Huawei: Incumbent vendor by 2012?

Following the acquisition of Lucent, and Nortel unlikely to emerge through bankruptcy in one piece, there is a telecom vendor vacuum in North America. It just so happens that Huawei – which has literally started 2009 from zero deployments in...

Posted by JR on April 29, 2009 3:48 PM

Opening up IPTV middleware for applications

We need Web type APIs into IPTV middleware for tighter integration of applications on TV. There is already a wealth of apps available on Web. While some of these could be offered by CATV using DOCSIS transport, they are optimised...

Posted by JR on June 25, 2008 9:26 AM

1.3 million IPTV subscribers on ECI’s MSAN

There are over 1.3 million live IPTV subscribers on ECI’s MSAN product. The biggest such platform deployment for ECI is at France Telecom. Not all FT’s IPTV customers are on ECI MSAN though. Some are on Alcatel-Lucent platform. I am...

Posted by JR on June 23, 2008 7:40 AM

Voice 2.0 delivery models

In a recent short report on Voice 2.0 we took an early look at how various vendors and service providers are approaching the delivery of these communications aware mashups. I think it is fair to comment that the delivery models...

Posted by JR on June 23, 2008 7:34 AM

Interview with Andrew Harries, CEO, Zeugma Systems

There are several approaches to prioritizing multiple applications on a converged network. Zeugma does it with a product that analysts are beginning to call Service Delivery Router. One of the major issues – going back to the RSVP days –...

Posted by JR on June 20, 2008 2:32 AM

Tekelec playing a role in Cable VoIP peering

Robby Benedyk, Senior Manager Global Marketing, Tekelec co-authored PacketCable ENUM Server Provisioning Specification that deals with the way ENUM is handled in Cable networks. Tekelec has announced a commercial ENUM solution, which Robby discusses in this video. Cable MSOs are...

Posted by JR on June 19, 2008 5:33 AM

IP-In IP-Out: Impact on the IPTV encoder business

It seems plausible to assume that IP-In-IP-Out could have a major impact on the IPTV encoder business. IPTV encoders are somewhat analogous to media gateways in VoIP business. As the IP-IP peering in the VoIP world grows, the media gateway...

Posted by JR on June 19, 2008 5:21 AM

Veraz to announce support for GSMA IPX spec

GSMA IPX initiative could change several things for cell operators. To start with, it can lower down interconnection costs substantially for cell operators. There are several value added services that could be enabled across multiple cell operator networks. Dawn Hogh,...

Posted by JR on June 19, 2008 4:51 AM

Verimatrix extending the existing architecture to support Mobile TV

Verimatrix is among very few IPTV vendors that are able to re-use the existing wireline IPTV solution architecture to support Mobile TV. Extending the same architecture means that a telco – offering IPTV and looking to add mobility play –...

Posted by JR on June 19, 2008 4:04 AM

Interview with Peter Blackmore, CEO, UTStarcom

Peter Blackmore is actually going to take charge as CEO of UTStarcom from July 1st. The present CEO - Hong Lu, an equally charming guy - updated us yesterday on NGN voice and the service providers they are trying to...

Posted by JR on June 11, 2008 8:57 PM

Interview with Charlie Horrell, CEO, PacketVision

Charlie discusses managed services model for IPTV advertising, the trials PacketVision has so far been involved in, and how the company's solution matches buyers and sellers of advertising time thus effectively operating a clearinghouse. Charlie also talks about the IPTV...

Posted by JR on February 25, 2008 1:04 PM

Interview with Alastair Westgarth, CEO, Tango Networks

Alastair discusses factors determining FMC growth and reasons for slow FMC uptake so far. Tango Networks claims that its hybrid FMC architecture is a win-win solution for both the PBX vendors and carriers thus avoiding possible cannibalization of revenues of...

Posted by JR on February 14, 2008 1:44 PM

Interview with Gareth Williams, CEO, Interoute

Gareth talks about SIP trunking integrated with Microsoft OCS, possible hosted model for OCS, and Arena. Arena is a service offered by Interoute that includes things like switch partitioning and VoIP peering. This is a much shorter version of the...

Posted by JR on February 8, 2008 3:53 PM

Interview with Ari Rabban, CEO, Phone.com

You had a quiet launch. Is the obvious name of the company - phone.com - compensating for the quiet launch? Obviously when you hear the company name it stands out. That is what attracted me as well. If you have...

Posted by JR on January 9, 2008 2:00 PM

Femtocell could bring about behavioural change with respect to mobile data usage

Ubiquisys, the Femtocell maker, is involved in 8 operator trials within Europe. The vendor also runs a few of its own trials in order to study how consumers react to the technology. Trial data collected so far suggests that 'coverage'...

Posted by JR on December 31, 2007 5:35 PM

Nokia Siemens Networks: 8 months into merger

Expanding services revenue is one of the main reasons why Nokia and Siemens merged their telecom infrastructure units. In the video we discussed how far the services side would develop at NSN going forward. We also talked about Voice 2.0...

Posted by JR on December 20, 2007 7:28 PM

no-make-up interview with Ivar Plahte, CEO, OnRelay

We have published an interview with Ivar in the past as well. However this time you get to actually see him talk about things. He talks to me about mobile PBX. Ivar discusses the evolution of the PBX product, how...

Posted by JR on December 14, 2007 2:19 AM

Short, informal, no-makeup video interviews

So we got the video bug too! We had originally planned to make short documentaries on various topics relevant to us. But I don’t think we have the resources just yet to embark on such ambitious projects. So we will...

Posted by JR on December 10, 2007 11:46 PM