Broadband Business Forecast articles from March 2005

Broadband Business Forecast archives from March 2005

Company To Watch: Entrisphere Fields First Unified Telecom Access Platform.
March 8, 2005... Entrisphere, a four-year-old company founded at the end of 2000 just as the Internet bubble burst, has come to market with what it is touting as "the world's most complete multi-service access platform." The widgetry is claimed to integrate all...

FTTx Deployments.
March 8, 2005... World Wide Packets Wins Issaquah FTTx Re-Deployment World Wide Packets has snagged the contract to provide the hardware for one of the first FTTx re-deployments on record. While most people in the world still are dreaming of high-speed...

New To Market.
March 8, 2005... SupportSoft Fields Triple-Play Installation Software Package SupportSoft released a new version of its ServiceVerify software - this one a version supporting full triple play - a package designed to ease service providers' chores in...

Now Hear This: Cops Rate VoIP.
March 8, 2005... To most people, the question of 'what does a shot in the dark sound like over a VoIP telephone?' is hardly a burning issue. But it could be a matter of life and death for someone calling a police emergency center - where workers might not...

People To Watch.
March 8, 2005... * Telecommunications interoperability certification lab tekVizion "recruited" Leland Phillips Sr. to serve as its new CEO. Phillips replaces his son and co-founder Leland Phillips Jr., who becomes executive vice president of corporate...

Your 2 Cents: Our Readers Trash Cellphone TV.
March 8, 2005... Broadband Business Forecast readers, responding to a "Your 2 Cents" survey on our Web site, overwhelming gave the cold shoulder to watching TV shows on their cellphones. TV on cell phones is, of course, the next frontier - at least, that's the...

Utopia Revisited: First Users On Line As Dynamic City Seeks Converts.
March 8, 2005... The first users have gone live on Utah's widely watched, multi-city Utopia FTTx network as Dynamic City, the 40-man management company in charge of the project, has begun looking to export the philosophy behind the project to the rest of...

Deal Sheet.
March 8, 2005... Who's Doing What?: Alcatel [ALA], headquartered in Paris, France; 011 33 (0)1 40 76 16 28 After a 24-month romance is buying Native Networks [privately held], headquartered in West Midlands, UK; 011 44 (0) 870 162 3003 What To Expect...

Company To Watch: Global Internetworking Tells You How To Get From Here To There.
March 22, 2005... There are at least 21 good ways to set up an OC3 broadband connection between Louisville, Ky., and Jackson, Miss. You could pay $23,655 per month for the route or you might pay $62,759 or more. Finding the least expensive route that meets a...

Listen - Can You Gauge The VoIP Noise Level?
March 22, 2005... The last month or so has seen a succession of trade shows either with a strong voice-over- Internet Protocol (VoIP) presence or devoted to VoIP entirely. In very short order, the industry has been treated (if we can use that word) to the...

Deployments.
March 22, 2005... Anchors Aweigh The m.y. Lady Marina, one of the world's most luxurious superyachts, has become the first ship to be equipped with Nera SatCom's SatLink Marine satellite broadband. The new Nera offering, which dishes up 2 Mb/s, is a...

Israeli Chip House Wins Japanese Race To 100 Mb/s VDSL.
March 22, 2005... Israeli chip house Metalink has gone to market with the world's first silicon that supports the 100 Mb/s synchronous VDSL standard approved earlier this month by Japan's Telecommunications Technology Committee (TTC). TTC is the Japanese...

New To Market.
March 22, 2005... IPWireless Widget Creates Mobile Personal Hot Spots IPWireless crafted a little pocket-sized mobile broadband gateway that dedicated road warriors can use to create their own personal gateway. The device integrates high-speed UMTS TDD,...

People To Watch.
March 22, 2005... * Georgia-based telecom services house Telrite has recruited a lawyer to be its vice president of operations, naming Michael Geoffroy to the post. Geoffroy also will serve as the company's corporate counsel. Prior to joining Telrite,...

Deal Sheet.
March 22, 2005... Who's Doing What?: FDN Communications [privately held], headquartered in Maitland, Fla.; 407/835-0300 With financing from H.I.G. Capital, headquartered in Miami; 305/379-2322 Has bought bankrupt Supra Telecom [privately held],...