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Parting Brooklyn Shots

Leaving Brooklyn and Telx CBX 2008. It was a great show for TMC and many in the telecom market. IPV6 was certainly one topic which came up repeatedly and was perhaps the most top of mind concept at the event.

By the way, one of these shots is just of New York traffic. I want you to have the full feel of driving in New York. ;)

Blogged Live and Wirelessly from CBX 2008 in New York

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Telx Channel Program

Kirk Horton the VP of Channel Sales at Telx discusses the company's new channel partner program. 20 partners have signed already according to Horton.

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CBX 2008 News and Analyis

Telx CBX has kicked off and I am going to be doing all the video reporting in about 20 minutes. Here is my quick take on the news breaking from the show so far:

WBS Connect will provide telepresence service and more importantly provide a global gateway allowing customers to interconnect private telepresence networks. This is a no brainer idea and certainly fills a need in the market. It may be early to call it a need but there is a proliferation of telepresence rooms at the moment and this obviously means interconnecting them all will be more important.

Tiscali International will be deploying new POPs in Toronto, Seattle, Atlanta and Dallas. The carrier is exclusively dedicated to the wholesale IP/MPLS market and the company’s TInet (Tiscali International network) is expanding in relation to its customer’s needs according to Paolo Gambini the company’s CMO.

Telx, the company behind CBX 2008 is expanding within 118th Avenue, New York and expects revenue growth of 40% for 2008. The company is growing in cross connects and customers. In addition, Telx has a new channel partner program recognizing referral, agent and alliance partners. This program is led by Kirk Horton.

My analysis is simply, it is a good time to be in the carrier hotel business and the Telx team has done a great job being ahead of the curve on technology such as voice peering and they haven’t been afraid to promote new and innovative ideas that help the company’s customers. In the carrier hotel/colocation business - as your customers grow, so do you.

Nextlink Wireless has just launched broadband wireless service in New York City meaning New Yorkers will have even more choices when it comes to broadband service. At a time when disaster recovery is so important and there are so many financial institutions that need to take advantage of redundancy strategies, it is a great to have a new service provider in your area that can provide bandwidth of up to 800 Mbps. Now how do I get a test network of that speed in my home? ;)

Ciena has announced that Mzima has deployed the company’s CN 5060 Multiservice Carrier Ethernet Platform across the US and Europe. It will support MPLS and enable the carrier to provide new high bandwidth services. This deployment is part of network build-out of a separate MPLS network which is separate from the IP backbone. This is big news for Ciena and further shows that the need for bandwidth is ever increasing and technologies like video, telepresence and others are responsible for companies needing ever more bandwidth which today’s generation of fiber equipment providers are happy to fill.

There is more of course but no time to go on. Check back later for more and be sure to visit TMCnet often.

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CBX 2008 Morning Photos

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On The Way To CBX

Here are some shots of Grand Central Station in NYC on my way to the Telx CBX event in Brooklyn.

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HTC Touch Pro

The HTC Touch Pro may be the ultimate Blackberry killer. I know the term "killer" is used very often but let's look at this situation carefully... People who type a lot benefit from a keyboard. Sure, an on-screen keyboard works but it is not ideal. I beleive one of the reasons the Blackberry does well is because it has a great keyboard and the OS is very stable.

Getting back to HTC, the Touch Pro gives you HSPA, WiFi, 640x480 resolution, Windows Mobile 6.1, a 3.2 megapixel camera and more. In fact, if the device is half as good as the specs lead me to believe, it will become a new benchmark for mobile products.

The one downside is Windows Mobile which quite honestly needs work. I haven't used 6.1 but prior version of Windows Mobile products are known to freeze and many people I speak with have stopped using Microsoft mobile devices because of this problem coupled with lousy battery life.

Personally, I carry 1-2 extra batteries with wherever I go so I don't run out of juice at a critical time.

The device will be available later this year and no word on Verizon/Sprint support at the moment. This is yet one more reason to switch to GSM. One wonders if the upcoming iPhone will also feature 640x480 resolution. If not it will be at a major disadvantage.

I have to say that this is the year where mobile devices have truly taken the leap to allow you to truly surf the web on the go. I find this a very exciting time to be in the communications and technology market.

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