Voice Over LTE & the 'IMS Gap'
Gabriel Brown, Senior Analyst
LTE is an exciting new technology, but will it ever really take off if it doesn't support voice and SMS?
VIEW ALL ANALYST COLUMNS
3G in Tunisia: Vive la France (Telecom)!
Sylwia Boguszewska (Analyst)
The new entrant will have an edge over current operators as the first mobile operator to provide 3G services.
MORE PYRAMID POINTS
Pyramid Research joins the Light Reading Network!
For details, CLICK HERE
To visit Pyramid, CLICK HERE

Sign up now to get exclusive previews of Heavy Reading's upcoming research, discounts on research purchases - and even the chance to earn free reports and free passes to Heavy Reading events!
Click here to receive a guide
to our upcoming reports
Click here for more information on any Heavy Reading report, or call Sales Director Dave Williams at (858) 485-8870.
'Backhaul Strategies for Mobile Operators' was a seminal document that had a major impact on our company...
Michael Collette
President and CEO
Narad Networks
The company chose the Allied Telesyn iMAP after seeing the August 2005 Heavy Reading report...
- Official Press Release
Allied Telesyn Inc.
We downloaded your latest report on European BB [broadband], and it's been a hit here at ECI.
- Sandra Welfeld
Director of Business Intelligence
ECI Telecom
China Mobile Swaps Out Datang 3G Kit
Lack of TD-LTE support prompts China Mobile to swap ...
Carrier Ethernet Suffers Shrinkage
The carrier Ethernet switch/router market will shrink ...
AlcaLu Preps New Optical Platform
It's not just Ciena that has OTN switching on its ...
Ericsson: We Can Do 500 Mbit/s Over VDSL2
Ericsson says it can achieve broadband speeds of 500 ...
Ciena Preps 'CoreDirector 2'
Ciena is in the advanced stages of developing a ...
Convergence Grips Gateway Vendors
A new breed of gateway is making its way into carrier ...
Europeans Ramp FTTH Rollouts
Operators expand their fiber-to-the-home rollouts in ...
Cable Starts to Seed All-Fiber Future
Deployments and trials are underway, but the market ...

HEAVY READING FEATURED ITEMS
REAL WORLD RESEARCH
IP Network Transformation Quarterly Market Tracker
This new quarterly service - developed jointly by Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research - tracks and forecasts the migration of carrier networks from circuit-switched TDM legacy switches to packet-switched VOIP technologies in North America, Western/Eastern Europe, and Asia/Pacific. Distributed in PowerPoint format, the tracker evaluates each region’s network operators on their aggressiveness with respect to network transformation through 2013. The tracker also analyzes the business potential in this market for vendors by country and carrier, providing granular insight into this emerging market unavailable from any other source.

For a FREE PREVIEW of this exciting new product, please contact:

Dave Williams
Sales Director, Heavy Reading
858-485-8870
dave.williams@heavyreading.com
LATEST RESEARCH
IPTV 2.0: Delivering the IP Promise
Vol. 7, No. 6, June 2009
IPTV has grown steadily over the past few years, but to compete with cable and satellite in the future, IPTV providers will need to differentiate their offerings by leveraging their all-IP, digital platform. They will need to deliver on the initial promise of IPTV – seamlessly delivering entertainment and communication to any device of the consumer's choosing. This report analyzes IPTV deployments worldwide, identifying the most successful and innovative providers and examining the next-generation IPTV applications and services they are developing. The report also examines the vendors most involved with IPTV 2.0 innovation and reviews their application roadmaps and recent announcements.
LENGTH: 63 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS
MORE RESEARCH
Carrier Ethernet Access Platform Quarterly Market Tracker
This special Heavy Reading service delivers detailed analysis of three types of next-generation copper-based carrier Ethernet access solutions: Ethernet over TDM access circuits, Ethernet over bonded copper pairs, and Ethernet over fiber switch/demarcation platforms. Distributed in PowerPoint format, this quarterly tracker includes strategic analysis of 11 CEAP suppliers, including revenue and market-share breakouts, as well as revenue projections through 2011. It also identifies and analyzes each vendor's customer wins, providing granular insight into this emerging market unavailable from any other source.

For a FREE PREVIEW of this exciting new product, please contact:

Dave Williams
Sales Director, Heavy Reading
858-485-8870
dave.williams@heavyreading.com
Packet-Enabled Optical Networking Quarterly Market Tracker
This special Heavy Reading product delivers a comprehensive forecast for an emerging product class known as packet-optical transport systems, including how its growth will affect both the metro/regional WDM and multiservice Sonet/SDH markets. Distributed in both Excel and PowerPoint formats, this quarterly tracking service examines service provider plans to adopt advanced packet-optical transport systems through 2012. It also analyzes the market strategies of eight major equipment vendors and identifies their customer wins to date, providing granular insight into this nascent market sector unavailable from any other source.

For a FREE PREVIEW of this exciting new product, please contact:

Dave Williams
Sales Director, Heavy Reading
858-485-8870
dave.williams@heavyreading.com
Ethernet Backhaul Quarterly Market Tracker
This special Heavy Reading product delivers a global perspective on the transition of cellular networks from TDM-based backhaul to IP/Ethernet-based backhaul. Distributed in PowerPoint format, this market tracker provides forecasts through 2011 for the adoption of new Ethernet capabilities throughout the cellular network; considers the relative prospects for different types of Ethernet backhaul technology; and analyzes which features cellular operators will require in the future. The tracker also highlights key vendor wins in the Ethernet backhaul space, providing granular insight into this emerging market sector unavailable from any other source.

For a FREE PREVIEW of this exciting new product, please contact:

Dave Williams
Sales Director, Heavy Reading
858-485-8870
dave.williams@heavyreading.com
Hosted Applications Deployment & Market Perception Study
This special Heavy Reading product provides critical and timely insight into network operator plans for hosted application services deployment on a service-specific basis, as well as service provider perceptions of technology leaders in the hosted applications market. The study, distributed in PowerPoint format, is based on an exclusive, worldwide survey of 99 network operator professionals, representing nearly 70 telecom service providers operating on six different continents. Purchasers also gain access to a searchable database of full survey results for deep analysis by a range of respondent demographic factors, including geographic region, company size, type of network operator, and respondent job title.

This new study is the second in the Market Leadership Series, a new Heavy Reading research service that delivers unparalleled insight into network operator deployment plans and market expectations for emerging technologies and services.

For a FREE PREVIEW of this exciting new product, please contact:

Dave Williams
Sales Director, Heavy Reading
858-485-8870
dave.williams@heavyreading.com
Cable Next-Gen Technology Quarterly Market Tracker
This special Heavy Reading product charts the continuing shift of North American cable operators from the largely proprietary, analog networks of the past to standards-driven, digital, IP-based networks. Distributed in PowerPoint format, this market tracker provides forecasts through 2012 for MSO capex commitments and deployments of next-generation technologies such as Docsis 3.0, PacketCable, CableCARD, and tru2way. The tracker also analyzes MSO plans to upgrade their networks to offer broadband data, VOIP, interactive TV, HDTV, DVR, and other advanced services, providing granular insight into this fast-developing market unavailable from any other source.

For a FREE PREVIEW of this exciting new product, please contact:

Dave Williams
Sales Director, Heavy Reading
858-485-8870
dave.williams@heavyreading.com
Femtocell Deployment & Market Perception Study
This special Heavy Reading product provides critical and timely insight into network operator plans and expectations for femtocell deployments, as well as service provider perceptions of technology leaders in the femtocell market. The study, distributed in PowerPoint format, is based on an exclusive, worldwide survey of 111 network operator professionals representing nearly 80 telecom service providers operating in six different continents. Purchasers also gain access to a searchable database of full survey results for deep analysis by a range of respondent demographic factors, including geographic region, company size, type of network operator, and respondent job title.

This study marks the debut of the Market Leadership Series, a new Heavy Reading research service that delivers unparalleled insight into network operator deployment plans and market expectations for emerging technologies and services.

For a FREE PREVIEW of this exciting new product, please contact:

Dave Williams
Sales Director, Heavy Reading
858-485-8870
dave.williams@heavyreading.com
Carrier Ethernet Switch/Router Quarterly Market Tracker
This special Heavy Reading service delivers complete up-to-the-minute intelligence on one of the telecom equipment industry's most critical sectors: carrier Ethernet switch/routers (CESRs). Distributed in both Excel and PowerPoint formats, the quarterly tracking service provides a complete accounting of CESR revenues, including breakouts of each supplier's revenue and market share, revenues by geographic region, and revenue projections through 2010 by region and application type. We also analyze each vendor's market strategy and identify and analyze customer wins, providing granular insight into this emerging market unavailable from any other source.

For a FREE PREVIEW of this exciting new product, please contact:

Dave Williams
Sales Director, Heavy Reading
858-485-8870
dave.williams@heavyreading.com
10-Gbit/s Ethernet Components: The Market Takes Shape
Vol. 7, No. 5, June 2009
This report delivers a complete competitive analysis of more than 340 different optical modules, 10GE PHY devices, and integrated switches from more than 40 vendors. The report offers insights into the availability of 10GE components and how the overall market for 10GE systems and components is likely to develop in the future. It covers key product features of each 10GE device, including the latest 10GBase-T devices, as well as power, price, and availability for each product. All the main 10GE transponder form factors are covered, providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date independent product analysis available for the 10GE components sector.
LENGTH: 72 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS
Subscriber Data Management & the Era of Analytics
Vol. 7, No. 4, May 2009
This report analyzes the business and technology factors that will influence the development and implementation of subscriber data management (SDM) for next-generation telecom networks and services. It provides deep insight into the SDM value proposition associated with the integration of state information and profile data into real-time services, and it evaluates emerging standards and deployment models for SDM. The report also profiles more than 20 different technology suppliers vying for market leadership in the SDM sector, offering a full SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis and providing market intelligence on key partnerships and customer wins for each SDM vendor.
LENGTH: 75 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS
The Optical Switching Revival: Rebuilding Optical Networks for Packets
Vol. 7, No. 3, March 2009
This report offers a detailed investigation into the future of optical switching, including Ethernet switching and OTN switching, as well as developments in the optical control plane, such as the ITU's ASON recommendations, the IETF's GMPLS standards, and the OIF's implementation agreements for control plane interoperability. The report analyzes 12 leading and innovative suppliers in optical switching, based on exclusive, in-depth interviews with components suppliers, systems suppliers, and network operators. It also draws on a wealth of user and survey data collected by Heavy Reading to provide deeper insight into network operator plans and expectations regarding deployment of optical technologies.
LENGTH: 47 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS
Next-Gen Cable Networks: Opportunities for Fiber-Based Technologies
Vol. 7, No. 2, February 2009
This report explores cable's initial forays into the FTTP market, examining the prospects for MSOs as they seek to expand beyond their traditional HFC architectures by extending fiber to the customer premises. The study analyzes the opportunities for cable operators to capture greater portions of the residential and commercial markets through targeted plant extensions to new housing developments, apartment building complexes, business locations, rural areas, and other segments. It evaluates the significant obstacles that MSOs must overcome to transform themselves into major players in the FTTP arena and measures how well RFoG technology stacks up against competing telco delivery systems.
LENGTH: 51 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS
Access-Independent Gateways: The Edge of Next-Generation Networks
Vol. 7, No. 1, February 2009
This report assesses the potential for the optimization of networking functionality at the edge of the network, focusing specifically on the potential of access-independent gateways (AIGs) – capable of simultaneously supporting multiple wireline and wireless access networks – as new points of opex reduction and new revenue generation at the edge. The report evaluates the design and performance requirements for AIG equipment and analyzes the positioning of the different vendors within this space. It also examines the product plans of 12 leading gateway vendors and details the factors that are causing different vendors to approach the AIG opportunity in different ways.
LENGTH: 54 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS
LTE Base Stations & the Evolved Radio Access Network
Vol. 6, No. 16, December 2008
Long Term Evolution (LTE) is emerging as the leading choice for next-generation wireless networks worldwide. This report analyzes the technology and business factors that will drive LTE deployment, with a focus on the radio access network (RAN), cell site implementation, and the LTE base station products under development by leading vendors. The report also provides Heavy Reading's first-ever forecast of LTE rollouts and market revenues, through 2015, and contains detailed analyses of the LTE strategies now being developed at nine leading 4G technology suppliers, focusing on each company's prospects for long-term success in this critical mobile technology sector.
LENGTH: 61 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS
Optical Networking for Tier 2/3 Operators in North America
Vol. 6, No. 15, November 2008
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the often overlooked Tier 2/3 optical networking market in North America. It presents Heavy Reading's first-ever forecast for optical transport spending among Tier 2/3 operators in North America, as well as a complete five-year forecast for optical transport spending across all operators in the region. The report also provides market-share information for optical transport suppliers in this market. Finally, this report profiles three Tier 2/3 network operators, examining their optical networking plans and needs, and analyzes ten optical networking vendors that focus on the Tier 2/3 market in North America.
LENGTH: 42 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS
The Rise of the Session-Aware Media Gateway: A Competitive Analysis
Vol. 6, No. 14, November 2008
The long-term future of the media gateway is uncertain: One faction of vendors is predicting that the media gateway will become irrelevant in the all-IP world of the future, while another community views the SIP-empowered media gateway as capable of making the transformation into a true IP network device. This report analyzes the media gateway portfolios of 17 leading vendors, addressing product and market strategies, as well as portfolio strengths and weaknesses. This analysis is augmented by four appendices, which provide comprehensive specification-level metrics for 45 media gateway products, to assist network operators with future media gateway purchasing decisions.
LENGTH: 120 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS
Policy Control & DPI: The New Broadband Imperative
Vol. 6, No. 13, September 2008
Policy control and management, including deep packet inspection (DPI), looks set to become a major weapon in the arsenal of both wireline and wireless service providers implementing IP and broadband next-generation networks and service portfolios. This report examines the entire spectrum of policy tools, including policy servers and decision points, DPI, call admission control, subscriber authorization and authentication tools, content and applications management, and identity management. The report is based on comprehensive interviews with more than 30 vendors, as well as an exclusive, worldwide survey of more than 100 service providers, seeking their opinions on the future of policy control.
LENGTH: 74 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS
Telco Transformation: Change or Die Trying
Vol. 6, No. 12, September 2008
The transformation of today's telcos into next-generation service providers requires more than hefty doses of capital spending and the development of next-generation services; it also requires a fundamental shift in the ways that telcos approach, plan, and execute their businesses. Evaluating the performance of ten of the world's largest network operators, this report provides an evaluative framework for measuring how they are approaching the need for internal process transformation, their relative progress in the transformation process, and how much further they need to go in their efforts to become truly competitive providers of 21st-century services.
LENGTH: 83 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS
Cable vs. Telcos: The Battle Over Business Voice Services
Vol. 6, No. 11, July 2008
This report explores the cable industry's initial forays into the commercial voice market, examining the prospects for MSOs as they seek to expand beyond residential service. The report analyzes the opportunities for cable operators to capture various segments of the SMB market through targeted network improvements, technology deployments, equipment upgrades, service rollouts, and marketing maneuvers. It also explores the numerous hurdles that cable providers must overcome to realize their dreams of commercial success. The report profiles and analyzes the commercial voice plans of five major North American MSOs, and examines 19 technology, equipment, and service suppliers in this growing sector.
LENGTH: 59 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS
For a full listing of available reports, click here.




Copyright © 2009 United Business Media Limited - All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy    Terms of Use