Telecommunications Americas articles from March 2004

Telecommunications Americas archives from March 2004

What's up?(Commentary)
March 1, 2004... Wow, has it been an interesting start to 2004, or what? Already there have been multi-billion dollar acquisitions and several multi-million dollar contracts announced. And no place is hotter right now than wireless. Indeed, as pointed out in...

Beyond the pipe: CompTel panel touts packaged managed service strategy.(For Starters)(Panel Discussion)
March 1, 2004... With traditional telecom services increasingly becoming commoditized, service providers have to think outside the pipe to stay successful. This is especially true when it comes to winning in the enterprise, where success comes down to a...

Mesh networking to the rescue.(For Starters)
March 1, 2004... In the first and largest deployment of its kind, the City of Garland, Texas, is replacing its cellular-based CDPD communications system with mobile mesh networking technology. The networks will be used by the city's first responders--police,...

Amtrak jumps aboard the Wi-Fi train.(For Starters)(contracts of Amtrak Inc. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Wi-Fi is available in airports, coffee shops, fast food restaurants and hotels, so why not train stations? That's what Amtrak thought and has signed a deal with AT & T Wireless to deploy Wi-Fi in six of the railroad's busiest train stations...

Smile: you're on Ojo!(For Starters)(WorldGate Communications Inc.)
March 1, 2004... Like it or not, there's probably a video phone lurking somewhere in your not-too-distant future. WorldGate Communications has been developing a product called Ojo and believes it has found the way to deliver high-quality video using the...

Colombia: a Latin leader.(Industry Forum)
March 1, 2004... According to recent forecasts by The Yankee Group, fixed and mobile access lines in Colombia will grow by more than 13 percent annually through 2007, led by mobile access growth at 24 percent. Total revenues will also grow, driven by both...

Wireless: The 1-2 Punch; Technologies and services converge to make wireless the champ.(Brief Article)(Cover Story)
March 1, 2004... According to figures released in mid-February by the U.S. Census Bureau, revenues for wireless service providers increased 17 percent, from $78 billion in 2001 to $91 billion in 2002. The increase occurred despite an overall 4-percent dip in...

Wireless/wireline integration: breaking the mode; What to do with multiple networks and a briefcase-full of devices?
March 1, 2004... When Verizon Communications' CEO Ivan Seidenberg announced during the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in January that the operator would spend $3 billion to upgrade its wireless network for nationwide wireless EVDO (Evolution for Data Only),...

Blanket coverage: in-building wireless increases connectivity, sets stage for wireless data.
March 1, 2004... Wireless carriers are at a crossroads: Faced with an ever-consolidating market, WNP (wireless number portability) mandates and customer churn, rolling out compelling services with a consistent connection has never been more pressing. To...

WiMAX: broadband wireless revisited.
March 1, 2004... Hampered by proprietary systems, broken promises and MCI/WorldCom pulling out altogether from its nationwide MMDS (multichannel multipoint distribution system), the deployment of, broadband wireless, for all of its promise, has struggled to...

Push to talk: market heats up as four approaches battle for supremacy.
March 1, 2004... Chirp, chirp! That cheery signal from a wireless phone announcing your turn to talk may be coming soon to a cellular network near you. For consumers, the promise is exciting new opportunities for social dialog between groups of friends as well...

Wireless spectrum auctions: what if ...(Industry Forum)
March 1, 2004... The Bush Administration, eager to create new jobs, is overlooking a major generator of economic growth and employment right at its fingertips: unused wireless spectrum. Anywhere from half to three-fourths of available spectrum goes unexploited...

Managing converged ethernet/optical networks: a layered approach is best-suited to improve operations efficiency.(Optical Networking)
March 1, 2004... Ethernet continues to gain momentum throughout transport networks due to its low cost, ubiquity, and familiarity among carriers and enterprises alike. Primarily used in enterprise LANs for decades, Ethernet is making significant inroads in...

Overture Networks bridges the TDM-to-IP edge gap.(Product of the Month Telecommunications 2004)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 1, 2004... www.overturenetworks.com The advantages of metro Ethernet service are well documented. A recent Metro Ethernet Forum study, for example, revealed a 23-percent reduction in opex over traditional private line, frame relay and ATM. But for...

Intelligent Wi-Fi.(Product Spot)(Colubris Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Colubris Networks www.colubris.com When it comes to Wi-Fi delivery, Waltham, Mass.-based Colubris Networks has taken the road less traveled by touting an approach that leverages an existing network's wired network infrastructure....

LCAS emulation.(Product Spot)(Agilent Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Agilent Technologies www.agilent.com Delivering data services, including Fibre Channel and SAN services, via existing SONET networks has never been more compelling with the emergence of such techniques as Vcat (virtual concatenation),...

IP service delivery.(Product Spot)(Cosine Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... CoSine Communications www.cosinecom.com For ILECs to surpass the cable operator's triple play service set, they will need more than just fat, dumb pipes. CoSine thinks it has the solution--incorporating two new service-centric BRAS...

40 wavelength OADM.(Product Spot)(Internet Photonics)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Internet Photonics www.internetphotonics.com Responding to customer demand for a more flexible optical platform, upstart Internet Photonics has developed a 40-wavelength version of its modular LightHandler OADM (optical add/drop...

MPLS-based Ethernet.(Product Spot)(Riverstone Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Riverstone Networks www.riverstonenet.com Riverstone is aiming to take service providers to the MPLS/VPLS (virtual private LAN service) Ethernet edge with three new products--the RS1100, 3100 and 3200 routers--and an ASM (Advanced...

Offline.(Interview)
March 1, 2004... Even in a disastrous business environment, the savvy businessperson can make money. The character Rhett Butler in "Gone With the Wind," after all, made a fortune smuggling goods through the Yankee blockade while the South's plantation economy...