India has postponed for the third time the implementation of mobile number portability (MNP), thus delaying for users the opportunity to retain their mobile numbers when changing operators. Continue reading 'India delays mobile number portability again'»
Telecommunications minister A. Raja has a reputation to uphold. After allegedly handing out favours to private telecom companies for second-generation (2G) spectrum, perhaps he’s now trying to continue his streak by doling out concessions to public telcos too. Continue reading 'Spectrum on the cheap'»
Delegates attending NetEvents Asia-Pacific Press Summit 2010 in Singapore were updated on the MEF’s (Metro Ethernet Forum) Global Interconnect program and the recession-defying global growth of Carrier Ethernet services. Highlights included the ratification of Phase 1 of MEF 26, the ENNI (External Network to Network Interface), Ethernet’s growing role in mobile backhaul networks, and the recent launch of the first Ethernet Exchanges, offering a cost-effective alternative to the one-to-one connections between service providers. Continue reading '“Global Interconnect” Dominates MEF’s NetEvents Message'»
Dialogic Corporation, a pioneer in enabling interactive mobile video services and applications and Veraz Networks, a leading provider of bandwidth optimization and next generation switching products, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge. Continue reading 'Veraz Networks and Dialogic Announce Definitive Agreement to Merge'»
Bill Rojas, Director Telecom Research, IDC Asia Pacific says: “In our Group we do research in wireless services, fixed line services, managed services, UC in collaboration as well as carrier capital expenditures and infrastructure research. For this session I’d like to quickly give you an overview of how IDC sees the taxonomy and share with a few data points that we have on visual collaboration.” Continue reading 'UC: Enterprise Solution Case Study: Travel and Hotel Sector Focus'»
According to Arun Chandrasekaran, Research Manager – ICT,Frost & Sullivan, Singapore, Asia is one of the hottest growing regions in the world, so there is a lot of redistribution of connectivity, a lot of Asian multi-national companies, a lot of regional companies in Asia, because a lot of connectivity is happening between the Asian countries rather than looking at connectivity from a Western perspective towards the Asia Pacific region. Continue reading 'The Business Case for Ethernet Business Services for Enterprise'»
Manek Dubash – Editorial Director, NetEvents TV interviews Jay Mellman – Senior Director, product and solution marketing worldwide for the HP Networking division.
Continue reading 'Changing the Rules of Networking: The Converged Infrastructure and Beyond'»
The Government owned telecom operator – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has started working on building an alternative fibre-network for the defense system of India. Continue reading 'BSNL Working on an Alternative Fibre Network'»
Vodafone Group Plc and Bharti Airtel Ltd. are among nine companies offering more than $12 billion for high-speed mobile data licenses in India, fueling concern they won’t recoup their investments. Continue reading 'India 3G Sale ‘Out of Hand’ as Bids Pass $12 Billion'»
What I’d like to do today is to give you the projection of future Ethernet. I don’t pretend to know all the futures but I know Ethernet’s here to stay. Ethernet is global and Ethernet is ubiquitous. So that’s why I want to share with you today one aspect of that, which is what we call in the industry first Carrier Ethernet exchanges. Continue reading 'The Future of Ethernet'»