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IP Hong, head of Global Marketing, Samsung Telecommunication Systems Business, discusses the electronics powerhouse's advanced network solutions and business status
Jay Wilson, senior VP and general manager for Adtran's Carrier Networks Division, talks about the company's prospects in Europe following the purchase of NSN's fixed access assets, the demand for vectoring capabilities and his preference for Kevin Costner over Russell Crowe
Calix executive Andy Lockhart talks about the access equipment vendor's expansion in Europe, updates on the introduction of vectoring capabilities and gives Butch Cassidy his movie vote
Heavy Reading analysts Graham Finnie and Gabriel Brown discuss the apparent unwillingness of European operators to match their peers in Asia/Pacific and North America when it comes to major investments in fixed-line broadband
With the first wave of policy server deployments almost complete, vendors and service providers need to rethink their strategies to take full advantage of policy capabilities, says Heavy Reading's Graham Finnie
How can communications service providers get the most out of their customer experience management (CEM) strategies? Jean-Marc Steffann, executive director at Capgemini's Telecom, Media and Entertainment division, explains
At Management World 2012 in Dublin, Andy Tiller, VP of product marketing at AsiaInfo-Linkage, talks about the Chinese software vendor's plans to take Europe by storm
Björn Smedman, CEO of Anyfi Networks, explains how his company's Wi-Fi virtualization software works and talks about his company's relationships with operators and Wi-Fi gateway vendors
Mike Tighe, the former Verizon executive who recently joined AboveNet as VP of marketing, says history suggests that a 100Gbit/s Ethernet connection will soon become the standard for business customers
Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2012, Heavy Reading senior analyst Gabriel Brown talks about small cells, Wi-Fi in mobile networks and voice over LTE (VoLTE)
Carrier-grade wireless LAN (or Wi-Fi) technology is playing an increasingly important role in the data traffic management strategies of mobile operators. Ruckus Wireless President and CEO Selina Lo explains how Wi-Fi can help offload data from cellular networks
Chris O'Dell, VP of sales at Hughes Network Systems Europe, says broadband connections via Ka-band satellite links can help fill in the gaps in Europe's broadband coverage and deliver a service comparable to many fixed-broadband offerings
Tired of throwing money at your Ethernet network? Accedian Networks' NIDeo shows you how you can leverage the best of Carrier Ethernet to assure your mobile backhaul services, monitor network performance, guarantee SLAs and significantly reduce OPEX.
Jeff Schwarz, head of Global Ethernet WAN Product Management at Verizon Business, talks about the applicability of Ethernet connectivity to enterprise users looking at cloud services
Global Crossing's Senior Director of connectivity services, EMEA, Jeff Smith talks about his company's Ethernet offerings, the demands of enterprise users and the quality of the 'flat white' on the show floor
In this latest installment of JDSU Industry View, experts from around the world weigh in on the latest optical trends - straight from the Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) hosted in Los Angeles, California.
Telefonica Europe CEO Matthew Key discusses the changing state of the mobile industry and says providing a good customer experience is the way for mobile operators to prevent becoming commoditized bit pipes
Pyramid Research Senior Analyst Stela Bokun highlights the main trends in the global smartphone market, including a look at the growing attraction of cheaper but smarter devices and the success of the Android operating system
Ahead of the Mobile World Congress, Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie looks at the evolution of policy control deployments and talks about the operators' ongoing efforts to engage with app developers
Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Patrick Donegan (along with his wild and wavy jacket) injects some much needed sanity into the mobile network security debate, and shares his views on backhaul for LTE
Ahead of Mobile World Congress, Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Gabriel Brown talks about the progress of the LTE market, including the prospects for TDD LTE, and discusses data offload strategies
EANTC's Carsten Rossenhoevel updates us on the progress of the Advanced Global Interconnect Test Program demonstrated at Light Reading's Ethernet Americas event in New York
Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre talks to Mark Beaumont from Verizon Business about the development of the international business carrier's cloud services portfolio
Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre finds out about Savvis's cloud service offering from the company's EMEA managing director, Brian Klingbeil, who's looking for speedier provisioning times from the carrier community
For World Cup predictions, we hear from the GSMA's Michael O'Hara; Alcatel-Lucent's Ben Verwaayen; Ericsson's Hans Vestberg; Redknee's Lucas Skoczkowski; Heavy Reading's Patrick Donegan, Graham Finnie, Gabe Brown, and Adi Kishore; Jeff Yee of Volantis Systems; Mavenir's Pardeep Kohli; Aircom's Darryl Edwards; David Sharpley of Bridgewater Systems; TeliaSonera's Lars Klasson; Michael Hecker of MTS; and Keith Higgins of Aricent
2010 is already experiencing a revival in carrier Ethernet, according to Heavy Reading's Stan Hubbard speaking at the 2010 Ethernet Europe event in London. Stan also talks about the importance of Layer 2 and Layer 3 hybrid solutions, particularly in the financial sector, and how Ethernet service exchange is accelerating Ethernet adoption
Michael O'Hara, the GSMA's chief marketing officer, talks about the association's evolving role in helping along the development of modern mobile networks, applications, and devices
An overview of the challenges that service providers must face when migrating to wireless backhaul infrastructure, as well as the efforts currently underway to synchronize networks via packet synchronization.
Michael O'Hara, the GSMA's chief marketing officer, says mobile broadband and application delivery will take the stage right alongside new devices at this year's industry-wide confab in Barcelona
An overview of one of the key challenges that comes with the migration of mobile backhaul to a packet-based network: testing and monitoring performance. As well as a look into how carriers can ensure end-to-end service quality assurance to consistently deliver quality services.
As the broadcasting and telecom industries grow ever closer, Georgina Burnett reports from Europe's biggest television tradeshow and finds out what new innovations are getting telecom service providers all excited
Ericsson's Senior Product Manager explains that deploying converged TV successfully requires a knowledge of the viewing behavior associated with different devices as well as the importance of differentiation in a highly competetive market
Oran Cassem, Ericsson's VP for TV Services, talks about how close we are to the reality of converged TV, the importance of building killer platforms, and how Ericsson's Connected Home Gateway is facilitating this vision of the future
Open IPTV Forum's Huw Price-Stephens talks about the challenges facing IPTV, such as making applications portable between networks. He also notes that there is a challenge to make all the content available on IPTV networks easy enough for consumers to find
Mark Pickens, Microfinance Analyst with CGAP’s Technology Program, explains CGAP's function, and talks about how mobile handsets and services can open a door to deliver banking services to the poor all over the globe
Santiago Tenorio Sanz, head of Radio Network Products at Vodafone UK, says the operator's trials helped it push the limits of HSPA+, finding it could deliver downlink speeds in excess of 20 Mbit/s, or around twice as much bandwidth as today's HSPA. The operator intends to begin offering service based on the technology this year.
France Telecom's Paula Souloumiac discusses what types of mobile TV content are popular, the non-issue of mobile content security, and what it takes to drive higher revenues per user
Deutsche Telekom's head of new media, Randolph Nikutta, tells us that the future of IPTV could be quite stunning. In an interview taped late last year, Nikutta told us the telco is rolling out interactive features in its IPTV service over the next few years, primarily with sports programming. But, he says, the technology exists to allow viewers to be their own directors in the next five to 10 years.
Els Haentjens, Product Manager for Data Services at Belgacom, describes the carrier's network transformation and discusses what role Ethernet services has in making that change
Matt Beal, CTO of BT Wholesale says the carrier is remaking itself, inside and out, as it continues down the path toward building the 21st Century Network
Dr. Alireza Mahmoodshahi, CTO, Colt Telecom Group, says if carriers don't start thinking in terms of switching to native Ethernet services now, their problems will only get worse as their networks expand
The Sun always shines as the mobile industry gathers again in Barcelona for the 3GSM World Congress 2007. This year the buzz was all about content and entertainment with the usual mix of fantasy and reality. Despite some doubts as to the business case for such services, the rise of the small screen is here for good. LRTV asks what is it, who is it for, and, more importantly, why?
The ongoing convergence of data and voice into next-generation networks provides a significant financial benefit through the reduction of capital expenditures. Service providers and enterprises are now offering completely new types of services, making them more competitive and opening up new revenue streams. The key issue is the effective management of these complex service-oriented architectures.
CEO Christian Pinion opines on GlobeCast's role as a global content aggregator for the delivery of TV to today's, and tomorrow's, networks and platforms. What impact does MPEG 4 have on the business, and what plans are afoot for expansion in the US?
Interoute's VP of services, Matt Finnie, says Ethernet equipment vendors still aren't quite in sync with the carriers turning on services. "You'll see a slight disconnect between vendors suggesting architectures and actual guys out there selling the stuff," he says
The CTO of one of the more interesting service providers in Europe, Exponential-e, discusses Ethernet's exponential growth and why the company made a switch from Riverstone to Alcatel
Mass migrations aren't just for the birds. Paul Reynolds, CEO of BT Wholesale, discusses what his company has to accomplish so that, in the coming months, it can start migrating 150,000+ customers a week to its 21st Century Network
With network convergence and the move to ever more advanced IP-based infrastructures, the need for service providers to optimize their network efficency and service quality has never been higher. LRTV talks to one of the leading players in the test-and-measurement market
Operators know that a transformation to IP and IP-based services is inevitable if they are going to survive in today’s ultra-competitive market. This is not solely a matter of revenue generation, but a strategy to stave off competition through a focus on new user-centric broadband services
Verizon Business product manager Peter Konings discusses the changes in enterprise customers' demands for Ethernet services. Months ago, Ethernet access to applications was good enough. Now, Konings says, big businesses are demanding the kind of flexibility that only end-to-end Ethernet services can provide.
Colt CTO Alireza Mahmoodshahi explains what will change as we head for a world where customers can have one phone number and use one device to do business. Also, he weighs in on why free VOIP isn't always worth the money.
Noam Lotan, President and CEO of MRV Communications, says the federal communications market is too big to ignore and his company's sizing it up. Also, Lotan discusses why the drop in broadband prices won't necessarily cool demand for access equipment.
Redback's comeback is well documented, but where does the company go next? And what will the role of the edge router be when the Internet embraces video distribution on a large scale? Kevin DeNuccio, President and CEO of Redback Networks, has a few thoughts on these topics, along with some insight on what technologies are missing at the network's edge and why he stuck around when Redback was going through bankruptcy.
Joe Weinman, VP of Strategy and Emerging Services at AT&T, delivers his view of the Next-Generation Network, discussing the issues facing both service providers and enterprise users and how AT&T is developing new and innovative solutions for its network and customers. Included are exclusive insights into new developments in enhanced network intelligence and the development of intelligent routing service control points, plus how the Network may become the enabler for Next-Generation Search.
BT's group technology officer Mick Reeve talks about – what else? – 21CN and changing one of the world's largest phone company networks. He also elaborates on BT's controversial decision not to include Marconi as a primary equipment supplier and how he believes phone companies are better positioned to provide an interactive video experience to consumers
With unprecedented manufacturing prowess, the Chinese equipment vendors are winning telecom carrier deals and looking to expand outside of their home market. They're increasingly proving themselves to be the major threat, armed with not only lower costs, but also increasingly high-quality gear and customer service. Part Two of our China documentary features some of the top names in US, European, and Chinese telecom equipment manufacturing, as well as some observations from the largest telecom carrier in Europe.
Mike Quigley, president and COO of Alcatel, opines on fixed/mobile convergence, Alcatel's partnership with Microsoft, what happened to Alcatel's core router strategy, and how WiMax and GPON figure into Alcatel's product and market plans
This lightning fast look back at Supercomm 2005 features more commentary from Cisco's Mike Volpi, Motorola President Adrian Nemcek, and UTStarcom CTO Bill Huang. Also, our entertainment correspondent makes the rounds at the Light Reading party, and a Sun executive explains why a monkey really makes sense as the Light Reading mascot.
On the final day of Supercomm 2005, LRTV sits down with Ciena CTO Steve Alexander, ZTE VP Joe Zhou, and the president of Siemens's carrier networks division, Harald Braun. Also, we report live from the WiMax Forum stand, and the Metro Ethernet Forum talks about how it is broadening its reach. Finally, TIA president Matt Flannigan gives us some reasons to look forward to Globalcomm 2006.
LRTV interviews more industry newsmakers, including Cisco Senior VP Mike Volpi and BellSouth CTO Bill Smith. Our coverage also includes news announcements from Veraz Networks, Ceterus Networks, Nortel Networks, and others.
Executives from the Telecommunications Industry Association, Pannaway Technologies, PacketFront, CopperCom, Spirent, and Continuous Computing weigh in on what trends and announcements we can expect at Supercomm 2005.
