Bigger channels equal more bandwidth in this week's LTE roundup
Comcast sorta thinks 3DTV's a winner, TiVo swallows a 'poison pill' provision, Concurrent's three-screen play gets some lift, and more
Manufacturers shipped 15% more in Q4 2009 than in Q3, market research firm claims
4:00 PM Some folks are frustrated that the new Apple tablet computer doesn't do enough. They may be trying too hard
Indian optical player is looking for an opportunity to launch itself into the managed services market, and is hinting at an IPO
9:00 AM Take a home video look at the underpinnings of Clearwire's nascent national wireless broadband network
The criminal drug case against Henry Nicholas is thrown out, completing a shutout defeat for federal prosecutors
Companies claim their combined share of the online video pie is tiny and poses little threat to Internet TV rivals and emerging wannabees
Using patented technology from cable veterans, Pulse promises cost-effective FTTH for rural electrical cooperatives
A long way from Xros and the all-optical days, Rajiv Ramaswami is now headed for Broadcom's enterprise division
5:05 PM Time Warner Cable's wideband rollout isn't setting the Big Apple on fire
The Apple iPad may be 'unlocked,' but that doesn't mean that consumers have much of a choice of providers in the US
1:20 PM Nokia Siemens is laying the ground for future LTE growth
The operator will put up to $19 billion into capex in 2010, and its top priority is wireless
TWC is bullish on WiMax data services, but on the fence about adding a voice component amid a glut of mobile phone competition
11:45 AM Critics question the iPad's name, among other things
AT&T's business moves toward wireless, data, and managed services, but it's seeing growth in IP business connections and U-verse
11:00 AM Harris Stratex changes its name
New hosted service offers management of SAP applications for mid-sized enterprises on a global basis
Vendor reports dramatic drop in full year revenues, but ends year with a quarterly operating profit and with some optimism for 2010
Stoke's mobile data offload product aims to alleviate the capacity crunch in mobile operators' core data networks
French vendor Thomson changes its name to Technicolor as it prepares to exit its restructuring program
Actually, his rant against the 'cloud computing' term has some merit
10:50 PM MSO says it plans to conduct as many as four 'production-network trials' of IPv6 in Q2 and Q3 of 2010
5:00 PM Is Cablevision's WiFi network ready for Apple's new magical gizmo?
MSO will start the process in about 90 days, noting that the decision will hit about 100 management positions and 250 customer care jobs in Colorado
The tablet could suck down more data than a smartphone, piling the pressure on 3G networks
As Oracle declares its plans for Sun, telecom gets called out as a key market where the synergies can really kick in
3:00 PM Offal news
The telcos, not cable, grab some stimulus cash, Comcast-NBCU deal punches the clock, and wireless carriers get pressed about early termination fees
Apple's new multimedia tablet computer gives consumers another bandwidth-sucking device designed for video consumption
A roundup of what else is happening on the device scene this week
1:50 PM Still waiting for news on wireless connectivity options
11:50 AM In India, two $1 billion outsourcing deals are on the table
11:15 AM Rumors continue to pop up, but it won't be long until we get the real story
Thanks to a Clear Channel hook-up, Verizon gives FiOS TV and Internet subs access to hundreds of Internet radio stations
Analysts and test firm now say TeliaSonera is getting 25 Mbit/s or more for downloads on the world's first LTE network
Service provider interviews don't yet reflect the rosy forecast numbers; meanwhile, the products and partnerships continue to roll
8:10 AM Will Didier Lombard relinquish the top post at France Telecom sooner rather than later?
Nortel's channel presence will help the 'New Avaya' attack the SME sector in India, says managing director
Deploying packet backhaul at the cell site opens up a whole range of new options for network synchronization
5:05 PM Jones/NCTI and partners give at-risk kids a shot at becoming cable techs and earning some college credits
3:05 PM Why Comcast's pursuit of NBCU is good for them, consumers, and the cable industry
Really? An iPhone is a service?
MSO confirms that channel zappers serving customers in Portland and Seattle are its first to have content protection activated
Verizon posts $653 million net loss, even as Verizon Wireless adds 2.2 million new mobile subscribers
10:25 AM Are economic woes prompting Verizon to adopt a more conservative approach to selling FiOS?
Despite desperately slow uptake, KPN is sticking with its IPTV service to help make its FTTx services attractive
9:20 AM A final rundown of all the rumors swirling around the device Apple is expected to reveal tomorrow
Vodafone claims to have the largest number of paying music subscribers in Europe and is ramping its customer base each month
Brightcove says cable nets will start testing its 'TV Everywhere' by March or April, a move that puts pressure on Comcast-owned thePlatform
4:50 PM Partnership with Juniper Networks could lure service providers to Polycom's telepresence offer
Entropic apparently beats out Broadcom for the business as DirecTV gets ready to introduce a new line of MoCA-based boxes in Q1
Apple is expected to launch its tablet device on Wednesday, but Microsoft could be hot on its heels
Cox adds AlcaLu to the roster as MSO tests voice calls and streaming hi-def video in Phoenix and San Diego using the proto-4G platform
KDDI is buying a 38% stake in J:COM, Japan's leading cable operator, from Liberty Global for $4 billion in cash
11:15 AM Vendor nets some wireless biz from the Tier 2 MSO sector
Ericsson's new CFO, Jan Frykhammar, tells Unstrung that market uncertainty will continue in 2010 and offers no guidance
Anything you can do... Juniper teams up with videoconferencing specialist Polycom to counter Cisco's acquisition of Tandberg
Ericsson kept its revenue numbers steady in 2009, leaving it well ahead of Huawei, but the vendor has favorable currency movements to thank for that
Spirent signs on with Verizon, LTE not as fast as promised, and AlcaLu's connected car comes to Europe
Phone makers grapple over patents again
5:05 PM A fair swap? Or perhaps Comcast could just plant some giant trees and wait it out UPDATED 5:55 PM
Our APAC roundup includes a wide range of fiscal affairs – revenues, profits, capex – plus other news from Australia, China, and Singapore
2:45 PM Missing in action: WiMax stimulus funds, Cisco WiMax device, Open Range
India's mobile operators are signing up plenty of customers, but their ARPU levels are being eroded by a savage price war
The feds to put Comcast and NBC on the hotseat, ITV vendors get ready to play nice at CableLabs, a possible name for Discovery's 3D channel, and more
A bit dramatic, maybe, but the conversion to packet-optical is creating an opening for smaller players to topple optical incumbents
Neil Smit named president of Comcast's cable unit, just two months after he steered Charter out of bankruptcy
8:30 AM Handset vendor is facing staff, sales, and channel issues in India
Former finance director at BSNL says an IPO wouldn't help the Indian state-owned carrier, which is caught in a downward spiral
Nokia steps up to take on Google, makes life harder for Garmin and TomTom
Verizon CEO says the wireless carrier's network is 'prepared' for the Apple tablet and other devices
12:55 PM Intel wants to put the chip in next-gen cable boxes, but France Telecom has its hands on the first commercial implementation
New professional consulting services spell out business case, ease transition to new IP-based unified communications and collaboration
With cell service returning in spots, but power still out in most of Haiti, lines form to do the most mundane of tasks
Cisco's still driving development, but itaas is now tasked with spicing up the legacy cable set-top guide
10:30 AM Kindle users will be able to purchase apps for the device later this year
A freaking huge new crossconnect shows off part of AlcaLu's plan for packet/optical convergence and primes a new battleground for the optical core
New pay platform could encroach on cable's turf, but Boxee insists it simply wants TV networks to give its Internet distribution outlet a shot
And, in doing so, Microsoft comes to the aid of AT&T, a marquee Mediaroom customer
MSOs must share some vertically integrated, regional sports nets with rivals, though the FCC will look at grievances on a case-by-case basis
3:05 PM If an LTE iPhone is coming in Q2, where are the networks?
1:55 PM Telekom Austria breaks the 100K subs barrier, but annual additions are down
2010 figures to be a big year for packet-optical transport, as it moves from the metro into the network core
12:20 PM Hopes its CES 8.0 will attract new business
The Apple iPad vies for attention with talk of an upcoming 'Zune' phone from Microsoft
In the land of LTE in Europe, Swedish operator 3 plans a major upgrade to its 3G network and holds fire on rolling out the proto-4G technology
11:00 AM A week before Apple is expected to unveil its tablet, it's in NYC talking with book publishers
FCC to offer Broadband Plan update, thousands weigh in on net neutrality rules, a big good-bye to 700MHz microphones, and more
It's not just the likes of Nokia and Samsung that are benefiting from India's love affair with the mobile phone
So far, the search giant is delaying two phones and isn't saying if any other Chinese Android projects could be affected
CityCenter deal marks Cox's first-ever linear IPTV deployment. New residences not likely to have a tiger in every bathroom
Verizon wholesale business should get a healthy bump after scoring a deal to offer Ethernet services through the CENX exchange in NYC
The company got rewarded for its patience with 40G chips. Now it's hoping the 100G wait won't be as long
2:00 PM File this one under 'Winning Hearts & Minds'
Carriers unveil new lower-cost plans
Two of the Carrier Ethernet services sector's specialists combine their networks and operations
Most HSN customers still call in orders, but the net's 'Shop By Remote' is gathering momentum at Verizon, Comcast, and Dish
10:10 AM Microsoft and Disney are in talks to stream live sporting events through Xbox Live
Arbor Networks' annual survey of ISPs finds many pessimistic over their networks' ability to stay secure in the face of major changes
Ericsson's new CDMA exec, Rima Qureshi, aims to integrate the Nortel CDMA and GSM businesses by the end of 2010
New Amdocs customer experience system incorporates jNetX service delivery platform, promises support for multiple new business models
Vodafone launches new femtocell brand, national advertising campaign, and cuts the price of its little home base station in the UK
New head of Ericsson's services business expects further growth and is looking for more targeted acquisitions to boost local capabilities
SAIC, the former owner of Telcordia, buys deep packet inspection (DPI) platform specialist Cloudshield
New Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg shuffles his exec deck and fills key positions in Global Services and CDMA Mobile Systems
1:00 AM Thanks to advanced gateways, service providers could begin selling an experience, not just a connection
NTIA and RUS promise a simplified awards process as the second tranche of Recovery Act money is released
Don't say we didn't warn you: Metered data usage is around the bend as Verizon mandates a 3G data plan while cutting voice costs
Report: Moto shelves its Home & Networks Mobility auction after initial bids don't meet expectations
All told, 34 companies might have been affected, and Juniper and Symantec say they've begun investigating
3:45 PM Clearwire needs a national pricing effort that strikes at the bandwidth crunch faced by the big telcos
ITV firm looking to pursue acquisitions this year as its organic growth rate shows signs of slowing
12:55 PM Meet the cable set-top duopoly's new letterhead
10:30 AM Sales of consoles like the Wii power the resurgence
When it comes to end-to-end networks, the radio end isn't so important to have, Cisco contends
Spirent's chief executive is expecting consolidation in the test and measurement sector in 2010
But faster 802.16m technology is likely to reignite the 4G debate if – as expected – it gets approved this year
5:30 PM More D3 for Mediacom, Comcast Cavalry rolls on, and Liberty Global promises a box that 'will blow you away'
4:50 PM Discovering fiber optics still gets you street cred in some circles
An anniversary no one wants to celebrate
Survey commissioned by Amdocs shows that pervasive connectivity amplifies the need to partner with Internet companies
Arris bumps Q4 guidance after MSOs take on more product inventory late in 2009
10:30 AM New music video site soars in popularity, with help from YouTube
8:10 AM Alcatel-Lucent to unveil intelligent optical core development
MSO kicks off a teaser campaign for its mobile service, promising 'unbelievably fair' wireless plans and a March introduction
5:00 PM But not in all its Motorola markets
Moto exec says sale of its EMEA Docsis CPE business to Compal Broadband Networks will help trim costs as MSOs gear up for big wideband rollouts
Qualcomm is expected to have a pre-production femto emulator on display at MWC
Carrier announces addition of Juniper routers and WAN optimization but promises more change to come
Or, why Google's entry to the smartphone market should make Motorola, Nokia, and RIM very nervous
10:50 AM The video-streaming service is now available on all 26M of the Wii consoles sold in the US
'Commercial terms' the key as TeliaSonera sticks with Ericsson, adds Nokia Siemens, and drops Huawei, for its widespread LTE rollout UPDATED 12:20 PM
8:45 AM Rumors suggest that Sprint is working on a WiMax tower deal with Sprint, wait just a second there...
MSO says the 'conversion rate' for a string of interactive ad campaigns launched last fall reached as high as 70%
No, not Velcro! The reborn OpVista isn't huge, but at least it's not losing money, according to the CEO
Cisco resets its APAC stage, Bharti Airtel buys into Bangladesh, and other word from the hotbed of news that is Asia/Pacific
Sources say Compal Broadband Networks has taken control of sales and support for Moto's EuroDocsis modems, EMTAs, and WiFi gateways
2:00 PM iSuppli ponders Nexus One user tracking by Google
LTE – and faux-LTE demos – femtocells, wireless e-books, and mobile Internet devices all caught our eye at CES
Comcast video subs who bring their own broadband could get access to the MSO's 'Xfinity' lineup within six to eight months
11:20 AM Reports claim Wal-Mart may make another attempt to enter the online video market
The strong growth in HSPA is driving common core strategies for 3G/LTE
Verizon Business announces an open standards approach to offering IT services to the retail community
10:35 AM The results from the latest scrum between the FCC and Comcast will have a big impact on future challenges centered on network neutrality
Ray Le Maistre talks to Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, and Gee Rittenhouse, head of research at Bell Labs, about Green Touch, a revolutionary new project aimed at reducing power consumption in the global networking sector by a factor of 1,000
Telecom's leading professional services player adds 1,000 staff to its payroll with the acquisition of an Italian systems integrator
9:00 AM Did someone mention Apple's 'iSlate'? Mais non!
8:15 AM Report suggests only three bidders will get 3G spectrum at the upcoming auction
5:20 PM Yet another CES crowd-drawer
Ceton could give CableCARDs new life at retail with a quad-tuner product that fits inside Microsoft Media Center PCs
A 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chip contributes most to the cost of the phone
3:55 PM Sunflower Broadband exec says MSO has already achieved a 2-3% penetration rate for its new Docsis 3.0 tiers
Alcatel-Lucent spearheads five-year mission to boldly go where no Internet initiative has gone before...
Skype in the living room, Nokia's CEO has a flashback, and the AVN Show reminds us it's fun to do bad things
2010 will see the company expand into even bigger markets, including New York City and the Bay Area, as it looks to quadruple its footprint
7:00 AM Chinese vendor unveils $500M R&D plan
The catch is that Cablevision must agree to provide free boxes and CableCARDs to basic subs and report back any consumer complaints
AlcaLu and Ericsson have 'evenly split' the Verizon LTE deployment, but nobody is saying exactly when markets will go live in 2010
5:15 PM Reports say MSO takes Round 1 in appeal of FCC's sanction on Comcast's old bandwidth management system
Qualcomm CEO's keynote reveals increasing ties between Qualcomm chipsets and Google mobile operating systems
The company claims it has a unique take on turning data centers into video monsters, and Vancouver 2010 will be its proving ground
4:25 PM With an easy-to-understand device and big marketing, Sprint is pushing 4G into the mainstream
Cox is the first to confirm that all its headends are tru2way-ready, while other major US MSOs say they are nearing the finish line
This photo set features some glamor and pop, more super smartphones, and a couple of different handheld computer formats to soak in
The Asia/Pacific market is awash with merger, acquisition, and investment activity, with India at the heart of the action
NOON And about time
Mobile WiMax service launched in Spanish city of Malaga, covering a population of almost 600,000, but will it costa el fortune?
11:00 AM Controversial ex-NBC exec will produce video content for the site
10:10 AM Moderate those dreams
Broadcom is first out of the gate with silicon that will power a new breed of low-cost, hi-def channel zappers, but Zoran's close behind
FCC chairman Genachowski notified Congress that the National Broadband Plan will be delivered one month late, coming out in mid-March
DirecTV has no plans to seek cable carriage for its new trio of 3DTV 'channels,' keeping it exclusive to the satellite-TV giant UPDATED 7:00 PM
As the hosted Web platform grows up, Cisco has its eye on turning it into a service-provider offering
'We will sell them a plan,' AT&T says, as the carrier plots its own Android devices
11:15 AM ActiveVideo is on board to help cloud up Blockbuster's broadband video play
After a hefty fall in 2009, capital expenditure by the US carriers is set to increase this year, but only slightly
10:30 AM But it's not the rumored 'Courier' we were expecting
9:35 AM Government pledges £1 billion in broadband investments
Buy of tru2way middleware specialist gives SeaChange a software path to next-gen set-tops and video gateway devices
AT&T CTO John Donovan hits some highlights of the service provider's efforts to improve its networks to keep up with wireless data demand
Genband approved as the 'stalking horse' bidder for Nortel's Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions unit, with auction set for Feb 25
Telepresence headlines Cisco's cavalcade of CES news, but the company's original carrier partner, AT&T, isn't on board yet
New devices will help Dish set its 'TV Everywhere' agenda in Q2
1:05 PM 'Palladium' subscribers aren't subject to a monthly consumption cap, but speeds are 'variable'
HomePlug-MoCA alliance could lead to gear based on a combination of the two home-networking standards, and a new skirmish with rival G.hn
MSOs may need to dedicate 6MHz of spectrum to carry an apparently bandwidth-hungry 3D network Discovery and its partners intend to launch in 2011
India's mobile market is huge, but few users are regularly accessing the Internet with their mobile devices, according to a study
10:10 AM Microsoft is planning to unveil a tablet device at CES, weeks before Apple introduces its iSlate
Mobile ad specialist casually mentions in a New Year's greeting that it has been bought by Apple
Why unlocked phones won't mean so much until networks get more open in the US
4:10 PM Will You Buy?
A study done for BT shows CIOs need help in the IT arena but aren't sure about network-based offers such as cloud computing
3:40 PM Microsoft's Steve Ballmer reportedly to highlight a new CableCARD tuner that feeds digital cable to the PC
ESPN 3D to offer at least 85 live events during its first year, but the network will shut down between 3D events to ensure it's not a bandwidth buster
But the Google Phone is available unlocked and on T-Mobile, with Verizon Wireless and Vodafone coming soon
Handset giant sets up shop outside Mobile World Congress 2010, and it isn't the only one shunning this year's show floor
Company also opens up Web store to sell phone with and without service plans from partners
11:05 AM So what if the NTIA is three months behind giving out money? Getting it right matters more than doing it quickly
Indian operator unveils plans to open India's first mobile apps store, with help from Infosys, and readies the sale of its mobile towers
10:10 AM Skype teams up with Panasonic and LG for video calls on TV
Cox and CableLabs join Comcast in the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem, a move that may allow MSOs to get a cut of the lucrative retail DVD market
5:45 PM Not a rumor, just an idea. One that won't fly, though
The Nexus One isn't the only news this week, however – there will be gadgets at CES proper in Las Vegas
Group alleges that MSOs and programmers may be colluding on 'TV Everywhere' in an attempt to kill off Internet-fed video competition
1:05 PM Serious financial irregularities cited
12:40 PM Cloud VoIP apps firm bags some cash
NOON Expect to see developments in 3DTV and green tech
Chinese vendor estimates its 2009 revenues at $21.5 billion and predicts further growth in 2010, but at a slower rate
