Network Upgrade
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More redundancy needed for global links
News Ongoing and planned network upgrades between Asia and U.S. sufficient for bandwidth demands, but ISPs need redundancy to better manage outages.
Tags: Bandwidth, Ethernet, Pacnet Ltd., BGP, network, Asia, Broadband, Cable, Internet Service Provider, network provider
Finding a business case for 4G
News Analysts may cast doubt over 4G's place in Asia, but vendors say deployment costs are getting less prohibitive and the market is ripe for a speed upgrade.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, WiMax, CommunicAsia 2008, Mobile Broadband, India, Broadband, 4G, HSDPA, marketing, average revenue per user
TD-SCDMA's headstart to ensure foothold
News update China's homegrown 3G standard may have issues, but its headstart over competing technologies will likely ensure its foothold in the market, say analysts.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Development/design, Network infrastructure, Mobile, China Mobile Ltd., performance, China Telecom, W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA, China
Vodafone mobile broadband to hit top HSDPA speed
News Operator is first in U.K. to upgrade parts of its network to reach 14.4Mbps, the highest speed offered by the HSDPA specification.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile, Mobile/Wireless, O2 Plc., Mobile Broadband, Speed, Broadband, HSPA, 3G, HSDPA
Wibro makes a splash at Korean exhibition
News Following Korea Telecom's rollout of full commercial Wibro services, handsets that adapt the technology show up at the country's Solutions and Content Exhibition and Conference.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Networking technology, Development/design
Networking start-up Avici gains shot in the arm from Enron
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NTT DoCoMo's US$6 billion bet
News The company now has two years to roll out NTT DoCoMo's new wireless network on a revised schedule, and US$6.2 billion in AT&T Wireless stock says it will be on time.
When inconsistencies strike
Insight A couple of network administrators ran into a documentation buzz saw as they prepared to upgrade from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 at a medium-size company. They discovered they had conflicting information on how to proceed.
Nokia Siemens speeds up 2.5G cell networks
News The wireless equipment maker is offering carriers a software upgrade for its EDGE equipment that will double the speed of downloads on their 2.5G EDGE networks.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless
Urgency for IPv6 not felt yet
News Businesses have not channeled spending toward migration to IPv6 networks, but experts say this issue will be more pressing in the near future.
Tags: IPv6, Network administration/implementation, IP, Asia-Pacific, network, Network Address Translation, Internet, industry, business case, IP address
Pacnet increases network capacity by 50 percent
News Telecommunications service provider boosts its subsea cable network with largest capacity upgrade to date, to meet Asia's growing demand for broadband.
Tags: Bandwidth, Optical networking, Business broadband, Pacnet Ltd., network, Asia, cable network, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stock
Analyst: Wait before rushing into LTE
News Operators should wait for kinks in the technology and business case to be ironed out, before embarking on full-scale upgrades to 4G standard, long term evolution, says Ovum.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Network infrastructure, Verizon Communications Inc., Ovum, Operator, revenue, network, mobile, HSPA, 4G
Asia's demand for mobile comms growing
News ForgetMeNot aims SMS product at burgeoning demand for communications amid lack of available infrastructure in Asia's emerging markets.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile, Smart Phone, Asia, mobile communication, Cell Phone, Mobile Device, phone, SMS
Pack up your PBX--VoIP is here
Insight Traditional PBXs are beginning to look like telecom's dinosaurs, with VoIP threatening their extinction. A significant number of companies are planning to deploy VoIP in the next few years. Here's what they know--and what you should.
Satellite on broadband comeback
Insight US satellite companies like Hughes and WildBlue are prepping high-speed data services for rural markets in US. Will they get burned a second time?
