AT&T CTO: Throw Moore’s Law Out, Rethink Networks
 from Supercomm Daily News
Telecom carriers must fundamentally rethink how networks are designed to keep up with runaway bandwidth demand, AT&T’s chief technology officer said Oct. 21 during a panel discussion on the first morning of the Supercomm trade show. Though AT&T's work in upgrading its backbone network in 2008 were "unprecedented," future increases in demand will eventually outpace carriers' ability to keep up, said John Donavan, AT&T’s CTO. More
LTE-Advanced Could Achieve Rates of 500 Mbps
from Fierce Broadband Wireless
The Third Generation Partnership Project has submitted its LTE-Advanced proposal, the follow-on to LTE technology, to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), but networks based on that standard probably won't come to market for another six to seven years, Adrian Scrase, head of the 3GPP said in a presentation at Supercomm. "It will be three or four years before we see widespread LTE deployments so we won't see the first LTE-advanced networks for another six or seven years," Scrase said. More
IMT-Advanced 4G Mobile Wireless Broadband on the Anvil
from TMCNet
ITU has received six candidate technology submissions for the global 4G mobile wireless broadband technology known as IMT-Advanced. The selected technologies are expected to be accorded the official designation of IMT-Advanced -- to qualify as true 4G technologies -- in October 2010. There also are greater questions about the possibility of merging the WiMAX and LTE standards. The six proposals aligned around the 3GPP LTE Release 10 and beyond (LTE Advanced) technology and the IEEE 802.16m technology, will be assessed against ITU-R requirements using a defined evaluation process. More
The Inevitability of Mobile VoIP
from VoN
It is an interesting time for mobile VoIP. Just a few months ago it seemed to be a failed business model, considering the flameouts of a few high-profile over-the-top services. But it’s seen a reversal of fortune lately thanks to new sea changes in the industry. More
IPv6 is On the Move
from Fierce Telecom
If you are looking for proof that the adoption of IPv6 is becoming a U.S. phenomenon, take a look at both Comcast and Verizon Wireless. Both of these service providers have decided to migrate from IPv4-based networks to IPv6. According to the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), U.S.-based service providers interest in IPv6 over IPv4 addresses continues to ramp up. During the first nine months of this year, ARIN said it received 300 requests from service providers for IPv6 address space blocks. Conversely, ARIN received only 250 IPv6 requests throughout 2007 and 2008. More
SON Approach Enables Service "Pot Luck"
from Supercomm Daily News
Telecom providers must adopt a more service-oriented approach to deploying networks and delivering end user services in order to both partner and compete with rivals in the Web and IT industries, according to Andrew White, director of next-generation network architecture at Qwest. Presenting Oct. 21 at an ATIS-sponsored Supercomm session, White -- who is the "convener" of ATIS's Service-Oriented Network (SON) Forum group -- stressed the power of SONs to speed new service delivery and innovation. Through the use of SON concepts, telecom operators can become part of a larger service ecosystem -- including Web 2.0, IT/SOA and telecom/IMS providers -- that can mix-and-match their capabilities to deliver new services. More
Verizon Services Platform Supports Open Development Effort
from Supercomm Daily News
Tomorrow's networks require what Verizon is building -- a converged services delivery infrastructure that will minimize network costs supporting more open development approaches, one of the operator's key technical leads said Thursday in an ATIS conference session at Supercomm. "We are building a converged architecture that will provide the rich infrastructure to support new applications, including through our open developer initiative third party applications that could provide new ways of accessing our network," said Naseem Khan, principle member of the technical staff at Verizon. More
Tellabs Acquires WiChorus
from The Daily Herald
Naperville, Ill.-based Tellabs announced it will acquire WiChorus of San Jose, Calif. The companies said in a statement that the combination will lead to advanced 3G/4G mobile networks that could revolutionize the mobile Internet, deliver new applications to generate revenue and simplify networks to achieve significant savings for mobile carriers. More
FCC Sets Sail on Internet Rulemaking
from Light Reading
When it comes to proposed rules of the road governing the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has agreed to disagree. The FCC has unanimously approved a draft set of network neutrality rules aimed at "preserving a free and open Internet," but the two Republican commissioners dissented in part, because they aren't entirely convinced that the Internet is broken nor that the government is best cast in the role of Mr. Fix-It. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) will focus on six core "principles." The FCC established the first four in 2005 when it issued a net neutrality Policy Statement saying network operators can't prevent users from accessing lawful Internet content. The statement also says consumers can attach "non-harmful" devices to an ISP network. More
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