Telecommunications Americas articles from April 2002

Telecommunications Americas archives from April 2002

A change in perspective. (Commentary).(Editorial)
April 1, 2002... When the CLEC market started to show its first signs of deterioration back in late 2000, people were very quick to point fingers. Among the things that came under fire: OSSs, on which many CLECs spent millions of dollars. Yet providers are...

SMS 2 U.S.: U R BHND. (Global News).
April 1, 2002... BOSTON -- North American carriers appear slowly but surely to be getting the SMS (short messaging service) message. A phenomenon in Europe and Asia, where SMS now accounts for as much as 25 percent of carrier revenues, text messaging has made...

Billing software. (News Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Convergys won some new customers, signing Spanish operator Ola Internet and Thailand's largest wireless operator, Advanced Info Service, to use its Geneva Active Revenue Management software. Intec also found luck abroad, agreeing to provide its...

Voice meets data. (News Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Slowly but surely, momentum builds for packet-switched networks supporting voice, data. and video, according to market research firm Cahners In-Stat, which says the worldwide softswitch market will reach $1.32 billion in 2006. Vendors looking...

VARs: let's make a deal. (Global News).
April 1, 2002... SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--It's no secret that in a down market carriers looking to expand their networks, either by building out into new markets or boosting capacity of existing networks, probably won't have to look too hard to find a deal on...

Edge Aggregation: a bright spot. (Industry Outlook).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Juniper Movin' on Up. Juniper made significant progress in the North American IP aggregation market in 2001, tripling its share in the $924 million market from 6 percent in 2000 to 19 percent in 2001. Unisphere's share also increased, from...

Wireless upgrades. (News Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Canada's largest wireless carrier, Bell Mobility, officially launched its national CDMA 3G wireless network, the first of its kind in North America. Trying not to be outdone, Verizon Wireless began operating a 1XRTT data network capable of...

New network construction. (News Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Among network buildouts planned around the globe, the Paris transport authority awarded Marconi a $16 million contract to build a broadband network for video surveillance, voice communications and advanced data services for the Paris Metro and...

MSOs, wireless carriers win pole position. (Global News).
April 1, 2002... WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The essence of broadband access is one pipe, many services. But to gain access to customers, MSOs and broadband wireless carriers were faced with higher pole attachment rates from utility and telephone companies because they...

Playing fair. (News Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... In comments submitted to the office of the United States Trade Representative, CompTel. trade association claimed that ii U.S. trading partners are not complying with international agreements. The countries, including Brazil, China, Mexico and...

Under new management. (News Briefs).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Several carriers deployed new network management software including SwissCom North America, which now uses Coherent Networks' ProceSS7 system. The traffic analysis system lets the SwissCom Fixnet Wholesale subsidiary monitor its network...

Core competency: AT&T's IP backbone feeds the need for capacity and reliability. Can router vendors keep up?
April 1, 2002... With the economic cool down, some router vendors have taken to talking up the network edge because, they say, it's where the money is. But don't be fooled: IP traffic growth is continuing along a steep trajectory and carriers with big IP...

The 10 hottest technologies: these picks really hit home for service providers.
April 1, 2002... The Telecommunications[R] Staff OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, TECHNOLOGY FOR TECHNOLOGY'S SAKE BECAME A COOL THING. The Big Six equipment vendors snapped up start-ups left and right, in some cases because they had a hype-generating product or...

Work-in-progress: change is the only constant for carrier OSSs.
April 1, 2002... The days of network expansion may be temporarily over, but new OSS projects intended to improve operational efficiency are all the rage. As a result, capital expenditures may be way down this year, but not as much when it comes to OSS, vendors...

Time to take inventory: service resource management systems are the databases of record for new-breed networks.
April 1, 2002... With telecom's dramatic drop in market value, CIOs at most major wireline and wireless service providers are being asked to help reduce capital expenditures while still introducing new technologies. At issue is the efficient use of existing...

Don't leave profits on the table: bridging the complexities of new services and management of the bottom line.
April 1, 2002... New technologies can transform the delivery of communications services--whether voice, data, wireline, wireless or content--and often spawn new business models. New services, however, necessitate integration of multiple technologies, devices...

Going with the Flow: truly effective flow-through provisioning systems must be designed to address key service provider business and network realities.
April 1, 2002... The dilemma facing service providers today is how to keep pace with the growing number of applications, protocols, devices and services. Many carriers are turning to end-to-end, flow-through provisioning techniques to replace the...

Lumentis' amp-less DWDM system scalability without a price boost. (Telecommunications: Product of the Month).(Mentis 300 and the Mentis 3000)
April 1, 2002... www.lumentis.se Optical amplifiers boost signals, but also add cost and complexity to networks. A failed amplifier can bring down a network. So why include them if they can be done without? That's exactly the position of Lumentis, a...

Optical Ethernet. (Product Spot).(Internet Photonics' LightStack )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Internet Photonics www.internetphotonics.com While service providers get the cost benefits and operational simplicity of optical Ethernet, the concern among incumbent providers is the ability to scale. Internet Photonics' LightStack...

IPv6 test suite. (New Products).(Ixia's Automated Network Validation Library IPv6 conformance test suite)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Ixia www.ixia.com No one can argue against IPv6's benefits: the ability to scale beyond the current IPv4 addressing scheme, hierachical addressing and routing, and built-in security for authentication and data integrity. Keeping in...

Multipurpose switching. (New Products).(Nortel Passport 20000 Multiservice switch )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Nortel Networks www.nortelnetworks.com Building on the success of its previous offerings--Passport 15000 and Passport 7000--Nortel is offering its latest edition, the Passport 20000 Multiservice platform, a switch designed to meet the...

Multitenant DSLAM. (New Products).(Ikusi Telecommunications' i.Link)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Ikusi Telecommunications www.ikusi.com Ikusi Telecommunications says its mini-DSLAM for multitenant and multidwelling units provides high-speed access for as few as eight users. Called i.Link, the product lets hotels, condominiums,...

WAN Access Router. (New Products).(Quick Eagle Networks 4230 )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Quick Eagle Networks www.quickeagle.com The 4230 WAN Access Router from Quick Eagle Networks works as both a DSU (data service unit) and a router, the company says, and can monitor network performance. The multifunctional LAN-WAN...

Service assurance. (New Products).(Linmor Technologies' Nebula StatusView)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Linmor Technologies www.linmor.com Nebula StatusView, a new service assurance solution from Linmor Technologies, lets providers give their customers a real-time view of the service they receive. The Web-based application presents the...

Network management. (New Products).(TCSI's Catalant NMS 3.0)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... TCSI www.tcsi.com For carriers struggling to manage large networks, TCSI now offers Catalant NMS 3.0, the latest version of its network and element management system. The product now includes Security Manager, which lets network...

MultiBeam broadband. (Product Spot).(BeamReach BeamPlex broadband wireless system)
April 1, 2002... BeamReach Networks www. beamreachnetworks.com BeamReach is pushing a no-compromise approach with its BeamPlex broadband wireless system. Based on a combination of adaptive beamforming and null steering technology, BeamPlex is being...

Of-line: industry leaders share their opinions, philosophies of life and off-hours interests.(Stanton Orelove, Senior Director, Convergys)
April 1, 2002... Stanton Orelove Senior Director, Technology Innovation Convergys Balancing the pace of technological change with customer expectation and adoption is a big challenge. 'Highly flexible, capable 055 systems are vital for enabling these...