michael Day. In this interview, Day talks about some key technology trends that will lead to more fiber deployments nationwide, and he discusses how carriers will overcome Ethernet's limitations.

There's no loyalty among cellphone subscribers – good news for virtual-network operators targeting enterprises

Sticking to a low-cost model, startup is hoping its filter technology can help it crack the tunable laser market

A penny is now worth 1.5 cents

Clinches $4 million, plans to launch specialist IP security tester later this year

Sprint Nextel's numbers said to offer best measure of American cellular market health

A just-closed Light Reading poll suggests that readers have little sympathy for the 'net neutrality' ideals of some content companies

After OEM deal and funding, Xirrus must maneuver the all-in-one enterprise WLAN maze

Politicians halt Telefónica acquisition, mobile operator 3 Italy gears up for an IPO, and Neuf Cegetel attracts admiring glances

They're hunting Uncle Snaggletooth.

Redback's comeback is well documented, but where does the company go next? And what will the role of the edge router be when the Internet embraces video distribution on a large scale? Kevin DeNuccio, President and CEO of Redback Networks, has a few thoughts on these topics, along with some insight on what technologies are missing at the network's edge and why he stuck around when Redback was going through bankruptcy.

Bharti is trialing IPTV services in India with UTStarcom gear

In a logical move, Terayon Communication Systems Inc. announced a restructuring yesterday to focus solely on its CherryPicker digital video products, repositioning the company as a 'pure-play video business.'

SpectraLink sticks with WiFi for converged voice/data future -- and users approve

Programming note: Here's what's live now, and coming up, on LRTV.

If incumbents make the wrong decisions on fiber access, they face a radically reduced role in telecom – or possibly extinction.

Alcatel looks set to receive a chunk of a $4.5B contract from BSNL through its partnership with a local vendor

Convergence delivers hidden opportunites, but requires new approach, says Master Class presenter from US LEC

Gartner says stay away from new 'pre-standard' 802.11n systems – most enterprise users don't need telling twice

Big incumbents such as France Telecom are finally boosting the European IPTV sector

Whoa. That's heavy.

A study of 190,000 VOIP calls reveals that VOIP's reliability has improved, but sound quality remains a real barrier to use

Just listen.

Five Dutch cable operators link their VOIP services, encouraging more of their 7 million customers to bypass the PSTN

Nokia wins managed services deal with Hutchison Essar in India

Chip company not only beats Q4 forecasts but predicts a breakout Q1 as well; stock rockets up $10 after hours

Some Internet traffic can be taxed, say government auditors

After a nail-biting delay, Redback's earnings show the company's comeback is for real

Half the world's population will lack mobiles in 2011, but Portio numbers point to robust growth in US, Africa, Asia/Pacific

Enterprise WLAN is proving to be no balm for Extreme

France Telecom is taking its IPTV into other European markets, with Spain and the UK among its targets

Peter Cochrane warns phone companies that now is not the time to be slow and conservative

Heavyweight-backed startup Tello pushes 'instantaneous cross-platform communications'

Chips for processing traffic at Layer 7 could expand NetLogic's market significantly

They'll pry it from my cold fat fingers.

4Q05 revenues grew 37% to $521M, profits beat analysts' estimates by 5 cents, stock vaults 20%

DWDM vendor raises another round, plans to cut manufacturing costs and maybe buy a thing or two

TDC, Denmark's largest telecom and cable TV provider, has selected Alcatel as its IPTV deployment partner.

Stock falls in after-hours trading as earnings just meet expectations, breaking Juniper's streak of positive surprises

Buzzword overdose

Tradeshows to get even duller?

I want my NTV.

New access point is aimed at enterprises enhancing in-building cellular coverage

Stock gets hammered nearly 10 percent as Ethernet switching company misses sales expectations by a mile

It seems they're trying to get some.

Hitachi subsidiary claims an industry first – and says its Ethernet PON gear is being used at China Mobile

Danish incumbent TDC becomes the latest European carrier to commit to an IPTV package from Alcatel and its partner Microsoft

India's rapid mobile growth boosts Bharti Tele-Ventures revenues by 42% during Q3

Hats off to Buckeye CableSystem. Beating nearly every major North American MSO to the punch, the mid-sized Ohio cable operator is rolling out a bandwidth-on-demand service that lets broadband subscribers try out faster data speeds.

Wisair raises $20M in Series C for its ultrawideband chips

Wisair raises $20M in Series C for its ultrawideband chips

Develops system with Tazz that enables COS management of MPLS-based IP VPNs – but commercial availability is a way off

What are the hottest search keywords?

Don't believe Administration claims about spectrum reallocation.

Startup download could signal move towards free wireless security clients

Mobile giant isn't planning on selling its stake in Verizon Wireless any time soon, says CEO

Trite is out. Pithy is in.

Lucent reports inline with its prior warning as international revenues fall 20 percent; the market responds with a yawn

A competitive market for chipsets is crucial to wireless broadband, according to Unstrung Insider, but VC money is lagging

Investors seem cautious to back the chipset developers that will ultimately determine WiMax's performance.

Mobile giant isn't planning on selling its stake in Verizon Wireless any time soon, says CEO

Verizon rolls out a revamped portfolio of enterprise services featuring more wireless capability and global reach

The Crue has arrived.

Splashes up to $72 million on fast-growing Swiss wireless performance management firm SwissQual

Gets serious about metro Ethernet with the pickup of a switch fabric and traffic manager startup

China plans to build nationwide network for TD-SCDMA, its home-grown 3G standard

A few fixed products are actually out there, so bring on the mobile WiMax hype.

Joe Weinman, VP of Strategy and Emerging Services at AT&T, delivers his view of the Next-Generation Network, discussing the issues facing both service providers and enterprise users and how AT&T is developing new and innovative solutions for its network and customers. Included are exclusive insights into new developments in enhanced network intelligence and the development of intelligent routing service control points, plus how the Network may become the enabler for Next-Generation Searc

Michael A. Rouleau, Time Warner Telecom's Senior VP of Business Development and Strategy, talks about the future of carrier Ethernet services and why getting Ethernet anywhere isn't always as easy as it sounds.

Health effects overrated. Taste still sucks.

Meru or Colubris? Industry insiders point to the former

Legal options in NTP patent case continue to disappear; settlement likely

The few, the proud, the foolish?

Pledges up to $214 million, piling pressure on BT, which also faces a VOIP challenge from UK retail giant Tesco

The company's newest metro Ethernet plan involves hardware from its latest core router

Meru or Colubris? Industry insiders point to the former

Qwest is building a large FTTH deployment just down the road from Utah's UTOPIA municipal fiber network

The former Cielo Communications goes to rest, as OCP closes its Colorado facility

Still, beer makes others look better.

Trivia question for the cable crowd. Which company spent the most on Internet advertising in 2005?

As the number and complexity of wireless networks increase, security threats multiply

Enterprise users are taking a wait-and-see attitude after the IEEE drops its standards work

Italian carrier FastWeb reports Q4 prelims in line with expectations, fueling takeover speculation

Can it grow 52% a year for five years?

My drug dealer doesn't know what to make of my mug.

ITU to explain first release of NGN standards in LR SuperWebinar this coming Monday

Declines Fed demand for user data.

At least one chip company wants to rev up a 10-Gbit/s EPON standard in the IEEE

Swisscom's CEO quits, following hot on the heels of his neighbor at Telekom Austria. Political interference is behind the resignations

Google finally spoke out on the net neutrality debate Thursday, saying it would not pay 'QOS fees' to broadband providers

Only one in five VOIP service providers has implemented a service assurance strategy, finds survey

Motorola reports strong fourth-quarter earnings driven by record handset sales

Second-quarter earnings drop its stock below Cisco's proposed acquisition price of $43

A new survey finds consumers fear Internet traffic blockage by broadband providers

And already vendors are announcing 'pre-802.11n' products

Exponential-e formalizes relationship with Yipes to offer transatlantic Ethernet VPLS services

But will they have the final say if the higher-ups decide to ditch RIM?

WiMax Forum announces breakthrough in establishing standards; gear expected to reach market within months

Arbeit macht lustig!

Another marketing head honcho, Cisco's James Richardson, loses the CMO badge. Who's next?

I didn't hear you call. I was, um, checking something...

Nortel's edge router is being redirected away from carrier routing and into the wireless and voice-gateway markets

Sony Ericsson finds success with a venerable brand.

High prices and privacy concerns remain barriers to radio tag adoption, according to In-Stat

It looks like C-COR's big bet on operations support system (OSS) software may be starting to pay off. The company announced an enterprise-wide agreement with Time Warner Cable today.

Andy Kwok's got a new name.

Controversial AP management protocol will form basis of IETF standard – will enterprises adopt it?

Nortel's MPE 9000 edge router is being redirected away from carrier routing and into the wireless and voice-gateway markets

The value of Huawei's overseas deals more than doubled in 2005, to $5B – and it may have a shot at a major Indian GSM deal

What we throw away says more about us than what we keep.

It seems the Irish used to have sex.

SIP application server maker starts lab trials with AT&T aimed at rolling out next gen services

The Google Talk VOIP client now talks to all other Jabber-based VOIP clients, a move that could push user numbers up

Another win for Atrica, this time in the US, but competition looms from systems vendors and Taiwanese builders

The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.

Radio advertising technology firm gives Google more ways to sell keywords into targeted content environments

Motorola targets European IPTV sector with the acquisition of Swedish set-top box vendor Kreatel

Claims monitoring signals at radio-frequency level provides unprecedented wireless LAN security

Windows WiFi security vulnerability could put road users at risk, but there's a simple fix at hand

French incumbent follows in wake of French politicians as it announces plans for an FTTH pilot

While AT&T and Verizon have received most of the attention for their video plans, Qwest and BellSouth have been pushing quietly ahead

Startup TelEvolution says its PhoneGnome device – and the technology inside – could make consumer VOIP a mass-market proposition

Making a million bucks is easy. Even a kid can do it.

Pannaway deal illustrates a change in rural carrier mindset to embrace IPTV

Wholesale mobile messaging and entertainment services firm sees share price leap 60% on first day of trading

Huawei just beats its 2005 sales target of $8 billion, but details on international deals and actual revenues are yet to be revealed

India looks to WiMax to kickstart broadband penetration

India looks to WiMax to kickstart broadband penetration

Asia/Pac carriers start the year in M&A mode

Quantum crypto shines more brightly.

The company is dealing with much of its debt, but the stock is down 8 percent today

Time to think about mobile privacy again.

New security vulnerability could be an issue for large, standalone 802.11 networks

UK cable operator NTL has increased its takeover offer for Virgin Mobile, according to a source, with the new bid worth $1.7B

Want to hear about telecom's pent-up opportunities? Well, show us some Good Technology first

By acquiring some Analog Devices products, DSL chipmapker Ikanos is making the ambitous leap into residential gateways

LR's Net Neutrality poll is getting a lot of attention from readers, and most of them are sympathetic to the RBOCs' position

Lucent's share price takes a 10 percent hit in pre-market trading as it says revenues for 2006 will be flat or grow only slightly

UTStarcom decides a name change is as good as a rest for its IPTV system – plus, other news from the world of telco TV

Google moves, publicly and stealthily, into the wireless arena.

Has Google hype peaked?

Vendors battling over 802.11n have reached a compromise, again, by adopting the EWC spec. Will it stick this time?

WiPod for your downloads

After several delays, broadband wireless equipment certified by the WiMAX Forum will be named next week

The company is building a GPON system that includes some early traces of WDM-PON

My drug dealer is pushing movies.

Startup reveals plans for a renewed push into the enterprise WiFi market

B-Fleck keeps falling on his head...

The dumb pipe providers are warming legislators up to the idea of a 'QOS tax' on IP services

There are plenty of reasons for enterprises with a number of moving assets to develop a strategy for telematics.

It's a sausage! It's a night light!

BellSouth's plan to make money with quality of service fees has kicked up a great debate

Major European carriers watched their market values slide this morning following France Telecom's gloomy outlook revision

Chipping away at the avant-garde.

International futurist Jim Carroll thinks the cable industry should learn a big lesson from the music industry's fierce campaign against music downloads from the Internet.

Henry Blodget analyzes Google.

WLAN customers are demanding more from vendors in terms of security, interoperability, and visibility UPDATED 1/12 8AM

Broadwing teams up with Hutchison Global Communications to offer VPLS across the sea

La Dolce Vita: Departing Juniper exec Jim Dolce made $15M on stock sales during 2005, and he's got another million shares

Bay Micro is about to launch an MSPP that will combine a Sonet MSPP, a carrier-class Ethernet switch, and QOS capabilities

The father of LSD turns 100 today.

Video distribution may be the application that cost-justifies Google's investment in IP infrastructure

Should I stop Googling?

Telefonica, BT, KPN make milestone moves; Belgacom could be on the brink of buying 90% of Telindus

UMA: The Place for Me? UMA is an important first step for operators and consumers looking to a future of FMC.

Comcast announced that it topped the 200,000 mark for cable IP phone customers at the end of 2005. The MSO apparently had a red-hot fourth quarter. Comcast counted only 83,000 IP phone subscribers as of September 30.

Wireless VOIP device has a few hurdles to clear before enterprise users embrace it

Needle someone.

Wireless LAN startup dispatches CEO, 10 percent of workforce as cost-cutting measure

A new marketing group aims to unify the technologies that sit under the IEEE 802 banner

More and more carriers are thinking about running end-to-end native Ethernet, cutting Sonet/SDH out of the picture entirely.

Driving and XBox -- a bad combination.

Colubris cuts around 10 percent of workforce as cost-cutting measure

Jim Dolce, former Unisphere CEO and head of Juniper's field operations, leads a trio of execs departing the company

Lucent's won a Grammy.

As CEO Mike Zafirovski hires more new blood from former employer GE, analysts examine the tough task facing the turnaround team

Side effects may include...

Pricey new device gives voice to mobile workforce

Famous authors who are, uh, not what they seem...

The company's stock gets knocked down as an analyst note reports several factors that could limit long-term growth

Paris follows in Amsterdam's footsteps with plans to launch a bidding process for a citywide fiber-to-the-home network

The highlights and the lowlifes at this year's orgy of consumer gadgetry in Vegas

UK's DSL networks are becoming increasingly congested as ISPs struggle with wholesale capacity costs

The IPTV DRM companies may find profits sorting out the digital rights management headaches of Internet video distribution

A picture is worth 1.0 thousand words.

Blessed are the donut-makers.

Another week, another round of European telecom acquisition speculation, with the U.K., Ireland, and Denmark in the spotlight

Testing firm Iometrix is undertaking the first big test of wireless mesh technology, with results to be published on Light Reading

Testing firm Iometrix is undertaking the first big test of wireless mesh technology, with results to be published on Unstrung

While the potential of network administration control (NAC) is both sizeable and attractive, truly useful implementations are about two years away. NAC's ability to integrate intrusion detection systems (IDS) in particular would go a long way to reducing the reams of data these must-have security systems generate on a daily basis, Foran tells LRTV. He also points to the ""driving force"" of HIPAA and other privacy- and security-related legislation as exerting a pos

RIM's security flaw is both smaller and bigger than it first seems.

An earnings shortfall sends the stock down 14 percent

Some selections from the CES PR archives.

EXFO buys its way into the growing DSL test sector, and Ixia takes a hammering after it lowers its guidance

Zimbabwe rocked and consumer electronics dropped in 2005.

New Q series smartphone looks to be Motorola's attempt at a Blackberry killer

Ruckus demo highlights the baby steps being made toward IPTV, and how much still needs to be done

Ruckus demo highlights the baby steps being made toward IPTV, and how much still needs to be done

Search giant strikes up partnership with Moto to make Web searches easier over cell phones

Search giant strikes up major mobile partnership with Moto to make Web searches easier over cell phones

More gadget pics from the CES PR pile.

AT&T launches its IPTV service in San Antonio while Verizon adds seven more cities to its FiOS TV plans

Chip startup raises $25M, while its pet standard for in-home broadband gets a nod from Verizon

Carriers line up as BSNL prepares to invite bids on a $4B GSM contract

Carriers line up as BSNL prepares to invite bids on a $4B GSM contract

Strengthens its OSS hand with the $375 million cash acquisition of Wily Technologies

Rivalry gives way to cooperation as Palm adds a Windows-based unit to its lineup

Strange things are happening at Juniper these days including a lawsuit and a vacant VP of Marketing position

Here are some gadget pics from CES 2006.

Google's got plenty of search competition.

Gates as rock star at CES

Multimedia, mobile, IPTV, and Tablet PCs, its all a 'digital lifestyle' to Bill Gates

Amsterdam's City Council approves fiber-to-the-home project that will initially connect 40,000 homes

More 'don't try this at home'

Terayon Communication Systems announced a win with Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's largest telecommunications provider.

For aficionados of (very) dark humor.

Samsung shows off first mobile WiMax handset, but don't hold your breath waiting for it to arrive on the market

US telecom companies found mergers and acquisitions a far more appealing exit strategy than IPOs in 2005

Project delays and anticipated orders leave SBC firm in need of extra cash

Clan sounds more like the Borgias every day.

Gamblin' through the desert

The company trims and reorganizes, closing the home of acquired startups Alopa and Lantern in the process

Netgear demos a new WiFi speed demon in Vegas

It's hardly the best kept secret in VOIP circles, but news of a Vonage contract gives the Sonus share price a lift

Do you own a pair of 'dress' overalls?

Here's what Luminous employees got on December 26.

A Google PC may not be in the cards, but analysts expect Google to do something to connect to more people, more often

Connecting the 'digital home' will be the focus of this year's massive CES show

Another preliminary ruling from the US Patent Office bolsters RIM's legal strategy UPDATED 1/4 12:45 PM

Anticipated higher bid for Virgin Mobile could increase the convergence pressure on other players, including Telefónica

Taps into India's rapid mobile growth with $1.08 billion acquisition

Taps into India's rapid mobile growth with $1.08 billion acquisition

But best of all, they did it Norway.

Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe says a lot of things have to change before video takes over the Internet

India-based telecom companies are spreading their wings and snagging deals abroad

...when you're rich and unscrupulous

Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe is looking forward to the next Internet bubble

Light Reading presents the Top Ten Top Ten Lists of 2005