Distance Learning
InterCall offering looks to replace live training
InterCall Streaming leverages technology gained through the Stream57 acquisition....
Wireless Generation helping schools assess students, develop teaching plans
Teachers use the company's mCLASS offering through Wi-Fi. ...
Obsidian encryption key to Cox life sciences connection
The operator claims the genomics research institute link is the nation’s fastest life sciences supercomputer connection....
Telepresence: Not just for meetings any more
Emerging applications in health care, education and industry offer new opportunities for service providers...
Universities log on to hand-held mobile apps
Schools such as Northwestern and Abilene Christian University are taking advantage of the mobile app explosion to keep in touch with students, faculty and alumni...
Cities need broadband help, Chicago CTO says
U.S. cities need the aid and cooperation of telecom service providers if they are going to compete globally with Singapore, Seoul, Beijing, Bangalore and others, Chicago CIO Hardik Bhatt...
Handicapping Broadband Stimulus Picks
The $7.2 billion in Broadband Stimulus prize money in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is creating quite a buzz around the telecom race track....
National broadband policy must push adoption
The U.S. National Broadband Policy needs to solve the country’s adoption problem, not just its access problem, and do so without unnecessary regulation that would slow down private investment in broadband infrastructure...
Economic crisis fueling open network interest
Australia leads the way with $43 billion investment in broadband, but is the US political will strong enough to follow that lead?...
The Promise of Universal Broadband
The Obama administration’s economic stimulus package contains a broadband promise for rural America...
Rave Wireless brings mobile safety to college campuses
Through partnerships with wireless carriers, Rave is equipping college students with ubiquitous safety precautions...
Broadband adoption, benefits on the rise
IIA study finds that broadband adoption increased six-fold in the past seven years...
ATIS CEO: Universities asked to adapt telecom training
The telecom industry is aware of its changing job needs, and there is an effort underway to update university curriculums to better address the IT and Ethernet skills required going forward, according to Susan Miller...
Commentary: Building a next-gen work force
Is it possible to have a next-generation network and deliver next-generation services if you don't have next-generation workers?...
Polycom simplifies videoconferencing
Polycom continues to push enterprise videoconferencing by making it easier to use, today announcing general availability of its Polycom Distributed Media Application 7000, an application that enables centralized management and distribution of multipoint video calls within an enterprise network....
