Swisscom and Telekom Austria End Merger Talks

Swisscom and Telekom Austria AG called off possible merger talks. Both parties agree on the advantages of a possible merger, but said under the current circumstances, they do not consider it possible to find a solution that would serve the interests of all concerned. http://www.swisscom....

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Marvell Delivers its 60 Gbps Ethernet Packet Processors

Marvell introduced a new 60 Gbps Ethernet Switching chipset aimed at a new generation of Ethernet switches featuring 10 GbE uplinks, dedicated ports running at 12 Gbps for stacking, and advanced QOS using policy control, all at full wire speed. New features available in the Prestera-DX250/260/270 packet processors include:Policy Control List (PCL) -- Wire speed policy control guaranteeing IPv4/v6 Security, VLAN, and QoS ACL rules.SecureControl -- A new approach to CPU traffic management functionality that enhances security by preventing problems,...

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Marvell's Q2 Net Revenues Increase 54% Y-O-Y

Marvell Technology Group reported record quarterly revenue of $297.2 million, an increase of 54% over net revenue of $192.9 million for the same period last year and a 10% sequential increase from net revenue of $269.6 million in the preceding quarter. Net income (GAAP) was $28.6 million, or $0.10 per share (diluted), compared with a net income under GAAP of $9.4 million, or $0.03 per share (diluted) for the same period a year earlier. The period marked the 27th consecutive quarter of sequential revenue growth for Marvell. Also, the 10% sequential...

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Navtel and the Technical University of Berlin Develop Test Applications

Navtel Communications and the Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at generating new multimedia test applications for future services that run on Next Generation converged Network (NGcN) infrastructures. Navtel will supply the test equipment required to simulate a large number of network users in order to measure performance under extreme load conditions. Furthermore, testing on softswitches, routers, application servers and other components of this next generation converged Network...

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Ixia Upgrades VoIP Testing Platform

Ixia introduced an enhanced IxVoice 3.0 platform designed to bridge the gap between functional and performance testing of traditional PSTN and VoIP technologies. Key features of this release include extensive predefined test cases for SS7, MGCP, NCP, and include RTP support that has a five times performance increase, and significantly enhanced ability to assess packet loss, jitter, and one-way delay. IxVoice now includes full support for T.38 conformance testing and also addresses a wide range of test applications with the ability to emulate...

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CIENA Reports Revenue of $75.6 Million, Loss of $141.5 Million

CIENA reported quarterly revenue of $75.6 million, representing a 1.2% sequential increase, and an increase of 10.4% for the same period a year ago. CIENA's reported net loss (GAAP) for the quarter was $141.5 million, or a net loss of $0.25 per share. The company highlighted the product diversification strategy it launch a year ago, noting that these new market sectors represented more than 35% of its total revenue for the quarter. Some highlights for the quarter:completed the acquisitions and the operational integration of both Catena Networks...

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Nortel to Re-focus Strategy on Network Convergence; Trim 3,500 Jobs

Nortel Networks issued a key status update, including preliminary results for Q1 and Q2 of 2004, and plans for a 10% workforce reduction resulting in the loss of 3,500 jobs over the next four months. The workforce reduction is expected to be substantially completed by year-end and will lead to reorganization costs of approximately US$300 million to US$400 million. The company is targeting annualized cost savings of approximately US$450 million to US$500 million once the reductions have been implemented. Regarding the ongoing investigation in financial...

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Thai Bank Implements National Network with Cisco

Standard Chartered Nakornthon Bank, one of Thailand's leading banks, selected Cisco Systems for an IP backbone linking its head office in Bangkok with its 41 branches. The network uses Cisco Catalyst 6500 intelligent multilayer modular switches, Cisco Catalyst 3500 switches, and Cisco 3600 and 2600 Series multiservice access routers. The bank is using the network for new applications, including VoIP to its branch offices. http://www.cisco....

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UC Davis Deploys Voice-over-Wi-Fi with Sprint, Cisco

The UC Davis Medical Center, a 576-bed hospital located in Sacramento, California, has deployed a private 802.11g WLAN to enhance their wireless voice communication system. The customized solution, which was deployed by Sprint, allows physicians, nurses and administrators to communicate instantly with each other to share patient and administrative information from virtually anywhere in the medical center. The networks uses Cisco Aironet Access Points and the Vocera Communications System for the voice component. The system consists of a software...

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China Telecom Selects Alcatel to Deliver 1.3 Million DSL Lines

China Telecom selected Alcatel Shanghai Bell to supply 1.3 million Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) in southern China. The contract covers the deployment of the Alcatel 7300 Advanced Services Access Manager (ASAM) by China Telecom's subsidiaries in 15 provinces and municipalities across southern China such as Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi. Upon completion of the project in September 2004, China Telecom will significantly enhance its network capacity to offer new multimedia applications such as video streaming, broadcast video,...

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AT&T Expands Consumer VoIP Service, Offers In-Side Wiring Service

AT&T has extended its CallVantage consumer VoIP service to 21 new Markets in seven states. In addition, the company announced that calling to Canada will now be included as part of the unlimited nationwide service at no extra charge and that it is extending the special six-month introductory rate of $19.99 a month through 30-September-2004. The cost of service is then $34.99 a month. The service is now available in 39 states and Washington, D.C. -- a total of 121 markets. AT&T also introduced an inside wiring service designed to connect...

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