AT&T to Expand U-Verse & IP-DSLAM; Bring Fiber to Commercial Buildings &...
In the most significant announcement since SBC acquired the old AT&T and became “the new” AT&T, the telco giant announced it will spend $14B over the next three years to expand its wireline and...
View ArticleGoogle Advocates Unlicensed Spectrum Sharing via TV White Spaces for Wireless...
Alan Norman, Principal of Google’s Access Strategy group, presented the company’s plans for wireless broadband using white spaces at a Nov 2nd Wireless Symposium sponsored by Joint Venture Silicon...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable Media joins Comcast in adding AT&T U-Verse to Ad Platform;...
Time Warner Cable Media, the cable operator’s ad sales division, is the second MSO in recent weeks to strike a deal with AT&T to have the latter’s U-Verse TV service linked to the cableco’s fixed...
View ArticleTrends in Cloud Data Center, Networking & Mobile Apps- from the Server Design...
Introduction “The data center is the cloud,” said 40 year IT veteran Dileep Bhandarkar, Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft, during the closing panel session at this year’s Server Design Summit, which...
View ArticleNSN Exits Optical Network Business; Who will be the last optical network...
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) is selling its optical networking business unit to private investment firm Marlin Equity Partners, a Los Angeles-based private investment firm with over $1bn of capital...
View ArticleInfonetics: Mobile Infrastructure Market DOWN in Quarter & Year Except for...
Overview: With the continued exponential growth in mobile data traffic, one would expect a substantial increase in sales of mobile (2G/3G/4G) network infrastructure equipment. Not so, according to...
View ArticleAre Huawei & ZTE Fading Superstars? New Investments Seen Mostly as a...
For several years now, China’s Huawei and ZTE had very strong growth rates and became major players in the telecom equipment market. Both companies also make low cost mobile phones that are popular...
View ArticleGlobal Telco Capex May Surprise on the Upside in 2013!
After several years of disappointments, global telco capital expenditures (capex) might increase stronger than expected next year. That might breath new life into the struggling telecom equipment and...
View ArticleMulti-Screen Video Presents Challenges & Opportunities for Global Service...
Introduction Multi-screen video content and capabilities are becoming ever more important to pay TV operators, such as AT&T U-Verse. Multi-screen video content is usually transmitted over IP...
View ArticleInfonetics Optimism on Service Provider Router/Switch Market contrasts with...
Introduction: Market research firm Infonetics Research recently released vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its 4th quarter 2012 (4Q12) and year-end Service Provider Routers and Switches...
View Article2013 IDC Directions-Part I: 3rd Platform, Cloud Spending & Apps, Global...
Introduction: In this first of two articles on the 2013 IDC Directions conference (March 5th in Santa Clara, CA) we report on the very impressive opening and closing keynote presentations. IDC Chief...
View Article2013 IDC Directions Part II- New Data Center Dynamics and Requirements
Introduction: In this second article on the IDC Directions 2013 Conference (March 5th in Santa Clara, CA), we cover the two sessions that addressed the changing dynamics of the new Data Center (DC). We...
View Article2013 IDC Directions Part III- Where Are We Headed with Software-Defined...
Introduction: In the third article on the IDC Directions 2013 Conference (March 5th in Santa Clara, CA), we take a hard look at Software Defined Networking as presented by Rohit Mehra, IDC VP for...
View ArticleMulti-Screen Video Content and OTT Partnerships Enabled by New Video Network...
Introduction: This article covers two types of sessions from the content rich OTTCON 2013, held March 19-20, 2013 in Santa Clara, CA: Second Screen Video from mainstream pay TV service providers OR via...
View ArticleMulti-Screen Video Content and OTT Partnerships Enabled by New Video Network...
Introduction: This is the second of a 2 part article on the 2013 OTTCON. The first article looked at how Pay TV providers could offer OTT content on second screen devices and also how OTT and local...
View Article2013 Cloud Connect Part I: Highlights & Mobile Cloud Issues
Introduction: The four-year-old Cloud Connect conference, sponsored by United Business Media, was held April 2 to 5th in Santa Clara, CA. Having attended all four Cloud Connects, this one was by far...
View ArticleCloud Network Deployment Requirements; Monitoring, Optimization & Enterprise...
Introduction: In this second article on the excellent Cloud Connect 2013 conference, we look at selected sessions that should be of keen interest to IT managers and enterprise cloud customers. Key...
View Article2013 Cloud Connect Part III: Cloud as IT Disrupter; SDN as a New Virtual...
Introduction: One consistent theme during Cloud Connect 2013 was the cloud as a disrupter of IT organizations. During the Cloud Executive Summit workshop on April 2nd, Avery Lyford of LEAP Commerce...
View Article2013 Ethernet Tech Summit- Market Research Panel, Carrier Ethernet & Unsung...
Introduction: This session covered the prospects for Ethernet in the enterprise, among carriers, especially for cellular backhaul), and in the data center. The session was chaired by Crystal Black,...
View Article“Service Provider SDN” Network Virtualization and the ETSI NFV WG
Introduction: This article will examine network operator motivation for “Service Provider SDN,” and then raise the question whether the solution might be some form of Network Virtualization instead of...
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