Our WAN and service provider e-mail news alert.
Carriers underinvesting in enterprise services, analysts say, 05/01/07: The largest carriers in the United States are collectively investing billions in enterprise network and service upgrades, but they are committing far more dollars to consumer and wireless services. One look at revenue potential and it becomes clear why — the carriers stand to gain billions in new business as initiatives such as IPTV take hold.
Homeless man disrupts Internet2 service: A fire started by a homeless man knocked out service between Boston and New York on the experimental high-speed Internet2 network Tuesday evening.
Stephenson to succeed Whitacre at AT&T, 04/27/07: Randall Stephenson is far from a household name, but that will begin to change June 3 when he takes over as chairman and CEO at AT&T.
Verizon Business unveils VoIP assessment service, 05/01/07: Verizon Business this week launched a service for its MPLS VPN customers that allows them to better assess and manage voice quality on their networks.
AT&T CEO Whitacre to retire, 04/27/07: AT&T Chief Executive Edward Whitacre, whose contract was set to expire next year, unexpectedly announced today that he will retire in less than two months.
Verizon reports growth on wireless, broadband, 04/30/07: Growth in its wireless and wireless divisions pushed first-quarter revenue higher at Verizon Communications, although earnings declined from a year ago because of asset divestitures and merger costs.
Cisco watchers warn of enterprise slowdown, service provider pressure, 04/26/07: Reports from two stock analysts this week point to a possible slowdown in Cisco’s core enterprise business, and pressure for Cisco to meet service provider sales goals — trends which could reflect harder times overall in the IT and networking markets.
From Cisco Subnet: Routing TCP/IP author Jeff Doyle blogging for Cisco Subnet: Jeff Doyle, author of Routing TCP/IP, Volumes I and II is blogging at Cisco Subnet for May. We have a free chapter from Volume I for you to read. Click here for Jeff’s blog. Jeff is available to answer your TCP/IP questions so respond to his blog now.
