USTELECOM Association News

Telecommuting takes hold

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 23, 2008

Whether it's to save money on transportation costs, save time by skipping traffic, or simply to get a few extra hours each week to spend with family, more and more Americans are turning to telecommuting. For some facts and figures about how high-speed Internet connections have enabled millions of Americans to ~~phone~~ broadband it in, check out our newest episode of Broadband Now.

Navigating Disruptive Change at High-Speed?

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 22, 2008

Join your peers at the USTelecom Executive Business Forum, Oct. 1 to 3, for dynamic sessions, networking opportunities and technical insights to help your company ride the next wave of the broadband future. Hear perspectives from across the industry landscape on new business models, IPTV, disruptive apps, broadband wireless and more. Leave with fresh ideas and insights to grow customers and increase revenue. View the agenda.

Got content? Now what are you going to do with it?

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 21, 2008

Gain insight into IPTV content management at USTelecom's Executive Business Forum. Learn how TM Forum's groundbreaking initiative, Content Encounter -- designed to manage the creation, delivery and consumption of content and multimedia services -- is enabling communications and media-business partners to achieve market success. Register today.

Is It the End of Advertising as We Know It?

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 17, 2008

USTelecom's Executive Business Forum is the place to learn how your IPTV service can take advantage of the evolving content-distribution and advertising industries. Learn more. IBM Global Business Services' Judith List provides insight into how IP platforms can follow and profit from the consumers' shifting time-of-day, location and individual preferences. Find out how to get your piece of the advertising pie. Register today.

Broadband: Can you deliver what customers and advertisers want?

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 16, 2008

Gain valuable insight into how your broadband service empowers emerging media and the next generation of marketing techniques -- driving your business to the next level of communications and entertainment. Join Lori H. Schwartz, senior vice president, director, Interpublic Group Emerging Media Lab, for this interactive presentation. Learn more about the Executive Business Forum, Oct. 1 to 3, in San Jose, Calif.

USTelecom Webinar: Disruptive VoIP Devices
Tomorrow, July 16, 1 p.m. Eastern time

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 15, 2008

Register now for this free webinar exploring VoIP devices that can be attached to broadband networks for voice calling. How much do these VoIP devices cost? How do they operate? Where do you purchase them? How easy or difficult are they to set up and operate? Review devices from companies and services with names such as VoiceStick, Majic Jack, Ooma, ActionTec and others. Learn more and register today.

USTelecom Webinar: Disruptive Telecom Devices -- VoIP
Wednesday, July 16, 1 p.m. Eastern time

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 14, 2008

Register. This free webinar explores VoIP devices that can be attached to broadband networks for voice calling. How much do these VoIP devices cost? How do they operate? Where do you purchase them? How easy or difficult are they to set up and operate? Review devices from companies and services with names such as VoiceStick, Majic Jack, Ooma, ActionTec and others. Learn more and register today.

What do we want? Broadband.

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 11, 2008

USTelecom recently launched an online broadband news video update -- Broadband Now. This new feature explores all things broadband: innovative breakthroughs in entertainment, education, health care and beyond; new data on our nation's broadband progress; and emerging technology, business, policy and even social trends driven by the high-speed Internet. Watch the latest edition on e-commerce or check out earlier editions on entertainment, education or vacation.

Are you maximizing your broadband potential?

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 08, 2008

Your broadband and video deployments are front and center at USTelecom's Executive Business Forum in San Jose, Calif., in October. Learn more. Join your peers for dynamic sessions, networking opportunities and market insights that help you capitalize on today's converging worlds of communications, entertainment and technology. Register today to gain knowledge and industry resources to compete in today's competitive broadband and video marketplace.

Back by popular demand: The USTelecom Engineering Summit

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 07, 2008

Learn about new technologies that are shaping the way services are delivered in today's networks at USTelecom's Engineering Summit, July 23 to 24. Get the latest technical updates on video telepresence, speech engine technology, mobile alerting, Web advertising, SIP survivability and security, IP network simulation and more. If you build or operate networks for a broadband service provider, this is a not-to-be-missed event. Learn more.

New technologies shaping the way services are delivered

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 03, 2008

Don't miss USTelecom's Third Annual Engineering Summit in Washington, July 23 and 24, sponsored by ADTRAN. Learn about new technologies to optimize your network and get ideas for new service opportunities. Presentation topics will cover SIP security, server virtualization, IP Network Simulation, New Web Advertising paradigms, Metro Ethernet Technologies, IP-PBX extension over mobile networks, and much, much more. Telecom service providers only. Learn more.

Disruptive technology, demanding consumers and your broadband future

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 02, 2008

USTelecom's Executive Business Forum is for C-level executives responsible for business, technology, operations, finance and marketing decisions. Explore the potential of broadband and new technologies to meet your customers' needs and expand your business. This three-day event, Oct. 1 to 3 in San Jose, Calif., helps telecom executives navigate the risks and capitalize on the opportunities from today's new communications and entertainment technologies. Learn more.

From big iron switches to servers in the data center

USTelecom dailyLead | Jul 01, 2008

As traditional phone companies transition into broadband and video service providers, the most dramatic change is taking place in the hardware platforms that deliver these new services. The workhorse voice switches of the past are now being replaced with routers and UNIX/LINUX-based server technologies -- and virtualization of servers, service applications and storage is an essential tool. Learn more at USTelecom's Engineering Summit, July 23 and 24.

How Interviewing, Hiring & Orientation Contribute to Employee Retention
Tomorrow, July 1, 1 p.m. Eastern time

USTelecom dailyLead | Jun 30, 2008

Participate in this webinar to learn how your peers are maximizing their recruitment and selection process to identify a targeted applicant pool. Explore how employee assimilation processes are being used to maximize retention. Low national unemployment rates and an aging employment population are why you need to focus on hiring and retaining top talent. Get an overview of the evolution of best practices as they apply to the initiation of the employee life cycle. Register today.

Learn about SIP Survivability at the Engineering Summit

USTelecom dailyLead | Jun 27, 2008

Like every other Web and Internet-based communications protocol, the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) used for handling VoIP, SMS and now video calls has become a target for malicious attacks. Learn about technologies that help service providers protect their SIP-based networks and how to keep SIP networks secure by attending the Third Annual USTelecom Engineering Summit, in Washington, July 23 and 24. Register today!

How Interviewing, Hiring & Orientation Contribute to Employee Retention
Tuesday, July 1, 1 p.m. Eastern time

USTelecom dailyLead | Jun 26, 2008

Participate in this webinar to learn how your peers are maximizing their recruitment and selection process to identify a targeted applicant pool. Explore how employee-assimilation processes are being used to maximize retention. Low national unemployment rates and an aging employment population are why you need to focus on hiring and retaining top talent. Get an overview of the evolution of best practices as they apply to the initiation of the employee life cycle. Register today.

Data Center Technologies for the Converging Service Provider
Tomorrow, June 26, 1 p.m. Eastern time

USTelecom dailyLead | Jun 25, 2008

This webinar, presented by HP, will focus on how providers of broadband, voice and video services who execute through server-based computing technologies can efficiently build out their data-center architectures. Includes an overview of server technologies, media-storage options and best practices in building out data centers with respect to processing capacity, cooling and power. Learn more!

Metro Ethernet: The New Last Mile

USTelecom dailyLead | Jun 24, 2008

Metro Ethernet is changing the way service providers bring voice, video and data to their customers. The reliability and flexibility of Ethernet in the local area networks have been expanded into Ethernet in the wide area networks and into "Metro access networks." Learn more about Metro Ethernet and how it can bring new opportunities at USTelecom's Engineering Summit in Washington, July 23 and 24. Register today!

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