ING DIRECT Selects Sprint's "Peerless IP" Network

ING DIRECT, a large bank with more than 1.8 million customers, has selected the Sprint "peerless IP" network architecture for its highly secure communications network services. The service provides an IP-VPN without any connections to the public global Internet. Sprint said its government-grade "peerless IP" network was originally aimed at meeting the security and performance demands of many federal and state government agencies. The FBI, National Guard and other key agencies have implemented the Sprint peerless IP solution. Since announcing government...

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U.S. Senate Committee Amends Proposed VoIP Legislation

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee approved an ammended version of the proposed "VOIP Regulatory Freedom Act of 2004," which was introduced earlier this year by Senator Sununu (R-NH). This legislation is aimed at encouraging the growth of VoIP by definitively classifying it as an information service and limiting potential state regulations.Two new ammendments to the bill would preserve the ability of states to require VOIP applications to provide 911 and E911 services; and would allow states to continue to require VOIP...

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Broadcom Grows Revenues 12% Sequentially and 70% Year-over-Year

Broadcom reported record Q2 revenue of $641.3 million, an increase of 11.8% from the $573.4 million reported for the first quarter of 2004 and an increase of 69.7% from the $377.9 million reported for the second quarter of 2003. Net income (GAAP) was $63.8 million, or $.18 per share (diluted), compared with GAAP net income of $39.9 million, or $.12 per share (diluted), for the first quarter of 2004.Q2 marked the company's twelfth consecutive quarter of revenue increases. The strongest revenue growth on a sequential basis was experienced in the...

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Telstra Selects 3G Solution from Nortel Networks

Telstra will deploy CDMA2000 1xEV-DO (evolution-data optimized) equipment from Nortel Networks. Deployment of CDMA2000 1xEV-DO is underway in major capital cities and selected regional areas across Australia. The network will provide speeds bursting up to 153 kbps nationally and bursting in excess of 1 Mbps in 1xEV-DO coverage areas. 1xEV-DO users can expect 300 to 600 kbps average throughput.The upgrade builds on an existing CDMA network supplied by Nortel Networks to Telstra in 2000 and a subsequent CDMA2000 1X upgrade in 2002. Financial terms...

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AT&T to Withdraw from Consumer Circuit-Switched Services

AT&T announced an historic decision to shift its focus away from traditional consumer wireline telephony. Going forward, the company will concentrate its efforts on business customers and emerging IP services, including consumer VoIP. David W. Dorman, AT&T's Chairman and CEO, said the recent changes in regulatory policy governing local telephone service, meant that AT&T could no longer compete in residential local and standalone long distance (LD) consumer markets. AT&T also reported its Q2 financial results. Some highlights: consolidated...

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Earthlink Adds 47,000 Broadband Subscribers in Q2

EarthLink added 31,000 net subscribers during the second quarter and ended the quarter with 5.3 million paying subscribers, an increase of 296,000 subscribers, or 5.9 percent, from a year ago. During the quarter, EarthLink added 47,000 net broadband subscribers and ended the quarter with 1.2 million broadband customers, an increase of 21.5 percent from a year ago. In the second quarter, the company also added 102,000 net subscribers through PeoplePC Online, EarthLink's value-priced narrowband service, while it lost 113,000 net subscribers in its...

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Juniper Hires Ex Cisco and 3Com Execs to Build Sales Channel

Juniper Networks announced the appointment of three new executives: Tushar Kothari, vice president of worldwide channels, Bob Bruce, vice president of America's channels and Neal Oristano, vice president of America's sales. Tushar Kothari joins Juniper Networks from Cisco Systems, where he served most recently as vice president/General Manager of Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems. From 1997 to 2002, he was vice president of worldwide channels for Cisco. Kothari has previously held positions in sales and marketing with National Semiconductor...

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Tekelec Report Growing Sales for its Next-Gen Switching Gear

Tekelec reported Q2 sales of $95.6 million, compared to $62.9 million in the second quarter of 2003. Orders received in the second quarter for Tekelec products and services were $123.6 million, compared to $68.0 million in the second quarter in 2003. The $123.6 million of total orders booked during the quarter is the second highest order total in the history of the company, surpassed only by the order level achieved in Q4 2003. Tekelec credited its next-generation switching business unit (Santera) for contributing significantly to this order...

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Global Crossing and TELMEX Sign Bilateral Voice Agreement

Global Crossing and Telefonos de Mexico have signed a commercial agreement for bilateral voice interconnection. The agreement allows Global Crossing to send traffic to Mexico and TELMEX to transport long distance voice traffic to the U.S.Voice traffic exchange has commenced in Los Angeles, where Global Crossing and TELMEX have collocated points of presence (POPs).The agreement expands an existing business relationship between the two companies: TELMEX has been Global Crossing's primary local access provider for data services in Mexico since 2001,...

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Sprint Canada Launches Broadband VoIP

Sprint Canada, a subsidiary of Call-Net Enterprises, launched a nationwide VoIP service aimed at households and small/home offices. Sprint Canada Internet Phone Service (IPS), which rides over any DSL or cable modem connection, is supported on the company's own back office systems.The service is available as a standalone product and includes all standard home phone features such as operator services, 911, 411, and 711. Call waiting, call display and voice mail are also available. IPS is also available as part of bundled package with local home...

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SBC Cites Growth in Data, LD, DSL

SBC Communications reported a return to positve wireline revenue growth, following nearly three years of declines. During Q2, traditional wireline revenue growth was 1.1%, compared to -6.7% for Q2 2003. However, DSL activations were below expectations, which the company attributed to seasonality (end of the school year) and the labor strike at the end of May. Some highlights for Q2 2004:Data revenues - SBC's data revenues increased 9.5 percent to $2.7 billion in the quarter, SBC's best-ever quarterly data revenue total and its strongest year-over-year...

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deltathree Provides Back Office Support for Verizon's VoiceWing

deltathree announced an agreement with Verizon Communications to provide VoIP consulting, management and integration services for Verizon's new VoiceWing consumer service. Specifically, deltathree is providing a suite of back office integration and management services including: account sign-up, billing, account management, credit card processing and fraud management, as well as VoIP telephony features as they relate to the end user experience. deltathree will also provide its Customer Service Interface (CSI) for utilization in supporting the customer...

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Verizon Launches is VoiceWing Consumer VoIP in 139 Markets

Verizon Communications launched its "VoiceWing" consumer VoIP service. The initial rollout allows broadband users to choose area codes in 139 markets in 33 states and the District of Columbia. Verizon's VoiceWing offers features such as unlimited local and domestic long distance calls, call waiting, caller ID, call logs, enhanced call-forwarding and online voice mail. VoiceWing does not support traditional 911 or E911 access to emergency services. The company recommends that users maintain an alternate means of requesting emergency services,...

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