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Real, Live Video Conferencing of Smart Devices on LTE, WiFi, and 3G

Last week at CTIA, during a scheduled press conference on May 8 th at 11:00AM, Dialogic demonstrated the future of video conferencing by tying together collaborative input including live people and video streams, on various devices, on various advanced...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 05-15-2012

Filed under: LTE, Video Conferencing

SBCs: A New Necessity for Service Providers and Enterprises, Part 2

In my blog from last week, I talked about today's communications network environment and how Session Border Controllers (SBCs) are critical when it comes to interconnecting TDM and IP networks. This week, I'd like to talk about the specific benefits...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 05-08-2012

Filed under: SBC, Session Border Controller

Session Border Controllers: A New Necessity for Service Providers and Enterprises, Part 1

Today's communications networking environment is rapidly changing and very complex. IP has become the new transport methodology for delivering voice and video services, while converged applications are growing quickly and video is expanding at exponential...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 05-01-2012

Filed under: SBC, Session Border Controller

The Impact of $100 Smartphones

In last week's blog I explored the surge in mobile data traffic. And when economical smartphones enter the scene, most likely throughout the course of 2012, the surge will simply continue. The IDC Asia " Confronting Telecom's Network Challenge...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 04-24-2012

Filed under: Wi-Fi, Smartphone, bandwidth optimization, Data Communications, backhaul infrastructure

The Wireless Data Challenge

We’ve all read about the surge in wireless data traffic which has been happening for the past few years and is expected to continue going forward. You probably know people who own a smartphone and an iPad and a laptop and use all of those devices...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 04-17-2012

Filed under: Blackberry, IPhone, IPad, Smartphone, wireless data traffic

IPV6 – Coming Soon to a Network Near You

I just attended a meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force in late March. One of the major topics of discussion was the upcoming launch of IPv6. IPV4 has been the standard for IP networks since the very early days of the Internet, but IPv4 was designed...

Posted to Corporate Blog by James Rafferty on 04-12-2012

Filed under: SBC, IP to IP, Session Border Controller, IPV6, IPV6 Launch Day

The Need for Data Speed: A Bizarre and Unexpected Trip to the Past

Last month, I was in Hong Kong for business. From an internet access perspective, I was expecting great things since Hong Kong has been a leader with internet access over the years. However; it turned out to be one of the worst internet connectivity experiences...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 04-10-2012

Filed under: Blackberry, Wi-Fi, IPad, Internet access

Backhauling around the world

As you know I attended Mobile World Congress and yes, backhaul was a big topic. Building out the infrastructure to deal with the data needs of the subscribers while ARPU is declining is the problem. This was also echoed at the recent Mobile Backhaul Asia...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Neil Weldon on 04-06-2012

Filed under: 4G, 3G networks, mobile communication, bandwidth optimization, mobile bandwidth optimization, Mobile Backhaul Asia, 2G

The Over the Top Dilemma - Hug, Stiff Arm or Keep Enemies Close? Part 3

This blog series has delved into the Over the Top dilemma that was highlighted in the opening keynotes from Mobile World Congress which took place at the end of February. The dilemma for service providers is that they are competing in the area of communications...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 04-03-2012

Filed under: Video Conferencing, value added services, PowerMedia Media Server, business services

The Over the Top Dilemma - Hug, Stiff Arm or Keep Enemies Close? Part 2

Last week I delved further into the Over the Top (OTT) players competing with the service providers that their services are running on. I ended that blog with comments about service providers needing to “offer value” and a forward pointer...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 03-27-2012

Filed under: Video Conferencing, service provider, OTT, value added services

The Over the Top Dilemma - Hug, Stiff Arm or Keep Enemies Close? Part 1

As I stated in my blog two weeks ago, at Mobile World Congress there was discussion about the top guys not paying their fair share . At the opening keynotes during MWC, Telecom Italia and AT&T especially noted the competition from Over the Top players...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 03-20-2012

Filed under: service provider, SMS, OTT, value added services, netwwork infrastructure

HD Voice Status

It’s been a while since I reported on the status of mobile HD Voice. Wideband voice codecs, which double the audio frequency spectrum encoded, are important since they give new clarity to talking on the phone. I’ve spoken to colleagues with...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 03-13-2012

Filed under: HD Voice, VoLTE

Mobile World Congress 2012 Themes

Mobile World Congress was last week. And while I was personally busy (see below) I did have time to check out the show and notice some key themes. 1. There was quite a bit of hype about “User Experience.” Dialogic has been speaking about this...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 03-06-2012

Filed under: Mobile World Congress, Dialogic, Quality of Experience, Mobile Experience, User experience

Mobile Experience and Mobile World Congress

Mobile World Congress started today. If you have not been to one of these shows, it’s an experience you will not soon forget. If you walk by our pavilion on the main Avenue (AV-114), you will see a front graphic that looks like the image below....

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 02-27-2012

Filed under: service provider, Mobile World Congress, Dialogic, quality experience

Mobile Video Quality of Experience, Part 3

In last week's blog, I discussed a new way that video quality can be measured , i.e. measuring perceptual quality of experience. This week, I am going to build on that idea, and talk about the benefits that this type of measurement can have to operators...

Posted to Corporate Blog by Jim Machi on 02-21-2012

Filed under: Video, Mobile World Congress, video quality, quality experience, perceptual video quality

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