Machines Rule the Future

By Tim Young

Most people I know remember the day when the only phone in the house was the phone-company- owned beige or avocado beast in the kitchen or hallway.

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A Brave New (Connected) World

By Jesse Cryderman

As we stand on the cusp of an all-IP world, it's hard to imagine a world without the internet or a land before mobile. The flammable combination of Web 1.0 with the launch of the mobile era set off a communications network big bang that has literally changed the world in 20 years. Much like the universe itself, global communication networks are expanding rapidly; so fast that IP addresses ran out this year, necessitating a change to IPv6. Astronomy students can bicker about whether the fabric of space itself is expanding at 71 or 74 km per second per megaparsec, but the speed of global network growth is fairly certain.

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Where does IMS stand?

By Tim Young

In considering the on-again-off-again relationship between market observers and IMS, I thought back to an article I wrote on the topic in 2005. I recall it mostly for the mix of enthusiasm and sheer bafflement demonstrated by many of the vendors and service providers I spoke to about the technology.

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Billing for Billions

By Jesse Cryderman

One of the most fascinating aspects of the telecommunications industry is its scale: the enormity of the global communications network and what it takes to keep it afloat is staggering. Take this example:

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Wholesale Disruption - Our Q&A With LightSquared

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This issue of Pipeline is all about the impact that end-user demand places on the network. However, is it possible for a network to have just as drastic effect on the end-user? That is to say, can an entirely new way of looking at networks and service providers fundamentally change the face of wireless service in one of the highest-ARPU markets in the world?

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Building a Network Integrity Practice

By Doug Bellinger, Nakina Systems

Industry best practices in telecommunications have, for many years, been tolerant of data integrity levels of 60 to 80 percent. As long as services operated in silos and operations staff could keep up with network growth, this was expensive and inefficient, but not mission critical. Nakina Systems has a unique perspective on why this can no longer be tolerated, and how a holistic approach to physical inventory, logical inventory, and network configuration can significantly improve data integrity levels. With this approach, it is possible to achieve data integrity in all of these areas, across all of the network elements and systems. This is how data integrity becomes Network Integrity.

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Easing the Shift to LTE with Advanced Testing

By Rafael Andrade

The technical challenges to shifting from 3G to LTE are stiff. However, the shift is inevitable — traffic volume is rapidly increasing, and exacting users will migrate to other providers if speed and Quality of Service (QoS) standards aren’t met. How do carriers meet the challenges of monitoring and troubleshooting LTE services while minimizing capital expenditures and operating costs? How do they retain customer loyalty and strengthen their brand for the long term?

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Why Pay for Capacity That You Don’t Need?

By Shaun McFall

Time for a Backhaul Reality Check

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Netflix vs. Cable Tops Tech News

By Jesse Cryderman

The Results are In

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Broadband World Forum 2011

By Jesse Cryderman

With the clock counting down to BBWF 2011 (just check the show web site if you need to know how many days left before the event), Pipeline takes a moment to review this fast-approaching show.

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Letter from the Editor
August 2011

By Tim Young

“Working, building, never stopping, never sleeping. Working, making, some for selling, some for keeping.” - Lyrics from the song “Stool Boom”, from Christopher Guest’s Waiting for Guffman.

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