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Telephony & Wireless Review’s editorial team present Inside Telecom & Wireless Webcasts. Each Webcast features an inside look at a technology or service that is shaping service providers’ business, networks and strategies. Featuring an industry discussion with respected industry analysts, these Webcasts provide viewers intelligence about today’s most important technologies, services and trends. Click below to view Webcasts.

CONVERGED SERVICES AND THE ROAD TO IMS

Converged Services and the Road to IMS

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As IMS continues to mature, carriers are looking for incremental ways to move toward network convergence. In this informative Webcast, our industry panelists focus on the core drivers for IMS as well as some of the ways service providers can begin to offer converged services in advance of full IMS deployment. Telephony's Jason Meyers and Senior Analyst Joe McGarvey from Current Analysis engage in an industry discussion with Riccardo Beccaris from Vodafone and Ali Kafel from Stratus about the requirements for IMS-ready services and how IMS can help service providers quickly rollout new, revenue-generating services and increase ARPU. View Webcast.

INSIDE TELECOM: WiMAX

Inside Telecom Market Briefing: WiMAX

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2005 is expected to be the year that the broadband wireless promise of WiMAX technology is put to the test in commercial networks. Telephony & Wireless Review editors and Mobile Competency discuss WiMAX standardization and equipment certification efforts, expectations of new network platforms, the timing of WiMAX deployment and what broadband applications to expect from this nascent technology. View Webcast now.

INSIDE TELECOM: TRIPLE PLAY

Inside Telecom Market Briefing: Triple Play

Featured Analyst: Ntelec Inc.

The future of communications services, with its promised blend of integrated voice, high-speed data, video and mobile offerings, will be as much about marketing and positioning as it will be about technology platforms and choices. In this video production, Telephony and Wireless Review editors Vince Vittore and Jason Meyers decipher the inexact science of service bundling, along with other mysteries of the next generation of telecom services, with communications industry consultant and futurist Neale Martin. View Webcast now.

INSIDE TELECOM: IMS

Inside Telecom Market Briefing: IMS

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Throughout the telecom industry, the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) architecture is often heralded as the silver bullet for network convergence, but in reality the implementation of IMS will be a long and complex process. In this audio program, Chad Hart, telecom program director for market research firm Venture Development Corp., talks with Telephony and Wireless Review editors Dan O’Shea and Vince Vittore about the various phases of IMS deployment, the challenges of deploying a new platform for convergence and when telecom carriers and their customers are likely to start realizing the benefits of new applications driven by this platform. View Webcast now.

INSIDE TELECOM: VoIP

Inside Telecom Market Briefing: VoIP

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The last year has seen more developments in the voice-over-IP market than the previous five years combined. No longer relegated to niche providers and early adopters, VoIP
has gone mainstream, with virtually every incumbent carrier now jumping on the bandwagon. Telephony & Wireless Review editors and Infonetics Research explore the different service models for VoIP and the bevy of network technology options for deploying it. View Webcast now.

INSIDE TELECOM: SERVICE QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Inside Telecom Market Briefing: Service Quality Management

Featured Analyst: OSS Observer

As the long migration to IP finally gets into full swing, service providers are seeking for assurances that their investments are paying off and that service quality is not compromised. Service quality management will soon become a distinct effort within the operations environment for establishing those assurances. Telephony & Wireless Review editors & OSS Observer explore the depths of SQM and its relationship to network and service management. View Webcast now.

INSIDE TELECOM: IPTV

Inside Telecom: IPTV

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The telecom service provider world is tuning into IPTV offerings as part of a counter-offensive strategy against encroaching competition from cable TV operators. But plenty of question marks remain about the IPTV business model and how the technology can help carriers differentiate themselves in the video market. Join Telephony and Wireless Review editors Vince Vittore and Jason Meyers for this video webcast as they discuss the new platforms, services and challenges of IPTV with TeleChoice CEO Danny Briere. View Webcast.

INSIDE TELECOM: FTTP

Inside Telecom Market Briefing: FTTP

Featured Analyst: Millennium Marketing

Since launching a joint RFP in mid-2003, Verizon, BellSouth and SBC have made fiber-to-the-premises a major issue for the entire industry. Since that time, though, the market has split into different camps, reflecting diverse perspectives on technology options. In this Inside Telecom Webcast Telephony & Wireless Review editors and Millennium Marketing explore the various ways carriers are deploying fiber deep into the access network, their incentives for doing so, and the service possibilities the effort creates. View Webcast now.

INSIDE TELECOM: ETHERNET SERVICES

Inside Telecom Market Briefing: Ethernet Services

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Ethernet services are among the fastest growing sectors of the industry, and ILECs are responding to the trend by offering gigabit speed service to interconnect corporate LANs and, in some cases, Ethernet in the first mile. Telephony & Wireless Review editors and Current Analysis analyze why the market has quickly adopted the technology and its impact on traditional data revenue streams. View Webcast now.