Are we on the verge of a step-change in the quality of networking, a change that will put what we've come to expect from the likes of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Frame Relay and all-IP to shame?
But what do they offer above and beyond infrastructure relying on our old friends Frame Relay and ATM? But IP VPNs have to provide something more than VPNs based on Frame Relay or ATM. In other scenarios, Frame and ATM can be equally as useful, yet...
In each location, we have an IP VPN router, SDH optical equipment and a Frame Relay node. In practice, the former involves finding a method of utilising traditional SDH infrastructure to transport IP using time-honoured protocols such as ATM and...
The carrier will be using Cisco 12000, 7300 and 7200 series routers and its Catalyst 4500 series switches. Bharti Infotel, a subsidiary of Bharti Tele-Ventures, one of four major telecom providers in India, announced on Wednesday that it has chosen...
James Sharp, a Scot who is serving as Coalition Provincial Authority (South) Ministry of Communications advisor, explained how most of Iraq's telecoms infrastructure was either destroyed in last year's conflict or run down, with some French and...
Pauli Nuutinen, VP corporate IT services at Metso, said the decision to consolidate with AT&T and IP VPN was taken against a background of years of acquisitions and a move away from frame relay. AT&T is among a top tier of international carriers...