TMCnet.com RSS Service - Next Generation Communications http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com http://www.tmcnet.com/tmcnet/tmcimg/tmcnet3.gif http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/service-provider/articles/338956-motive-serviceview-mobile-simplifies-customer-care.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/service-provider/articles/338956-motive-serviceview-mobile-simplifies-customer-care.htm Tue, 21 May 2013 11:27:52 GMT Alcatel-Lucent's Motive unit helps moible service providers deliver simplier and better customer experiences. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/service-provider/articles/338938-nuage-networks-takes-lessons-the-cloud-datacenter-network.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/service-provider/articles/338938-nuage-networks-takes-lessons-the-cloud-datacenter-network.htm Tue, 21 May 2013 09:58:31 GMT Nuage Networks software defined network (SDN) enables datacenter transformation. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/service-provider/articles/338875-alcatel-lucent-receives-2012-smart-grid-product-the.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/service-provider/articles/338875-alcatel-lucent-receives-2012-smart-grid-product-the.htm Mon, 20 May 2013 17:35:58 GMT TMC and Crossfire Media have announced that Alcatel-Lucent is a winner of the 2012 Smart Grid Product of the Year Award for the company's 7705 Service Aggregation Router. The award is given by editors of SmartGrid.TMCnet.com in recognition of innovative contributions to the rapidly evolving smart grid industry http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338863-alcatel-lucent-receives-2012-smart-grid-product-the.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338863-alcatel-lucent-receives-2012-smart-grid-product-the.htm Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:21 GMT TMC and Crossfire Media have announced that Alcatel-Lucent is a winner of the 2012 Smart Grid Product of the Year Award, for the company's 7705 Service Aggregation Router. The award is given by editors of SmartGrid.TMCnet.com in recognition of innovative contributions to the rapidly evolving smart grid industry. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338685-next-generation-communications-week-review.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338685-next-generation-communications-week-review.htm Sat, 18 May 2013 07:58:00 GMT The breadth and depth of the elements that are part of the broad next generation communications community never ceases to surprise and amaze. This week, for example, saw items that ranged from experience management to wireless electronic surveillance to optical local loop simulation. While much of this is about plumbing, it is also about performance, i.e., it may not be sexy but it's critical. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338380-gartner-includes-centri-technology-cool-vendors-list.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338380-gartner-includes-centri-technology-cool-vendors-list.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 12:45:33 GMT Gartner has included CENTRI Technology in its impressive list of "Cool Vendors in Communications Service Provider Operational and Business Infrastructure, 2013." Gartner has honored CENTRI mainly for its Connected Experience Platform (CXP), which assists wireless operators and service providers to optimize network performance and smartly administer bandwidth. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338366-subsentio-offers-safe-harbor-probe-lte.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338366-subsentio-offers-safe-harbor-probe-lte.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 12:04:40 GMT Electronic surveillance provider Subsentio has announced the release of Safe Harbor Probe for LTE. This new option is said to enable mobile operators and switch manufacturers with a new, cost-effective solution with total compliance with the electronic surveillance laws. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338234-dragonwave-supplies-solutions-meet-peruvian-service-providers-growing.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338234-dragonwave-supplies-solutions-meet-peruvian-service-providers-growing.htm Wed, 15 May 2013 15:48:43 GMT DragonWave Inc., a global supplier of packet microwave radio systems for mobile and access networks, along with its Peruvian-based sales partner Electrodata, is deploying over 200 new DragonWave Horizon links as part of regional service provider Olo's expansion plans. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338087-telebyte-releases-model-700-series-loop-simulators-with.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338087-telebyte-releases-model-700-series-loop-simulators-with.htm Tue, 14 May 2013 15:24:14 GMT Telebyte, a supplier of DSL Physical-layer solutions, unveiled its Model 700 Series which is comprised of 15 different types of multi-channel/multi-standard local loop simulators with optional AWGN. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/industries/articles/338075-superior-hospitality-experience-trump-panama-relies-next-gen.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/industries/articles/338075-superior-hospitality-experience-trump-panama-relies-next-gen.htm Tue, 14 May 2013 14:57:20 GMT Alcatel-Lucent hospitality solutions enables Trump Panama to provide guests a superior customer experience. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338067-general-dynamics-finishes-pscr-interoperability-tests-public-safety.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/338067-general-dynamics-finishes-pscr-interoperability-tests-public-safety.htm Tue, 14 May 2013 14:38:55 GMT General Dynamics Broadband, a company dedicated in providing cost-effective, tested and proven network solutions for first responders working in Colorado and New York City, has now reached new milestone by successfully completing phase one and phase three of the long-term evolution (LTE) network tests at the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program at the Commerce Department's Boulder Laboratories in Colorado. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/industries/articles/337923-lte-a-natural-fit-dynamic-railway-communications.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/industries/articles/337923-lte-a-natural-fit-dynamic-railway-communications.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 18:20:38 GMT LTE will improve train-to-wayside communications and lead to new operational efficiencies. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/dynamic-enterprise/articles/337918-what-wuxi-china-teach-us-the-smart-city.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/dynamic-enterprise/articles/337918-what-wuxi-china-teach-us-the-smart-city.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 17:59:55 GMT Insights about how a crisis drove Chinese city to focus on a smart city reorientation. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/service-provider/articles/337908-customer-experience-management-cem-priority-but-needs-more.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/service-provider/articles/337908-customer-experience-management-cem-priority-but-needs-more.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 17:21:18 GMT New study focuses on need for service providers to improve their customer experience management capabilities. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/337836-data-center-without-walls-could-upset-dpi-policy.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/337836-data-center-without-walls-could-upset-dpi-policy.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 13:18:24 GMT ABI Research recently released a new report entitled "Virtualization and Integration of Policy, DPI and Optimization Functions" as part of its Next Generation Optimization, DPI and Policy Research Service, which states that 4G networks and virtualization are changing the way networking is done. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/337735-tmcnet-next-generation-communications-week-review.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/337735-tmcnet-next-generation-communications-week-review.htm Sat, 11 May 2013 09:00:00 GMT From semiconductor news to wireless performance analysis, this week the Next Generation Communications Community news once again highlights the diversity of community interests as do the items that were the topics of featured coverage. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/337399-alcatel-lucent-ceo-michel-combes-hints-what-lies.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/337399-alcatel-lucent-ceo-michel-combes-hints-what-lies.htm Wed, 08 May 2013 18:35:27 GMT He has only been on the job several weeks, but new Alcatel-Lucent CEO Michel Combes got a baptism by fire as he addressed the company's shareholders during its annual meeting in Paris. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/337353-telefonica-argentina-picks-alcatel-lucents-customer-experience-management.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/337353-telefonica-argentina-picks-alcatel-lucents-customer-experience-management.htm Wed, 08 May 2013 17:08:08 GMT Alcatel-Lucent's Customer Experience Management portfolio has been assisting operators around the world to enhance their consumer service experience. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/337175-avago-technologies-acquires-javel-semiconductor.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/nextgen-voice/articles/337175-avago-technologies-acquires-javel-semiconductor.htm Tue, 07 May 2013 16:57:46 GMT Avago Technologies Limited, a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, has acquired Javelin Semiconductor, Inc., one of the pioneers in high performance radio frequency (RF) and mixed signal CMOS integrated circuits for wireless communications. http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/industries/articles/337126-alcatel-lucent-drives-connected-hospital.htm http://next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/industries/articles/337126-alcatel-lucent-drives-connected-hospital.htm Tue, 07 May 2013 12:56:30 GMT Rapid Business Assessments (RBA) for Healthcare rests on Alcatel-Lucent's Connected Hospital Reference Model.