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Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes

Articles published in July 2008

Finding Cable's Commercial Voice


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
July 31, 2008 : Cable operators across North America are now plunging headlong into the commercial phone market

Taking IPTV Out of the Silo


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Sam Masud - Post a comment
July 30, 2008 : To succeed in IPTV, telcos have to learn to see video as just one component in a package of multimedia, interactive services

Let's Hear It for Business Services


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - H. Paris Burstyn - Post a comment
July 30, 2008 : Work-related applications are where the money is, and that's where the telcos will aim their next-generation services

Crisis? What Crisis?


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Graham Finnie - Post a comment
July 24, 2008 : The sunny results of European incumbents is a bit puzzling for those who keep expecting them to fall off a cliff at any time

Market Research: New Opportunity for Service Providers?


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Aditya Kishore - Post a comment
July 21, 2008 : Service providers should be evaluating opportunities in market research, which would give them a truly valuable capability to offer advertisers

In Search of US Broadband Policy


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Stan Hubbard - Comments (2)
July 18, 2008 : With the US grasping for a national broadband policy, the most innovative thinking is taking place at the state level

Video: Directionally Challenged


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Sam Masud - Comment (1)
July 17, 2008 : There seems to be an undercurrent of uncertainty in the video market about what to deliver and how to deliver it

Telco Managed Services Opportunities


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - H. Paris Burstyn - Comment (1)
July 16, 2008 : With the economy in the tank, cost-saving initiatives may encourage corporations to consider telcos as resources for managed services

To PBB or Not to PBB?


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Sterling Perrin - Comments (3)
July 15, 2008 : Confusion reigns in the emerging packet-optical transport market

Getting the Signals Straight


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
July 11, 2008 : Cable operators are getting pretty worried about the reliability of their video signals, and for good reason

GSM Switch-Off From 2012?


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Patrick Donegan - Post a comment
July 10, 2008 : Counter to conventional wisdom, the first cellular operators may actually start dismantling their GSM networks in 2012

Open Access: Europe's Secret Weapon?


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Graham Finnie - Post a comment
July 9, 2008 : Europe is on track to create a telecom environment that is strikingly different from either the US or Asia

Self-Organizing Networks & LTE


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Gabriel Brown - Post a comment
July 8, 2008 : As the mobile industry moves toward commercialization of 4G, the ability to automate management processes has emerged as a key requirement

Telecom's Green Alert


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Stan Hubbard - Post a comment
July 3, 2008 : The skyrocketing price of electricity presents a crisis that is crying out for innovative telecom solutions

IPTV QOE: Picture Imperfect


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - Sam Masud - Post a comment
July 2, 2008 : With telcos pouring princely sums into IPTV, they had better make sure the picture quality is as good as cable or satellite

Cooking Up Next-Generation Services


Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes - H. Paris Burstyn - Post a comment
July 1, 2008 : Creating next-generation services is a bit like cooking: Just mix the basic ingredients, figure out the timing, and serve