Jason Ankeny
Juniper Research
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Interest in HTML5-based apps breeds new cottage industries
Developers have long complained of the fractured nature of mobile app development, requiring them to rebuild apps for each specific mobile platform they want to target. HTML5 has been touted as the solution--a way to create content once and publish everywhere, giving users the content they want on whatever device they are using. However, there are still problems with implementing certain types of apps in HTML5.
New York City needs to support Verizon's fiber switchover
The resistance to Verizon's replacement of copper infrastructure with fiber by six NYC landlords, and pushback by some subscribers, isn't entirely surprising. But the move to a fiber-based infrastructure is an important step forward.
Wireline moves forward amid shifting sands: a look at 2012's trends
It's been an interesting quarter for wireline and the telecom industry in general, with M&A activity continuing and traditional telcos swaying toward VDSL solutions. But some new trends have cropped up in the past few months.
Unified communications breathes new business revenue life into rural telcos
For many smaller independent ILECs, which have spent much of their 100-plus year lives selling nothing more than traditional POTS, unified communications for businesses is becoming a new revenue savior. As the PSTN declines, UC could mean the difference between survival or extinction.
Welcome to the Best of FierceTelecom 2012
In our special Best of FierceTelecom 2012 issue, we highlight some of our most popular, most informative and most interesting special reports and interviews that we compiled during the past year.
Sandy's new challenges reflect resiliency of traditional and next-generation services
As the Northeast continues to recover from the effects of Hurricane Sandy, critics have been quick to point out how vulnerable the communications infrastructure is to giant, unprecedented superstorms. Getting lost in the storm of "what-ifs," however, are the examples and data that showed how resilient and adaptive that infrastructure, and the people responsible for it, could be.
Looking at 10 innovators who changed the course of telecom
I would like to call your attention to our second annual "Innovators who changed the course of telecom" series. With the consumer's reliance on gaming consoles and wireless devices as well as their expectation of always-available high speed Internet, it's easy to forget the many innovators who laid the foundations that make these applications a reality.
Boosting business services: How the FCC's CLEC decision affects competition
On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission approved a request to grant cable operators limited forbearance from Section 652(b) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, freeing MSOs like Time Warner Cable, Comcast, and Cox Communications to purchase CLECs. Is the business services segment set to explode?
4G hotspot devices disappear from Time Warner Cable exhibit at New York State Fair
The Intelligo mobile hotspot that Time Warner Cable displayed at last year's New York State Fair was the hottest piece of technology in the exhibit. This year, things are very different.
Service providers find new opportunities in the data center
For the most part, the look of the data center has not changed much over the past ten years. But data centers have taken the central role of the mechanism to deliver cloud services to both large enterprises and SMBs.
