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Special Report: Telephony's Best and Worst of 2007

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  1. 100-gig copper

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    Penn State researchers, working with cable vendor Nexans, designed a transmitter and receiver to send data at 100 Gb/s over Cat 7 copper Ethernet cables. Take that, fiber!

  2. The Common Language Location Identification

    Almost forgotten in the rush to IP, the CLLI, or silly, code is being rediscovered as a way to help route services — but can pure IP players stomach this boring technology?

  3. Deep Packet Inspection

    Once used to try to limit the impact of peer-to-peer networks, newer DPI platforms are doing much more to help network operators control how they handle specific applications, and they have the promise to enhance security and even protect copyrighted content — unless concerns over user privacy dampen industry interest.

  4. UMA

    It's just GSM and Wi-Fi — they've been around for years. But together, they kick-started fixed/mobile convergence in the U.S., and now it's a force with which to be reckoned.

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