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DATE: 10/14/2008
EVENT: Mobile Backhaul: Infrastructure Choices for Converged RANs
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DATE: 10/14/2008
EVENT: Deploying Dynamic Optical Networks
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DATE: 10/16/2008
EVENT: SIP Hardening: Best Practices to Ensure Reliable & Robust NGN Services
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DATE: 10/16/2008
EVENT: Building Optical Networks for Tier 2 Operators
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DATE: Monday, October 20, 2008
LOCATION: Hilton New York, New York
EVENT: Ethernet Expo 2008
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DATE: Wednesday, October 22, 2008
LOCATION: Hilton New York, New York
EVENT: Enterprise Day at Ethernet Expo 2008
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DATE: Monday, October 27, 2008
LOCATION: The Westin Dallas Park Central, Dallas
EVENT: Green Telecom: 2008
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DATE: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
LOCATION: , Anaheim
EVENT: TelcoTV Conference & Expo
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DATE: Tuesday, December 02, 2008
LOCATION: The Westin Times Square, New York
EVENT: The Future of Cable Business Services
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Financial Crisis Could Hurt Nextel Sale, Alltel Buy
OCTOBER 10, 2008 - Sprint CEO wonders if anyone will be able to raise the necessary capital to buy Nextel
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Ethernet Benefits From 21CN Rethink
OCTOBER 10, 2008 - BT�s decision to revamp its 21CN rollout strategy has given the British carrier a stronger hand in the Ethernet services market
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Qwest Tuning Out ChoiceTV
OCTOBER 10, 2008 - It's DirecTV from now on, as Qwest has to shut down the IPTV service formerly supported by Next Level gear
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Leading Lights Startups Gain Ground
OCTOBER 10, 2008 - Some of our 'Best Startup' finalists have had quite a busy year, some are hoping for a big 2009, and some just aren't sayin'
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Arris Absorbs Auspice Assets
OCTOBER 10, 2008 - Arris has quietly expanded its service assurance portfolio, added 28 Auspice engineers, and landed more business with Comcast
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Verizon Tests Internet Video on FiOS
OCTOBER 9, 2008 - Watching YouTube on your TV is finally easy � and it took a telco to make it happen!
Soapstone Shocker: Founder Flees
OCTOBER 9, 2008 - Larry Dennison, the man who crafted the post-Avici strategy, has washed his hands of Soapstone
Slideshow: WiMax Makes Waves
OCTOBER 9, 2008 - Sprint and friends cut the wire at Baltimore shindig to WiMax's coming out
SureWest Triggers EBIF Strategy
OCTOBER 9, 2008 - The operator deploys a CableLabs-specified system that supports lightweight 'enhanced' TV apps
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BT Outsources Ops to AlcaLu
OCTOBER 9, 2008 - About 500 staff are to transfer from BT to Alcatel-Lucent in an outsourcing deal focused on the running of legacy networks
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Vodafone Offers $2.5B for Vodacom Stake
OCTOBER 9, 2008 - Vodafone finally makes an offer to Telkom SA to gain a majority stake in South African mobile operator Vodacom
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REAL WORLD RESEARCH
Policy Control & DPI: The New Broadband Imperative
This report examines the entire spectrum of policy control tools, including policy servers and decision points, DPI, call admission control, subscriber authorization and authentication, content and applications management, and identity management. It is based on more than 30 vendor interviews and a worldwide survey of more than 100 service providers.
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Telepresence: A Market Opportunity Reality Check
This report examines applications in the telepresence market, along with partnerships, acquisitions, and future investment strategies that vendors are considering in this market. Additionally, this report provides a comparative analysis of 11 of the top vendors in the telepresence industry.
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Telcos Beware: Cable Takes Aim at Targeted Advertising
This report examines the prospects for advanced advertising and profiles 12 suppliers with products that specifically enable the creation, delivery, and management of advanced cable TV advertising in the U.S. Many of these suppliers are introducing new solutions for cable operators, programmers, or the advertising community.
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A SILICON & SUBSYSTEM RESEARCH SERVICE
40-Gbit/s Technologies: Lower Costs Will Drive New Demand
This report analyzes 40/100-Gbit/s technologies, identifying the key advantages they hold for equipment manufacturers. It also surveys component availability, and profiles leading vendors in this growing market. The report also profiles 17 providers and how they are addressing the rising 40/100-Gbit/s technologies.
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A SERVICE DELIVERY RESEARCH SERVICE
Combining Telco Services: The Network Service Broker Opportunity
This report defines the network service broker and explores various approaches to service brokering at different levels of the network. It also examines the relationship between service brokering, service orchestration, and mashups in the Web 2.0 domain. The report includes a comparative analysis of 11 leading vendors in this market.
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A BUSINESS-CLASS VOICE APPLICATIONS RESEARCH SERVICE
The Key to UC Revenue Success: It's the Apps
This report examines applications in the unified communications market, exploring the top UC applications today and those that will draw more attention over the next 12 to 18 months. The report also provides a comparative analysis of 11 top companies in the UC industry and how their products address applications.
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A DIGITAL CONTENT DELIVERY RESEARCH SERVICE
White-Label Video Platforms: Monetizing Online Video
This report examines the white-label video content management platforms that provide customizable end-to-end online multiformat video publishing and Internet TV services. It also provides a comparative analysis of 14 leading companies and their products, delivery models, features, formats, and pricing.
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The Future of Mobile WiMax: Where, When & How Much?
This report identifies and analyzes the key issues that will affect the deployment of WiMax through 2010 and how WiMax will affect the competitive landscape worldwide. The report profiles 14 leading WiMax equipment vendors, offering insight into which companies are best positioned to emerge as key players in this market.
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Companies
Alcatel-Lucent (5541), AT&T; (1714), BellSouth (841), BT (1153), Cablevision (421), Cisco (4857), Comcast (1311), Cox Communications (627), Deutsche Telekom (752), eBay (Skype) (329), Ericsson (1383), France Telecom (900), Google (458), Huawei (849), Intel (1114), Juniper (1892), Microsoft (1023), Motorola (1240), Nokia Siemens Networks (2451), Nortel (3745), NTT (117), Siemens (1353), Sprint (1018), Telefonica (382), Time Warner Cable (650), Verizon (2314), Vodafone (465), Yahoo (327)
Broadband
Access equipment (1948), Access technologies (2186), Broadband loop carriers / multiservice access nodes (354), Cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) (892), Cable TV chips (177), DSL (1928), DSL chips (191), DSLAMs (654), Free-space optics (31), FTTx (1857), Gaming consoles (38), Gaming servers (22), Media adapters (10), Municipal networks (100), PON (989), PON chips (189), Satellite (352), WiMax (776), Wireless LAN (344)
Cable Digital
Cable Modems (352), Cable/MSO equipment (2638), CableLabs (265), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (181), DOCSIS (585), Embedded multimedia terminal adapters (E-MTAs) (127), Head-ends (110), PacketCable (97), QAM (207)
Chips, Components & Subsystems (Sponsored by Intel� Embedded and Communications Alliance)
ASICs & FPGAs (81), ATCA (409), ATM chips (13), Comm chips (2210), Dispersion compensators (144), Lasers (884), Modulators (150), Mux/demuxes (294), Network processors (856), Optical amplifiers (336), Optical channel monitors (90), Optical components (2640), Speciality fiber (77), Switches & OADMs (378), Transceivers (1159), Transmission fiber (408), Variable optical attenuators (138)
Ethernet (Sponsored by Cisco)
10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1346), Access devices (231), ATM switches (334), Circuit emulation (18), Converged access (91), Ethernet chips (504), Ethernet equipment (1711), Ethernet over copper (203), Ethernet PONs (142), Ethernet services (1560), Ethernet technologies (446), Multipoint (120), Multiservice edge equipment (128), Multiservice provisioning platforms (608), Multiservice switches (381), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (203), Point-to-point (126), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (125)
IP & Convergence
B-RASs (221), Cell/WLAN (75), Compression equipment (10), Core routers (1180), DNS (50), Edge routers (1503), ENUM (49), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (472), GMPLS (77), IMS (980), IMS Control Layer (27), IMS Service Layer (26), IP equipment (1040), IP software (350), IP technologies (1391), IPv6 (67), Layer 3 VPNs (138), MPLS (1674), MPLS (680), Multicast (29), P2P (234), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (125), QOS (334), SIP (358), Traffic managers (753), Wireline/Wireless (53)
Mobile/Wireless
3G Evolution (139), Carrier WiFi (179), CDMA (3G) (247), Core Network (139), EV-DO (101), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (70), GSM/EDGE (340), HSDPA/HSUPA (272), IMS Core (41), Mobile/Wireless (4877), Packet Core (44), Radio Access Network (184), TD-SCDMA (Chinese 3G) (36), Transmission (36), UMTS(3G) (267), Voice Core (20), WiMax (776), Wireless Backhaul (171), Wireless Chips (162), Wireless LAN (344)
Optical Networking
40-Gbit/s transmission (386), Core optical switches (750), CWDM (282), DWDM (1736), Long-haul WDM equipment (559), Metro optical switches, ROADMs (1113), Metro WDM equipment (699), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (367), Optical equipment (1704), Optical switches & crossconnects (394), Optical technologies (352), Sonet/SDH (990), Sonet/SDH chips (316), Wavelength services (244)
Security
Anti-virus (27), Denial-of-service attacks (39), Encryption (82), Endpoint security (20), Firewalls (56), Intrusion detection & prevention (38), IPSec VPN (797), Security (1723), SSL VPN (861), URL filtering (11), User authentication (18)
Services Software
Activation (405), Billing systems (660), Content/software downloads (210), Customer relationship management (174), Data Integrity (14), Element management systems (28), Fault management (57), Inventory management (135), Mediation systems (192), Messaging (190), Middleware (45), Mobile location (35), OSS (2203), Performance monitoring (261), Policy control (199), Provisioning (502), Revenue assurance & fraud management (308), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (271), Service management (129), Service-oriented architectures (268), Services (1971), Web gateways (40), Web services (92), XML (48)
Test & Measurement
Access equipment Access test & measurement equipment (115), Comm chips Comm chips test & measurement equipment (29), Ethernet equipment Ethernet test & measurement equipment (131), IP equipment IP test & measurement equipment (95), MPLS MPLS test & measurement equipment (12), Optical components Optical components test & measurement equipment (103), Optical equipment Optical test & measurement equipment (827), OSS OSS test & measurement (1037), Sonet/SDH Sonet/SDH test & measurement equipment (1585), Test & measurement (1473), VOIP equipment VOIP test & measurement equipment (137)
Video (Sponsored by Ericsson)
Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (180), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (560), Content delivery network (CDN) (306), Content protection (182), DVRs (360), Internet Video (442), IPTV (2679), Middleware & business support systems (469), Set-top boxes (1133), Stored video servers (282), TV (2274), Video equipment (2229), Video services (3526), Video software (1135), Videophone (163), VOD (1921)
VOIP
Application servers (161), Centrex (184), Conferencing (68), Contact centers (36), Enhanced voice (26), Enterprise (566), Media gateways (321), Messaging (57), Presence management (36), Residential (649), Session border controllers (364), Signaling gateways (90), Softswitches (1037), VOIP chips (151), VOIP equipment (3245), VOIP services (3537), VOIP software (555), VOIP VPNs (23), Wholesale (212)
Karen Cook-Hellberg - Personal Services
