USTelecom Webinar Tomorrow June 25th, 2008

We’ll be hosting a webinar tomorrow at 1pm on ustelecom.org called “Data Center Technologies for the Converging Service Provider.” It will focus on the key considerations in deploying server and storage technologies for digital media solutions including voice over IP and video on demand. We’ll also go over some emerging best practices for server deployments relevant to service provider owned facilities and talk about hosted environments, with a focus on optimizing key data center operations for power, cooling and bandwidth. To register, click here.

Webinar This Thursday: IPTV Integration—the Lessons Learned May 13th, 2008

Join USTelecom at 1pm this Thursday for a free webinar about the ins and outs of IPTV, “IPTV Integration Trials and Tribulations-the Lessons Learned.” Whether you’re launching a new IPTV service or upgrading an existing service, the integration of new IPTV technologies and features can be risky and difficult. But Mariner Partners President and CEO Curtis Howe will walk you through the process, describing the challenges his team has faced over a decade of IPTV deployments; you’ll learn techniques and practices from a true IPTV insider about how to successfully develop and deploy innovative IPTV services. To register, click here.

Happy Earth Day from USTelecom! April 22nd, 2008

Today is Earth Day, and USTelecom is celebrating the occasion all week on our website, www.ustelecom.org. The video wall on our front page-which is usually dedicated to highlighting all the myriad benefits of broadband, from education to economic opportunity to e-health, and beyond-will specifically feature videos, facts, and figures about the environment and the ways using broadband can help protect it.

In addition to being tech-savvy, broadband consumers are increasingly more cognizant about minimizing their impact on our planet. So we’ve put together a list of ten ways broadband can help change the world, including:

• E-shop ’til you drop: E-commerce generates 36% less conventional air pollutants, 23% less hazardous waste and 9% less greenhouse gas emissions.
• Swap freeway time for family time: Telecommuting can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 600 million tons over 10 years, saving 44 billion gallons of gas and giving non-commuters the equivalent of up to four additional weeks of vacation.
• Take your avatar to work: If just 10% of air travel were replaced by teleconferencing, we could reduce CO2 emissions by 200 million tons.

To see the rest of the list, visit www.ustelecom.org and drag the “10 Ways Broadband Can Help Change the World” icon onto the video wall! You can find more fast facts about how broadband can help protect the environment here.

Save the Date for NXTcomm08! April 4th, 2008

Planning for NXTcomm08 is well underway, and the show has already announced a few keynote speakers for the event including AT&T Chairman & CEO Randall L. Stephenson, Verizon President and COO Denny Strigl, and Mark Burnett, the creator of a reality TV empire that includes Survivor. For more information and to register for the event, be sure to visit the NXTcomm site.  And keep checking back on the USTelecom blog for more announcements about the speakers, presentations, and exhibits you’ll find at NXTcomm!

Walter McCormick on C-SPAN’s The Communicators February 29th, 2008

Tomorrow at 6:30pm EST, USTelecom President and CEO Walter B. McCormick Jr. will appear on C-SPAN’s The Communicators, a weekly interview series that features the leaders and newsmakers who are shaping our digital future. Walter will talk about how broadband deployment and adoption is dramatically changing how consumers live as well as the need for forward-looking public policies that encourage investment and innovation in the dynamic communications sector. If you miss it tomorrow, the show will also air Monday, March 3 on C-SPAN2 at 8am and 8pm EST. The show will also be archived on the C-SPAN website after airing.