| Analyst Show Flashes from BBWF Europe | |
The Broadband World Forum Europe show examines the latest broadband technology developments, content, applications, and services with particular relevance to the European market. Current Analysis was at the show and our coverage includes reports written from analysts in our Telecom Infrastructure modules. In these Show Update reports, the analysts give their view of announcements made at the show providing perspective on the relative merits of the announcements as well as their importance to the vendor and the market as a whole. Analyst Show Flashes are excerpts from these reports, and are available to all visitors at no charge. Clients with subscriptions to the respective modules can read the full Show Update reports on our CurrentCOMPETE™ Intelligence Portal by following the Client Access links. |
Broadband World Forum Europe Analyst Show Flashes
| ► | PacketFront Goes Modular, with Both FTTH CPE Hardware and Operations Support Software Solutions Broadband Infrastructure - Oct 2, 2008 - PacketFront has expanded its portfolio with two new solutions designed to provide operators with more cost-effective avenues for fixed access service turn-up and management. But will the modular FTTH CPE and BBE separate PacketFront from rivals? |
| ► | Nortel Introduces WDM-PON-based Ethernet Access Solution and Customer Win, But with the Shadow of Nortel’s Planned MEN Divestiture Looming Broadband Infrastructure - Oct 1, 2008 - Nortel is one of the first to market with WDM-PON, and has even garnered a customer win for this new system. However, with Nortel’s announced plan to divest its Metro Ethernet Networks portfolio, what will become of the Ethernet Access products? |
| ► | ADVA Debuts WDM-PON Broadband Infrastructure - Sep 30, 2008 - ADVA, an established player in the optical market, has targeted the next-generation optical access sector with the introduction of its WDM-PON offering. But will ADVA’s bleeding edge approach pay off in the long term? |
| ► | Huawei Stakes Claim to First Standards-based 10G GPON Solution Broadband Infrastructure - Sep 30, 2008 - Huawei has introduced three new platforms, including a 10G GPON prototype, as well as an expanded IPTIME proposition, as part of its Converged Ultra Broadband initiative. But will a 10G prototype pave the way for an expanded FTTP market presence? |
| ► | NEC’s NetCracker Shares a Suite of Insights Broadband Infrastructure - Sep 30, 2008 - NetCracker chooses to use the BBWF Europe event to trumpet its track record in effectively delivering its cable solutions to cable operators, but may have missed a marketing opportunity to makes its overall corporate message more universal. |
| ► | Alcatel-Lucent Reaches the 200 ISAM Customer Benchmark, Highlighting Ongoing Dominance of the Global Fixed Access Market Broadband Infrastructure - Sep 30, 2008 - Alcatel-Lucent, only four years after the ISAM series’ debut, now counts 200 customers for its broadband access flagship, highlighting its position atop the fixed access market and paving the way for future success in this very competitive sector. |
| ► | Alcatel-Lucent Leverages Network Architecture to Deliver Comprehensive Addressable IPTV Advertising Solution Digital Media Infrastructure - Sep 29, 2008 - Alcatel-Lucent has introduced an offering for addressable advertising that leverages the network-based elements of its TPSDA, enabling the company to assert the most comprehensive, end-to-end offering on the market. |
| ► | Cisco and Telecom Italia Adobe Flash the Industry Digital Media Infrastructure - Sep 29, 2008 - Cisco and Adobe are collaborating to enable Telecom Italia to better manage and scale Internet video services via the carrier’s Yalp! portal, offering a new hardware-software synthesis for operators to integrate their evolving multi-play services. |
| ► | Alcatel-Lucent Updates 1850 TSS, Supports T-MPLS as Migration Path to MPLS-TP Optical Infrastructure - Sep 29, 2008 - Alcatel-Lucent released several new features for its 1850 TSS portfolio including T-MPLS support. However, while the path from T-MPLS to MPLS-TP seems clear, there is no guarantee that final MPLS-TP standards will support all current T-MPLS specs. |
| ► | Nokia Siemens Networks Refocuses on Fiber Access Market with New FTTB Platforms Broadband Infrastructure - Sep 26, 2008 - Nokia Siemens has followed through on its promise to remain fully committed to the DSL sector, expanding its hiX solution set to address the burgeoning FTTB market; however, NSN still needs new customer proof points to bolster its market position. |
