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Last week, I had the privilege of sneaking into a conversation between our CTO team and a local journalist about the advances we have made so far with the Tera Santa Consortium...

I think that each and every one of us has experienced at least once the “cash register crisis.” I am referring to that moment when you get to the cash register to pay for all the “must have” items you have just picked up...

It was recently announced that Israel’s largest cellular operator Cellcom is planning to deploy street cabinets aimed at offering wireline broadband services, based on a FTTC model...

Improving our lives doesn't mean more complexity. It means better connectivity and the right infrastructure.

Applications that can benefit from extending MPLS to the Metro using MPLS-TP...

With the maturation of Carrier Ethernet, we are seeing operators deploy – or desire to deploy – single, converged metro networks...

The grand opening of CeBIT took place on Monday, March 5. This year...

Utilities in South Africa are facing similar problems as their colleagues in the rest of the world...

Here's my mashup of content and analysis from FTTH 2012...

If someone wants to surf web pages, download MP3s, share photographs or watch streaming video, then the currently offered broadband services are good enough. But...

IT challenges for utility companies are diverse and getting increasingly complex...

This past week, I had a great meeting with Powercom, a company offering Smart Grid and smart metering implementation...

In the telecom industry perhaps more than most, change is the only constant...

I am in the market for a new car. I am looking at all the possibilities (and boy, are there possibilities)...

Back from Ethernet Expo Americas (EENY), with incredible insight on the packet transport market…

Incumbent operators have been on a seesaw in recent years. Once on the up side and leading with voice and data services...

In our previous posts, we explored the concept of P-OTS and its shortcomings and discussed the need for...

As winter descended on the lovely Madrid, members of the EUTC (European Utilities Telecom Council) assembled once again for...

In my last post, we explored the concept of P-OTS and, more specifically, how the technology failed to live up to operators’ expectations for next-gen transport but...

P-OTS, or packet-optical transport systems, were introduced to the market a few years ago...

In our final post in the VDSL vectoring blog series, we’ll discuss the major issues involved in access network maintenance, and introduce ECI’s unique approach that virtually eliminates...

Driven by the richness of content in vertical markets, operators and telecoms vendors alike are constantly looking for ways to convert networks...

As I get to the Fiumicino airport in Rome, I find out that my flight has been delayed by two hours. That’s the bad news.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post here inviting you all to attend Light Reading India’s Next-Generation Packet Transport Networks conference...

Now let’s look at the business case for vectoring deployments.

This year, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Much has changed since the organization was formed in 2001 to...

In our previous post, we introduced VDSL2 vectoring as a viable solution for eliminating crosstalk, improving...

Vectoring, also known as ‘DSM L3,’ is a novel VDSL2 technology that helps wireline telephony carriers eliminate...

I think it’s safe to say that most of us can’t imagine an existence without electricity. And that’s precisely why power utilities play such a key role in...

Hear ye! Hear ye! If you’re a telecoms operator in India (or if you’re interested in the Indian market in general), I want to tell you about an exclusive...

Okay, I’ll admit it – the sight of yet another ‘demo’ at a trade show doesn’t really excite me.

Thanks for coming back for the second installment in our series of blog posts on securing the haul. If you missed our first post, Spider-Man, Uncle Ben & cellular networks, just click here to view it.

Last week, I and several of my colleagues from ECI once again visited the East Africa Com event in Nairobi, Kenya.

“With great power comes great responsibility” – Uncle Ben to Peter Parker (aka Spider-Man)

It’s true, we’ve been hearing about IP address exhaustion for years. But last month, we heard an additional warning siren: the last available IPv4 addresses were allocated this month by Icann

The mobile data explosion, which caught even the most visionary of network gurus by surprise, is driving the push to roll out high-capacity LTE systems. With early LTE deployments now in place, the rest of the field is looking to play catch-up

We’ve heard it time and time again: industry events are in decline…no one goes to events anymore. Well, I’m here to tell you that the reports on the death of the trade show have been greatly exaggerated.

Recently someone asked me why packet transport is so hyped right now. I answered that I don’t see it in those terms. To me, something that’s ‘hyped’ is exaggerated or intensified in a questionable way, and packet transport is none of those things.

I am in India, where the MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) is hosting two seminars on Carrier Ethernet services. One was held two days ago in Mumbai and the other is taking place today in Bangalore

Originally, cloud computing was about SaaS (Software as a Service), and now it is a widely used term in the IT industry.

Traditionally, a utelco’s path would entail leveraging its internal communication infrastructure to become a carrier-of-carriers, and then a full telecoms operator, which, as we mentioned in a previous post, would result in the highest

For utelcos, what are the business models that can be employed to help them make the most of the opportunity? And moreover, once they are in place, what impact will these models have on the utilities’ businesses?

I recently had the pleasure of attending Frost & Sullivan’s third annual African Excellence Awards Banquet, which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa.

A group of us from ECI, along with Ivan Soldo from NewTelco, traveled to Uganda in East Africa in early December for a telecom workshop. I’ll get to the details on the workshop in a moment, but I must first say that Uganda is an absolutely beautiful

Of course, just because the communications opportunity is real for the utilities, doesn’t mean that all utilities simply need to follow the same blueprint to achieve success as utelcos. Every utility has a different constellation of assets and capabilitie

Anytime there’s a business opportunity that looks promising, there will be entrants into the space from many different directions.

It was a classic showdown at high-noon, with tumbleweeds rolling by. There could only be one winner, and the other would have to leave town, never to return.

Now that we’ve outlined the clear need for Active Ethernet, in addition to GPON, let’s take a look at who will benefit.

I never thought I would think of telecom in religious terms, but two discussions I had recently with analysts got me thinking.

My colleague Orly Nahum and I participated this past week in the largest telecoms conference and exhibition on the African continent – AfricaCom. Held in Cape Town, South Africa, AfricaCom was a very busy conference that was attended by over 4,000 telcos.

The decision-making process regarding if/when to make the full transition from SDH/SONET to MPLS reminds me of the dilemma I face as I weigh upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. It’s a classic battle between old and new.

We are just back from the European Utility Telecom Conference in London. The only event of its kind dedicated to gas, water and electric utilities from all over the world

You may have heard that ECI Telecom has been accepted as a participant in the prestigious United Nations (UN) Global Compact initiative

Everyone knows that broadband networks are in the midst of a migration process. And I love the way the industry talks about it in such a matter-of-fact way.

Well, not exactly … but its popularity with senior marketing management within the vendor community has waned in recent years due to a relatively high cost and low ROI.

If you’re a service provider or carrier and you’re attending Broadband World Forum 2010 in Paris later this month, I have an awesome opportunity for you.

I’ve mentioned it here before on this blog, but I want to make this absolutely clear: I’m not a technologist. I’m a marketing person. And when I say “marketing,” I don’t mean product marketing. Rather, I lean more towards the marcoms side

NGN, or next-generation network, is a phrase that will always accompany us. It’s one of those buzzwords that, no matter how often we use it, won’t become cliché.

System architecture is about theory and practice. If anyone thinks differently, the end result will be an ill-planed system or worse.

Recently, there’s been tremendous growth in the delivery of next-gen services. This growth is due in large part to the considerable number of operators who have transitioned to NGN (next-generation networks).

One of the hot topics today is wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network, or “WDM-PON,” and for good reason. In a nutshell, WDM-PON is a next-gen access technology

There’s a semi “new” trend emerging in the telecommunications industry, and it’s the adaptation of IT-like offerings for current and new customers.

When it comes to unifying a network management system (NMS), does less really equal more?

In my role within ECI’s Americas region, I get to speak with a lot of operators. Something that’s become very clear to me is this: there’s an especially positive environment for wholesale wireless backhaul in North America.

Years ago, there was a terrific arcade game called “Space Invaders.”

Besides trying to explain to my husband where I was going (“You are going on a roadshow to talk about Wally’s WHAT????”), everything else fell into place when we launched our wireless backhaul solution on July 14th

With so much hype surrounding technology, we tend to forget the human beings behind the revenue projections, service offerings and network operations

Beauty is a subjective matter. Still, there is common agreement that as much as it is possible, native is beautiful, healthier and, of course, simpler

I’d like to take a brief departure from the usual technical blog post and delve into a topic that we don’t often address with you directly: marketing

Driven by the consumer market, the notions that ‘youth equals beauty’ and ‘new is best’ are always present in the backs of our minds.

Welcome to 1NetAvenue, the official ECI Telecom corporate blog. Here, you’ll hear from a variety of ECI folks across the many regions and markets we serve. We hope you find it to be an interesting and fun way to engage with us!

I'm just back from the Philippines, where we recently hosted a roadshow for telecoms operators. We met with the smart people behind the telecoms sector in the country and engaged in an exciting discussion of the challenges facing them in the next few year

Although I will often complain of the amount of traveling I do, I absolutely love it when I get to interact with the smart folks in our industry. As an Analyst Relations professional, I am lucky enough to “have” to meet with the top telecoms analysts

How many times have you found yourself struggling to achieve something, only to forget what prompted you to try it in the first place?

Last month, IIR held its first-ever MEF Congress in Latin America, Carrier Ethernet World Americas (CEW Americas). In this Q&A we sit down with Rafael Francis, ECI’s AVP of Technology and Marketing in the Americas