| October 20 |
Mid-October news: read a review and our opinions on the most important announcements done in the first half of the month |
| October 15 |
The Economy is on all of our minds these days : reas a subset of our predictions of the impact of the economy |
| October 2 |
September news: read a review and our comments of the most important announcements done last month: Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel, Alcatel-Lucent, Fujitsu, ADVA, RAD.... |
| September 30 |
The Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2008 in Review: a review of our thoughts on what the conference indicated about industry trends, followed by
an alphabetized, selective synopses of some of what we heard discussed by operators and vendors |
| September 8 |
Ericsson: The Analyst Forum – Analysis and Opinions Ericsson held its Analyst Forum last month. The theme was “The New Mediacomm World.” Our take on their positioning |
| September 1 |
Welcome back from the vacation / holiday season. For those that have been out during the last month or two, here are some selected topics of potential interest that have been going on while you were away.
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| August 22 |
Femtocells: There is a Strong Push, But is There Enough Pull? Commercialization for residential applications is going to prove a difficult challenge to overcome |
| August 15 |
It is time for operators to take more responsibility for the profitability of the telecom industry: The biggest threat to the telecom sector right now is not the economy: read our opinion here. |
| August 6 |
The Enterprise is redefining applications business models thanks to the possibilities opened up by Ethernet services:
how innovation in the vertical markets and the impact on operators and vendors will impact how we all live and work |
| August 4 |
Nortel acquires Novera Optics: Expect more competition in WDM PON now as commercial viability comes closer within reach |
| July 22 |
Tellabs looks for growth internationally – and finds some Tellabs is seeking greater customer diversification and international revenues increased 20% YoY, rising to $145 million. Read here the whole analysis |
| July 21 |
Alcatel-Lucent uses third-party validation for some effective marketing: ALU announced that Isocore confirmed the scalability and resilience of Alcatel-Lucent’s 7750 SR and 7705 SAR, as part of the IP/MPLS part of its META solution for mobile backhaul applications. |
| July 21 |
Microwave is Hot – and Why Not? Microwave is facing major changes now in terms of how it is deployed, the competitive alternatives it faces, and what functionality is being integrated with it
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| June 21 |
NXTComm 2008 Fujitsu Announces FLASHWAVE CDS Packet Optical Networking Platform: Complements 7500 and 9500 With Dense Access, But Without PBT‐TE Support |
| June 21 |
NXTComm 2008 Alcatel‐Lucent Enhances Business VPN Services Solution: Integrates PBB and VPLS to Increases Scale and Reach of Carrier Ethernet Services on 7750 SR and 7450 ESS |
| June 20 |
NXTComm 2008 Ericsson’s Redback Networks Announces New Carrier Ethernet Switch Product Line: introduces the SM 480 |
| June 13 |
NXTComm 2008 Infinera announces new IL2Line System: Gains Distance, Optical Bypass, and Transmission Scalability for 10G Now, 40G and 100G in Future - Updated to reflect DT announcement |
| June 11 |
NXTComm 2008 RAD Announces New Pseudowire TDM Gateway : Offers Multi-tenant and Carriers' carrier backhaul applications |
| June 10 |
NXTComm 2008 Gridpoint Announces the Gridpoint 3400: Complements Control Plane With Hardware To Offer Bandwidth Optimization and Find Channel Partners |
| June 6 |
NXTComm 2008 Alcatel-Lucent Boosts TPSDA Architecture: ALU announced several enhancements to its TPSDA which pave the way for new, sophisticated and innovative multimedia services |
| May 23 |
AT&T Launches Business U-verse: Competitive pricing to ward off MSO, but lacking important features |
| May 13 |
Mobile TV: A Battle Between standards in an uncertain market, and a proving ground for profitability in a changing market |
| May 3 |
Making Sense of Competition and Financial Performance in a Changing Market: The Effect of Exchange Rates
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| April 25 |
The Economy, Handsets, and New Service Revenues: LInks in a Chain? |
| April 17 |
Xtera Bargain Shops With Private Funding To Diversify During Consolidation: Gets Bargain on Meriton With Possible Help From BT |
| April 3 |
Special Edition CTIA: Nokia Siemens Networks Partners With Symmetricom: Tier 1 Vendor packet-based backhaul solutions competition heats up
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| April 3 |
Special Edition CTIA: Juniper Networks Goes After Mobile Backhaul with BX 7000
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| April 2 |
Special Edition CTIA: Motorola Splits Out The Mobile Devices Business
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| April 2 |
Special Edition CTIA: Qualcomm's Gobi Mobile Data Chip Gains Market Momentum in Enabling Global Mobile Broadband for Notebooks
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| March 17 |
ECi Launches 1NeT: Seeks to Support Smooth and Agile Transition to Next-Gen Networks |
| March 5 |
ECI Increases Focus On North America: Expands Portfolio in Search of Greater Addressable Market
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| Feb 29 |
OFC/NFOEC: Infinera Demos the 40G PIC : The Advantages and Challenges of the PIC
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| Feb 25 |
Mobile World Congress: Alcatel-Lucent Positioning and Messaging How (and how well) ALU positions its proposition for mobile operators |
| Feb 6 |
Ericsson Announces Lenovo, U500: Lays Groundwork for Bandwidth Demand, Gains Particular Advantage from Seeding Market Due to its Solutions Breadth |