Telecommunications Americas articles from November 2004

Telecommunications Americas archives from November 2004

Are we there yet?(Commentary)(Editorial)
November 1, 2004... The "V word" was everywhere at the recent USTA Telecom 04 show in Las Vegas, and for once, the "V" didn't stand for VoIP. Nope, the "V" I'm talking about here is video, as in telco video, as in "maybe-that-triple-play-is-closer-than-we-think"...

Core routers: time to grow up.(FOR STARTERS)
November 1, 2004... As the telecom industry thaws from its bitter nuclear winter, it's apparent that real-time IP-based applications are going to generate the new revenues. It's also apparent that old-time best-effort core routers, designed when computer crashes...

Wireless: the enterprise's new utility.(FOR STARTERS)
November 1, 2004... Water, gas, heat and air conditioning--these are the typical enterprise utilities. But with the drive to not only stay connected, but increase productivity, enterprises are adding wireless to that list of necessities. According to The...

Ethernet in the First Mile: broadband access, finally?(FOR STARTERS)
November 1, 2004... Stories abound of Japanese teenagers playing videogames over 100 Mbps connections while many American businesses struggle along with 1.544 Mbps T1 lines. It's enough to make you want to grasp at any broadband access solution, no matter how...

What's the future of 'government' carriers?(Technical Perspective)
November 1, 2004... How "big" should "big government" be? If you think that's a civics question, think again. As we're moving to deregulate telecom at the federal level, at least some levels of local government are promoting themselves as carriers. The notion that...

Enabling carrier-class Ethernet services: thanks to new, intelligent Ethernet demarcation technology, carriers can finally begin delivering high-value--and highly valued--Ethernet services.(SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT)
November 1, 2004... For years, enterprises and carriers alike have expected Ethernet to extend to wide area networking as there are so many gains to be realized by having LANs and WANs share Ethernet as a single protocol. Benefits include scalability, the...

VoIP on the verge: with incumbents and new entrants alike capturing residential market share, VoIP is on the threshold of something big.
November 1, 2004... VoIP is everywhere these days, and is arguably the hottest thing since the tech bubble of 2000. So, right away there should be some cause for concern. Depending on what hat you're wearing, this is true, but it is also an exciting time for...

Residential VoIP: coming soon to a session border controller near you.(Sponsored Supplement)
November 1, 2004... RESIDENTIAL VOICE-OVER-IP is quickly moving into the mainstream as more reliable technology and transport make the cost savings irresistible to carriers and end users. It's been predicted that residential VoIP will be an $80 billion annual...

Seven reasons we're crazy about cable.
November 1, 2004... Remember the days of rabbit ears, and of stringing wires as high as you could to get better reception for the big game? Those days are merely memories that families laugh about over their Thanksgiving dinners. Today's cable networks are robust...

Metro Ethernet: what's taking so long? There are three fundamental reasons for metro Ethernet's struggle.
November 1, 2004... Ethernet has held the promise of breaking the metro bandwidth bottleneck because of its simplified use, cost effectiveness, scalability and flexibility. Due to its widespread adoption in the LAN, FastE and GigE interfaces are manufactured by...

DSL and QoS: walking hand in hand; Quality of service for DSL will be mandatory for enabling advanced services--especially video.(Digital Subscriber Line)(Quality of Service)
November 1, 2004... There's a lot of interest in roadmaps for evolution of carrier infrastructure, and as the number of deployed DSL lines rapidly approaches 100 million, one focal point is the inevitability of running more advanced services over the existing DSL...

Moving up the telecom value chain.(Industry Forum)
November 1, 2004... I recently returned home to Germany after a few days of vacation in Mexico. What do my travels have to do with telecom, and more specifically, increasing productivity and efficiency of service providers? More than you might think if you knew...

Dyaptive Systems takes the guesswork out of cellular planning.(Product of the Month)
November 1, 2004... In 2003 alone, US Bancorp estimated that wireless carriers collectively spent $36 billion on wireless infrastructure. inCode Telecom reports that 12 percent of this total was for network optimization and deployment. Despite the cost of these...

GigE PON.(PRODUCT SPOT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... UTStarcom www.utstar.com Taking advantage of its No. 2 standing in the worldwide DSLAM market, UTStarcom is striking out to take advantage of FTTX with a new family of GigE PON products. Offering a low-entry-cost solution that meets...

GigE switch/router.(PRODUCT SPOT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Force10 Networks www.force10networks.com If the world needs proof of the need for a high-end terabit switch/router, take a look at Grid computing, where high-density routing/switching platforms are a requirement. Force10 Networks,...

Network-based PVR.(PRODUCT SPOT)(personal video recorders)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Kasenna www.kasenna.com While TiVo has held the early reins of the on-demand TV market, NPVR (network personal video recorders) are gaining momentum. And Kasenna, a provider of broadband video servers, wants to take advantage of that...

Metro optical.(PRODUCT SPOT)(Alcatel improves 1696 Metro Span multiplexer)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Alcatel www.alcatel.com Could the dream of the ROADM (reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer) finally be making its way into prime time? Alcatel thinks so and is flexing its optical muscle by introducing a series of enhancements...

IP DSLAM.(PRODUCT SPOT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... ECI Telecom www.ecitele.com It's clear that IP is finding its way into the next-gen last-mile network. As a response, ECI is stepping up to the plate with its Hi-FOCuS IP DSLAM. The Hi-FOCuS IP, which the company claims is the DSLAM...

High-definition encoding.(PRODUCT SPOT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... TANDBERG Television www.tandbergtv.com TANDBERG TV has developed a high-definition video encoding platform to support Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series. Built on the company's ICE (Intelligent Compression Engine), the EN5980 enables...

Consolidated IP access.(PRODUCT SPOT)
November 1, 2004... Carrier Access www.carrieraccess.com Who says you can't have it all? Service providers that want to deliver a secure IP multi-service suite should not have to sacrifice network speed for security, argues Carrier Access. With the...

Offline.
November 1, 2004... If oil prices keep going up and up, as some speculators expect, driving to work may become a very expensive proposition. All the more opportunity, then, for providers of telecom services that let people work from home. Maybe an energy...