Telecom News from TELEPHONY Magazine

F5 tunes traffic switch for mobile network needs

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:42:00 EST

F5 Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV), whose platform helps service providers improve the performance of various network-based applications

Mobile data users’ biggest fear: Huge overage fees

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:12:00 EST

Mobile operators can use rate plans to help shape customer consumption of scarce mobile broadband data, but with the unlimited usage “genie” out of the bottle

Wi-Fi Alliance outlines WiFi’s role in the smart grid

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:08:00 EST

Today kicks off the first meeting of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) and governing board meeting at the Grid-Interop show in Denver. Organized by the National Institute of Standards and Technology

AT&T intros cloud computing service

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:13:00 EST

VoxOx parent launches full CLEC play

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:36:00 EST

TelCentris, the creator of would-be “Skype-killer” VoxOx – one of the most creative if not widely-adopted Internet VoIP and unified messaging clients – this week launched a competitive local exchange

Study: Telecom lagging in innovation approach, successes

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:31:00 EST

Telecom service providers are focused too much on making small, incremental changes to their business rather than embracing the kind of innovation that will allow them to compete with

Network, device strategies needed to fight mobile malware

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:11:00 EST

The evolution of mobile phones into smart mobile computing devices has brought with it an unwelcome side effect: malware and potential security breaches

NSN: TV must be open to be cool

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:53:00 EST

The desire to do for TV what the iPhone has done for mobile handsets is a recurring theme in conversations at the TelcoTV show this week. Perhaps no one has yet put a finer point on that topic than Brook Longdon

Avail: Over-the-Top video still small, but don’t ignore it

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:32:00 EST

“The TV experience is not going away,” Ramu Potarazu, CEO of Avail-TVN, told attendees at the Telco TV show today, addressing their concerns about the rise of over-the-top video offerings but backing up his assertion with hard data.

Samsung: WiMax could be as big as CDMA

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:15:00 EST

Just as the smaller CDMA ecosystems rewarded the vendors that stuck with the technology, Samsung is counting on its early lead in WiMax to pay dividends