Broadband Business Forecast articles from September 2005

Broadband Business Forecast archives from September 2005

What I Did On My Summer Vacation: Broadband On The American Road.
September 6, 2005... About a year ago, Broadband Business Forecast Editor Stuart Zipper traveled one-and-a- quarter times around the world, surveying the state of broadband while in flight, and at various hotels and airports en route from Denver to Tokyo via...

China IPTV: The Sleeping Dragon.
September 6, 2005... ABI Research recently took a look at the potential for Internet Protocol television (IPTV) in China, and the research house has come to the conclusion that, while the market will start to develop in another couple of years, growth there will...

Are Satellite Broadband's Days Already Numbered?
September 6, 2005... While many eyes are looking at Wildblue Communications Corp. as a guinea pig of sorts for whether there will be a market for direct-to-home satellite broadband services around the globe, Max Engel, industry analyst for the space and...

Little Euro Banks Get SWIFT.
September 6, 2005... European network provider Colt, a subsidiary of the Colt Telecom Group, has begun testing a service that will, for the first time, let Europe's smaller banks use DSL to connect to the global SWIFT Network (SWIFTnet) secure IP network. It...

People To Watch.
September 6, 2005... Mark Spagnolo has been named president and CEO of fixed wireless house airBand Communications. Spagnolo, who will also serve on the airBand board, stepped down as CEO of Broadwing Communications. Aurora Networks, a specialist in advanced...

Deal Sheet.
September 6, 2005... Who's Doing What?: Interoute [privately held], headquartered in London, England; 011 44 20 7025 9000 Is buying all of the European operations of Via Net.Works [VNWI], headquartered in Schipol, The Netherlands; 011 31 20 502 0000 What To...

Will WiMAX Save The Satellite Business?
September 20, 2005... The advent of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) over broadband has the satellite industry worried, fearful that telcos that have been reselling their satellite video - because that was the telco's best immediate option to compete with...

Broadband Aims At 200-Million Mark.
September 20, 2005... The number of homes worldwide with broadband connections grew by 24.5 million in the first half of the year, according to figures compiled by industry analyst Point Topic - a pace that will see the worldwide total burst through the 200...

IPTV Standardization: May The Task Force Be With You.
September 20, 2005... With telcos banking on video as a key service - perhaps the key service - in their battle with cable companies, the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has taken the next step in its self-appointed role of ensuring...

MEF Issues First Carrier Ethernet Certifications.
September 20, 2005... The first clutch of Ethernet hardware has been certified by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) as passing the first part of its newfangled "Carrier Ethernet" standards - a set of tests the Forum hopes will convince the world that Metro Ethernet...

People To Watch.
September 20, 2005... * Brian Craddock has been named vice president of sales for the broadband telecommunications and large enterprise markets at IP management and provisioning software house Incognito Software. Craddock comes to Incognito from London-based...

Deal Sheet 09/20/05.
September 20, 2005... Who's Doing What?: JDS Uniphase [JDSU], headquartered in San Jose, Calif.; 408/546-5000 Is buying Agility Communications [privately held], headquartered in Santa Barbara, Calif.; 805/690-1700 What To Expect Near-Term: JDS Uniphase is...

VoIP at INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO.
September 20, 2005... The Most In-Depth, Most Comprehensive, Most Valuable You Can Find. October 24-27, 2005 Go to Los Angeles for the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO Fall 2005. Spend invaluable time learning, networking with potential partners and...