FLAG Telecom Supplies GigE Circuit for Yahoo! Korea

Yahoo! Korea selected FLAG Telecom to provide trans-continental connectivity and intra-Asia advanced services across the FLAG Telecom global network. As part of the project, FLAG configured its Global Ethernet Service to optimize high speed access to international content via servers on both continents. User authentication was configured as a point to point service, traversing FLAG's wholly owned backbone network via a dedicated, secure Gigabit circuit. FLAG Telecom said this configuration enables authentication to be conducted in seconds. Customers...

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Venezuela's CANTV Signs 5-Year Deal with Alcatel

CANTV, the principal operator in Venezuela and a subsidiary of Verizon, signed a five-year deal with Alcatel covering DSL and digital loop carrier (DLC) access technologies, as well as SDH and DWDM transmission systems. The collaboration between CANTV and Alcatel, which began with the supply of 100,000 DSL lines. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel.comCANTV has somet 2.9 million access lines in service, more than 2.8 million cellular subscribers and more than 282,000 Internet access subscribers, as of 30-June-20...

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IFX Selects Alcatel for High Density DSL in Chile

IFX Networks, an international service provider with operations in 9 Latin American countries, selected Alcatel for a DSL project involving 12 central offices in Santiago and in the 9 main regions of Chile. Alcatel will supply the XD (eXtreme Density) version of the Alcatel 7300 ASAM with ATM and Ethernet based uplinks. Financial terms were not disclosed. IFX commercializes its turnkey network access solutions and value added services to local, regional and international corporate customershttp://www.alcatel.comhttp://www.ifxnetworks....

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BMW Selects Cisco for IP Corporate Net in Spain

BMW Group España selected a complete Cisco IP Communications solution for its new headquarters in Madrid serving 500 employees and external partners. Cisco's IP Contact Centre solution will be used by 80 agents, who will be able to access customer profiles, information on BMW salesrooms and other vital information over their phones. As part of the project, Cisco is deploying Catalyst 6500 & 2950 series switches, with IP telephony solutions supported by the Cisco 3700 series router, Call Manager 3.3, and close to 500 IP Phones. Unified messaging...

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Lucent Forms Government Advisory Board

Lucent Technologies has formed a Government Advisory Board to guide its sales in the federal market. The board consists of former senior U.S. Government officials and policy makers, including:Ruth A. David, president and chief executive officer of ANSER, an independent, not-for-profit, public-service research institution that provides research and analytic support on national and transnational issues. Dr. David also served as Deputy Director for Science and Technology at the Central Intelligence Agency.Tillie K. Fowler, a partner in the Washington,...

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Cegelec/Lucent Supply Optical Network for Oil Well Project

Cegelec, a Lucent business partner, has been selected by the Technip group to supply an active transmission network for controlling and managing oil wells in Abu Dhabi. Technip is a French company providing engineering, technology and project management in the field of oil and gas, petrochemicals and other industries. The project involves the addition of some 49 new nodes over an existing optical infrastructure. Lucent will provide its Metropolis AMS and incorporated TransLAN Ethernet cards. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.lu...

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AOI Announces Tunable Laser Patents

Applied Optoelectronics (AOI), a manufacturer of laser diodes, photodetectors, and optical modules, announced the issuance of four new U.S. patents relating to a variety of unique designs for tunable lasers. With the addition of these patents, AOI's 29 issued patents now include ten related to tunable laser technology, some of which involve external-cavity laser technology. http://www.ao-inc....

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Nokia and NEC Complete IMS Testing

Nokia and NEC completed the first phase interoperability testing between the two companies' IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS). The testing program verified the functionality of major IMS features over an IP network connecting Europe and Japan. During the tests, Nokia and NEC established sessions for VoIP as well as transferred instant messages between test terminals. Standardized in 3GPP Release 5, IMS is designed to allow service access and interoperability between operators and vendors. The companies said the success of these trials has shown that...

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AT&T Enhances CallVantage VoIP Service

AT&T announced another round of new feature enhancements for its CallVantage VoIP over broadband service. New features include a "Simple Reach Number" capability that enables subscribers to have up to nine additional telephone numbers for their service in any available area code. For example, customers can choose numbers with area codes where they have out-of-town friends and family so that these geographically distant people may call without incurring long distance charges. Likewise, home office workers can set up numbers with area codes...

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Iceland Telecom Selects NetCentrex for VoIP

Iceland Telecom has selected NetCentrex' Business Services Suite for deployment of IP-based telephony services for the corporate market and is planning trials of NetCentrex' MyCall solution for residential broadband IP telephony services. Trials of the new offer are scheduled to begin in November 2004, with the launch of commercial services planned in the beginning of 2005. Iceland Telecom has also acquired NetCentrex' MyCall(R) solution for trials of residential broadband IP telephony services which would form part of a 2nd stage Triple Play...

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Verizon Signs TV Exec to Guide Video Projects

Verizon Communications hired Terry Denson, former vice president of programming for Insight Communications, the ninth-largest cable operator in the country, to manage entertainment content and marketing strategies. As vice president of video programming and content marketing and strategy for Verizon, Denson will guide video product packaging, pricing and marketing strategies; video content acquisition and distribution agreements; and customer education, acquisition and retention planning. "As we push to take advantage of the delivery capabilities...

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iBasis Enters Retail Channel for Prepaid Long Distance

iBasis, a wholesale carrier of international long distance voice traffic, is entering the retail business with a prepaid calling service offered directly to consumers through an eCommerce website. The iBasis "Pingo: service utilizes the same global VoIP infrastructure iBasis uses to provide international long distance service to its wholesale carrier customers. "Almost 40% of international phone calls from the U.S. are placed using prepaid calling services today," said Ofer Gneezy, president and CEO of iBasis. http://www.ibasis.comhttp://www...

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CinemaNow Adds Sony Pictures to its Movie Library

CinemaNow announced an agreement with Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) enabling its to add Sony content to its online movie library. Under the deal, CinemaNow will offer Sony's new release films the same day they become available in their traditional pay-per-view window along with previously released movies from Sony's vast film library. Pricing is set at $3.99 for first-run films and $2.99 for library titles. In addition to Sony, CinemaNow's film suppliers include Disney, Fox, Lions Gate, MGM, Miramax and Warner Bros., and hundreds...

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