February 23, 2011 3:54 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
4G,
LTE,
metro networks,
mobile backhaul,
mobile operators,
packet-based backhaul,
smartphones,
tablets,
TDMThe smartphone and tablet wars are putting pressure on mobile providers, and in particular, creating competitive drive to migrate to LTE. Operators tell us that their LTE migration strategies have been...
August 2, 2010 6:02 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Carrier Ethernet,
IETF,
ITU,
metro networks,
mobile backhaul,
MPLS,
MPLS-TP,
Networking,
PBT,
standardsOne of the recent standards flaps in networking is the debate over MPLS-TP versus the older T-MPLS. Standards types can be incredibly obtuse at best, and in arguments they're likely to fall into jargon and acronyms and lose communication with the real world.
The publicity on this particular...
June 24, 2010 1:38 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
3GPP,
4G,
4G wireless,
AT&T,
IMS,
LTE,
mobile backhaul,
network architectureAT&T addressed a backhaul/convergence event in New York and made it clear that the network of the future would be shaped in large part by wireless in general and
January 7, 2010 5:22 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
capex,
capital expense,
mobile backhaul,
wirelessMobile operators in the U.S., and in some other wireless-centric geographies, are pushing to deploy faster wireless services and to reduce wireless congestion through increases in cell density and...
October 2, 2008 2:15 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Carrier Ethernet,
Mobile,
mobile backhaul,
mobile data,
Nokia,
Wireless broadband,
Wireless handsetsNokia is launching “Tube,” its newest smartphone today, and is expected to articulate its mobile strategy in greater detail. The company, like others, is addressing what appears to be a capex shift to wireless for 2009, a shift that would increase sales of RF and handsets and reduce that of...
