TI Unveils Digital TV Chip for Cell Phones

Texas Instruments unveiled a single chip solution for cell phones. Code-named "Hollywood," the new chip integrates a tuner, OFDM demodulator and channel decoder processor. It interfaces with TI's OMAP multimedia processors for 2.5G and 3G handsets. The chip will use TI's 90-nanometer process technology. Samples are expected in 2006. TI's Hollywood chip will support newly established and open digital TV broadcast standards, including Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld (DVB-H), which was developed for Europe and is expected to extend to North...

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Nokia: Consumers Increasingly Giving Up Their Fixed Line Phones

An estimated 45 million consumers in the U.S., Germany, Great Britain and South Korea are now making all their voice calls from their mobile phone instead of fixed line home phones, according to a survey conducted by MORI on behalf of Nokia. The study on Fixed-to-Mobile Substitution (FMS) also suggests mobile could challenge fixed line connections for data access in the home, too. On average, those who claim they are certain or very likely to adopt a wireless service for data expect this to happen in 1 to 2 years. The study also found that the...

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Agere Licenses ARM Processor for System-on-a-Chip Applications

Agere Systems has licensed the latest ARM11 family cores for use in its system on a chip (SoC), application- specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and application-specific standard (ASSP) products.Agere is already a leading provider of ARM technology in its semiconductors. The ARM11 family is based on the ARMv6 32/16-bit architecture and features the ARM TrustZone extension for improved device security and the ARM Thumb-2 instruction set enhancement for high performance, high density code. ARM11 family cores achieve high frequencies (335-550MHz) without...

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Telmex Selects UTStarcom for IP DSLAMs

de Mexico (Telmex) selected UTStarcom to supply its IP DSLAM to complement its current network. Revenue from this contract announcement is anticipated in 2005. Additional financial terms were not disclosed. UTStarcom said the contract reflects is globalization strategy. http://www.utstarcom....

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University of Washington Chooses Looking Glass Dark Fiber

The University of Washington selected Looking Glass Networks' dark fiber to support research and education in conjunction with Pacific Wave, Pacific Northwest Gigapop, and other high-bandwidth networking initiatives. The dark fiber will be used to extend a connection from certain submarine cable landing points in Oregon and California to Seattle. Looking Glass' Seattle network provided the capacity and connectivity to the key carrier and data aggregation locations the University of Washington required. http://www.lglass....

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EarthLink Reaches 1.3 Million Broadband, 4.0 Million Narrowband Users

EarthLink reported Q3 revenues of $344.0 million, a 1.0% decrease from the third quarter of 2003. Net income was $37.6 million, or $0.24 per share, compared to $3.5 million, or $0.02 per share, from Q3 2003. Some highlights:Net subscriber additions of 67,000 during Q3, ending the period with 5.4 million paying subscribers.Added 74,000 net broadband subscribers during the quarter and ended the quarter with 1.3 million broadband customers, an increase of 34% from a year ago. Broadband subscribers now represent 23.7% of the total subscriber base....

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Verizon Expands FTTP Sites, to Hire Up to 5,000 to Accelerate Rollout

Verizon announced FTTP deployment to homes and businesses in Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia -- bringing to nine the total number of states where work is under way. The company had previously announced FTTP deployment in California, Florida and Texas as part its plan to pass some 1 million homes and businesses with the new technology this year. Verizon plans to pass some 2 million additional homes and businesses with the new technology next year. Verizon expects to make an $800 million capital investment...

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Alcatel and Fujitsu Show High-Speed Downlink Packet Access

Alcatel and Fujitsu launched a live HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) demonstration system in France. The system is designed for bringing data speeds of up to 14Mbps into existing W-CDMA networks. HSDPA will enable operators to support a considerably larger number of high data-rate users on a single radio carrier. The system, which was developed by Fujitsu based on technical specifications provided by NTT DoCoMo, is located at Alcatel's 3G Reality Centre (3GRC) in Vélizy, France. http://www.alcatel....

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France Telecom to Offer Cisco Solutions to Multinationals

France Telecom will offer Cisco-based IP services to multinational companies based in France. The agreement makes France Telecom a Cisco Gold Certified Partner. The companies said they are currently cooperating both on the core of hardware technologies (DSL, LAN switching, mobile wireless and routing) and on advanced technologies (IP telephony and security). Common agreements signed in 2003 and 2004 include BNP, EUR-Information (Crédit Mutuel CIC group) and Société Générale, among others. http://www.cisco.comhttp://www.francetelecom....

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Telkom SA Expands Deployment of Alvarion Equipment

Telkom South Africa has placed additional orders for Alvarion's MGW broadband fixed wireless access equipment to complete a country-wide,1.9 GHz wireless network project initiated in 2003. Over the past year, Alvarion's 1.9GHz systems have been deployed in five communities (Hekpoort, Pretoria, Upington, Bloemfontein and Grahamstown). Additional systems are being installed in suburban and rural areas lacking in existing telecom infrastructure and to upgrade others requiring replacement systems. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.al...

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Net2Phone Launches Wi-Fi VoIP Service

Net2Phone introduced a Wi-Fi Handset that enables service providers to offer wireless VoIP connectivity into Net2Phone's VoiceLine broadband telephony service. The service enables both inbound and outbound calling and allows users to choose from a U.S. local, U.S. toll-free or U.K. toll-free telephone number, no matter where they reside globally. In addition, the XJ100 supports a wide range of telephony features, including voice mail, Caller ID and call forwarding. Net2Phone said it expects to add a softphone client shortly. http://www.net2ph...

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Infonet Expands IP MPLS Network in India

Infonet Services Corporation has expanded its IP MPLS network in India, including new nodes in Bangalore and New Delhi. Infonet India (a partnership between Infonet Services Corporation and i2i, a leading provider of communications services to major businesses in India) is now offering international IP VPN Secure, IP VPN Internet, IP Voice and IP Video VPN, Call Center, Frame Relay and ATM services. In addition, Infonet has opened a call center and introduced videoconferencing services to India. http://www.infonet....

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Packet Design's Route Explorer Offers MPLS VPN Visibility

Packet Design introduced new "VPN-aware" version of its Route Explorer appliance, giving service providers visibility into the layer 3 virtual private network infrastructure. Route Explorer/MPLS VPN incorporates the IETF RFC 2547bis standard, which uses both BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) and MPLS. The new system adds support for MP-BGP (Multi-protocol BGP). By applying layer 3 route analytics to VPNs, Packet Design said its Route Explorer lets service providers visualize -- in real time and without the overhead of polling -- how individual VPNs...

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NetTest Launches ZettaSolve Professional Services

NetTest launched its ZettaSolve Professional Services Business Unit, which will provide contracted test and monitoring services supporting all network technologies, including Fiber Optic, Wireless, LAN, WAN, ATM, Frame Relay and MPLS on a 24/7 basis. ZettaSolve's range of professional services includes: Network Optimization Services for reducing time to market, lowering equipment costs, reducing network downtime and planning for future upgrades Performance Monitoring Services for anlayzing and optimizing networks, including capacity planning,...

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Cisco to Acquire Perfigo for Network Admission Control

Cisco Systems agreed to acquire Perfigo, a privately-held developer of packaged network access control solutions, approximately $74 million in cash. Perfigo's CleanMachines solution enables organizations to intelligently provide trusted access to "clean" endpoints. The software recognizes users, their devices and roles; evaluates the security posture of the endpoint and scans for vulnerabilities; and enforces policy in the network. It is designed for the Small-Medium Enterprise market and is deployed in educational institutions. Cisco said the...

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Interoute Expands Network Rollout with Sonus

Interoute is deploying additional Sonus equipment to meet growing demand for its Virtual Voice Network (VVN) in Europe. The company expects to carry more than 100 million minutes of voice traffic per month by the end of 2004. Interoute is implementing a full set of Sonus solutions, including the GSX9000 Open Services Switch, the Insignus Softswitch and the Sonus Insight Management System. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.sonusnet....

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AT&T Reports Revenue of $7.6 billion, Net Loss of $7.1 billion

AT&T reported Q3 consolidated revenue of $7.6 billion and a net loss of $7.1 billion, or $8.95 per diluted share, including non-cash asset impairment charges, as well as net restructuring and other charges. Excluding the asset impairment charges of $11.4 billion and net restructuring and other charges of $1.1 billion, adjusted operating income was $1.2 billion. Some highlights:AT&T Business revenue was $5.6 billion, a decline of 10.4 percent from the prior-year third quarter. Pricing pressure and continued declines in retail volumes negatively...

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New Trade Group Promotes Ethernet 10Gbase LX4 Interface

Leading optical component vendors have formed a new LX4 Trade Group (LX4-TG) to promote interoperability and market awareness for the LX4 standard, which offers the ability to transmit 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) data over existing multi-mode fiber and single- mode fiber infrastructure. Members of the group include MergeOptics GmbH, Opnext, Quake Technologies and WaveSplitter Technologies. LX4 technology is designed to support LAN, Access, Metro and Core applications over legacy multi-mode fiber that was originally installed to support 100 Megabit...

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SBC Adds 402,000 DSL lines in Q3

SBC Communications added 402,000 DSL lines in Q3, giving it a total of 4.7 million subscribers. SBC also added 1.3 million long distance lines, giving it a total of 19.8 million LD accounts in service. Some highlights for the quarter:Revenues -- totaled $10.3 billion, up 1.4% compared with the third quarter of 2003, driven by solid data growth and progress in consumer bundling. Third-quarter results include a net increase to revenues of approximately $60 million from regulatory and other matters, including the California Public Utilities Commission's...

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Qwest Settles with the SEC for $250 Million

Qwest Communications reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ending a two-and-a-half year investigation of the company. Without admitting or denying liability, Qwest agreed on a going-forward basis not to violate provisions of the Federal securities laws, as set forth in the judgment. In addition, the company agreed to pay a $250 million cash civil penalty in two installments, $125 million within 20 business days of the entry of the judgment and $125 million by December 31, 20...

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3Com Opens R&D Center in Hyderabad, India

3Com opened an R&D center in Hyderabad, India in partnership with MARS Telecom. The new research and development center will provide software development for 3Com's VoIP products and will support future growth into wireless, switching and network management. http://www.3com....

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Broadcom Reports Record Revenue of $646.5 million

Broadcom reported record Q3 revenue of $646.5 million, an increase of 0.8% from the $641.3 million reported for Q2 2004 and an increase of 51.9% from the $425.6 million reported for Q3 2003. Net income (GAAP) was $49.0 million, or $.14 per share (diluted). "During the third quarter we were able once again to attain record revenues and strong cash generation in spite of the previously-disclosed negative impact of excess inventory within the supply chain," said Alan E. Ross, Broadcom's President and CEO. "While the inventory correction touched all...

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