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| COMET Executive Summit |
| Pipeline continues its legacy of bringing together the world's leading service providers and technology innovators this fall at The 2014 COMET Executive Summit. This exclusive event is gathering key executives from the world's leading operators, key technology developers and leading enterprises in an intimate symposium to explore the latest trends and challenges in communications and entertainment technology (COMET) ... » Read the full article… |  |
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| Are You Ready for 5G? |
| For a writer who has covered telecom over the past five years, the buzz around 5G can provoke more than a little déjà vu, and I'm sure those who have reported on the space for more than a decade feel a double dose. Just a few years ago, 4G was the next big thing, even though it wasn't clear which flavor of the ... » Read the full article… |  |
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| Transforming the Network and the Planet |
| When Facebook reported its energy use in 2013, most writers and analysts focused on the company's use of sustainable energy alternatives, its collaboration with the Open Compute Project, and its carbon footprint. However, a comparison with 2012 usage reveals a surprising fact: Facebook consumed 33% more ... » Read the full article… |  |
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| The Copper Conundrum for Fixed Broadband Operators |
| In July, Alcatel-Lucent's research arm, Bell Labs, set a new broadband speed record using ordinary copper telephone lines. With a prototype technology called XG-FAST - essentially an extension of G.fast that uses more frequencies - Bell Labs achieved the amazing speed of 10 Gbps over two bonded copper pairs. But, more importantly, they also showed how to achieve the 'holy grail' for copper broadband: 1 Gbps ... » Read the full article… |  |
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| Fixing a One-Way Relationship with Fiber: The Asymmetry Problem |
| Copper and coax have a data relationship problem—data doesn't move at the same speeds in both directions. This inherent asymmetry is why service providers pitch their download speeds, and not their upload speeds. In extreme cases, such as AT&T Uverse, the difference between download and upload ... » Read the full article… |  |
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| Helping Your LTE Network Fly to New Heights with Better Service Assurance |
| One of the greatest accomplishments of the Golden Age of Aviation occurred on September 28, 1924, when the "Chicago" and the "New Orleans" completed the world's first airborne circumnavigation. When the planes landed in Seattle, completing a 175-day journey, Major General Charles G. Norton said that ... » Read the full article… |  |
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| Virtualization Reality Check |
| Virtualization - instantiating physical devices in software - is the topic of discussion as service providers transform their businesses from capacity and cables to digital services and connected applications. By establishing cloud platforms and enlisting partners, service providers worldwide are building profitable businesses that deliver managed services and ... » Read the full article… |  |
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| Gaining Control of Enterprise Telecom Estates: What the C-Suite Needs to Know |
| Return on assets is a key focus of the C-suite. Yet one area often overlooked in this regard is the massive investment made in telecom estates. For multinational corporations in particular, the depth and breadth of these assets may literally span the globe. And with companies growing ever more reliant on their telecoms and network services - whether empowering a mobile workforce, delivering business critical applications or ... » Read the full article… |  |
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| Intelligent RF Routing and RAN Virtualization Puts an End to Wireless Over-Provisioning |
| Over 80 percent of mobile calls and data usage today occur indoors. The demand now is for reliable services and connectivity inside buildings in order to provide the same Quality of Experience (QoE) for bandwidth-hungry applications no matter where a user is. In an ecosystem where demand for traffic capacity is extremely dynamic and where provisioned wireless ... » Read the full article… |  |
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| Letter from the Editor: October 2014 |
| "Any technological advance can be dangerous. Fire was dangerous from the start, and so (even more so) was speech - and both are still dangerous to this day - but human beings would not be human without them." -Isaac Asimov ... » Read the full article… |  |
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| COMET News: October 2014 |
| Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is white hot, as the technological concept promises to replace purpose-built proprietary networking gear with commercial off the shelf (COTS) systems that can be dynamically configured to perform network functions ... » Read the full article… |  |
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