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The Independent: April 2008

Apr 14, 2008 12:00 AM

As Independents roll out IPTV services, they are finding that producing their own television programs can help them stand out from the competition. Read this cover story and other features in this issue of The Independent...

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Wireless Review: April 2008

Apr 14, 2008 12:00 AM

Making a mobile handset is no small task, but in light of Apple's success, some nontraditional hardware and software vendors are contemplating taking the leap themselves. Read this cover story and other stories in this issue of Wireless Review...

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Telephony's Guide to IPTV: Spring 2008

In this special IPTV report, we investigate IPTV's toughest critics--its users--and have them weigh in on the good, the bad and the ugly of the television offering. As well, editor-in-chief Carol Wilson explores customer quality of experience issues (which has proven to be a constant battle for IPTV providers) to find out what kind of proactive monitoring measures can be taken to help overcome quality challenges. Don't miss this and much more inside this issue. Download now.

TELEPHONY'S GUIDE TO BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION

Telephony's Guide to Business Transformation
Verizon's Fiber Optic Service is one of the most anticipated and closely watched technology rollouts in telecom's modern era. However, what deserves an even closer look is the underlying software infrastructure for enabling the services that will make FiOS more than just another very fast network. Read more from Telephony's Guide to Business Transformation...

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TELEPHONY'S GUIDE TO IPTV

Get the latest news and analysis in the IP video market with Telephony's Guide to IPTV. Read how IPTV's expanded services are attracting more middleware vendors, why IPTV providers are looking to add Web tools, services and content to their networks, and much more. Read Telephony's IPTV Guide now...

TELEPHONY'S GUIDE TO CARRIER ETHERNET

Telephony's Guide to Carrier Ethernet Supplement
Short-sightedness has dogged carrier Ethernet providers, who've only had segmented views of network performance. Telephony's Guide to Carrier Ethernet looks at what equipment vendors are doing to bring in more transparency. Plus a look at how layer 2 services are moving up, taking Ethernet to the air and what's next for Ethernet. Read Telephony's Special Report: Guide to Carrier Ethernet...

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TELEPHONY'S GUIDE TO IMS

A SPECIAL IMS REPORT: Read Telephony's Guide To IMS
This investigative report on IMS uncovers when, where and how IMS and IPTV will come together, will look at femtocells as the potential future of fixed/mobile convergence and much more. For IMS insights, read this special publication now...

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WIRELESS REVIEW: NOVEMBER 2007

Wireless Review: November 2007

Nov 5, 2007 12:00 AM

A new crop of start-ups offers bypass calling using unlimited data plans. If the past is prelude, they could be the next Skype or Vonage. Read this cover story and other stories in this issue of Wireless Review...

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WIRELESS REVIEW: OCTOBER 2007

Wireless Review: October 2007

Oct 8, 2007 12:00 AM

The 700 MHz auction could usher in 4G wireless, but it presents bidders with a diverse -- and potentially treacherous -- mix of regulatory requirements. Read this cover story and other stories in this issue of Wireless Review...

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WIRELESS REVIEW: JUNE 2007

Wireless Review: June 2007

Jun 18, 2007 12:00 AM

Thanks to an innovative collaboration between AT&T, Nokia Siemens Networks and the Georgia Institute of Technology, wireless customers could soon be using cell phones to share video with friends and family members while simultaneously recording it. Read this story and others in this issue of Wireless Review...

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TELEPHONY'S GUIDE TO WiMAX

Read Telephony's Special 2007 WiMAX report

Telephony’s Guide to WiMAX steps beyond the standards and certification rhetoric and profiles service providers from across the globe to find out what they are doing with WiMAX rollouts. Articles include: Inside Sprint's WiMAX Ecosystem, a Q&A from WiMAX Forum’s Ron Resnick and articles about WiMAX in Athens, Malaysia, Ireland and across North America. Read more...

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SPECIAL REPORT: TELEPHONY'S GUIDE TO IPTV

A Special IPTV Report: Read Telephony's Guide to IPTV

Many service providers are finding scaling up their IPTV rollouts are a major challenge. Telephony investigates the realities of glitch-free IPTV deployments, delves inside IPTV quality issues and looks ahead to the flashy features that IPTV promises. To read this important special report from Telephony, click here...

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WIRELESS REVIEW: APRIL 2007

Wireless Review: April 2007

Apr 23, 2007 12:00 AM

Competition is increasing in most markets around the world, and convergence is a very real, very imminent technology evolution that will change the way customers use telecom services. Still, many wireless carriers haven’t attempted to benchmark their own business performance as compared to the rest of the wireless industry. Read this cover story and other articles in this issue of Wireless Review...

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WIRELESS REVIEW: MARCH 2007

Wireless Review: March 2007

Mar 26, 2007 2:03 PM

3G is here, sort of, and 4G is on the way. Will the wireless industry have access to backhaul solutions that match its broadband ambitions and meet its price needs? Read this cover story and other articles in this issue of Wireless Review...

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WIRELESS REVIEW: FEBRUARY 2007

Wireless Review: February 2007

Feb 5, 2007 12:00 PM

In the next few months, Qualcomm’s MediaFLO will unveil the first U.S. mobile TV network. Will it be the same old TV, just on your phone, or will it be something entirely different? The answer: both. Read this cover story and other articles in this issue of Telephony's Wireless Review supplement...

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GUIDE TO BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION

Telephony's Guide to Business Transformation
Telstra offers a look into what so far has been a disciplined approach to business transformation, as seen from down under--and elsewhere. Read Telephony's Special Report: Guide to Business Transformation...

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WIRELESS REVIEW: NOVEMBER 2006

Wireless Review: November 2006

Nov 20, 2006 10:08 AM

Dozens of vendors are marketing equipment based on the standard, and so many carriers have expressed their plans for deployment that it is easy to forget that the IP multimedia subsystem is still not much more than a concept. Read this cover story and much more in Telephony's Wireless Review....

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IPTV: OCTOBER 2006

IPTV: October 2006

Oct 9, 2006 12:00 AM

Video content on the Internet has been steadily growing over the last few years, but with major announcements this fall from companies such as Amazon.com, AOL and Apple regarding their commercial plans, Web-based video has gone from a cute hobby to a disruptive force seemingly overnight. Read this cover feature along with other IPTV-related stories in this issue of Telephony's Guide to IPTV......

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WIRELESS REVIEW: OCTOBER 2006

Wireless Review: October 2006

Oct 9, 2006 12:00 AM

Voice over IP may not be in the WiMAX certification queue for some time, but CableMatrix has delivered up a policy management engine that it says will deliver VoIP over Fixed and Mobile WiMAX networks today....

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SPECIAL REPORT: TELEPHONY'S GUIDE TO CARRIER ETHERNET

Telephony's Guide to Carrier Ethernet

The migration to Ethernet seems to be an unstoppable trend in the service provider universe, which also requires an evolution in today's network infrastructure. This special supplement from the editors of Telephony delves inside all of the key Ethernet topics: quality of service, metro Ethernet, killer apps, Ethernet-based wireless backhaul, etc. Download this special report today for insight into all things Ethernet. Read now...

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WIRELESS REVIEW: SEPTEMBER 2006

Wireless Review: September 2006

Sep 11, 2006 4:52 PM

After years of languishing, multimedia messaging service is picking up in the U.S. According to numbers from two different mobile industry trackers, the last few quarters have seen double-digit surges in picture messaging usage, giving the industry its first sign of encouragement that the nascent application might have life in it after all ...

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TELEPHONY'S GUIDE TO IPTV

Telephony's Guide to IPTV

IPTV isn't being deployed in a vacuum. Even before it reaches commercial deployment, telcos are exploring the ways to tie IPTV into plans for a single IP service delivery platform. Read this cover feature along with other IPTV-related stories in this issue of Telephony's Guide to IPTV...

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WIRELESS REVIEW: MAY 2006

Wireless Review: May 2006

If you're a mobile content transaction, you're a hot commodity these days. The once niche industry is rapidly consolidating as the demand for mobile content--and the methods to pay for it--pick up the pace. Read this cover story and other articles in this issue of Wireless Review...

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WIRELESS REVIEW: APRIL 2006

Wireless Review: April 2006

MVNO strategies are rapidly filling out every possible mobile micro-market. But competition and economic realities are forcing MVNOs to heighten revenue hopes and keep their eyes on the bottom line. Read this and other articles in this issue of Wireless Review...

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THE INDEPENDENT: NOVEMBER 2007

The Independent: November 2007

Nov 5, 2007 12:00 AM

Even in a town with a population that would not begin to fill the stands at Churchill Downs, Mountain Telephone's Allen Gillum wants his customers to know there's nothing you can do in metropolitan America that you can't do in eastern Kentucky. Read this and other stories in this issue of The Independent...

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THE INDEPENDENT: SEPTEMBER 2007

The Independent: September 2007

Sep 24, 2007 12:00 AM

Heading into its second year as a standalone company, the former Sprint operation is building a business on fixed/mobile convergence. But with revenue and access lines still declining, can it reinvent itself fast enough? Read this and other stories in this issue of The Independent...

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THE INDEPENDENT: JULY 2007

The Independent: July 2007

Jul 9, 2007 12:00 AM

The day Maggie Wilderotter stepped in to run the business, time as employees of Citizens Communications knew it ceased to exist. They would now all be working in Maggie time. Read this feature and others in this issue of The Independent...

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THE INDEPENDENT: JUNE 2007

The Independent: June 2007

Jun 4, 2007 12:00 AM

The Coalition for Carrier Neutrality, a group of Iowa telcos and their legal counsel, have created controvery as well as cash with a hard line position on access fees--and they have the IXCs balking. Read this cover story and more in this issue of The Independent...

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THE INDEPENDENT: FEBRUARY 2007

The Independent: February 2007

Feb 5, 2007 12:00 AM

In this issue of The Independent, we assigned five of our writers the task of crafting six stories that described the pictures different organizational leaders had in their heads about 2007. Here then is a collage of perspectives. Read this and other articles in this issue of The Independent...

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THE INDEPENDENT: NOVEMBER 2006

The Independent: November 2006

Nov 6, 2006 12:00 AM

Independent telcos looking for growth opportunities are increasingly eyeing what lies beyond their local franchises. Through “edge-out” strategies or through more aggressive efforts to court developers or enterprise customers, ILECs are spreading their wings and boosting their revenues. Read this cover story and other features in this issue of Telephony's supplement, The Independent...

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THE INDEPENDENT: SEPTEMBER 2006

The Independent: September 2006

Sep 25, 2006 12:00 AM

Windstream CEO Jeff Gardner described the capital structure of Alltel prior to the surgical separation of its two primary businesses as conflicted. Now that Windstream is sleeping in its own crib, the only conflict it should have is the one with its competitors. Read this cover story and other features in this issue of Telephony's supplement, The Independent......

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THE INDEPENDENT: JULY 2006

The Independent: July 2006

Jul 17, 2006 12:00 AM

Strategists at 3 Rivers Communications have loaded the company raft with technologies for the new world. Can General Manager Darren Moser steer it through the rough waters ahead? Read this cover story and other features in this issue of Telephony's supplement, The Independent...

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THE INDEPENDENT: MAY 2006

The Independent: May 2006

Ringgold Telephone Co. may just be the most innovative telco in America under the leadership of General Manager Phil Erli. So why is this executive so concerned for Ringgold and its independent brethren? Read this cover feature along with other independent-related stories in this issue of The Independent...

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THE INDEPENDENT: MARCH 2006

The Independent: March 2006

While most of the wireless industry is obsessed with consolidation and size, one carrier is thriving by focusing on just a few markets and giving local management power. Read this cover feature along with other independent-related stories in this issue of the The Independent...

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THE INDEPENDENT: FEBRUARY 2006

The Independent: February 2006

Taking on both regional and national competitors, Nsight Telservices discovers a way to blend its telco, cable and wireless business into something that may provide a model for others to emulate. Read this story and others in this issue of The Independent...

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