March 17, 2008
COVER STORY
Telepresence: Ready for its close-up
Late arrivals and missed connections could be a thing of the past if telepresence continues to gain popularity among high-flying executives...
EDITOR'S LETTER
The case for videoconferencing
As someone who has recycled diligently for the past 15 years and rides public transportation to work even during Chicago's brutal winters -- and this has been one of those -- I was feeling a little smug when I logged onto a Web site promising to determine my carbon footprint...
FORWARD MOTION
The foibles of 700 MHz
The auction goes on and on, but the potential winners are already weighing the spectrum's benefits -- as well as its limitations...
When calls equal impressions
Web-integrated VoIP vendors, still looking for their killer app, are nonetheless ready to start trying to squeeze out some revenues via advertising...
Apple's IT challenge
What the iPhone's corporate debut means for those behind the scenes...
API a go-go
Telcos long to be part of the world of service and application mashups, but the path to get there remains unclear. ...
Parsing the CTIA keynotes
CTIA is again delivering a lineup of heavy-hitters at its annual spring conference with CEOs and division presidents from all corners of the industry...
Optical market hits six-year high
Last year was the best one for the optical equipment market since 2001, according to analysts...
In the spotlight: Cbeyond's Brent Cobb
Cbeyond is riding a growing wave of success, bringing managed IP services, including voice, to small- and medium-sized businesses...
'Bill-yuns and bill-yuns'
A new IDC study shows that the digital universe -- defined as information that is either created, captured or replicated in digital form -- is expanding, as more devices go digital and digital containers such as RFID tags and video monitors generate more content than ever...
OPINION
Just what are we opting-in to?
Every week, I engage in the same evening ritual. After sorting through my mail, I find an envelope from AT&T, which I open assuming it's a bill or perhaps a letter complimenting me on the fine journalism I do here at Telephony. But with one exception each month, it is always junk mail: a check enticing me to sign up for home phone service or a pamphlet extolling the virtues of DSL...
Trade show raids
Patent infringement is really getting out of control in this business. Last week in Hannover, Germany, the CeBIT trade show ended with a police raid on the exhibit hall prompted by rampant claims of intellectual property theft...
INNOVATION
What was that again?
SoliCall has developed a technology that isolates a speaker's voice from surrounding voices and other ambient noise...
SOFTWARE
Web services in action
Web services-based development is coming, slowly but surely, to service provider networks, and IBM, for one, has zeroed in on this, working with providers around the world to implement new service creation environments...
IPTV
To IPTV and beyond
IPTV providers are flaunting the potential of IP features and applications, but what's really on the agenda in the near future?...
WHAT'S NEXT
IPTV's DVR strategy is flawed
IPTV is reaching the mainstream, but there's still a big gap between what providers are offering and what consumers really want. A great example is the...
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