May 16, 2011 2:05 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cloud Services,
hosted business services,
Netflix,
network operators,
OTT,
over-the-top,
service layer,
service layer architectureThere are rumors that the telcos might sweep up some hosting companies the way they've swept up cloud providers. That's a reasonable guess, but not because they need the servers.
Telcos know that they can provide better IT economy of scale off future service-layer IT deployments than any cloud...
February 23, 2011 3:58 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
cable,
Comcast,
FCC,
OTT,
video streaming,
wireline broadbandIt is very clear that video streaming services are growing, partly in response to the tablet opportunity, and this creates special problems for broadband operators, most of whom...
February 7, 2011 6:31 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
AOL,
Comcast,
Google,
NBC,
online content,
OTT,
portals,
YahooThere are some new indications that the momentum of the web is shifting more decisively toward content, but not in the simplistic “content is king” sense. What’s happening is a combination of fairly complicated and interrelated shifts, and these are gradually changing the way the online...
December 21, 2010 6:14 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent,
APIs,
application development,
application enablement,
application program interface,
Open API,
open APIs,
OTT,
over-the-topAlcatel-Lucent continues to showcase the developer side of its Application Enablement approach, including its
December 8, 2010 12:28 AM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Chrome OS,
Cloud computing,
Comcast,
Google,
OTT,
over-the-top,
peering,
usage-based pricing
Google let the industry have its first look at its
Chrome OS, which it sees as the
framework for a... 
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 11:47 AM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Adobe,
Android,
Apple,
application development,
Google,
Microsoft,
operating system,
OTT,
over-the-top,
RIM,
service layer,
smartphones,
tablets,
telecom service providersApple's moves to converge its iOS and MacOS platforms over time and to create a unified developer environment among their disparate devices are smart responses to the realities of the market and the present competitive environment. The questions are how far Apple will go, and what impact the...
