Recently added articles from Telecommunications (International Edition):
Skills shortage puts brakes on "convergence".(Global)
Sep 01, 2005; ... While IP vendors are keen to extol the business benefits of a 'converged' voice and data network to operators and end-users, those benefits will only be realised if there is a sufficient number of suitably qualified engineers to enable the migration from 'legacy' networks. ...
Google Talk to herald major market shift?(Global)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Google's new service--Google Talk--is a further addition to the industry's list of brand-name VoIP and IM offers. Thanks to Google's marketing and financial clout it has sent shivers through the market. In the first phase, the voice service will be limited to a closed group, ...
The Tata Group's big telecom gamble: VSNL's recent acquisition of Tyco Global Network and announcement that it plans to acquire Teleglobe show that the Tata Group--controlling stakeholders of VSNL--is ready to up its telecom stakes.(view from the top)
Sep 01, 2005; ... The Tata Group, an India-based conglomerate with a huge turnover--US$14.25 bn during its 2004/05 fiscal year, which is around 2.6 per cent of India's GDP--is making waves in the telecom sector. Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), India's international and national carrier in which the ...
Fixed mobile convergence comes true; with mobile-featured ZTE Mixed Softswitch system and versatile IMS standard.(ZTE Mixed Softswitch System)(ZTE IP Multimedia Subsystem)
Sep 01, 2005 ... You are incredibly busy. So you would like mobile handset pre-programmed and personalized with speed dialing keys, electronic agenda or messaging services to function as your lifeline to contact with colleagues, family and friends wherever they are, anywhere and anytime. You would like ...
Does service bundling add up? Jury still out on service bundling can bolster margins and reduce churn.(Broadband access strategies)
Sep 01, 2005; ... The word 'triple' has a nice ring to it--it sounds a bit like the 'double' in 'double your money', only better--as though telecom 'triple play' might be an opportunity to extract three times as much revenue from the unsuspecting subscriber. On that reckoning, of course, 'quadruple play' ...