SOFNET TV: Exclusive Interviews

This exclusive program features interviews with some of the leading names appearing at SOFNET 08, from 28 April - 1 May.

Listen to interviews with Paul Jackson, IEC; Elena Branet, Microsoft; Paul Gainham, Juniper Networks; Gordon Rawling, Oracle; Richard Strike, ADVA; and Thomas Breuer, Logica.

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Crossing the Chasm to Mass Market Fibre

End to end engineered FTTH cabling solutions

Hear from Vèronique Stappers, Telecom Global Segment Developer, how Nexans provides cable solutions for operator diversity and lower CAPEX. Visit Nexans at FTTH Council Europe 2008, Palais des Congrés, booth G4.

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Ethos connects with PBB-TE

Targets connection-oriented platforms towards data and wireless backhaul

By Sean Buckley

In this audiocast, Hayim Porat, CTO & Co-Founder of Ethos Networks talks about the emergence of carrier-oriented Ethernet and the subsequent ratification of the IEEE's 802.1Qay standard.


IMS Forum: bring OSS out of the back office

In this audiocast, Michael Khalilian, Chairman and President of the NGN and IMS Forums, talks about the launch of the Forum's BSS/OSS and Security Technical Working group.

ADC: broadband stimulus package is a great jumpstart

In this audiocast, Jaxon Lang, Vice President Global Connectivity Solutions Americas for ADC, talks about how ADC will address how its customers can get the most out of the Obama administration's broadband stimulus plan.

Broadband stimulus: an enabler, not the end-all be-all

In this roundtable-based audiocast series, telecom industry experts from Alcatel-Lucent and fiber-to-the-home overbuilder Cinergy addresses the Obama Administration's proposed $7.2 billion broadband stimulus bill.

ADC: fiber to the cell tower is rising

In this audiocast, Pat O'Brien, president of ADC's global connectivity solutions division, talks about how the ongoing demand for data-intensive applications will drive the need for more fiber-based wireless backhaul.

Nokeena pushes boundaries of online video delivery

In this Telecom Engine Audiocast, Rajan Raghavan, CEO and co-founder of Nokeena Networks, talks to us about the company's debut and how it can bring a value-added service experience to the burgeoning online video business.

A supply-side argument in the broadband stimulus

In this roundtable-based Audiocast series, telecom industry experts address the Obama administration's proposed broadband stimulus bill.

SMS finds new utility

Frank Bernhard, research director and technology economist for Omni Research, addresses how SMS service is not just about basic text messaging anymore.

Clearfield makes the connection

Johnny Hill, chief operating officer of Clearfield, talks about how the rules of last mile fiber connectivity are evolving from an "outside in" to an "inside out" approach.

MetaSwitch grows up

John Lazar, the newly appointed CEO of MetaSwitch, addresses his new role and how he will position the company to address next-gen voice switching market trends.

More Audiocasts:

Harris Stratex expands microwave backhaul possibilities

HomePlug alliance debunks G.hn myths

M2M needs to shed its scrappy startup image

Sigma says carriers should make IP fulfillment top priority

Copper's still got game, says ZyXEL

Cinterion: Plenty of opportunities for GSM-based M2M

Telit Wireless hones in on M2M

Neustar enhances the DNS experience

Zigbee steps into the M2M limelight

Occam Networks examines the U.S. broadband stimulus package

KORE Telematics injects intelligence into the utility industry

Examining Obama's broadband policy

Thomson drives home network harmony

Fujitsu lights the backhaul way

Zeugma Systems is living on the access edge

Carriers take conservative capex spending approach

Transverse: OSS can no longer be an afterthought

Level 3 Communications makes the Ethernet connection

Telecom industry hunkers down

Hitachi gets realistic about FTTx

Qwest bulks up its wholesale capabilities

Wireless: a state of change

EMBARQ and CenturyTel: Weighing the pros and cons

Juniper is living on the network edge

Broadband Forum: the telco's last mile is in transition

Nominum: Keeping DNS safe and sound

ADVA makes the WDM-PON leap

XO is high on Ethernet access

CTIA WIT 2008: Telit rides the M2M wave

CTIA WIT 2008: 4Home takes on the broadband home automation challenge

ITU Asia 2008: Verizon Business expands global presence

Actiontec swings into the home network

HGI drives the home gateway evolution

Kineto finds new FMC bright spots

Lonnie Martin takes charge of Aktino

Alcatel-Lucent brings IPTV to the next level

Exalt takes the hybrid wireless backhaul route

NXTcomm 08: NewEdge makes quality job number one

Hammerhead remains bullish about Layer 2.5 networking

NXTcomm 2008: iBasis: wholesale voice is evolving

NXTcomm 2008: Cox finds gold in the commercial services market

NXTcomm 2008: Goodbye DSL Forum, hello Broadband Forum

NXTcomm 2008: ADVA heralds the optical renaissance

NXTcomm 2008: Sorrento Networks rides again

Starent Networks rides the wireless wave

Vonage is on the mend

Kore Telematics is high on M2M

Fanfare bridges the manual to automated testing gap

Virtela finds continued acceptance of access-lite VNO model

Ulticom responds to the service-oriented drive

New Step refreshed

Overture offers Ethernet for all seasons

Alcatel/Lucent is living on the edge

NEC plots a 100 Gbps course

Symmetricom's keeping time

CTIA 2008: Turin charges up the backhaul pole

Tellabs argues for the closing of the broadband divide

CTIA 2008: Ceterus rides the "virtual pipe"

CTIA 2008: IP/MPLS Forum creates wireless backhaul blueprint

Integra5 takes on the blended bundle

Fujitsu lights up new optical flame

Extreme fans the PBT flames

ECI takes charge of FTTH

Hitachi ups the FTTH ante

FTTH 2008: Motorola looks outside the FTTH box

FTTH Europe: Emerson's got the power

NetCracker targets the media-rich service environment

Motorola paves FTTH path for cable MSOs

World Wide Packets furthers Ethernet's ubiquity

Time Warner Telecom takes charge of backhaul

Cogent scales the Ethernet curve

MoCA taps for gold in coax

Qwest's Ethernet evolution

Cutthroat is high on Ethernet-based wireless backhaul

EMBARQ bulks up on broadband

Bonding with copper

Tekelec empowers service providers with visibility

Fujitsu takes the pain out of wireless backhaul

Alloptic rides the fiber wave

MetaSwitch's forward march

Fiber runs a forward pass to the home

Sonus rides the IP voice wave

Jim Farmer speaks out on FTTH

Verizon Business bulks up its IP capabilities

Hatteras fills the fiber gap

Sprint steps out with Ethernet

EMBARQ ramps up

Sycamore soups up the optical control plane

Ross Ireland looks forward

IneoQuest gets proactive about video monitoring

RCN Metro Optical Networks takes flight

Verizon sprints through the Ethernet revolution

Pannaway preaches to the next-gen broadband choir

Tekelec takes charge of SMS security

IPTV quality is SureWest's number one priority

Motorola takes IPTV prime time

PAETEC takes on the SMB

Tekelec sets a practical IMS migration

Vertical Systems Group sees growth in Ethernet services

Alcatel-Lucent Transforms Communications