February 5, 2007
COVER STORY
Designing the carrier Ethernet kiss
The Metro Ethernet Forum is trying to unravel the toughest questions surrounding inter-carrier Ethernet interfaces and they're just getting started...
EDITOR'S LETTER
One year later
As you read this, you have probably already heard I am missing and feared dead after wandering off from a Super Bowl party. No, this is not like that...
FORWARD MOTION
Mega-carriers wield 800-pound purses
The AT&T/BellSouth merger wreaked havoc on equipment vendors late last year, as both carriers curbed spending. But the tension didn't subside when the...
VoIP market shifting
As cable companies capture a greater percentage of consumer voice-over-IP lines, the squeeze is on independent providers of VoIP. But not everybody is...
A new MPLS debate heats up
Increasing interest in provider backbone transport, or PBT, technology as a simpler, cheaper alternative to multiprotocol label switching, or MPLS, has...
Cisco inks key rural IPTV deal
Cisco Systems is vying to become a one-stop shop for rural telcos planning to offer IPTV. The vendor announced a partnership this week with SES Americom,...
Mapping the mobile phone
First, digital photography became nearly ubiquitous on the mobile phone. Then music and e-mail penetrated down the tiers of handsets. Now vehicle navigation...
Fast Forward: Martin Creaner
The board of directors of the TeleManagement Forum voted last week to appoint current chief technology officer Martin Creaner president of the organization....
TIA study: 2006 U.S. telecom's strongest year
The good news is that, according to the Telecommunications Industry Association's recently released 2007 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast,...
Pervasive security
Verizon is stepping up its global managed security services by extending the reach of its denial of service, or DOS, defense mitigation service to 11...
OPINION
Alien alliance
Even the most vehement adversaries can put down their pitchforks and laser guns to join forces against a common enemy. And that's what the National Telecommunications...
Cisco, just buy Calix already
Isn't it time for Cisco Systems to just go ahead and acquire Calix? Industry prognosticators have been speculating about this combination for at least...
Leave my phone alone
In the last few years we've seen a lot of phones come out that do things distinctly un-phone-like. The camera phone trend has finally started producing...
INNOVATION
Meet the new NOC
Imagine you are sitting in Starbucks, sipping a latte, while a nicely dressed gentleman at the next table works on his laptop. If the man is Paul Floyd,...
WIRELESS
Made in China
Huawei is making the old-name infrastructure providers more than a little nervous, but it hasn't assumed top-tier status yet. It still has to make a significant mark in the U.S....
Small screen for rent
The phrase mobile advertising is so equally fraught with controversy and brimming with revenue potential that the mere mention of it sends the mobile...
WHAT'S NEXT
What does UC mean?
Unified communications, or UC, is a major portion of Microsoft's most aggressive and extensive launch of new software products in its 30-year history....
