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Current Issue
Vol 6: IPTV vs. Broadband Video: Competitive or Complementary
The race to deliver video over an IP network is driving the next generation of broadband networks worldwide. In every part of the world, telecommunication companies are upgrading their broadband infrastructure to deliver video to the television set, PC, and mobile devices.
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Vol 5: SmartEdge 1200: Core is Done, Edge is Rising
Operators around the world are striving to achieve Full Service Broadband, the ability to deliver any service to any device, anywhere in the world. With Full Service Broadband, video, voice, and data services are seamlessly portable across multiple devices and the user experiences a personalized experience each and every time.
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Past Issue
Vol 4: Redback is now an Ericsson Company
As many of you know by now, Redback Networks has been acquired by Ericsson, one of the world’s leading telecommunications suppliers, for $2.1 billion or $25 dollars per Redback share. The transaction was completed in January, and we are now a wholly owned subsidiary of Ericsson.
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Vol 3: Personal Virtual Private Networks
It is clear that the broadband industry is at the verge of a wave of growth in communication and entertainment services. These next generation services are enabled by broadband networks that are ubiquitous and deliver personalized services regardless of access device. So whether you are watching a video on your PC or watching a streaming video to your mobile phone, these services are running over a broadband network whose performance is optimized for each user by providing a Personal Virtual Private Networks (P-VPN). In a broadband society, the P-VPN will be an integrated part of our every day life. It will make news and information more readily available across multiple devices. The services will also be seamlessly portable, meaning that a session can be initiated on one device and transfer to another device without interruption.
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Past Issue
Vol 2: Media Aware Networking
Video Internet services are one of the biggest game-changers in
broadband today. Ten years ago, the network industry was focused
on making data networks as reliable as voice networks. Today, a new
reliability metric has emerged: managing video like voice. If carriers
can’t manage video services like phone services in terms of
quality, regardless of the complexities and challenges, they may
get left behind in the marketplace.
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Past Issue
Vol 1:Building Smart Broadband Networks
The service provider landscape is rapidly changing, and the pace
of change will only increase over the next few years. Traditional
telecommunication companies (telcos) that once only offered voice
and data services are rapidly mobilizing their resources to design
and deploy a converged IP infrastructure that is capable of delivering
voice, data, and video services.
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