Telco Systems adds to CPE line up
By Vince Vittore
Telco Systems today launched the first two models of a new Ethernet demarcation customer premises (CPE) device line. ...
Keeping the fires burning for multiservice switching
By Tim McElligott
Any person or any company that has ever known the feeling of relevance knows the struggle to remain so is perpetual. For those toiling in the relatively mature multiservice switching market, the struggle is short-term--but not without its rewards...
Vendors jockey for position in evolving telco TV market
By Vince Vittore
The roster of vendors auditioning for a lead role in the IPTV market got decidedly more crowded last week, as suppliers of all sizes announced acquisitions...
ICG takes on metro Ethernet
By Ed Gubbins
ICG Communications has launched a new metro Ethernet service in parts of Colorado and Ohio, the company announced today...
Widevine snares TVN with watermarking
By Vince Vittore
SAN DIEGO--Widevine Technologies announced at the Telco TV show that it has signed a deal with TVN Entertainment to deploy the vendor’s Mensor technology to watermark its entire video-on-demand content line-up...
IPTV OSS in action at Alcatel lab
By Tim McElligott
DALLAS--Syndesis was among the providers of operations and business support systems showcasing its solutions at Alcatel’s Plano-based Operational Support Systems Integration Laboratory this week as select members from TeleManagement World in Dallas took a tour of the facility...
MoCA completes Plugfest
By Vince Vittore
SAN DIEGO--The Multimedia over Coax Alliance announced it has finished the first round of interoperability testing among eight different vendors during its first ever “Plugfest”...
Tellabs unveils MDU ONTs
By Ed Gubbins
As expected, Tellabs today introduced customer premises gear for triple-play services that is tailored specifically for multi-dwelling units (MDUs)...
Nortel takes its stab at IPTV
By Vince Vittore
SAN DIEGO--Nortel officially rolled out its take on IPTV today at the Telco TV show with a product plan that relies heavily on the company’s progress in the SIP environment...
ECI delves into policy management
By Vince Vittore
Hoping to cash in on the rush to triple play, and specifically IPTV services, ECI Telecom today launched a new version of its ShadeTree Management Suite that lets carriers deploy residential and business broadband with minimal operational overhead. ...
SBC puts some numbers behind IPTV trial
By Vince Vittore
SBC today pulled another inch off the covers of its pending IPTV service, announcing that it has successfully completed a second field trial of the technology in 40 employee homes in San Antonio...
SoVerNet picks FutureWei for network build
By Vince Vittore
FutureWei is breaking into the U.S. wireline market, albeit not with the massive contracts it wants, but in a more traditional way ...
Aktino lands Alaskan carrier
By Vince Vittore
Aktino announced this week that Matanuska Telephone Association, a 60,000-access line Alaskan telco, has deployed its AK3000 platform as part of an effort to increase capacity to various wireless tower sites...
CenturyTel slow rolls video, sees big jump in DSL
By Vince Vittore
CenturyTel Communications today said in its third-quarter earnings call that it has soft launched a switched digital video product in La Crosse, Wis., and will offer commercial service during the fourth quarter. However, Glenn Post, CEO and chairman, said the company wasn't going to rush out to replicate that effort in its other markets for some time. ...
SBC comes out swinging on IPTV
By Vince Vittore
LAS VEGAS--SBC this week at the Telecom 05 show in Las Vegas defended its plan to provide IPTV service using a fiber-to-the-node architecture as part of its Project Lightspeed...
SBC seeks smarter OSP
By Carol Wilson
SBC Communications is talking with vendors about new outside plant technology that could help the company begin the process of consolidating Central Offices and retiring some legacy switches....
Nortel, Calix win Sprint access deal
By Vince Vittore
b>LAS VEGAS--Calix and Nortel announced today that they have been picked by Sprint Nextel as approved vendors to provide access platforms for the telco’s next-gen wireline broadband buildout in 18 states...
Motorola beefs up IPTV play
By Vince Vittore
LAS VEGAS--Motorola today unveiled a series of enhancements to its access product line in a move that further blurs the line between its legacy solutions and the IPTV world...
Cisco expands carrier Ethernet
By Carol Wilson
Cisco Systems today announced additions to its Carrier Ethernet product line to include a new Ethernet access switch and additional access and aggregation hardware and software...
NRTC jumps into IPTV
By Vince Vittore
LAS VEGAS--The National Rural Telecommunications is set to launch an IPTV product at the beginning of next year, through a partnership with the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and SES Americom...
Multiple choice
By Vince Vittore
Faced with a smorgasbord of options for deploying IPTV, carriers can look to the market's pioneers for advice on scaling up and differentiating...
Ceterus offers Ethernet-only access over T1
By Carol Wilson
Ceterus Networks today announced a new member of its Ethernet-over-TDM family of products, focusing its UTS810 Ethernet Access Platform at wireless network backhaul, as well as for schools, medical centers and other distributed enterprises needing 5 Megabits per second to 10 Mbps connectivity....
BellSouth's perception problem
By Jason Meyers
The carrier operates a fiber-rich, broadband-capable network and is a strong proponent of converged services via the IMS architecture--yet it stands solo amid the ongoing consolidation of its competitors. A look at the challenges of telecom industry independence...
ROADM map
by Ed Gubbins
Reconfigurable add/drop multiplexers are perhaps the biggest thing in metro optical networks these days. Bu after jumping on board, the vendor community must work to lower the technology's costs and face some key strategic decisions about its use...
ECI Telecom thinks small
By Vince Vittore
ECI Telecom this week made a play for the increasingly competitive small DSLAM market with the introduction of its Hi-FOCuS MiniCAB...
