September 1, 2008
COVER STORY
Muni fiber networks bounce back
The headlines surrounding municipally funded telecom networks have been dominated by bad news this year....
Lessons Learned
Burlington has insisted on having Burlington Telecom as a department of the city, like parks and rec....
EDITOR'S LETTER
Changing with the times
Beginning this fall, you'll be seeing a little more of Telephony, but less often. Facing the realities of the shift from print media to the Web, Telephony will be publishing larger issues once a month, rather than smaller ones every other week....
FORWARD MOTION
Form trumps function
The iPhone may have changed the face of wireless more than we know....
Advertisers tap iPhone
With iPhone App Store sales reaching $1 million per day in its first month, Apple CEO Steve Jobs believes the market for iPhone applications could eventually reach $1 billion....
Expert sees dangers in promo pricing trend
AT&T will sell new customers a triple-play bundle for $109. Comcast offers the same for $99....
Ad targeting, privacy lines drawn
Responding to a recent request from a House committee, a slew of telecom and Web firms recently provided on-the-record details of how they use their sites and networks to target individuals with advertising....
Google Readies Telecom Play
After a quiet summer, Google looks ready to make a splash this fall on the telecom front...
CLECs give mixed economic report
The second quarter is typically a somewhat soft one for CLECs, but this season it also was seen as a barometer of overall economic conditions for the rest of the year....
OPINION
In search of replacement revenues
When one revenue stream (landline, anyone?) shrinks, the challenge for service providers is to find another revenue stream that can grow to replace it....
INNOVATION
ChaCha's Personal Touch
Technological innovation these days usually connotes efficiency — shoving more bits into a data pipe, handling more transactions with fewer resources....
WIRELESS
What's in your [mobile] wallet?
It can't spit out cash like an ATM, but the mobile handset is rapidly becoming the next most viable platform for banking....
SOFTWARE
Following the content trail
All of the marketing, product development, operational and eventually chief executive roles that Bill Stone has performed have had one thing in common: He's been on the cutting edge....
ENTERPRISE
Managing the Mobile Enterprise
With smartphones and other mobile devices proliferating like wildfire, corporate IT departments increasingly need capabilities to help secure, track and manage phones across the enterprise....
WHAT'S NEXT?
The sun always rises
Since 2000, U.S. telcos have lost about a third of their access lines. They have replaced only half of the 60 million lines lost with broadband access lines and only about 2 million with broadband lines capable of delivering triple play....
