Yahoo! BB Reaches 2.4 Million Broadband VoIP Lines

Yahoo! BB, the Japanese broadband service provided by Softbank and Yahoo! Japan, issued its latest monthly progress report.   Yahoo! BB Subscribers   May-03 Apr-03 Mar-03 ...

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ABC News Signs Exclusive Content Deal with RealNetworks

RealNetworks will be the only premium content subscription service to offer ABC News Live, ABC News' 24-hour live news service, under a new contract announced by the companies. In addition to providing ABC News content to RealOne SuperPass subscribers and supporting premium video news content for ABC News On Demand, ABC News will also collaborate with RealNetworks on new mobile content services. http://www.realnetworks.comRealNetworks has over 1 million subscribers to its RealOne subscription services.The broadband edition of ABC News Live offers...

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Motorola Extends Its Relationship With Broadcom for Set-tops

Broadcom announced a contract extension that makes it a primary supplier of chips for Motorola's standard definition and high definition video set-tops through 2004. Motorola has shipped more than 26 million digital set-tops and over 2,000 digital headends to date. http://www.broadcom.comIn December 2002, Motorola extended a supply agreement that makes Broadcom the primary supplier of chips for Motorola's DOCSIS 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0-based SURFboard cable modems through 20...

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Vendor Support Builds for WiMAX

WiMAX, an industry group dedicated to IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN wireless broadband standards for last-mile access, announced 18 new member companies and the completion of initial system profiles for the interoperability of products operating in the 2 to 11 GHz bands. WiMAX is focusing its initial efforts on conformance and interoperability test procedures for equipment that supports the 256 OFDM physical layer and operates in 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz licensed bands and the 5.8 GHz unlicensed band. By the end of 2003, the group expects to have developed...

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Equant To Deploy ECtel's QoS Solution for Global VoIP

ECtel announced a contract to supply an end-to-end NGN Quality of Service (QoS) solution for Equant's global IP VPN network. The order is for a passive real-time monitoring and measurement system for key locations. Ectel's NGN QoS system will proactively monitor the quality of "on-net" to "off-net" traffic (transmissions delivered across gateways to/from the networks of partner service carriers), and, via real-time alerts and detailed data analysis, to proactively manage total network quality. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.ec...

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SMC Offers 802.11b Adapter for any Ethernet-connected Peripheral

SMC Networks introduced a 2.4GHz 11 Mbps Wireless Ethernet Adapter for connecting gaming consoles (Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PlayStation 2), set-top boxes, PVRs, stereos and other peripherals to a home Wi-Fi network. The adapter could also be used as a wireless range extender for SMC's cable/DSL routers or as a wireless access point. It has an MSRP of $99. http://www.smc....

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Tekelec Completes Merger with Santera Systems

Tekelec completed its transaction with Santera Systems to form a majority owned next-generation switching subsidiary. Santera Systems, which will remain based in Plano, Texas, offers an integrated voice and data switching platform for delivering Class 4/5 services, PRI offload, packet/cell switching and voice over broadband services. The SanterOne platform features both TDM and packet switching fabrics. The combined company's product portfolio will also include media gateways, media gateway controllers, signaling gateways and element management...

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Sprint to Exit Hosting Business

Sprint announced plans to wind down its Web hosting businesses and transition current hosting customers to preferred third-party providers. Sprint will no longer pursue direct sales of hosting, including managed hosting and collocation services, to enterprises. However, Sprint will continue to focus on IP-related products and services that are critical to hosting, such as managed services and network transport on its Tier 1 IP backbone. The decision will involve phasing out eight Sprint E|Solutions Centers located in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas,...

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IdleAire Launches Wi-Fi at US Truck Stops

IdleAire Technologies announced plans to deploy Wi-Fi hotspots at major truck stops along the US interstate highway system. The first deployment phase will include 200 truck stops. The company is partnering with Cisco Systems for the deployment. IdleAire Technologies is building plug-in heating and air conditioning vents for parked trucks. The IdleAire system allows drivers to turn off their truck engines while they rest or wait to load and unload, eliminating diesel idling emissions, saving fuel and improving driver comfort. The vent, which...

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3Com Intervenes in Cisco-Huawei Lawsuit

3Com filed a motion with the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall, Texas to intervene in the litigation between Cisco Systems and Huawei Technologies. 3Com is seeking a declaratory ruling regarding the validity and originality of the intellectual property behind new products that it intends to ship through its soon-to-be launched joint venture with Huawei. 3Com said it was taking legal action to make clear to the court, as well as customers, that it intends to follow through with the launch of the 3Com-Huawei joint venture....

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SnowShore Supplies Media Servers to Japanese Carrier

SnowShore Networks announced that its N20 and A1 media servers were selected for deployment in a leading Japanese carrier network (name not disclosed). BellNet, a systems integrator for several of the world's largest incumbent network service providers, will use the SnowShore media servers to power a portfolio of SIP services, including IP centrex, enhanced IP conferencing and messaging. BellNet's CASP operation provides basic and enhanced SIP-based telephony service, number resolution, and advanced billing and subscriber administration through...

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UTStarcom Announces Another PAS Contract With China Netcom

UTStarcom won a new contract valued at approximately $27.7 million with China Netcom for new and expansion deployments of its IP-based PAS (Personal Access System) (iPAS) equipment in suburban cities neighboring Tian Jin in northern China. UTStarcom said its PAS technology has gained more than 10 million Chinese customers as of April 2003. The PAS platform is marketed as a low-cost option for wireless local telephone service. http://www.utstar.com http://www.cnc.net...

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FCC Counts 19.9 Million High-Speed Lines in the US

High-speed lines (>200 Kbps bi-directional) in the U.S. increased by 23% in the second half of 2002 from 16.2 million to 19.9 million, according to the latest statistics released by the FCC. Highlights of the newly published "High-Speed Services for Internet Access" report include:as of 31-Dec-02, there were 6.5 million ADSL connections in the US, up 27% during the second half of 2002 as of 31-Dec-02, there were 11.4 million cable modem connections in the US, up by 24% during the second half of 2002as of 31-Dec-02, 548,471 high-speed lines...

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Motorola Launches 802.11g Cable Modem Gateway

Motorola introduced a new home gateway that integrates an 802.11g wireless access point, a DOCSIS 2.0 modem, 10/100base-T Ethernet and USB ports and an advanced firewall with content filtering, parental controls and wireless security. The Motorola SBG900 also offers features that are configurable by the network operator through SNMP -- or by the user through a Web-browser interface. http://www.motorola....

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NCTA is Bullish on Cable's Future

As of 31-March-2003, cable operators were serving more than 20 million digital cable, 12 million high-speed Internet, and 2.5 million cable telephone customers, said Robert Sachs, President & CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), speaking at the opening of this week's "National" cable show in Chicago. HDTV is another leading indicator of the cable market, with some level of HDTV programming now available in 78 of the top 100 Designated Market Areas (DMAs) in the US. About 5% of US households currently own a television...

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RosettaNet Telecom Industry Council Aims to Standardize E-Business Processes

BT, Cisco System, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia and Siemens are among the founding members of a new RosettaNet Telecommunications Industry Council aimed at standardizing key e-business processes used to exchange information throughout global telecom networks. The telecom council (TC) will operate as part of RosettaNet, a non-profit consortium dedicated to the collaborative development and rapid deployment of open internet-based business standards. The companies are hoping to streamline communications linkages between suppliers and...

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AT&T Expands Managed Security Services Portfolio

AT&T announced three new managed security services aimed at businesses and government agencies:AT&T Network-Based Firewall Service, which allows customers to globally leverage their existing WAN by providing a common, secured gateway to the Internet. Customers can apply a common set of security policies across many locations, such as dynamic URL filtering, and SMTP email traffic scanning. The service also establishes enterprise Permanent Virtual Circuits (ePVCs), secure private connections between their company WAN and that of their...

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Lucent Supplies Optical Upgrade for Hanaro Telecom's Backbone

Hanaro Telecom, one of South Korea's largest broadband service providers, selected Lucent Technologies to supply its DWDM systems for a nationwide backbone upgrade. Specifically, Lucent will deliver and deploy WaveStar OLS 1.6T systems in the major metropolitan areas including Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Daejeon and Gwangju by the end of August. The new equipment will increase Hanaro's long-haul transmission network capacity to 800 Gbps. Lucent's WaveStar OLS 1.6T DWDM system offers up to 160 10-Gbps wavelengths for a total capacity of 1.6 Tbps on one...

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Lucent to Build Optical Network for Beijing Communication Corp.

Beijing Communication Corporation (BCC), a subsidiary of China Netcom, awarded a contract valued at tens of millions of dollars to Lucent Technologies to build an optical network connecting the suburbs of Beijing. Specifically, Lucent will supply its Metropolis ADM MultiService Mux, WaveStar ADM16/1, Navis Optical Dynamic Network Analyzer (DNA), Navis Optical Network Management System, and WaveStar ITM-SC to construct 10G optical rings for BCC. The Lucent Metropolis ADM serves as an Ethernet-over-SDH multiplexer and integrates with BCC's existing...

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Marconi Selects Ikanos' VDSL-DMT Chipsets

Marconi is using Ikanos Communications' VDSL-DMT chipsets to build line cards that extend the capabilities of its Access Hub family of High Density DSLAMs and Multi-Service Access Nodes. Marconi's very-high-bandwidth line cards are aimed at telecom operators targeting triple play services -- voice, video, and data over a single copper pair. http://www.ikanos....

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Intel and Sun Microsystems Collaborate on Java Mobile Devices

Intel and Sun Microsystems are collaborating on Java technology-enabled audio, visual and multimedia applications delivered to mobile devices using Intel XScale technology based processors. Specifically, Intel and Sun will optimize Sun's Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) HotSpot Implementation on Intel's XScale technology based family of processors for mobile devices such as cell phones and PDAs. The joint effort will help manufacturers to more easily integrate Java software programs onto their deviceshttp://www.sun....

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Java Developers Set Sights on Mobile Applications

Motorola, Nokia, Siemens, Sony Ericsson and Sun Microsystems will unify their application testing and certification programs into a single initiative to accelerate the proliferation of Java technology in wireless devices. The initiative will set common certification criteria for content testing that the participants aim to make a symbol of consistent quality in the wireless industry. Sun will provide a Java license for applications that have passed certification testing. http://www.sun.comAn estimated 94 million Java devices are already deployed...

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