Italian CLEC Elitel Deploys Sylantro

Elitel, one of Italy's largest CLECs, will deploy Sylantro's platform for a hosted communications VoIP service that addresses both residential and business markets. Sylantro recently announced a new consumer broadband voice solution that allows service providers like Elitel to quickly enter the skyrocketing consumer market for VoIP services while simultaneously serving the business IP Centrex market. Elitel successfully deployed Sylantro's Futura broadband telephony product earlier this year. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.sy...

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NextWave Announces Auction of Six PCS Licenses

NextWave has asked the bankruptcy court overseeing its reorganization for permission to auction the company's FCC license rights to six 10 MHz personal communications services licenses in the following markets: New York (NY) (C-3 block); Denver (CO), Portland (OR), Sarasota (FL), Tampa (FL), and Tulsa (OK). Subject to bankruptcy court approval, the auction is scheduled to take place on 08-July-2004. Following the auction, NextWave's 65 million POP wireless footprint will be the sixth largest in the U.S. Concentrated primarily in the northeast,...

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STMicroelectronics to Develops Chips for Windows Media 9

STMicroelectronics and Microsoft are working together to develop a series of new integrated circuit components for extending the reach of high-quality, secure Windows Media 9 Series content, in both standard and high definition, to a wide range of popular devices such as set-top boxes and DVD players. ST will supply these new components to consumer electronics manufacturer for use in set-top boxes, DVD players, digital video recorders (DVRs), Portable Media Centers, home-networking devices, etc. In addition to standard formats, the devices will...

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Centillium Launches FTTP Optical Access Solutions

Centillium Communications unveiled its full line of optical access solutions for the FTTP market. The portfolio is initially comprised of four product families:The COLT Optical Line Termination (OLT) family of mixed-signal EPON protocol processors for the CO. The processor solution combines a bridge, SerDes/burst mode CDR, CAM and MIPS CPU core into a single, SoC solution for OLT applications. COLT resides in a line card at the service provider's central office and directs the traffic to multiple ONUs. The Mustang Optical Network Unit (ONU) family...

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Vendors Issue 10 Gbps Miniature Device (XMD) MSA

Leading optical component suppliers released the common specifications for optical devices based on a 10 Gbps/s Miniature Device Multi-Source Agreement (XMD-MSA). The defined specifications are intended for optical devices capable of transmission over a distance of 20 km or more. This Multi-Source Agreement (XMD-MSA) has been created to establish compatible sources of 10 Gbps Transmitter Optical Sub-Assembly (TOSA) and Receiver Optical Sub-Assembly (ROSA) devices embedded into the 10 Gbps XFP MSA module. MSA members include Eudyna Devices, Mitsubishi...

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HP Acquires Riverstone's Enterprise-Class Technology for $28 Million

Hewlett-Packard agreed to acquire Riverstone Networks' XGS enterprise technology platform and the associated software licenses for $28 million. The assets will become part of HP's ProCurve Networking Business unit. HP plans to use the technology to develop a new class of product designed to complement its ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Architecture. Riverstone retains their ownership of the operating system software. Both companies will independently develop the software for their respective products moving forward. Riverstone said the transaction is...

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Cisco Announces Intelligent Roadway

Cisco Systems introduced a set of networking technologies and services tailored to help government planners reduce traffic congestion, improve security, and lower operating costs. Cisco's IP-based solutions connect traffic management centers, toll collection and traveler applications into an integrated system. An intelligent network allows multiple transportation regions and agencies such as police, fire, and rescue teams, to share information and communicate in real time to alleviate traffic congestion and protect the traveler. The Cisco solution...

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Shanghai Telecom Selects Juniper's E-series Routers

Shanghai Telecommunications has selected Juniper Networks' E-series routing platform for the third phase in the expansion of its broadband network. This most recent deployment of the E-series in Shanghai Telecommunications' network will extend the geographical reach of broadband ADSL access in China's largest city. The deployment, which is being implemented now, also underpins a network capacity upgrade to meet growing demand for new value-added services including the Shanghai Online 2 multimedia service, also known as China VNet. Shanghai Online...

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Nortel Networks Boosts its Edge Router (Shasta)

Nortel Networks introduced the third generation control and subscriber services modules for its Services Edge Router 5500 (formerly known as Shasta 5000 Broadband Services Node). The modules provide scalability and performance enhancements that enable broadband-optimized routing capabilities to be combined with broadband aggregation and IP services capabilities. These enhancements are scheduled for general availability in July 2004. Services Edge Router 5500 is designed to increase the performance and scalability of the Shasta product line two-fold,...

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Flextronics to Acquire 55% of Hughes Software Systems

Flextronics will acquire Hughes Network Systems' entire ownership stake of fifty-five percent (55%) in Hughes Software Systems (HSS), a leading provider of software products and services to telecom infrastructure companies, for a total cash consideration of approximately US$226 million (Rs547 per share). HSS, which is based in India, provides convergent software solutions for fixed and mobile networks for both voice and data. Its products and services span a variety of domains, such as optical networks, wireless networks, satellite networks, switching...

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Marconi Ships $33 Million in BXR-48000s to U.S. Government

The U.S. Federal government recently purchased and has taken delivery of a number of Marconi's BXR-48000s. During the fiscal quarter ended 31-March-2004, Marconi shipped the bulk of an order valued at about $33 million, including installation services, for BXR-48000s. These sales were the major driver of the increase in BBRS sales during that period. This contract follows a sale of BXR-48000s to the U.S. Federal government announced in September 2003 that was valued at about $9 million for hardware and services. Marconi said the BXR-48000 is...

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AT&T Announces Global VoIP Telework Trials

AT&T is conducting trials in Asia and Europe for a global VoIP telework service, targeted to multinational companies. The service , which leverages the AT&T CallVantage consumer VoIP platform, allows a business to provide its employees a suite of advanced calling features in the home or hotel environment using readily available broadband connections. Eventually, the service will afford remote workers secure, high-speed connections directly to their corporate offices. AT&T expects to introduce the service in 2005. http://www.att.c...

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BellSouth Readies Network-Hosted Business VoIP

BellSouth will begin offering, on a market trial basis, a business class network-hosted VoIP service in Columbia, South Carolina and Miami, Florida. Customers' voice and data traffic will be carried on the private BellSouth Regional IP Backbone, versus the public Internet. BellSouth plans to launch hosted VoIP business services in additional metros in the Southeast later this year, based on these trials. BellSouth's VoIP portfolio already includes equipment-based services (IP-PBXs), which the company has offered for nearly three years, and Centrex...

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CIRPACK Adapts its SoftSwitch for SIP Scalability

CIRPACK announced new software add-ons enabling its carrier-class SIP softswitch to deliver Class-5 subscriber services on a very large scale using SIP. The Cirpack Back-To-Back User Agent (B2BUA) and RTP Forwarder enhancements enable service providers to manage and track a SIP call from beginning to end and to incorporate external processing into SIP. This could include network announcements or the automatic disconnection of calls for prepaid calling card users. All Class 5 features are now available to SIP users. The Cirpack Back-To-Back User...

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Nortel to Offer Qovia's E911 VoIP management tools

Nortel Networks will offer Qovia's Location Gateway Server application as part of its E911 solution for customers of its Communication Server products. The Location Gateway Server is a key component of Qovia's VoIP Monitoring and Management System (VMMS) to provide E911 client location within VoIP networks. It enables E911 data to be gathered and forwarded to PSAP (Public Safety Answer Point) databases to enable dispatching of emergency personnel to a terminal's (IP phone, soft client) location. Qovia provides up-to-date location information as...

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Quake introduces 10 Gbps PHY Chips for WANs

Quake Technologies introduced a 10 Gbps serial-to-XAUI PHY for Ethernet and Fibre Channel local and wide area networks (LAN/WAN). The device builds on Quake's existing LAN PHY components and includes an optional WAN Interconnect Sublayer (WIS) for connecting 10 Gbps Ethernet and Fibre Channel islands across SONET/SDH and WDM networks. The device could be used in XAUI-based modules or directly on a system card interfacing to XFP modules. http://www.quaketech....

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Kineto Raises $35 Million for Mobile over WLAN

Kineto Wireless, a start-up based in Milpitas, California, raised $35 million in Series C financing for its Mobile over Wireless LAN (MoWLAN) solutions. Kineto is developing technology to allow subscribers to roam seamlessly between mobile networks and WLANs with a single handset for voice and data services. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners. Existing investors including 3i, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, SeaPoint Ventures, Storm Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and Venrock Associates also participated in the financing round. Kineto...

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PMC-Sierra Introduces High-Density Line Interface for T1/E1/J1

PMC-Sierra introduced a high-density and low cost copper line interface unit (LIU) solution for medium- and short-haul operations. The device delivers 32-channel T1/E1/J1 port density and is optimized for multi-service provisioning platforms (MSPPs), add/drop multiplexers (ADMs), wireless infrastructure, multi-service switches and edge routers. http://www.pmc-sierra.com/network...

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