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3G Base Stations Hit Home
TIA - In the crosshairs | 2/2/2007 | Post a comment
A new category of ultra-low-cost home base-station equipment could be about to redefine the cost structure of 3G services

Will New England Ever Have a Cisco?
TIA - In the crosshairs | 1/26/2007 | 12 comments
Boston VCs rarely show real courage, and pull out of companies too quickly, while Silicon Valley will stick with a company

PBT's Ethernet Appeal
TIA - In the crosshairs | 1/19/2007 | Post a comment
PBT is sufficiently different from IP/MPLS to make it worthy of consideration for use as a transport technology within metro networks.

Outlook 2007
TIA - In the crosshairs | 1/11/2007 | Post a comment
Could consolidation trump everything this year, and make telecom a battlefield?

IMS Apps in Anarchy
TIA - In the crosshairs | 1/5/2007 | 1 comment
Resolving issues in the IMS applications layer will be key to making real progress on IMS in 2007.

Why Size Should Matter to the ITU
TIA - In the crosshairs | 12/8/2006 | Post a comment
In a shrinking industry, does anyone really need a Telecom World tradeshow?

IPTV: Inactive or Interactive?
TIA - In the crosshairs | 11/17/2006 | Post a comment
Content providers have loads of ideas on how to make IPTV more interactive – someone should listen to them

SDP & SOA: Progress Report
TIA - In the crosshairs | 11/10/2006 | Post a comment
Operators need a fast and flexible way to glue together the many processes and systems that support service delivery.

IPTV's Partner Channel
TIA - In the crosshairs | 11/3/2006 | Post a comment
Now is a crucial time for IPTV content delivery infrastructure vendors to decide which partners to side with.

It's a Small U-Verse
TIA - In the crosshairs | 10/27/2006 | Post a comment
AT&T touts the uptake of its U-verse IPTV service when reporting its third-quarter results

AT&T: We're Sticking With FTTN
TIA - In the crosshairs | 10/20/2006 | Post a comment
Carrier says its FTTN plans are solid and its new HDTV trials are going well

Ethernet Service Provider of the Year Finalists
TIA - In the crosshairs | 10/17/2006 | Post a comment
Awards will be announced at Light Reading's Ethernet Expo in New York City on Wednesday, October 25

Going Private, Cable's New Weapon
TIA - In the crosshairs | 10/13/2006 | 1 comment
Hoping the second time is a charm, the Dolans have made another bid to take Cablevision Systems Corp. private

Cable Has Plenty of Capacity
TIA - In the crosshairs | 10/5/2006 | Post a comment
HFC networks have plenty of capacity, but most of their spectrum is clogged with analog cable TV channels

ION & On & On
TIA - In the crosshairs | 9/26/2006 | Post a comment
Bill the Web builder remembers Sprint's ION service and his brief stop in bandwith nirvana

Packing 'Em In With PacketCable
TIA - In the crosshairs | 9/22/2006 | Post a comment
Cable companies made some smart tech choices for voice

Bundles of Joy: Playing Lowball
TIA - In the crosshairs | 9/12/2006 | Post a comment
Is the communications biz bundling itself to death?

Broadband Traffic Cop Needed
TIA - In the crosshairs | 9/1/2006 | Post a comment
Deep packet inspection has emerged as the go-to tool to fight P2P traffic inflation.

Hunting Project Lightspeed
TIA - In the crosshairs | 9/1/2006 | Post a comment
Here's how to tell if U-verse is coming to your 'hood

Stalking Verizon FiOS in the Jersey Jungle
TIA - In the crosshairs | 8/25/2006 | 1 comment
Our intrepid team tracks down the fearsome FiOS in its natural habitat – New Jersey

Security, the Perfect Birthday Gift
TIA - In the crosshairs | 8/18/2006 | Post a comment
The PC is much more powerful than it was 25 years ago, and way more vulnerable to attack

Huawei: File Under Travelogue
TIA - In the crosshairs | 8/4/2006 | 1 comment
Just sit right back, and you'll hear a tale – a tale of a fateful trip to Huawei HQ in Shenzhen, China

Cable's VOIPal Blade
TIA - In the crosshairs | 8/2/2006 | Post a comment
Cable VOIP growth should continue to accelerate throughout the rest of this year and into 2007.

Cellular Looks to Converged Access Networks
TIA - In the crosshairs | 7/28/2006 | Post a comment
Cellular operators must rethink the role of leased-line transmission as they seek more cost-effective backhaul

Startup Shortage
TIA - In the crosshairs | 7/20/2006 | Post a comment
How much user-generated content do we need?

XML Networking's Carrier Appeal
TIA - In the crosshairs | 7/14/2006 | Post a comment
As companies of all types rush to adopt SOA and build applications based on Web services, the growth of the XML market is undeniable

Saved by the Watermark
TIA - In the crosshairs | 7/6/2006 | Post a comment
Enterprises must prepare for the realities of a blog-driven, NDA-riddled business world.

FTTH Hits Mainstream
TIA - In the crosshairs | 6/30/2006 | 3 comments
Fiber has arrived, but service providers and vendors will need to adapt to very different approaches being taken around the world.

Backdating Blues
TIA - In the crosshairs | 6/21/2006 | Post a comment
The backdating issue isn't going away. Get used to it.

Grids & Web Apps: Accidental Convergence
TIA - In the crosshairs | 6/13/2006 | Post a comment
Grid computing and Web services represent two separate but concurrent trends, running into each other at an opportune time.

When Your Vendor Is Your Problem
TIA - In the crosshairs | 5/31/2006 | Post a comment
Market dominance makes Symantec and Microsoft vulnerable, but also creates opportunity for improved security.

Net Neutrality Dollars and Sense
TIA - In the crosshairs | 5/26/2006 | 6 comments
Broadband operators stand to benefit if they can capture a slice of the value of content delivered over their networks.

Custom Trojans: The Next Big Thing
TIA - In the crosshairs | 5/19/2006 | Post a comment
Zombies and bots are just the opening parries from an emerging form of malware.

MicroTCA Looks Like a Winner
TIA - In the crosshairs | 5/12/2006 | Post a comment
MicroTCA systems pack significant functionality into a compact platform.

Microsoft, Divide Thyself
TIA - In the crosshairs | 5/2/2006 | Post a comment
Windows' omnipresence is actually a disservice to Microsoft. Here's why.

IPTV MiddleWARs: Far From Over
TIA - In the crosshairs | 4/27/2006 | Post a comment
Those thinking that Microsoft has sewn up the IPTV middleware space should think again.

Why Session Management Matters
TIA - In the crosshairs | 4/20/2006 | Post a comment
The move to converged services based on IP networks requires nothing less than a complete rethinking of network design and management.

Can VOIP Unify the Enterprise?
TIA - In the crosshairs | 4/13/2006 | Post a comment
A number of issues need to be resolved for unified communications to become an enterprise reality.

Here Comes AlcaLu
TIA - In the crosshairs | 4/4/2006 | Post a comment
Lucent's gonna disappear? What are we all going to do?

MSOs to Fight IPTV With IPTV
TIA - In the crosshairs | 3/31/2006 | Post a comment
Cable operators won't sit idly by while the telco IPTV threat mounts -- they'll fight back with own flavor of IPTV.

Battling Mobile Backhaul Costs
TIA - In the crosshairs | 3/22/2006 | Post a comment
Reducing mobile backhaul costs will be the key to profitability for next-generation services.

IP Video: In the House
TIA - In the crosshairs | 3/16/2006 | Post a comment
The IPTV battlefield isn't in the last mile anymore; it's in the last few feet within the home.

Enterprise Mobility's Long Memory
TIA - In the crosshairs | 3/9/2006 | Post a comment
Wireless carriers have years of bad will and broken promises to mend

Carriers on IMS: Fear, Uncertainty & No Doubt
TIA - In the crosshairs | 3/3/2006 | Post a comment
While telecom operators express fear and uncertainty about IMS, they remain convinced that it will be an integral part of their future

All Hail CESR!
TIA - In the crosshairs | 2/24/2006 | Post a comment
Sales of carrier Ethernet switch/routers (CESRs) tripled in 2005. Yeah, they're for real.

Telcos vs. Cable: The Wrong War?
TIA - In the crosshairs | 2/16/2006 | Post a comment
Like Vice President Dick Cheney, cable MSOs are shooting at the wrong target.

The DSL Gateway Dilemma
TIA - In the crosshairs | 2/10/2006 | 1 comment
How far do service providers want to get into your house?

IPTV's Middleware Mandate
TIA - In the crosshairs | 1/12/2006 | Post a comment
IPTV middleware is necessary for telecom carriers that want to compete with today's cable television and on-demand video services

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Steven Shalita, VP of Marketing, NetScout Systems, Inc., discusses the challenges cable/MSO operators face in assuring the delivery of new IP-based services. Key points include the value of proactively managing performance, and using rich analytics and operational intelligence to better understand service and usage trends, make smarter business decisions and ...

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Veteran video analyst Colin Dixon, founder and principal analyst of nScreenMedia, says research shows 56% are using digital video already.

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Video: TW Cable Puts Multicast Gateways to the Test
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Tom Gonder, a chief architect at Time Warner Cable, explains how its trial of multicast gateways is impacting IP-based video plans.

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Dr. Fang Liangzhou, VP Network Energy Product Line, shared his thoughts about the challenges for data centers during CeBIT 2014.

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Agile Network Solution – An Overview of Huawei's Agile Network Solution
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Ajay Gupta, Director of Product Marketing, Networking Product Line, gives an overview of the Agile Network Solutions during CeBIT 2014.

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Huawei’s eLTE Voice Trunking, Video and Data Applied for Railways
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Gottfried Winter is the Sales Director at Funkwerk, a German specialist in GSM-r terminals and a long-time partner of Huawei. At CeBIT 2014, Winter talks to Light Reading about this partnership and the integration of enhanced voice trunking, video and data functions.

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LeaseWeb Speaks Highly of Huawei's Datacenter Products
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Analysts' Impressions of Huawei SoftCOM at ONS 2014
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