June 16, 2008
COVER STORY
Building the 21st century central office
For more than a century, the central office is where the telecommunications industry has hung its hat. But the job for which these unassuming but ubiquitous brick houses were built, and the technology within them, are changing dramatically...
Telcos living in the clouds
While telco COs are being affected by IT trends, the real revolution is happening in the data and hosting centers at large global telcos...
EDITOR'S LETTER
Central to change
My first up-close look at a central office was an unusual one: The Hinsdale, Ill., CO had been badly burned in the infamous 1988 Mother's Day fire...
FORWARD MOTION
Cogent throws down pricing gauntlet
Three-year contracts, higher-volume customers net discounts...
The iPhone Economy 2.0
The new version of the iPhone rolled out by Apple last week represents more than just a new phone. ...
In the spotlight: Covad's Lisa Graham
Covad Communications made a major addition to its wholesale service footprint last week, adding T-1 service to 285 additional cities through its relationship with New Edge Networks, a division of EarthLink. Lisa Graham, vice president of marketing for Covad, spoke with Telephony Editor-in-Chief Carol Wilson about the development...
Communication still top mobile priority
Despite a slew of new multimedia-gaming- and video-centric mobile services, communication still trumps all else. Very few mobile services have really...
Power: More than electricity
The push to make the edge of the network more intelligent is taking on a new dimension at Emerson Network Power...
Alltel may boost VZW's data growth
When Sprint bought Nextel in 2005, it saw its average data revenue per user plummet as it absorbed Nextel's voice-centric subscribers. At first glance,...
Carrier Ethernet vendors preview new wares
Vendors target mobile backhaul, wholesale data at NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas...
Verimatrix adds mobile to the mix
Software-based security protects broadcast and streaming TV on myriad devices...
Arbor beefs up threat management
This week at NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas, Arbor Networks is unveiling new capabilities for its Arbor PeakFlow SP Threat Management System, which protects networks from a new breed of attack that targets servers and other network resources...
OPINION
Best-effort: Weakness or strength?
There's an absolutely fascinating dynamic in play right now one that without a doubt will determine the shape of the industry for years to come...
INNOVATION
The shortest path not taken
It's been nearly 50 years since Dutch computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra created the algorithm that would form the basis of the widely used routing protocol...
BROADBAND
Bernstein's bottom-line man
Craig Moffett is no fan of FiOS, but he thinks YouTube may boost AT&T and Verizon...
SOCIAL NETWORKS
From MySpace to the office space
Social networks have become so pervasive, everyone's feeling social...
WHAT'S NEXT
IP's customer advantage
Most operators around the globe are engaged in next-generation network transformation projects or IP transformation projects, moving from multiple single-service TDM networks to a single multiservice packet network...
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