Telecommunications Americas articles from January 2005

Telecommunications Americas archives from January 2005

Jumping ahead.(Commentary)
January 1, 2005... It didn't strike me until very late in 2004 that we passed another significant milestone in the telecom industry last year. Among the hype of Wi-Fi and VoIP, amidst the still-fragile hope for a telecom rebound, the industry quietly marked 20...

GMPLS: to market, to market?(FOR STARTERS)(generalized multi-protocol label switching)
January 1, 2005... Multiple protocols, different networks, assorted layers, disparate vendor equipment. Automatically managing and provisioning all of these through one control plane is a major telco goal. GMPLS (generalized multi-protocol label switching) is...

WiMAX Forum gears up for mobility and more.(FOR STARTERS)(Mo Shakouri)(Interview)
January 1, 2005... At over 200 members, the WiMAX Forum is gaining increased momentum. Senior Editor Sean Buckley recently sat down with Mo Shakouri, board member, vice president of marketing and the chairman of the marketing group, to discuss the future of WiMAX...

Flat, flatter, flattest.(FOR STARTERS)
January 1, 2005... As technology changes, so too mundane things such as, well, eyeglasses, for example. As products get smaller (e.g., cell phones) and flatter (e.g., laptop monitors and large-screen TVs), different types of strain are placed on the old eyeballs....

Dry Martini, anyone?(Technical Perspective)(new internet protocol standard)
January 1, 2005... Sometimes the standards process is enough to drive you to drink. It seems like everyone in the standards game is working to create a new and revolutionary capability, and the enterprise buyer is just trying to find some islands of stability in...

Building a better bundle: true differentiation and competitiveness will require new strategies.
January 1, 2005... Bundled services, including next-gen versions, are no longer competitive niceties; they're now an essential part of the telecom market. Without bundled services, providers will find it increasingly difficult to retain existing customers, sign...

20/20: painting telecom's future network.(Panel Discussion)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... IF YOU COULD PAINT A PICTURE of the network of the future, what would it look like? Wired or wireline (or both)? A complicated Picasso, or a downright simple Preschool? If you're a incumbent, you'd obviously have to take into account the...

Alcatel's 7330 FTTN: taking fiber to the neighborhood.
January 1, 2005... While FTTH deployments are popping up in savvy municipalities and by established operators in new build scenarios, in overlay or areas where there's existing copper plant, the capex cost of deploying fiber is still relatively high. In the near...

Multiservice optical.(New Products)(ONS 15310-CL SONET Multiservice Platform)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Cisco Systems www.cisco.com With the introduction of the ONS 15310-CL SONET Multiservice Platform, Cisco is enabling service providers to extend Ethernet and existing services right into the customer premises. Leveraging the same...

Ethernet Demarc.(New Products)(Covaro Networks' new CC-410)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Covaro Networks www.covaro.com Covaro Networks has a simple dream: make Ethernet services available over any last-mile technology. Covaro is betting that its CC-410, an Ethernet demarcation point, will enable service providers to...

Mini MSPP.(Multi-Service Provisioning Platform)(ECI Telecom Ltd.'s XDM-50 )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... ECI Telecom www.ecitele.com If you want all the features of a big MSPP without the upfront capital cost, then ECI's XDM-50 may be a good bet. Offering the same features of preceding XDM systems, the XDM-50 can deliver both data and...

Service control switch.(PRODUCT SPOT)(Ellacoya Networks' e30 switch)
January 1, 2005... Ellacoya Networks www.ellacoya.com As cable operators and telcos make their transitions to IP-based infrastructure, they are arming themselves to provide service differentiation and QoS with PacketCable Multimedia and TR 58/59. Well...

Offline.(Andrew Knott of White Rock Networks)(Interview)
January 1, 2005... Andrew Knott grew up near Birmingham, England, in a family whose male members had always worked in the coal mining or steel industries. But after graduating from college, Knott, the vice president of marketing and customer service for...