 Welcome
to the inaugural edition of the Telephony Resource Guide. This
updated and expanded version of our former Buyers' Guide still provides
listings of company players by category, along with contact information and
Web sites for each. But it also goes several steps further: We offer
overviews of industry sectors, analysis, metrics and additional resources
for all major industry areas—all written and compiled by Telephony's
expert editorial staff.Telephony's Resource Guide is
designed to serve as an indispensable informational tool throughout the
year. But because we know how quickly things change, we'll also keep all of
the information up-to-date—and post additional resources throughout the
year.
We're confident you'll find the Telephony Resource Guide to be an
effective means of staying abreast of what's happening in the telecom
industry. If you have suggestions for elements you would like to see
included in future editions, or just want to let us know what you think,
please contact me at
jmeyers@primediabusiness.com.
—Jason Meyers
YOU CAN SEARCH OUR RESOURCE GUIDE BY COMPANY NAME, CATEGORY OR BOTH AT THE
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| OPTICAL |
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BEY0ND THE BOTTOM |
The optical industry prepares for a cautious upswing
For those optical equipment vendors fortunate enough to live through it,
2003...
by Ed Gubbins |
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FAST FORWARD WITH NADER VIJEH |
The reseller and investor relationship Ciena struck
in September with Luminous Networks lent more credibility to resilient
packet rings, a technology...
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Optical time-division
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In 2003, the optical communications industry saw new
technologies, sales upsets and personnel upheavals, but what marked the
turgid...
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| WIRELESS |
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MOBILE DATA TO SHIFT PURCHASING PATTERNS |
Base stations markets expected to decline The
introduction and gradual acceptance of mobile data is turning out to be both
a good thing and a bad thing...
by Dan O'Shea |
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WHERE'S WI-FI? |
Wi-Fi market watchers have bandied about some big
numbers about how Wi-Fi acceptance is ramping up. The Wi-Fi Alliance
recently said it has certified...
By Dan O'Shea |
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WiMAX: WORTH WATCHING |
The 802.11 Wi-Fi market has boomed in recent years,
thanks to the efforts of groups like the Wi-Fi Alliance to educate the
market about the technology....
by Dan O'Shea |
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| ACCESS |
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CAN VIDEO KILL THE CABLE STAR? |
In the game of access, telcos need a triple play For
all the scorn it has received over the past few years as being the
bottleneck...
by Vince Vittore |
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FAST FORWARD WITH DEREK KUHN |
| Derek Kuhn, chairman of the Broadband Content
Delivery Forum, is trying to bring together the disparate worlds of telcos
and Hollywood. On bridging both... |
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Life after Debt
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One of the biggest shames of the mad rush of the
late-1990s buildout was the desperate reach for size by all the service
providers. Every time Winstar...
by Cody Willard |
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Wisdom of the East
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Having been a past critic of carriers’ “build it and
they will come” market development strategies, I’m now prepared to
reconsider my position—based...
by David H. Deans |
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| SOFTWARE |
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SOFTWARE VENDORS: WHO'S THE OSS? |
Independents face an uphill battle as top suppliers
reign supreme The year 2004 could be do-or-die for some independent
software...
by Tim McElligott |
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| NETWORK TEST |
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COMEBACK MOST ELUSIVE FOR HARDEST HIT |
But opportunity still exists for test vendors able
to adapt The telecom meltdown hit test and measurement vendors with a
quadruple...
by Glenn Bischoff |
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FAST FORWARD WITH RUSS BYRD |
| Given the hyper competitiveness of the wireless
sector, which has sliced carrier margins razor thin, and the advent of
number portability, one would... |
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The smart money
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One of my favorite commercials growing up was the
one that hawked a brand of oil filters using the slogan, “You can pay me
now, or you can pay me later.”...
by Glenn Bischoff |
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| IP TELEPHONY |
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VOIP TECHNOLOGY MAKING ITS WAY TO THE EDGE |
CPE vendors move beyond standard voice equipment As
voice over IP starts picking up steam, innovation in the technology is
starting...
by Kevin Fitchard |
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FAST FORWARD WITH MICHAEL KHALILIAN |
| Michael Khalilian is an advisor to the Chief
Technologist of NTT and a member of the Telecom Executive Council of the
United States. A founding member... |
