Telecom Business Issues

Telecommunications service providers are more essential to businesses and consumers than ever before, but even as their services become must-haves, they face increasing pressure... More about Telecom Business Issues

Recent Definitions

• IPTV (Internet Protocol television)

  - IPTV (Internet Protocol television) is a method of distributing television content over IP that enables a more customized an...

• Internet metering

  - Internet metering is a service model in which an Internet service provider (ISP) tracks the customer's use of bandwidth and charges accordingly. Typica...

• tru2way

  - Tru2way is the trade name for a technology that facilitates interactive TV and the convergence of digital television (DTV) with other communications devices... (Conti...

Highlights

• Verizon buys cloud broker to boost user experience in Terremark cloud

• Smartphone adoption spurs advanced services demand in Latin America

• Need for wireless network upgrade is key AT&T/T-Mobile driver

More Telecom Business Issues Topics

• Cloud and Managed Network Services

• Next-Generation Business Models

• Next-Gen Content Delivery and Video

• Business Issues, ARPU and ROI

Core and Access Networks

Telecom networks are one of the most complex systems in the world, from the core network equipment all the way out to the access network technologies. Here you'll find resources... More about Core and Access Networks

Recent Definitions

• Evolved Packet Core (EPC)

  - Evolved Packet Core (EPC) is a flat architecture for that provides a converged voice and data networking framework to connect users on a Lo...

• fiber to the x (FTTx)

  - Fiber to the x (FTTx) is a collective term for various optical fiber delivery topologies that are categorized according to where the fiber termin...

• 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE)

  - 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) is a standard in development that will enable the transfer of Ethernet frames at 100 gigabits per secon...

Highlights

• AT&T sees opportunity in mobility, e-commerce for CDN services

• Video: ACG Research dissects telecom routing and switching market

• Why should optical networks become more agile and flexible?

More Core and Access Networks Topics

• Telecom Routing and Switching

• Metro and Access Networks

• Next-Generation Network Architecture

• Carrier Ethernet

• MPLS (Multi-protocol Label Switching) Networks

• Optical Networks

Wireless and Mobile Carrier Networks

The mobile industry is one of the fastest growing on the planet. Wireless carriers are growing at amazing speeds to adapt to customer demands for increased mobile devices and se... More about Wireless and Mobile Carrier Networks

Recent Definitions

• 4G (fourth-generation wireless)

  - 4G is the short term for fourth-generation wireless, the stage of broadband mobile communications that will supercede the third ge...

• WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access)

  - WiMAX is a wireless industry coalition whose members organized to advance IEEE 802.16 standard...

• femtocell

  - A femtocell is a wireless router that acts as an Internet access point for the wireless local area network (WLAN) of a home or business. (Continued...)

Highlights

• Smartphone adoption spurs advanced services demand in Latin America

• Need for wireless network upgrade is key AT&T/T-Mobile driver

• Verizon Terremark chief sees enterprise cloud services chasm coming

More Wireless and Mobile Carrier Networks Topics

• Wireless Backhaul

• Wireless Services and Networks

• 3G and 4G Wireless Technology

• Fixed Mobile Convergence

Telecom Network Operations

Telecom network operations on a global scale involve the coordination of many disciplines and requires extreme skill and precision. Operations are changing dramatically to adapt... More about Telecom Network Operations

Recent Definitions

• GB billing

  - In the telecommunications industry, gigabyte (GB) billing is a form of Internet usage-based billing determined by how many GBs of bandwidth are used by a customer...

• CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access)

  - CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access) refers to any of several protocols used in so-called second-generation (2G) and third-...

• Class of Service (CoS)

  - Class of Service (CoS) is a way of managing traffic in a network by grouping similar types of traffic (for example, e-mail, streaming video, voi...

Highlights

• Verizon buys cloud broker to boost user experience in Terremark cloud

• Verizon Terremark chief sees enterprise cloud services chasm coming

• Terremark weighs in on the cloud ecosystem, hybrid clouds and 4G

More Telecom Network Operations Topics

• Service Delivery

• Telecom OSS and BSS

• Telecom Network Management