October 29, 2010 1:30 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
3G,
4G,
Apple,
Broadband,
Deep Packet Inspection,
DPI,
Google,
mobile broadband,
OTT,
over-the-top,
return on investment,
ROI,
smartphones,
VerizonLast week saw what has become the usual push and pull of supply-side and demand-side issues, and perhaps a bit more than the usual confusion in the markets (financial, enterprise and consumer) about the net outcome. It wasn't the
October 28, 2010 5:45 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
4G,
Alcatel-Lucent,
Broadband,
Cisco,
Ericcson,
Juniper,
mobile 4G services,
NSN,
OTT,
over-the-top,
return on investment,
ROISpeaking at the Broadband World Forum, Alcatel-Lucent chief marketing and strategy officer Stephen Carter talked about the need to
October 26, 2010 4:45 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Juniper,
Juniper Networks,
Junos,
Junos Pulse,
mobile devices,
mobile security,
SecurityJuniper announced a mobile security suite, building on its Junos Pulse agent/client software that operates across a wide variety of mobile and PC platforms. The elements of the suite (the...
October 15, 2010 12:53 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
access networks,
aggregation networks,
core networks,
Ethernet,
infrastructure,
metro networks,
network operators,
Networking,
telecom service providersIt's always fascinating to listen to network operators and even large enterprises talk about their infrastructure projects, and I'm just starting to analyze the first round of our fall strategy survey, so I'm getting that chance on a large scale. It's too early to say how everything is going to...
October 13, 2010 3:41 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent,
Microsoft,
open APIs,
Windows Phone 7Microsoft has launched its smartphone operating system initiative -- Windows Phone 7 -- and from what’s been revealed so far and...
October 8, 2010 12:11 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
HD video conferencing,
net neutrality,
usage-based pricing,
video callingCisco released its expected consumer videoconferencing solution with the somewhat cutsey name of Umi. To make things worse, it is supposed to have a horizontal accent line over the...
October 7, 2010 12:29 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent,
IMS,
LTE,
open APIsAlcatel-Lucent had an invitation event for industry analysts this week, and since the group was small relative to normal events, it was a good opportunity for discussion and engagement. The goal was to give us an idea of where Alcatel-Lucent was going in the near term and in a more strategic...
September 28, 2010 3:54 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
blade servers,
Cisco,
data center,
Ethernet,
IBMIBM is acquiring Blade Network Technologies, an Ethernet switch vendor that specializes in blade-server switching for the data center and supports both IBM’s and HP’s blade centers. The move seems...
September 22, 2010 1:20 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent,
equipment vendors,
Ericsson,
Huawei,
M&A,
mergers and acquisitions,
Nortel,
NSN,
OEM,
technology industry,
ZTECompanies are now actively pursuing mergers and acquisitions to consolidate and improve economies of scale. Even when mergers and acquisitions don't directly consolidate the companies (
