National Institute of Standards Awards Video-overDSL Funding

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a three-year, $4 million grant to four companies to develop a system to provide video services over DSL. The team is made up of project leader Sarnoff Corporation, Alcatel, SBC Laboratories and Thomson. The four companies will collaborate on a video delivery mechanism that allows live or recorded program feeds to be sent to subscribers. The system will provide a wide selection of streams (or "channels") of commercial-quality video and audio content and distribute them in real time...

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Corning Licenses Patents to Japanese Manufacturer

Corning concluded a license agreement with Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) covering patents for molded glass components used in telecommunication applications and other products where compact, durable, high quality optical lens systems are required. Terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. NSG joins the expanding list of companies that have taken a non-exclusive license under these Corning patents. http://www.corning....

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Colubris/Miltope Supply Wi-Fi for Connexion by Boeing

Connexion by Boeing is deploying wireless access equipment from Colubris Networks and Miltope Corporation to enable in-flight wireless access. In addition, Miltope and Colubris Networks have entered into an OEM partnership to deliver secure wireless access point products to the largest manufacturers and operators in the commercial and executive aviation industries. Early Connexion by Boeing trials with Lufthansa and British Airways utilized the Colubris Networks/Miltope solution.So far, Connexion by Boeing has announced agreements to supply in-flight...

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Legra Closes $12 Million for WLAN Switching

Legra Systems, a start-up based in Burlington, Massachusetts, raised $12 million in Series B funding for its WLAN switching solutions. Legra recently began shipping its flagship WLAN system, which features a "Parallel Priority Cryptography" chip for security. The WLAN switch combines priority switching and priority cryptography on a single platform. New investor Duchossois TECnology Partners led an up-round which included participation from all Series A investors, including Kodiak Venture Partners and Genesis Partners. http://www.legra....

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FCC Forms Internet Policy Working Group

The FCC is forming an internal Internet Policy Working Group to advise on issues that arise as telecommunications services move to Internet-based platforms. The group will work with state commissions and federal agencies in forming a national policy. The members of the steering committee for the Working Group include:Co-DirectorsRobert Pepper, Chief of Policy DevelopmentJeff Carlisle, Senior Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition BureauOther MembersJune Taylor, Chief of Staff, Consumer and Governmental Affairs BureauAnna Gomez, Deputy Chief, International...

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Sylantro and Convedia Partner on IP Centrex

Sylantro Systems and Convedia Corporation completed interoperability testing between Sylantro's hosted communications and IP Centrex application and Convedia's media servers. By providing a shared pool of media processing resources for all applications in a carrier network, Convedia's media servers help to drive down operational and capital costs while supporting new services. Sylantro has utilized Convedia's SIP control interface to achieve full interoperability with Convedia's media-processing features including announcement playback, VoiceXML...

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Infineon Introduces Ethernet-over-SONET Mapper/Framer

Infineon Technologies introduced an Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH (EoS) mapper/framer designed for systems that support current and emerging Ethernet/data transport services over existing metropolitan-area optical fiber networks. Infineon's new MetroMapper 622 chip, the first member of a new family of networking ICs, allows equipment manufacturers to develop systems that meet the latest Ethernet transport requirements as defined by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) and ITU-T, including seamless interface between private and carrier networks, and any-point-to-any-point...

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Vonage Introduces $15 Residential Basic Plan

Vonage, introduced a new Residential Basic Plan for broadband telephony priced at $14.99 per month, offering 500 minutes of local, toll and long distance calling throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Vonage Basic Plan includes the same features as its other plans at no additional cost and is available to all existing and future customers. Vonage's existing Residential Unlimited local Plan is priced at $24.99/month for unlimited local calling plus 500 minutes of long distance. http://www.vonage....

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Swiss Utility Deploys Cisco ONS 15300 series multiservice optical platforms

The regional power utility company (Centralschweizerische Kraftwerke) serving the Swiss Canton of Lucerne is deploying Cisco ONS 15300 series multiservice optical platforms to create a single network between power stations, remote offices and its central headquarters. The new network will carry switched Layer 2 Ethernet traffic between sites as well as consolidate traditional PBX voice traffic over a single multiservice optical network using SDH as a transport protocol. The utility is using Cisco ONS 15302 MSPPs in its remote locations, with traffic...

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Quintum Announces New VoIP Switch/Gateway

Quintum Technologies announced the newest addition to their Tenor VoIP MultiPath Switch product line for supporting larger PBXs that are utilizing multiple digital trunks. It also enables service providers to implement IP Local Loop or calling card applications in their smaller Points of Presence (POPs). Quintum's MultiPath Switches provide intelligent call routing between the PBX, PSTN and IP networks. The newest products, available with 2, 4, 6 or 8 T1/E1/PRI spans, support H.323 and SIP. They scale from eight to 120 simultaneous VoIP calls....

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FCC Opens VoIP Forum Seeking Coherent Policy

Views from:FCC Chairman Michael PowellFCC Commissioner Michael CoppsFCC Commissioner Jonathan AdelsteinKevin Werbach, The Supernova GroupCharles H. Giancarlo, Cisco SystemsJeff Pulver, Pulver.com and The Pulver ReportJohn Hodulik, UBS Investment ResearchJohn K. Billock, Time Warner CableMichael Gallagher, Department of CommerceCarl Wood, California Public Utilities CommissionCharles Davidson, Florida Public Services CommissionJames Crowe, Level 3Tom Evslin, ITXC and VON CoalitionJeffrey Citron, VonageDr. Gregg Vanderheiden, University of WisconsinSpeaking...

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