What impact has the introduction of Carrier Ethernet 2.0 had on service providers, their customers and their suppliers? Alcatel-Lucent, Heavy Reading and Tata Communications have their say
Senior executives from TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC) explain how Carrier Ethernet is supporting the creation and delivery of cutting edge services across the carrier’s extensive global fiber backbone.
Steven Shalita, VP of Marketing, NetScout Systems, Inc., discusses the challenges Cable/MSO operators face in assuring the delivery of services as they roll out new IP-based services over ever growing IP networks.
Steven Shalita, VP of Marketing, NetScout Systems, Inc., discusses how 3G and LTE mobile network operators can leverage their service assurance investments for network-derived business and operational intelligence.
Lucas Skoczkowski, CEO of Redknee, outlines the company’s strategy and its plans to shake up the industry now that it has acquired Nokia Siemens Networks' Business Support Systems business unit.
Acme Packet introduced a few new communication technologies for carriers: virtualization of its IP communication products, a new flagship session border control solution, and Palladion to provide a real-time view of all of the rich media communication activities taking place on the network.
As carriers look to deploy SDN and NFV technology, it will become possible and cost effective to extend DPI throughout the network, enabling the growth of more services.
Radisys CTO Manish Singh discusses how the company's cloud offerings enable rich communication services, new user experiences, and enhanced operator monetization. He also discusses the company's small cell and LTE-A rollouts.
HEVC (high efficiency video codec), or H.265 as some refer to it, will allow operators to deliver higher quality video while consuming less bandwidth. Rovi is helping drive HEVC adoption through its SDKs, DivX certification and more
Kontron's solution makes use of cloud architectures to provide a more scalable, manageable, energy-efficient and cost-effective way of delivering content to mobile devices.
SMS has become a major threat vector. There are millions of spam SMS messages every day, resulting in the loss of personal data and and money. Mobile operators see increased churn and customer care as a result, as well as real bottom line impact. Cloudmark discusses these challenges and what operators can do about this threat
During the Huawei SoftCOM Analyst & Media Briefings in London, experts from Huawei discussed the new SoftCOM solution with analysts during special 'deep dive' sessions. Professor Sanqi Li and Don Clarke from British Telecom also gave a presentation to key industry media figures.
Ari Banerjee from Heavy Reading and Cyril Doussau from InfoVista outline the critical role Advanced Network Planning and Automated Network Optimization play in realizing the benefits of mobile operators' backhaul and radio access networks transformation projects
Zhensheng Jia, assistant director, ZTE, introduces the technical advantages of 100G product especially on DSP and SD-FEC modules, a number of field deployments worldwide, and also the pioneered achievements on 400G and 1T research
At the SDN Summit 2012, Li Sanqi, CTO of Huaweis Carrier Network Business Group, and senior expert Dai Libin discuss what is driving the transformation toward SDN and present the companys SDN ambitions and 'SoftCOM' corporate strategy for SDN
Ethernet Service Quality Visualization goes beyond SLA reports. It is an opportunity for communication service providers to make their services more valuable and provide a better customer experience by extending the transparency of their services
Ron Johnson, director of high-end routing and optical at Cisco, discusses some of the emerging trends in the marketplace. Ron addresses things that are driving the demand for Ethernet along with the challenges and advances to meet this demand
Ralph Santitoro, director, Carrier Ethernet market development, Fujitsu, discusses the MEF Carrier Ethernet Study Guide and new announcements from Fujitsu, including the FLASHWAVE 9500 and NETSMART 1500 Software
Zeev Draer, VP of strategic marketing at MRV, discusses how convergence of layers and monetization of services drive networking for service providers and how real estate issues are creating the need for efficient optical and packet platforms
T-Marc 3312SC from Telco Systems brings Ethernet/MPLS mobile backhaul to the cell site with best in class density size and price performance for mobile operators and wholesale backhaul providers, learn more in this interview at Ethernet Expo NYC
Toshal Dudhwala, product manager at Ixia, talks about the some of the initial OpenFlow/SDN applications in the networks, testing requirements and Ixia OpenFlow test solution
In the Ethernet world, it's about customer experience. Speed is the key to success; with focus on service delivery, agility and assurance working in concert. John Hawkins of Ciena shares his insights on what it takes to win in today's market
Overture CEO Mike Aquino discusses virtualization, cloud and SDN – and how it can accelerate service providers' ability to create, sell and activate services
Yacov Cazes, business development director at RAD, discusses how carriers can increase profitability using RAD's Carrier Ethernet ecosystem to lower TCO
Alcatel-Lucent is providing flexible, scalable, simplified solutions for the next generation of heterogeneous networks. From 100GB interfaces to 60GHz radios, Alcatel-Lucent is driving mobile backhaul innovation
David Wang, president of Huaweis Wireless Network Business Unit, discusses the importance of providing operators with the best mobile broadband solutions for the best quality of service as the overall MBB market is projected to grow to $2 trillion
Vitesse Semiconductor CTO Martin Nuss discusses the unique challenges for small cell deployments and the importance of nanosecond-accurate timing in 4G/LTE and LTE-Advanced networks
Adtran is working with customers to deliver new, innovative solutions for every ingress point in the network. These innovations are enabling service providers to accelerate change; quickly launching next-gen services. The only constant is change
IP Hong, head of Global Marketing, Samsung Telecommunication Systems Business, discusses the electronics powerhouse's advanced network solutions and business status
Ericsson North America CTO and Head of Strategy & Marketing Vish Nandlall discusses the cloud, its importance to operators moving forward and how it should be viewed as a new way to deliver services.
Chris Koopmans, VP and general manager of service provider platforms at Citrix, discusses the next-generation technologies and business models that are powering the mobile Internet industry
As broadband service providers map out their cloud services strategies, there are several important decisions to be made along the way. CHR Solutions Marc Hayden offers his view on launching cloud services, and the opportunity cloud holds
Mike Schabel, VP of the Small Cells Division at Alcatel-Lucent, discusses how to deliver affordable mobile service to meet today's data service demands in public spaces with Metro Cells
Deluxe On Demand gives operators access to the largest studio-quality video catalog (+40,000-plus titles), pre-encoded in over 50 different formats for multiscreen delivery
GSA sees a more connected life by utilizing mobile in industries and sectors. By 2020, GSA predicts operators will have an addressable market of $600B for connectivity services. Operators need industry models for the health-care industry
SoftMobile stands for 3 things: capabilities of networks, open platforms and smart care for customer networks. Huawei believes this is the enabler to achieve the new vision of MBB - more communications and content services.
Sanjeev Mervana, senior director, SP Marketing, Cisco, talks about mobile trends; the effects of LTE on the networks; strategies for small cells as they become crucial for addressing macro cell coverage challenges and capacity
NetScout VP of Marketing Steve Shalita discusses the challenges mobile operators face in maintaining quality of service as the use of broadband-enabled devices and network traffic increase across IP networks
A conversation with Motorolas Bob Scheffler, Senior Director of Next Generation Video, on how media consumption habits are changing and its impact on future cable services
Alcatel-Lucent's Steve Dyck talks about the challenges and opportunities associated with small cell backhaul, and highlights strategies on how small cell backhaul costs can be minimized
Luc Ceuppens shares Juniper Networks Universal Access Solution Architecture highlighting automated provisioning for easy deployment to thousands of small cell sites, high precision timing and synchronization for real time media voice and video
Derrick Frost outlines the value proposition that Alcatel-Lucent brings to pay TV providers wanting to take video beyond the TV, touches on where the company is seeing traction in different markets around the world and what the future holds
At Huaweis 2012 Global Analyst Summit in Shenzhen, China, Analysts talk about what they found most interesting as Huawei outlines its developments and strategies for the future
François de Repentigny of Neuralitic Systems discusses the benefits of the SevenFlow solution and how it enables mobile data intelligence by structuring big data and making it available for different users within the mobile operators environment
Infinera co-founder Dave Welch talks to Light Readings Joe Braue on the effect of growing bandwidth demands, and how coherent super-channel technology can help service providers scale capacity and operations to meet those demands
At Huawei 2012 Global Analyst Summit in China, Duke Fu, Vice President of Fiber Infrastructure Network Product Line at Huawei Technologies shares the new features of Huaweis iODN solution