Guides

• Getting past the network 01 July 2007

  Martin Creaner, president of the TeleManagement Forum, introduces our CEO and CFO Guide to Networks in the 21st Century

• The NGN rule of three 01 July 2007

  Successful NGN deployments will be those that are built on the principles of being agile, open and custom, writes Paul Gainham, EMEA service provider marketing director, at Juniper Networks. These are the three key attributes that will support a combination of service flexibility and velocity. Co-sponsored feature: Juniper Networks

• No escape 01 July 2007

  The motto is, 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it', so why are operators eager for their customers to move over to NGNs? It's a risky proposition, which gives customers the chance to swap providers, warns Sue Norris. But in the end there is no alternative

• Broadband everywhere: key to the digital society 01 July 2007

  How can broadband be brought to a wider public, bridging the digital divide between rural and urban areas, and become affordable to everyone, asks Johan Bergendahl, vice president and CMO of Ericsson. Co-sponsored feature: Ericsson

• Optical+Ethernet: uniting the next-generation network 01 July 2007

  Across the globe, telecommunication networks are rapidly evolving. Carriers are seeking to harness a unified network architecture that can rapidly adapt to changing market conditions, deliver higher revenue opportunities and lower operating costs. Brian L Protiva, CEO of ADVA Optical Networking, believes Optical+Ethernet, including scalable optical transport and intelligent Ethernet solutions, is the key enabling technology platform. Co-sponsored feature: ADVA Optical Networking

• Speeding the delivery 01 June 2007

  Service assembly, customer centricity and process automation are key to the delivery of flexible multi-media products and services. Traditional telco business models are under increasing pressure from a variety of market and industry factors. Co-sponsored feature: Atos Origin

• Delivering the future 01 June 2007

  The idea of a next-generation of communication service providers that could deliver rich multimedia services over a single multi-service network has been around for some time. Now, though, such next-generation businesses aren't next-generation any more — they are very much here and now. The time has come for operators to act or risk being left behind. As Karsten Lereuth, president of Global Telecom Markets at BT Global Services, says, BT is there to help those who decide to move ahead. Co-sponsored feature: BT Global Services

• Complexity of convergence 01 June 2007

  Converged IP networks will mean a complex supply chain from content to customer, so operators will need different ways to analyse how systems are running, says Thomas Sutter of Nexus

• The Flash route to unify communications 01 June 2007

  The video technology used by YouTube can allow operators to offer email, voicemail, video, games and other communications services on a variety of devices from handsets to TV sets. Jon Doyle of CommuniGate Systems explains how his company is working with Adobe's Flash team to bring services together. Co-sponsored feature: CommuniGate Systems

• A new SDP architecture for the 'long tail' 01 June 2007

  SDPs will have to change dramatically to adapt to this new economic model. Co-sponsored feature: Aepona

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