Orca Interactive Wins Contract for IPTV Services in India

Atlas Interactive India selected Orca Interactive for suite of middleware applications (RiGHTv) for a TV over IP service being developed by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India's largest telecom company. The Atlas netTV project is scheduled to launch services under BSNL's brand name of DATAONE with an initial 50,000 subscribers in the National Capital Region of Delhi by the end of 2004. Thereafter Atlas plans to rollout these services across 38 major cities in India, reaching BSNL's millions of phone subscribers. Atlas has set a target...

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Amino to Provision Widevine Virtual Smart Cards in Set-Top Boxes

Amino Communications, a UK-based supplier small, low cost set-top boxes, will begin provisioning its boxes with the Cypher Virtual SmartCard from Widevine Technologies. The companies said their solution significantly lowers the costs of securing content over video networks. http://www.widevine.comhttp://www.aminocom....

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Atos Origin Deploys CIRPACK to Support Outsourced IVR for Tier1 GSM Operators

Atos Origin, a leading international information technology (IT) services company, has deployed CIRPACK's carrier-class telephony switches to connect interactive service platforms to the PSTN. This allows Atos Worldline to handle Interactive Voice Response (IVR) services on a very large scale for its European customers (Tier1 GSM operators and large accounts) and prepare for next generation value added voice services. Atos Worldline is also replacing its legacy switches with Cirpack equipment in a move to migrate to next generation network (NGN)....

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ITU Report Foresees Wire-free Future

In October 2003, the Asia-Pacific region passed the symbolic mark of one billion telecommunication users, mobile phones and fixed lines combined. The ITU is forecasting that before the end of this decade, another billion users of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are likely to be added to the region's networks, but the majority of them will be connected using various wireless technologies. In the developed world, at least in urbanized areas, the ITU believes portable Internet technologies are likely to be complementary, rather...

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Cisco Boosts EMEA Channel Program

Cisco Systems has launched a new "Opportunity Incentive Program" (OIP) in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sector seeking to provide financial incentives to reward channel partners for the pre-sales investment associated with securing sales opportunities in targeted market segments. The current focus of OIP in EMEA is the commercial market, which encompasses medium enterprise, mid-market and small & medium businesses. "With more than 90 percent of Cisco business going through our channel partners, it is imperative to our future growth...

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Opnext Demonstrates Interoperable Tunable Laser and DWDM XENPAK

At this week's ECOC 2004 conference in Stockholm, Opnext is demonstrating the interoperability of its tunable transponder and an advanced XENPAK module for Ethernet over DWDM. Both modules are integral to Opnext's 10G metro DWDM Ethernet portfolio of products. The tunable transponder is capable of tuning full C-band with wavelength spacing of 50GHz, and supports multiple rates from 9.95 Gbps to 11.1 Gbps. The XENPAK module can transmit data beyond 80km over the standard single- mode fiber, utilizing a cooled integrated laser modulator (ILM) transmitter...

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CoreOptics and Marconi Launch 10 Gbps Distortion Tolerant Transponder

CoreOptics and Marconi announced the industry's first 10 Gbps adaptive distortion tolerant transponder platform. The key technology is enabled by CoreOptics' MLSE electronic equalization engine that acts adaptively as part of the receiver to compensate for both optical and electrical distortions accumulated along the transmission link. The distortion tolerant transponder could enable transmission of 10 Gbps services on the widely deployed 2.5 Gbps metro networks. The companies said the key benefits of the new distortion tolerant transponder platform...

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UK Regulator Issues VoIP Numbering Plan

Ofcom, the official telecom regulator for the U.K., published its approach to new voice services, including Voice over Broadband (VoB) phone services. Ofcom said its approach is intended to minimize the regulatory burden associated with the creation and delivery of new voice services while ensuring that providers benefit from fair and effective competition in the infrastructure markets upon which they will depend. Ofcom's actions include:Establishing a telephone numbering plan for new voice services, allowing providers to offer their customers...

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