At the Broadband World Forum, Broadcom's vice president and general manager for Broadband Carrier Access, Greg Fischer, talks PON chips, vectoring, next-gen Wi-Fi and his love for John Belushi's guitar-smashing antics
Jay Wilson, senior VP and general manager for Adtran's Carrier Networks Division, talks about the company's prospects in Europe following the purchase of NSN's fixed access assets, the demand for vectoring capabilities and his preference for Kevin Costner over Russell Crowe
Calix executive Andy Lockhart talks about the access equipment vendor's expansion in Europe, updates on the introduction of vectoring capabilities and gives Butch Cassidy his movie vote
John Cioffi, CEO at ASSIA, talks about the deluge of interest in the vectoring capabilities that are enhancing VDSL broadband lines and puts himself in Luke Skywalker's shoes
Telstra's Mike Wright and Rami Rahim of Juniper Networks discuss the Australian carrier's decision to revamp its edge network using broadband network gateway (BNG) capabilities
Broadband Forum CEO Robin Mersh talks about the recent G.vector plugfest, the potential gains from vectoring for DSL operators and his 'odd' connection with Jane Fonda
BT Wholesale's Steve Best gives an update on the backhaul and HD voice services markets as mobile operators migrate to 4G, answers questions about dark fiber and wholesale IP voice and gives The Lord of the Rings a nod
Heavy Reading analysts Graham Finnie and Gabriel Brown discuss the apparent unwillingness of European operators to match their peers in Asia/Pacific and North America when it comes to major investments in fixed-line broadband
At the Broadband World Forum, Telekom Austria CEO Hannes Ametsreiter discusses the European operator's multi-technology broadband strategy, the use of vectoring capabilities, startup investments, working with Carlos Slim and Scorsese's Taxi Driver
At the Broadband World Forum show in Amsterdam, Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson gives us the lowdown on Service Provider SDN and explains why the definition of software-defined networking needs to be expanded for the telecom sector
The Broadband World Forum show has opened with a welter of big-name announcements around SDN (software-defined networking), explains Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie
With the first wave of policy server deployments almost complete, vendors and service providers need to rethink their strategies to take full advantage of policy capabilities, says Heavy Reading's Graham Finnie
Ahead of the Broadband World Forum show in Amsterdam, Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie talks about the potential of vectoring for DSL broadband service providers, the impact it may have on GPON and why his beer glass may be half empty in the Dutch capital
U2Net is a next-generation network architecture for the IP video and cloud era. It adapted to meet the demands of the two major evolutions in broadband networks: video service evolution from IPTV to IP video, and integration of services to cloud
Carrier-grade wireless LAN (or Wi-Fi) technology is playing an increasingly important role in the data traffic management strategies of mobile operators. Ruckus Wireless President and CEO Selina Lo explains how Wi-Fi can help offload data from cellular networks
Chris O'Dell, VP of sales at Hughes Network Systems Europe, says broadband connections via Ka-band satellite links can help fill in the gaps in Europe's broadband coverage and deliver a service comparable to many fixed-broadband offerings
Pyramid Research analyst Sylwia Boguszewska explains why fiber-to-the-home/building (FTTH/B) investments are being made in some European countries but not others
