July 9, 2007
EDITOR'S LETTER
Summer meltdown?
Summer 2007 will likely be remembered for the introduction of the iPhone, the device still earning raves from those lucky and wealthy enough to get one...
FORWARD MOTION
Net neutrality takes two knocks
FTC report, IDC study see no need for federal regulation...
T-Mobile launches fixed/mobile convergence
The first nationwide FMC service helps T-Mobile expand its coverage and target the home...
Synchronoss in the iPhone spotlight
Synchronoss Technologies is unknown no more as both the telecom and consumer electronics industries zeroed in on activation issues during the blockbuster iPhone launch last week...
Are telcos dropping the calling name ball?
Accudata Technologies is once again publicly accusing telephone companies of deliberately not giving some calling name information to their caller ID customers in order to save money...
NXTcomm survey: Spending growth ahead
the second annual Tellabs/Telephony survey finds service providers upbeat...
Innovators earn CIA awards
As co-founder of broadband wireless company Towerstream, Jeff Thompson has every right to consider himself an innovator...
OPINION
My killer apps
I don't consider myself a typical consumer. I like grapefruit juice but not orange juice. I like Manhattan clam chowder, German potato salad and almond (not lemon) poppyseed muffins...
Imagine unafraid
"Imagine the BT experience in the U.S. or in Asia," Daryl Dunbar, director of British Telecom's 21st Century Network initiative, told attendees of a panel discussion at the NXTcomm trade show last month...
Going rural
It seems the large Tier 1 wireless operators have started taking notice of the hinterlands...
INNOVATION
Ixia evaluates video pixel by pixel
It's hard to believe there are more than 200 companies looking for IPTV test solutions, but that's how many customers Ixia says it has for its IPTV test suite...
ACCESS
GPON gets crowded
A glut in the vendor space could accelerate the evolution of Gigabit passive optical networking gear...
TELEPHONY SPECIAL REPORT
NXTcomm highlights
The brand new trade show provided a venue for what's next in telecom, including new thinking about the customer experience...
WHAT'S NEXT
Summer reading
Life is not a bowl of cherries. It is, in fact, a bowl of BlackBerrys...
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