Archive for December, 2009
Broadcom Options Case Disintegrates
Light Reading
Fraud charges against former Broadcom execs drop like flies
Topics: fraud
Verizon puts its 100 Gbps migration in motion
FierceTelecom
In the US, Verizon says it will take a similar route to upgrade existing 10 Gbps systems that are showing similar signs of exhaust to 100 Gbps with Nortel, …
Topics: telecommunications, Verizon, telecom, networking, Europe, Nortel
RCOM may sell stake in Flag undersea cable network
Economic Times
An undersea cable typically has a lifespan of 15 years and Flag is an 11-year-old system. “It is an older generation cable and may not be of much use in a …
Topics: Calcutta, Reliance Communications, telecommunications, telecom, India
Will Buffering Blunt Web TV Biz Models?
Light Reading
Call it changing channels for the broadband TV age: The vast majority of consumers click away when a video rebuffers, study says
Topics: broadband, consumer
TWC’s Outlook: Cloudy, With a Chance of Ethernet
Light Reading
‘Ethernet Everywhere,’ software as a service, and mobile broadband are on Time Warner Cable’s business services agenda
Topics: broadband, Ethernet, software
FCC Explains Its Broadband Plan
Light Reading
FCC men came to Silicon Valley to talk about the National Broadband Plan. One message: The boring parts are more important than you might think
Topics: broadband, FCC
Google, Skype Put Cable Biz Phone Service at Risk
Light Reading
Enhanced phone services will help MSOs juice up their business services revenues, but they must be wary of over-the-top VoIP foes
Topics: VoIP, Skype
NSN CEO: Don’t Write Our Obituary
Light Reading
Reports of Nokia Siemens Networks’ death are ‘totally false,’ says CEO, as he predicts 2010 growth
Topics: Nokia
NSN Might Rebid for Nortel’s MEN
Light Reading
Do-over! NSN is challenging Ciena’s winning $739 million bid and offering to better it with $810 million cash
Topics: Nortel, Nokia
