Alcatel Claims Leading Share of Global DSL market.

Alcatel's DSL market share for the second quarter of 2004 was 40.6% of the global amount of DSL lines shipped, close to three times that of the nearest competitor, according to figures from Dell'Oro Group cited by the company. Alcatel said DSL shipment growth in APAC, and to a lesser extent EMAI, experienced a dip during Q2, whereas the regions which have shown slower relative growth so far, such as North America and Latin America, saw a higher take-up. DSL shipments in North America by about 33% compared to the first quarter of 2004. In Latin...

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Metaswitch Cites Accelerating Deployments of Class 5 Packet Voice Switching

Metaswitch reported accelerating adoption of its VP3500 Series Class 5 Softswitch among its target customer base of independent and competitive telephone companies. During Q2, sixteen units were shipped for $5.9 million in revenue, more than all its competitors combined, according to Infonetics Research. The next generation voice products market, including Class 5 packet switches, softswitches and media gateways, is forecast to grow from $1.3B in 2003 to $4.8B in 2007. Based on Infonetics Research's latest quarterly report, Metaswitch claims 58%...

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Sprint Certifies Apple for Mobile Video Services

Apple's Xserve G5 and QuickTime software have been certified as mobile multimedia delivery platforms for Sprint's new PCS Vision Multimedia Services. The technology enables professional content service providers to deliver streaming audio and video clips to Sprint customers. The streams are available to customers using recently announced Sprint Vision Multimedia Services. http://www.apple....

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CenturyTel to Bundles EchoStar's TV Service

CenturyTel, the 8th largest local exchange telephone company in the U.S. based on number of access lines, will offer EchoStar's DISH Network satellite television service to its customers in 22 states. The relationship allows CenturyTel to offer customers multi-channel digital TV as part of its full suite of bundled product and service offerings. CenturyTel expects to begin offering its co-branded satellite TV services by the end of the year in a one-bill, one-point-of-contact service. CenturyTel will be the primary point of contact for CenturyTel...

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Intel Adds Tri-mode (802.11a,b,g) Wireless Module

Intel announced a new tri-mode wireless module (supporting IEEE standards 802.11a, b and g) for notebooks based on Intel Centrino mobile technology. The module supports the new IEEE 802.11i security standard and existing Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and WEP. Intel also released wireless software to help make it faster and easier for end-users to set up a wireless connection with any Wi-Fi network, at the maximum available data rate. The Intel Smart Wireless Solution provides a configuration wizard, advanced troubleshooting and automated security...

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Alcatel and Pirelli Completed Undersea Networking Deal

Alcatel and Pirelli completed the transacticion involving their respective submarine networking operations. Under the deal, which was first announced in May, Alcatel has acquired certain Pirelli related assets and obtain intellectual property rights, while Pirelli has taken a 5% shareholding in Alcatel's submarine business, with associated mutual put and call options. http://www.alcatel.comLinksys is a division of Cisco Systems. createSummaryAndThumb("summary9179808627316378619...

Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Reaches 2.7 Million DSL Users

Chunghwa Telecom, the incumbent operator in Taiwan, reported 2.7 million ADSL subscribers as of 30-June-2004, up by 138,000 over the preceding quarter and up by 33.5% over a year earlier. Chunghwa's total fixed line subscriber base stood at approximately 13.2 million as of 30-June-2004, an increase of 1.1% year over year. However, total fixed line revenues for the first half 2004 declined by 6.9% due mainly due to fixed line competition, mobile substitution and continuous migration of dial-up subscribers to ADSL. Chunghwa continues to be the leading...

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Korea's Asiana Airlines Signs On for Connexion by Boeing

Korea-based Asiana Airlines will begin installing the Connexion by Boeing mobile connectivity service on new aircraft scheduled for delivery in July 2005. Connexion by Boeing now has definitive agreements with Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines System, Japan Airlines, ANA and Kingdom Holding Co. to equip their long-haul aircraft with the service. In addition, Singapore Airlines, China Airlines and Korean Air have announced their intent to install the Connexion by Boeing system on their long-range aircraft. http://www.connexionbyboeing....

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France Telecom Licenses Turbo Code Patents to Broadcom

France Telecom has granted Broadcom a worldwide license to its Turbo Code patents for use in Broadcom's satellite applications. Broadcom's advanced single-chip satellite receiver is the first commercial chip supporting (8PSK) modulation and turbo code forward error correction (FEC). It allows satellite service providers to increase the information throughput by 35% in a given bandwidth or radio frequency link with no additional power requirements. France Telecom's Turbo Codes technology has been adopted into the W-CDMA, CDMA2000, and DVB-RCS standards....

Unwired Australia Launches Wired Broadband in Sydney

Unwired Australia Pty Limited has launched a wireless broadband service in Sydney using non-line-of-sight equipment from Navini Networks. The deployment is described as the largest broadband wireless network in Australia, covering more than 1,200 square miles. In addition to the initial roll out in Sydney, Unwired has targeted Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and other key regions in Australia for service expansion. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.navini.comhttp://www.unwired.com...

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Occam Adds ADSL2Plus to Broadband Loop Carrier

Occam Networks announced the availability of two new blades for its BLC 6000 Broadband Loop Carrier System. The first is a 48-port ADSL2Plus blade and the second is a 48-port ADSL2Plus and Lifeline POTS blade. Both blades are currently in customer trials and will begin shipping in September 2004. The new blades use ADSL2Plus technology, which delivers significant performance and interoperability improvements such as higher data rates, greater reach, advanced management, expanded diagnostics, enhanced power management and real-time rate adaptation....

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