Telecommunications Americas articles from August 2005

Telecommunications Americas archives from August 2005

The three Es of operator spending.(network technology)(Editorial)
August 1, 2005... The deluge of next-gen network technology and long-term marketing efforts obscures almost completely the view of what operators really are spending on now. Check out "Following Providers' Money Trail" and you'll quickly learn that it's on the...

MCI's ultra long haul.(networking technology)
August 1, 2005... In a watershed development for the business relevance of an emerging technology market segment, MCI is widely deploying ultra long-haul (ULH) technology that will consolidate multiple nets, slash provisioning intervals, flatten operational...

The new Frame Relay: ILEC opportunities.(virtual private local area network service )
August 1, 2005... Virtual private LAN service (VPLS) is poised to replace Frame Relay as the dominant enterprise private data communications service. Until recently, Frame Relay was well suited for internal data communications among enterprise sites. It...

Following providers' money trail: where they're spending and how to cash in.(internet service providers)(Cover Story)
August 1, 2005... The mile-wide river, flush with rapids, emptied into a calmer, slower-moving stretch. This fast became a thinning flow and eventually a stream that all but vanished into its wooded surroundings. Such has been the case for the service...

Storage services for data security: big business byte for enlightened operators.
August 1, 2005... Mention "storage services opportunity" to service provider executives and their reactions may range from a chuckle to outright hostility. For veterans in the telecom and hosting markets, "storage" conjures up dark memories of the three...

VoIP drives alluring opportunities: hosting the perfect party.(voice over internet protocol)
August 1, 2005... Just as you wouldn't hire a fledgling firm to handle a high-end, family function flush with Kodak moments, neither would corporate America hand over its critical communications services to an unproven outsider. But all that has changed...

Optical Ethernet comes into vivid view: the journey is just beginning.
August 1, 2005... The rise of optical Ethernet brings big business opportunities into vivid view for service providers, but only if their equipment providers see the light and deliver accordingly. Providers put these business benefits into two main...

Business-justifying 3G networks with 2G technologies: SMS answers wireless operators' S.O.S.(Short messaging service)
August 1, 2005... While climbing SMS revenues have rescued U.S. wireless operators from a precarious business position, the real value of this 2G technology offering is its ability to help these providers justify spending on 3G wireless network infrastructure....

Tollgrade's Cheetah CMD-E: boosting cable VoIP quality.(PRODUCT of the Month 2005)
August 1, 2005... www.tollgrade.com It's no understatement that the cable industry lacks a reputation for quality service delivery. To be fair, cable never really needed to be all that reliable when it was only offering entertainment television. Now, as...

UMTS450 wireless.(PRODUCT SPOT)
August 1, 2005... IP Wireless www.ipwireless.com It's a technology that's gaining momentum. According to In-Stat, CDMA450 subscribers will increase from approximately 1 million by the end of 2004 to over 2.5 million by 2009. IP Wireless wants to ride...

Offline.(Interview)
August 1, 2005... About three months ago, a very important event occurred in the telecom industry: rapper 50 Cent released his new CD. What made this a telecom happening? The new ring tone sales it launched, of course. Who would have guessed five years ago...