IEC Newsletter
October 2006, Volume 2 go to newsletter archive
In This Issue: Telco Innovation and More
Executive Perspectives
Critical insights from key industry leaders
Arie Goldberg Arie Goldberg
Chief Technologist and Chief Executive Officer
Omnitron
Captured at the Broadband World Forum Americas 2006
Arie Goldberg discusses the recently released iConverter 1-module redundant-power chassis; the battle between copper and fiber access networks; the Metro Ethernet Forum; and Omnitron's progress, plans, and vision.
 
Tom Flanagan Tom Flanagan
Director, Technical Strategy, Digital Signal Processing Systems
Texas Instruments
Captured at the Broadband World Forum Americas 2006
Tom Flanagan shares his executive perspective on network platforms for broadband content delivery; TI's new DaVinci technology and its successes in China; and TI's progress, plans, and vision.

Technology Briefing
Broadband Trends:
Materializing Telco Innovation
Innovation Intelligence: Telecommunications Advantage for Differentiation (Part 2 of 6)
Educational content provided by Paul Curto, Ann Mueller, and Philipp Schloter, Detecon, Inc.
In today's dynamic markets, the ability to adapt and develop is playing a more important and increasingly critical role. The development of innovations and the implementation of these to the overall benefit of the company can provide significant competitive advantage.

In this special six-part article series by Detecon, we look at "Telecom Innovation Life Cycles" to present practical examples and methods for the identification of innovations in telecommunications companies, the analysis and assessment of their market maturity, testing them as prototypes, their rollout, and their operational implementation. Read part 2 of 6...

Design Engineering:
Simplifying Microprocessor Development through the Use of Architectural Description Languages
Educational content provided by Brian Kahne, Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
Read full article...

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

Bojan Angelov
Doctoral Student in Technology Management
Polytechnic University

Bharat Rao
Associate Professor of Management
Polytechnic University

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Evolving the Access Network
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Annual Review of Communications, vol. 59
Each year, the Consortium brings together into one unique resource the most current thinking and practical experience of industry professionals around the world on a variety of topics facing the information industry. This 700+ page reference tool is a must for executives, managers, engineers, analysts, and educators in all sectors of today's changing information industry.

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