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February 2007, Volume 2 go to newsletter archive
In This Issue: IMS, WiMAX, and More
Executive Perspectives
Critical insights from key industry leaders
Steven Jaeger Steven Jaeger
Vice President, Sales, Americas
Vidiator
Captured at the Executive ComForum 2006
Steven Jaeger shares his executive perspective on next-generation mobile messaging and content in regards to Vidiator's success in delivering the first-ever mobile TV broadcasting of the World Cup; Vidiator's award-winning products; the importance of professional memberships in this industry; Vidiator's progress, plans and vision; and more.
 
Jake MacLeod Jake MacLeod
Chief Technical Officer, Engineering and Technology
Bechtel Telecommunications
Captured at the Executive ComForum 2006
Jake MacLeod discusses FMC, IMS, and WiMAX as the future of networking, as well as other innovations in the industry; why he was named "Jake the Builder"; how Bechtel became the number one telecommunications contractor in recent years; Bechtel's progress, plans, and vision; and more.

Technology Briefing
Broadband Trends:
The Commercial Era of IMS Is Under Way
Educational content provided by Zhang Chunli and Gao Xianrui, Huawei Technologies
Over the next few years, fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services and the number of FMC service subscribers are likely to rocket, and FMC-derived revenues are likely to make up a larger proportion of the overall income generated by the telecom industry. Led by convergence, the telecom industry and its increasingly prominent partner, the information technology (IT) industry, are powering irreversibly toward the commercial IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) era. The problem now is letting everyone know about its benefits. Read full article...

Next-Generation Access Networks - New Software Solves Some Hard Old Problems
Educational content provided by John Mellis, Evolved Networks
Next-generation services are vital to the survival of service providers, but providers are facing a major challenge of delivering these services via an antiquated access network infrastructure. Inaccurate and outdated network data is a major impediment in achieving highly automated new service provisioning in the access network. Next-generation access network solutions must automate the process of cleaning, transforming, and maintaining the network data to enable revenue maximization, reduction in operational costs, and delivery of a high quality of service. Read full article...

Analyst Corner
The Analyst Corner features perspectives from a range of leading information industry experts.

Yuxing Tian
Senior Engineer, Networks Business
Motorola, Inc.

Dr. I-Ping Chu
Associate Professor
CTI, DePaul University

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