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This article was originally published in the Fierce Wireless eBook, Telco Backhaul Strategies.

Most operators' ultimate goal is a fiber-based Ethernet backhaul network.  Fiber has virtually unlimited capacity. Plus, compared with TDM or SDH/SONET, Ethernet offers lower costs, greater scalability and flexibility and better support for IP-based applications.

With these benefits, you'd expect operators to rush to implement fiber-based Ethernet backhaul. However, that's not the case.

This article was originally published in the Fierce Wireless eBook, Do Usage-Based Pricing Models Work?

The insatiable subscriber appetite for mobile Internet services is eating away at network operators' traditional business model--the foundation of their profits. To cope, operators have been pursuing a business model associated with tiered pricing. But they're struggling to determine what will succeed in the long term.

There are now more than 150 LTE networks being deployed around the world, bringing more devices and consequently, traffic, onto the network. Bandwidth demands are increasing but profits per bit are declining due to a changing mix of traffic and services.

Earlier this month, I participated in a panel on mobility at a Light Reading conference on the cable industry and business services. One of my themes was converged infrastructure. Convergence is one of those words we in the industry refer to when the discussion turns to network efficiencies for new service delivery.

Making networks more green is a goal everyone in the telecom industry shares. The opportunity is so extensive it can be difficult for service providers to decide where to begin.