The Innovation Imperative

Rich KarpinskiNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

In writing this issue's cover story on innovation, I ran across a very apt comparison of the post-deregulation airline industry and today's telecom industry....

How NOT to run a cloud service

BY RICH KARPINSKINov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

If you've ever had a PC crash, you know how painful it is to lose personal data. Most times, you have only yourself to blame for not backing up your data...

CTIA: FCC’s Genachowski outlines mobile broadband priorities

By Sarah ReedyOct 7, 2009 3:13 PM

Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, outlines how the FCC will deal with the explosion in mobile data, limited spectrum, tower sitting...

Study: Most Internet traffic bypasses Tier 1 networks

Ed GubbinsNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

The majority of Internet traffic now goes through direct peers and does not flow through incumbent Tier 1 telecom networks, according to a recent report...

AT&T CTO denies network problems

Sarah ReedyNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

AT&T has gotten beat up in the press for poor coverage and iPhone data overload, and it's not that John Donovan, chief technology officer, hasn't noticed...

HomePNA driving down install times

By Carol WilsonOct 2, 2009 9:44 AM

IPTV installation times are dropping, in some cases to an average of under three hours, largely because service providers are using HomePNA technology to avoid the need for rewiring,......

Cisco deal a play for completeness

Kevin FitchardNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Cisco Systems is taking the new mobile IP network very seriously. This time around it's not merely content to optimize its IP router portfolio for the...

Is the fourth screen doomed?

BY RICH KARPINSKINov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

When Verizon Wireless recently halted production of the much-hyped Verizon Hub, an in-home multimedia and voice-over-IP-capable device, it called into...

IS CONCERN ABOUT IPV4 ADDRESS EXHAUSTION KEEPING YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT?

Carol WilsonNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Dont' fear. Hurricane Electric, an IPv6 service provider, now offers a variety of PC and smartphone widgets for tracking IPv4 addresses like, the one...

Why metered broadband won’t last

By Ed GubbinsOct 7, 2009 4:55 PM

When Verizon’s chief technology officer, Dick Lynch, recently predicted an end to flat-rate broadband, many in the industry saw it as a late entry into the general consensus. ...

THE INNOVATION BLUEPRINT

By Rich KarpinskiNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

There is no shortage of ideas, brainstorms and potential new business models poised to remake the telecom industry. Like a certain south-facing part of...

TV Everywhere and the end of free TV

By Sarah Reedy Oct 8, 2009 10:11 AM

The pay TV providers are already laying the groundwork for their response to disintermediation from free online TV sites, but the best way to turn online eyeballs into profit is still a topic up for discussion....

ADDRESSING QUALITY ONLINE

Sarah ReedyNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Before they can monetize the service, pay TV providers will have to tackle quality. As operators they are expected to provide a better-quality service...

Faster images mean faster diagnosis and happier patients

By Carol WilsonOct 9, 2009 12:20 PM

Holy Name has made a name for itself on the cutting edge of medical technology being the first hospital in New Jersey to perform Cardiac PET/CT stress testing, a process that is available at only a handful of U.S. medical institutions ...

GLOBAL 4G FOCUS SHIFTS TO U.S.

BY KEVIN FITCHARDNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

All eyes have turned to the U.S. For the first time since the early days of the industry, the U.S. has taken the lead in implementing the next-generational...

Q&A: NSN CEOs ON THE IMPORTANCE OF U.S. AND SERVICES

In the three years you have been NSN's CEO, did you accomplish everything you wanted to? Simon Beresford-Wylie: No, I don't feel I've accomplished everything...

Perfect intersection: M2M and the supply chain

By Rich KarpinskiOct 9, 2009 9:35 AM

Telecom service providers have had mixed success providing supply chain services – usually in the form of hosted apps. Leveraging machine-to-machine communications to help companies track in-transit goods worldwide could be the killer app that helps change all that...

FTTH still growing, but needs marketing push

By Carol WilsonOct 1, 2009 9:17 AM

The economy did slow the rate of growth of fiber-to-the-home deployment, but even a miserable housing market didn’t stop FTTH from growing, according to the annual survey conducted for the FTTH Council by RVA Marketing Associates....

SIP trunking a savior?

BY MATTHIAS MACHOWINSKI, INFONETICS RESEARCHNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

As SMBs and enterprises closely watch their budgets, vendors and service providers are trying to figure out how to convince them to keep spending. The...

FOUR STEPS TO BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION

Rich KarpinskiNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Gene Reznik, global managing director for the communications industry for Accenture, gave his thoughts on how telcos should remake how they do business:...

THREE INNOVATION USE CASES

Rich KarpinskiNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Telco 2.0 consultancy STL Partners will later this year unveil new research into what it is calling real-world use cases of its two-sided business model...

Q&A: INNOVATION PLAYBOOK

Rich KarpinskiNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Scott Anthony is an innovation expert. As managing director of Innosight Ventures, a venture investing and incubation firm, he evaluates innovative companies...

INNOVATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF BELL LABS

Rich KarpinskiNov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

From inventing the transistor to finding world-changing applications for the laser and much, much more Bell Laboratories was this industry's cradle of...