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Geoff Hollingworth, Director of Innovation for Ericsson, talks about the TV consumer experience for 2010 and beyond, as watching TV evolves from a passive to a participatory experience. He explains how Ericsson is developing the end-to-end infrastructure that will allow these services to be deployed across North America
Ericsson's Director of Marketing and Sales Support, Michael Gronovius, explains how service providers need to re-invent themselves as multimedia companies in order to stay abreast of the changing nature of the industry, where almost every new consumer offering will involve investing in higher bandwidth
Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO of Telus, shares his nearly stream-of-consciousness view on network neutrality and makes a distinction between when a carrier should support a service end-to-end and when it should hand off that responsibility to another party
Cox Business is making its mark by moving small and mid-sized enterprises off traditional phone networks. And, as its VP of product development explains, the company is also seeing a change in the way businesses use video, a core cable service
Verizon Business's VP of global managed solutions stops by for a discussion about how his company's services go far beyond basic enterprise connectivity
Cyan Optics CEO explains what problem in the 'middle mile' of the carrier network led to a new class of equipment to deal with the increased capacity in the access network
In Part II of our interview, Verizon's SVP of Technology discusses how Verizon is integrating its core network and the challenges of software complexity when you're managing a big network
In Part I of our interview, Verizon's SVP of Technology, Mark Wegleitner, discusses the changes in the transport network and how the wireless backhaul network will deal with the demands of 4G technology
Leading up to Supercomm, the BIG broadband show, here's a quick reality check on Twitter, one of the world's most popular social networking applications... Well, popular, but not as widely used as you might think
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.
Light Reading: When you've gotta have more cowbell. Heck of a slogan, no? Have a look this short LRTV our outtake reel, as introduced by Larry the Monkey and a special guest voiceover guy, and you'll understand why it concludes with the line: 'I've seen mimes with a better command of the language.'
Light Reading: When you've gotta have more cowbell. Heck of a slogan, no? Have a look this short LRTV our outtake reel, as introduced by Larry the Monkey and a special guest voiceover guy, and you'll understand why it concludes with the line: 'I've seen mimes with a better command of the language.'
Connie Wong, CEO of Vidiator, explains what her company does (sort of) and describes how the online video market is evolving and how TV programmers can broadcast live to mobile phones using multicasting technology
Chris Ruff, President of UIEvolution, says handset technology and the ability for carriers to think beyond the first generation of wireless services are some of the issues holding up a real boom in the mobile video market
Tellabs CTO Tom Gruenwald talks about the evolution of fiber access equipment, the growth of IPTV, and what services we might see in 10 years, if bandwidth growth continues
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
Oh, boy are we, um... tired. (Yeah, that's it.) So we present this final show from Globalcomm 2006 in highlight form, hitting on some of the most interesting telecom insights and sound bites from the show. Guests in this special show include TIA President Matt Flanigan, Nortel's George Riedel, Globecast's Christian Pinon, Cam Cullen of Reef Point Systems, and retired Ciena mascot, Lightworks Lou
Our final day at Globalcomm 2006 features breaking news from Nortel's George Riedel, as well as insights on the broadband market from BT Wholesale's Paul Reynolds, AT&T's Robin Bienfait, Alcatel's Basil Alwan, and Patrick Esser, President of Cox Communications
LRTV's second day at Globalcomm 2006 features interviews with Microsoft's Michael O'Hara; Vividator's Connie Wong; and UIEvolution's Chris Ruff. Also, we have an interview with ADVA's Brian McCann about his company's bid to buy Movaz
LRTV's first day at Globalcomm 2006 features interviews with TIA president Matt Flanigan, UIEvolution president Chris Ruff, Heavy Reading's Rick Thompson, and commentary by special correspondent Ed Wrankle
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.
Craig Farrill, CEO of Kodiak Networks, talks about how the right kind of voice applications can drive mobile minutes usage up and give carriers a big advantage over free calling services, such as Skype.
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) continues to build marketing momentum as a critical element in carriers' NGN strategies, providing the platform from which to launch new services to residential and enterprise customers more rapidly and more cheaply than has previously been possible.
US LEC SVP Jeffrey Blackey looks at the challenges of the next-generation network and how carriers can help business and enterprise customers take full advantage of their own network investments. He also looks at the new services that carriers can now provide for enterprises and the benefits of being able to dynamically allocate resources with an all-IP network
Michael A. Rouleau, Time Warner Telecom's Senior VP of Business Development and Strategy, talks about the future of carrier Ethernet services and why getting Ethernet anywhere isn't always as easy as it sounds.
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.
Our Supercomm coverage continues, featuring newsmaker interviews with Kevin DeNuccio, CEO of Redback Networks; Krish Prabhu, CEO of Tellabs; and Paul Reynolds, chief executive of BT Wholesale. We also heard show news announcements from ECI Telecom; Sonus Networks; and Sun Microsystems.
Alcatel president Mike Quigley, UTStarcom CTO Bill Huang, United States Telecom Association president Walter McCormick, and other newsmakers top the day's highlights of Supercomm 2005. Broadwing, Telco Systems (BATM), and Fine Point Technologies make announcements at the show. Meanwhile, Heavy Reading and Sun Microsystems walk us through the emerging world of service delivery platforms.
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.
