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With the network equipment spending depression officially over according to the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), service providers are starting to refocus on fast-emerging optical technologies that promise to simplify operation […]

DESPITE THE SOMEWHAT MURKY HAZE that continues to be cast over the telecom market, carriers are still investing billions of dollars in network upgrades and expansion. Although the investments are […]

TO A CYNIC, not just humans but nature, too, might seem to be conspiring to up-end the digital economy. With 9-11 not yet a distant memory, the fading of summer […]

Times have changed, and quickly. Many service providers and equipment makers have fallen by the wayside and for the survivors the watchword is cost control. The first signs of cost […]

Everyone loves the Internet, and some cutting-edge companies are even using it for secure electronic commerce transactions. But when it really comes down to it, few network and IT managers […]

Can a single, unified directory come off the drawing board and onto enterprise networks? Physicists and philosophers may ponder, debate and ultimately explain a unified field theory of the universe, […]

When Cisco and Lucent announced potential multi-million dollar pacts with BellSouth for their MSPPs (multi-service provisioning platforms) at SUPERCOMM 2003 in June, it was testament of the RBOC's recognition that […]

If the warm and fuzzy label can be put to any network technology, then surely Ethernet is a leading candidate. At home in the LAN, Ethernet is now being talked […]

Chick-fil-A is cooking up a new recipe-but not for its chicken sandwiches. The $570-million Atlanta-based restaurant chain wants its remote employees to develop a taste for dialing in over the […]

Nearly four years after Fore Systems Inc.'s first commercial asynchronous transfer mode switch was developed, ATM is enjoying some success in government research and development. But desktop ATM remains a […]

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-- Ethernet-based metro service providers and long-haul carriers seem to be looking increasingly to each other as a way to extend their networks. An example is the recent agreement […]

In upstate New York, Westelcom is in the process of firing up its broadband network. A unit of a nearly 100-year-old rural telephone company, Westelcom intends to avoid the pain […]

A Conversation with David Brauer of GPU Telcom Services Q: As a 50-year old energy company what made GPU death to get into the telecom business? A: This goes back […]

BellSouth has turned on its Multimedia Internet Exchange (MIX) in South Florida. MIX is an optically switched network access point with four access facilities in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach […]

FREMONT, Calif.--If industry buzz proves correct, network equipment targeted at the metro market increasingly will incorporate tunable lasers. Considered a questionable technology until recently, tunable lasers are finding a place […]

New Age Optical Player Even as carriers make the transition from 2.5-Gbps channels to 10-Gbps channels in the network core, optical equipment vendors are at the threshold of delivering 40-Gbps […]

Finding the Right Niche At a time when many service providers are revisiting their business plans, ITC DeltaCom plans to hold course. The West Point, Ga.-based carrier has built a […]

Although it's never easy being a start-up, 2001 has been especially tough. It's not enough that these nascent companies must woo investors many times over, compete with the Big Guys' […]

MIAMI--At the end of this month, a new IP exchange point for backbone providers in North and South America, ambitiously called the NAP of the Americas, will open for business […]

SEWICKLEY, Pa.--Much attention is being paid to the core router space, where Juniper Networks--depending on whose numbers you believe--may have about 28 percent of the market. That the Juniper M160 […]

One of the hardest parts about putting together an annual list of the 10 Hottest Technologies is peering into the crystal ball and looking two years down the road at […]

A new breed of products offers more than just Internet access. For service providers this means higher margins and reduced customer churn. About a year or so ago, the fringe […]

A conversation with Brain Fink -- of Global Crossing Brain Fink is senior vice president of product development at Global Crossing. He is responsible for the carrier's global product strategy […]

DWDM is coming to the metro, but the number of choices could make picking the right solution more difficult. At a session on optical networking in the metro during the […]

Vendors say the hype is gone and carrier-class terabit routers are ready to roll. Maybe or maybe not, but they are getting close. In a more altruistic world, it might […]

In a role reversal, 10 Gigabit Ethernet is expected to be a force in the WAN ore it reaches the LAN. You'd think that the proponents of Ethernet would have […]

MPLs vendors have their to test technology, but vendors and service providers are demanding more than that. When hen UUNet sped up connections between its Chicago, New York and Washington […]

BOSTON--When it comes to providing voice services over a packet network, playing in the network core may mean something when it comes to bragging rights, but the real money is […]

Next-gen switches are being put into service for Internet off-load and as trunking gateways, but that's just for starters. Frank Gangi's pinky ring sports the familiar bell symbol long associated […]

Location is vital in real estate decisions. With the mushrooming of Internet exchanges, that concept may hold special significance for just about any type of Internet vendor. When San Jose, […]

MONTREAL--At a time when core router manufacturers are struggling to crack the terabit barrier for port capacity, Montreal start-up Hyperchip Inc. is boasting that it will leapfrog the competition by […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Cisco coughs up $2 billion to purchase Pirelli's optical systems group to gain entry into the hot DWDM market, and Nortel plunks down billions more in almost back-to-back […]

New end-to-end networks promise plenty of bandwidth to nearly every part of the globe. Times couldn't be better for service providers--and enterprise customers--looking for global bandwidth. The happy confluence of […]

That DSL connection can be leveraged to offer a flexible services portfolio. Much of the attention given digital subscriber line (DSL) technology has focused on its ability to provide high-speed […]

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-- Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) technology has made bandwidth plentiful. Now comes the optical domain service interconnect (ODSI) initiative, a brainchild of start-up Sycamore Networks, with the idea […]

A new generation of gear promises to create more carrier-friendly capacity-rich networks. Even in an industry that continually surprises, network equipment vendors are about to stand Moore's Law on its […]

BOSTON--With the expected inclusion of China as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) some time early this year, what has been a capricious climate for foreign investment in […]

There's a bandwidth glut; there's a bandwidth drought; there's a bandwidth glut. Depending on when you ask the question, all of these statements are true. Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) […]

It was an interesting, albeit exhausting, experience attending two industry conferences--National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference (NFOEC) and DSLcon--in the same week. Had time and energy cooperated, I might even have […]

And they want to use their new two-way capability to offer VoIP services. We've all heard about the battle shaping up between cable, digital subscriber line (DSL) and emerging wireless […]

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--Few topics are as hot as voice over IP (VoIP). But since the PSTN is probably not going to go away any time soon, both telco and data equipment […]

Jim Wiggins was ready to give AT&T the boot. The director of technology services for Tyco International's Earth Tech unit, felt that--despite its advantages as a tried-and-true workhorse technology--AT&T's frame […]

Armed with aggressive telecom plans, utilities have targeted every segment of the business. 'Deregulation is the wind at our backs,' exulted Mick Seidl, chairman of CellNet Data Systems, a San […]

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Sam Masud is senior editor at Telecommunications. Seldom has such a fuss been made about so little so little because global revenues from IP telephony traffic are expected total a […]

Write it in smaller print if you wish, but put Judge Owen Panner's name alongside that of Harold Greene, the federal judge who presided over the breakup of the Bell […]

It's hard to miss the fact that there have been a record number of start-ups joining the telecom industry in the past few years. Where are all these small companies […]

Every month, Telecommunications(r) editors scan the horizon for important trends, emerging technologies and exciting ventures that will change the nature of telecom services. But only once each year do we […]

Sam Masud is senior editor at Telecommunications(R) (Americas edition), Ben McClure is staff editor at Telecommunications(r) (International edition). Nagging questions about whether such alliances work put this deal under the […]

REDMOND, Wash-If you can't work with them, then do your own thing. That seems to be the maxim AT&T has adopted when it comes to entering the local services market. […]