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Ready for some peace and quiet

The wholesale side of the telephony business has been rocking and rolling for almost a decade. It began with the go-go buildup of the late 1990s, followed...

Mapping the mobile phone

First, digital photography became nearly ubiquitous on the mobile phone. Then music and e-mail penetrated down the tiers of handsets. Now vehicle navigation...

Funding fiber to the farm

Like finding well-situated season tickets to your favorite sports team, it can be daunting to get a telecom grant or loan from the Rural Utilities Service....

A new MPLS debate heats up

Increasing interest in provider backbone transport, or PBT, technology as a simpler, cheaper alternative to multiprotocol label switching, or MPLS, has...

The best phone company in America?

One could almost say it was SBC that gave rival Cox Communications its first leg-up into the telephone business a decision that telco might now regret....

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Analysts predict an AT&T switch

Pike & Fischer has added its voice to chorus of those predicting AT&T will have to alter its strategy and invest in deploying fiber-to-the-home in order to compete with cable operators in the video business...

AT&T sells BellSouth 2.5 GHz holds to Clearwire

AT&T today said it is selling off former BellSouth broadband wireless spectrum in the Southeast to Clearwire, which is currently deploying a wireless broadband network piece-by-piece across the country that it eventually plans to upgrade to WiMAX...

Verizon’s FTTP orders surprise ADC

Verizon Communications got a jump on fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) deployment this year, according to ADC Telecommunications...

AT&T snags GM contract

AT&T said it has been awarded a five-year global networking contract worth nearly $1 billion by General Motors...

FCC rules speed telco video

The Federal Communications Commission today issued new rules designed to speed up the local video franchising process. The rules set a 90-day limit on the local government’s decision and prohibit extraordinary requests for deployment of hardware or for tying in of unrelated requests....

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The day after

IPTV isn't exactly fitting into this mold. The technology has been deployed by independent service providers for the last two years, and by major players internationally as well, so it's no longer just hype...

So this is IPTV

The early knock on telephone company TV efforts was that the service they were providing looked too much like what consumers were already buying from a cable or satellite company, forcing telcos to compete too much on price...

Excuse me, your phone is smelling…

Phones long ago did away the boring ring of cell phones, making cell phones blare everything from James Brown to John Cleese when they want to be answered...

The PBT Race

Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) has come a long way since last summer, when Nortel Networks announced its embrace of the point-to-point technology as a simpler, cheaper alternative to MPLS in metro networks...

Changing faces

As network operators, particularly in the mobile industry, increasingly outsource management of their networks to major vendor partners, we're beginning to see interesting shifts in the telecom workforce...

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Cover Story: Rooted in controversy

If it hadn't been for all the uproar about how top-level domain names were assigned, the international community might never have taken much interest in the root server system. Top-level domains — the letters (usually two or three) that come after the final dot in an Internet address — are assigned for all countries by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, a U.S.-based non-profit organization. Check out this cover story.

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A Telephony Podcast: TelcoTV Recap

The recent Telco TV conference in Dallas was the place to be to discuss the deployment status and technology progression of IPTV. Telephony's Ed Gubbins and Dan O'Shea analyze who's who in IPTV, the importance of personalized programming and why YouTube took center stage. Download this podcast now...

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Visibility into Next Gen OSS/BSS and Service Delivery Platforms

With convergence becoming a reality and service delivery platforms becoming much more sophisticated, the OSS/BSS functions no longer take the backseat. Telephony's new Webcast discusses the operational realities and the service delivery strategies that will allow service providers to streamline their business and technical processes. Senior Editor and software writer Tim McElligott talks to Peter Mottishaw from OSS Observer and Matt Price with Wily Technology about the business benefits of performance and availability monitoring and management. Watch this webcast now...

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Telephony's periodic supplements dig deep into niche markets and technologies to bring you the specific news, trends and analysis you need. From the business case for WiMAX to the evolution of next-generation networks, our supplements tackle the important issues. Our quarterly publication, The Independent, focuses on the businesses, networks, opportunities and challenges of independent operating companies.

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