Recent Reports and Workshops:

“Opening Up the Soft Service Provider: The Telco API”. Summarizes the opportunity presented by the Telco API to raise ARPU by 36%, and the cornerstones in building the innovation community to harness the API.

“Life in Telecom’s Turbulent Seas”. Learning points from Alan's 2006 projects.

“Market Assessment of VOIP Bypass Roaming & Operator Impact/ Proposition”. An evaluation of the VOIP bypass market including tarriffs, deployment, market feedback, operator impact/business case, and supplier partner solutions. (sample)

“Service Strategies Enabled by the IP Multimedia Subsystem”. IMS service strategy whitepaper for mobile fixed & converged service operators. (sample)

“IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Workshop”. An overview of the IMS market, including IMS evolution, solution provider review, operator strategic review, and IMS trial learnings. (sample)

“International Best Practices for IMS and NGN Migration”. Case studies of BT, Fastweb, Verizon, AT&T, and Triple play in France, identifying global trends, operator issues, and operator impact. (available upon request)

“Service Management Industry Analysis Workshop”. One-day workshop on the service management industry. (sample)

Patents

1. USPTO Patent Registration number 1588-3: A Mechanism to Enforce Availability Preferences and Needs of User Resources hosted by Telecommunication Networks.
2. USPTO Patent 6687495: Method and System for Supporting Differentiated Network Service for Mobile Customers and Applications.
3. EP Patent 97397232.7 (USPTO 6317234): On a universal PON protocol and a novel PON evolution method.
4. EP Patent 95304531.7 (USPTO 6262997): SuperPON Protocols-1-Net. Fast start-up ranging for advanced passive optical networks.
5. EP Patent 94308676.9 (USPTO 5912998): Passive Optical Network. A Ranged and Levelled Repeater.
6. EP Patent 97308857.8: Pre-emptive PON protocol.

Papers

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