Broadband Business Forecast articles from December 2006

Broadband Business Forecast archives from December 2006

2007: The Gurus Speak.
December 12, 2006... This year, as every year, there's a rush to publish either a retrospective of the past year or predictions for the next or a bit of both. Rather than simply polishing up our own crystal ball, Broadband Business Forecast this year sampled...

Cablecos Invited Into The Carrier Ethernet Club.
December 12, 2006... The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), until now pretty much the exclusive playground of the world's telcos, has put out the welcome mat for cable system operators. At the same time, it has been confirmed that the cable industry's private R&D...

3Com Chases Cisco In China.
December 12, 2006... 3Com is buying out its Chinese networking hardware joint venture partner Huawei in a move that revitalizes 3Com's assault on arch-rival Cisco in the region. 3Com said that it will pay $882 million for Huawei's 49-percent stake in Huawei-3Com...

Broadcom Gobbles Up Ethernet Software House.
December 12, 2006... Broadband chip maker Broadcom is paying $62 million in cash for middleware vendor LVL7 Systems in a move that gives Broadcom ownership of what may be the hottest, and only, significant company that's still independent in the Ethernet Level 2...

People To Watch (12/12/06).
December 12, 2006... >>ANDA Networks President and CEO Charles R. Kenmore has been elected to the board of the Telecom Industry Association (TIA). >>Network applications specialist Tekelec has increased the size of its board from seven to eight directors, and...