Keeping latency in check is critical for quality of service (QoS) of demanding Ethernet wireless backhaul, wholesale and business services. Given that Ethernet bandwidth is considered relatively ‘inexpensive’, some providers increase throughput to reduce latency and keep performance within strict SLA tolerances. However, the relationship between bandwidth and latency is anything but simple in packet-based networks, where increasing throughput can sometimes have no effect on delay, or even increase it under certain conditions. This paper explores the key sources of delay, and techniques to optimize latency without consuming excess bandwidth. These guidelines allow providers to use their network resources as efficiently as possible, while assuring the QoS of critical, real-time services. Download Full White Paper Here

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By the year 2012, 65% of all phones will be Smartphones, which creates a huge burden on the already saturated networks of the wireless providers. Backhaul becomes the bottleneck and consumers have little patience for poor service, ensure you manage your backhaul correctly to allow you to maintain customers and grow the base exponentially. CFN Services, RazorSight and Cisco have combined their expertise to provide you this webinar to help you navigate the backhaul challenges

Our speakers:

Patrick Donegan, Light Reading:

Donegan has more than 15 years of experience as a telecom market journalist, analyst, and strategist. His in-depth knowledge of wireless technology issues is critical to Heavy Reading‘s expanding coverage in this area. Donegan authors Heavy Reading‘s “Ethernet Backhaul Quarterly Market Tracker”. Donegan joined Heavy Reading after five years at Nortel Networks, where he was a senior manager of strategic planning for the company’s wireless business.

Robert Synnestvedt, Cisco Systems:

Synnestvedt is Cisco’s global marketing lead for Mobile Internet Transformation of RAN Backhaul. Since joining Cisco in 1998, Robert has successfully lead engineering, management, and marketing of the IP NGN evolution of broadband and mobile networks around the world

Mark Casey, CFN Services:

Casey is the President of CFN Services. Mark brings a successful track record of over 20 years in the communications industry. Since 2001 Mark has led CFN Services in helping wireless operators reduce transport costs while multiplying capacity to support broadband wireless data deployments. His current focus is specific to wireless backhaul and supporting 3G and 4G operators with the design and deployment of fiber and hybrid fiber-microwave backhaul networks that multiply capacity 10 fold while reducing lifecycle backhaul transport costs.

Charlie Thomas, RazorSight

Thomas joined Razorsight’s board in April 2004, and became CEO in February 2005. Charlie has led Razorsight to strong growth resulting in a #8 ranking on Deloitte’s Virginia Fast 50 and a #114 ranking on Deloitte’s National Fast 500 list. Charlie has co-founded, grown and sold 3 companies over the last decade, and he has negotiated over $1 Billion in capital financings for his companies. He has successfully closed over 15 M&A transactions.

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By now there’s no doubt about it: mobile operators need to get their backhaul networks in condition to meet the burgeoning market for anytime, anywhere data access. Backhaul, once considered the humdrum side of an operator’s network, has become the topic du jour now that the mobile phone customershave shifted to smartphones and are taking advantage of data-hungry services in a big way. Earlier this month, AT&T reported that its wireless data traffic has grown more than 5,000 percent over the past three years, largely due to smartphones, which are used by about 40 percent of its post-paid customer base. All operators have to contend with this growth, and quickly: smartphones should represent the vast majority (65%) of phones sold in the country by 2012, according to Creative Strategies, an analyst firm. Operators are taking steps to prepare their networks to meet the expected demand, and the process of identifying specific backhaul needs and configuring the best solutions will force companies to bring the backhaul problem to the forefront of their infrastructure and business planning. This is a closer look at the available options and considerations operators must keep in mind as they prepare to build out this part of their networks.

CFN Services is announcing a program to support wireless infrastructure from core to tower.  Wireless Jumpstart ® was developed to help wireless providers with all aspects of the wireless infrastructure, from business cases to planning, design through implementation; for new markets, to upgrade existing markets and for new wireless providers. Wireless Jumpstart® can help expedite the time from planning to implementation. CFN Wireless Jumpstart® is an ecosystem of the leading firms to support all areas of the infrastructure such as RF design, site acquisition; planning the backhaul; making decisions regarding RAN and DAS if required, deciding between microwave, satellite and fiber.  This program provides professional services, tools and financing options to allow wireless providers the ability to focus on the core business of providing wireless broadband everywhere. Read Full Release

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Mark Casey, CFN Services, Incorporated

Mike Dodson, Utopian Wireless

Doug Smith, Digital Bridge

Dan Graf, Leap Wireless/Cricket Communications

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The background for this case study is that leading global carrier with more than $30 billion in revenues had launched a strategic initiative to significantly reduce the $10 billion in local access transport costs it was spending with the local telephone companies (LECs).  This then left CFN Services with a challenge. This challenge was to look at feasibility for local access network optimization and LEC collocation expansion into markets with a strong preexisting fiber footprint.  They then would build a business case for network expansion across all types with the limited capital deployment and no required operational resource expansion needed.

CFN then analyzed the carrier’s embedded access transport circuits, the costs and the growth requirements at the many facilities level for Las Vegas, NV; Norfolk, VA; and Houston, TX to figure out the carrier was spending more than $25 million annually on special access and multiplexing services.  They then thought that by leveraging FiberSource ® CFN may be able to iterate the carrier’s capacity requirements and then embedded cost structure against the available base of a 3^rd party fiber facility’s infrastructure.

The final solution included: Turnkey deployment of end-to-end fiber networks in 3 mark, interconnection of the carrier’s POP with 36 LEC collocations, gross access savings of more than 60% and net transport savings of more than 35%.

If you would like to read more on this topic, feel free to visit our case study on it.

It’s too soon to say how well the first broadband stimulus fund awards will represent the awards that follow (they represent less than 10% of the first-round funds, and the rules may change for the second round), but given how publicly the White House touted these first picks, it would seem they’re intended to be exemplary, to some degree, of what the administration wants in an applicant.

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The key to the wireless vendor success will be their mobile backhaul strategy, leveraging the ability to get affordable fiber to wireless sites. To support this effort CFN Services, the leader in mobile backhaul planning and optimization, introduces FiberSource® Access™; monthly access to the most powerful mobile backhaul optimization knowledge based tool. More

Chicago, IL March 30, 2009 –4G World – a Transmedia and Yankee Group Conference, announce CFN Services as the lead sponsor for the 4G World Mobile Backhaul Summit. 4G World provides a roadmap for all types of operators planning their 4G technology deployment and business strategies, with a combination of world class keynotes, seminars and training and track sessions. More