A new study links gigabit-speed broadband to higher economic growth, concluding that communities with widely available gigabit access have per capita GDP that is 1.1 percent higher than communities

Is Calix Networks (CALX) back? Skeptics who have burned before might have reason for caution, but the company's earnings beat gives the optimists a reason to look forward to

Net neutrality has always been gray to me, not black or white. Wired points this out in a nice article making the rounds today.

Another locally driven gigabit (Gbit/s) broadband Ethernet installation shows the growing thirst for big bandwidth in business communities across America.

Please, Mister Regulator Man, let's not let the AT&T and DirectTV deal happen. I hever want to buy my TV service from the phone company.

How will we get to net neutrality? Lots of lawyers.

Nothing warms the souls of technology enthusiasts like a bunch of dark suits in Washington D.C. marching in to take control of the Internet. As the Federal Communications Commission

You may already know this, but Netflix (NFLX) and Google's YouTube are eating all the Internet bandwidth. That's the conclusion in the latest Global Internet Phenomena Report from Canadian

The race to combine powerful hardware and Software Defined Networking (SDN) technology continues, as startup Pluribus Networks and the $1B+ server intergrator Super Micro Computer Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI) today

Today AT&T announced it is in "advanced discussions" with the North Carolina Next Generation Network (NCNGN) to bring gigabit-speed fiber connections to communities in that state, potentially accelerating the

I'm back from Open Networking Summit (ONS), where I was briefed by many companies, did some television with the classy guys over at SiliconANGLE and theCUBE, and heard many

You heard about this thing called Net Neutrality. There was a big court decision this week. Is it the beginning of the end or are the journalists just being

I have a confession to make. I've become enamored with mobile telecoms plays in the adventurous regions of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They've got it all: Steady

Long-time communications tech entrepreneur Cheng Wu wants to help the telecom industry with a makeover. His company, Azuki Systems, is looking to turn the telecomms into media moguls using

If you want to look at a hot networking space, take a look at the developments in WiFi at large mobile operators. Recently in my role as Event Director

Silicon Valley startup ConteXtream (yes, the company name spelling is that silly!) announced yesterday that it landed $14 million in Series B funding to go after a big problem

The "Net Neutrality" debate has taken a interesting turn this week, triggered by Verizon and Google's joint statement to move toward more tiered services on the Internet.

Something on Cisco's earnings call last night went terribly wrong. In a rational business sense, Cisco made plenty of money, even though they missed analyst estimates: $1.9B in profit

Well, what's more important -- a generous severance package or avoiding being disgraced by a sketchy expense-account scandal involving a sub-contractor that happens to be a reality-show actress? That's

Tech earnings reports are rolling in like Budeweisers in a NASCAR infield, and we've got it covered. What's striking is the range of results, from earnings bombs like Netflix,

Broadband equipment maker Calix is rallying on its first post-IPO earnings release, after it announced that revenue increased 50%.

One of the themes we've been following here is the buildout in more telecom connectivity -- whether it be Ethernet connections or all those data connections to mobile-phone towers

Apple and Google Android application development communities continue to flourish while others languish.

The whole National Broadband Plan discussion is turning into a circus, at tax-payer expense. The way I see it, the FCC is standing in front of the operators with