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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 The Ultimate Mashup: Web 2.0 & Next-Gen Telecom Application Servers Vol. 6, No. 6, May 2008 As the Web and telco worlds continue to collide, telecom application servers are rapidly moving into much closer alignment with Web application servers. This report examines the effect of Web services on next-generation telecom application servers, identifying competing programming and API techniques, protocols, and hardware configurations that telcos must include in their purchasing criteria. It includes a case study of the BT 21st Century Network initiative, capturing the strategies, decision points, and variables BT considered in plotting its transition. The report also profiles 28 leading suppliers of Web and telecom application servers, analyzing their products, development plans, and technology strategies. LENGTH: 67 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS MORE RESEARCH 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. 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For a FREE PREVIEW of this exciting new product, please contact: Dave Williams Sales Director, Heavy Reading 858-485-8870 dave.williams@heavyreading.com Flat IP Architectures in Mobile Networks: From 3G to LTE Vol. 6, No. 5, April 2008 The surge in demand for 3G mobile broadband is generating unprecedented volumes of data traffic, and growth is set to accelerate in 2008 and beyond. To manage this rapid traffic growth while simultaneously lowering cost per bit and achieving greater flexibility in pricing structures, mobile operators will have to adopt flat, all-IP network architectures to replace legacy TDM and ATM architectures. This report focuses on the next-generation packet core as the key platform for differentiated service delivery, the evolution of IP radio access networks, and the move to all-IP architectures as preparation for the introduction of LTE access networks. LENGTH: 61 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS Reinventing the Telco: A Heavy Reading Progress Report Vol. 6, No. 4, April 2008 As their heritage telephony businesses continue to decline, telcos face a deepening identity crisis. What kind of companies will telcos become in the future? This report analyzes the key strategies and decision points that Tier 1 incumbent telcos now face as they make their long-term network and business transformation plans. The report is based on an exclusive, worldwide survey of more than 360 network operator and technology supplier professionals, focusing on their views regarding next-gen telco transformation. The report also profiles five major telcos that are working to remake themselves into next-gen telcos: France Telecom, KT, NTT, TeliaSonera, and Verizon. LENGTH: 36 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS Photonic Integration & the Future of Optical Networking Vol. 6, No. 3, March 2008 This report reviews the evolution of the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) and provides a framework for PIC market segmentation. It offers an overview of the photonic integration market, including the leading approaches for passive and optoelectronic photonic integration, and the primary applications today and over the next five years. The report also analyzes the nascent but potentially disruptive technologies of silicon photonics, including detailed information on commercial and laboratory innovations in this area. Finally, the report provides in-depth analysis of more than a dozen emerging suppliers in the photonics integration sector. LENGTH: 43 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS Carrier Ethernet Services: The View From the Enterprise Vol. 6, No. 2, February 2008 This survey report, based on feedback from 92 enterprise users of Ethernet connectivity and Ethernet-based access services, provides a comprehensive, up-to-date view on carrier Ethernet service and technology trends. The report presents our findings on legacy and next-generation data connectivity services trends; the most important product- and non-product-related factors enterprises consider when purchasing Ethernet services; current and planned enterprise use of Ethernet connectivity services and applications; current and planned enterprise spending on Ethernet services in relation to geographic reach and service type; and enterprise views regarding the importance of certain QOS capabilities. LENGTH: 26 PAGES    PRICE: $3495 SEE DETAILS FTTH Worldwide Technology Update & Market Forecast Vol. 6, No. 1, February 2008 This report provides a comprehensive view of the global transition from copper to fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure, setting out a global forecast for the number of households that will be connected by FTTH from 2007 to 2012. The report also examines in depth key developments in the underlying technology, describing the various types of FTTH, along with their advantages and disadvantages. The report provides a comprehensive review of FTTH developments in the major regional markets of Europe, North America, and Asia/Pacific, and finally examines the positioning of 19 major vendors in this important emerging market segment. LENGTH: 75 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS Switched Digital Video & Cable's Looming Bandwidth Crisis Vol. 5, No. 16, December 2007 Cable MSOs increasingly recognize the need to expand their overall capacity and/or utilize existing bandwidth more efficiently in order to compete with satellite and telco IPTV providers, and switched digital video (SDV) has emerged as the leading technology to address this problem. This report explores the accelerating development of SDV, focusing on deployment issues and the long-term suitability of SDV to meet the cable industry's capacity crisis. Specifically, the report examines cable operators' plans to test, master, and deploy SDV technology over the next two years, and identifies and analyzes the market and technological obstacles that stand in the way. LENGTH: 52 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS The Future of Optical Transport Networks: 40G & the Road to 100G Vol. 5, No. 15, November 2007 2007 marks the first real volume deployments of 40-Gbit/s technology in operator DWDM networks, but even as 40G finally starts to get off the ground, 100G already looms large on the horizon as its replacement. This report delivers the industry's most comprehensive forward-looking analysis of the path to 100G DWDM deployment and the role that 40G will play along the way. The report is based on three months of in-depth interviews with major industry players, as well as results of a detailed worldwide survey of more than 100 service provider professionals regarding their plans for both 40G and 100G deployments. LENGTH: 41 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS Monetizing IPTV: The Next-Gen Video Advertising Opportunity Vol. 5, No. 14, September 2007 With IPTV infrastructure investments reaching tens of billions of dollars worldwide, telcos are eager – maybe even desperate – to seek out and tap into all revenue streams available to them via IPTV service delivery. The prospects for capturing a share of the $150 billion market for TV advertising are clearly enticing. This report examines the value chain for TV advertising and discusses the challenges that the TV advertising business poses for IPTV service providers. It explores the available technology and business models and provides an in-depth accounting of the digital TV advertising ecosystem, along with the key players and technology suppliers. LENGTH: 59 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS Network Transformation: Moving Class 5 Services to IP Networks Vol. 5, No. 13, August 2007 This report provides a roadmap for the migration of Class 5 telephony infrastructure – the next stage in the transformation of the TDM-based PSTN into an IP-based communications and entertainment network. Featuring in-depth reviews of the strategies and product portfolios of nearly 20 leading IP transformation vendors, along with carrier strategies for leveraging the buildout of broadband networks to deliver primary-line VOIP and multimedia services, this report provides insight into the various standards and methods service providers are employing to oversee the final phase in the dismantling of expensive legacy networks and the transition of subscriber services to IP-based session control. LENGTH: 58 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS IMS Deployment Update: Promise & Challenges Vol. 5, No. 12, July 2007 The report analyzes the progress network operators have made to date in deploying IMS technologies, focusing on the key factors that continue to drive IMS spending and the obstacles that remain for IMS to fulfill its initial promise as the key enabler of next-generation integrated telecom services. The report presents results of an exclusive, worldwide survey of service provider professionals regarding their attitudes toward and spending plans for IMS. The report also analyzes IMS deployments by nearly two dozen network operators worldwide, and includes an update of IMS deployments and contract wins claimed by leading vendors in the IMS sector. LENGTH: 59 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS Telecom in TV Land: A Roadmap to the New Digital Media Ecosystem Vol. 5, No. 11, July 2007 This report provides a detailed assessment of the digital media content value chain, focusing on the changing market dynamics of the television industry. It assesses the impact of emerging technologies and applications on this market and analyzes the likely roles that telecom carriers will play in the new TV industry model. The report presents several possible scenarios to evaluate the likely consequences of new digital applications and analyzes the critical success factors, leading indicators, and best strategies for approaching the new digital media ecosystem. It also profiles 16 digital video market leaders, including both Internet video and telco IPTV providers. LENGTH: 54 PAGES    PRICE: $3995 SEE DETAILS For a full listing of available reports, click here.

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