Telecommunications Americas articles from May 2005

Telecommunications Americas archives from May 2005

SUPERCOMM: what's relevant?
May 1, 2005... Even David Letterman's Top 10 List of Questions Asked as Shows Approach would have "What do you expect to see at the show?" in the No. 1 slot, which reflects the still serious gap between fact and futures in the telecom industry. That's...

Bell Canada lights up digital signage.
May 1, 2005... An IP connection might soon be the way Canadian retailers light up in-store advertising of their products and services. But what do broadband and in-store digital advertising have in common? Up until now, not a whole lot. But for Bell...

OSS middleware spending steepens.(OSS and BSS middleware market to rise)
May 1, 2005... With the battle for control of development environments finally over, the worldwide market for OSS and BSS middleware is now poised for steady growth, predicted to rise from $728 million last year to $870 million in 2008, according to a recent...

Cable operators: beyond TV.(FOR STARTERS)
May 1, 2005... While cable operators rush to embrace IP TV services as a competitive weapon against their telco rivals, many of these providers are beefing up bundles for business users to further encroach on traditional phone company turf. Powered by...

IP NNIs, settlement and success.(Integrated Private Network-to-Network Interface)
May 1, 2005... If you live in an industrial country, in the course of an average day you'll consume some communications service that must cross service provider boundaries. Dial an area code and you cross. Use the Internet and you cross. A tie-line connection...

IP TV: a multi-play proposition: providing consumers with rich media experiences they can control.(Cover Story)
May 1, 2005... While it was only last year that BellSouth, SBC and Verizon laid out their IP TV plans, the IP TV drive is really a back-to-the-future story. Like Michael J. Fox's character Marty, who needs to get back to 1985, the roots of IP TV can be traced...

Business case in point: Allendale's sub-$100 video-driven package.
May 1, 2005... While it's unlikely that independent operator Allendale Communications pops to mind when thinking of IP video, the Michigan-based operator, founded in 1910, beat all the RBOCs to the punch in this burgeoning and increasingly high-profile...

Carriers confront OSS challenges: back-office systems at a crossroads.(operations support system)
May 1, 2005... Tomorrow's operations support system is today's science fiction. As commonplace IP applications increasingly blur the BSS and OSS, the telecom infrastructure must be optimized to enable quicker development and deployment of new services as...

Fueling the broadband revolution: how, where to fan the flames.(broadband access)
May 1, 2005... Broadband access is now growing faster than Internet access, so it's clear that, in a sense, we're seeing the dawn of the broadband revolution. It's less clear if we consider that the difference between broadband Internet and good old dial-up...

What's relevant at SUPERCOMM? Breaking from the pack WilTel's Storey--candor counts. The experts do the talking.(Jeff Storey)(Interview)
May 1, 2005... When you've created your company by running fiber through abandoned oil pipelines to speed time to market, and you've created a unit with an optical network for the media and entertainment industry, you needn't go to class to learn vision or...

Integra5's UniTV: dialing up the quadruple play.(PRODUCT of the Month 2005)
May 1, 2005... www.integra5.com For Ed Heuck, vice president of technology for Hilton Head, S.C.-based Hargray Telephone, the key to success is about a differentiated triple play that provides a compelling customer experience. "Telephone caller ID is a...

FTTN access.(Amedia's AS5000 Aggregator Switch, Fiber to the Node)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Amedia www.amedia.com Although FTTH is the ultimate last-mile end game, the reality is that for many existing carriers, copper is still king. Recent moves from SBC and BellSouth have shown that the near-term reality will be a...

Broadband Loop Carrier.(New Products)(ECI Telecom Hi-Focus BLC)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... ECI Telecom www.ecitele.com ECI is enhancing its Hi-FOCUS BLC platform by adding next-gen voice capabilities. Now, carriers using the Hi-FOCUS can provide TDM services via the broadband network. It will enable a transition to VoIP and...

ISDN pseudowire system.(Patapsco Communication's PacketBand Integrated Services Digital Network)
May 1, 2005... Patapsco Communications www.patapsco.com While it's clear that the telecom industry is headed down the IP/MPLS path, not every user at the other end of the pipe is ready for IP. Given this reality, Patapsco Communications thinks its...

Offline.(Amir Yazdanpanah says)(Interview)
May 1, 2005... Oil, gold, orange juice, pork bellies--many things get bought and sold as commodities these days, including telecom bandwidth. This causes margins to drop as brokers, including telecom providers, compete with one another on price. ...