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Verizon reworking business service network, 06/26/06
Verizon Business is readying major changes to its network designed to result in a faster, more reliable system capable of supporting next-generation services for enterprises, such as Ethernet, VoIP and IP-based video conferencing.
WAN improvements speed hospital net, 06/26/06
Kootenai Medical Center and four other hospitals in northern Idaho faced a problem: Their regional hub-and-spoke network connecting to a common medical data center in Spokane, Wash., was too slow to transfer medical images in a timely manner.
Cisco rolls out cable products for business services, 06/22/06
Cisco this week unveiled products for cable operators selling services to small and midsize businesses and enterprises with branch operations.
WAN Newsletter: It’s not true that voice should always have priority over data, 06/22/06
Last time, we continued a discussion of what happens in an MPLS network if defined traffic levels are exceeded so that some packets need to …
EU telecom regulations fail to create competition, 06/22/06
European Union-wide regulations have failed to foster competition in some key sectors of the EU telecom market, the European Commission is expected to announce next week.
Nortel class-action deal moves forward, 06/21/06
A settlement Nortel reached with shareholders irate over its accounting problems moved closer to payout on Wednesday when the telecoms equipment vendor brought Canadian plaintiffs in on the deal.
Carriers’ IMS investments will drive new services, study says, 06/21/06
Operators of fixed and mobile networks will invest more than $10 billion in IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) over the next five years, powering …
WAN Newsletter: Managing MPLS service classes using Cisco equipment, 06/20/06
In a recent newsletter entitled “Designing MPLS networks with Cisco routers” we discussed how service providers deal with MPLS service classes …
Broadband usage continues to climb, 06/20/06
Broadband usage is expected to nearly double by 2010, according to a new report by IDC. The consulting firm says that at the end of 2005 there were 205 …
Opinion: How FCC wiretapping order could affect enterprise networks, 06/19/06
Just what will your corporate network need to be ready to do? So far, the FCC has not made it clear that enterprise network managers will need to do anything in response to its order extending CALEA to the Internet and VoIP. There is an ominous hint, …
Cogent expands network, 06/19/06
Cogent Communications Monday announced that it is expanding its network in North America and Europe.
