Current Analysis

headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a regional wireless operator, offering and...acquiring and operating PCS licenses as a small business. It began commercial...business. It began commercial operations as a wireless operator in #### and...million in financing arrangements from a private syndicate led by Bear

Bell Wireless (CBW) has been a wholly owned wireless subsidiary of...rates and takes advantage of a wireless reach far beyond its...Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio areas. As a result, the company offers both...by selling new products, such as advanced data services, and lowering

headquartered in Irvine, California, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sprint...Sprint Nextel Corporation. Boost is a lifestyle-based brand presently focused...developing and distributing prepaid pay-as-you-go wireless communications products...Push To Talk (PTT, or as Boost calls it, ?The Chirp

in March ####. It became a public company in October ####...listing on the Singapore Exchange a month later. The Singapore government...The Singapore government still retains a ##.##% stake in SingTel...it has been engaged in a major program of acquisitions across

service provider core networks, such as China Netcom, China Unicom, China...needs of service providers such as China Telecom. The NE####E is...China Telecom. The NE####E is a fifth generation router based on...interconnection technology. The NE####E offers a distributed design, and it provides

The CRS-# series supports a broad range of optical interfaces...to OC-###/STM-###, as well as a complete portfolio of IP over...is designed to scale in a multichassis configuration, to be fault...to various control plane processes as required. IOS XR enables software

Exchange (CSX) is no longer a threat to the competition and...steady and significant enhancements, such as the addition of packet interfaces...and the acquisition of SwitchMaxx, a Web-based self-care and...on traditional markets and interfaces, as competitors looked to expand into

IP core services while supporting a broad spectrum of interface speeds...high levels of throughput plus a broad range of features such...broad range of features such as high availability, Layer #/#...GMPLS plus multiservice support such as MPLS-ATM interworking. Product success

range of hosting services with a focus on the domestic U...and IBM) that are leveraging a collection of assets with their...continues to see globalization and a growing shift by businesses to...provider hosting centers continues with a number of new data centers

its RBOC peers, it has a service record that spans more...record that spans more than a century. Long-distance carrier Qwest...West, which is now known as Qwest Corporation. (This profile covers...access, wireless services sold through a partnership with Sprint Nextel, and

product in #### and became a public company in ####. Headquartered...areas that Cisco has identified as having the potential to create...add new advanced technology markets as market conditions demand. For several...several years, Cisco has been a rolling acquisition train, using acquisitions

softswitch platform from Huawei remains a competitive product in the softswitch...China. Huawei has also emerged as a strong vendor in the EMEA...is wisely presenting and positioning a two-pronged IP transformation strategy...that includes the adoption of a Class # softswitch to cap

MSO space. Time Warner is a longtime and substantial customer with...capabilities, can be surrounded by a market-leading collection of switching...and packet cable (NCS) subscribers, as well as SIP-based features for SIP...support nearly # million BHCA, a figure still significantly less than

Insignus softswitch, which is more a collection of functional modules than...collection of functional modules than a unified system, belongs in the...world. This distinction was historically a disadvantage in the first phase...TDM-to-IP transition, as carriers were highly reluctant to

consolidated its data services around a converged IP portfolio. Sprint offers...MPLS VPN over Peerless IP, a highly secure IP network that...Sprint#;s global IP network as well as the public Internet. The carrier...SprintLink global IP network has a direct presence in an estimated

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), a diversified communications company headquartered in...platform is designed to meet a range of hosting needs as well as an array of advanced \##...Intelligent Content Distribution Service (ICDS), as well as other managed services. AT&T...Application Acceleration was introduced, providing a global service to speed up

The Italtel Softswitch (i-SSW), a part of the Italtel Multi...international competition. The company enjoys a ##.#% share of the...SSW?s modular construction facilitates a graceful migration to IMS session...strategic partnerships. In addition to a long-term and extensive relationship

in the European market, such as GTS Datanet envia TEL and...conjunction with IPTV middleware or as a standalone VoIP service enabler, the...increasing number of service providers as a means of avoiding being locked...of avoiding being locked into a single-vendor hardware architecture. The

S. Company Description Fiberlink is a security-focused, multi-bearer remote...Fiberlink started life knitting together a multi-bearer network of dialup...and carrier RAS providers such as AT&T and Verizon Business...Extend### Mobility Platform, consisting of a remote access software client, Extend

in Florham Park, NJ, is a global facilities-based provider that...company was founded in #### as a construction and wholesale capacity provider...##.# billion) to construct a global fiber network with ###...Singapore Technologies Telemedia, which holds a majority stake in the company

its RBOC peers, it has a service record that spans more...record that spans more than a century. Long-distance carrier Qwest...West, which is now known as Qwest Corporation. (This profile covers...in net income in ####, a reversal from a $### million net loss for

DCC support, leading port density, a compact footprint, and now Layer...value of Nortel?s offering. As an MSPP offering, the Nortel...Ethernet interface support?including ##GbE, a service that is likely to...likely to grow in importance as carriers expand their high speed

Going further, the DMX features a # Tbps backplane, meaning that...in this product category and a very competitive VT#.# fabric...system?s port density) addressing a previous weakness of the DMX...products is supported by a common management system and offers

popularized in the late ####s, as the benefits of using public...An IP VPN consists of a set of protocols that provides...refers to methods of encapsulating a data packet within an IP...offer CPE-based IP VPNs as managed services, in which they

AT&T Global Network with a comprehensive portfolio of IP VPN...T?s BusinessDirect Web portal, a customer window into AT&T...IP VPN strengths, making it a powerful player serving enterprise customers...player serving enterprise customers on a domestic and global scale. Aside

than ## countries. GXS has a wide range of hosted supply...chain solutions. The company offers a wide range of services to...Current Perspective We are taking a positive stance on GXS, an...network services. The company has a large global sales and professional

Infrastructure Company Description SEEBURGER is a privately held provider of B#B...SEEBURGER was founded in #### as an integrator for the automotive...capabilities. The firm also has a Small Partner Integration Suite, which...Partner Portals, Spoke Connectivity and a Paper-to-ERP solution (enables

NYSE: RHT) is widely recognized as the leading Linux operating system...to global enterprise customers through a completely open source business and...Hat surrounds this foundation with a number of infrastructure solutions focused...the application infrastructure market with a robust cadre of cross-platform

is purpose built to be a strong SONET transport platform geared...port capacities, can scale from a ## Gbps single chassis configuration...Gbps single chassis configuration to a ### Gbps non-blocking STS...leading performance, the combination in a single, scalable platform makes provides

competitive with other RAS offerings as they leverage legacy MCI?s...via T-Mobile. This is a more limited network than other...remain competitive. The carrier takes a somewhat different approach to value...for compliance of applications such as Personal Firewalls, anti-virus or

in the U.S. (via a Tier # CDMA EV-DO...access around the world on a bring-your-own-access basis...game,? and it changed to a SaaS model in ####. It...in ####. It has integrated a wide variety of security software

metro edge SONET platform provides a breadth of functionality that makes...ONS ##### provides customers with a wide range of capabilities to...signals up to ##GbE, and a full set of SAN interfaces...data switching to address traditional, as well as emerging, edge traffic demands. Going

of the primary tasks of a metro edge transport platform is...interface support (including ##GbE) and a large ### Gbps Ethernet switch...### Gbps Ethernet switch in a single shelf, make the CN...shelf, make the CN #### a good option for carriers looking

Carrier IP Telephony Market Definition As VoIP traffic continues to increase...data back to VoIP, is a wasteful exercise that requires the...between IP networks, however, creates a number of service-delivery issues...solve many of these problems. As the name suggests, SBCs sit

Company Description AudioCodes (NASDAQ: AUDC), a maker of IP communications products...was $##.# million, with a net income of $###,###...customer base is extensive and a reflection of the fact that...Current Perspective We are taking a slightly positive stance on AudioCodes