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Articles in June, 2005 issue of Business Communications Review

• Low-end IP-PBXs: SIP or proprietary? We tested four hot, "lower-end" IP-telephony packages, aimed at the under-100-stations marketplace.(private branch exchanges, session initiation protocol)(Product/Service Evaluation)
  by Mier, Edwin E.; Mier, David C.; Tarpley, Robert B.
• Telecom consolidation: desperately seeking WAN clarity.(analysis, wide area network)
  by Moffat, Dan
• Wireless mesh: power to the people: end users may soon be able to create de facto municipal wireless networks.(NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS)(Column)
  by Passmore, David
• Remote access response time blues: application accelerators come to the rescue.(methods of improvement in response time)
  by Layland, Robin
• Wireless ARPU projected to increase.(MARKET TRENDS)(Brief Article)
• Getting a grip on wide area Ethernet: the technology is poised to replace some private lines and frame relay--over the long term.(WIDE AREA NETWORKS)
  by Finneran, Michael
• IMS 101: what you need to know now: can the IP Multimedia Subsystem enable new services, converge wireless and wireline networks--and keep service providers firmly in the driver's seat?(PUBLIC NETWORKS)
  by Waclawsky, John
• Perimeter security leaves the crown jewels at risk.(information security in enterprise networks)
  by Howard, Matthew
• Market for PON Equipment growing.(OPTICAL NETWORKS)(Brief Article)
• IP-telephony migration and TCO: where should you focus when calculating the payback for IPT? The answer may surprise you.(analysis, total cost of ownership)
  by Sulkin, Allan
• The era of contract proliferation: fewer carriers won't mean fewer deals to work out.(merger deal between telecommunications companies)
  by Kuehn, Richard A.
• Two-thirds of U.S. households have mobile phone.(WIRELESS)(Brief Article)
• How to evaluate Ethernet services: Ethernet services are not all alike: should you favor the ones that are delivered over SONET, MPLS, wavelengths or dark fiber?(multiprotocol label switching, synchronous optical network)
  by Shepardson, Heather
• NGN 2005 registration now open.(BCR CONFERENCES)
• Negotiating enterprise wireless agreements.(business enterprises, wireless communications services, contract)
  by DiLallo, Kevin
• Storage management revenue up.(STORAGE NETWORKING)(Brief Article)
• Will demand for triple-play services drive new DSL deployments? Not until service providers use up the excess capacity they've already deployed.(MARKET TRENDS)(digital subscriber line)
  by Dell; '; Oro, Tam
• VoiceCon Fall--for your network, your organization and your career.(MEMO)
  by Knight, Fred S.
• Telecom: conflict of motives: if the "Internet" model really is superior to the telcos', let's see it succeed on its own merits.(NETWORK CROSSROADS)
  by Nolle, Tom
• Tutorials and "Summits" highlight VoiceCon Fall 2005 program.(BCR CONFERENCES)
• Monetizing the Internet.(future of internet multimedia subsystem)(Editorial)
  by Krapf, Eric