Pipeline Publishing, Volume 5, Issue 10- Letter from the Editor

Pipeline Publishing, Volume 5, Issue 10

	This Month's Issue:
	Cableco vs. Telco: Content is King

Letter from the Editor

“War... (huh, yeah)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing.” - Edwin Starr

Cablecos and Telcos are battling for market share in the communications space. It's a hard-fought battle on both sides, as each attempts to wrestle away larger pieces of the video, voice, and data pies, and there are some natural barriers for each to overcome. Who will win out? What will provide the edge? Bandwidth? Speed of rollout? Customer care?

Furthermore, what is the struggle for market share between Cablecos and Telcos all about? Corporate culture? History? Semantics? And with both attempting to maintain a position of being more than just bitpipes, do cablecos and telcos have more to fear from third parties than from one another?

In this issue of Pipeline, we explore the latest in this battle between Cablecos and Telcos. We hear from NPRG Industry Analysts Craig Clausen, Joe Kestel, and Dean Perrine on how cablecos and telcos are fighting to stay relevant, and from TM Forum President and

What is the struggle for market share between Cablecos and Telcos all about?

CTO Martin Creaner on Cable's activity in the enterprise space. We are also featuring some special coverage of the upcoming Cable Show, and additional thoughts and insights on the state of the Cableco/Telco landscape from Sigma Systems and NetCracker.

In addition, we have insights from Ed Finegold on the BSS arena, plus all the latest news in the OSS/BSS space.

Enjoy the issue, regardless of your particular allegiance in the Cableco/Telco fracas.

Best,

Tim Young
Editor-in-Chief

P.S. Pipeline welcomes your comments
and feedback.
Write to me at editor@pipelinepub.com.

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