All roads lead to open

Rich KarpinskiDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

As we close out 2009, our first year under our new banner of Connected Planet, it's not only timely but fitting that our cover story deals with the still...

Google's new open

By Kevin FitchardDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Through its lobbying of the FCC in 2007, Google ensured that at least one mobile operator would have an open access network on the 700 MHz band. Its advocacy...

Telecom reaches its inflection point in 2010

Sarah ReedyDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

While 2009 was punctuated by new entrants, network outsourcing and the rapid rise of prepaid, 2010 will be all about data, over-the-top business models...

Voice 2.0 parade carries on

By Rich KarpinskiDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

The never-ending search to find the right formula to do for apps on voice-over-IP and carrier networks what the iPhone (and maybe now the Droid) has done...

VZW's Droid-proof network

Kevin FitchardDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Verizon Wireless may have found its answer to AT&T's iPhone with the Motorola Droid, its first open smartphone resulting from an 18-month collaboration...

Competition driving smartphone takeover

By Sarah ReedyDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

While smartphones have captured the most industry buzz for the past couple of years, standard cell phones have always captured the majority of market...

MEF president launches carrier Ethernet exchange startup

By Ed GubbinsNov 3, 2009 6:27 AM

CENX made its public debut today as an interconnection broker for carrier Ethernet services, helmed by the founder and president of the Metro Ethernet Forum, Nan Chen....

ISPs as copyright police

Rich KarpinskiDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Recent Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement talks reportedly have placed proposals on the table that would force ISPs to watch for and ultimately punish...

Windstream becoming RLEC/CLEC hybrid

Ed GubbinsDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Windstream's acquisition of NuVox this fall is leading the company down the path of becoming a hybrid RLEC and CLEC. Windstream CEO Jeff Gardner has said...

Cisco does software

By rich KarpinskiDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Cisco recently made its most aggressive stab yet at enabling not just IP networks but the things that run over them, launching an array of collaboration...

Open to alternatives

Sarah ReedyDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

In case you haven't heard, openness is the latest rage of the mobile world. Open networks, open devices, open application certification the status quo...

Defining open mobile

Battles between developers wanting to take advantage of the new capabilities of increasingly powerful 3G networks and carriers needing to maintain control...

Breaking Down the Walled Garden

Sarah ReedyDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Apple is to closed what Google is to open. This was always thought to be a common understanding among wireless developers, but as it turns out the dichotomy...

Mobile CDN makes its move

By Ed GubbinsNov 6, 2009 10:10 AM

Despite offerings from traditional CDN vendors and stand-alone start-ups, mobile CDN is still minimal in North America. But some say that’s about to change....

Fiber-fed wholesale wireless backhaul market takes off

By Ed GubbinsNov 9, 2009 4:35 PM

Qwest, Level 3 and Verizon are offering backhaul under glass....

Energy Management Not Waiting on Smart Grid

By Sarah ReedyDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

In-home energy management is a cornerstone of the smart grid movement, but it's not necessarily reliant on having the updated grid infrastructure and...

The Magic of the Microcell

By Kevin FitchardDec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

There's something different about AT&T's new Microcell from the other femtocells being offered in the U.S. by Verizon Wireless and Sprint. Not only does...

Retiring VHS vs. Betamax

By Danny Briere, TELECHOICE Danny Briere is CEO of TeleChoice.Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Any time two (or more) technologies battle it out in the marketplace, pundits feel compelled to trot out the old VHS vs. Betamax analogy, as they look...