by Pivot
Category: Carrier Evolution
Changing “Definitions” Reflect a Changing TV Industry
Traditional and basic metrics that are losing their power to describe financial performance or end user behavior are among the sure signs a market is changing. So it is that the television industry is within…
Why a Broadband Capacity Crisis Will Not Happen
One frequently hears warnings about outsized growth of broadband access demand, the implication being that a crisis might develop if “something is not done.” Some predict that 1,000 times more mobile bandwidth will be needed…
Carrier Evolution has Become Part of Telecompetitor
Over the past several years, Metaswitch Networks, through Carrier Evolution, has been pleased to provide its customers, prospects and the industry with what we hope has been a thought-provoking and useful digest and commentary on…
Service Provider Strategies Diverge
Once upon a time, all communications service providers pretty much “looked alike” in terms of strategy. That is less true now, and will probably be much less true in the future, as service providers adapt…
LTE Does Cannibalize Fixed Network Broadband, NTT Finds
Japan’s NTT is finding consumers are shifting demand from fixed networks to Long Term Evolution mobile networks, which is a real world test of whether LTE 4G networks really can compete with fixed network high…
“End of the PSTN” Sounds Ominous, Really Is Not
Though it initially sounds jarring, the “end of the public switched telephone network” is coming, just as analog cellular was shut down and now second generation mobile networks are reaching end of life. The Federal…
Will Google Become a Mobile Service Provider?
Though talks between Google and Dish Network about collaborating on a new Long Term Evolution network might not actually lead to something more concrete than preliminary talks, the way the possible venture could launch might…
AdvaTel “PhoneEasy IP Console Gets Metaswitch Networks Certification
AdvaTel, a developer of software-based IP telephony consoles (PhoneEasy IP Console) and desktop IP telephony plug-ins, announced that the PhoneEasy IP Console has been tested and passed Metaswitch Networks accreditation for the Metaswitch Networks switch…
What Future Role for Fixed Network?
Anybody familiar with the underlying trends in the communications business, and who looks at the business dispassionately, sooner or later has to wonder what the future of the fixed network actually will be. That is…
Dumb Pipe Gets More Valuable
Service providers hate the notion of “dumb pipe” because it implies “low profit margin or lower gross revenue.” That probably is not correct. Profit margins are probably in the 40 percent range, at the low…
Embrace or Resist, Over the Top Will be a Margin Challenge
Some believe the way forward for mobile service providers in the next era is to embrace and own over the top apps and services. There is little doubt that there is risk. The logic is…
How Can Telco Cloud Services Compete with Likes of Amazon?
Most tier one telcos believe cloud computing is a rather natural business opportunity, at least in the infrastructure as a service segment of that business. Whether the opportunity is quite so natural in other segments…