Globalcomm: Global Crossing enhances VPNs, VoIP
By: By Carol Wilson
CHICAGO--Global Crossing today announced the latest in a series of enhancements to its business and wholesale product lines, including a VoIP Community Peering feature that mimics wireless on-net calling plans and improved Virtual Private Networking performance...
Globalcomm: Juniper makes IPTV push
By: by Carol Wilson
Pricing of bundles more art than science
By: By Carol Wilson
What customers pay depends on where they live--and even if they talk back to a service rep...
On the brink of something big
By: By Carol Wilson
Richard Notebaert is earning kudos for saving Qwest from bankruptcy, but now he faces an even tougher challenge...
How much bandwidth is enough?
By: By Ed Gubbins
Answer depends on what services consumers choose to use...
Allot beefs up traffic management
By: By Carol Wilson
Allot Communications is using Globalcomm to introduce a carrier-grade version of its deep packet inspection technology...
Think tank offers Net neutrality answer
By: By Carol Wilson
A Washington think tank is proposing a new solution to the Net neutrality debate, one it hopes will diffuse much of the over-charged arguments being waged today...
Whitacre’s Internet comments misconstrued
By: By Carol Wilson
Despite Web reports to the contrary, AT&T Chairman Edward Whitacre did not change his position on Net neutrality in comments made at an investment conference Wednesday...
BellSouth courts small biz
By: By Carol Wilson
BellSouth today announced data file backup and remote access applications services targeting small businesses. The services are part of a broader initiative by BellSouth to attract and retain small business customers...
FT, Equant go Orange
By: By Carol Wilson
As promised, France Telecom today united its global business communications services under the Orange Business Services brand, including both Equant and France Telecom operations...
House Judiciary passes Net neutrality bill
By: By Carol Wilson
The House Judiciary Committee today passed the Net neutrality bill proposed by Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) by a 20-13 vote...
Net neutrality backers claim momentum
By: By Carol Wilson
The grassroots forces behind Net neutrality are making sure the issue is not going away. In two hearings tomorrow in Congress, the coalition of consumer groups, higher education organizations, special interest organizations and Internet companies will try to convince Congress that market forces are not enough to protect consumers when the market is a duopoly...
AT&T launches satellite broadband service
By: By Dan O'Shea
AT&T followed up on the recent announcement of its partnership with satellite-based wireless ISP WildBlue by officially launching its satellite broadband service today...
N.J. close to state video franchise bill
By: By Carol Wilson
New Jersey is on the verge of joining the elite group of states with statewide video franchise agreements. The state Assembly yesterday voted 61-13 to approve a measure that would enable the N.J. Board of Public Utilities to approve statewide video franchises...
Verizon Business speeds up Web apps
By: By Carol Wilson
Verizon Business today announced new Application Acceleration Services that enable businesses to deploy Web-based applications globally without suffering any latency or degradation of service. ...
Pannaway and Genband deploy jointly at Ritter
By: By Tim McElligott
Pannaway Technologies and Genband will begin deploying their combined broadband solutions for the competitive local exchange carrier business of Arkansas-based Ritter Communications, making it an even dozen joint implementations for the two vendors....
Better numbers don't paint clear picture
By: By Carol Wilson
The numbers tell the story of a highly positive first quarter for the telecom industry, but not everyone is viewing those numbers in the same light...
Powerline promises broken on broadband
By: By Ed Gubbins
The much-hyped technology has been on the verge for years. How much longer can it linger?...
TIA back broadband act
By: By Stephanie Dell
The Telecommunications Industry Association is backing The American Broadband for Communities Act, saying rural communities would be among those that benefit...
Forum targets new commercial Internet
By: By Carol Wilson
A year-old industry forum this week unveils a commercial framework it hopes will create the ecosystem for a new generation of Internet services to benefit content producers, network operators and consumers alike...
M5 charts a different competitive path
By: By Carol Wilson
The competitive service provider industry has largely been divided into two camps: the companies that built their own facilities and those that counted on cheap wholesale access to incumbent facilities....
Net neutrality heats up again
By: By Carol Wilson
Net neutrality legislation may be gaining new life in Congress. A cadre of congressmen, representing the leadership of the House Judiciary Committee, yesterday introduced a five-page bill that would make net neutrality provisions part of the federal anti-trust law. Separately, the initial hearing of a Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) telecom reform measure became a debate on Net Neutrality, according to published reports....
InFocus: Preserving the integrity of the Internet
By: By Todd Underwood
Enterprise end users have been mentally prepared for years to deal with the Internet's fundamental unreliability, through redundant provisioning and fault-tolerant protocols like TCP and BGP. But new concerns about the Internet infrastructure's trust mechanisms (or lack thereof) have led some to call for additional "trust engineering" before the Net will be ready to take center stage...
Occam makes 10-gig move
By: By Carol Wilson
Occam Networks today announced new 10-gigabit Ethernet optical transport capabilities for its BLC 6000 broadband loop carrier product line...
Qwest buys OnFiber
By: By Carol Wilson
Qwest Communications is extending its out-of-region reach and revenue with the acquisition of metro Ethernet provider OnFiber Communications...
