SOFNET TV: Exclusive Interviews

This exclusive program features interviews with some of the leading names appearing at SOFNET 08, from 28 April - 1 May.

Listen to interviews with Paul Jackson, IEC; Elena Branet, Microsoft; Paul Gainham, Juniper Networks; Gordon Rawling, Oracle; Richard Strike, ADVA; and Thomas Breuer, Logica.

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Crossing the Chasm to Mass Market Fibre

End to end engineered FTTH cabling solutions

Hear from Vèronique Stappers, Telecom Global Segment Developer, how Nexans provides cable solutions for operator diversity and lower CAPEX. Visit Nexans at FTTH Council Europe 2008, Palais des Congrés, booth G4.

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ITU Asia 2008: Verizon Business expands global presence

Takes lead role in Trans Pacific Express cable network build

By Sean Buckley

Ihab Tarazi, vice president of global network planning for Verizon Business, talks about the ILEC's continued expansion into Asia Pacific and its ongoing work with the Trans Pacific Express submarine cable build.


Actiontec swings into the home network

Brian Henrichs, Actiontec Vice President of Business Development, discusses emerging trends in the home networking market.

HGI drives the home gateway evolution

Duncan Bees, CTO of the Home Gateway Initiative, describes how the HGI is helping the telecom industry make sense of the rapid changes in the home network.


Kineto finds new FMC bright spots

Steve Shaw, Associate Vice President of Marketing for Kineto Wireless, talks about emerging FMC trends.


Lonnie Martin takes charge of Aktino

ADC alumn Lonnie Martin, who was appointed CEO of Aktino this past March, discusses why he chose to take the helm at the up-and-coming vendor.

Alcatel-Lucent brings IPTV to the next level

Jim Guillet, Assistant Vice President of Triple Play product marketing for Alcatel/Lucent, talks with Sean Buckley about how service providers can leverage their broadband network and IPTV network build outs to generate a sound return on this new investment.

Exalt takes the hybrid wireless backhaul route

Wireless operators are having to rethink how they deploy their wireless backhaul network infrastructure. Amir Zoufonoun, founder and CEO of Exalt Communications discusses how operators can address working with today's TDM reality despite the wireless IP future.

NXTcomm 08: NewEdge makes quality job number one

In this special NXTcomm 08 edition of Telecommunications' Audiocast series, Sean Buckley, Editor in Chief, talks with Brett Theiss, director of channel programs and director of product management and training for New Edge Networks.

Hammerhead remains bullish about Layer 2.5 networking

Hammerhead's recently appointed President and CEO Rob Keil talks to Editor in Chief Sean Buckley about his new role and the state of the telecom market.

More Audiocasts:

NXTcomm 2008: iBasis: wholesale voice is evolving

NXTcomm 2008: Cox finds gold in the commercial services market

NXTcomm 2008: Goodbye DSL Forum, hello Broadband Forum

NXTcomm 2008: ADVA heralds the optical renaissance

NXTcomm 2008: Sorrento Networks rides again

Starent Networks rides the wireless wave

Vonage is on the mend

Kore Telematics is high on M2M

Fanfare bridges the manual to automated testing gap

Virtela finds continued acceptance of access-lite VNO model

Ulticom responds to the service-oriented drive

New Step refreshed

Overture offers Ethernet for all seasons

Alcatel/Lucent is living on the edge

NEC plots a 100 Gbps course

Symmetricom's keeping time

CTIA 2008: Turin charges up the backhaul pole

Tellabs argues for the closing of the broadband divide

CTIA 2008: Ceterus rides the "virtual pipe"

CTIA 2008: IP/MPLS Forum creates wireless backhaul blueprint

Integra5 takes on the blended bundle

Fujitsu lights up new optical flame

Extreme fans the PBT flames

ECI takes charge of FTTH

Hitachi ups the FTTH ante

FTTH 2008: Motorola looks outside the FTTH box

FTTH Europe: Emerson's got the power

NetCracker targets the media-rich service environment

Motorola paves FTTH path for cable MSOs

World Wide Packets furthers Ethernet's ubiquity

Time Warner Telecom takes charge of backhaul

Cogent scales the Ethernet curve

MoCA taps for gold in coax

Qwest's Ethernet evolution

Cutthroat is high on Ethernet-based wireless backhaul

EMBARQ bulks up on broadband

Bonding with copper

Tekelec empowers service providers with visibility

Fujitsu takes the pain out of wireless backhaul

Alloptic rides the fiber wave

MetaSwitch's forward march

Fiber runs a forward pass to the home

Sonus rides the IP voice wave

Jim Farmer speaks out on FTTH

Verizon Business bulks up its IP capabilities

Hatteras fills the fiber gap

Sprint steps out with Ethernet

EMBARQ ramps up

Sycamore soups up the optical control plane

Ross Ireland looks forward

IneoQuest gets proactive about video monitoring

RCN Metro Optical Networks takes flight

Verizon sprints through the Ethernet revolution

Pannaway preaches to the next-gen broadband choir

Tekelec takes charge of SMS security

IPTV quality is SureWest's number one priority

Motorola takes IPTV prime time

PAETEC takes on the SMB

Tekelec sets a practical IMS migration

Vertical Systems Group sees growth in Ethernet services

Alcatel-Lucent Transforms Communications