More SUPERCOMM coverage can be found at www.xchangemag.com. This includes news posted the week of the show as well as the following special features:
WIDER-FI: TAKING IT TO THE LIMIT
A beefier version of Wi-Fi is poised to take over the MAN, providing a fiber replacement/ alternate as well as lower-cost backhaul for WLANs using unlicensed spectrum.NEW PRODUCTS FOR IOCs
Although much of the focus at SUPERCOMM seemed to be on big carriers, several vendors at the show came out with new solutions suited for the independent telco set.NOKIA FOCUSES ON THE QUATTRO PLAY
As telcos scramble to catch up with cable’s triple play threat, Nokia looks ahead to wireless and a plan to deliver data, voice, video and mobility on one converged network.VIDEO KILLED THE DATA STAR
A rash of television over broadband announcements seemed to dominate the convergence scene at SUPERCOMM.WHAT’S NEW IN DSL
A variety of vendors unveiled new DSL boxes at the show, while the DSL Forum released its latest numbers on the service.PAR FOR THE COARSE
Lowering capex for service providers is a continuing goal for optical vendors that are introducing hybrid CWDM/DWDM systems that scale with changing customer requirements.Also, look for the following service creation story in next month’s xchange:
SIP IS READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UP
While mainly enjoying small-scale deployments, session initiation protocol has been heralded as the future protocol of convergence for some time now. At SUPERCOMM, there was a groundswell of efforts to flatten service provider networks and pave the way for SIP applications.
