December 1, 2008
Cover Story
Connected Homes: The Next Network Frontier
At the height of the go-go '90s, when the Internet was booming and telecom network operators were along for the ride, discussion of the networked home was common....
The Unconnected Home
Like any economic good, the availability and consumption of broadband services is a balance of supply and demand....
Solving the digital device dilemma
Connected devices are the key to the connected home. This is a statement most operators, manufacturers and vendors fighting for space in the digital living...
Editor's Letter
Closing the gap
The telecom industry has a bad habit of talking about new consumer services for years before they are delivered....
Forward Motion
The long tail and other business myths
The Web was supposed to change how the service game works. But now critics are questioning some of the very tactics that were supposed to turn the status quo on its head....
In the Spotlight: Android's Erick Tseng
Starting in the first quarter of 2009, Android will support paid apps, with 70% of revenue going to developers and 30% going to carriers and to cover costs....
Low-power showdown
The WiMAX industry still may have a long way to go to make chipsets cheap enough before they'll wind up in everyday consumer electronics...
IMS: It means something but what?
One thing last month's Global Multiservice Interoperability event proved is that everyone has an opinion on where IP multimedia subsystem is going and how to get there....
The SMS payout
Last month, VZW notified short message service aggregators through its billing provider, OpenMarket, that it would begin charging them a 3-cent fee for every automated text message they send over the Verizon network...
Comcast could take broadband crown
Comcast is poised to dethrone AT&T as the largest broadband provider in the U.S. by the end of this year....
The Ad Man speaks
Scott Seaborn, head of mobile advertising for OgilvyOne U.K., has joined with the TM Forum to help teach telcos the ad business...
Carriers, OEMs search for holiday shoppers
As the holidays approach with an array of new mobile handsets, shoppers increasingly will turn to the Internet to find gifts....
Tough Time for Security Engineers
When Arbor Networks completed its fourth annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, the security software company identified not only the latest threats to ISP networks but also the fact that this is a tough time to be in ISP network security....
Opinion
Is the connected home recession-proof?
Our cover story this week looks at the evolution of the home — well, at least some homes — into hyperconnected, consumer electronics-overloaded "bat caves."...
Sprint's iDEN Problem
Sprint is in quite the pickle. Usually companies invest in promising new technology and scale back on those that have run their useful course....
Innovation
Big-Screen Broadband
The convergence of the Web and television has long been touted as the real promise of IP, but most service providers have stopped at over-the-top video....
Networks
A Whole New Testing Ballgame
Maybe because it was fall and the World Series was in the air, but something led Mu Dynamics' Adam Stein to pull out a baseball analogy to describe the state of next-generation network testing....
Fixed / Mobile
When Worlds Converge
As service providers seek to sell more and more services to their customer base through bundling, one offering that still remains largely stand-alone is wireless....
Wireless
Priority 1: The Mobile Backhaul Network
This has been a landmark year for U.S. mobile operators as they have witnessed data traffic more than double on their networks....
What's Next
Gazing into the crystal ball
When there is blood in the streets, buy real estate. In the last few months, we have all witnessed the widespread financial panic that this old adage...
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