Networking by committee
Group projects can be a recipe for disaster. But in South Dakota, where people depend on one another, working together gets things done...
IPTV tests quality theories
Most of the service providers pursuing quality have spent many years honing their ability to deliver and manage voice services to the point where reliability is almost perfect...
Mobile WiMAX in rural America unlikely
The mobile broadband revolution won't be hitting the countryside anytime soon, but there is still plenty of opportunity for its fixed wireless cousin...
The most innovative telco in America?
Ringgold Telephone is ahead of the game on IPTV, FTTH, MVNOs and just about everything else. But is it winning?...
Powerline promises broken on broadband
The much-hyped technology has been on the verge for years. How much longer can it linger?...
Occam makes 10-gig move
Occam Networks today announced new 10-gigabit Ethernet optical transport capabilities for its BLC 6000 broadband loop carrier product line...
A wholesale offer
Independent telcos new target for global operators...
Leap of faith
Independents are moving to MPEG-4--with or without set-top boxes...
MetaSwitch hits double century mark
MetaSwitch said today that delivered its 200th Class 4/5 switching system. The benchmark switch was supplied to BroadRiver Communication, an Atlanta-based CLEC....
Tut finds replacement middleware in Myrio
Siemens Communications today announced that Tut Systems has been tabbed as an authorized reseller of its Surpass Home Entertainment middleware...
Rita sweeps Delcambre Tel into IP Age
Flood wipes out circuit switch forcing a quick change...
Small telcos gang up on video
A group of Oklahoma and Missouri telephone companies is tackling the high cost of head-end equipment through a unique agreement that lets them share expenses...
IP video crosses the boundary
It appears the cable market is catching on to the benefits of IP...
Microwave gets new life
Despite the preponderance of unlit fiber, the reality is that often glass isn't located anywhere close to areas where network capacity is required...
Past hurricanes teach Florida carriers a lesson
There were very few people along the Gulf Coast and Florida who came away from last year's biggest hurricanes unscathed, but solid preparation kept the damage at a minimum...
Dossier: Adam Cavazos, Dobson Telephone
We bring [both ILEC networks] through OC-192s and OC-48s to a host switch, the DMS-100 here in Oklahoma City...
MTA warms up to Ethernet backhaul
Alaskan carrier seeing traffic boom...
That lonely feeling
Although most vendors claim a love of independents, the fact is many would rather sign big contracts with big carriers. How the relationship is changing faster than ever....
Entone, Verimatrix team up on secured VOD
Video-on-demand platform vendor Entone Technologies and security provider Verimatrix today announced they have integrated their two products to create a secured VOD platform...
Allied Telesyn kick starts GEPON effort
Allied Telesyn today said it has deployed the world’s first Gigabit Ethernet PON in a commercial network, activating its integrated Multiservice Access Platform (iMAP) platform with Kansas independent telco Twin Valley Telephone. ...
Accton, Sandburst team up on metro access
Accton Technology today announced it has developed a metro access switch using Sandburst’s HiBeam chipset...
IPDR.org calls for IPTV initiative
With carriers working the bugs out of IPTV through trials and controlled rollouts, the Internet Protocol Detail Record Organization (IPDR.org) is calling for an industrywide forum to address accounting and settlement issues for the service....
NEC America back in GPON hunt
After abandoning the passive optical networking (PON) market three years ago, NEC America has thrown its hat into the ring of equipment vendors selling Gigabit PON (GPON) gear....
Ikanos goes up the VDSL stack with ADI acquisition
Ikanos Communications, which perhaps has been best known as a VDSL chip vendor, today announced the acquisition of the network processor product line of Analog Devices Inc. for $30 million in cash...
Consolidated goes set-topless
Consolidated Communications said today that it will use Entone Technologies Hydra IP video gateway to support its rollout of IPTV services. ...
