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Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO, Telus - 7/4/2008 8:00:00 AM
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.

- 7/3/2008 10:40:00 AM
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

Arun Bhikshesvaran - 7/2/2008 1:05:00 PM
Ericsson North America’s CTO, Arun Bhikshesvaran, discusses the drivers for tomorrow’s video demand.

Basil Alwan, President, IP Division, Alcatel-Lucent - 6/26/2008 4:30:00 PM
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.

Digital Natives - 6/26/2008 3:45:00 PM
Executives from Ericsson define and discuss the phenomena known as Digital Natives.

Sol Trujillo, CEO, Telstra - 6/24/2008 4:25:00 PM
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, Embarq Corp. - 6/23/2008 1:50:00 PM
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.

Encoding Infrastructure - 6/23/2008 1:15:00 PM
Executives from Ericsson and Thomson talk about where and why a carrier’s encoding infrastructure can make a difference when delivering video services

Randy Nicklas, CTO, XO Communications - 6/23/2008 1:10:00 PM
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.

Team Players - 6/23/2008 1:00:00 PM
Executives from Ericsson AB discuss the company’s acquisitions and how they fit into a larger goal of helping operators build great video services.

Optical Networking - 6/20/2008 5:45:00 PM
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

Usage-Based Pricing - 6/20/2008 5:30:00 PM
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

IPTV’s Economics - 6/20/2008 4:45:00 PM
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?

TV in the USA - 6/20/2008 4:35:00 PM
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 - 6/20/2008 4:25:00 PM
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

CommunicAsia 2008 - 6/20/2008 11:00:00 AM
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.

ECI’s President and CEO, Rafi Maor - 6/20/2008 9:45:00 AM
ECI’s president and CEO Rafi Maor explains how carriers can provide scalable services and why managed services is a tempting business for vendors

Ann Emilson, Country Manager - Singapore, Ericsson - 6/20/2008 9:30:00 AM
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

Service-Oriented Architecture - 6/20/2008 9:00:00 AM
Businesses need to be agile to respond to customers, rapidly changing opportunities, and dynamic market conditions. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a crucial approach to ensuring and enabling that agility. We talked to IBM's head of SOA, Sandy Carter, and the CIO of Austin Energy, Andres Carvallo. They talked about some the business drivers, the key technology considerations, and some real-world SOA success.

Real-Time Collaboration - 6/20/2008 8:30:00 AM
Collaboration and communication has changed. It is no longer just an internal tool, but one that extends to partners and customers as well. But the technology has also quickly evolved. The Internet has enabled much richer communication and collaboration, in the form of real-time collaboration, on both wired and wireless infrastructure. We talked to Bruce Morse, IBM's head of Unified Communications Software, and Marty Parker, Principle of UniComm Consulting about the realities of these changes.

Web Wide World - India - 6/20/2008 8:00:00 AM
Internet Evolution visits India, where the Internet is as varied and exciting as the country itself

Bengt Hellstrom, Director Business Development APAC, Net Insight - 6/19/2008 10:20:00 PM
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

Roger Chen, Head of Multimedia, Far EasTone - 6/19/2008 10:15:00 PM
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

Neil Montefiore, CEO, MobileOne - 6/19/2008 10:10:00 PM
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

Ken Hertzler, Director, NEC Corp. of America - 6/19/2008 12:48:00 PM
Ken Hertzler, Director, NEC Corp. of America says virtualizing the data center can save CPU cycles, power, and money.

Interactive Content - 6/19/2008 12:40:00 PM
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.

Greg Calhoun, VP, US Communications Area, Sun Microsystems - 6/19/2008 12:20:00 PM
Sun Microsystems’s Greg Calhoun talks about how his company can help service providers be more energy efficient

Telepresence - 6/19/2008 12:05:00 PM
Top execs from Ericsson and BT talk about the definition and possibilities of telepresence

Naoki Satomi, VP, NEC Corp. of America - 6/19/2008 11:25:00 AM
NEC’s Naoki Satomi discusses IMS and its challenges

Yoshichika Iida, SVP, NEC Corp. of America - 6/19/2008 11:17:00 AM
NEC’s Yoshichika Iida talks about the future of optical networking

Jan Wareby, Head of Business Unit Multimedia, Ericsson - 6/19/2008 10:05:00 AM
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

Radware’s VP of Advanced Services, David Aviv - 6/19/2008 10:00:00 AM
Radware’s David Aviv explains the role of application delivery controllers in the next-generation data center.

ECI's Laura Howard - 6/19/2008 9:40:00 AM
ECI’s chief marketing officer, Laura Howard, explains the effect convergence is having on carrier networks and how systems vendors can do more to go green

The 4G Future - 6/18/2008 10:08:00 AM
Top execs from Ericsson and Telstra -- and Heavy Reading’s wireless analyst -- give their views on when and where we’ll see true 4G networks and services

Targeted Advertising - 6/18/2008 10:02:00 AM
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

IPTV in Asia - 6/18/2008 9:36:00 AM
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.

Maria Pardee, Managing Director, Global Integration, BT Group - 6/18/2008 9:30:00 AM
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

Dennis Huber, SVP, Strategy, Embarq - 6/17/2008 4:47:00 PM
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.

Dr. Richard Green, President & CEO of CableLabs - 6/16/2008 9:40:00 AM
Richard Green gives us a reason to look forward to Docsis 3.0 and explains the difference between tru2way and DCR+ – and why it matters if the cable industry is truly capable of transforming its networks

James Kelso, VP of Video Engineering, Cox Communications - 6/12/2008 9:25:00 AM
James Kelso, VP of Video Engineering at Cox, says tru2way will give the cable operators the speed they need to get applications out to the market more quickly. Kelso says Cox will have tru2way deployed by the middle of 2009, 'if not sooner.' He also contends that cable operators do have some advantages that telcos can't match. Watch the video to find out what Cox believes sets it apart from its fierce competitors

Tony Werner, EVP & CTO, Comcast - 6/4/2008 1:05:00 PM
Comcast CTO Tony Werner has a lot on his plate these days. In this LRTV interview, he articulates Comcast's strategy on tru2way, the transition away from analog cable channels, and the introduction of WiMax as a possible service in the future. He also provides his perspective on how Comcast is managing its peer-to-peer traffic via a protocol-agnostic approach.

Wayne Crawford, Executive Director, NXTcomm - 5/30/2008 3:30:00 PM
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, President, American Cable Association - 5/30/2008 12:40:00 PM
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.

Truly tru2way - 5/28/2008 9:00:00 AM
The promise of tru2way is closer to becoming a reality. This move to a common software platform could let cable companies, programmers, and gadget makers provide a real interactive TV experience, even without requiring a set-top box. The transition might be painful at first, but the payoff should be huge if the services come anywhere close to measuring up to the hype. In this video, hear perspectives from Cox Communications Inc., Comcast Corp., CableLabs, and the editors of Cable Digital News and Light Reading.

Optimized Networks - 5/27/2008 3:00:00 PM
It's not just consumer behavior that is driving cable operators to maximize their networks for higher capacity and performance, but also ever increasing competition from telcos. LRTV looks at some of the new technologies, such as Docsis 3.0, that helping them in this battle royal.

Content to the Consumer - 5/27/2008 2:30:00 PM
While the consumer may be driving the method and manner that their content is delivered, what is the business model that supports this? New technologies such as switch digital video allow cable operators to target ever more specific demographics and thus increase the value of their advertising. Just as important, the 'Next 40 Channels' become a a very important revenue opportunity.

Media Mobility - 5/27/2008 2:00:00 PM
Content is becoming truly mobile, not just in terms of wireless, but in time and space. DVR technology is well established, but how will content get delivered across various competing technologies utilized by all the operators? What will be the impact of new technologies such as Packet Cable 2.0 and LTE? LRTV takes a look at the new world of mobile media.

Broadband Everywhere - 5/27/2008 1:00:00 PM
Until now cable operators have been slow to get into the wireless space. But now it seems there’s no reason why that elusive quadruple play shouldn’t be just around the corner. The answer seems to be WiMax. With the rollout of WiMax across North America by the end of the year, it seems there will be no excuses for not taking the kids out while the football game is on.

Cable vs Telco - 5/27/2008 9:52:00 AM
Cable companies have more reach, deeper video-on-demand (VOD) plans, and the ability to install services faster in residential neighborhoods. But not everyone thinks the cable companies have the long term advantage. From The Cable Show in New Orleans, we get perspectives from Heavy Reading, Cox Communications Inc., and The American Cable Association (ACA), as well as the outspoken editors of Cable Digital News and Light Reading

Mobile Commerce: Driving Change in Mobile Backhaul, Part 3 - 5/20/2008 11:00:00 AM
The marriage of mobility and the Internet promises to define the way people view connectivity forever. As devices become intelligent personal mini-computers, consumers will have the full power of the Internet at their fingertips anywhere and anytime, dramatically shaping the way they manage their everyday lives. Nowhere is this playing out more clearly than in mobile commerce, giving our highly mobilized society the ability to pay bills or purchase goods and services on the go. This has the potential to unleash an entirely new economic model, and mobile operators are well positioned to take advantage of this lucrative market, which represents billions of transactions and revenues going forward.

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