UMTS? WiFi? WiMax? Fixed and Wireless operators scratch their heads in unison over the choice of wireless broadband remote access options. Yet the best solution is undoubtedly an aggregated one. ...

Mass market CLECs are faced with the prospect that rate regulation for unbundled dialtone resale will be phased out. If they want to stay in the dialtone business, they'll need ...

Operators are quietly optimistic about sport-related content. Sport content is increasing operators' data revenues, but content is no longer king and operators need to look to interaction and connectivity ...

SONET/SDH vendors had some tough choices to make when developing their next-generation platforms. A key choice is whether to develop a new platform or to keep evolving existing, installed platforms. ...

The data quality market has been undergoing some interesting transformations of late. One of the most important changes lies in its recent consolidation. With the entrance of Pitney Bowes, the ...

Following China's declaration that TD-SCDMA launches would not be required, indications are that it will still be promoted. This shouldn't be surprising. But it doesn't mean that the future of ...

Composite applications riding on top of SOAs are being touted as the answer to everything that ails the applications environment today. However, this cure could create side effects in the ...

Interest in RPR heightens as standardization approaches, and RPR is offered for incumbent TDM networks as well as overlay packet ADM or Ethernet switch builds. RPR deployed over TDM has ...

UMTS/GPRS data cards are much of a muchness in terms of functionality, forcing operators to compete on service for differentiation. Service providers should check out the Italian market for some ...

Following momentum in the enterprise, Voice over WLAN is being positioned as a potential wide area competitor to cheap 2G services. Such services would more likely resemble PHS: focused on ...

Many industry watchers have been predicting the complete commoditization of the directory market for some years now. A hearty few refuse to listen and continue to differentiate their products and ...

Having fumbled the wireless ball by spinning out AT&T Wireless - and subsequently watching AWE be acquired by Cingular - AT&T has woken up to the fact that it needs ...

It's not your father's edge router anymore. The role of the edge router has gone from aggregation and leased line termination to being the control point for multiple services and ...

WiMAX is attracting attention as analysts hype its prospects and infrastructure vendors announce their own product intentions. Without product details, operators will have a hard time planning their services and ...

With CDMA2000 EV-DV equipment coming on line, the migration of CDMA2000 1X is being promoted as a substitute for EV-DO which does not rob operators of voice capacity. More likely, ...

Sun and Microsoft have announced a significant partnership that effectively ends the animosity between them and promises to make their respective products work better together. However, the companies are ...

Since the first camera phone hit Japan in November 2000, the worldwide market for the product has grown at a rapid rate. Most recently, news of the first megapixel ...

Broadband wireless is now available via a range of GPRS/UMTS data cards, but operators should start thinking of ways to differentiate their offerings with premium QoS to prioritise traffic for ...

In-building wireless is not a new development; repeaters and in-building antenna systems are commonplace in many markets. However, quality concerns have upped the ante for in-building wireless and infrastructure vendors ...

Evidence that the venerable H.323 protocol contains flaws that compromise the security of IP telephony systems will impact companies deploying them less than the vendors whose business and reputation hinge ...