IPDR.org Releases Public WLAN Roaming Specifications

The Internet Protocol Detail Record Organization (IPDR.org), an open consortium for interoperable service measurement and exchange, announced the public release of specifications for Public WLAN roaming and settlement. The documents, IPDR Supplier/Partner (S/PS) Settlement and IPDR Public WLAN Access Service specifications, enable inter-operator settlement for universal single-bill access to public WLAN (PWLAN) hotspots. The IPDR S/PS Settlement specification resolves key technical limitations of cross-industry settlement interoperability. It...

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Greenfield Networks Delivers GigE Edge Chassis

Greenfield Networks, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, introduced an edge chassis design with full IPv6 support based on its new Gigabit Ethernet switching silicon and ATCA (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture). The Greenfield Networks reference design platform features 128 Gigabit Ethernet ports in 5 RU (rack units) of height. The reference design includes a supervisor engine that delivers all the management and control functions as well as low-cost Gigabit line cards featuring 32 GE ports. It supports control plane software from...

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LSI Logic Storage Systems to Become Engenio

LSI Logic Storage Systems will change its name to Engenio Information Technologies. Additionally, the company announced that it has filed an application for listing with the New York Stock Exchange to trade under the ticker symbol "NGE." These steps were taken in preparation for the previously announced initial public offering and separation from its parent company, LSI Logic Corporation. The IPO is anticipated to be completed in the first half of 2004. The company is a provider of modular, high-performance, disk storage systems and sub-assemblies...

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PCCW Launches Broadband Wireless Service in UK

PCCW has launched a UMTS TDD-based wireless broadband network in the UK using the 3.4GHz spectrum it acquired last year. Under its subsidiary UK Broadband, PCCW, one of Asia's leading integrated communications companies, is offering a high-speed wireless service to residential and business customers living in an area west of London at rates starting at only GBP 18 per month. The broadband wireless services uses a plug-and-play IPWireless modem available in high street shops or ordered over the Internet. Because the IPWireless UMTS TDD technology...

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