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At the SDN Summit 2012, Li Sanqi, CTO of Huawei’s Carrier Network Business Group, and senior expert Dai Libin discuss what is driving the transformation toward SDN and present the company’s SDN ambitions and 'SoftCOM' corporate strategy for SDN
IP Hong, head of Global Marketing, Samsung Telecommunication Systems Business, discusses the electronics powerhouse's advanced network solutions and business status
At Huawei’s 2012 Global Analyst Summit in Shenzhen, China, Analysts talk about what they found most interesting as Huawei outlines its developments and strategies for the future
At Huawei 2012 Global Analyst Summit in China, Duke Fu, Vice President of Fiber Infrastructure Network Product Line at Huawei Technologies shares the new features of Huawei’s iODN solution
Ms Jia He, of Huawei Technologies shares her viewpoints on the MPLS-TP standards and updates the contributions and applications of MPLS-TP technologies by Huawei
At the Huawei Global Analyst Summit in Shenzhen, China, Hu Yuelin, Vice President of Fixed Access Product Line at Huawei Technologies, shares Huawei's new 'FTTH' interpretation and highlights the role of Huawei's SingleFAN in ultra broadband networks
At Huawei’s Global Analyst Summit in Shenzhen, Mr.Winston Rao, Microwave Marketing Director of Huawei Technologies, shares the progress of the IP Microwave, Unified Platform, Fully-Outdoor Deployment and Microwave 2G Throughput
Huawei VAS Cloud reconstructs the traditional VAS architecture based on a cloud platform by integrating Telco VAS consistently, supporting service innovation, helping operators to improve TVO, decrease TCO and increase efficiency
To meet operators’ strategic needs, Huawei has created a comprehensive VAS Transformation Program, which includes service innovation, platform consolidation, Operational Excellence, and Ecosystem and Business Model
At OFC in Los Angeles this year, Ovum's Research Director Ron Kline and Huawei expert Kent Jordan discuss the significant potential of Huawei's PPXC technology in tackling the demands of networks in the future
At OFC in Los Angeles, Huawei Technologies gave a live demonstration of their 400G prototype. Sterling Perrin of Heavy Reading, and Peter Stassar of Huawei Europe's R&D center, discuss the development of this technology and its future potential
After a successful year of 100G deployments in 2011, Heavy Reading’s Sterling Perrin and Huawei's Fei Zhu, Ph.D. discuss Huawei’s 100G deployments, the key technological advances of 100G partnered with OTN switching, and where it will go from here
Ovum’s Research Director - Ron Kline and Huawei’s Director of Photonic Applications - Andy Shen, Ph.D., discuss the successful role of PID in Metro networks today and consider its development and importance for networks in the future
At this year’s OFC in L.A., Dr. Frank Effenberger, Huawei Technologies’ Fellow for Access R&D and a major contributor to the FSAN, IEEE and ITU standards groups, shares the progress of the NG-PON2 standard and Huawei’s 40G-PON roadmap
A recently released GSA report cited that 28 of the 57 operating commercial LTE networks worldwide were deployed by Huawei. The company has deployed nearly 50% of all commercial LTE networks and is leading global LTE commercialization
2012 will be the year TDD coupled with FDD will become universally accepted. TDD and FDD convergence in an era of LTE will play a vital role in pushing overall LTE TDD development forward. The time for LTE TDD has arrived
Dr. Long, Principal Scientist of Huawei advanced access technologies, introduces details of Huawei Giga DSL prototype, which is the industry’s first G.FAST prototype, and talks about perspectives on copper technology development and application
During GSMA MWC 2012 in Barcelona, Jim Hodges of Heavy Reading and Mark Xie, director of global sales support, Huawei Assurance and Managed Services, discussed the current dynamics and future trends in managed services in the telecom industry
Huawei's 100G coherent technology has attracted many operators as it enables WDM networks, which is viewed as the most effective way to resolve bandwidth flood problems
The Intelligent Optical Distribution Network identifies and manages optical fiber connections, provides visible operation guidance and intelligently manages optical splitters
Huawei SmartCare Service can truly manage the customer experience by associating Quality of Experience Modeling and aggregated Per Service Per User Service Quality Management with multi-vendor network optimization
Director of Huawei Convergent Communication Marketing Operations describes how mobile operators can hide the complexity of voice evolution across network generations while benchmarking OTT services and defending RCS and VoLTE
Long-term coexistence of multi-RAT and multi-layer networks has caused an exponential increase in network complexity. SingleSON is becoming a necessity for improving operators’ O&M efficiency and overall network performance
During GSMA MWC 2012 in Barcelona, Dr. Wang Chenglu, president of Huawei Convergence Communication Product Line, shared about core network's new trends, the changing business strategy of Huawei Convergent Communication, and its future growth
David Wang, president of Huawei's Wireless Network Business Unit, presents details of Huawei GigaSite solutions, which aim to build a connected world with endless possibilities
Huawei's president of wireless network explains how the GigaSite solutions can help the Mobile Broadband Industry evolve and transfer it into a Giga World
U2Net is a next-generation network architecture for the IP video and cloud era. It adapted to meet the demands of the two major evolutions in broadband networks: video service evolution from IPTV to IP video, and integration of services to cloud
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.
Ovum Consulting Director for APAC Nigel Pugh explains the concept of ultra broadband and says it's not just about speed, but about service availability and quality too
Huawei's Southeast Asia CTO Michael MacDonald unveils the ultra broadband ecosystem by detailing the physical access and transport infrastructure, and other technologies
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.
Bob Cai talks about Huawei's SingleRAN base stations used in 28 LTE network deployments worldwide. He also highlights Huawei's HetNet portfolio of Macro, Micro, Pico and Femto base stations
ADVA Optical Networking CTO Christoph Glingener discusses Agile Core Express technology. Added as a coherent layer to its FSP 3000 platform, the new technology is optimized for 100Gbit/s transmission speed and enables service providers to use optical network resources flexibly and on-demand.
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
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.
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.
Mattheus Kuntzer, Managing Director of Yahoo Mobile APAC, talks to Georgina Burnett about his company's partnership with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom and the Yahoo Mobile strategy for the Asia/Pacific region
Bollywood content house Shemaroo Entertainment doesn't just provide entertainment. In the Indian IPTV market, company director Jai Maroo says, Shemaroo is also taking on the role of sourcing, aggregating, and managing editorial for carriers
In his last interview with LRTV as CEO of Telstra, Sol Trujillo says mobile Internet access is starting to pay off for the carrier, as higher speeds encourage more downloading and higher non-SMS data revenues. For applications developers, this should encourage a change in the way services are delivered, he says
The mobile sector of the telecom business is "fairly recession proof" says former MobileOne Ltd. CEO Neil Montefiore. But the challenge for operators, he says, is to decide whether to upgrade their networks, subsidize handsets, and embrace new technologies like LTE in uncertain economic times
BesTV's Ian Chin says telco IPTV in China is bundled with broadband subscriptions and comfortably coexists as an interactive supplement to a linear cable TV service in many households. But he says Chinese carriers want to soon make an IPTV subscription something that is delivered to consumer homes, office PCs, and mobile phones.
If you're just offering broadcast TV, it'll be difficult to survive, says Aksh Optifibre Ltd.'s K.S. Choudhari, who gives us an idea of what kind of services stand out in India's IPTV market
IPTV is a hot services sector in many Asia/Pacific markets, especially Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan, where some of the world's most experienced telco TV players are taking service developments to the next level. And then, of course, there's the massive opportunity that is China
With its plans underway to hook up every home with fiber, Singapore is a very exciting place to be at the moment if you're in the telco space. But as Ericsson's country manager Ann Emilson tells LRTV, these developments will have a far-reaching impact across the whole region, especially when it comes to IPTV
Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd. is keen to engage and learn from other carriers as it embarks on its video services strategy. The carrier's VP of business development and multimedia services, Roger Chen, says Far EasTone is about to embark on an initial test of IPTV services, with some receiving the trial service across a DSL line and others over a WiMax connection
Singapore operator MobileOne Ltd. (M1) is looking forward to being part of the island's iN2015 initiative to hook up every home with fiber, a move that will help the 3G service provider break into the fixed services world. M1's CEO Neil Montefiore’s excited about becoming part of Singapore's new breed of ServCo as M1 moves from its mobile services base into the fixed line world. There, the planned 1 Gbit/s of access capacity per household will enable a whole raft of services, such as multiple channels of high-definition (HD) TV and online gaming
There's no holding back Ericsson's Jan Wareby when it comes to the new multimedia opportunities enabled by today's networks. Across both the fixed and mobile worlds, and not least when it comes to TV and video services, Asia is at very the heart of the latest developments
LRTV talks to Sun VP Darrell Jordan-Smith, ITU Secretary General-Elect Hamadoun Touré, and a host of others as we explore what's hot at the ITU Telecom World 2006 conference and exhibition
An upbeat take on the global enterprise communications market by VSNL’s John Landau. The doldrums have definitely passed and the market is reinvigorated by the expansion of businesses worldwide. John explains their acquisition strategy to transform VSNL into an international player but also how, even now, global operators are not yet truly global. That’s something to look forward to in the next ten years.
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?
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
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.
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.
For the past several years, US and European equipment manufacturers have viewed China as the massive land of opportunity, with its astounding subscriber growth rates and relatively underdeveloped telecom infrastructure. But now, the Chinese are looking to the world and are proving themselves to be the major threat, armed with not only lower costs, but also increasingly high-quality gear and customer service. Part One of our China documentary features leading analysts and service providers on the US and Europe's reaction to China's inroads into their own home turf.
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.
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.
