Telecommunications Americas articles from January 2003

Telecommunications Americas archives from January 2003

Promises, promises. (Commentary).(Column)
January 1, 2003... I've never been one for New Year's resolutions. You make them on January 1: go to the health club more, eat healthy, etc. By March 1, the health club card is lost among the candy wrappers and pizza boxes in the car and the new sneakers haven't...

Walking in rhythm: IEEE 802.16, TDD Coalition incite harmony. (For Starters).
January 1, 2003... In an industry that's had its fair share of holy technology wars, it's refreshing that a group of service providers and vendors can agree on something. Such is the case with the IEEE 802.16 broadband wireless working group, which is in the...

Let's make a deal. (For Starters).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Equipment vendors find it's tough to squeeze money out of bankrupt carriers who owe them millions of dollars in unpaid bills. But what can they do besides get in line with the other creditors? Securities firms say they can sell their trade...

Testing, testing 3G down under. (For Starters).
January 1, 2003... U.S.-based service providers cautious about investing in advanced--and costly--networking technologies that offer unknown benefits could be hoping their government can take some inspiration from an ongoing project in South Australia. ...

Sprint lighting MANs. (For Starters).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... If you want to provide services in a timely fashion, then the closer you are to your customers the better. This is the strategy Sprint is pursuing by building metro networks in some of its biggest markets. Late last year the carrier signed...

Start-up Powers SBC's VPN. (For Starters).(IP Dynamics)
January 1, 2003... The buzz these days appears to be around two types of IP VPNs offered by service providers: BGP MPLS VPNs delivered as a network-based service or IPSec VPNs offered as either as a CPE- or network-based service. For its part, SBC for about the...

MSO voice powering: Old School vs. New School. (For Starters).(Cox Communications, Altrio Communications)
January 1, 2003... When it comes to how cable MSOs will power their voice communications, it's really a lesson in Old School vs. New School. At the heart of this debate are two approaches: network-based powering and local powering via batteries at the home. And...

Wither service quality?(Industry Overview)
January 1, 2003... In a capital-intensive business like telecom, service providers need to continually invest in their networks to be responsive to customer needs. Today it's not clear that the nation's largest ILECs are making those needed investments. Even as...

20/20: visions for 2003 and beyond. (The Telecom).(Interview)
January 1, 2003... THE TELECOM waters are still murky and service providers are holding their cards pretty close to their vests. Yet when executives from service providers large and small were asked what they're doing to chart a clear course for 2003 and beyond,...

The difference: dollars and dense; what's a better bet for metro access; CWDM or DWDM? (Optical Networking).
January 1, 2003... The question of whether to deploy systems based on DWDM or CWDM (coarse WDM) technology is becoming more prevalent as CWDM systems become widely available. These lower-cost CWDM systems seem appropriate for meeting the demand of voice, data,...

Avici's QSR: small only in size. (2003 Product of the Month: Telecommunications).
January 1, 2003... www.avici.com Avici's marketing material touts it as a "core router breakthrough." And in a sense it is, because with the QSR (quarter-rack scalable router) the vendor has delivered a router for those networks that might not have a need...

CMTS upgrades. (New Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Cisco Systems www.cisco.com Cisco has announced several upgrades to its uBR10012 and uBR7246VXR cable modem termination system routers. With the addition of the MC5X20S Broadband Processing Engine, the uBR10012 CMTS router allows MSOs...

IP service control. (New Products).(Ellacoya Networks)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Ellacoya Networks www.ellacoya.com With peer-to-peer file sharing applications on the rise, cable operators have been caught unprepared to provide expected service levels across their range of subscribers. Ellacoya Networks, which...

Video headend. (New Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Minerva Networks www.minervanetworks.com Minerva Networks has added video pre-processing capabilities to its VC8000 headend systems, allowing service providers to reduce the overall bit rate of selected channels or improve video image...

Mini-DSLAM. (New Products).(Adtran Total Access 1200)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Adtran www.adtran.com Targeting the independent and ILEC market, Adtran has introduced the Total Access 1200, a 1U high mini-DSLAM offering 24 ports of ADSL with integrated splitters. The temperature-hardened Total Access 1200 fits...

RPR verification. (New Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Ixia www.ixia.com Ixia has introduced what it calls the first comprehensive analysis and traffic-generation platform for verification of RPR networks. The solution is implemented via its OC-48c and OC-192c Packet over SONET load...

Enhanced base station. (Product Spot).(Lucent Technologies Flexent Modular Cell 4.0)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Lucent Technologies www.lucent.com As operators plot out their 3G wireless strategies, Lucent Technologies is meeting them toe-in-toe with the introduction of its Flexent Modular Cell 4.0 CDMA base station. Currently in a network trial...

Deep fiber node. (Product Spot).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... C-COR.net www.c-cor.net Although many MSOs have fiber fed deep into their networks, they may need to conserve fiber expenditures or have limited fiber resources installed from the headend hub to the node. C-COR.net may have the answer...

W-CDMA testing. (New Products).(Catapult DCT2000 updated)
January 1, 2003... Catapult Communications www.catapult.com Catapult has upgraded its DCT2000 system to include the ability to test W-CDMA-based 3G networks implementing a wide range of 3G Partnership Project Release 4 and Release 99 specifications for...

Offline.(Ed Kennedy of Tellabs)
January 1, 2003... Just about a year after Tellabs completed its purchase of Ocular Networks for $355 million, the former CEO of the Reston, Va.-based Ocular, Ed Kennedy, finds himself part of a much larger organization. Has the move from a startup to a...