March 26, 2007
COVER STORY
The next new network
Ultra mobile broadband is held up as the shining successor to evolution-data optimized, the 4G answer for CDMA operators that set them down the path to...
EDITOR'S LETTER
4G? More like 6G
Back in the day, the wireless industry wasn't too concerned about excessive spending, whether it was to build and expand the networks that unwired the...
FORWARD MOTION
Cable, AT&T prepping for convergence battle
Converged services between wireless and wireline networks are finally emerging in the U.S. as cable operators begin to see results of their joint venture...
Bell Labs creates optical filter chip
Bell Labs is furthering its reputation for innovation, claiming a major step toward silicon photonics. Now as Alcatel-Lucent employees, Bell Labs researchers...
More VoIP patent suits likely
The season for suing over Internet telephony patents has probably just begun, according to patent attorneys. In fact, a week after Verizon won a $58 million...
Cisco, Microsoft face off over UC
An array of recent moves are pitting Microsoft and Cisco Systems in increasingly direct competition with each other for the unified communications, or...
Backhaul in the spotlight
For being a portion of the network most mobile users aren't much aware of, mobile backhaul transport has been getting a lot of attention the last year...
Chinese vendor debuts Alcatel phones at CTIA
The first Chinese phone in the U.S. oddly will have a French name. At CTIA Wireless in Orlando this week, Chinese consumer electronics maker TCL will...
Net neutrality simmers at VON
In moderating a panel at Spring VON 2007 last week, Blair Levin's goal was to get panelists to bring something new to the Net neutrality debate. That...
Temporary phone numbers become popular service
Service providers have been working for years to enable consumers to have one phone number, developing services such as number portability, call forwarding...
VoIP market still growing, wholesalers say
Voice over IP is long past its hype stage, but it's not past booming growth, say the wholesale players that support the industry. They are seeing a steady...
IPTV faces vertical integration
Ericsson's recent $1.4 billion acquisition of Tandberg TV could prompt a wave of vertical integration in the video encoding space that some say could...
New study fuels mobile ad frenzy
If mobile advertising realizes it fullest potential, it could lead to an ad-subsidized model for mobile content consumption that makes users happy while...
Spectralink adds an asterisk
At VON last week in San Jose, Calif., Wireless voice-over-IP developer SpectraLink, which last month agreed to be acquired by Polycom, announced it has...
Correction
The story, Ready for some peace and quiet, in the Feb. 19 issue of Telephony included an incomplete list of Level 3 Communications' 2006 acquisitions....
Alcatel-Lucent makes UMB-ready base station
Alcatel-Lucent is preparing a CDMA base station that can be upgraded to ultra mobile broadband, filling in an important gap between the 3G and 4G equipment...
BT selling expertise to U.S. cable players
In the global market, BT competes with AT&T and Verizon for multinational enterprise customers. Now a newly revamped arm of BT Global Services is competing...
OPINION
A less ambitious wireless
As this year's CTIA Wireless begins, I can't help thinking how much the mobile industry has changed in the seven years since I started covering it. I...
Keep it simple, stupid
When I got my first new car, my father insisted I sit down and read the owner's manual cover to cover before pulling out of the driveway. I was 20 years...
IPTV divides the house
As carriers roll out IPTV, much attention is paid to homes passed and subscribers. But as IPTV service evolves, service providers will need to appreciate...
GUEST COMMENTARY
Finally VoIP time for SMBs?
Small business has become almost an undefined term. Virtually every industry participant has its own definition, driven by both product and go-to-market...
INNOVATION
Testing VoIP for quality
As the voice-over-IP market matures, and customers look beyond low prices in choosing a service provider, the pressure grows to not only deliver high-quality...
WIRELESS
Green thoughts
You've been warned by Al Gore, no less. The planet is warming quickly and is precariously perched at the lip of an environmental, ecological Cuisinart....
ARTICLES
It's showtime
Ali G meets Wayne's World. To some of us, there probably couldn't be a more thrilling combination. To others the majority, I'm guessing these words are...
WHAT'S NEXT
4G: A whole new ball game
While many operators are still in the process of deploying and optimizing their 3G networks (including CDMA EV-DO and UMTS/HSPA), major communications...
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