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Verizon’s Mark Wegleitner gives us the skinny on why he considers FiOS an IPTV service, and what advantages FiOS has compared to AT&T’s U-verse. He also weighs in on 100-Gig networks, WiMax competition, and usage based pricing for broadband services.
Telus CTO Ibrahim Gedeon says there’s more to life than just transport savings when a carrier switches to an all IP network. He offers some advice for carriers on that front, elaborates on what Google can’t do, and offers his point of view on metered broadband pricing and WiMax as a landline threat.
Sprint-Nextel’s Atish Gude gives us a preview of what kinds of devices and services will be coming to Baltimore and other markets starting in September. He also elaborates on Sprint’s claim that WiMax will be a game-changer in terms of broadband pricing and availability
Basil Alwan tackles questions about deep packet inspection, routing startups, whether optical and Ethernet will ever be truly united, and how Alcatel-Lucent’s platforms are prepared for IPv6.
Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo says his company’s wireless network will be able to deliver 42 Mbit/s on the handset by the end of 2009. “We’re not waiting” on ubiquitous 4G networks, he says.
Jim Hansen, SVP, Network Services for Embarq, says IPTV’s economics don’t always make sense and he talks about how Embarq plans to fend off competition from WiMax services.
XO’s CTO Randy Nicklas discusses the demand for 100 Gbit/s services and elaborates on why one single, big backbone pipe may not yet be as smart a buy as several smaller bandwidth connections.
Executives from Ericsson, Telus, and others weigh in on the economics of IPTV. Are transport savings enough to justify an all IP experience? And once we have an all IP network, then what?
Heavy Reading analyst Sterling Perrin discusses the US market for telco TV and talks about the advantages cable has over telcos, and vice versa, as all are trying to penetrate and dominate the market for consumer video services
NXTcomm 2008 is history and the show’s executive director explains what the show tried to accomplish – and several attendees weighed in with their thoughts as well
Top execs from Ericsson AB and Hitachi Telecom (USA) Inc. discuss several aspects of interactive content’s standout qualities and what it means to carrier networks.
Tandberg CEO Eric Cooney, TIA President Grant Sieffert, and Ericsson North America CTO Arun Bhikshesvaran comment on the state of targeted advertising and its impact on next-generation communications
Heavy Reading's Patrick Donegan reveals his findings after researching the IPTV market in Asia, And when it comes to video in Asia, carriers there are more focused on offering video services over mobile devices than their western counterparts.
BT's Maria Pardee says there's a new network required for the new ways that people are communicating. The future, for network operators, is all about adding value to the network
How do broadband providers continue to make a business selling connections when speeds are going up, and prices are constantly falling? We asked Embarq's SVP of strategy, Dennis Huber, and he fills us in on how value is added to broadband and what the next wave of video services will include.
Executives from Mintera, NEC, and Verizon talk about some of the latest developments in optical systems deployments – and how the market as a whole is holding up
Light Reading editor Phil Harvey and Unstrung site editor Dan Jones discuss the possibility of usage-based pricing for broadband services with LRTV host Fritz Nelson
NXTcomm is replacing Supercomm, and the show’s executive director explains that NXTcomm is truly different because it’s a 'convergence marketplace.' It is still built on core telco technologies and companies but has an eye on the applications and content that will spur those core technologies to greater growth.
Matt Polka is in touch with the small and mid-sized cable operator and, interestingly, their concerns are too terribly different from that of Comcast and others. The telcos and satellite operators are going hard after their core video businesses, forcing them to branch out and be more creative.
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.'
LRTV looks at how Intel Communications Alliance member companies are committed to collaborating on product development and delivering cost effective, MicroTCA-based solutions today. Momentum is building around the standard, and the industry is becoming better informed about MicroTCA and how products based on the standard and Intel architecture will have a significant impact on the industry.
After a year in the job, Nortel CTO John Roese tells LRTV how things are changing now that the days of corporate malfeasance are behind them. He’s very excited at seeing the results of all Nortel's R&D being rolled out to customers, especially for IPTV, and how after a bit of neglect there’ll be a greater focus on network management, with maybe a purchase in the wind. Plus a bit of banter on the debate around PBT and why 100 Gig may not be here quite as soon as you think
Ciena’s Gary Smith on whether Optical+Ethernet is a real equipment category or just a carrier fad. After returning to profitability, Ciena’s seen huge growth, but how does it keep this going, and is there a purchase to be made in the access arena? Plus, why we might be seeing 100 Gig sooner than you think
Is IPTV mass market? Not at Wal-Mart apparently. Microsoft TV's Christine Heckart on the latest developments in IPTV. It's got a new name: Mediaroom. Plus, despite its increasing presence in the market, why Cisco isn't seen as a competitor and AT&T's quite happy with the way things are going
They've been talking about it for ages, but carriers are finally in a position to take on the more traditional content providers. But do telcos have the X-factor? Motorola CEO Ed Zander keynotes. And an update on IPTV
Genband is a leading provider of VoIP and multimedia applications, signaling and media gateways for softswitched-controlled or IMS-based fixed and mobile networks. These applications and solutions enable service providers to rapidly deploy multimedia services, while providing a foundation to transition legacy networks to next generation networks.
Day One of the show, and one of the big themes is convergence. It's been talked about for a while, but where are we at? AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson and Nortel CTO John Roese give LRTV their views.
Tomorrow it's content: Is it still king?
First there was Supercomm. Then there was Globalcomm. Now there is NXTcomm. As the new show is set to open in Chicago, LRTV takes a peek at what’s on offer this week.
Scott Wickware, VP, Carrier Networks, Nortel, says 3G hasn't delivered. But 4G, which includes WiMax, is where Nortel has a unique market opportunity. Amazing how things change when you add just one more "G"
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
A ground-breaking test commissioned by Light Reading and undertaken by the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) has shown that equipment from Cisco Systems can scale to 1 million IPTV customers with carrier-grade features such as QOS and resilience.
Robin Chan, Director of Broadband & Mobile Video for Verizon Wireless, explains why the company's service caps file-transfer sizes and what cellular's limitations are compared to consumer broadband
WiMax is not another cellular network: It's the mobile Internet, according to Sprint's 4G guru, Barry West. While describing WiMax price points as something that rivals DSL and cable, West sets consumer expectations for a big pipe with a fully mobile experience
