While Alcatel-Lucent leads the overall DSL access sector, and it will continue to support Stinger customers, its ISAM series will likely garner more development support over the long run in ...

While MPLS-based IP and Ethernet services are experiencing rapid rates of growth, Qwest continues to support its legacy frame relay networks which provide reliable data transport services to customers both ...

MetaSwitch, one of the few non-legacy, non-incumbents to capture a dominant market share in the North American Class 5 replacement market, continues these efforts, leveraging partnerships and channels to increase ...

Though Ericsson's Telephony Softswitch claims only a modest percentage of the overall softswitch market, the platform's tight integration into Ericsson's IMS portfolio makes it appealing to a wide breadth of ...

Long after it was first announced, it's still unclear whether or not Motorola's Universal Base Station is shipping. Without it, the portfolio remains firmly stuck in the past and at ...

Based on product metrics alone, Samsung's base station portfolio is strong with winning capacity performance and footprint efficiency. Unfortunately, a lack of market momentum and a tight focus on WiMAX ...

Sprint Nextel offers network- and premises-based VoIP solutions for small businesses to medium enterprises. The addition of IP trunking would round out the carrier's portfolio and strengthen its position as ...

Taqua continues its resurgence, establishing a customer run rate of a win a month since the beginning of 2007. The company attributes its renewal and success to its single-minded focus ...

The Nortel Communications Server 1500, a smaller version of the CS 2000, aimed at the installed base for small to medium-sized ILECs, is getting some traction but needs to overcome ...

Covad is an established VoIP provider in the SMB market, but it competes against larger carriers and MSOs. Covad's new owners have the capital to increase sales and marketing, but ...

Verizon Business continues to enhance its IP telephony portfolio, most recently adding on-demand VoIP access line sharing. Verizon was an early proponent of VoIP, and today offers a VoIP portfolio ...

The OptiX OSN 3500's strengths focus on traditional MSPP functions including E1/E3/SDH interface capacities and TDM switching. However, the system's relatively weak Ethernet support detracts from its ability to address ...

Qwest OneFlex is a full-featured set of IP telephony services designed to meet the needs of a wide variety of businesses. Qwest must continue to enhance its portfolio to maintain ...

Nortel was once again the worldwide softswitch sales leader in 2007. The company's challenge for the remainder of 2008 will be to continue to increase the attractiveness of the CS ...

Ericsson continues to leverage the product and marketing differentiators of Redback's SmartEdge MultiService Edge Router platform, but despite hardware and software enhancements, the platform's revenue performance has lagged peers. This ...

KEYMILE's UMUX product is a competitive DLC/MSAP platform for ETSI markets, where it has developed a loyal installed base over several years. But in the future, customers will look to ...

Mitel's 3300 scales to serve enterprises of all sizes and delivers a full portfolio of applications and end devices. Better known as an SME solution, the 3300 must prove ...

Avaya Communication Manager presents multiple VoIP migration paths to the company's many legacy PBX customers and a credible threat to rivals in bids for new accounts. This report contains ...

A distributed architecture, very high scalability, and strong branch office options make OmniPCX Enterprise a very competitive telephony platform. The system enjoys dominance in Europe, but remains under-distributed in ...

Cisco has divided Unified Communications Manager into two versions: one that supports Linux servers and native SIP and another that does not. Until Cisco reunites the fractured platform, enterprises ...