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After 20 years of providing business services, Cox Business is still seeing double-digit growth rates, driven by SMB sales and sustained by a strong local presence, says SVP Phil Meeks
Kevin O'Toole of Comcast Business Services explains how the operator is beginning to use Ethernet-over-coax to complement a Metro Ethernet platform it's using to target mid-sized business customers
Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick says cable's haul of the business services market is set to eclipse $7B in 2012, but that still represents a small piece of the overall take
AT&T is insisting on fiber for its cell towers, but for small cells, it's back to the drawing board and everything is under consideration including microwave, other radio technology and even bonded copper
Verizon's Brendan Gunn talks about the need for speed when deploying LTE backhaul and how small cells will be 'massive' for the 4G technology in the future
The industry is learning a lot about the evolved packet core (EPC) from initial LTE rollouts but there are still many challenges related to the delivery of advanced services across an all-IP network
thePlatform's CEO says pay-TV operators and programmers are scaling up their broadband-fed TV Everywhere services, but stresses that some challenges remain
Verizon thinks its smart CDN, device-specific transcoding, sticky apps and Flex View cloud offering are poised to do battle with whatever OTT players bring
Toledo Telephone COO Dale Merten explains why the company ditched its traditional cable TV service for an OTT video/broadband bundle, and how that decision has led to a much improved business model
The vendors have delivered packet-optical systems, and it's up to XO to do something good with them, CTO Randy Nicklas says. Meanwhile, he's also eyeing the potential of OpenFlow. From the Packet-Optical Transport Evolution conference
XO CMO Don MacNeil sees content of all kinds and data center interconnectivity driving his wholesale business, which in turn is driving the operator towards 100Gbit/s Ethernet
Given the disruptive potential of software-defined networking, what's going to happen to routers as we know them? Stuart Elby of Verizon gives us his theory
Light Reading's Packet Optical Transport Evolution conference will see lots of discussion about the optical control plane as vendors prepare for far-off plans in cloud computing and software-defined networking
Dimension Data's CMO of Group Cloud Solutions, Keao Caindec, talks about the ongoing development of cloud service delivery capabilities and explains why it's important to focus on the networking capabilities that underpin cloud applications
Eircom Senior Product Manager John Bermingham explains how the operator's recently relaunched Wi-Fi service will complement its fixed and mobile broadband offerings
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
FON chief operating officer Alex Puregger talks about the shared Wi-Fi network operator's progress, proposition, partnerships and business model and how the smartphone revolution gave it a lease of life and acceptance in the carrier community
Chris Bruce, head of business development at BT Wi-Fi and chair of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), talks about how BT is providing Wi-Fi services to its retail and wholesale customers and how WBA members are trialing integrated mobile/Wi-Fi services
Amsterdam Internet Exchange CTO Henk Steenman says ISPs interconnecting in the Dutch capital are already signing up for 100 Gigabit Ethernet services but notes there are still limitations to the service outside the data center environment
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
Paolo Gambini, the VP of product management and development at Inteliquent (formerly Neutral Tandem and Tinet), explains the different ways in which Ethernet OA&M has changed for the better
At Ethernet Europe in Munich, Colt's head of Ethernet & IP Services, Henry Bohannon, talks about the 'new battleground' in Ethernet services and explains his company's 'Service Wrap' philosophy
At Ethernet Europe in Munich, Belgacom's director of WAN, Internet & Security Services explains the operator's approach to 'smart networking' and how that's helping it take cloud services to its full range of enterprise customers
At Ethernet Europe, Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Patrick Donegan talks about the challenges associated with small-cell backhaul, the evolution of wholesale mobile backhaul and the Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid Champions League semi-final soccer match
Comcast's Jorge Salinger says the MSO has conducted an operational-readiness trial for the Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) and has issued an RFP in advance of a small-scale deployment later this year
12:10 PM As European families look for new treats for their children this holiday season, Ixia's Tara Van Unen introduces Light Reading's international managing editor to the delights of the 's'more'
Low-latency networks are growing in popularity, so Light Reading checked in with Ethernet Expo attendees to find out if they're really living up to the hype
John Hoffman, senior director of Ethernet Product Management at Tata Communications, says there has been significant innovation in the Carrier Ethernet sector during the past year, especially in terms of operations, administration and management (OAM) capabilities
Ixia's Tara Van Unen provides the test equipment vendor's take on the readiness of MPLS-TP, saying there's still more work to be done on vendor interoperability
International Managing Editor Ray Le Maistre and Editor-in-Chief Phil Harvey get amped up about what sessions and service providers they'll be hearing from at Ethernet Expo Americas
ASSIA's Jerome Joanny shows off the company's iPhone application designed to help service providers better pinpoint broadband network problems before rolling a truck
Heavy Reading's Adi Kishore reveals some data from the latest consumer survey of pay TV subscribers as we try to find out how operators can keep customers happy and reduce churn
Eric Bruno describes how Verizon is endeavoring to make everything its customers want or need to do easier and more convenient, thanks to Internet-connected devices
Heavy Reading's Patrick Donegan discusses the challenges of providing packet synchronization, low latency, QoS and security in mobile backhaul networks
Heavy Reading's Patrick Donegan says mobile operators have made significant advances with their backhaul strategies and outlines the challenges they have yet to tackle
Heavy Reading analyst Alan Breznick explains how cable MSOs are looking to mobile backhaul as a wholesale business, but facing challenges unique to their industry
Hunter Newby outlines his plans for putting more fiber in the ground where it's needed and leasing access to carriers to help them achieve fast networks at lower cost
BT's Scott Cain discusses his company's approach to cloud computing, the challenges it faces in bridging the chasm between IT and network groups and what investments might come from the surge in cloud computing's popularity
Cloudscaling CTO Randy Bias says telcos should take a more Internet-centric approach to cloud computing by using commodity hardware and getting to market quickly
Cable MSOs are now asking content delivery networks for more adaptive streaming and content delivery to consumer electronics, according to Verivue's Ganesh Pai
Roku CEO Anthony Wood says his company is a next-generation content distribution platform and cable MSOs no longer have to own wires to sell customers a great video experience
Boxee CEO Avner Ronen says MSOs are making a mistake by assuming that the TV experience is going to be different from the landscape of other connected devices in consumer homes
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
HP's Joe Weinman talks about the economics of cloud computing and the challenge for IT organizations to get their infrastructure ready to handle changing customer demands
After two cups of coffee, we cornered HP's Joe Weinman for a chat about cloud computing, emerging technologies, business strategy, and creating network value
Execs from AT&T, Samsung, Livewire Mobile, and U.S. Cellular offer some ideas on what mobile service providers can do to improve the customer experience
InformationWeek's Bob Evans speaks with Light Reading's Sarah Reedy about the balance among enterprise security, personal productivity, and unfettered mobility
Light Reading Mobile's Sarah Reedy talks to Heavy Reading senior analyst Alan Breznick about the elusive business case behind the deployment of more sustainable, environmentally friendly networks
Justin Zhao of Huawei Technologies talks about the Single RAN portfolio of Huawei and how mobile operators could leverage the technology of a profitable mobile network at Light Reading’s Mobile Broadband China
Ronald Wright Raffensperger of Huawei Technologies talks with Heavy Reading’s Gabriel Brown about how mobile packet core is important to the subscribers’ experience
Light Reading's Dan Jones and Heavy Reading's Berge Ayvazian discuss AT&T and Verizon and how their business models might change when LTE becomes reality.
AT&T's Yiannis Argyropoulos explains that bonded copper, while great for enterprises, is not as big of a deal as fiber and microwave technologies for carrier cell-site backhaul.
AT&T's Yiannis Argyropoulos takes on the issue of whether the carrier has been too slow to certify Ethernet equipment for its mobile backhaul network. One thing's for sure, the process isn't as clean-cut as it was with the old Sonet technology.
