M2M enables better auto insurance models
In the highly competitive industry of automobile insurance, the differences between premiums are one of the single biggest ways insurers differentiate themselves...
Consolidated, Ruckus take the wires out of IPTV
Independent telco Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) is among the first IPTV providers to remove the wires from its digital TV service through a partnership with WiFi vendor Ruckus Wireless...
Utilities respond to smart grid spectrum debate
Last week, I wrote a column looking at the question of whether utilities need their own dedicated spectrum for smart grid deployments...
Here Comes the SON
Recent trends have changed radically the way telcos view communications -- including how, when and what services they deliver and want to provide....
The Network is the Phone
It’s time for operators to dust off one of the more insightful aphorisms of the 1990s and apply it – with a bit of a twist -- to the coming expansion out of the mobile data network...
Internap CEO details expansion, turnaround strategy
Last week, Eric Cooney, who in January was named chief executive officer of Internap (NASDAQ: INAP), spoke with us about the company’s plans to reboot its content delivery networks (CDN) business...
Do smart grids need special spectrum?
In my coverage of the smart grid space, I had laid out three potential market-entry options for utilities looking to develop a communications backbone specifically for the smart grid...
UPDATED: Qwest CTO: Optical costs are ‘storm clouds on the horizon’
In planning to deploy 100-Gb/s Ethernet edge networking interfaces as they become available within the next year, Qwest Communictions (NYSE:Q) is hoping to leverage the economies of scale that come from using...
Clearwire mixes and matches 4G core
Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) is taking advantage of WiMax’s interchangeable modular architecture to snub its access vendors when it comes to the 4G packet core...
Web app delivery vendor Crescendo comes to US
With a new $5-million round of funding, Israel-born Web application optimization vendor Crescendo Networks announced this month it is moving its headquarters to the United States and quickly building a staff in Menlo Park, Calif., to better penetrate the market for improving Web application performance here. ...
Carriers, standalone CDNs squeeze one another
Telecom carriers are beginning to radically shake up the market for content delivery networking (CDN) now crowded with standalone players, according to Yankee Group senior analyst David Vorhaus...
Broadband stimulus gets one-week extension. Is it enough?
Overloaded servers prevent application completion and some folks are starting to panic...
Sandvine scores wireless wins
Wireless deployments continue to hold promise for deep packet inspection (DPI) vendors, with Sandvine this week touting five new customer wins, including three wireless operators...
Highdeal CTO on cloud computing and new broadband billing models
Earlier this month, Highdeal, a telecom billing software vendor spun out of France Telecom’s labs in 2000, was acquired by German software giant SAP, giving even greater global reach to privately held Highdeal...
Green Telecom XIV: Kentrox streamlines cellsite power management
When Kentrox was part of ADC, the company was known for its CSU/DSU and access gear, but the “new” Kentrox, formed from parts of three different companies...
Cisco unveils long-awaited new edge router
Cisco’s new ASR 9000 aggregator bears much in common with its core router...
DOJ greenlights VZW-Alltel deal
Verizon now awaits FCC vote next week...
Comcast: AT&T now bigger threat than Verizon
Despite a shaky economy, Comcast, the largest cable company in the United States, reported positive third-quarter earnings today, including net income growth of 38% and broadband subscriber growth surpassing that of AT&T and Verizon Communications combined...
Metaswitch touts 22% growth
London-based Data Connection Ltd. said today that its Metaswitch division, maker of softswitch and application platforms, reported record fiscal-year 2008 revenue of $92 million or 22% growth over the same period last year....
Qwest doubles down on FTTN
Qwest Communications today announced plans to reduce its workforce by 3% -- or 1200 people – in the fourth quarter to adjust for softening markets...
< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 >
