AT&T adopts a common architecture for its real-time services Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100
Continuing out look at the state of the IP Multimedia System nation, today we hear about IMS advances at AT&T from Siroos Afshar, chief VoIP architect at AT&T Labs. He said: "[AT&T] did not start out by asking how we can use [IMS], rather we decided we needed to combine all our transport network into a single, global IP/MPLS network [that would support] every existing and future service." He continued: "Once a single transport architectural standard was set, and once the 3GPP added requirements [for IMS] to support wireline services with session management, we adopted a 'Common Architecture for Real-Time Services' that we call CARTS, building from IMS." Permalink: http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/converg/2007/1217converge2.html?fsrc=rss-bellsouth
FAQ: Telecom carrier immunity Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0200
Last week, President Bush urged Congress to grant major telecom companies legal immunity for any assistance they gave to the National Security Agency?s warrantless surveillance program. In this FAQ, we examine the issues behind telecom immunity, as well as the ramifications this could have for government-telco cooperation. Permalink: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/101707-telecom-immunity-faq.html?fsrc=rss-bellsouth
Supporting the virtual workplace becoming SOP Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0200
You may have noticed a subtle but significant change in your organization over the past few years. I?m talking about the increasing shift toward a virtual workplace in which employees and their bosses (or peers) operate out of different geographies. If you?re in Dallas, your boss is in Denver and your colleagues are in Detroit ? you?re a virtual worker. Permalink: http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2007/041207johnson.html?fsrc=rss-bellsouth
Ma Bell is almost back together again ? what changes? Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100
With the FCC having cleared the regulatory passageway for the AT&T and BellSouth merger, we?re even closer to having Ma Bell put back together again. And for those of us who were around in 1984, it brings back bittersweet memories of the old days. For that reason, we?d like to reminisce a bit in this newsletter and ask for your conjecture of what might be to come. Permalink: http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/frame/2007/0115wan2.html?fsrc=rss-bellsouth