Telecommunications Americas articles from July 2003

Telecommunications Americas archives from July 2003

Next-gen Class 5 searches for transition targets. (For Starters).
July 1, 2003... As carriers look clown the barrel of the next-gen Glass 5 gun, the question on everyone's mind is what will make them pull that trigger? Is it opex/capex reduction, flatter networks, reduction in space requirements or the ability to offer new...

Gentlemen, start your engines. (For Starters).
July 1, 2003... From the "All The Ball Parks Must Be Gone" category: Nextel has won the bragging rights (or at least the naming and marketing rights) to NASCAR's premiere racing series, the Winston Cup. The series, which for the past 30 years has been...

Cox sets course for LD packet migration. (For Starters).
July 1, 2003... While the spring forecast has been overcast and rainy, the sun seems to be shining on the current movement by cable MSOs to begin a packet voice transformation. Already serving customers with its own circuit-switched telephony service...

What city and state? (For Starters).
July 1, 2003... Surprise! There's a huge market waiting to be tapped by service providers: wireless directory assistance, which the Zelos Group pegs at $3 billion during the fourth full year of operations. Zelos estimates that only 2 percent of wireless...

Casting call: operators weigh video on demand transport options.
July 1, 2003... You probably remember the commercial: Man checks into dusty motel in the middle of nowhere and asks clerk about his TV viewing options. The startling answer: You can wath any movie ever made, any time you want. This claim, made in 2000 by Qwest...

Mixing it up: wireless providers must act quickly with "add on" services while preserving their core offerings. (Wireless).(Industry Overview)
July 1, 2003... Mobile service providers in North America face a challenging environment for profitability. The average revenue from core voice services is under pressure and has declined from $0.44 per minute in 1993 to $0.12 in 2001, while the number of...

Opportunity knocks: outsourced VPNs offer huge benefits for enterprises--and amazing opportunities for providers. (Spotlight: VPNs Heat Up).
July 1, 2003... VPNs have been the talk of the town for a number of years. From their early promise to make networking more cost effective and ubiquitous to their future promise to deliver wireless connectivity, voice over IP VPN and increased security, VPNs...

Recipe for success: performance management is a key ingredient for IP-VPN offerings. (Spotlight: VPNs Heat Up).
July 1, 2003... The mid-to-late 1990s were a time of rapid technological innovation and one technology that generated a lot of excitement was IP VPNs. This much-hyped replacement for traditional networking services was expected to change the way businesses...

Juniper ERX-310: a BRAS/edge router for smaller POPs. (2003 Product Telecommunications of the Month).
July 1, 2003... www.juniper.net Juniper Networks is not alone any more in combining BRAS (broadband remote access server) and edge router functions in one platform--Laurel Networks and Redback Networks, for example, also recently announced such integrated...

High-capacity DSLAM. (New Products).
July 1, 2003... Alcatel www.alcatel.com With the release of its 7301 ASAM DSLAM product, Alcatel is demonstrating a migration from dumb ADSL ports to enabling service providers to build new revenue streams from emerging consumer broadband services...

Multi-purpose Ethernet. (New Products).
July 1, 2003... ANDA Networks www.andanetworks.com Anda Networks has stepped into the Ethernet market, releasing a line of customer premises and CO products for service providers to deliver Ethernet services while leveraging their SONET...

Core router. (New Products).
July 1, 2003... Chiaro Networks www.chiaro.com Chiaro's Enstara IP MPLS router supports 10 OC-192s and can scale in-service to a multi-terabit system with the addition of line chassis. Chiaro claims its STateful Assured Routing (STAR) technology...

Ethernet over SONET. (New Products).
July 1, 2003... Larscom www.larscom.com While Ethernet services certainly are compelling, the service provider challenge is to extend existing infrastructure to deliver Ethernet services without cannibalizing T1 revenues. Taking advantage of emerging...

Fiber-to-the-X. (Product Spot).
July 1, 2003... Catena Networks www.catena.com Because the topology of every network segment can vary, it's hard to justify a one-size fits-all fiber to the X proposition. Kanata, Ontario-based Catena Networks has responded with its CN1000FX. With...

Offline.
July 1, 2003... The cable industry is not quite as old as the telecom industry, so it hasn't had as much of an opportunity to hit a downturn. "If you think back, you probably can't remember when you didn't have a telephone. But you probably can remember a day...