Verizon seeks multi-service edge device
Profile: Tom Nolle
September 27 2007: Verizon will likely announce the winner of its RFP for a multi-service edge device by late November, and the announcement could come as much as a month earlier. The company, like many access providers, has been looking for a device that could be used to...
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Cisco ISR features target branch locations
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September 27 2007: Cisco is expanding the feature inventory of its popular ISR line to include things like acceleration, VoIP, and security. The move is targeting the branch offices of multi-site businesses, and is intended to reduce the success of one-off vendors in these spaces,...
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Cable companies driving WiMAX and WiFI
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September 26 2007: The cable companies, in a number of geographies, are deploying both WiMAX and WiFi services with some indication of success, in contrast to the apparent difficulties being experienced by municipal WiFi networks. The success here, we believe, is likely due to...
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Have mobile operators missed the ad opportunity?
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September 26 2007: Might the mobile operators be getting scooped on their own service because they've failed to capitalize on the ad model? It's an interesting question, and one that may be very relevant for a number of reasons. First, Fox and MySpace have both recently launched...
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Verizon adds SLAs for non-Verizon network
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September 26 2007: Verizon is adding end-to-end SLA availability on its business IP services, the first time a major US operator has crossed boundaries to offer an SLA on a network partly delivered by someone else. The move is a validation of work by standards groups like the...
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Juniper earns Carrier Ethernet credibility
Profile: Tom Nolle
September 25 2007: Juniper has released two new members of its Ethernet family, giving Juniper the full range of product capacities it needs to be a credible player in the carrier Ethernet market. In the announcement, Juniper made no specific mention of the two emerging...
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Verizon FiOS moving to all-IPTV platform?
Profile: Tom Nolle
September 24 2007: Light Reading reports that Verizon will be moving FiOS to an all-IPTV platform within three years, quoting company sources, but we strongly doubt that statement. We have heard nothing to suggest that Verizon is eager to follow in AT&T's footsteps, and we...
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Nokia WiFi handset lacks UMTS and 3G capabilities
Profile: Tom Nolle
September 21 2007: Nokia has become the latest in a crowd that is releasing WiFi handsets that lack UMTS or high-speed 3G capability. As we have noted, the multimodal handsets are both a potential positive in that they may be promoting FMC options and offering some symbiosis...
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Alcatel-Lucent invests in IPTV
Profile: Tom Nolle
September 21 2007: Alcatel-Lucent is acquiring a small IPTV company that focuses in interactivity and advertising links with IPTV. The deal, in our view, reflects a number of important points. First, it shows that Alcatel-Lucent will be pushing its IPTV strategy to cover the...
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Cedar Point chooses voice over WiMAX
Profile: Tom Nolle
September 21 2007: Cedar Point, a VoIP player in the cable market, has announced it's deploying a voice-over-WiMAX network in Equador. Voice may be an ideal application for WiMAX and even for municipal WiFi because its bandwidth is low enough to insure that service quality won't...
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