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2008-01-18T10:53:00.000Z

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has met this week to work on the next phase of its efforts to establish global standards for the IPTV industry.

Ofcom considers fast broadband outlook and pledges clarity for investors | Ofcom

2007-09-26T08:12:00.000+01:00

Ofcom considers fast broadband outlook and pledges clarity for investors | Ofcom

Almost 1.2 Billion SIP Users by 2012

2007-07-04T06:42:00.000+01:00

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) services will become the norm after 2010 and will rapidly begin to dominate the world’s telecom markets. By 2012 almost half of all telecom users will be using at least one SIP-based service, but more than likely will have many services from multiple devices able to communicate with other users and services across the Web and between enterprise and public networks. This will generate over $150 billion in service revenue annually with cumulative infrastructure capital expenditure of over $10 billion by that date.

A move to all-IP networks is the chosen path for introducing new services, with NGN the ultimate goal.

“The path to this all-IP goal is complicated: migrating existing services onto IP networks while retaining resources until they can be taken out of service is not a straightforward process,” says ABI Research analyst Ian Cox. “Mobile operators’ voice services are already optimized to reduce network traffic, and the move to VoIP is not an easy choice until the introduction of LTE or HSPA. One method that has gained some momentum is to use an IP overlay based on SIP. This allows new services to be designed and launched using a well-supported standard that also opens the way to bring Web services, service delivery platforms, and ultimately IMS into the network.”

Cox further comments that, “Using SIP, telephony becomes another Web application, which can be integrated into other Internet services. It allows service providers to build converged voice and multimedia services.”

By 2012, ABI Research expects almost 1.2 billion VoIP users to be active, most users also subscribing to several forms of messaging and video sharing driven by the interest in user-generated content. Additional services supported by SIP will include presence, click-to-dial, buddy lists, email and Web access which are assumed to be “core” services and will be included as standard in any service offering, and bundled with broadband access. A portion of the VoIP users will also be connected to a fixed-mobile convergence service.

Ericsson, Others Top FT's IMS Shortlist - Telecom News Analysis

2007-07-02T06:38:00.000+01:00

Talk of FT's impending decision comes as the IMS community faces something of a backlash: Carriers and analysts are increasingly stating that IMS can deliver only some of the features and capabilities service providers will need in the future, and that service delivery platform (SDP) and Web 2.0 application development capabilities are equally as important. (See AT&T Defines Service Creation Platform, Carriers Surf the Web 2.0 Wave, and IMS's Web 2.0 Problem.)

AT&T Defines Service Creation Platform

2007-06-28T05:21:00.000+01:00

The idea for CARTS originated years ago when AT&T developed the next-generation network vision that spawned its "Concept of One" idea -- a single, MPLS-based network that would unify all of AT&T's services. (See AT&T’s New Gods.)

T-Mobile first in US with long-awaited UMA cell-to-WiFi service

2007-06-28T05:15:00.000+01:00

In order to take advantage of the service at home, users need to have access to an 802.11 network; they can set up one on their own or purchase a Linksys router from T-Mobile as part of the package. They can also use any number of public WiFi access points or one of T-Mobile's roughly 8,000 WiFi HotSpots. Users will also need to have one of the currently two capable phones offered by the carrier. Those phones are the Nokia 6086 and the Samsung T409—a disappointing choice to some—but T-Mobile has expressed enthusiasm about the service and has promised to make more UMA phones available in the future. Current T-Mobile phones that have WiFi capabilities can't be used with @Home service.

BT’s Bross steals CTO show

2007-06-22T10:48:00.000+01:00

BT’s Bross steals CTO show: "Integrating Web 2.0 capabilities into IP multimedia subsystems (IMS) is another considerable challenge, said Mark Wegleitner, senior vice president of technology and CTO for Verizon. “Web 2.0 is an unbelievable enabler, and IMS won’t realize its total vision until it finds a better way to incorporate Web 2.0,” he said."

3GPP, ETSI Fold IMS Work Together

2007-06-18T15:38:00.000+01:00

Both IMS and TISPAN comprise next-generation network standards efforts designed to forge a higher signaling and control plane infrastructure layer to support delivery of content and applications to subscribers across any fixed or mobile network or device.

Thomson Now Manages More than 6 Million VoIP Lines - VoIP Monitor

2007-06-12T11:33:00.000+01:00

Thomson announces that more than 6 million VoIP telephony lines deployed by operators around the world are managed by Cirpack Class-5 voice switches from Thomson. This represents a 50% growth of users in just six months. Class 5 voice switches allow operators to provide primary line telephony with emergency numbers and legal intercept with advanced voice features such as call forwarding and call conferencing to their customers.

Ericsson Acquires Service Delivery Platforms Provider Drutt Corporation

2007-06-11T07:18:00.000+01:00

Ericsson announces it has signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Drutt Corporation, a world leading provider of Service Delivery Platform (SDP) solutions. This deal represents yet another step in Ericsson's ambition to become the leader in multimedia.

Aepona, Appium Announce Merger

2007-06-05T14:36:00.000+01:00

Aepona, a global provider of telecoms software products and services headquartered in Belfast, United Kingdom and Appium, a leading technology vendor offering Telecom Application Server and Service Creation Environment products based in Malmö, Sweden, today announced that they will merge to create the world’s leading independent vendor for the Telecom Service Layer.

M&A Hotbed

2007-04-12T07:51:00.000+01:00

If you're looking for a hotbed of telecom operator M&A action, look no further than the Disunited States of Europe, where there seems to be a price tag hanging off just about every carrier.

BT's new network heralds engineer job carnage | The Register

2007-04-11T07:19:00.000+01:00

ADSL2+ is being rolled out at 21CN exchanges, which should offer speeds of 24mbps. Reynolds said the trial, conducted in a couple of hundred homes in south Wales, had reported no faults and would generate £1bn in annual cost savings once turned on elsewhere. 21CN will use internet protocol for all voice traffic too.

The Battle for Broadband TV

2007-04-10T19:14:00.000+01:00

TelecomView Study Finds that TelcoTV Will Hold Its Own Against Internet TV
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 11, 2007– Internet TV has come storming onto the scene raising the question of how TelcoTV and other traditional TV services are going to survive. TelecomView’s new report The Battle for Broadband TV: TelcoTV vs. Internet TV analyzes the impact of Internet TV on TelcoTV in particular.
“We forecast that people will spend about as much time watching TelcoTV as they do Internet TV in 2011,” stated Ian Cox, Principal Analyst at TelecomView. “In addition, our forecasts show that on line and on demand services will account for nearly all of the growth in film revenues over the next five years.”
The report includes an analysis of strengths and weaknesses of TelcoTV and Internet TV and discusses how TelcoTV operators can take advantage of the creativity of Internet TV. It discusses the business case for TelcoTV services and gives forecasts for the amount of time people will watch TelcoTV and Internet TV services. It also forecasts revenues for films that include theatrical releases, DVD rentals and sales, video on demand, and Internet download and streaming services. All of these forecasts are global and by region.
“The TelcoTV operators have a strong position in this market,” stated Bob Larribeau, Principal Analyst at TelecomView and author of the report. “The increasing popularity of HDTV and the need to support multiple TVs in the home give TelcoTV an advantage serving the TV that Internet TV will not be able to match over the next five years.”
This 80 page report addresses these issues and provides the information and analysis that TelcoTV providers, Internet TV operators, and system suppliers need to succeed in this market.
This report is available from TelecomView for $3,495. For more information about it contact TelecomView at +1 415 241 9920 or +44 1626 834 224. More information is available at http://www.telecomview.info or info@telecomview.info.

Telecom Carriers Will Spend Billions to Try to Survive the IP Revolution says Gartner

2007-04-03T18:18:00.000+01:00

Telecom Carriers Will Spend Billions to Try to Survive the IP Revolution says Gartner

And the answer is...

Nokia-Siemens Warns Of Network Spending Slowdown |

2007-04-03T18:15:00.000+01:00

Nokia-Siemens Warns Of Network Spending Slowdown | April 2, 2007 | Telecommunications Magazine

So maybe that's why they merged? And why Alcatel and Lucent did too. And why Marconi went tits up? Let's look at carrier profits to see why...

Broadband kills off consumer ISDN

2007-04-03T10:37:00.000+01:00

BBC NEWS | Technology | Broadband kills off consumer ISDN

"It's reasonable to expect that in a few years time the telecoms firms will be able to provide short-term, high-quality, bi-directional IP circuits," said Mr Davis. "They certainly cannot do it now."

FT, Telefónica Talk Up IMS

2007-03-30T12:16:00.000+01:00

Telefónica, told a plenary session here at C5 that the Spanish carrier regards IMS as the most suitable way to attain some of its goals: network convergence, PSTN replacement, and cost cutting in terms of both capex and opex.Next year Telefónica will begin its PSTN replacement program, switching over to softswitch-based voice management.
France Telecom, also stressed the internal cultural challenge that a shift to an IMS world brings to a major carrier.

IMS teething troubles-it was bound to happen.

Ericsson IMS for TP

2007-03-30T07:35:00.000+01:00

Under a frame agreement, the first for IMS in Poland, Ericsson will integrate the solution into TP's network and provide support and maintenance until the end of the year.

Swisscom Gobbles Up Fastweb

2007-03-13T09:34:00.000Z

"Italy hasn't got a cable network, so the fact that Fastweb can offer a triple play of phone, video, and broadband on its fiber-optic network gives it a unique market position," says Ian Cox, principal analyst at researcher TelecomView in England. Cox argues that European telcos must look beyond their borders for growth.

Next-generation networks to receive total investment of over US$1 trillion by 2015,

2007-02-09T14:56:00.000Z

By the end of 2007 there will be full next-generation network (NGN) standards for fixed and mobile networks allowing IP-based services to be deployed on NGNs, a process that will be largely complete by 2015 for a total cumulative investment of more than US$1 trillion, according to a new report.

Network operators are slowly beginning to roll out all-IP NGNs. The move to an IP-based infrastructure is a natural evolution for the fixed network as broadband services, including voice over IP, take over from the public switched telephone network. Mobile networks have a parallel evolution to IP at a slower pace, but the standards work is accelerating.

"As we move to the end of the decade, bandwidth-hungry services such as IPTV will need an IP infrastructure to support them. Operators will also want to control operating costs by moving all services over an IP network," said analyst Ian Cox. "This will enable deployment of service delivery platforms and IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) in the network, streamlining operations and allowing new services to be introduced quickly."

For users, NGNs provide better and more compelling services and deliver higher data rates, for video and rich voice sessions, said Cox. For operators, NGNs allow services and transport in the network to be separated and to evolve independently. This will speed up the development of content and services, to the advantage of the whole industry.

Embarq Enters More Markets - 10/24/2006 10:57:00 AM - Wireless Week - CA6384283

2006-10-25T10:36:00.000+01:00

Embarq is introducing its Smart Connect service to more markets. The service, which allows calls to move between a business’ wireless and wireline networks without interruptions, is now available in Fayetteville, N.C.; Ft. Myers, Fla.; and Mansfield, Ohio. Those markets are in addition to service in Charlottesville, Va.; Las Vegas; and Orlando, Fla.

But it doesn’t stop with the wireless/wireline connection. With Smart Connect Plus, calls can automatically move between the Embarq wireless network and the on-premise Wi-Fi network, whichever is strongest, without manual transfer of the call. For businesses, that means reducing their costs of using the wireless network.

KPN plans to replace PSTN with IMS

2006-10-10T08:32:00.000+01:00

KPN of The Netherlands has selected Lucent Technologies to supply an IMS platform that the vendor says will replace the operators public switched telephone network (PSTN). Lucent will also manage the deployment and integration of KPN's multi-vendor, all-IP next generation network based on an IMS service architecture.

Recent Developments With Passive Optical Networks (PONs) Have Lead to Fibre Deployment to Millions of Homes and Offices

2006-09-30T21:54:00.000+01:00

This is so interesting

Verizon sees FiOS profitable in 2009

2006-09-28T09:53:00.000+01:00

US operator Verizon expects its fibre-to-the-home service FiOS to post its first operating profit in 2009, about five years after starting work on the project. The company expects to book a return on all its FiOS investments, excluding associated interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation by 2008. The profitability estimates are based on attracting 7 million FiOS internet customers and 4 million FiOS TV customers by the end of 2010. Verizon had around 500,000 internet customers at the end of the second quarter and this is expected to reach 750,000 by the end of this year. The FiOS TV service is expected to reach 175,000 subscribers by the end of 2006.

Verizon said its on track for the FiOS network to pass 6 million homes by the end of this year, rising to 18 million by 2010, or 50 percent of Verizon's wireline footprint. The company is investing in total USD 18 billion in the period 2004-10 in the fibre network, a figure net of the estimated USD 4.9 billion it would have cost to maintain the copper network during that period. The company expects by 2010 a penetration of 20-25 percent for TV and 30-35 percent for internet services among homes passed by the network."

BT Corporate Fusion

2006-09-14T08:27:00.000+01:00

BT today announced BT Corporate Fusion, a ground breaking premise based fixed-mobile convergence service for large organisations.

The new service will enable organisations to take advantage of fixed-mobile convergence and their increasing deployment of IP Telephony and WiFi coverage to potentially deliver greater productivity, the possibility of reduced GSM call costs and to result in improved quality of service to their customers.

The first customer to trial the service in the UK is Leeds City Council (LCC), the second largest local authority in the UK. The Council, which has the largest in-house ICT provision of any local authority, is piloting BT Corporate Fusion across two of its premises, in order to assess its capability to improve productivity and improve communications.

LCC employees involved in the trial will use a dual-mode mobile phone that incorporates both regular GSM and additional WiFi connectivity. Within LCC’s premises, calls made from these mobile phones are connected via WiFi access points and are routed over existing fixed-line infrastructure. Deploying WiFi access points across LCC’s premises ensures optimal in-building coverage. At present it is estimated that over 50% of employees’ mobile phone calls are made within offices¹ (despite the fact that cheaper fixed-line phones are readily available). The use of BT Corporate Fusion will allow LCC employees to continue using a mobile device, whilst at the same time allowing the Council to migrate these calls onto WiFi and potentially bring the cost down.

Outside the office the device works like a regular mobile phone, enjoying ubiquitous coverage and the benefits of global roaming on GSM.

Airvana and Tatara Systems Ink Combined Fixed-Mobile Convergence Deal

2006-09-13T08:29:00.000+01:00

Airvana and Tatara Systems Ink Combined Fixed-Mobile Convergence Deal

NETGEAR(R) Ships WiFi Phone for Skype in Volume: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

2006-09-13T08:24:00.000+01:00

NETGEAR(R) Ships WiFi Phone for Skype in Volume: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

CSR design for £11 Wi-Fi phones - IT Week

2006-09-12T07:52:00.000+01:00

IP telephony may get a boost from wireless chipmaker CSR, which said it can slash the cost of producing Wi-Fi handsets for both residential and business use.

CSR's UniVox is a reference handset for voice-over-Wi-Fi that costs under $20 (£11) to build, according to the firm, compared with a typical figure of $200 (£110) for current designs. The company aims to license the design to handset makers and said it expects to see broadband operators offer end-products to customers some time in the second half of 2007.

KPN Chooses Lucent IMS Solution to Replace PSTN Network

2006-09-07T06:59:00.000+01:00

Lucent Worldwide Services will provide network transformation services as part of the network, including network design, systems integration, deployment, maintenance and support services. Lucent will oversee the migration of KPN’s existing services and customers to the All IP network in order to meet KPN’s marketing objectives.

KPN Selects Alcatel/Lucent for All IP Network

2006-08-31T08:00:00.000+01:00

KPN, the incumbent operator in the Netherlands, selected Lucent Technologies to manage the deployment and integration of KPN's All IP Next Generation Network (NGN), based on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) service architecture.

Ericsson to provide cutting-edge network for O2 in Ireland

2006-08-31T07:59:00.000+01:00

Leading operator O2 has selected Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) as a sole supplier for its Irish HSDPA-enabled 3G network. Ericsson will also expand and modernize O2's existing network with Ericsson IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and the Ericsson Mobile Softswitch solution.

TeliaSonera to be first with UMA fixed/mobile convergence

2006-08-29T07:31:00.000+01:00

Danish telco, TeliaSonera, will launch in November the first commercial service based on the global UMA standard enabling a cellular handset to be used to make VoIP calls over a home's WiFi and broadband connection, and mobile calls outside.
According to an AFP report, TeliaSonera announced on Monday 28 August that it would launch in November a converged fixed mobile service under the name "Home Free" enabling callers to use a mobile phone at home as an IP phone.

Ericsson to be technical and services partner for NTL in the U.K. - MarketWatch

2006-07-11T07:16:00.000+01:00

Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Telefon AB LM Ericsson (ERICY) Monday said NTL Inc (NTLI) has selected Ericsson as a technology and services partner to help with developments to its telephone network using VoIP technology.
Ericsson said a 5-year agreement has been signed by the two companies. The initial phase of the agreement is to help build a Residential Voice-over-Broadband service utilizing the Ericsson Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem platform which has been installed and is undergoing testing ahead of launch.

Newport Sinks & Shrinks

2006-07-06T23:09:00.000+01:00

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Session border controller (SBC) vendor Newport Networks Ltd. (London: NNG - message board) saw its market value cut in half Wednesday as it delivered a trading update with a familiar message: paltry revenues with the promise that there's a big deal just around the corner.

news - NEC to Participate in GMI 2006 - World's First IMS Multi-Vendor Network Interoperability Trial

2006-07-06T07:36:00.000+01:00

NEC Corporation today announced its participation in Global MSF (MultiService Forum) Interoperability (GMI) 2006. GMI 2006 brings together dozens of carriers and vendors to test the interoperability of IMS (IP Multimedia System)-based infrastructure components for the first time in a real world setting (first global test of IMS service framework).

Ericsson Powering IMS Development

2006-05-10T06:53:00.000+01:00

Ericsson Powering IMS Development

Ethernet - Euro Giants Issue NGN RFPs - Telecom News Analysis

2006-05-10T06:47:00.000+01:00

Light Reading - Ethernet - Euro Giants Issue NGN RFPs - Telecom News Analysis

Siemens and BridgePort Networks Sign IMS Reseller Agreement

2006-05-08T07:56:00.000+01:00

Siemens and BridgePort Networks Sign IMS Reseller Agreement

Billing & OSS World: IMS Takes a Reality Hit | May 4, 2006 | Telecommunications Magazine

2006-05-05T08:04:00.000+01:00

Billing & OSS World: IMS Takes a Reality Hit | May 4, 2006 | Telecommunications Magazine

AT&T/BellSouth/Cingular Mega-Merger Is All About IMS

2006-04-26T07:31:00.000+01:00

he importance of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture has never been more abundantly clear than when AT&T recently disclosed its mega-merger plans to combine forces with BellSouth and Cingular Wireless. Many analysts, in fact, think the prime motivator for the $67 billion deal was the promise of convergence (i.e., wireless bundling, integrated offerings, etc.) as opposed to the billions of dollars in potential savings that could be squeezed out in operating efficiencies.

NTT to go NGN: CommsUpdate : TeleGeography Research

2006-04-05T07:05:00.000+01:00

NTT to go NGN: CommsUpdate : TeleGeography Research

Thomson Announces Cirpack IMS Architecture

2006-03-31T07:15:00.000+01:00

homson (Euronext 18453; NYSE; TMS) announced the development of the final blocks necessary to turn its existing Cirpack SoftSwitch solutions to a full IP Multimedia Subsystem architecture. The new developments are the Home Subscriber Server (HSS), the central database of an IMS network, and the Call Session Control Function (I-CSCF and S-CSCF), the core components of an IMS architecture, responsible for routing requests from users to actually deliver any multimedia services even when roaming.

Digital Spy - Cable - Ofcom: DSL TV to be "significant" in 2006

2006-03-20T07:42:00.000Z

Digital Spy - Cable - Ofcom: DSL TV to be "significant" in 2006

T-Online and T-Mobile to launch mobile-to-PC telephony: CommsUpdate : TeleGeography Research

2006-03-14T11:58:00.000Z

T-Online and T-Mobile to launch mobile-to-PC telephony: CommsUpdate : TeleGeography Research

Ofcom Website | Ofcom targets competitive Next Generation Networks

2006-03-09T08:22:00.000Z

Ofcom today announced the next stage of its work to encourage competitive Next Generation Networks (NGNs).

NGNs use digital technology to connect telephone calls and other network traffic more efficiently than traditional telecoms networks. Internet Protocol (IP) based services can be developed more quickly and at lower cost to communications providers.

Over time NGNs will offer consumers a wider choice of innovative new products and more value for money. However to ensure these benefits are delivered, providers need to agree the technical and commercial arrangements for connecting to each other’s networks.

NGN development is a significant technological change which requires substantial investment and detailed planning. After a public consultation published in June 2005, Ofcom has today set out its approach to facilitating effective cross-industry coordination and to providing greater clarity to operators and investors about the regulatory framework for NGN development.

Major boost for broadband over power lines - Infomatics

2006-02-22T14:56:00.000Z

Major boost for broadband over power lines - Infomatics

BT deploys global IP-based voice platform

2006-02-19T14:23:00.000Z

domain-B : Indian business : BT deploys global IP-based voice platform

Deutsche Telekom announces plans for 2006

2006-02-02T14:28:00.000Z

At Deutsche Telekom's annual press conference in Berlin, the telco unveiled its initiatives for 2006. Among its plans for the year are a fibre-optic network rollout for 10 cities, a fixed-mobile convergent telephone solution, the launch of HSPDA services and IT services for the FIFA World Cup.

picoChip Integrates ArrayComm's Network MIMO Software for WiMAX | Wireless News - Wireless IQ

2006-01-11T19:21:00.000Z

picoChip and ArrayComm announced today that they have forged an alliance, under which ArrayComm's Network MIMO software will be incorporated into the PHY of picoChip's flexible wireless solution. picoChip will offer this solution as a software option to its customers to add smart antennas and MIMO to their advanced WiMAX basestation and subscriber station designs

Another year, another load of acronyms - vnunet.com

2006-01-10T13:03:00.000Z

Another year, another load of acronyms - vnunet.com: "How apt that we should finish 2005 with yet another IT acronym being hyped: IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS).
IMS has entered a somewhat crowded corner of the acronym market and should not be confused with IBM�s Information Management System, the Internet Multicasting Service, the Israel Meteorological Service, the Institute for Molecular Science, the Irish Mathematical Society or even the International Meat Secretariat."

ETSI Issues NGN

2005-12-12T09:08:00.000Z

At the official launch of TISPAN's NGN (Release 1) specifications there has been a festive atmosphere, as ETSI has moved another step closer to its goal of being the place to write the key specifications that enable standards based network convergence.

Euro Giants Lose Market Share

2005-12-08T08:29:00.000Z

Europe's biggest incumbent telcos are losing the war of attrition against their increasingly competitive rivals in the fixed voice services sector, according to the latest numbers from market research firm InfoCom GmbH.

InfoCom found that cable operators, mobile providers, and VOIP specialists are eating away at the traditional voice customer base that has been the incumbents' historical cash cow, and the carrier giants are losing market share as a result.

To IMS or Not to IMS; That�s Cisco's Dilemma

2005-12-08T08:23:00.000Z

Cisco Systems is playing it safe and politically correct by enhancing its next generation IP architecture with products that support both IMS and non-IMS-based applications. This, the company says, gives service providers the choice of how quickly they offer fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) services via an integrated IMS platform.

Cisco Enhances IP NGN: More Services, Efficiency, Control

2005-12-08T08:07:00.000Z

Enhancements to the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture can help you deploy new services, achieve greater efficiencies, and gain better control of your network. To support these benefits Cisco Systems demonstrated continued momentum in service provider leadership through enhancements to its IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) vision and architecture with key announcements at both the service layer and the network layer:

Telecom Italia-TIM: combination fixed-line/Mobile Superphone

2005-12-07T14:52:00.000Z

Telecom Italia and TIM bring the first integrated fixed-line/mobile platform products and services to the market. The new offers are also a result of the Group’s investment in innovation and the development of new technologies, which will amount to 10 billion euro in the period 2005-2007 or 70% of total investment. The Telecom Italia Group total investment represents 17% of turnover, the highest rate among the telephone operator in Europe.

BT calls for IMS support

2005-12-05T08:45:00.000Z

The IP Multimedia Subsytem (IMS) revolution needs the support of the world's IT solutions firms and applications developers if it is to deliver the full potential that telecom carriers are looking for, says Malcolm Wardlaw, one of the most senior next-generation networking executives at BT Group.

Dual-Mode Phones May Expedite IMS Development

2005-12-02T08:34:00.000Z

The complex hand-offs and back-office capabilities inherent with seamless roaming may lure carriers to IMS for mobility among different access networks.

Whether people will be able to roam seamlessly from their homes to their cars to airports and cafes eventually will depend on intercarrier agreements and interconnections. However, the groundwork is being laid, as dual-mode phones and pioneering carriers are starting to allow customers to hop from WLANs to cellular networks within the same call or event session.

BT Calls for IMS Support

2005-12-02T08:32:00.000Z

The IMS (IP Multimedia Subsytem) revolution needs the support of the world's IT solutions companies and applications developers if it is to deliver the full potential that telecom carriers are looking for, believes Malcolm Wardlaw, one of the most senior next-generation networking executives at BT Group plc (NYSE: BT - message board; London: BTA).

Skype releases Skype 2.0 beta with integrated video calling

2005-12-01T11:30:00.000Z

Global internet communications company Skype has released the beta version of Skype 2.0. The software is designed for greater ease of use, integrated video calling, and enhanced features that allow people to stay in touch and express themselves online. Skype also announced a collaboration with global headset and webcam maker Logitech, as well as partnerships with webcam manufacturer Creative, and with weblog software and services company Six Apart. Skype 2.0 beta is available for free download at the company's website. The software includes Skype, a simplified user interface, a self-expression function, personalisation options and contact management functions.

KPN to upgrade to all IP network

2005-11-29T08:55:00.000Z

KPN is planning to switch to an all IP network before the year 2010. For the coming five years, KPN is to upgrade its network to cope with the increasing demand for bandwidth and to reduce costs, but also to become more flexible to implement and launch new services. Based on the test results of the VDSL-trial in Zoetemeer, KPN will make a decision in the third quarter of next year on the full IP roll-out, and roll-out speed in the period 2006-2010.

Lucent gaining momentum behind IMS

2005-11-29T07:57:00.000Z

The company has landed BellSouth, SBC and Cingular Wireless as customers for IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) products and services. IMS is an architecture for next-generation telecom networks that supports voice, video and data integration over wireline and wireless networks, with service from any digital interface - desktop PCs to mobile handsets

BT Guru Picks Holes in NGNs

2005-11-28T08:43:00.000Z

Addressing an International Telecommunication Union meeting in London today, Reeve, a key figure in the development of BT's 21st Century Network (21CN), praised the ITU for its role in bringing together the work of many different groups around the world and delivering a unified vision of what an NGN should look like and deliver. (See BT Unveils 21CN Suppliers, Bross: More to Come on 21CN, and Wales to Get 21CN First.)

ETSI Plans NGN Specs

2005-11-28T08:40:00.000Z

On the 5th December, over 200 representatives from the world’s leading telecommunications companies are expected to converge upon ETSI's HQ in Sophia Antipolis, France, to participate in the official launch of TISPAN's NGN Release 1.

BT Guru Picks Holes in NGNs

2005-11-23T07:39:00.000Z

AOL preps LLU broadband launch | The Register

2005-11-09T08:04:00.000Z

AOL could be about to unveil its own broadband service in the UK by investing in local loop unbundling

Lucent in the Lead for Verizon IMS?

2005-11-07T08:10:00.000Z

Analysts see the vendor in pole position at Verizon because of its perceived early lead in the IMS technology that promises voice, video, and data services across cellular, WiFi, and wired networks.

France Telecom Reaches 6.9 Million DSL, 142,000 MaLigne TV, 484,000 VoIP

2005-10-28T14:50:00.000+01:00

New Network Services

PC Pro: News: BT's nationwide broadband TV to launch next year

2005-10-28T08:29:00.000+01:00

PC Pro: News: BT's nationwide broadband TV to launch next year

Alcatel CEO says global 3G penetration slow, 2G to dominate for years to come

2005-10-28T08:24:00.000+01:00

Alcatel CEO says global 3G penetration slow, 2G to dominate for years to come - Forbes.com

Alcatel Reports Q3 Results

2005-10-28T08:22:00.000+01:00

Light Reading - Networking the Telecom Industry

Aperto Networks Introduces Indoor Self-Install WiMAX Subscriber Equipment

2005-10-26T13:26:00.000+01:00

RedNova News - Technology - Aperto Networks Introduces Indoor Self-Install WiMAX Subscriber Equipment: "Aperto Networks, a leading WiMAX systems provider serving over 200 operators in 65 countries, announced today the availability in the first quarter of 2006 of its indoor, self-install WiMAX broadband wireless products for consumers. "

Job cuts loom over Ericsson-Marconi deal

2005-10-26T11:06:00.000+01:00

Ericsson's large bite out of Marconi spells one thing for sure - job cuts.

Speaking at a press conference today, Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of the Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer, said redundancies will have to occur for the buyout to be profitable.

news - Alcatel to supply IMS-ready next generation network for China National Petrochemical Karamay

2005-10-20T07:26:00.000+01:00

news - Alcatel to supply IMS-ready next generation network for China National Petrochemical Karamay

Nokia unveils VoIP server for converged networks

2005-10-05T07:56:00.000+01:00

EETimes.com - Nokia unveils VoIP server for converged networks

Wireless Internet - Will WiMAX Compete with 3G?

2005-09-29T07:48:00.000+01:00

"WiMAX would be a threat [to 3G] if other operators using this technology were able to direct a substantial amount of voice and data traffic away from cellular networks,"

BT takes the VoIP gloves off

2005-09-27T15:56:00.000+01:00

BT is to halve the cost of its voice over IP service from 4 October, in a thinly veiled swipe at the continued growth of rival offerings from Skype and Vonage.