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Getting the Value From VOIP
Peter Heywood
How carriers can generate new revenues from IP infrastructure
* VOIP applications
* Risks & rewards
* Supplier issues

Who Makes What: OSS
Ray Le Maistre
Help create Boardwatch's taxonomy of operations support systems
* Where do you fit in?
* Who's in your space?
* Stage 1 of sector survey

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Welcome to Ultra-Videoconferencing
Do you enjoy ordinary videoconferencing, but wish it were a little more 'ultra'? Then you'll love ultra-videoconferencing!

Consumer Grids
Open-source, peer-to-peer grids with Web services are the next big leap in grid applications

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B2 Innovates to Deliver VOIP
Ray Le Maistre
Swedish broadband player turned to its internal development team to help manage its VOIP service

Interoute Gets Smarts
Ray Le Maistre
Claims the largest wholly owned network in Europe but needs to diversify if it wants to keep afloat

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KaZaA Founder, Niklas Zennstrom

"Always when new technology comes about for distributing content, the industry is very reluctant to embrace it. They meet all new innovations with lawsuits..."

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LIGHT READING >
BYTE AND SWITCH >
UNSTRUNG >

11|17|2003

Skype Ain't Hype, Says Poll

P2P VOIP service needs more users but gets thumbs up from respondents to a Boardwatch poll

11|17|2003

DSL Heads For 60M Users

Global usage leaps again in Q3 and looks set to break 60M barrier by end of year, predicts Point Topic

11|14|2003

Cablevision Delves Into VOIP

Launches a voice-over-cable service that includes 911, but the MSO is cautious of upcoming regulations

11|14|2003

Nortel Gets More VOIP Partners

Its interoperability program attracts more vendors, but there's a limit to what it can achieve

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CALIFORNIA: Sylantro Raises Extra $4.5M

MARLBORO, MASS: ICS Deploys Telica Softswitch

STOCKHOLM: Ingate Gets Top SIP Rating

SAN JOSE: Veraz, Broadsoft Test Products

MINNEAPOLIS: T-Mobile Austria Picks Metrica

LONDON: BT Aims For Total DSL Coverage

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OCTOBER, 2003 EDITION
Inventory Systems: Hidden Assets
Resource management systems, otherwise known as inventory OSSs, have become burgeoning sector of the telecom software industry, ever since it became apparent that they could actually save operators money – everyone's top priority these days. This report looks at the software vendors at the heart of the resource management sector, identifies the market leaders, finds out from carriers why these systems are now "vital" to their strategies, and identifies eight key reasons why operators are investing in state-of-the-art inventory systems.

1. IP Performance Monitoring - ipqos

2. Configuration Management - JSaeftel

3. Emperative - off of list. - laserstick

4. Billing Mediation List - gavsim

5. Mediation - ulf.zettersten@digitalroute.com

6. Rodopi Software - pirin1

7. Integration Management - Integration Management

8. Connexn Technologies - Catapult

9. Digital Fairway Corp. - Chet

10. AT&T and FCC "Do not call" bust - bcalder

"Look how long it took them to issue the Triennial Review. We’ll be lucky to get a ruling on VOIP by the end of the decade." Farooq Hussain, general partner, Network Conceptions LLC, on whether the FCC can rule on VOIP within 12 months

Securing and Optimizing Network Traffic for ISPs - by Captus Networks Corp.

Driving Service Provider Profitability Through Layer-1 Network Discovery & Tracking - by Nakina Systems Inc.

Turning Pastimes into Profits: Taking Steps to Help Multimedia Messaging Services Positively Impact the Bottom Line - by WatchMark Corp.

Session Border Control: Making Dreams a Reality - by Acme Packet

Service Assurance in NG ADM Network Architectures - by Spirent Communications

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Livingston Telephone: Making the Video Triple-Play

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Expectations		SEPTEMBER 2003
		Getting better all the time... The current conditions index keeps inching toward virgin 'positive' territory, while expectations again reach a new high for 2003 MORE INFO >

SOURCE: SAGE RESEARCH


	Who Does What: OSS



	Analysts Prod Verizon on Portability



	Time Warner Whacks Wi-Fi Users



	Media Servers on the Move



	FCC Busts AT&T on 'Do-Not-Call'

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Systems Integrator Survey

12/4/03

COMPLETE LISTING >

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Scott Clavenna, Chief Analyst, Heavy Reading

The reliable old war-horse is eating itself as it grows

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TOP 10 PRIVATE COMPANIES

1.	Cramer Systems
2.	Openet Telecom
3.	Granite Systems
4.	Axiom Systems
5.	Smarts
6.	Tertio Telecoms
7.	Xacct
8.	Broadsoft
9.	Narus
10.	Sepro

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Skype: You Make the Call
The tremendous growth of this free, Internet-based telephony service has carriers sweating – but does it really have a future?

	BT Outlook Turns Positive
	Rostelecom Ratings Raised to 'B'
	S&P Feels Negative on CommScope
	Bouygues Buyback Won't Affect Ratings
	Turkcell Ratings Unchanged
	Turkcell Currency Rated B
	The 'New' Telecom Italia Rated BBB+
	MTS Rating Affirmed, Issue Rated B+
	S&P Goes Negative on Belgacom
	Polska Telefonia Gets Positive

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