Telecommunications Americas articles from September 2002

Telecommunications Americas archives from September 2002

These shoes were made for walkin'. (Commentary).(Editorial)
September 1, 2002... In a tough economic market like this one, even the smallest wins are something to crow about. Where a customer contract worth a few million dollars might not have made a ripple a few years ago, today such deals deserve and receive headline...

Sprint: keeping it simple. (For Starters).
September 1, 2002... Sprint sees no reason to listen to the drum beating for MPLS, more specifically to the BGP MPLS VPN buzz. "From a technical perspective, we don't see any need for MPLS at Layer 3," says Fred Harris, Sprint Technology Services' vice president of...

Sounding off: Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDMA Development Group, on 3G and more. (For Starters).
September 1, 2002... Q. With all of the hype out there, how does the CDMA Development Group view 3G? A. When we began looking at 3G, our approach was a bit more prudent and called for more esoteric services, meaning we believe in more of an evolutionary...

Who's on top? (For Starters).
September 1, 2002... Seemingly overnight, not only are the numbers that UUNet had put out on the growth of its IP traffic suspect, but the profit-making capabilities of the ISP business itself is in question. For all the problems at parent WorldCom, UUNet is still...

Tools of the trade. (For Starters).
September 1, 2002... Clipping cell phones and pagers to their belts may be a fashion faux pas some people just can't resist, but a new wireless device from a company called Danger may at least help reduce the number of dangling gadgets. T-Mobile, as...

Just what the doctor ordered.
September 1, 2002... The news from the mobile wireless sector has not been good lately, and most of the forecasts for infrastructure spending and deployment as well as the number of handsets shipped have been consistently lowered ever since the bubble burst. Most...

Eyes wide open: carriers, customers find the price of security is eternal vigilance. (Cover Story).(and related article)(Cover Story)
September 1, 2002... Suppose the worst happens. That's what Richard Clarke, special advisor to the president for cyberspace security, recommends that anybody using the Internet or computer networks do, whether carrier, corporation or everyday customer. People...

Asia-Pac: A world of opportunity. (Industry Forum).
September 1, 2002... While there is a so-called broadband capacity glut in U.S.-based networks, according to many leading analyst firms, this scenario is not necessarily true for the other parts of the world. The Asia-Pacific region, for example, has yet to reach...

IP VPNs? Get real! (Industry Forum).
September 1, 2002... Now that IP has completed its tour of Frontierland, Fantasyland, Tomorrow-land and Adventureland, we've landed back on Main Street, where profitability has always been king. Despite some thrills along the way, the industry has realized that...

Giving VPNs a voice: VoIP VPNs form the basis for converged IP-based services. (Spotlight: VPNs Heat Up).
September 1, 2002... VPNs are not new to the enterprise environment. Large corporations, as well as SMEs (small and mid-sized enterprises), have been operating IP-based VPNs for many years to carry large volumes of data traffic. Voice traffic within the enterprise...

Automation nation: next-gen service fulfillment takes the pain out of offering IP VPN services. (Spotlight: VPNs Heat Up).
September 1, 2002... The increasing demand for IP VPNs represents a lucrative revenue stream for service providers during a time of decreasing margins from traditional business lines. According to a 2001 Current Analysis report, at 17 percent, IP VPN has the...

Level thinking: ensuring SLA performance over managed VPN services is critical. (Spotlight: VPNs Heat Up).
September 1, 2002... There are two important rules in business: never waiver on business integrity, and base your decisions on facts, not feelings and emotions. This is also good advice for service providers when drafting SLAs, where you need to have rock-solid...

FlexLight debuts native mode multi-service PON. (New Products).(Optimate 2500)
September 1, 2002... www.flexlightnetworks.com While there's no doubt that IP and Ethernet services are the future, the fact remains that an estimated 86 percent of traffic is TDM-based, meaning, for the time being at least, TDM is king. The ability to...

Data center mux. (New Products).(Akara OUSP 2000 and Akara OUSP 7000)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2002... Akara www.akara.com A number of equipment vendors support the transport of Ethernet over SONET, but what about WAN-enabling other popular data center protocols over optical networks? This is the market that Akara is addressing with...

Enhanced softswitch. (New Products).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Clarent www.clarent.com Building on its existing softswitch evolution, Clarent is increasing the scale of its PSTN softswitch product. This latest release includes the Clarent BHG media gateway, which can deliver from 120 universal...

Network device management. (New Products).(Intelliden R10)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2002... Intelliden www.intelliden.com While Cisco and Juniper slug it out in the router market, start-up Intelliden believes it has a solution for keeping those vendors' carrier and enterprise customers happy. Intelliden, the Colorado...

Enhanced Business Services. (New Products).(Lucent Technologies' Enhanced Business Services 2.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2002... Lucent Technologies www.lucent.com Not to be outdone by emerging vendors such as Sylantro and Broadsoft, Lucent Technologies has introduced its Enhanced Business Services 2.0 solution. As a complement to its IP Centrex solution, EBS...

Optical switch. (New Products).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Enavis Networks www.enavis.com T::Core, an optical switch announced by Enavis, will incorporate multiple network elements, including ADM functionality, grooming and switching from STS-1 to STS-48, GigE switching and DWDM transport....

Mini core router. (New Products).(Juniper Networks T320)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2002... Juniper Networks www.juniper.net The T320 is Juniper's new router for service providers that don't need the capacity of its top-of-the-line T640 router. The T320 supplies 16 OC-192c interfaces in a shelf that takes up a third of a...

SME router, chassis-based IAD. (New Products).(Vina Technologies eRouter-200 and Vina Technologies MX-600)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2002... Vina Technologies www.vina-tech.com The eRouter-200 is Vina's latest device for providing small and medium businesses economical access to the Internet or their WAN. Vina claims the router incorporates a processor optimized to provide...

Off line.(Telcordia Technologies CEO Matt Desch)(Interview)
September 1, 2002... After 10 years of life in Dallas, newly appointed Telcordia Technologies CEO Matt Desch is now living in Morristown, N.J., and looking for a house in the area for himself and his wife. The change in scenery is nothing new for Desch, who until...