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Posted May 16, 2008
Cable Plays Clearwire Card
Analysis of: Cable Plays Clearwire Card | www.lightreading.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
While several of its peers all but cemented their long-term wireless and mobile service plans last week, Charter Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR - message board) is still weighing a range of possible partnership options.Neil Smit, Charter's president and CEO, addressed the wireless question this morning...
Samuel Greenholtz Posted May 16, 2008
Ciena Sales to Sprint Should Remain Steady, With Perhaps Even a Blip Up
Analysis of: Ciena Gets Certified | www.lightreading.com
Author: Samuel Greenholtz, Principal Telecom Pragmatics
1. Ciena has been getting 10 percent or more of its business from Sprint. 2. One may as well say that Ciena’s DWDM boxes are going to be in the carrier’s network forever. 3. The deployment of more Cisco Systems CRS-1s at Sprint will probably result in additional business for Ciena.  
Posted May 16, 2008
Sprint’s QChat – A Step Closer to Selling Nextel – Thoughts on Buyers
Analysis of: Sprint: CDMA Direct Connect ramps up | telephonyonline.com
Author: P.J. Louis, President PJ Louis LLC
QChat is good news for Dan Hesee and Sprint.  This is a positive and consumer visible first step towards disconnecting the Sprint network from the Nextel network. A potential buyer for Nextel is Morgan O’Brien.  
Samuel Greenholtz Posted May 16, 2008
FTTH Deployment Might Cause Potential RBOC Copper Line Prices to Tank
Analysis of: One Communications Implements NetCracker's OSS Service Fulfillment | callcenterinfo.tmcnet.com
Author: Samuel Greenholtz, Principal Telecom Pragmatics
1.      The attitude by smaller independent telcos tends to be they are not going to mess around with old copper plant that is up for sale from the RBOCs. 2.      They will just overbuild these areas with fiber at a lower cost. 3.     ...
Samuel Greenholtz Posted May 16, 2008
Corning Looks Very Good on Fiber Front for Rest of 2008
Analysis of: Corning CTO: ''We Will Sustain Long Tradition of Innovation'' | www.forbes.com
Author: Samuel Greenholtz, Principal Telecom Pragmatics
1.      AT&T is buying a large amounts of fiber from Corning right now.   2.     Verizon continues to deploy large amounts of fiber optics. 3.      Qwest seems to be extending fiber somewhat beyond the node in a...
Samuel Greenholtz Posted May 16, 2008
Is Wireless Video Delivery by the MSOs the Missing WiMAX Application?
Analysis of: Cable Plays Clearwire Card | www.lightreading.com
Author: Samuel Greenholtz, Principal Telecom Pragmatics
1.      In the long term, the MSOs will need to find a way to offer their video services on wireless. 2.      The biggest sure thing that the cable TV companies got out of the Clearwire deal was 3G wholesale.   3.      Moving...
Samuel Greenholtz Posted May 16, 2008
Speed is Everything When it Comes to Successful RLEC FTTH Businesses
Analysis of: Rural Telcos Bring Fiber-to-the-Boondocks | www.lightreading.com
Author: Samuel Greenholtz, Principal Telecom Pragmatics
1.      The RLECs can really get themselves into trouble by just doing a little bit here and a little bit there, when it comes to FTTH. 2.      It is not like in the CLEC business that is serving large cities in which careful consideration is a must....
Samuel Greenholtz Posted May 16, 2008
Google Could be Instrumental in Getting Voice on WiMAX
Analysis of: Is Google satisfied with its new wireless broadband venture? | www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com
Author: Samuel Greenholtz, Principal Telecom Pragmatics
1.      Up until recently, WiMAX was supposedly going to be the future of wireless. 2.      However, at least for now, the stress seems to be on the data play at the “new Clearwire.” 3.      Google’s handset might be the answer...
Posted May 15, 2008
Earthlink –Blows an Opportunity – Is Bankruptcy Protection Around the Corner?
Analysis of: EarthLink to pull the plug on Wi-Fi in Philadelphia | www.latimes.com
Author: P.J. Louis, President PJ Louis LLC
Earthlink underpriced its services and oversold the company’s capabilities.  EarthLink had low balled the cost of the various municipal Wi-Fi deployments in order to get the contracts.   The fact is the success of a technology is often dependent on whether it was deployed in a manner that...
Posted May 15, 2008
Rural Broadband – Prepare for Rollups
Analysis of: Fiber-Focused Broadband Plan Drives SureWest Growth | www.xchangemag.com
Author: P.J. Louis, President PJ Louis LLC
As I have said in past analyses; Contiguous Rural Broadband Networks – The Key To Attracting Rural Investment Dollars and Rural Broadband – A Need for Alternative Technologies and a Business Model – Part 2, the rural sector is a good place to invest in.
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