October 1, 2008
COVER STORY
The Next Broadband Business Models
As new broadband subscribers become harder to find — this year saw one of the worst quarters ever for DSL — offerings will diversify and be tailored to more sophisticated preferences...
Bigger broadband bucks require better broadband brains
There is tremendous Internet buzz right now about new ways to price broadband to include tiered services, metered rates or broadband caps....
How the broadband of the future will be billed
A key driver of more flexible consumer broadband services is more flexible and powerful service provider billing...
10 Ideas for Broadband Billing
Usage Tiers Customers can choose how much bandwidth they expect to use and the price tier they are comfortable paying....
The global broadband race
In the U.S., we may think of ourselves as a connected society, but in truth we have a lot of catching up to do if we're to crack the elite countries...
EDITOR'S LETTER
Who woulda thunk it?
Back in the dark ages, as the late '80s are now known, before voice over IP, the cable companies were already pondering how to get into the telephone business and vice-versa....
FORWARD MOTION
Debating the meaning of open
Open access has become a big issue. All major operators have adopted some form of open-network or open-application plan...
Reviving mobile music
Mobile music hasn't been the hit many had thought it would be....
How many app stores are too many?
Encouraged — or perhaps terrified — by the success of the recently launched iPhone App Store, every device-maker, software provider, mobile operator and their brother seem ready to launch a competitive offering....
Carriers pave own social app path
While CTIA saw its share of applications designed for Apple's iPhone, carriers also were quick to cash in on the benefits of a heightened interest in mobile apps...
Digital divide deepens
Broadband in the Northeast, Verizon FiOS territory, is outpacing that of the rest of the nation...
CTIA industry perspective: Digital Chocolate CEO Trip Hawkins
Long before mobile social networking took off, software gaming pioneer Trip Hawkins was integrating the phenomenon into his mobile games....
Ready for the video revolution?
There is no certainty right now in the advertising market....
OSS goes open-source
Does open-source software make sense for the telco back office?...
Alcatel-Lucent's identity shifts overseas
Another veteran from the Lucent side of the house announced she was leaving: Cindy Christy, head of the vendor's Americas region....
Reinventing TCP for video
The explosion of video traffic on the Internet is fueling more investment and interest in new technologies, including a new version of Total Control Protocol...
OPINION
Judging Bell Labs
There has been a lot of media coverage in the last few weeks about the demise of fundamental physics research at Bell Labs....
INNOVATION
The Telepresences Long View
As corporate America becomes more acquainted with telepresence, innovators already are looking at ways to evolve the experience, conducting pure research...
WIRELESS
A Better Grip
The numbers in wireless data are continuing to grow. According to a recent Nielsen Mobile study, the U.S. had the highest mobile Internet penetration in the world...
ETHERNET
Managing the Future
In many respects, Optimum Lightpath is an unusual CLEC....
IPTV
IPTV's Race Around the Globe
IPTV is taking off worldwide, but each region has its own unique opportunities and challenges that will determine who the global leader will be in years to come....
WIMAX
The Greening of Xohm
Sprint's new Xohm network won't just be the fastest network it has ever built. Sprint intends for it to be the greenest network it has ever built....
FTTX
Lighting Up Next-Gen Nets
For service providers, powering next-generation networks, particularly the outside plant, is becoming a real headache....
WHAT'S NEXT
Know your rights
A lot has been written and discussed over the last few months about the "right" of every American to have broadband service....
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