Vonage Wins Injunction Against NY Public Service Commission

Vonage was awarded a preliminary injunction by a U.S. District Court barring the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) from regulating Vonage as a telecommunications carrier. The judge will consider the merits of a permanent injunction in January 2005. "We are satisfied with the court's decision and believe this is a positive step forward for New Yorkers and the industry," said Jeffrey A. Citron, chairman and CEO of Vonage Holdings Corporation. "Vonage remains eager and committed to working with the states, Congress and the FCC to create a...

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EC Outlines Plans for Mobile Broadband Services

The European Commission reaffirmed it commitment to a policy blueprint to ensure that information services can be accessed anytime, anywhere across the EU, and that the EU retains its lead in mobile broadband services. Mobile penetration levels in Europe are over 80% and rising. The challenges ahead include ensuring that services can be supplied seamlessly to a variety of devices, making the technologies and networks that carry them interoperable, and providing adequate intellectual property protection for services with high value-added content....

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BT Trims Broadband Prices, Confirms Rollout Schedule

BT announced broadband price cuts of up to 25% for its consumer services. The prices will now be as follows:BT Broadband (512k) - down from £27 per month to £24.99 BT Yahoo! Broadband 512k - down from £29.99 per month to £26.99BT Yahoo! Broadband 1 Mbps - down from £40.99 per month to £29.99, BT Broadband Basic (512kbps), remains at £19.99 per month, now with free modem and connection.All products will continue to offer free connection and modem when purchased online. BT also raised the monthly bandwidth allowances to "levels significantly higher...

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Kotura Raises $11 Million for its Silicon Optics

Kotura, a start-up based in Monterey Park, California, secured $11 million in funding for its Silicon Opto-Electronic Integrated Circuits (SOEIC). The company's CMOS platform can be used for dynamic optical modules that combine active devices with passive waveguide devices on a single silicon chip. The funding came from existing investors, ComVentures and ARCH Venture Partners. http://www.kotura.comKotura, was founded in October 2003 through the merger of Arroyo Optics and Lightcross. Both companies, based in southern California, have developed...

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Mitsui to Market Firetide Wireless Mesh Networks in Japan

Firetide, a provider of wireless mesh networking technology, announced a marketing and sales partnership with Mitsui & Co., Ltd., one of the largest trading companies in Japan and its U.S. subsidiary Mitsui Comtek Corp. Mitsui will become the master distributor for Firetide products in Japan. Firetide's HotPoint Wireless Mesh Routers replace Ethernet cabling and form a Wireless Instant Network, eliminating the need for trenching and laying fiber or cable. The network self-configures by simply plugging HotPoint routers into standard AC power...

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Xten Reports Successful VoIP Onboard Transatlantic Flight

Klaus Schulz, a former 3Com Chief Technology Architect, reported great VoIP quality using Xten's softphone, the free SIPphone service and the Connexion by Boeing broadband service during a Lufthansa flight from Munich to Los Angeles. http://www.xten.c...

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Level 3 Providing Network Services to Tiscali International Network

Level 3 Communications was selected to supply optical wavelength services to Tiscali International Network BV, the carrier arm of Tiscali. Level 3 is providing Tiscali International Network with 2.5 Gbps and 10 Gbps wavelengths connecting Europe to New York, Chicago and other U.S. markets. Tiscali International Network will use the wavelengths to upgrade their network capacity into main Internet exchange points on both U.S. coasts. http://www.Level3....

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AT&T Continues National Consumer VoIP Deployment

AT&T announced the expansion of its CallVantage VoIP service to residents in 10 additional states. The consumer VoIP service has now been launched in 22 states and 72 major markets in the 14 weeks since its introduction. The company plans to reach 100 markets by the end of September 2004. AT&T has also extended its special six-month introductory rate of $19.99 a month through the end of August. Earlier this month. it reduced the full retail price to $34.99 per month for all subscribers. http://www.att....

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Metalink Cites Growing VDSL Shipments in Japan, Korea

Metalink shipped over 30,000 VDSL ports to Japan in June 2004. The company also announced record shipment of over 200,000 ports to Korea -- fueled by demand for its Long-Reach Total-VDSL solution. Metalink now expects that its Q2 2004 revenues will be approximately $6.1 million, compared to $3.2 million for Q2 2003, its highest revenues recorded during the last 12 quarters. The quarter revenues represent an increase of 90% over the year ago quarter, and a 15% increase over the $5.3 million for Q1 2004. http://www.metalinkbb.c...

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Intrado Extends Presence in VoIP 9-1-1

Intrado will provide Primus Telecommunications with 9-1-1 services for its VoIP subscribers. Intrado routes VoIP 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate public safety agency. Due to industry-wide technical and regulatory limitations, these calls cannot be treated as traditional 9-1-1 calls with priority routing and critical location information. Intrado said it is working with the industry to proactively address these VoIP issues while providing a clear roadmap to a true Enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) solution in 2005. http://www.intrado.comhttp://www.primust...

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Cisco Supplies Optical Network in Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation has deployed an optical network infrastructure that will help transport voice, data and multimedia services to government departments, companies and the general population. The deployment is based on Cisco ONS 15454-based optical transport infrastructure and an IP/MPLS core network. A fiber network has been built around Addis Ababa, and it will transport both mobile and fixed-line analogue voice traffic. An IP/MPLS layer provides a single converged core infrastructure based on Cisco MGX 8000 Series...

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Cisco Announces New Global Technical Support Services Program

Cisco Systems is launching a new Global Services Alliance program to help its partners provide co-branded technical support services to customers requiring consistent information technology (IT) support capabilities on a global scale. The program integrates Cisco SMARTnet technical support and Cisco services' best practices with the partner's value-added IT services. The program is expected to benefit Cisco customers with extensive IT resources distributed across multiple countries. To be eligible for the Global Services Alliance program, interested...

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U.S. Robotics Management Team Acquires Majority of the Company

The management team of U.S. Robotics Corporation has acquired a majority stake in the company from Solectron Inc. The acquisition gives the U.S. Robotics management team majority ownership in the company. Terms of the transaction will not be disclosed. U.S. Robotics will retain its current employees including the executive management and account management teams. Moreover, the company's supply chain infrastructure will remain intact, and existing distribution channels will be used for all current and future products. 3Com and Accton Technology...

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Orange Plans France's Largest WiFi with Cisco

Orange plans to extend its current total of 3,000 hotspots in France to 4,500 by the end of 2004. The project includes the first use in France -- and one of the first in the world -- of zero configuration networking, a feature which allows users to log onto WiFi networks directly without any changes to the setup of their computers, facilitated through capabilities provided by the Cisco Mobile Exchange architecture. Orange has forged deals to provide pre-paid WLAN services in Air France business lounges and Accor hotels, with around 55 new WiFi...

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ECI Telecom Awarded Large DSL Order through Strategic Partner

ECI Telecom announced that it will supply hundreds of thousands of DSL lines in Europe within the coming two years through a new contract secured by its strategic partner. ECI's equipment will enable an unnamed service provider to deliver advanced broadband services such as voice and ADSL to its subscribers. The Hi-FOCuS scalable solution will additionally enable an evolution path to multimedia services. http://www.ecitele.comIn February 2004, Nortel Networks named ECI Telecom as a strategic partner for its new last mile access portfol...

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Meru Signs Japanese Partners for Voice over WLAN

Meru Networks, a start-up offering voice over WLAN solutions, announced strategic partnerships with Nissho Electronics Corporation and Tokyo Electron Ltd, two leading Japanese IT solutions providers. Both companies will distribute, resell, and support Meru's 802.11 Wireless LAN products to meet the advanced voice and data requirements of their enterprise customers throughout Japan. http://www.merunetworks.comMeru's technology provides application-specific QoS, high client density on a WLAN, and cellular network-style soft-handoffs between access...

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Q1 Labs Secures $11 Million for Network Security

Q1 Labs, a start-up based in Waltham, Massachusetts, secured $11 million in a new round of funding, for its network monitoring software. Q1 Labs flagship product, QRadar, provides a unique live window for surveillance, analysis and control, acting as a RADAR screen for an organization's entire network. QRadar profiles the behavior of systems, applications and users; learns normal patterns; and recognizes anomalies, whether they originate from security breaches, internal network misuse or operational inefficiencies. The funding round was led by...

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