Cablevision Extends VoIP to 4 Million NYC Homes

Cablevision has extended its digital voice-over-cable telephony service across its footprint of nearly 4 million homes in the New York metropolitan area. Cablevision's Optimum Voice service was introduced on a trial basis earlier this year and officially launched throughout Long Island in late September. The service provides unlimited local, regional and long-distance calling across the U.S. and Canada for a flat rate of $34.95 per month. It includes five custom calling features (Caller ID, Call waiting, Call return, three-way calling and Call...

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Atrica Names German Carrier Customer for its Optical Ethernet

ISIS Multimedia Net GmbH, a regional carrier in Germany's Dusseldorf region, has selected Atrica's Optical Ethernet Systems. ISIS currently operates a 1,200 km fiber backbone and offers services ranging from ISDN and analog phone services, Centrex "virtual PBX", DSL, leased lines (SDH up to 10 Gbps), and audio/video conferencing. ISIS will upgrade its network using Atrica's A-8000 Optical Ethernet Core Switch, the A-4100 Optical Ethernet Aggregation Switch, and the A-2000 family of Optical Ethernet Edge Switches. Financial terms were not disclosed.Separately,...

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NTT Targets a "New Optical Generation"

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) has established a new company to drive its efforts in establishing the "Vision for a New Optical Generation." NTT Resonant Inc. will have the dual mission of developing new broadband markets and contributing to the e-Japan Strategy II.NTT Resonant will function as the NTT Group's principal engine for broadband businesses. The development resources of NTT Laboratories and those of the NTT Group companies will be concentrated in the new company. As such, NTT Resonant will develop new applications, such as...

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China Telecom, China Netcom Select Nortel Networks

China Telecom and China Netcom have each selected Nortel Networks' Passport Multiservice Switches and Shasta 5000 Broadband Service Node (BSN) platforms to expand their networks. Financial terms were not disclosed.China Telecom Shanghai Branch plans to use Passport 7000 switches to expand its ATM based multiservice networks. China Telecom Shanghai deployed its first Passport switch in 1998. In addition, China Telecom's Shanghai Branch has deployed Shasta 5000 BSNs to provide enhanced security and traffic management features to enable applications...

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Agilent to Resell Brix VoIP Service Assurance Solutions

Agilent Technologies will offer Brix Networks' VoIP Service Assurance solutions under a worldwide reseller agreement announced by the companies. Agilent will sell the Brix 100, Brix 1000, and Brix 2500 Verifiers, along with the BrixWorx central-site software system and its Advanced VoIP and Video Test Suites, as part of the Agilent NgN Analysis System.Agilent has also integrated the BrixWorx software so that the real-time VoIP quality performance data and statistics collected by BrixWorx automatically flow into the NgN Analysis System. http://www.brixnet.com...

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Allied Telesyn Debuts 8-Channel CWDM Switch

Allied Telesyn introduced an eight-channel coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) switch for carriers, enterprises, municipalities, educational institutions, and government agencies with access to fiber. The CWDM platform provides eight Gigabit Ethernet channels on a single fiber pair over operating distances up to 70 km. It is available with either AC or DC power supplies, redundant power options, and optional SNMP management.Allied Telesyn said the new product is just the first in a series of forthcoming products that will leverage...

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Allied Telesyn Offers Gateways for Copper or Fiber Triple Play

Allied Telesyn introduced a new family of residential gateways for carriers offering "triple play" voice, data, and video services. In addition to IP voice, video, and high-speed data capabilities, the new residential gateways include Layer 3 capabilities, such as network address translation (NAT), a stateful inspection firewall, and virtual server/DMZ functions.The gateway could be used for either fiber or copper-based triple play services. It features three 10/100 Ethernet LAN ports, one 10/100FX/LX single-mode and multi-mode Ethernet WAN port,...

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Covad Reaches 500,000 Line Milestone

Covad Communications has reached the milestone of 500,000 lines in service -- up approximately 31% from the beginning of the year. During Q3, Covad continued to expand its partnerships with AT&T, MCI and Z-Tel to include line splitting. http://www.covad....

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Colubris Networks Hires Former WaveSmith Exec

Colubris Networks, a developer of intelligent Wi-Fi networking devices, named John O'Hara as vice president of engineering. O'Hara most recently served as co-founder and vice president of engineering with WaveSmith Networks. Previously, O'Hara was a co-founder and led the engineering team at New Oak, a developer of high-capacity remote access devices that was acquired by Bay Networks.Colubris Networks also named Steven Cohen as director of operations and Jonathan Zarkower as director of product management. Cohen most recently served as vice president...

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Spirent Introduces CopperMax Field Test Unit

Spirent Communications introduced a new line of intelligent handheld field test units that enable service providers to speed time to repair, reduce repeat dispatches, and integrate field and remote test activities into a single process. The new CopperMax/OSP field test unit can be used for identifying and locating faults in DSL, voice or private line services. Through a combination of remote wireless connectivity with the field laptop, and the laptop's own cellular-data connectivity with the provider's centrally located remote test OSS software,...

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DIRECTV Reaches 12 Millionth Customer Milestone

DIRECTV activated its 12 millionth customer this past weekend. The DIRECTV satellite service is now present in more than one of every nine TV households in the U.S. The DBS provider has added about one million net new customers in the last year.So far, DIRECTV has activated about 500,000 DVR customers nationwide. http://www.directv....

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Japan's HOTnet Selects Juniper's M, T and E-series Routers

Hokkaido Telecommunications Network (HOTnet), a Japanese service provider, is using Juniper Networks M-, T- and E-series platforms in a new 10 Gbps MPLS regional network. HOTnet will launch a range of services, including QoS-controlled Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN services, and is developing an MPLS-based Internet Exchange (IX). The carrier has replaced its legacy broadband aggregation equipment with Juniper Networks E-series platform, planning to leverage its capabilities to provide VoIP, content distribution and other highly customized services....

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Spirent Ties its OSS into a.p.solve's Carrier Workforce Mgt.

Spirent Communications and a.p.solve, a developer of intelligent field force management software, announced a strategic partnership to provide integrated workforce management solutions for carrier-class North American telco service providers. The partnership unites Spirent's Operations Support Systems (OSS) software, network probes and professional services with a.p.solve's TASKFORCE solution for expert field force management. The goal is to provide automated operational efficiencies and customer service benefits for a carrier's field operations....

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EchoStar Adds 285,000 Net DBS Customers in Q3

EchoStar's DISH Network satellite television service added approximately 285,000 net new subscribers during Q3, giving it a total of approximately 9.085 million subscribers. For Q3, EchoStar reported total revenue of $1.45 billion, a 19% increase over the same period in Q2. Net income totaled $35 million, compared to a net loss of $168 million during the corresponding period in 2002.EchoStar also announced plans to repurchase of up to an aggregate of $1 billion of its own Class A Common Stock. http://www.echostar....

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VideoTele.com Adds Windows Media 9 to IPTV

VideoTele.com, a division of Tut Systems, will incorporate Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series compression technology for delivering digital broadcast TV over broadband networks. Windows Media 9 Series compression will be supported in Tut's Astria content processor (CP), which serves as the core of Tut's digital headend solution. The Astria CP provides real-time processing and conditioning of all the audio and video content for distribution via IP, ATM and/or DVB protocols. Windows Media 9 Series encoding will be supported in software re-programmable...

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Lucent Enhances Navis Provisioning Manager for VPNs

Lucent Technologies released a new version of its Navis Provisioning Manager that is designed to significantly reduce the time and costs to carriers of setting up, delivering and managing IP VPNs. The software supports ATM, Frame Relay and DSL services, as well as the latest MPLS VPN and IP QoS technologies. Lucent said the new software can dramatically reduce the time it takes for the service activation process -- with carrier installations able to activate service in minutes rather than hours, with over 600,000 orders daily.Navis Provisioning...

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SMARTS Unveils MPLS-VPN Manager

SMARTS (System Management ARTS Incorporated) introduced a software system for managing MPLS-based VPNs. The solution is designed to automatically discover the components of the MPLS environment and the logical and physical relationships in the MPLS and VPN domains. It can be used to pinpoint the root cause of service-affecting problems, and calculate their impact on services and customers. The company said that two of the world's largest service providers have already licensed the InCharge MPLS-VPN Manager to intelligently manage and ensure the...

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Andrew and PCT Form Broadband Cable Alliance

Andrew Corporation has made an investment in Andes Industries, Inc., and its principal operating subsidiary PCT International, a leading supplier of optical and RF equipment for the broadband cable market. The companies also announced a strategic alliance to provide cable operators (MSOs) with one-stop sourcing of cable, connectors, multimedia taps, digital splitters, amplifiers and optical equipment. Financial terms were not disclosed.PCT International is a manufacturer of optical equipment and drop products, including fiber optic mini nodes,...

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Loral Skynet Initiates Telstar 13 Service

The new Telstar 13 satellite has successfully completed its in-orbit testing and is in operation at its 121 degrees West longitude orbital slot. Telstar 13's 24 C-band FSS transponders operating at 36 MHz will provide Skynet's cable programming customers with coverage throughout North America, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.Pending regulatory approval, Loral has agreed to sell Telstar 13, along with four other North American telecommunications satellites, to Intelsat. http://www.loral....

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Cablevision Tops 1 Million Cable Modem Customers, Restates Financials

Cablevision Systems reported Q3 revenues of $975.8 million, up 12% compared to the same period last year, and announced that it will restate its previously issued 2003 quarterly financial statements due to approximately $15 million of expenses that were improperly recorded in 2002 and earlier periods. Consolidated operating income totaled $24.2 million, up from $10.5 million in the comparable 2002 period due to the 12% increase in revenue and the incurrence of a $72.0 million restructuring charge in the prior year period compared to $8 million...

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