NXTcomm 2008

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Lead Story:

Cox feeling hospitable in Vegas

Cable provider pushing more HDTV, wireless data to big resort hotels

Big resorts are big business for Cox Communications in Las Vegas where hotel guests sometimes get better telecommunications offerings than they have at home. As an example, the Cox Business/Hospitality Network (CB/HN) has launched high definition video-on-demand (VoD) in the new Encore at Wynn Las Vegas resort hotel.

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Audiocast:
Goodbye DSL Forum, hello Broadband Forum

New name addresses the carrier's evolving last mile networking drive

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Telecom OnSite Video:

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The Mu-4000 creates and applies DoS traffic statelessly against a service to assess the effects on the ongoing health of that VoIP, IPTV or IMS-based service.
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Service Provider Roundtable:

Straight Talk About Ethernet

In the first in a series of new interactive Q&A sessions, Sean Buckley talks with three of the largest service providers on how they are addressing the need for business grade Ethernet services.

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OnSite Editors:

Our team of editors are OnSite at NXTcomm 2008, providing daily coverage of sessions, product announcements, keynote addresses, and more.

Sean Buckley
Editor in Chief, Telecommunications
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Jim Barthold
Senior Editor
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Audiocasts:

ADVA heralds the optical renaissance

New CMSO Ron Martin looks to conquer North American market

Martin's role as Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer (CMSO) at ADVA Optical Networking may have only begun last November, but his industry experience in building successful telecom organizations reaches back over two decades.

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Sorrento Networks rides again

President and Co-founder Jim Nevelle upbeat about optical market

Sean Buckley talks to Nevelle about the relaunch of the company and the future of the optical networking market.

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