Pipeline Publishing, Volume 5, Issue 1

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	Cableco vs. Telco

NXTcomm Hits Sin City

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was in the past, to a show about all things broadband. We certainly don't want to forget about our core. The engineering and hardware pieces are still important and well-represented at the event.

However, you certainly have to recognize video content as the single biggest driver for infrastructure and investment. As a part of that, we need to be focusing on the events and the models that a guy like Mark Burnett, who is creating video content for a number of different platforms, sees this. Where is he taking his empire over the next several years? Where does he see the growth and the trends?

Pipeline: You're certainly not alone in including more of the content side. It's something that I see even smaller events paying more attention to. It's something telecommunications companies have to always be considering. Otherwise the content companies can run an end-route around them and start incorporating their own virtual networks and beyond, bypassing the service provider altogether.

Wayne Crawford: I think one of the biggest things that the CSPs are struggling with, from Verizon and AT&T to your rural provider somewhere in Kansas, is that they don't want to be dumb pipes that are commoditized for voice. They want new and exciting revenue models. That includes triple play and quad play and what have you. They'll continue to carry voice, but they want to branch out as well.

Pipeline: Did you have anything else to convey to our readers about the event?

Wayne Crawford: Well, we're going to Vegas. It's a new location. We're very excited about it. We're trying to bring in some new audiences from out in California and some of the other western states, but we're also trying to maintain the audience throughout the country, and worldwide. I think some of our international marketing is starting to pay off as well. We're seeing high numbers of pre-registrations, internationally. We're also looking forward to returning to Chicago in 2009. That's always been an excellent draw for us. There's a strong business community there. We're very proud of our keynotes lineup. We're also very excited about our co-location with Infocomm, which is the event for the professional A/V industry. We expect to get some decent crossover from them and vice versa.

Some Must-Sees.

Here are some companies that may be of particular interest to the OSS/BSS set at NXTComm:

We're also very excited about our co-location with Infocomm, which is the event for the professional A/V industry. We expect to get some decent crossover from them and vice versa.

ALCATEL-LUCENT (Booth 3116, South Upper Hall)

At NXTComm 2008, Alcatel-Lucent will highlight technologies, systems and services that enable service providers to transform their services, networks and business to deliver secure, personalized applications and services to their customers. Alcatel-Lucent’s objective is to address the challenges service providers and enterprises face as they address changing end-user behavior, new business models, and market dynamics.

Alcatel-Lucent’s NXTComm demonstrations will include an application suite for mobile social networking and mobile marketing; a managed customer interaction services solution; a targeted advertising application; end-to-end IMS integration involving voice, video, IM and presence; interactive mobile TV; multi-screen entertainment application for any time, any where personalized content; service delivery and quality assurance solutions to stream-line service creation and drive down costs; two key architectures that can enable the quality required – Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture (TSPDA) and Mobile Entertainment Transport Architecture (META).

ACTELIS (Booth SL8916)

Actelis Networks® will be showcasing its award-winning Ethernet in the First Mile products that they feel will enable telcos and enterprises to fully leverage the benefits of Ethernet networking. One of these new products is the ML650 Ethernet Access Device, providing a combination of Ethernet and TDM circuits for 2G, 3G and 3.5G base stations with up to 100 Mbps of connectivity delivered over existing copper faculties. Actelis’ goal is to enable mobile carriers to utilize CES pseudo wires to complement and, ultimately, replace traditional T1/E1s. The ML650 EAD implements a clocking solution with timing accuracy and resiliency equal to or better than that provided by traditional T1/E1 circuits. The ML650 EAD is the industry’s first product that can truly support a comprehensive migration strategy for mobile backhauling

POLYSTAR (Booth SL5323, Lower floor)

Polystar Group will showcase its new Ultimate Customer Experience Management Solution

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