ATX Communications Deploys Telica Softswitch

ATX Communications, an integrated communications provider serving the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions, selected the Telica PLUS 9000 Media Gateway IP softswitch platform. The new softswitch platform will be installed throughout ATX's network and centrally managed at its Philadelphia Network Operations Center. It will be deployed in conjunction with ATX's new MPLS network and related platforms. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.atx....

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Kagoor Announces Voice over Broadband Session Border Controllers

Kagoor Networks introduced its Voice over Broadband (VoBB) solution to enable MSOs and carriers to securely and seamlessly deliver VoIP via cable and xDSL. Kagoor' VoiceFlow series of session border controllers are already used extensively in carrier to customer applications. The product line has now been extended to address NAT traversal, security and peering requirements in the rapidly evolving VoBB marketplace. Kagoor's VoiceFlow VoBB solution for cable providers is compatible with the CableLabs PacketCable network architecture and supports...

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RCN Deploys General Bandwidth for PacketCable VoIP in Chicago

RCN has deployed General Bandwidth's G6 VoIP Media Gateway in support of its VoIP service in the Chicago market. RCN reports that customer response to its new VoIP service has been "terrific," with more than 1,000 customers to date and additions of more than 30 new customers per day. With the upgrade expected to be completed by the end of October, RCN's new VoIP service will be available to their entire Chicago footprint of approximately 300,000 homes which currently serves approximately 100,000 customers. Financial terms were not disclosed....

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LecStar Telecom Tests VoIP over Power Lines

LecStar Telecom, an Atlanta-based provider of communications services to businesses and consumers in the Southeast, completed installation and began testing a VoIP over Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) with a local utility company. As part of the trial, LecStar will offer approximately 30 utility customers high-speed data services, which will operate as fast as upgraded cable systems and faster than standard DSL services. http://www.lecstar.c...

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Sentito Closes $28.5 Million in New Funding, Hires New Executives

sentitO Networks, a start-up based in Rockville, Maryland, raised a total of $28.5 million in new funding for its open, standards-based VoIP switching and service solutions. sentitO's Open Network Xchange (ONX) platform enables service providers to deliver VoIP transport and services throughout their entire network. The ONX features integrated, SIP-based control of SS7/C7 Intermachine Trunk (IMT) and ISDN PRI links, and customizable XML scripting. The ONX is comprised of three components: the Intelligent Voice Gateway (IVG), the Proxy7 Signaling...

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NYT: "A Texan's Race Could Lead to the F.C.C."

The former chairwoman of the Texas Public Utility Commission, who is currently running for Congress, is attracting considerable support from the nation's largest telephone and energy companies, according to The New York Times. Becky Armendariz Klein is running as Republican in a heavily Democratic district in Texas against a five-term incumbent. Speculators believe she is likely to lose the race, but, in the event of a second Bush administration, she is seen as a likely candidate for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). http://www.n...

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Australia's Macquarie Selects Lucent/Juniper for Expansion

Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, a competitive carrier in Australia, selected Lucent Technologies to supply Juniper Networks' E-series edge routing platforms. The network expansion enables Macquarie Corporate to enhance its existing VPN offerings to include services such as MPLS-based IP-VPN and capitalize on Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) to offer customers greater security and control. Lucent deployed and integrated the Juniper solution into the existing Macquarie data network, which Lucent manages from its Global Network Operations...

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TGn Sync Coalition Outlines Proposal for 802.11n

TGn Sync, a coalition of more than a dozen vendors, will submit a joint proposal to the IEEE 802.11 Task Group N (TGn) for the next generation 802.11n standard. The companies said their TGn Sync specification would enable wireless LAN data rates to scale up to 243 Mbps in two-antenna designs and over 600 Mbps in larger systems. The proposal also includes methods to reduce power consumption for small mobile phones and increase the user capacity of public networks. The proposal also uses adaptive radio techniques to ensure that wireless products...

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UTStarcom Provides Wireless Softswitch for In-Flight Test

UTStarcom supplied its IP-based wireless softswitch technology to QUALCOMM for use in the recent in-flight voice communications proof of concept test onboard an American Airlines commercial aircraft. Through the use of an in-cabin, third-generation picocell network developed by QUALCOMM, passengers on the proof of concept flight were able to place and receive voice calls and text messages. UTStarcom's MovingMedia 2000 wireless softswitch solution enabled passengers using commercially available CDMA mobile phones to connect to the worldwide terrestrial...

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Alestra Selects MetaSolv for Activation of Voice and Data Services

Alestra, a leading Mexican service provider, has selected MetaSolv's service activation solution as its convergent platform for delivering voice and data services throughout Mexico. Alestra provides an array of voice, data, IP and broadband services to residential and business customers in Mexico, serving both local and long distance markets. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.metasolv.c...

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XO Signs Nine Wholesale Local Voice Services Agreements

XO Communications announced wholesale local voice services agreements with nine regional and national competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs): Access Point, AireSpring, Capital Telecommunications, Cross Stream Communications, InterGlobe, LDMI Telecommunications, QTel, Rural Communications, and Wholesale Carrier Services. The CLECs will leverage XO's Wholesale Local Voice Services to offer local data and voice services to businesses in as many as 36 markets across the U.S. XO said that with its recent acquisition of Allegiance Telecom, it...

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Global Crossing Adds VoIP Customer Advisory Board

Global Crossing has formed a VoIP Customer Advisory Board to help shape the direction of its VoIP offerings. The interactive group, composed of senior-level executives from a wide range of customers, meets on a quarterly basis. Customer Advisory Board members have the opportunity to interact, exchange information, and offer feedback on the adoption of VoIP as part of the movement toward converged communications. The panel explores a wide range of issues, including regulation, total cost of ownership, and market drivers. http://www.globalcross...

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Cavium Acquires Brecis' Secure Communication Processors

Cavium Networks has acquired Brecis Communications' MIPS based Secure Communication Processor product portfolio. The Brecis processors have been integrated into customer premise equipment such as broadband routers, security appliances and wireless access points. The product line acquisition includes all intellectual property, inventory, technology and exclusive rights to the Secure Communication Processor products. Cavium Networks has also retained key Brecis personnel. Financial terms were not disclosed. Cavium Networks supplies its own line...

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