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• Traffic grooming in optical networks: Making real-world choices

  Solutions for traffic grooming in optical networks haven't kept pace with all-optical network development and still work in the electrical domain. Telecom providers have to make hard, real-world choices about how to best transport their services ...  Continue Reading

• Mobile appliance explosion changes broadband mobile network planning

  Rising smartphone use and mobile appliance growth have created new service opportunities for wireless operators. In their mobile network planning, they must calculate how much to invest in new technology if return on investment is marginal.  Continue Reading

• New service capabilities to influence mobile network infrastructure

  Major questions surrounding mobile appliance service deployment will affect operators' mobile network infrastructure planning in terms of enabling Quality of Service and Evolved Packet Core technology if they can sell premium services.  Continue Reading

• Telecom's three advantages in selling Everything as a Service

  Cloud computing has ushered in the era of "Everything as a Service." Network operators need to exploit three advantages as they compete with other "X as a Service" providers selling software, infrastructure, platforms and more as a service.  Continue Reading

• VoiceCon declines, but enterprise wireless solutions claim spotlight

  Once one of the premier voice communications trade shows, VoiceCon has slipped, one analyst argues. But even in its decline, evidence is mounting that enterprises have warmed to the potential of wireless solutions and unified communications.  Continue Reading

• New telecom industry trends require OSS/BSS systems changes

  New telecom industry trends are driving OSS/BSS systems requirements, with new service layer architecture and customer experience management at the core, causing a move to automated systems and management-as-service logic.  Continue Reading

• Five key Evolved Packet Core issues face 4G LTE network planners

  Wireless operators deploying Evolved Packet Core technology in 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks agree on five key issues to address in this unique transition from 3G to 4G networking. Learn from their experience on everything from fiber ...  Continue Reading

• Integrating the Evolved Packet Core for seamless 3G/4G mobile backhaul

  When transitioning from 3G to 4G networks, wireless operators must plan carefully to migrate and integrate mobile backhaul so it accommodates both the new Evolved Packet Core for LTE and traditional TDM-based backhaul solutions.  Continue Reading

• Devices drive mobile data traffic, stress wireless broadband networks

  Mobile data traffic growth may pressure operators to spend billions on 4G wireless broadband networks upgrades. To cope with a changing business model, operators are looking at network-sharing partnerships or outsourcing network operations.  Continue Reading

• Net neutrality regulations could endanger wireless carriers' business

  Proposed net neutrality regulations could have a profoundly damaging effect on wireless carriers, forcing them to either raise network access prices or sharply curtail planned investments on 4G and Long Term Evolution network upgrades.  Continue Reading

• Seven IPv6 networking myths that don't match reality

  IPv4 addresses are running out, and the change to IPv6 networking is imperative, yet the myths surrounding what the protocol can and cannot do are becoming the stuff of legend. Our IP expert looks at IPv6 reality instead.  Continue Reading

• Cloud computing providers are selling IT services, not just networks

  Most telecom carriers have their own views of how to win as cloud computing providers, but outside their traditional business model, the cloud is about selling IT services, which have very different requirements and enterprise expectations.  Continue Reading

• New market pressures mold broadband access network infrastructure

  When it comes to broadband access network infrastructure upgrades, telecom carriers face high capital expense costs and subscriber reluctance to pay the real price for one big pipe to deliver everything. Find out why changing market forces are ...  Continue Reading

• 4G wireless networks and customer experience management

  To get the most out of their 4G wireless networks, operators must ensure that subscribers receive a high quality customer experience, including automatic real-time measurement and tracking, for their increasingly complex service portfolios. This ...  Continue Reading

• Five telecom provider benefits of offering cloud computing services

  Cloud computing services, platforms and infrastructure can benefit telecom service providers and provide Web-based applications to enterprise customers if carriers address challenges like security and performance to differentiate themselves and cut ...  Continue Reading