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    1. HD Voice has a Network Effect Barrier, at the Moment

      Explore Light Reading (May 7 2012)

      High-definition voice, like many other communications services, requires scale and network effects. As was the case for voice, fax, email, texting and videoconferencing, the value hinges on how many other people one wishes to communicate with can receive a message. 

      (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Samsung   Sprint Nextel   Sprint Nextel Corp.

    2. Comcast Sheds Video Subs, Gains Broadband Access and Voice Accounts

      Explore Light Reading (May 2 2012)

      Comcast Corp. lost 37,000 video customers in the first quarter of 2012, but added 439,000 high-speed customers and 164,000 voice accounts. Some analysts had expected an actual gain in video subs (that didn't happen) but the continued growth of voice and data customers was quite expected. 

      (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Jeff Baumgartner   Comcast Corp.   Comcast

    3. Comcast and Verizon are Cooperating Only Where They Do Not Compete in Landline Services

      Explore Light Reading (Apr 30 2012) Applications , Marketing

      Verizon and the MSO tie in cable modem and LTE data upgrades in six markets where Comcast competes with AT&T and CenturyLink. That should come as no surprise. 

      (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Time Warner Cable Inc.   Jeff Baumgartner   LTE

    4. Wi-Fi 'Wild West' Challenges Carriers

      Explore Light Reading (Apr 24 2012) Mobility

      For mobile operators, Wi-Fi is like the Wild West, according to Heavy Reading senior analyst Gabriel Brown (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Heavy Reading   Gabriel Brown

    5. New Services Let Wired Phones Push Data, Video

      Explore Light Reading (Apr 11 2012)

      Metaswitch exec says a new kind of fixed-mobile convergence can help operators without a cellular network become more valuable to their customers (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Steve Gleave

    6. Dell Gets Into the CDN Business

      Explore Light Reading (Apr 11 2012)

      Teaming up with EdgeCast, Dell wants to cash in on the trend of service provider-owned content delivery networks (Read Full Article)

    7. Time for a 4G Price War Already?

      Explore Light Reading (Apr 3 2012) Marketing , Mobility

      Time for a 4G Price War Already? 6:00 PM US operators are already going low on subsidized LTE devices but not competing where it counts -- the data plans (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LTE   AT&T   Nokia Corp.

    8. 4G (Finally) Starting to Boost US Capex Spend?

      Explore Light Reading (Mar 27 2012)

      2012 could be the first year of all the major operators 'aggressively spending' as LTE deployments grow, Jefferies analyst suggests in new research (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LTE   AT&T   Sprint Nextel

    9. Will Apple Use IMS?

      Explore Light Reading (Mar 21 2012) IP Telephony

      Apple faces key strategic decisions as it prepares to create versions of its products working on Long Term Evolution networks. On one hand, standards such as IMS are key in the communications business. On the other hand, Apple is in a position to create its own marketplace standards. Which path will it choose?

      (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   IMS   Apple   Dean Bubley

    10. MSOs Must Bust Out Bandwidth for IP Video Leap

      Explore Light Reading (Mar 20 2012) Applications

      Former Charter CTO Marwan Fawaz says cable operators will need to free up 24 to 32 6MHz channels to run a full IP-video simulcast. Bye bye analog. 

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      Mentions:   QAM   Alan Breznick   Marwan Fawaz

    11. Light Reading's 2012 Mobile Life Survey

      Explore Light Reading (Mar 20 2012) Applications , Mobility

      Our first mobile lifestyle survey of over 500 people reveals that mobile video and data usage is on the upswing and LTE, video chat and mCommerce are poised to follow suit (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LTE

    12. MSOs Poised to Pass 100M Homes With Docsis 3.0

      Explore Light Reading (Mar 20 2012)

      MSOs Poised to Pass 100M Homes With Docsis 3.0 Nearly 73% of all cable homes will be passed with Docsis 3.0 by the end of 2012, according to Heavy Reading's new forecast (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Comcast Corp.   Heavy Reading   Alan Breznick

    13. Mobile Operators Push for Wi-Fi Roaming

      Explore Light Reading (Mar 20 2012)

      The GSMA and the Wireless Broadband Alliance get together to make Wi-Fi roaming easier for consumers (and carriers) (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   GSM Association   Dan Warren

    14. Officials Say Europe's Telcos Block VoIP

      Explore Light Reading (Mar 16 2012) IP Telephony

      Officials Say Europe's Telcos Block VoIP 11:00 AM Net neutrality debate to be sparked again in Europe as operators admit to blocking tactics (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft Corp.

    15. DT Unveils New Network Vision

      Explore Light Reading (Mar 13 2012)

      German giant Deutsche Telekom has taken the cloud as its inspiration for its simplified, OpenFlow-friendly TeraStream Architecture (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Deutsche Telekom   OSS   Deutsche Telekom AG

    16. Where Will T-Mobile Bring LTE First?

      Explore Light Reading (Mar 12 2012) Marketing , Mobility

      The carrier hasn't said where its first LTE deployments will be, but a look at AT&T's divested AWS spectrum and its own 3G launches provides some clues.

      (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   AT&T ; Inc.

    17. Rivals Try to Freeze Verizon-MSO Spectrum Buy

      Explore Light Reading (Mar 6 2012)

      Some Verizon Wireless and MSO competitors are pretty [REDACTED] that they can't see every detail of the [REDACTED] commercial agreements (Read Full Article)

    18. Netflix's Path Into MSOs Becomes Clearer

      Explore Light Reading (Mar 2 2012)

      With the Starz deal ended, Netflix might find itself becoming a bigger part of some operators' plans (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Jeff Baumgartner   Netflix Inc.   TiVo Inc.

    19. AT&T Boss Calls for End to Mobile-Video Babel

      Explore Light Reading (Feb 27 2012) Applications , Mobility

      Carriers and hardware providers have made it too hard for users to easily talk to others over mobile video, says AT&T boss at MWC (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   Nokia Corp.   Ralph de la Vega

    20. Metaswitch Goes Virtual With Its SBC

      Explore Light Reading (Feb 22 2012)

      Only months after its initial assault on the session border controller market, Metaswitch goes virtual (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   CTO   Martin Taylor   Acme Packet Inc.

    21. Western Europe Still in FTTH Slow Lane

      Explore Light Reading (Feb 15 2012) Applications

      Even FTTH Council Europe admits Western Europe is lagging behind, with its director general poking the Tier 1 operators to get a move on (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   European Union   Ftth

    22. Enough FTTH (Fiber-to-the-Hype)

      Explore Light Reading (Feb 15 2012) Applications , Business Models

      Enough FTTH (Fiber-to-the-Hype) 10:40 AM In Berlin, the FTTH hype machine is in full swing (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   KPN   DSL   Ftth

    23. Aereo Makes Cord-Cutting Bid in NYC

      Explore Light Reading (Feb 14 2012)

      Barry Diller-backed startup prepares to launch a broadband-delivered, $12 service that meshes broadcast TV with a network-based DVR (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Jeff Baumgartner   abc   NYC

    24. What Carriers Are Missing About Cloud

      Explore Light Reading (Feb 14 2012)

      It's not a complete list, but the important bit to take note of is: Have a plan (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco Systems Inc.   Zynga