Broadband Business Forecast articles from October 2005

Broadband Business Forecast archives from October 2005

Verizon's VoIP Czarina Tips Her Hand.
October 4, 2005... Ask just about any self-styled voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) guru - even ask people who really understand the telecom and broadband industries - and the verdict on VoIP versus traditional TDM telephony is that, sooner or later, VoIP...

Will The Meriton/Mahi Merger Create An Agile Optical Powerhouse?
October 4, 2005... Two young up-and-coming agile optical networking startups, Meriton Networks and Mahi Networks, have decided to merge - technically the deal is being structured as Meriton buying Mahi - hoping to create a company with a more complete product...

Hurricane Aftermath: Let's Hear It For The Good Guys.
October 4, 2005... Starting just a few days after Hurricane Katrina deluged the Big Easy and surrounding towns, Broadband Business Forecast begin receiving messages from broadband and telecommunications companies saying how they were responding to the loss of...

370IEEE Plans VoIP Virus Special.
October 4, 2005... The venerable IEEE is about to spoil the illusions of a lot of folk in the VoIP industry - it's put out a call for papers for a forthcoming special issue of its IEEE Network Magazine that will focus on VoIP security issues. "VoIP is...

People To Watch.
October 4, 2005... * Ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless technology pioneer Staccato Communications, has named Ronald Brandt vice president of operations. Prior to joining Staccato, Brandt was COO at Silicon Optix. * Wi-Fi mesh network specialist Tropos Networks...

Deal Sheet 10/04/05.
October 4, 2005... Who's Doing What?: Liberty Global [LBTYA], headquartered in Denver; 303/220-6600 Is buying Switzerland's largest broadband operator Cablecom Holdings AG [privately held], headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland; 011 41 1 277 99 99 What To...

Psst...Wanna Buy Some Bandwidth?
October 18, 2005... It's no secret that there's enough fiber in the ground, and thus backbone bandwidth, available in the United States to serve the nation several times over. Forget the fact that, for the average American, true broadband remains a dream - and...

Softswitches Take It To The Edge.
October 18, 2005... No trade show would be complete without a complement of new hardware rearing its head, and the recent CompTel/Ascent show in Orlando was no exception - although, truth be told, there wasn't all that much. That's hardly a surprise, given the...

FiberNet Finds A New Niche.
October 18, 2005... New niches in the broadband business are hard to come by these days. Transport and co-location specialist FiberNet Telecom Group thinks it's found one. The outfit - which in addition to running its own fiber optic network in New York and...

Growing Pains Continue At IPCC.
October 18, 2005... More than 18 months after the International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC) "re-invented" itself, changing its name from the International Softswitch Consortium and setting itself a new mission of helping the emerging VoIP industry...

People To Watch.
October 18, 2005... * ECI Telecom says COO Rafi Maor will replace current President and CEO Doron Inbar, a 22-year veteran at ECI - six of them as president and CEO - by the end of this year. * VoIP provider Veraz Networks has hired Mohan Loke as general...

Deal Sheet 10/18/05.
October 18, 2005... Who's Doing What?: Adva Optical Networking [ADVOF], headquartered in Martinsried/Munich, Germany; 011 49 (0)89 89 06 65 0 Is buying the assets of Covaro Networks [privately held], headquartered in Richardson, Texas, and Zurich,...