Telecommunications Americas articles from June 2003

Telecommunications Americas archives from June 2003

What Up? (Commentary).(Editorial)
June 1, 2003... I've been asked the question more than once over the past few months, by equipment vendors, service providers and consumer conversation makers of all types: What are you excited about in these trying telecom times? While I like to think...

Rising star: DSL forum chief shares his vision. (For Starters).(Tom Starr)(Interview)
June 1, 2003... Newly appointed DSL Forum president Tom Starr, a member of SBC's technical staff, recently sat down with Staff Editor Sean Buckley to discuss the group's new worldwide focus, exciting new network evolutions and the service drivers for 2003 and...

AT&T: traffic up, network growth ahead. (For Starters).
June 1, 2003... Attempting to separate itself from the competition, AT&T said it is expanding its IP VPN and data services portfolio to provide integrated end-to-end solutions for its global customers. Although the carrier hasn't announced any new services...

Payphone Hot Spot? (For Starters).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Verizon announced it has started equipping some of its New York City payphones with Wi-Fi technology to allow users to connect wirelessly to the Internet. The clincher: The service is free to the carrier's high-speed Internet subscribers, at...

Consumers to the rescue.
June 1, 2003... The widespread adoption of truly broadband services and applications is needed to turn around the networking industry's capital spending slump. TechNet, a computing and telecom industry association, has called for universal availability in...

It all starts with cutting the cord.
June 1, 2003... The concept of "enabling technologies" means that once a technology door has been opened, a number of other good things can finally happen. In the 20th century, the breakthrough of the transistor enabled the computing revolution (as well as a...

FTTH: ready to roll?(fiber to the home)(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... While the RBOCs hold back, IOCs and municipalities take up the FTTH charge. Is FTTH (fiber to the home) finally getting its day in the sun? While FTTH has its drawbacks (namely cost) and detractors, some believe its time is dawning with...

The coolest new companies. (Hot Start-ups 2003).(Hot Start-Ups of 2003)(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... WHAT'S CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION in an industry that has certainly seen brighter days? How about a crop of start-ups that has really (finally!) taken to heart the carrier mantra of evolution, not revolution, and near-immediate return on...

Session border control: making dreams reality. (Sponsored Educational Supplement).(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... New products overcome the roadblocks to delivering profitable voice, video and other real-time interactive communication services across IP network borders. IP NETWORKS HAVE TRADITIONALLY been viewed as poor revenue generators. And...

Lessons from the little guys: greenfield carriers provide unique, differentiated services at competitive prices by using more efficient technologies.
June 1, 2003... Service providers aren't taking full advantage of new technologies in their quest to offer innovative and profitable services. While larger providers must consider legacy networks and operations, they can still benefit by adopting some...

Delivering new services via EoS.(Ethernet over SONET)
June 1, 2003... As service providers continue to search for better options to deliver new services over their existing infrastructures, they're finding solutions that employ EoS (Ethernet over SONET) via VC (virtual concatenation) to be viable and economical....

TiMetra router: a focus on services. (2003 Product of the Month).
June 1, 2003... www.timetra.com A router is a router, right? The answer in this instance is not if the vendor is TiMetra Networks, which is expected to unveil its SR series of devices at SUPERCOMM 2003. The SR in the case of the Mountain View, Calif.,...

Mini class 5. (New Products).(Lucent Technologies' VCDX 2400 and VCDX 4700)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Lucent Technologies www.lucent.com Lucent thinks it has a distinct advantage over any start-up next-gen switching vendor with its three new compact switching solutions: VCDX (Very Compact Digital Exchange) 2400 and VCDX 4700, which...

Remote Powering. (Product Spot).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Valere Power www.valerepower.com Richardson, Texas-based Valere Power, many of whose founders came from traditional outside plant powering outfits, is taking a new approach to power distribution. With its expandable DC power...

Multi-Service Co. (New Products).(AFC's Telliant 5000 )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... AFC www.afc.com Since acquiring the product last year from AccessLAN, AFC is putting its Sunday best onto its CO-based Telliant 5000 multiservice platform with a number of enhancements that will make the Telliant more attractive for...

10-GigE switch. (Product Spot).(Riverstone Networks' XGS 9000 family of switches)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Riverstone Networks www.riverstonenet.com The name says it all. In Riverstone Networks' new XGS 9000 family of switches, the XGS could mean l0-Gbps switch and the X could also have something to do with the fact that the vendor has...

10-Gbps metro Ethernet. (Product Spot).(Foundry Networks' NetIron 40G )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Foundry Networks www.foundrynet.com Foundry Networks has upped the ante in the metro Ethernet market by unveiling a 10-Gbps Ethernet router. The NetIron 40G is aimed both at carriers that want to build high-capacity metro Ethernet...

Offline.(New Edge Networks CEO and President Dan Moffat)(Interview)
June 1, 2003... Attending high school and college in Silicon Valley during the late '60s and early '70s, New Edge Networks CEO and President Dan Moffat got to live in California during an interesting time is U.S. history: race riots, the Vietnam war, the...