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Posted in October 2010

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Fiber, Copper Cap a Wild Week for Backhaul


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October 29, 2010 : Three announcements reach three different conclusions about what this booming market needs
Comment: Vampire Power sucks - cnwedit October 27, 2010
Comment: Re: Self service - cnwedit October 27, 2010

Qwest Reshapes Wireless Backhaul


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (4)
October 27, 2010 : Death to RFPs? Qwest's Adaptive Broadband would let operators dial bandwidth up, calling up fiber or copper resources as necessary

GSA Buys AT&T Telepresence Service


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October 27, 2010 : Under $18M deal, 15 GSA offices will get managed telepresence service

Test Shows FiOS Handles Two-Way 10Gig


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October 26, 2010 : Field test of XG-PON prototype at Elks Lodge in Massachusetts shows existing FiOS deployment can deliver symmetrical 10G service

Telx Early to Ethernet Exchange Expansion


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October 26, 2010 : Exchange provider ahead of schedule with five US locations now live, also announces nine new service provider customers

AT&T Intros Avatar-Like 'Kate'


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October 26, 2010 : Virtual agent 'Kate' now ready to answer questions and help business customers navigate self-service portal using natural language processing

HGI: Promote Energy-Smart Homes


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October 26, 2010 : Broadband ISPs can make consumers more aware of their home energy usage, gateway organization tells Broadband World Forum

Unions Back CenturyLink, Qwest Merger


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October 25, 2010 : CWA and IBEW have agreed that the merger between CenturyLink and Qwest is in the public interest

Erasing the Cybersecurity Doom Map


Rewired - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
October 25, 2010 : 10:30 AM Cybersecurity measures can be as simple as changing how the outside plant is labeled. The obvious thing to do? Don't be so obvious
Comment: Re: Short term thinking - cnwedit October 22, 2010

4G's Money Problem


Rewired - Carol Wilson - Comments (4)
October 22, 2010 : Even at this late date, service providers haven't been clear about how they'll make back their 4G investment
Comment: Re: Short term thinking - cnwedit October 22, 2010
Comment: Re: Short term thinking - cnwedit October 22, 2010
Comment: Re: Short term thinking - cnwedit October 22, 2010

It's Leadership, Stupid


Rewired - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
October 21, 2010 : 5:15 PM Six US nominees are on the Intelligent Community Forum list of 21, and guess what they have in common? It ain't size

Verizon Snags Piece of GSA Cloud Contract


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October 21, 2010 : US General Services Administration taps Verizon, among others, to provide cloud services to federal agencies under 5-year contract

ATIS Highlights Service Enablers


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October 21, 2010 : New report from Service-Oriented Networks Forum spells out standard relationship between SEs and their associated interfaces

AT&T Wireline 'Good News' Not All That Good


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (31)
October 21, 2010 : Company sees first year-over-year growth in consumer revenue in more than two years, but the picture is still pretty ugly

Verizon Expands FiOS TV's Mobile Availability


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October 19, 2010 : More than 40 mobile devices can now access FiOS TV applications, including Apple iPhones and iPods

Revenue Still the 4G Question


LR Mobile News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
October 19, 2010 : Light Reading event shines light on differing revenue strategies for 4G deployments

Telcordia Warns of 'Digital Pearl Harbor'


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (3)
October 18, 2010 : Sizable cyber attack not only possible, but likely, if the networking industry doesn't change its negligent ways

Metaswitch CEO: VoIP + Mobility = $$


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comment (1)
October 14, 2010 : Voice isn't irrelevant yet and VoIP is in its infancy, says Metaswitch CEO Kevin DeNuccio, who predicts much bigger things to come

Dancing With Dividends


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October 12, 2010 : 12:25 PM Telecom stocks have risen on the popularity of their dividends, but analyst Craig Moffett says it isn't sustainable

My Verizon Goes Mobile


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October 12, 2010 : Verizon enables mobile browser access to My Verizon for account control, support services, TV listings, and DVR control

DiData Deal Spells Bad News for SIs


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October 12, 2010 : Systems integrators set to suffer as NTT's buy of global IT services firm signals carrier's move to hosted, managed, and cloud services
Comment: Re: Sub effect? - cnwedit October 7, 2010

Telus Turns to AlcaLu for Digital Store


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comment (1)
October 7, 2010 : The Canadian service provider is AlcaLu's first announced customer for a managed and hosted app store service

Verizon Ready for ūmi Mania


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
October 7, 2010 : Service provider will resell Cisco consumer video product in early 2011 and expects commercial applications to follow quickly

JD Power Ratings Not All Sunshine for Telcos


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October 6, 2010 : 5:10 PM AT&T and Verizon did well by comparison to cable, but consumers of all services are becoming more price-sensitive

A Brave New Frontier – in an RV


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October 5, 2010 : Frontier execs are going local, meeting with new employees and customers in the Verizon territories they purchased

PCI Compliance Lagging, Study Says


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October 4, 2010 : Verizon study finds only 22% of companies adhere to standards for protecting credit card information

EarthLink Back in the Game, Buys ITC


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comment (1)
October 1, 2010 : Joins CLEC consolidation trend with $516M grab of regional Southeastern carrier
Comment: Re: is it all in clouds? - cnwedit October 1, 2010