Show Roundup | GLOBALCOMM 2006

GLOBALCOMM 2006 Show Roundup

The Windy City welcomed back a (smaller) contingent of Telecom experts in this post-Supercomm era. Globalcomm 2006 launched its inaugural show with a full press on key hot areas in the Telecom industry: IMS, IPTV, and Mobile Backhaul. While attendance was down from its predecessor event, Globalcomm delivered a comprehensive view into the key solutions available to service providers today.

Amongst the fanfare of the show, Current Analysis found over 40 competitive product and service announcements that have immediate, tactical competitive impacts on the market as a whole. As an Industry Analyst Group of Globalcomm, Current Analysis is making the Globalcomm show update reports available for purchase for a limited time!

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GLOBALCOMM 2006:
WiMAX & Mesh Roundup

Supercomm was never known as a major wireless trade show. Nobody expected a massive change from GLOBALCOMM. That did not stop vendors from highlighting or otherwise improving their wireless solution messaging at show.

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In the Show Update reports, our analysts evaluate announcements made at the show, and give their perspective and rating on the overall merit of the announcement as well as its importance to the vendor and the market as a whole. A further discussion looks at the competitive positives are of the announcement, and what the competitive are.

In the Advisory Reports, our analysts examine an important industry trend or issue, offering an assessment as to what the impact of the issue will be on the marketplace. The report defines the issue, and then provides perspective on what that issues means to the market segment and how vendors and their customers should react.

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GLOBALCOMM 2006 Reports	Current Perspective	Vendor Importance	Market Impact	Purchase Online
Broadband Infrastructure				Price: $99 US
VDSL2, GPON, and Partnerships Are Dominant Themes in the Broadband Sector	Advisory Report
Cisco Introduces the ISG and Enhances Its Broadband Aggregation Portfolio	Positive	Moderate/High	High
Ericsson Expands Ethernet DSL Access Solution Set and Partners with Kasenna for IPTV	Positive	High	Moderate/High
Juniper Generates IPTV Marketing Strides	Positive	Moderate/High	Moderate/High
Lucent Clarifies Its Network Architecture Strategy with Acuity	Neutral	High	Moderate/High
Alcatel Enhances Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture for Non-Stop IPTV Service Delivery	Positive	High	High
Business Network Services				Price: $99 US
Time Warner Telecom Brings the Ethernet WAN to the Integrated LAN	Positive/Neutral	Moderate	Moderate
Time Warner Telecom Scales Customer IP VPNs to 1 Gbps Nationwide	Neutral	Low	Low
Broadwing Takes Layer 3 MPLS VPNs Global with Global Crossing	Positive/Neutral	Moderate	Moderate
McLeodUSA Comes Back from Bankruptcy, Announces New Product Strategy and Management Team	Neutral	Moderate	Low
Covad's NextWeb Subsidiary Taps First Avenue Networks to Build a Wireless Growth Path	Positive/Neutral	Moderate	Low
Global Crossing Adds VoIP Metrics to Premises Monitoring Services	Positive/Neutral	/Moderate	Low
Time Warner Telecom Adds Ethernet on Copper Access Option	Positive/Neutral	Moderate	Low/Moderate
Global Crossing Revs up Its Latest Round of IP/MPLS Enhancements	Positive/Neutral	Low/Moderate	Low
Carrier Infrastructure				Price: $99 US
Highlights of New Network Convergence and Mobile Backhaul Solutions	Advisory Report
Nortel Unveils Its Approach to Carrier Ethernet Using Provider Backbone Transport	Positive	High	High
Juniper Delivers Next Generation Ethernet Cards for the M and T-Series	Positive/Neutral	Moderate/High	Low
Foundry Expands NetIron Family with New Compact Access Switch	Positive	Moderate	Moderate
ANDA Announces Network Expansion with Verizon Business Services	Positive	High	Moderate/High
Cisco Adds New NGN Capabilities to the 7600	Positive	Moderate	Moderate
Alcatel Enhances Its Non-stop IPTV Service Delivery with Service Assurance & Control	Positive	High	High
Axerra Addresses Wireless Backhaul with New ANX Series Platform	Positive	Moderate	Moderate
Carrier IP Telephony				Price: $99 US
IMS and VoIP Equipment Providers Showing Signs of Maturity	Advisory Report
Lucent Focuses on Bearer Path with Resource Manager	Positive	Moderate/High	High
FirstHand Introduces Mobility Gateway and Delivers Interoperability with BroadWorks	Positive/Neutral	High	Moderate
Nortel Goes Small with Introduction of CS 1500 Softswitch	Positive/Neutral	Moderate	Moderate
NexTone Moves up the (OSI) Stack with Dynamic Policy Management Technology	Positive	High	Moderate
Enterprise Communications - U.S.				Price: $99 US
Alcatel Adds Key Features to OmniPCX Office	Positive	High	Moderate
Mitel Delivers Enhanced IP Phone Options	Positive	Moderate	Low
Enterprise Communications - Europe				Price: $99 US
one-X Marks the Spot for Avaya’s New IP Phones	Positive	Moderate	Moderate
Alcatel Adds Apps to SMB Telephony Platform	Positive	High	Moderate
Mitel Answers the Call with Advanced IP Phone Options	Positive	Moderate	Low
Internet/Managed Services				Price: $99 US
Solegy Lassos EarthLink to Use Its Managed VoIP Platform	Positive	Moderate	Low
Optical Infrastructure				Price: $99 US
Lambda OpticalSystems Lights the Way to ATCA-based OOO Switching	Positive/Neutral	High	Low/Moderate
GLOBALCOMM 2006 Round-up: From ROADMs to New Product Roadmaps, Optical News Abounds	Advisory Report
ADVA Buys Movaz	Positive/Neutral	High	Moderate
ECI Launches XDM-40 in North America	Positive/Neutral	Moderate/High	Moderate
Tropic Touts R&D; Announces WSS-based ROADM and IPoDWDM	Positive/Neutral	High	Low
Lucent Provides Acuity for Core Optical Networks	Positive	High	High
Ciena Enhances CN 4200 Platform, Adds Hybrid Electrical-Optical ROADM Capabilities	Positive	High	Moderate
Infinera Boasts Higher IQ	Positive/Neutral	Moderate	Low
Alcatel Releases 1850 TSS to North American Market	Positive/Neutral	Low	Moderate
Fujitsu Pulls the Curtain Back on Advanced GPON Strategy	Positive	High	High
Wireless Infrastructure				Price: $99 US
Nokia Expands North American Services with LCC Acquisition	Positive	Moderate	Low/Moderate
Axerra Continues Push on Wireless Transport with AXN10-8	Positive	High	Moderate