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Rankings have arrived: Mobile Apps' Impact on Networks and Consumers

Edited By Peter Bernstein on July 2, 2014

By Josee Loudiadis, Alcatel-Lucent

Operators, consumers and application developers are fully interconnected in the mobile world. Yet they rarely recognize the impact they have on each other. That’s why Alcatel-Lucent has released its Mobile Application Rankings report — to increase awareness among consumers and the mobile industry and to promote app optimization. Here’s a sampling of the “blind spots” the report addresses:

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, BYOD, Customer Experience, Mobile Data, Next-Generation Communications, Wireless

Hackathon Generates New Conversations, New Applications and Potential Revenue Opportunities

Edited By Peter Bernstein on June 24, 2014

By: Gilles Duboué, IP Platforms Innovation Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent

Recently in Munich, Alcatel-Lucent ran a 12 hour Hackathon that pitted the industry’s best and brightest developers against each other. The mission: build the most original, compelling and marketable app using New Conversation APIs.

New Conversation APIs make the rich functionality of IP Communications simple to mash up into applications. By enabling developers to easily integrated voice, video, data and contact information into any app, service providers can innovate faster – providing entirely new communications experiences to end users from any screen, device and network. They enable operators to explore new opportunities for enhancing retail services and to pursue new wholesale markets through application partners (web, verticals, M2P, M2M…).

Posted in A New Conversation Experience, Alcatel-Lucent Corporate News, Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Business Talk, Customer Experience, Enterprise, Next-Generation Communications, VoLTE, WebRTC

NFV INSIGHTS: The making of NFV security - "from vision to reality"

Edited By Peter Bernstein on June 16, 2014

By: David Amzallag - Alcatel-Lucent Vice President, Virtual Telecommunications and CloudBand CTO

While network functions virtualization (NFV) introduces new challenges to security, it also presents unique opportunities for addressing security problems due to the unprecedented scale, flexibility, and central control it affords. Compute, storage, and network resources can be optimally allocated and stitched together as required by the security policy. Our approach to address NFV security is based on a recursive, divide-and-conquer methodology, which involves securing the Alcatel-Lucent CloudBand™ NFV Platform, cloud nodes, and the network that interconnects them. CloudBand uses policy-based placement capabilities enabled by the CloudBand Management System to install virtualized functions in their appropriate security zones, and re-uses the security services provided by NFV applications.

I thought it would be a good idea to describe the journey to this approach together with its "making of" episodes.

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Business Talk, Cloud, NFV, Next-Generation Communications

Bell Labs and the Art of Disruptive Innovation

Edited By Peter Bernstein on June 10, 2014

Mae Kowalke, TMCnet Contributor

Innovation takes many forms. But when it comes to the art of disruption, often it comes from quarters least expected. The breakthroughs that change the world are not something that can be forced or fully anticipated.

The foundation can be laid for disruptive innovation, however, as world-renowned research outfit Bell Labs well knows. Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, has been behind breakthroughs in innovation for generations.

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Corporate News, Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Bell Labs Innovation, Next-Generation Communications, Research

Ethernet VPN (EVPN) - Networks for Ethernet Services

Edited By Peter Bernstein on June 6, 2014

By: Greg Hankins, Senior Product Line Manager, Alcatel-Lucent

I’ve been talking a lot about EVPN recently at network operator conferences around the world, because I’m really excited about this new technology. EVPN offers an alternative to VPLS that integrates both Layer 2 and Layer 3 services, and can run over simple IP networks with ECMP for resiliency and load balancing. EVPN is an interesting new technology if you are providing a Layer 2 infrastructure over multiple sites, delivering integrated Layer 2/Layer 3 services, or providing cloud services.

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Business Talk, IP Platforms, IP Routing and Transport, IP/MPLS, Next-Generation Communications

Kabel Deutschland Simplifies its IP Edge

Edited By Peter Bernstein on June 3, 2014

Mae Kowalke, TMCnet Contributor

IP address exhaustion is an issue every Internet service provider must face. With the dwindling of IPv4 addresses, operators must migrate to IPv6 and seamlessly if they are to meet the needs of commercial, residential and mobile services.

For Vodafone Company Kabel Deutschland (KD), Germany’s largest cable operator, it was no question whether the move to IPv6 would be a bolt-on solution or something more integrated. A bolt-on solution would not do for KD, according to a recent Alcatel-Lucent case study on KD. The company needed to address the issue of flexibility to accommodate long-term growth and next generation service delivery without compromising its reputation for high-performance and high-value service.

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Broadband, Business Talk, IP Platforms, IP Routing and Transport, IP/MPLS, Next-Generation Communications

Shared Data Plans: A Tool for Attracting and Retaining Subscribers

Edited By Peter Bernstein on May 22, 2014

Alcatel-Lucent’s Rich Crowe opens a new chapter of the Six Degrees of Mobile Data Plan Innovation blog series by examining consumer interest in shared data plans.

Shared data plans have become popular with mobile operators. Today, 19 of the world’s 25 largest mobile operators by subscriber base size[1] offer data-sharing options. Many others are following suit and offering subscribers the ability to connect several users or devices to the same pool of mobile data.

For operators, the addition of shared data plans is about clearing new paths to market expansion, subscriber stickiness and bottom-line growth. But what do mobile consumers think of shared data? What factors make them more or less likely to embrace it? And what impact does it have on whether they stick with a mobile operator?

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, BYOD, Business Talk, Mobile Data, Mobile Marketing, Next-Generation Communications, Wireless

How to Kill Shadow IT: Step Two - Make It Completely Unnecessary

Edited By Peter Bernstein on May 19, 2014

By Bryan R. Davies, Senior Director of Enterprise Communications Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent

In my first blog in this series, I discussed the reasons enterprise employees are bypassing the IT department when they purchase business software. Most shadow IT users would put it this way: “That’s what I have to do to get my job done efficiently.” In many respects, that short summary goes right to the heart of the matter.

But I’d like to push a little deeper now and examine the place where shadow IT begins – the point where enterprise employees start believing it’s a necessary option. What’s the crucial factor there? Cumbersome processes with long delays? Inferior or out-of-date tools? Or could it involve how those employees are perceived and treated?

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Broadband, Business Talk, Enterprise, Next-Generation Communications

We Ask the Experts: How Can VoLTE Outperform Circuit-switched Services?

Edited By Peter Bernstein on May 2, 2014

By Jean Jones, Director, Wireless Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent

This second blog in our series begins a discussion of the most basic, yet crucial voice over LTE (VoLTE) question: How can you make sure your 4G voice service works as well — if not better — than familiar 3G wireless services. Your subscribers’ expectations are high now, as VoLTE services are launched on a larger scale. And they’re looking for carrier-grade quality.

To satisfy these expectations (and reap all the benefits of VoLTE), you need to start with a new way of thinking about service deployment. According to the VoLTE experts I’ve talked to, that means developing an end-to-end strategy. Then, ideally, carrying out your plan with the help of a cross-functional team.

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Business Talk, Next-Generation Communications, VoLTE, Wireless

We Ask The Experts: A Blog Series on Real-World VoLTE Deployments

Edited By Peter Bernstein on April 25, 2014

By: Jean Jones, Director, Wireless Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent

The reasons for deploying voice over LTE (VoLTE) are simple and straightforward. The service delivers better voice quality, boosts efficiency and opens up a wider world of revenue opportunities. But the process of deploying VoLTE is more intricate. And it involves unique considerations that are still unfamiliar to many wireless network providers.

That’s why we’re launching a new blog series, based on my interviews with our VoLTE experts. Each blog will offer key lessons and tips to help your VoLTE deployment proceed smoothly and successfully. These insights come straight from our team’s experience with leading VoLTE deployments in North America.

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Business Talk, LTE, Next-Generation Communications, VoLTE, Wireless

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