Telecommunications Americas articles from August 2003

Telecommunications Americas archives from August 2003

Is the RBOC FTTP initiative for real?(Business Networks)
August 1, 2003... BellSouth, SBC and Verizon announced their intention to adopt common technical requirements for fiber to the premises (FTTP) just before SUPERCOMM, launching an immediate stock market rally and turning a potentially dour tradeshow into one...

Sharing spectrum: can a "commons" approach help maximize spectrum use?
August 1, 2003... Spectrum is a unique, inexhaustible resource that we use without realizing its maximum potential. The wireless boom has spurred most nations to improve the current spectrum allocation and assign guidelines to maximize its utility. In its...

A new source of data dollars: machine-to-machine communications can mean real revenue for wireless carriers.
August 1, 2003... For several years now, wireless equipment providers have been pushing the notion of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M, as a profitable wireless application. To date, however, the real profits in monitoring far-flung soda machines and...

Optical hangover: could there be bright spots amid the doom and gloom in the optical business?
August 1, 2003... How quickly the optical equipment juggernaut ran out of steam. The evidence there in the numbers: The Dell'Oro Group estimates that global revenues from optical transport equipment tumbled from $16 billion in 2001 to about $7.5 billion in 2002...

40G a big bust? What does the future hold for ultrahigh-capacity transport?
August 1, 2003... Were optical equipment vendors trying to sell carriers a white elephant with all the talk about 40 Gbps? In 1999, at both the SUPERCOMM show and the ITU's Telecom World event, 40G was the hot topic. Hanan Anis, CTO of Ottawa, Canada-based...

The X factors: providers need to calculate several factors to successfully launch Ethernet transport services.(Spotlight: optical networking)
August 1, 2003... Ethernet transport services have been widely identified as the next generation of public network data offerings and a potential source for new revenues, Driven by the need for speed, bandwidth-hungry enterprises are looking for metro and WAN...

Packing a powerful punch in the Metro: CWDM pairs with GFP for a flexible, multiservice, low-cost solution.(Spotlight: optical networking)
August 1, 2003... CWDM (coarse WDM), a transport technology whose cost-point and performance meet market demand, is gaining industry-wide acceptance. Well suited to incremental growth, CWDM provides low first-in cost and a quick return on investment, linking...

Allied Telesyn's AT-7000 DSLAM hits the video wave.(2003 Product Telecommunications of the Month)
August 1, 2003... www.alliedtelesyn.com With multiple suppliers already occupying the space, why would yet another vendor throw its hat into the IP/DSLAM market? Sixteen-year-old and privately held Allied Telesyn thinks its reputation in the Ethernet/IP...

High-density DSLAM.(New Products)
August 1, 2003... ADTRAN www.adtran.com ADTRAN is beefing up its Total Access 3000 full-service DSLAM by incorporating new OC-3/STM-1 capabilities as well as an expanded ATM multiplexer architecture that allows the delivery of over 3,000 ports of ADSL...

Right-sized CMTS.(New Products)
August 1, 2003... ARRIS www.arrisi.com Well known for its large-scale platforms like the C4 CMTS, which is deployed in all major MSO networks, ARRIS is moving to support even smaller systems with the launch of its C3 CMTS platform. As a 1-RU system...

Tower-top base station.(New Products)
August 1, 2003... Navini Networks www.navini.com Navini Networks is giving operators a quicker time to market for broadband wireless service with the release of its Ripwave towertop base station product. While the product is smaller (by 70 percent) than...

Feature server.(New Products)
August 1, 2003... Taqua www.taqua.com With the release of its EFX feature server, Taqua is putting its money toward something all carriers need: new services. The EFX is a CO-based feature server that enables service providers to deliver a new suite of...

Optical distribution hub.(New Products)
August 1, 2003... Telco Systems www.telco.com Telco Systems has enhanced its EdgeLink Hub by announcing OC-3 and STS-1 uplink modules for the product. The M13 multiplexer, which previously supported nine DS3 uplinks, now supports up to three OC-3/STM-1...

Service Gateways.(Product Spot)
August 1, 2003... Redback Networks www.redback.com Redback has added a new platform to its product portfolio with the launch of its SmartEdge Service Gateway. At the same time, Redback expanded its SmartEdge line with the addition of the SmartEdge 400...

Offline.
August 1, 2003... The rollout of broadband may not be happening as fast as once predicted, but don't blame rural providers. Although some big-name telcos like BellSouth and Verizon are beginning to offer FTTH (fiber to the home), rural telcos seem to be a bit...