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| BROADBAND, COMMUNICATIONS & ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS INSIGHT |
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| THE WORLDWIDE SOURCE FOR ANALYSIS OF THE WIRELESS ECONOMY |
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| REAL WORLD RESEARCH |
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| Monetizing IPTV: The Next-Gen Video Advertising Opportunity |
| This report examines the value chain for TV advertising and discusses the challenges that the TV advertising business poses for IPTV service providers. It explores the available technology and business models and provides an in-depth accounting of the digital TV advertising ecosystem, along with the key players and technology suppliers. |
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| A TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH SERVICE |
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| MPLS vs. PBT: The Empire Strikes Back |
| This report explores leading equipment vendors' arguments for and against the use of MPLS, evaluating their views on how close to the access network MPLS should be deployed and providing a comparative review of four basic transport network approaches: MPLS at Layer 2, MPLS at Layer 3, PBB-TE, and T-MPLS. |
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| A CABLE/MSO SECTOR RESEARCH SERVICE |
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| Content Exclusivity: What's It Really Worth? |
| This report identifies and analyzes exclusive programming and services in the U.S. market, with a focus on cable operators, examining the types and sources of exclusive content, the cost considerations, and how these offerings stack up in the increasingly competitive video services market. The report also profiles several major MSOs. |
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| A SILICON & SUBSYSTEM RESEARCH SERVICE |
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| MicroTCA & AdvancedMC: Delivering on the Promise |
| ATCA provides a compelling platform for many telecom applications, allowing telecom equipment providers to quickly develop carrier-grade solutions to support the advanced services their subscribers demand. This report analyzes current and projected use of ATCA, AMCs, and MicroTCA based on the results of an exclusive worldwide survey. |
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| A SERVICE DELIVERY RESEARCH SERVICE |
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| Service Management: The Key to SDP/OSS Integration |
| This report analyzes the role of service management, with a unified view of OSS function, in next-generation service delivery. It profiles key vendors in the SDP/OSS integration market and considers future market trends, finding that operators will come to be differentiated as much by service management as by services themselves. |
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| A BUSINESS-CLASS VOICE APPLICATIONS RESEARCH SERVICE |
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| VOIP Peering: New Business Models Emerge |
| This report examines the IP peering market, providing an in-depth assessment of the equipment and solutions providers as well as the peering platform operators in the space. The report also evaluates customer markets, especially those poised for growth, and considers issues that vendors must address for the marketplace to expand. |
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| A WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH SERVICE |
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| 700MHz Technology Options: Reshaping the U.S. Wireless Market |
| This report examines the technology choices available to potential bidders in the FCC's upcoming auction of 700MHz spectrum, analyzes possible network deployment strategies for new entrants and incumbent bidders, and explores how 700MHz network deployments could influence the commercial strategies of key players in the U.S. wireless market. |
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| This report discusses the key vendors and service providers that run CDNs to incorporate IPTV storage. It examines the need for IPTV storage in the delivery ecosystem and the rationale for various operators to deploy different CDN strategies, along with the impact of these strategies on choices in IPTV gear. |
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LIGHT READING EDITORIAL |
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Raynman
BY RAY MCCONVILLE |
Fun With FTTH Data
OCTOBER 23, 2007
1:35 PM -- Numbers don't lie
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EuroBlog
BY EURO DESK |
FT Wants Open Ducts
OCTOBER 23, 2007
11:40 AM -- France Telecom calls for open access to fiber ducts
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Jonestown
BY DAN JONES |
CTIA: Blue Sky, Box Walls
OCTOBER 23, 2007
11:15 AM -- Stuck inside a hotel with the mobile blues again
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The Philter
BY PHIL HARVEY |
TelcoTV Questions
OCTOBER 23, 2007
10:35 AM -- Some notes on my march through Atlanta
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Valley Wonk
BY CRAIG MATSUMOTO |
Ethernet Expo: More Cowbell
OCTOBER 23, 2007
9:35 AM -- Yeah, we're milking this thing
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Light Ranting
BY R. SCOTT RAYNOVICH |
The Bleeding Lights
OCTOBER 22, 2007
5:20 PM -- The Top 10 Awards we didn't hand out last week
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Monkey Bidness
BY LARRY |
Mavrelous Favre
OCTOBER 19, 2007
6:00 PM -- Most overrated evre
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Peer Pressure
BY RYAN LAWLER |
Comcast & P2P, Redux
OCTOBER 19, 2007
5:20 PM -- The AP reports what everyone already knew
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Red Panda
BY RED PANDA |
Priest Presley
OCTOBER 17, 2007
5:30 PM -- 'Father has left the building'
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Contentinople
BY A.L. FRIEDMAN |
Contentinople Updates
OCTOBER 16, 2007
8:25 PM -- Digital content news
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| Companies |
Alcatel-Lucent (5157), AT&T; (1337), BellSouth (816), BT (920), Cablevision (257), Cisco (4410), Comcast (685), Cox Communications (369), Deutsche Telekom (659), eBay (Skype) (318), Ericsson (1146), France Telecom (788), Google (340), Huawei (733), Intel (1079), Juniper (1767), Microsoft (861), Motorola (1019), Nokia Siemens Networks (2256), Nortel (3551), NTT (89), Siemens (1339), Sprint (938), Telefonica (313), Time Warner Cable (346), Verizon (1817), Vodafone (407), Yahoo (266)
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| Broadband (Sponsored by Nokia Siemens Networks) |
Access equipment (1636), Access technologies (1656), Broadband loop carriers / multiservice access nodes (233), Cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) (742), Cable TV chips (81), DSL (1360), DSL chips (155), DSLAMs (533), Free-space optics (31), FTTx (969), Gaming consoles (8), Gaming servers (9), Media adapters (2), Municipal networks (88), PON (571), PON chips (126), Satellite (185), WiMax (571), Wireless LAN (292)
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| Cable Digital |
Cable Modems (114), Cable/MSO equipment (1734), CableLabs (105), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (96), DOCSIS (223), Embedded multimedia terminal adapters (E-MTAs) (58), Head-ends (60), PacketCable (68), QAM (108)
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| Chips, Components & Subsystems (Sponsored by Intel) |
ASICs & FPGAs (54), ATCA (280), ATM chips (14), Comm chips (1889), Dispersion compensators (131), Lasers (804), Modulators (130), Mux/demuxes (284), Network processors (787), Optical amplifiers (309), Optical channel monitors (84), Optical components (2072), Speciality fiber (48), Switches & OADMs (334), Transceivers (1019), Transmission fiber (357), Variable optical attenuators (134)
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| Ethernet (Sponsored by Cisco) |
10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1174), Access devices (179), ATM switches (333), Circuit emulation (15), Converged access (78), Ethernet chips (413), Ethernet equipment (1185), Ethernet over copper (165), Ethernet PONs (132), Ethernet services (1221), Ethernet technologies (320), Multipoint (86), Multiservice edge equipment (108), Multiservice provisioning platforms (597), Multiservice switches (375), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (65), Point-to-point (87), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (113)
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| IP & Convergence |
B-RASs (201), Cell/WLAN (65), Compression equipment (9), Core routers (1085), DNS (41), Edge routers (1309), ENUM (47), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (409), GMPLS (71), IMS (815), IMS Control Layer (23), IMS Service Layer (23), IP equipment (760), IP software (256), IP technologies (1136), IPv6 (49), Layer 3 VPNs (96), MPLS (1522), MPLS (651), Multicast (21), P2P (110), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (113), QOS (283), SIP (306), Traffic managers (604), Wireline/Wireless (42)
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3G Evolution (51), Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (127), Carrier WiFi (146), CDMA (3G) (173), Core Network (111), EV-DO (81), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (58), GSM/EDGE (249), HSDPA/HSUPA (193), IMS Core (30), Mobile/Wireless (3733), Packet Core (20), Radio Access Network (114), TD-SCDMA (Chinese 3G) (27), Transmission (26), UMTS(3G) (191), Voice Core (15), WiMax (571), Wireless Backhaul (48), Wireless Chips (125), Wireless LAN (292)
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| Optical Networking (Sponsored by Anritsu Corporation) |
40-Gbit/s transmission (319), Core optical switches (728), CWDM (233), DWDM (1554), Long-haul WDM equipment (424), Metro optical switches, ROADMs (974), Metro WDM equipment (573), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (360), Optical equipment (1023), Optical switches & crossconnects (385), Optical technologies (217), Sonet/SDH (915), Sonet/SDH chips (287), Wavelength services (203)
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Anti-virus (24), Denial-of-service attacks (34), Encryption (37), Endpoint security (16), Firewalls (50), Intrusion detection & prevention (31), IPSec VPN (791), Security (1538), SSL VPN (850), URL filtering (11), User authentication (18)
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Activation (374), Billing systems (533), Content/software downloads (170), Customer relationship management (99), Data Integrity (9), Element management systems (25), Fault management (44), Inventory management (105), Mediation systems (178), Messaging (132), Middleware (9), Mobile location (21), OSS (1665), Performance monitoring (203), Policy control (77), Provisioning (440), Revenue assurance & fraud management (280), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (203), Service management (94), Service-oriented architectures (174), Services (1582), Web gateways (9), Web services (64), XML (42)
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| Test & Measurement |
Test & measurement (1094), OSS Test & measurement (992), Optical components Test & measurement equipment (69), Ethernet equipment Test & measurement equipment (103), IP equipment Test & measurement equipment (66), MPLS Test & measurement equipment (10), Sonet/SDH Test & measurement equipment (1577), Comm chips Test & measurement equipment (28), Access equipment Test & measurement equipment (95), VOIP equipment Test & measurement equipment (129), Optical equipment Test & measurement equipment (782)
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| Video |
Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (420), Content delivery network (CDN) (124), Content protection (154), DVRs (94), Internet Video (131), IPTV (1769), Middleware & business support systems (304), Set-top boxes (591), Stored video servers (181), TV (1174), Video equipment (1331), Video services (1933), Video software (526), Videophone (121), VOD (1241)
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| VOIP |
Application servers (129), Centrex (169), Conferencing (52), Contact centers (36), Enhanced voice (26), Enterprise (438), Media gateways (242), Messaging (56), Presence management (36), Residential (504), Session border controllers (272), Signaling gateways (64), Softswitches (928), VOIP chips (111), VOIP equipment (2849), VOIP services (2808), VOIP software (479), VOIP VPNs (20), Wholesale (181)
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Ethernet Expo Rundown |
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Mavrelous Favre
October 19, 2007
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More Cowbell!
October 23, 2007
9:35 AM -- Yeah, we're milking this thing |
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Web Video Cheat Sheet
July 24, 2007
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Ciena's PBB-TE Play
October 11, 2007
11:45 AM -- The company says it's just following the money |
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The Bleeding Lights
October 22, 2007
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