Top NewsQualcomm tackles the any-device app storeNew Plaza Retail platform severs BREW content and distribution, allowing operators to offer all content, not just BREW apps... Motorola selling GPON corporate LANsMotorola today unveiled a gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) platform... Polycom, Glowpoint team on business-to-business videoPolycom now marketing subscription-based interconnection service through Glowpoint to link customers across carrier networks... Avail Media, TVN merge for linear, VOD comboLinear content aggregator Avail Media merges with VOD provider TVN to offer operators a complete IPTV package... Motorola wraps up Vodafone LTE trial; clarifies 4G positionMoto moving on to China Mobile tests, while finalizing commercial LTE kit... FTTH buildouts: Clearfield sees uptakeAfter a brief slowdown in February and March, April was a good month for FTTH buildouts, according to Clearfield, which manufactures fiber distribution systems for fiber-to-the-home... VZW imposing higher certification bar for LTE devicesVerizon reveals details about new 4G network at developer’s conference, including more stringent power requirements than the LTE standard... Verizon, Frontier face regulatory squeezeVerizon and Frontier will likely get their asset deal, analysts say, but regulators could take a toll... New Covad CTO promises nationwide Ethernet offeringsHussain brings Telus and Qwest experience in network transformation to CLEC wholesaler... Samsung seeking creative engineersSamsung sees the role of engineers changing as mobile phone software becomes more important than hardware... Frontier's financial plan for Verizon's assetsFrontier must raise $3.2B but will reduce its debt profile... Novatel turns individuals into walking hotspotsNovatel’s mobile hotspots bring Wi-Fi to Sprint, Verizon devices with applications planned for the near future ... Verizon: With Frontier deal, FiOS footprint could reach 80% coverageVerizon Communications' divestiture of 4.8 million mostly-rural access lines gives it a greater density of FTTP coverage and could allow the carrier to increase that density even further, perhaps reaching 80% of its total local service territory... Clearwire revamping 4G core with Cisco gearMulti-faceted deal makes Cisco primary IP routing supplier, a device supplier and a business sales channel partners... Alcatel-Lucent aims application assurance at VPNsAlcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) is applying to business virtual private network (VPN) services the application performance assurance capabilities it introduced ... Reliance Globalcom extends global Ethernet reachCompetitive carrier wants to compete based on convenience and consistency of service... LTE handset in 2010 a longshot despite 4G iPhone hopesMost chip vendors won’t have the silicon ready to support an LTE phone next year, and those that do just don’t see the business case... SureWest investment in back-office automation pays offA no-touch fulfillment capability helps SureWest bridge IT and telecom skills more seamlessly and has other benefits as well... Windstream CEO: D&E deal a sign of market reboundWindstream’s acquisition of D&E Communications may be one more sign that credit markets are warming to telecom providers in recent months... Is prepaid growth an illusion?Prepaid carriers had an unprecedented first quarter, but will its growth spurt end when the economy recovers? ... DISH looks to rural telcos, stays away from AT&TAs Dish Networks continues to lose subscriber in Q1, it is looking to rural telcos to recover, keep out of AT&T’s way... Nortel acknowledges talks with outside vendorsThough still trying to emerge from bankruptcy protection whole, Nortel says it is negotiating with 'external parties' for possible business unit sales... ATIS CEO: Universities asked to adapt telecom trainingThe telecom industry is aware of its changing job needs, and there is an effort underway to update university curriculums to better address the IT and Ethernet skills required going forward, according to Susan Miller... Cell phone recycling off to slow startWhen a mobile phone reaches its end of life or, more likely, a consumer opts to upgrade, the three most common places for it to end up are a landfill, an incinerator or the consumer’s desk drawer... Bad economy may be slowing RLEC line lossMany rural carriers reported positive trends in access line loss in the first quarter, suggesting some stabilization in what has been a persistent problem for telecom carriers... Ericsson: Next-gen base station ready for deploymentsVerizon Wireless will be one of the first to receive Ericsson’s new multi-standard 'cell-site in a box'... Is electronics training in crisis?Industry experts say programs are closing down just as demand for qualified electronics technicians is booming... Verizon Business reshapes around IP applications, managed servicesOver the last 18 months, Verizon Business has been reshaping its organization to do a better job of selling, deploying and supporting not only IP-based services but the more complex IP-based services such as managed security or hosted IT offerings... MetroPCS: Increased churn a moot pointRegional CDMA wireless carrier MetroPCS Communications (NYSE: PCS) added 684,000 subscribers in the first quarter of the year, its highest quarterly net adds in history... Verizon: Aggressive 4G plans won’t increase capexVZW CTO says phasing out EV-DO will counterbalance LTE investment, leading to a unified data network on 4G... |
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