ATIS forms IPTV Forum
By Vince Vittore
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions today announced that it has created the IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF) to develop standards and related technical and operations activities surrounding telco video service....
Microsoft: IPTV isn't slowing
By Vince Vittore
Microsoft last week defended progress of the IPTV market overall and its own IPTV developments...
ROADMs, carrier Ethernet spell optical optimism
By Dan O'Shea
New vendors continue to join the crowded ROADM segment, while the Metro Ethernet Forum makes important strides in carrier Ethernet...
Two views: To over-provision or conserve
By Vince Vittore
Vendors take vastly different approaches on how to use bandwidth...
Cisco launches AON
By Vince Vittore
Cisco today took the wraps off its much-anticipated Application Oriented Networking program. Making the debut at its Networkers conference in Las Vegas, the AON technology is being viewed by the company as one its most significant technology introductions since the company launched it Avvid platform for voice over IP several years ago....
In the Spotlight: John Griffin, Optical Solutions Inc.
With the exception of rival Flexlight Networks, Optical Solutions had the gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) equipment market all to itself until Alcatel announced its entry into the space in late May. Optical Solutions’ executive vice president of marketing John Griffin spoke with Telephony’s Ed Gubbins about GPON and beyond...
Shaping the next-gen network
By Vince Vittore
It's high time to nail down a common definition of the NGN. ATIS aims to do just that with its recently published framework, outlining all the elements for NGN implementation...
Tut deploys first MPEG4 headend
By Vince Vittore
Farmers Telephone Cooperative of South Carolina will be the first telco in North America to deploy an MPEG4-AVD digital headend, according to Tut Systems, which announced the deployment today....
BellSouth gives exclusive FTTC deal to Tellabs
By Vince Vittore
Tellabs today announced that it has been selected by BellSouth as the exclusive supplier for BellSouth’s fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) deployment...
Net Insight beefs up switch for video play
By Vince Vittore
Joining the flood of vendors trying to get a piece of the triple-play market, Net Insight today announced a new multi-service switch that can deliver as much as 1 Tb/s switching capacity per rack...
GPON market makes gigabit leap
By Ed Gubbins
Alcatel enters the GPON market. With more launches on the way and talk of a multi-carrier RFI, the PON successor is a solution in the spotlight...
Occam passes on PON for active Ethernet
By Vince Vittore
Occam Networks last week dove head-first into the fiber-to-the-premises market with a new optical line termination blade...
VDSL2 standard approved
By Vince Vittore
The International Telecommunication Union today said it has finalized work on the VDSL2 standard. ...
Hatteras Networks broadens partner program, inks Micromuse deal
By Vince Vittore
Hatteras Networks this week announced it is expanding its Channel Provider Program in the independent telco, CLEC, IXC and incumbent carrier markets...
Redback turbo charges gateway
By Vince Vittore
Redback Networks today announced the latest version of its SmartEdge Service Gateway platform, marking a significant performance jump for the product and positioning it to be a part of the burgeoning telco video market...
Brooktrout, Radvision link for video collaboration
By Vince Vittore
Brooktrout Technology and Radvision today announced a partnership that brings together Brooktrout's SnowShore IP Media Server and Radvision Scopia video platform to give service providers the ability to offer IP video services over any type of network....
InFocus: Standards-based device management
By Heather Kirksey
Managing devices through standards is crucial to the rapid, cost-effective deployment of next generation IP-based services...
VDSL2 standard put on fast track for U.S. market
By Vince Vittore
SBC, BellSouth among those pushing development...
When everyone's a star
By Vince Vittore
New technologies break stranglehold of video content producers and open a new model--and problem--for telcos...
Macromedia steps up conferencing play
By Vince Vittore
Macromedia this week launched a significant new release to its Breeze 5 Web conferencing software. ...
Laurel Networks drops in video solution to routing line
By Vince Vittore
Hoping to hop on the momentum generated by large carriers moving into the video market, Laurel Networks this week launched two new line cards for its ST200 router that allow carriers to support a variety of new services....
Alcatel bulks up router line
By Vince Vittore
Alcatel this week will announce a series of new features on its 7450 Ethernet Service Switch and 7750 Service Router...
Ellacoya lands deal with Shaw
By Vince Vittore
Ellacoya Networks will announce this week that it has signed a deal with Shaw Communications to deploy its IP Service Control System...
Fast Forward: Dave Weisman, Usurf
After serving as Usurf's chairman for the past seven months and engineering the acquisition of Sovereign Companies, Dave Weisman last week took on the role of CEO...
Motive moves home, links with Alcatel
By Vince Vittore
Motive today announced its Digital Home management product platform that will give carriers a way to manage customer premises equipment such as residential gateways and IP set-top boxes...
