Network service providers dealing with massive bandwidth demand are struggling to evolve their networks while keeping costs under control. Expenditures must be reduced and revenue per transported bit increased. Read this strategic white paper to learn more about a more value driven approach to network management. 

This paper is meant to help operators embrace a new strategy for differentiating and competing successfully in a market characterized by flux. 

This whitepaper will provide insight into: a- the communications requirements of three specific industry segments (transportation, energy and the public sector), b- best practices to deliver the services and manage the projects efficiently, and c- innovative solutions and strategies deployed by these industry segments. 

Telepresence is the best video conferencing available. This Pocket E-Guide explains how telepresence looks, feels and works; identifies key telepresence providers; and provides information to help you determine if an investment in telepresence is right for your organization. 

About a billion people worldwide do not have access to telecommunications services, mostly from lack of a power grid that can support network infrastructure. Traditional wireless networks for remote locations rely on costly generators that are hard on the environment. Read this whitepaper to learn about cost effective and eco-friendly alternatives. 

The purpose of this paper is to describe the attributes of a true customer-centric converged solution. From these attributes, a framework to measure and compare providers' converged solutions emerges. We will conclude with a review of Sprint's approach to offering true convergence to business and government customers. 

Network providers must re-examine how they can speed up innovation and time to market by working with trusted partners and developer communities. But energizing such an ecosystem takes careful planning. This podcast discusses the lessons learned in the market for working well with application developers, and best practices for network providers. 

Modern packet-based communications are sweeping away traditional telephony standards and changing the way businesses stay connected. SIP, the latest IP enabler to hit the market, is often portrayed as the key to implementing more sophisticated, flexible voice and unified communications. But is that a fact, or merely well-publicized fiction? 

Next generation services need to meet customer and carrier needs; network convergence is the technical goal, while IP transformation is the business goal. This guide addresses the challenge of planning for providers doing both at the same time and lays out a service delivery platform (SDP) and SOA roadmap to recreate the network architecture. 

Marcio Nespatti, Alcatel-Lucent, discusses the latest research on next generation advertising. 

See how Alcatel-Lucent helps service providers turn subscribers into audiences, dramatically increasing the value of advertising and content offers while enhancing the consumer experience on the screen of their choice. 

Many networking channel partners have put up the investment to understand and sell hardware components for unified communications (UC). This Pocket E-Guide details what skills you need to have to bring UC to life.