March 17, 2008

Telepresence: Ready for its close-up

By Dawn BushausMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Late arrivals and missed connections could be a thing of the past if telepresence continues to gain popularity among high-flying executives...

The case for videoconferencing

By Carol WilsonMar 17, 2008 12:00 PM

As someone who has recycled diligently for the past 15 years and rides public transportation to work even during Chicago's brutal winters -- and this has been one of those -- I was feeling a little smug when I logged onto a Web site promising to determine my carbon footprint...

The foibles of 700 MHz

By Kevin FitchardMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

The auction goes on and on, but the potential winners are already weighing the spectrum's benefits -- as well as its limitations...

When calls equal impressions

By Rich KarpinskiMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Web-integrated VoIP vendors, still looking for their killer app, are nonetheless ready to start trying to squeeze out some revenues via advertising...

Apple's IT challenge

By Sarah ReedyMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

What the iPhone's corporate debut means for those behind the scenes...

API a go-go

By Rich KarpinskiMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Telcos long to be part of the world of service and application mashups, but the path to get there remains unclear. ...

Parsing the CTIA keynotes

By Kevin FitchardMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

CTIA is again delivering a lineup of heavy-hitters at its annual spring conference with CEOs and division presidents from all corners of the industry...

Optical market hits six-year high

By Ed GubbinsMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Last year was the best one for the optical equipment market since 2001, according to analysts...

In the spotlight: Cbeyond's Brent Cobb

Cbeyond is riding a growing wave of success, bringing managed IP services, including voice, to small- and medium-sized businesses...

'Bill-yuns and bill-yuns'

by Carol WilsonMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

A new IDC study shows that the digital universe -- defined as information that is either created, captured or replicated in digital form -- is expanding, as more devices go digital and digital containers such as RFID tags and video monitors generate more content than ever...

Just what are we opting-in to?

By Kevin FitchardMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Every week, I engage in the same evening ritual. After sorting through my mail, I find an envelope from AT&T, which I open assuming it's a bill or perhaps a letter complimenting me on the fine journalism I do here at Telephony. But with one exception each month, it is always junk mail: a check enticing me to sign up for home phone service or a pamphlet extolling the virtues of DSL...

Trade show raids

By Ed GubbinsMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Patent infringement is really getting out of control in this business. Last week in Hannover, Germany, the CeBIT trade show ended with a police raid on the exhibit hall prompted by rampant claims of intellectual property theft...

What was that again?

By Kevin FitchardMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

SoliCall has developed a technology that isolates a speaker's voice from surrounding voices and other ambient noise...

Web services in action

By Rich KarpinskiMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Web services-based development is coming, slowly but surely, to service provider networks, and IBM, for one, has zeroed in on this, working with providers around the world to implement new service creation environments...

To IPTV and beyond

By Sarah ReedyMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

IPTV providers are flaunting the potential of IP features and applications, but what's really on the agenda in the near future?...

IPTV's DVR strategy is flawed

By Danny BriereMar 17, 2008 12:00 AM

IPTV is reaching the mainstream, but there's still a big gap between what providers are offering and what consumers really want. A great example is the...