Archive for July, 2009
AlcaLu CEO Pitches Recovery Story
Light Reading Alcatel-Lucent is getting stronger, says CEO Ben Verwaayen, who predicts big things in North America and with LTE Topics: North America
Ex-Cisco Exec Now an Ex-ADVA Exec
Light Reading Ron Martin, hired to beef up ADVA’s cred with North American carriers, has moved on Topics: North America, carrier
Accessing Obama’s Broadband Billions
Light Reading The final payoff may be worth it, but cable operators that apply for a piece of the $7.2B Recovery Act funds had better be ready to lawyer up Topics: broadband
Small Cablecos Weigh Digital Options
Light Reading Moto and the Comcast Media Center are leading with deals, but other suppliers and integrators are also making hay with Tier 2 and 3 MSOs Topics: Comcast
Ericsson Delivers Knockout Blow to NSN
Light Reading It’s back to the drawing board for Nokia Siemens Networks’ North American strategy as Ericsson flexes its financial muscle in the Nortel wireless auction Topics: Nortel, Nokia, North America, wireless
BigBand Pushes IP Video Convergence
Light Reading Vendor claims ‘Converged Video Exchange’ will let cable ops deliver and manage video services to IP-based boxes and to more screen types No topics for this post.
Broadcom Anticipates Docsis 3.0 Push
Light Reading Between Docsis 3.0 (next year, anyway) and the shift to HD programming, the chipmaker says cable’s a good place to be… Topics: Docsis 3.0
Who Makes What: GPON & WDM-PON Equipment
Light Reading This Who Makes What installment is an update to Light Reading’s August 2008 Who Makes What: GPON Equipment, so it uses the same product categories. Topics: fiberoptic, GPON, WDM-PON
Comcast: Wideband Build Is Nearly Half Done
Light Reading Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) said it’s nearly halfway done with its national rollout of Docsis 3.0 after completing a deployment in its hometown of Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs. Topics: Comcast, Docsis 3.0
AlcaLu Lands GPON, 3G Deals in China
Light Reading AlcaLu gets commercial GPON contract from China Mobile and bolsters its position as a TD-SCDMA infrastructure supplier Topics: CDMA, 3G, China, TD-SCDMA
Who’s Waving Their Wad at Nortel’s MEN?
Light Reading Who are the nine buyers reportedly interested in the Metro Ethernet division? Here are a few guesses, good, bad, and ugly Topics: Ethernet, Nortel
China Set for DSL, FTTH Boom
Light Reading Broadband connections will double by 2014, driven by DSL and aggressive FTTH rollouts, according to a new report Topics: broadband, China
Nortel: We’re Winning New Biz in APAC
Light Reading The head of Nortel’s Carrier Networks Asia group talks new business, customer concerns, and the big sell-off Topics: Asia, Nortel, carrier
Ericsson Names New CEO
Light Reading Current CFO steps up to the top job as Carl-Henric Svanberg accepts the chairman role at oil giant BP No topics for this post.
Huawei, Ericsson Get a Piece of Comcast’s IMS Action
Light Reading Ericsson’s been considered an IMS lock at Comcast, but Huawei’s emergence may have knocked Nokia Siemens Networks out of the running Topics: Nokia, Comcast
