Magazine: June 2006
Back on track?
The telecoms industry is no longer just struggling back onto to its feet, it's "back on a long-term growth path", says Lawrence Gasman, president of market research firm CIR.
Agile networks address the triple-play challenge
As service providers seek to offer voice, data, video and even mobile services to consumers, Meriton's Ken Davison argues that agile optical networking provides a cost-effective solution with the flexibility to meet future infrastructure requirements.
Plastic fibre promises ubiquitous optical access
Plastic optical fibre could provide a low-cost and easy-to-install solution for fibre-to-the-home networks. Alessandro Nocivelli of Luceat explains how a new European consortium is developing the technology needed to deliver real broadband to consumers.
PMC buys into the PON market
PMC-Sierra's purchase of Passave positions the IC vendor to address the burgeoning PON chip market. Roy Rubenstein finds out more.