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Story: Verizon pushes into Europe

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Penetrating the corporate network

It's an interesting dilemma for the carriers - their traditional voice revenues have been shot to pieces by IP, and many of them are desperately looking around for other sources of revenue. One possible source of revenue comes about by penetrating beyond the edge router and into the enterprise network - something that Verizon is trying here. But how successful will carriers be in managing enterprise networks? BT is trying it, and has been partly successful. But when carriers enter the enterprise, they come against many other skilled competitors, not least the big systems integrators. BT bought its way round this by acquiring SkyNet, one such integrator. But Verizon has not done so. The company has a very strong US heritage, but has a lot to prove over here.

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