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JULY 9, 2008
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CEO Switcheroo
Avanex and VeriSign lose their heads. Also, catch up on your summer Sonus reading
Heavy Lifting
Analyst Notes
BY GABRIEL BROWN, SENIOR ANALYST
Self-Organizing Networks & LTE
JULY 8, 2008
As the mobile industry moves toward commercialization of 4G, the ability to automate management processes has emerged as a key requirement
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The Bloggers
EuroBlog
BY EURO DESK
Is BT Buying Ribbit?
JULY 9, 2008
7:00 AM -- Speculation suggests BT wants to rival Google
Wireless Bits
BY MICHELLE DONEGAN
O2 Blames Apple
JULY 9, 2008
6:00 AM -- The iPhone drama goes on
Contentinople
CONTENTINOPLE STAFF
Yes, Icahn
JULY 8, 2008
4:40 PM -- Analysts have faith in the power of Carl Icahn, Contentinople reports
Valley Wonk
BY CRAIG MATSUMOTO
TV Loves TelePresence
JULY 8, 2008
4:05 PM -- Cisco spends that much on travel
EuroBlog
BY EURO DESK
Patent Fun With AlcaLu
JULY 8, 2008
1:50 PM -- AlcaLu's up to its neck in patent disputes
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Startup Spotlight
Tail-f Systems
Dorky Unix name. Savvy network management software
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Google Grabber Advisory
High
High Risk of World Domination
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DATE: 7/16/2008
EVENT: Delivering Web 2.0
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DATE: 7/17/2008
EVENT: Rethink Performance*
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DATE: 7/23/2008
EVENT: Chip Multi-Threading Processors and Carrier Grade Linux – A Networking Match*
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DATE: 7/24/2008
EVENT: GPON in Practice: Where, When, How?
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DATE: Thursday, July 24, 2008
LOCATION: Luxe Hotel Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles
EVENT: Cable Next-Gen Video Strategies
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DATE: Thursday, September 18, 2008
LOCATION: The Westin Waltham Boston, Boston/Waltham
EVENT: ATCA, AMC & MicroTCA
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DATE: Tuesday, September 23, 2008
LOCATION: The Westin Times Square, New York City
EVENT: Backhaul Strategies for Mobile Operators
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DATE: Monday, October 06, 2008
LOCATION: The Westin Galleria Dallas, Dallas
EVENT: Optical Expo 2008
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DATE: Monday, October 06, 2008
LOCATION: LUXE Hotel Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles
EVENT: Contentonomics - Content Delivery Economics
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Interview with Malcom
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Companies
Alcatel-Lucent (5452), AT&T (1624), BellSouth (831), BT (1098), Cablevision (371), Cisco (4765), Comcast (1155), Cox Communications (578), Deutsche Telekom (738), eBay (Skype) (328), Ericsson (1323), France Telecom (884), Google (439), Huawei (822), Intel (1109), Juniper (1858), Microsoft (986), Motorola (1195), Nokia Siemens Networks (2397), Nortel (3704), NTT (115), Siemens (1347), Sprint (1009), Telefonica (373), Time Warner Cable (572), Verizon (2197), Vodafone (460), Yahoo (316)

Broadband
Access equipment (1895), Access technologies (2066), Broadband loop carriers / multiservice access nodes (335), Cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) (853), Cable TV chips (159), DSL (1785), DSL chips (177), DSLAMs (627), Free-space optics (32), FTTx (1630), Gaming consoles (24), Gaming servers (20), Media adapters (8), Municipal networks (98), PON (864), PON chips (169), Satellite (309), WiMax (754), Wireless LAN (336)

Cable Digital
Cable Modems (280), Cable/MSO equipment (2429), CableLabs (232), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (154), DOCSIS (488), Embedded multimedia terminal adapters (E-MTAs) (110), Head-ends (97), PacketCable (91), QAM (190)

Chips, Components & Subsystems
ASICs & FPGAs (72), ATCA (381), ATM chips (13), Comm chips (2141), Dispersion compensators (137), Lasers (841), Modulators (145), Mux/demuxes (292), Network processors (838), Optical amplifiers (323), Optical channel monitors (90), Optical components (2346), Speciality fiber (62), Switches & OADMs (362), Transceivers (1121), Transmission fiber (389), Variable optical attenuators (138)

Ethernet (Sponsored by ECI Telecom)
10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1308), Access devices (221), ATM switches (333), Circuit emulation (17), Converged access (91), Ethernet chips (485), Ethernet equipment (1578), Ethernet over copper (195), Ethernet PONs (143), Ethernet services (1484), Ethernet technologies (427), Multipoint (117), Multiservice edge equipment (115), Multiservice provisioning platforms (603), Multiservice switches (377), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (179), Point-to-point (121), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (124)

IP & Convergence
B-RASs (219), Cell/WLAN (73), Compression equipment (10), Core routers (1156), DNS (45), Edge routers (1454), ENUM (49), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (470), GMPLS (77), IMS (951), IMS Control Layer (27), IMS Service Layer (26), IP equipment (984), IP software (322), IP technologies (1319), IPv6 (65), Layer 3 VPNs (140), MPLS (683), MPLS (1651), Multicast (33), P2P (204), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (124), QOS (327), SIP (351), Traffic managers (735), Wireline/Wireless (53)

Mobile/Wireless
3G Evolution (130), Carrier WiFi (172), CDMA (3G) (232), Core Network (139), EV-DO (100), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (68), GSM/EDGE (327), HSDPA/HSUPA (268), IMS Core (38), Mobile/Wireless (4671), Packet Core (46), Radio Access Network (179), TD-SCDMA (Chinese 3G) (32), Transmission (37), UMTS(3G) (261), Voice Core (18), WiMax (754), Wireless Backhaul (148), Wireless Chips (150), Wireless LAN (336)

Optical Networking
40-Gbit/s transmission (356), Core optical switches (746), CWDM (269), DWDM (1691), Long-haul WDM equipment (533), Metro optical switches, ROADMs (1088), Metro WDM equipment (675), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (360), Optical equipment (1449), Optical switches & crossconnects (389), Optical technologies (304), Sonet/SDH (958), Sonet/SDH chips (309), Wavelength services (232)

Security
Anti-virus (27), Denial-of-service attacks (37), Encryption (67), Endpoint security (18), Firewalls (54), Intrusion detection & prevention (37), IPSec VPN (795), Security (1657), SSL VPN (858), URL filtering (11), User authentication (19)

Services Software (Sponsored by MySQL AB)
Activation (398), Billing systems (621), Content/software downloads (204), Customer relationship management (142), Data Integrity (11), Element management systems (27), Fault management (55), Inventory management (130), Mediation systems (189), Messaging (178), Middleware (39), Mobile location (33), OSS (2089), Performance monitoring (250), Policy control (153), Provisioning (490), Revenue assurance & fraud management (304), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (259), Service management (124), Service-oriented architectures (236), Services (1919), Web gateways (32), Web services (83), XML (47)

Test & Measurement
MPLS MPLS test & measurement equipment (11), Test & measurement (1381), OSS Test & measurement (1033), Sonet/SDH Test & measurement equipment (1579), Comm chips Test & measurement equipment (29), Access equipment Test & measurement equipment (110), Ethernet equipment Test & measurement equipment (122), IP equipment Test & measurement equipment (90), Optical components Test & measurement equipment (93), VOIP equipment Test & measurement equipment (138), Optical equipment Test & measurement equipment (818)

Video (Sponsored by Ericsson AB)
Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (179), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (530), Content delivery network (CDN) (274), Content protection (181), DVRs (272), Internet Video (345), IPTV (2434), Middleware & business support systems (408), Set-top boxes (996), Stored video servers (256), TV (1957), Video equipment (2001), Video services (3116), Video software (983), Videophone (154), VOD (1742)

VOIP
Application servers (156), Centrex (178), Conferencing (67), Contact centers (38), Enhanced voice (28), Enterprise (553), Media gateways (313), Messaging (58), Presence management (37), Residential (616), Session border controllers (350), Signaling gateways (91), Softswitches (1020), VOIP chips (138), VOIP equipment (3155), VOIP services (3361), VOIP software (540), VOIP VPNs (23), Wholesale (208)