Enriching Communications is designed to provide information that will help our customers take advantage of market and technology trends in order to better build their business. The quarterly magazine is developed around a theme that is in tune with the important issues facing our industry. It offers three types of feature-length articles: Market Strategy, Technology and Case Studies of companies using technology to advance their business. Copyright © 2006-2008 Alcatel-Lucent. 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With innovative business models, service providers can profit, even when services are "free". http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c1a4.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c1a4.html#sidebar Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 IT leaders will play a critical role in the transformation of service provider industry. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c1a5.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c1a6.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 A look at how trendsetting operators are successfully launching mobile TV services. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c2a1.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 An integrated approach to business and network transformation separates modernizers from comprehensive business transformers. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c3a1.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Examining the journey to truly optimized OSS/BSS. What service providers need to include with their changing strategies and infrastructures. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c3a2.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Transforming the payment chain removes obstacles that currently limit the ability to quickly address hyper-market needs. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c3a3.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Drive new business by creatively leveraging intangible assets such as user profile, presence, location and credit history. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c3a4.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Multi-screen service delivery will reshape the communications and entertainment industries, driving growth by seamlessly enabling anywhere, anytime consumption. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c4a1.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Capitalize on the emerging media trends and understand how to develop a profitable, sustained and differentiated content offering. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c4a2.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Enabling carrier-grade Internet video that consumers will enjoy on their big TV screens. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c4a3.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 See how service providers are transforming offerings to gain a leading role in the web environment with IT technology evolution trends. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c4a4.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 How to use network and consumer knowledge to create targeted advertising options that advertisers really want to buy. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i32008/article_c4a5.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich ]]> http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c1a1.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c1a2.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Emerging trends are driving the industry toward “segment of one" marketing rather than relying on traditional market approaches. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c1a3.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Smarter pipes hold the answer to restoring competitive differentiation in an increasingly commoditized environment. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c1a4.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 CIOs explore upside of consumer technologies to develop enterprise system strategies. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c1a5.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 An interview with Cindy Christy, President of our Americas Region. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c1a6.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c1a7.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 In the US wireless marketplace, success means standing out from the crowd. Learn how Alltel uses innovative technology to stay one step ahead. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c2a1.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Cutting-edge communities require advanced business models to satisfy customers profitably. Read how du is future-proofing its business. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c2a2.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Telekom Austria is leveraging user-generated content to push IPTV to a new dimension. Read how tomorrow’s TV is available in Austria today. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c2a3.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 New business models can differentiate and create long-term value for telecom service providers by unlocking the value of their intangible assets. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c3a1.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 2.0 technologies are radically changing the competitive landscape. Transformation 2.0 provides a framework to develop effective 2.0 strategies. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c3a2.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Service providers need to adopt new business models and strategies for revenue generation to respond to the changing wireless marketplace. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c3a3.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Innovative advertising models can generate fresh revenue streams in the communications industry. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c3a4.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 New ways to underwrite next generation infrastructure initiatives. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c3a5.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Using assets and intelligence across different service platforms is critical to capitalize on end-user trends and new business models. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c3a6.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Innovative network solutions can address new service demands while maintaining the quality of experience and performance subscribers expect. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c4a1.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Television service providers can drive higher revenues by leveraging their IPTV infrastructure to deliver targeted ads. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c4a2.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Combining traditional content-distribution networks with peer-to-peer technologies creates a new breed of massive data dissemination networks. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c4a3.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 A managed and hosted service approach, to successfully launch new content services, monetizes your portal audience in a competitive environment. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c4a4.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 New technology allows service providers to offer geographic-based messaging services. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c4a5.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 The Dynamic Enterprise interconnects its network, people, processes and collective knowledge for continuous and transformative growth. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c4a6.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Alcatel-Lucent’s innovation engine explores new ideas and opportunities to address environmental concerns while solving business problems. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c4a7.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Smart sensors and intelligent software empower innovative solutions for eco-sustainability. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c4a8.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 New materials, components and systems are being developed to enable the growth of functional density of equipment while reducing cooling costs. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i22008/article_c4a9.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich ]]> http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c1a1.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c1a2.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 A mobile broadband revolution is coming fast. The technology and vision for this new direction are both in sight. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c1a3.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 The Millennials, 11-25-year-olds who have grown up with mobile phones and Internet access, will define the services of tomorrow. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c1a4.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 New wireless tools offer affordable and ubiquitous access to underserved markets in both developed and emerging economies. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c1a5.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 New technologies and initiatives enhance ability of public safety networks to communicate smoothly in times of crisis. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c1a5.html#sidebar Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Mobile communication has played a major role in advancing the municipal mission of Espoo, Finland. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c1a6.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c1a7.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c1a8.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 The future is calling for SK Telecom: HSPA significantly accelerates data transfer speeds and capacity of mobile networks. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c2a1.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c2a2.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Healthcare workers harness secure mobile computing and high-speed wireless communications technology to work with patients in their homes. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c2a3.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 WiMAX technology offers both basic and advanced communications services in the Dominican Republic. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c2a4.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c3a1.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 The missing link between legacy and Internet-based communication services. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c3a2.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Connectivity is becoming a commodity: how network operators can survive by using network-based capabilities to provide unique value. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c3a3.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 An assessment of key success variables to harvest impending demand. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c4a1.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Mobile operators need integrated service infrastructures and intelligent, flexible, cost-effective networks to succeed in the all-IP world. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c4a2.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 Intelligent devices combined with machine-to-machine communications offer the potential to enrich end user experiences. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c4a3.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 New advanced mobile technologies will make the next generation of mobile broadband technology a reality. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c4a4.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/v2i12008/article_c4a4.html#sidebar Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich ]]> http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:19 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=1&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:19 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=2&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:18 -0500 The time for enterprises to implement their mobile communications strategy is now. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=3&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:17 -0500 A year of integrating technologies at Alcatel-Lucent. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=8&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:16 -0500 As the communications landscape becomes ever more user-centric, telcos that wish to stay in business must decide which role to play in the value chain that spans from an infrastructure company to a multimedia service and content provider. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=15&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:15 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=21&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:14 -0500 Telbios, Italy’s leading provider of telemedicine services, is leveraging Alcatel-Lucent's integrated video-assistance solution to deliver reliable, secure and easy-to-use telemedicine services to stay-at-home patients. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=4&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:13 -0500 New strategy attracts new business, reverses market trend. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=5&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:12 -0500 Transpower, New Zealand's electricity transmission grid operator, has enlisted the help of Alcatel-Lucent to renew its telecommunications network. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=6&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:11 -0500 A first-of-its-kind entertainment venue that will showcase the history of Texas, will be rolling out Alcatel-Lucent's integrated communications solution to support the most advanced, innovative services for guests and staff, including IPTV for VoD. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=7&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:10 -0500 New business models for converging communications; proven strategies for successful business transformation. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=9&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:09 -0500 First impressions count. Consumer habits are changing, and customers will only remain loyal if you respond to their changing contact preferences. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=10&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:08 -0500 Managing an ever-changing, complex enterprise network is a significant challenge and responsibility, with employees, clients and partners demanding a seamless, high-quality experience. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=11&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:07 -0500 How integrated communications can reduce costs and spur business process innovation using examples from the transportation, healthcare and power utility industries. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=12&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:06 -0500 How businesses can deliver the benefits of IP and other new networking technologies while protecting customers’ mission critical needs. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=13&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:05 -0500 Creating a communications infrastructure can allow businesses to flourish, stimulate local economies, empower local authorities to manage risk, and improve citizen and business centered services. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=14&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:04 -0500 Why a compelling end-user experience demands integration of network-based and premises-based solutions. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=16&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:03 -0500 Assuring quality of experience with around-the-clock access to business critical applications and services, cost effectively and with predictable performance, from all enterprise locations. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=17&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:02 -0500 How the business case for an owned telecom network meets the expectations of a private market. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=18&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:01 -0500 The challenge for utilities and municipalities to build and operate fiber infrastructure networks in partnerships with Europe’s telcos and alternative operators. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/ec/article_details.html?id=19&issue=v1i22007 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/articles.html?issue=v1i12007 ]]> http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/articles.html?issue=v1i12007 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=1 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=2 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 As networks, devices, and services converge - as end-user experience broadens over time - operators face new competitive threats. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=3 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Understanding user trends and identifying early adopters as initial target markets can help propel future business. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=4 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Service Providers can differentiate their enterprise offerings with the cost-effective delivery of compelling, reliable, and secure enterprise services. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=5 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Alcatel-Lucent's regional IP Transformation Centers take the uncertainty out of network transformation, allowing service providers to live-test new systems and services before deployment. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=5 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=7 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:11 -0500 Telstra's three-to-five year transformation that will turn the company's vision into a reality. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=8 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:10 -0500 UPMC builds one of the most advanced and all-encompassing communications networks in the health care industry. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=9 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:09 -0500 KPN's comprehensive strategy to transform its network from legacy to All IP. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=10 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:08 -0500 Operators need to change in order to take advantage of new technology and keep ahead of the competition. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=16 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:07 -0500 Service Providers are proactively implementing initiatives to improve their ability to compete, generating new services in a cost effective manner. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=11 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:06 -0500 How to control risk, ensure performance and benefit from the best practice of other operators, when performing a Network Transformation. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=12 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:05 -0500 Alcatel-Lucent's Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture (TPSDA) enables and accelerates transformation. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=13 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:04 -0500 Alcatel-Lucent helps operators transform their networks to support more advanced wireless services, and expand their service offerings into new areas. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=14 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:03 -0500 Transforming and future-proofing mobile networks with scalable, IP-based UMB technology http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=15 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:02 -0500 Transfoming 20th Century mobile networks to enter the 21st Century with future-proof, end-to-end, IP-based LTE. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=17 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:01 -0500 IMS architecture, designed to join agile service creation with QoS and security assurance, addresses diverging end-user requirements of diversity and simplicity. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/article_details.html?id=18 Mon, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500