Ikanos Unveils its VDSL2 Chipsets

Ikanos Communications unveiled two highly programmable chipsets supporting VDSL2, VDSL, VLR, ADSL2+, and ADSL, while providing interoperability with existing DSL equipment. Ikanos' new suite of chipsets, which build on the company's existing 100 Mbps broadband solutions for MxUs and Fiber Extension on carrier networks in Asia, are aimed at triple play deployments requiring multiple channels of HDTV, fast Internet and VoIP. The new products include the SmartLeap 9400 for Central Office (CO) and Remote Terminal (RT) equipment and the CleverConnect...

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Verilink Appoints CFO, Moves HQ to Denver

Verilink announced the appointment of Timothy R. Anderson as Vice President and CFO. He previously served as CFO for Carrier Access Corporation. Verilink also announced plans to move its corporate headquarters to Centennial, Colorado (in the metro Denver area) from its previous location in Madison, Alabama. http://www.verilink....

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Broadcom Announces H.264 (MPEG-4) Compression Chip

Broadcom announced an advanced video decoder/audio processor chip that supports H.264 advanced video compression technology, also known as MPEG-4 Part 10/Advanced Video Coding (AVC). The new Broadcom BCM7411 video processor chip, which is the company's third- generation silicon implementation to support the H.264 video compression specification, could be used to significantly reduce the bandwidth required to deliver high definition (HD) and digital video content services or to store HD media on conventional DVDs and system hard disks. Applications...

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Strix Announces Outdoor Wi-Fi Cellular Mesh Networking System

Strix Systems, a start-up based in Calabasas, California, introduced a Wi-Fi cellular system designed for outdoor deployments in public safety, rural and metropolitan area networks. The Access/One Network OWS (Outdoor Wireless System), which builds on Strix's indoor mesh system, utilizes multiple radios, multiple channels and multiple radio frequency (RF) technologies to build high performance mesh backbones and connectivity for clients. Strix said its mesh algorithm has been field tested for over a year with the Access/One Network in indoor and...

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UTOPIA Project to Deploy Riverstone's New 15008 Ethernet Edge Router

The Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) has decided to deploy the Riverstone 15008 Ethernet Edge Router in the network's core. Riverstone began shipping its RS routers to UTOPIA in August 2004. The entire UTOPIA project is expected to take three years to build at an estimated cost of $300 million. Upon completion, the UTOPIA network will provide a wholesale active Ethernet network to approximately 140,000 residential and business subscribers in 14 Utah cities. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.riverstonet.comIn...

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SunRocket Selects Telco Systems' VoIP Residential Gateway

SunRocket, a new VoIP service provider led by former executives from MCI, has selected Telco Systems' Access211 VoIP broadband Internet Gateway for its residential CPE. Telco Systems' Access211 features and capabilities include distinctive ringing; Internet faxing; two telephone ports that concurrently support advanced compression technology for two different phone numbers; integrated routing, which eliminates the need for an external router; and QoS features such as traffic shaping. SunRocket's residential VoIP service is priced at $24.95 per...

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Spirent Introduces Power over Ethernet Test System

Spirent Communications introduced a Power Sync Analyzer platform dedicated to testing Power over Ethernet (PoE) IEEE 802.3af compliant devices. Developed by Sifos Technologies. in partnership with Spirent Communications, the Power Sync Analyzer is used to verify product conformance to the IEEE 802.3af PoE standard. The product provides high resolution, parameter-by-parameter variables testing that produce discrete measurements of the device's PoE signal performance and conformance. All 21 of the PoE functions specified by the IEEE 802.3af standard...

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Taiwan's APTG selects Alcatel NGN solution

Asia Pacific Telecom Group (APTG), a facilities based competitive operator in Taiwan, has selected Alcatel's next generation network (NGN) solution to deliver VoIP services. Specifically, APTG will deploy the Alcatel 5020 Softswitch to deliver IP-based telephony services to enterprise customers using a range of IP-based communications devices including PC-based soft-phones, PDAs, and standards compliant IP phones. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel.comhttp://www.aptg.com....

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BellSouth Reaches 2 Million DSL Customer Milestone

BellSouth passed the two million DSL customer milestone in November. BellSouth originally launched its Internet services group in August 1996 before debuting FastAccess DSL two years later in August 1998. Its network reaches nearly 1,600 central offices and approximately 18,000 remote terminals. BellSouth also serves one million dial-up Internet subscribers. http://www.bellsouth....

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RNKVoIP Promises Lifetime Phone Service for $999

Massachusetts-based RNK Telecom announced a new VoIP service that promises a lifetime of unlimited phone service for a one-time fee of $999. At this suggested retail price, residential users would receive a VoIP line, telephone, phone number, full feature set and unlimited outbound and inbound calling. RNK provides 911 and 411 services, and can port existing numbers to its VoIP service. RNKVoIP is also offering a $99 "Phone for Life" measured service that is suitable for residences, but primarily targeted toward business use. With this plan,...

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SaskTel Deploys Pace Micro's Set-top Boxes for TV/DSL

SaskTel has added Pace Micro Technology's newest IP set-top box (DB220S) to its existing inventory of Pace boxes (DSL4000) used to enable its TV over DSL service. SaskTel's TV over ADSL service provides customers unlimited high-speed Internet on a television and a computer, five e-mail addresses, more than 135 digital television stations, Max Front Row video on demand, 45 Galaxie digital commercial-free music channels, 32 Saskatchewan AM and FM radio stations, an Interactive TV Guide, TV web browsing, TV parental controls, and access to an interactive...

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Conexant Acquires Paxonet to Expand R&D in India

Conexant Systems has acquired Paxonet Communications, a privately held company headquartered in Fremont, California with an engineering workforce primarily based in India. Paxonet, which was founded in 1996 as CoreEl Microsystems, Inc., provides complete semiconductor design services, from concept to validated silicon, to a wide variety of worldwide customers, including Conexant. The company has approximately 105 employees, with more than 100 located in Pune and Bangalore, India. Prior to the Paxonet acquisition, Conexant had approximately 200...

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SkyTerra to Acquire 50% of Hughes Network Systems

SkyTerra Communications will acquire 50% of a new entity that will contain the assets of Hughes Network Systems (HNS) in a transaction that values HNS at approximately $360 million. HNS, which is based in Germantown, Md., is a wholly owned subsidiary of The DIRECTV Group. After two separate divestitures completed earlier this year, HNS is primarily focused on providing broadband satellite networks and services to enterprises via its core enterprise Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) business. HNS' other businesses include Consumer DIRECWAY, Mobile...

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Hanaro Telecom Selects Redback SmartEdge Router System

Hanaro Telecom, Korea's second largest DSL provider, has selected Redback's SmartEdge Router systems for critical edge routing in its Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) network. The systems will integrate cable television and fiber optic cable traffic to Hanaro Telecom's backbone and provide IP services. Hanaro Telecom currently utilizes Redback SMS systems for managing its broadband network and offering per-subscriber services. With this announcement, Hanaro Telecom has begun using Redback SmartEdge 400 systems for advanced integration and management...

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Maven and Akamai Team on Broadband Video Marketing

Maven Networks and Akamai Technologies announced a strategic partnership to deliver full screen, DVD- and HD-quality interactive video marketing applications on a worldwide scale. Maven Networks is a software provider that focuses on video marketing for the Web. Akamai will serve as the exclusive content and applications delivery platform for Maven. Chevrolet's "Chevy Live" application, launched in early November, is the first customer channel to be deployed using the joint Maven and Akamai delivery solution. http://www.maven.nethttp://www.ak...

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Cisco Cites Customer Gains for Carrier Routing System

Cisco Systems announced that several global carriers and research networks are now deploying and trialing the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System, which was introduced in May 2004. Cisco CRS-1 customers include SOFTBANK BB Corp. (providers of "Yahoo! BB"), the National Institute of Informatics' SuperSINET research network in Japan, as well as the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. Cisco said these customers, along with trials at Telecom Italia, are in addition to 14 other major global service providers that are in various stages of trials with...

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Veraz Networks Appoints New CEO

Veraz Networks has appointed Douglas A. Sabella as its President and CEO, succeeding Dr. Tal Simchony, who will assume a strategic role at the company. Sabella formerly served at Lucent as the Vice President responsible for the OSS and Intelligent Networking businesses. Later, he was named President of the Octel Messaging Division. After 15 years with Lucent, Doug was named President of Tumbleweed Communications and subsequently was COO at Terayon Communications. http://www.Veraznetworks.comVeraz Networks, which is privately funded by ECI Telecom,...

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Hammerhead Appoints Peter P. Savage CEO

Hammerhead Systems named Peter Savage as President, CEO and Chairman. He previously led Applied Digital Access (ADA) as President and CEO, and Chairman of the Board, from a small private company through an IPO, three acquisitions, and an acquisition by Dynatech. He was also President and CEO of Hatteras Networks, President and COO of Commterm -- Alliance Telecom, and President and COO of Xylogics.He has also served as a Director of Atmosphere...

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EMC to Resell Ciena Storage Extension Platforms

EMC Corporation will resell Ciena's CN 2000 Storage Extension Platform and ONLINE Metro Multiservice DWDM Platform through the EMC Select Program. The EMC Select Program facilitates enterprise customers' acquisition and deployment of commonly used storage networking components of information lifecycle management (ILM) solutions. The Ciena products address the extension of storage area networks, remote disk mirroring, remote back-up or the extension of other applications over distances from tens to thousands of miles to meet business continuance...

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Fujitsu and Cisco Form Strategic Alliance

Fujitsu Limited and Cisco Systems announced a strategic alliance focusing on routers and switches for the Japanese markets. Specifically, the companies agreed to jointly develop high-end routers and will collaborate on development of Cisco's IOS-XR operating system for multi-terabit routers. This is the first time Cisco has joined with another communications equipment manufacturer in router operating system development. Fujitsu will offer Fujitsu and Cisco co-branded routing products running IOS-XR to telecommunications service providers in Japan....

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SupportSoft Launches Independent Lab for Testing DSL CPE

SupportSoft announced the launch of its Digital 360º Interoperability Lab focused on compliance testing of customer premises equipment (CPE) with DSL Forum Technical Reports TR-064 and TR-069. The testing will verify adherence to the TR-064 and TR-069 specifications announced by the DSL Forum earlier this year. TR-064 is a LAN-side DSL CPE configuration specification that helps ensure that DSL modems can be easily configured and activated from the service provider's network. As a result, it helps simplify and speed the installation of a home or...

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