Telecommunications Industry

US lawmakers quiz ZTE, Huawei over spying concerns

Congressmen are members of U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee

Data-bucket plans like Verizon’s will take adjustment for carriers, users

Policy, charging and subscriber database software needs to be modified, while consumers have to gauge their use

Netflix goes to the edge of the Internet

To get the video to its users on time, Netflix has set up its own CDN and placed its own servers at ISPs.

US, Mexico reach border spectrum agreement

The deal clears spectrum for public safety agencies to use along the border

Lawmakers suggest using military spectrum for LightSquared

Five members of Congress asked for an effort to free up frequencies for LightSquared's planned LTE network

TiVo countersues Cisco over DVR patents

Response to last week's Cisco suit seeking to void TiVo patents

Cisco upgrades mobile carrier switches with an eye on escalating traffic

The ASR 5500 brings a new class of performance and maintains consistent software to distinguish among traffic types

Schools Need 100Mbps Per 1,000 Users

Like Cisco, ALU finds reluctance to embrace cloud

While not a root canal, ALU study cites performance as cloud adoption's biggest inhibitor among enterprises

US tech leaders fear proposed Internet regulations, taxes at ITU meeting

Delegates to the treaty-writing meeting in December could discuss per-click taxes and other fees, witnesses tell Congress