Telecommunications Americas articles from September 2003

Telecommunications Americas archives from September 2003

The triple-play promise.(Industry Forum)
September 1, 2003... The ability for one service provider to deliver a compelling suite of services that include toll quality voice, broadband Internet and multichannel video-on-demand entertainment is the true promise of the telecom industry's latest "buzz"...

Voice over cable: hits its stride: the paths are varied, but MSOs have one common goal: add voice to the arsenal.
September 1, 2003... The paths are varied, but MSOs have one common goal: Add voice to the arsenal. With cable companies aggressively making due on their promise to add voice to their arsenal, the beachhead is set for a battle between the RBOCs and MSOs....

Saving DSL: BDSL--Broadcast DSL--will help telcos climb back into the broadband race.(Spotlight: broadband networks)
September 1, 2003... For all the industry's recent fixation with Wi-Fi access and FTTH (fiber to the home), the surest answer to what ails telephone companies remains locked inside their existing copper networks. There's a new approach to use copper phone lines...

Ringing in interactive video: switched video services transform video into an offensive services opportunity using existing copper.(Spotlight: broandband networks)
September 1, 2003... The combination of new opportunities and increasing competitive threats from cable MSOs has many historic wireline service providers considering entry into the video services delivery market. Fortunately, advancements in service delivery...

MSPPs pick up speed: with RBOC approval, multi-service provisioning platforms assure an extended life of SONET in the metro.
September 1, 2003... When Cisco and Lucent announced potential multi-million dollar pacts with BellSouth for their MSPPs (multi-service provisioning platforms) at SUPERCOMM 2003 in June, it was testament of the RBOC's recognition that these boxes will change the...

Santera' SanteraOne RS: a switch fit for an IOC.(2003 Product Telecommunication of the Month)
September 1, 2003... www.santera.com Faced with the prospect of expensive upgrades or manufacturers' discontinuation of their switching platforms, the IOCs (independent operating companies) are ripe targets for Class 5 switching replacement vendors. Santera,...

Enhanced CMTS.(New Products)
September 1, 2003... ADC www.adc.com With the release of its enhanced flagship CUDA CMTS platform, ADC is giving MSOs a no-downtime, upgrade option to keep their respective rollouts of voice and business data services on target. By combining the ability to...

Compact session controller.(Product Spot)(Netrake's nCite SE)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Netrake www.netrake.com Although still a relatively nascent market segment, VoIP peering and its counterparts, session control and session border control, is certainly gaining momentum. To offer its customers another option to begin this...

Next-gen messaging.(New Products)(Lucent Technologies AnyPath Messaging System)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Lucent Technologies www.lucent.com Today's voice mail applications are certainly not your grandfather's service. With Lucent's newly enhanced AnyPath Messaging System, operators can turn a voice mailbox into a hub that allows subscribers...

Fiber-to-the-X.(New Products)
September 1, 2003... Marconi www.marconi.com Already deployed by major RBOCs in various FTTX trials and deployments, Marconi feels it's well positioned to take advantage of the oncoming FTTP opportunity now brewing in the United States and abroad. Building on...

CWDM platform.(Product Spot)
September 1, 2003... Internet Photonics www.internetphotonics.com Internet Photonics' LightStack MXA system for transporting Ethernet over a CWDM (coarse WDM) network has been enhanced to also support any mix of SONET/SDH, Fibre Channel and FICON services. The...

Bonded T1.(New Products)(Net to Net Technologies TIM1500-12 and TIM1500-24)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Net to Net Technologies www.nettonet.com No doubt, T1 loop bonding continues to be a relevant mode of network transmission, and since many of Portsmouth, N.H.-based Net to Net Technologies' customers are already using T1 to provide...

OffLine.(interview with Marc Zionts of Excel Switching)(Interview)
September 1, 2003... Three or four years ago, the announcements seemed to happen daily: A big telecom vendor was buying a small competitor for hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars. Telecom start-ups were like casino slot machines, except that every pull...