Broadband Business Forecast articles from November 2005

Broadband Business Forecast archives from November 2005

BBF Exclusive: Exposed - VoIP's First Major Hacking Scheme.
November 1, 2005... The voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) industry has been hit with its first major security exploit. That a major attack would occur some time this year has been expected, and dreaded, by many in the industry but, of course, nobody knew...

E911 Gets NGN'd.
November 1, 2005... The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has published a set of new interface specifications for E911 services in next- generation networks (NGNs) - the 911 equivalent of VoIP, if you will. The new specifications, called...

Pac-West Plots Nationwide Expansion.
November 1, 2005... California's Pac-West Telecomm, a 25-year-old veteran of the business, is plotting to go nationwide, with a rollout starting next year of what it calls a "single-source wholesale network solution" it says will "enable anyone to become a...

Analysis: The Triple-Play Satellite Operator.
November 1, 2005... (In the wake of U.K. direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV purveyor BSkyB's decision to buy leading U.K. ISP Easynet (TelecomWeb news break, Oct. 21), Broadband Business Forecast's sister newsletter Satellite News took an in-depth look at the...

People To Watch.
November 1, 2005... * John McLeod has been hired by fixed wireless operator airBand Communications as its executive vice president of operations and technology. Most recently, McLeod, who starts work at airBand Nov. 7, was COO of broadband house Broadwing...

Deal Sheet 11/01/05.
November 1, 2005... Who's Doing What?: Dubai Holding [privately held], headquartered in Dubai, UAE Has purchased a major stake in Interoute [privately held], headquartered in London; 011 44 20 7025 9000 Which itself had just bought the operating assets of...

Take a fresh look at TelecomWeb's Managed Services Report-Now with the latest information on global network operations security.
November 1, 2005... Presenting a new look with key, updated information on Managed Services, TelecomWeb's Managed Services Report has been revamped and enhanced! Read an exclusive account of what goes on behind the scenes of Lucent's Denver Global Network...

Company To Watch: Phylogy Breaks The xDSL Rules.
November 15, 2005... While most eyes have been on the rollout of fiber all the way to the user, a little six-person Silicon Valley startup called Phylogy has been beavering away for the last couple of years on a product it says breaks all the rules about how far...

Our Look At The 'Ban Skype' Movement.
November 15, 2005... During the past few weeks, there have been an increasing number of calls from various quarters to ban the use of the wildly popular Skype Web-based VoIP service - for which eBay has paid a breathtaking almost $4 billion - particularly within...

MPEG-4 Arrives In America.
November 15, 2005... CLEC Cavalier Telephone next month will launch a MPEG-4-based IPTV offering, becoming the first known telco in America to offer TV using the advanced compression scheme that is expected to dominate the industry. Cavalier's launch - over plain...

People To Watch.
November 15, 2005... * Fixed wireless ISP TowerStream has named Jeff Thompson CEO. Philip Urso, who co-founded TowerStream with Thompson, moves from CEO to chairman of the board. * Vyyo subsidiary Xtend Networks - a specialist in advanced broadband...

Deal Sheet 11/15/05.
November 15, 2005... Who's Doing What?: Calix [privately held], headquartered in Petaluma, Calif.; 707/766-3000 Is buying GPON market leader Optical Solutions [privately held], headquartered in Minneapolis; 763/268-3300 What To Expect Near-Term: Calix is...

Take A Fresh Look at TelecomWeb's Managed Services Report.
November 15, 2005... Now with the latest relevant information on global network operations security Presenting a new look with key, updated information on Managed Services, TelecomWeb's Managed Services Report has been revamped and enhanced! Read an...

Stealth Startup Promises Wireless Superchip.
November 29, 2005... BitWave Semiconductor, a little semi-stealth startup in Massachusetts, has tipped its hand with a claim to be well on the path to market with a sexy single-chip "universal" transceiver it says will let portable wireless devices - including...

BBF Exclusive: Int'l BPL Standards Battle Brewing.
November 29, 2005... Barring an unexpected last-minute truce, some time within the next few weeks an intercontinental battle will break out over the standards for the transmission of broadband over powerlines (BPL). The looming battle will pit the European...

Startup Infinera Knocks Nortel Out Of The 10 Gb/s Box.
November 29, 2005... There are champagne corks popping at Infinera's facilities in Sunnyvale, Calif., and Bangalore, India. The startup has done the near-impossible: In less than one year on the market, it has stolen away the Number One market share in 10 Gb/s...

Wi-Fi Sales Top 100 Million Chip Sets.
November 29, 2005... Annual unit sales of Wi-Fi equipment have topped the 100-million chipset milestone, and they will probably end the year at about 120 million, according to new data released by research house In-Stat and the Wi-Fi Alliance. That figures out...

People To Watch.
November 29, 2005... * Henry Gomez has been named general manager of Skype North America, a newly formed division of the e-Bay VoIP subsidiary. Gomez had been e-Bay's senior vice president of corporate communications and government relations. * VoIP Inc. has...

Deal Sheet 11/29/05.
November 29, 2005... Who's Doing What?: Cisco [CSCO], headquartered in San Jose, Calif.; 408/526-4000 Is buying rights to a key VoIP provisioning line from Digital Fairway [privately held], headquartered in Toronto, Canada; 416/628-4332 What To Expect...