On the landline side, the incumbent service providers have been notoriously lousy at record keeping. There are still in place very antiquated inventory systems along…
Category: Bandwidth on Demand
Surviving in a 10G World
Given that the lion’s share of the discussion in telecom forums is about vaporware, it is not surprising that a lot people in the industry…
Monetizing Older Networks: An Overreach?
Although one of the most thought-provoking panels at OFC 2015 will be on the monetization of optical networks, which will include seasoned experts who are…
Ciena Probably Overpaying for Cyan
A prima facie case can be made that the $400 million price tag on Cyan is out of line. In effect, Ciena should have problems…
AT&T’s “Transformation” Begs Disbelief
In general, AT&T is a competent service provider with the most established brand in the industry, and thus, no manager needs to fear ever getting…
CenturyLink Could be a Sleeper
When a typical industry observer thought of CenturyLink over the past several years, the following aspects probably came to mind: only a handful of major…
