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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.
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
IP video services are still in the early stages of development in Singapore, but the government there has put into place some measures to provide fiber access to its residents - a move that will encourage development of wireline and wireless networks alike, as well as a boom in consumer video services. At CommunicAsia 2008, our International Editor Ray Le Maistre tapped into the excitement surrounding IPTV, while still notching out a little time for some virtual golf and a spin around the track via a Formula One simulation game.
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
Net Insight's video transport solutions are well known in the broadcast world. But as Bergt Hellstrom tells LRTV, increasingly it is telco service providers who are now talking to him as IPTV ramps up in Asia
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
