Bell Labs to establish R&D Center in Ireland

Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs will establish an R&D center in Ireland in partnership with IDA Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland. The center will be a global headquarters for research into telecommunications and supply chain technologies and will be located at Lucent's facility in Blanchardstown, Dublin. Plans also call for the establishment of a Centre for Telecommunications Value-Chain-Driven Research (CTVR) to be headquartered at Trinity College, Dublin. Opportunities for up to 120 researchers will be created between the two centers. http://www.lucent.com/press/0604/040630.bla.html

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India's Bharti Infotel SelectsTellabs

Bharti Infotel is deploying the Tellabs 6300 managed transport system to enhance and expand its bandwidth capacity. The Tellabs solution includes the Tellabs 6370 WDM node, the Tellabs 6350 switch node, a high-density 4/4/3/1 digital cross-connect, and the Tellabs 6300 network manager, a single platform that manages the entire network. The new 14,500 km network provides Bharti with an initial 10 Gbps capacity and the option to scale and grow the network to 32 channels, each with 10 Gbps capacity. http://www.tellabs.comhttp://www.bhartiteleventures.com

• Bharti Tele-Ventures currently serves over 7 million mobile users in India. It offers mobile services in 15 out of 23 circles in India. The Company also provides fixed-line services in 6 circles. The company complements its mobile and fixed-line services with national and international long distance services. The company also has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, which connects the submarine cable connecting Chennai and Singapore.

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Energis Deploys Marconi Multiservice Optical Core

Energis is deploying Marconi's OMS1664 optical multiservice platform in its optical core network. The Energis national core network also uses Marconi's PMA32 DWDM platforms. Financial terms were not disclosed.



The Marconi OMS1664 platform is a high-density, full-connectivity service delivery platform as well as a compact, high-capacity traffic aggregation and switching device. The platform integrates with Marconi's optical core and metro WDM solutions and offers new ITU-approved data enabling capabilities -- fully standardized Generic Framing Procedure (GFP), Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS) and Virtual Concatenation (VCAT) solutions. http://www.marconi.com

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Tacit Networks Offers Windows Wide Area File Services

Tacit Networks began shipping its Wide Area File Services (WAFS) solution based on Windows Storage Server 2003. The company already offered a UNIX implementation of the file sharing solution, which provides transparent availability to data for remote office users regardless of the physical location of enterprise storage systems.



Tacit Networks' WAN-optimized protocol connects directly to industry-standard CIFS and NFS file systems and layers six simultaneous software technologies including differencing, data streaming, compression, data aggregation, I/O clustering and read-ahead. http://www.tacitnetworks.com

• Tacit Networks has developed an enterprise storage caching appliance designed to enable low-latency file sharing among geographically dispersed locations. The platform leverages a unique Storage Caching/ Internet Protocol (SC/IP) developed by Tacit Networks that is interoperable with existing storage, network and hardware infrastructure. The Tacit Storage Cache attaches directly to the LAN at a remote site and connects back to a Tacit Cache Server in the data center through a gateway using a standard VPN. From the LAN user's perspective, the Storage Cache appears to be a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, providing access to shared files using standard file sharing protocols like CIFS (for Windows) and NFS (for Unix). The Tacit Cache Server is a thin appliance that sits in front of a network attached storage (NAS) system at the data center and coordinates access by multiple remote Storage Caches to the consolidated storage resources. Tacit's SC/IP protocol, which is run between the Tacit Storage Caches and the Tacit Cache Server, uses compression and file differencing to minimize the amount of data transferred over the network. The storage caching system is aimed at enterprises that need to share data in real time.

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Lucent and Novatel Supply 3G Cards to Orange, TMN

Lucent Technologies and Novatel Wireless announced an agreement with Orange to supply 3G UMTS PC card modems for network rollouts in the UK and France. The Merlin U530 Wireless PC Modem Cards -- jointly developed by Lucent and Novatel Wireless -- enable connection speeds up to 384 kbps. Financial terms were not disclosed.



Lucent Technologies and Novatel Wireless also announced a contract to supply the same 3G PC card modems to TMN, the leading mobile operator in Portugal. http://www.lucent.comhttp://www.novatelwireless.com

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TransDimension Closes $18 Million for Peripheral Connectivity

TransDimension, a start-up based in Irvine, California, raising a total of $18.35 million in new funding for its peripheral connectivity solutions. TransDimension's product lines include the integrated circuits, IP cores and USB software stacks that enable direct connectivity for a wide range of PC peripheral applications and mobile devices. Proceeds from the financing were used in part to acquire the assets of the ARC International Peripheral Connectivity business including the ARC USB and Ethernet IP cores, CertiPHY capability and USB system support and development tools. The acquisition will enable TransDimension to expand its wired USB product base by leveraging the ARC USB IP cores and to further develop the company's peripheral connectivity focus into wireless USB used in high-volume consumer electronic devices.



TransDimension recently shipped its five millionth embedded USB host controller and has secured customer wins with NEC Electronics Corporation and STMicroelectronics. TransDimension also recently announced that it has joined the WiMedia Alliance, an industry alliance focused on Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless connectivity.



VantagePoint Venture Partners led the Series D financing, with participation by iSherpa Capital. Additional investors include GKM Ventures, Rolling Oaks Capital, and Shelter Capital Partners. http://www.transdimension.com

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Verizon Wireless to Buy Qwest's PCS Licenses for $418M

Verizon Wireless agreed to acquire Qwest's PCS licenses (1900 MHz) and related wireless network assets in 14 states for $418 million in cash. The deal includes relevant cell sites and wireless network infrastructure, site leases, and associated network equipment. The sale is contingent upon federal regulatory approval. JP Morgan acted as a financial advisor to Qwest. http://www.qwest.comhttp://www.verizonwireless.com

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Nokia and ST Propose Standard Mobile Imaging Architecture

Nokia and STMicroelectronics proposed a new specification for camera modules in mobile devices.
The specification, dubbed Standard Mobile Imaging Architecture, or SMIA, will cover all aspects of the modules, including their electrical, mechanical, and functional interfaces, and also address other key areas such as characterization, optical performance, and reliability.



The companies said the mobile-phone camera-module industry has developed rapidly in terms of technology, with dramatic increases in image quality and higher resolution. The SMIA would enable mobile handset vendors to work with multiple suppliers.



Nokia recently estimated that the camera phone market would exceed 200 million units this year.



While Nokia and ST hold key patents and other intellectual property in the SMIA specification, both companies have decided to open these up to any third party and will not assert those rights against anyone implementing a fully compliant SMIA module. No fee, nor royalty, will be levied. http://www.smia-forum.org

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Kasenna and SecureMedia Partner on Video Content Protection

Kasenna will integrate SecureMedia's Encryptonite System with its video network infrastructure. SecureMedia's Encryptonite System is an open platform DRM software solution optimized for the secure distribution of VOD, broadcast pay television, and multimedia services over IP networks. The system is entirely software-based (allowing for field upgrades), and runs on a variety of operating systems and hardware platforms. http://www.kasenna.com/http://www.securemedia.com

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Global Crossing Tunes its Converged IP Suite for Financial Firms

Global Crossing introduced an IP Convergence Solutions Suite designed for the data security and privacy requirements of the financial services industry. The company said its new IP services suite support mission-critical applications and transport IP data seamlessly throughout key financial centers worldwide.



Global Crossing's MPLS-based IP VPN provides three classes of service (CoS) with differentiated QoS, enabling financial firms to simultaneously run multiple applications, including IP turrets, instantaneous trading and multicast services with guaranteed performance.



In addition to the Converged IP Solutions announced today, Global Crossing has been serving the financial services industry with a set of customized applications for the investment trading community for more than eight years. Global Crossing's Hoot and Holler network carries real-time news and market commentary to trading floors and offices worldwide. The company's Trader Voice capability provides instant voice messaging for the trading community, while its Financial Extranet allows customers to connect, communicate and transact by linking global data providers and trading partners. http://www.globalcrossing.com/

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Apples iTunes Music Store Approaches 100 Million Song Downloads

Apple's iTunes Music Store has now delivered over 95 million songs and is expected to cross the 100 million download milestone shortly. Over 1.5 million songs have been sold in the UK, France and Germany since iTunes was launched in Europe two weeks ago.



The iTunes Music Store is the world's top online music service, with more than a 70% market share of legal downloads for singles and albums, according to Apple. http://www.apple.com/itunes

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T-Systems North America Names CEO

T-Systems
North America, a division of Deutsche Telekom, announced the
appointment of Sean Parkinson as CEO for its North American
operations. Andrew Borgstrom has resigned his position and will
continue in a consulting role. Parkinson previously served as
Senior Vice President, Outsourcing Sales, for AIG Technologies.
Prior to joining AIGT he held senior executive positions with
Equant and Case Communications. Borgstrom has led the company
since 2000 and was instrumental in forming the North America
division and growing it to a $300 million unit. http://www.t-systemsus.com/

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