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TELCO SECURITY, DRM MAY HELP CHANGE CONTENT MODEL
For pretty much most of the history of cable television, the model has remained the same. Subscribers pay a monthly services fee for dozens of channels,...
USTA: Alcatel flashes video credentials
LAS VEGAS—Alcatel showed up at this year’s USTA Telecom '04 event here fully intent on proving that despite it’s size and position as incumbent DSL vendor...
ARCHITECTURE DEBATE MOVES TO VIDEO
If the three RBOCs that last year released their massive RFP for fiber-to-the-premises build outs have the intention of providing next-gen video services,...
BILL PROPOSES CUTTING STATE OUT OF VoIP REGULATION
Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) last week introduced a bill that would pre-empt state regulators on voice over IP and other advanced...
MICROSOFT GETS JUMP ON EARLY DRM MARKET
Microsoft's announcement earlier this month that it will have SBC Communications and Lucent Technologies among others in its TV development stable is...
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Last month's Supercomm trade show was all about IP, whether creating the foundations for voice and video services, silently inspiring the latest innovations in OSS and wireless or making waves in regulatory circles....
CAMPAIGNING FOR VoIP
If 1000 polltakers at last month's Supercomm 2004 show are correct, the voice-over-IP craze is not just on the horizon, it's already here. Some 91% of...
THINK GLOBAL WATCH LOCAL
Rod Collingwood knows what small towns look like. Not the kind idolized by TV commentators around election season, or the kind that serve as photographic...
BELL CANADA READIES LAUNCH OF COMMERCIAL VoIP SERVICE
Carrier takes slow migration path with enterprise customers...
WATCHING TV EVOLVE
When D&E Communications announced in April it had chosen Motorola/NextLevel's access platform and Tut Systems' headend equipment to offer triple-play...
LIBERTY GETS A LOUDER VOICE
Jose Alegria can be forgiven for making the easy choice. A little more than two years ago, Alegria, general manager of Liberty Cablevision in Puerto Rico,...
COVAD'S QUIET AUTHORITY
When Charlie Hoffman speaks at staff meetings, the room tends to fall silent. His executives like to make joking comparisons to the E.F. Hutton commercials...
AXIOWAVE REDEFINES OVERSUBSCRIPTION
On the surface, Axiowave appears to be just another router company, joining the handful that still exist for the sole purpose of chasing after the market-share...
RESPONSES TO FCC PROCEEDING CLARIFY BATTLE LINES ON VoIP
Most respondents want 'light' regulation; role of states uncertain...
VONAGE CEO: STATES WILL HURT VoIP START-UPS
State regulation could undermine efforts by new VoIP entrants to make business models work by wiping out venture capital funding in nascent providers,...
EDGE ROUTER SECTOR CROWDS AS VENDORS RACE TO ETHERNET
Alcatel, Laurel Networks join the likes of Nortel, Riverstone, Fujitsu...
SUPERCOMM 2004 PREVIEW: TELECOM STORMS BACK INTO CONTENTION
As Supercomm gets ready to blow into Chicago, the signs of a telecom rally are everywhere. Telephony's editors investigate what the industry's biggest...
BUYS AIM AT TOP OF VENDOR FOOD CHAIN
Lucent's acquisition of Telica and Tellabs' purchase of AFC give them angles on becoming dominant suppliers for the next generation....
TEXAS LONE STAR NETWORK PASSES VIDEO AROUND STATE
Texas Lone Star Network, a statewide consortium owned by 38 independent telcos, and AFC this week will announce completion of a trial in which IP video...
COMCAST PUTS NUMBERS ON VoIP ROLLOUT
Comcast laid out one of the cable industry's most aggressive plans for VoIP last week , committing to having 95% of its network VoIP-compatible by the...
