SBC Launches $14.95 DSL Promotion

SBC Communications launched a limited promotion offering DSL (384Kbps - 1.5 Mbps) for $14.95 a month (other charges apply) with a 12-month term for new residential subscribers who order online. The SBC Yahoo! DSL Pro (1.5Mbps - 3.0Mbps) service is available for $24.99 a month for 12 months if they order online (other monthly charges apply). The move is expected to lead to further price cuts across the U.S. broadband market.http://promo.yahoo.com/s...

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Marconi Debuts Service Router

Marconi introduced a new routing platform designed to help service providers deliver high value, low touch IP services such as virtual private networks (VPNs) based on network virtualization capabilities. Marconi said the service provider market is being driven by the same virtualization trends seen in data centers, where storage and other resources are virtualized. Carrier networks need to evolve into commodity cores with differentiated edges.The...

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SBC Sees DSL as Foundation for Next Gen Services

"Broadband is much more than just another add-on service... broadband is the foundation for the newxt generation of wireline services," said Rick Lindner, CFO of SBC Communications, speaking at the Lehman Brothers conference in New York. "That's why we/ve made broadband a high priority and why you can expect us to remain aggressive with DSL. Speaking to investors, Lindner outlined a roadmap for SBC based on five strategic initiatives: broadband, wireless, service integration, business markets, and cost savings. In broadband, SBC added more than...

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Net Insight Introduces Video-Centric SONET/SDH Platform

Net Insight introduced its Nimbra 600 series of next generation multi-service switches, offering up to 1 terabit per second switching capacity per rack. The Nimbra 600 series utilizes next generation SDH/SONET and Net Insight's switching architecture to provide guaranteed video transport over fiber for triple-play and professional broadcast media networks. The Nimbra 600 series also provides lower-order granularity for all services including Ethernet.In a triple play network, the Nimbra 600 could be use to transport video from a head-end facility...

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SureWest Offers 20 Mbps Residential Access in Sacramento

SureWest Communications will begin offering a residential Internet connection of up to 20 Mbps in selected areas of the Sacramento, California market. The service is delivered over the company's FTTP network. The new 20 Mbps service will be added to SureWest's lineup that already includes a 10 Mbps residential Internet connection. When combined with a home telephone or television package, the 10 Mbps service is $49.95 a month and the 20 Mbps service is $89.95 a month. Both the 10 and 20 Mbps services are "synchronous," which means that users...

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Canada's Bell Mobility Selects Nortel for 1xEV-DO

Bell Mobility, Canada's leading wireless carrier, awarded a contract valued at an estimated US$126 million (C$160 million) to Nortel for upgrades to its wireless network. This represents the first commercial deployment in Canada of a next generation wireless data network using EV-DO technology, Bell Mobility customers will be able to download data on their mobile devices at speeds up to 2.4 megabits per second with average speeds of 300-500 kbps. Nortel will provide CDMA2000 1X radio base stations, base station controllers, switching platforms...

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Nortel/BT Selected for UK Ministry of Defence Net

Nortel announced a US $42 million deal with BT to provide a new and secure mission-critical network for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and British Armed Forces. This network is based on Nortel's Multiservice Switching and Carrier VoIP solutions that will deliver a secure and resilient wide area network and save the UK MOD approximately £15 million per year. Additionally, Nortel and BT have jointly developed a dedicated testing facility lab for the MOD network. The testing done in this lab will help ensure the smooth migration of new and current...

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Motorola Debuts DOCSIS 2.0 CMTS

Motorola introduced a fully-featured DOCSIS 2.0 cable modem termination system (CMTS) with a compact design that enables cable broadband operators to extend services into new and emerging market venues.Motorola's new Broadband Services Router 2000 (BSR 2000) is a 1 rack unit (1U) unit that can be deployed as a stand-alone device, or in small clusters that support small or medium sized distribution hubs, multiple dwelling unit (MDU) facilities, or hospitality locations. The product supports Motorola RFSentry functionality, which enables advanced...

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Riverstone Supplies Ethernet Routers to China Telecom

China Telecom's Shanghai subsidiary, Shanghai Telecom, has selected Riverstone's carrier Ethernet routers to deliver Ethernet access services to its expanding base of enterprise customers over its ATM core infrastructure. Financial terms were not disclosed.Shanghai Telecom will deploy Riverstone's RS 3100 Ethernet access routers. The RS 3100 is designed to deliver services over Ethernet, TDM, ATM, CWDM or SONET/SDH networks. Sitting at the edge of the carrier's network or at the customer premises, it features 32 10/100BaseTX fixed RJ-45 ports,...

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Motorola Invests in Sonaptic

Motorola made a strategic minority investment in Sonaptic Limited, a start-up developing advanced audio technologies for the mobile device market. The technology creates an immersive, three- dimensional sound environment that can be experienced using the embedded speakers in portable devices or by using standard headphones. The technology is suited to multiple applications including games, user interface enhancement, music and ringtones. Sonaptic's technology is portable and has been especially crafted for the low power, low resource requirements...

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Perimeter Internetworking Offers "Security in the Cloud"

Perimeter Internetworking introduced a "Security-in-the-Cloud" designed to protect ISPs, VoIP resellers and others from a variety of security threats. The Gateway 4.0 solution provides traffic policy control, intrusion prevention and malware defense. Gateway 4.0 pre-integrates over 50 security services to address every potential threat to SP customers' businesses including Intrusion Defense, Malicious Code Defense, Secure Email Services, Secure Access, Automated Compliance, and Network Services. SP customers can choose between a network-based,...

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BellSouth Selects Tellabs and JDSU for Access Network

BellSouth selected Tellabs as the exclusive supplier for the Fiber to the Curb (FTTC) portion of its next-generation network through the end of 2006. Specifically, Tellabs will develop an upgrade for BellSouth's existing FTTC platforms designed to achieve speeds greater than 50 Mbps for BellSouth's customers served by this architecture. BellSouth currently has approximately 1.1 million customers served by FTTC systems and anticipates adding 150,000 - 200,000 new homes on those systems in both 2005 and 2006.Financial terms were not disclosed."BellSouth...

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Guangdong Telecom Selects Lucent's LambdaUnite

Guangdong Telecom, a provincial subsidiary of China Telecom, awarded two optical networking contracts to Lucent Technologies. The deployments will include Lucent's LambdaUnite Multi-Service Switch (MSS) and the Metropolis ADM MultiService Mux for Guangdong Telecom's networks in Zhongshan and Zhuhai. This marks the first deployment of the LambdaUnite MSS in the two cities and the first deployment of the Metropolis ADM in Zhuhai. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.lucent....

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Spain's Auna Selects Alcatel for Triple Play

Auna, the second largest fixed network operator in Spain, selected Alcatel as its IP Triple Play turnkey project integrator, and as the supplier for most essential network components and service delivery platforms. Along with the DSL access network, Alcatel will deploy its MPLS metropolitan aggregation network solution for AUNA.Alcatel will integrate the softswitch-based VoIP solution, which enables a fast deployment on existing platforms. As in other major IPTV contracts around the world, Alcatel will act as overall systems integrator, managing...

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Conexant Offers VDSL2 Solution

Conexant Systems introduced its Accelity family of VDSL and VDSL2 central office (CO) and customer premise equipment (CPE) semiconductor solutions. The Accelity family includes VDSL and VDSL2 system solutions for ATM and packet-based DSLAMs and client-side terminals. Conexant's Accelity chipset family is based on industry-standard discrete multi-tone (DMT) line code technology, and is compliant with the recently ratified VDSL2/G.993.2 International Telecommunications Union standard. Production devices are available now and are shipping to customers...

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Aware Announces VDSL2 Engines

Aware announced solutions conforming to the recently ratified VDSL2 standard. StratiPHY3 is a complete physical instantiation of Aware's DSL intellectual property in the form of a single digital chip and can be software configured to operate in central office (CO) or customer premise equipment (CPE). It supports all ADSL, ADSL2/2+, VDSL and VDSL2 features and functionality, including long-reach VDSL2 mode, and is the latest addition to the StratiPHY line of fully functional, manufacturable silicon intellectual property (IP) offerings from Aware.Aware's...

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Siemens Supplies Optical Access Network in Kuwait

The state Ministry of Communications in Kuwait has commissioned Siemens Communications to completely upgrade its access network in six urban areas from copper to fiber. Under the EUR 40 million contract, Siemens will deploy a Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) to deliver up to 2.5 Gbps to each fiber. A single optical fiber is then fanned out over passive splitters and laid in a star configuration to each building. There the link is terminated at an ONT or for a large number of users at an ONU (Optical Network Unit). The network termination...

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Alcatel Supplies FTTH to Japanese Cable Company

Alcatel's FTTU (Fiber-to-the-User) solution is being deployed in Japan by a local cable TV operator and a municipal authority under projects managed by Itochu Cable Systems, a leading system integrator in Japanese cable TV, broadband and broadcast media. The two FTTU projects enable City Cable Shunan Corporation, a cable TV operator in the Yamaguchi prefecture and the municipal authority of the Kijimadaira town in the Nagano prefecture, to offer video and Internet services. Itochu Cable Systems is utilizing the Alcatel 7340 Packet Optical...

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China Telecom Awards DSL Contract to ZTE

ZTE Corporation announced a multi-million contract to supply its more than one million lines of ADSL equipment to China Telecom, the country's largest fixed line operator. The contract represents 30% of the total award by China Telecom, according to ZTE.ZTE noted it has delivered approximately 12 million ADSL lines to date to customers in over 30 countries, including China, Greece, Romania and Egypt. http://www.zte.com...

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Bay Microsystems to Acquire Parama for its ADM-on-a-Chip

Bay Microsystems, a start-up offering high performance packet processing silicon solutions, announced it has reached profitability and that it has agreed to acquire Parama Networks, a start-up developing an ADM-on-a-chip solution. The merger is expected to close later this month, and terms were not disclosed. As part of its strategy to complete the acquisition of Parama, Bay has raised additional capital from new and existing investors, securing a Series D round of $8.4 million.Bay Microsystems said it will support Parama's complete family of...

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Artimi Samples Single UWB Chip

Artimi., a start-up based in Santa Clara, California with R&D in Cambridge, UK, announced first silicon of its single chip UWB solution. Samples will be made available to development partners for early design-ins.Artimi's UWB solution is a single chip implemented in SiGe BiCMOS. The digital portion of the device is implemented in CMOS and the high frequency section implemented in SiGe. The chip can process up to 4GHz of coherent bandwidth and includes integrated LNA and PA, adaptive channel digital radio, IEEE 802.15.3 MAC, standard PCI 2.3...

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AMCC Shows ATCA-Based, Multiservice Evaluation Platform

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) is introducing an ATCA standards-based Multiservice Evaluation platform for OEMs developing packet and cell-based switching chassis gear. The platform includes a Control Processor, Network Processor, Packet/Cell-based Switch,Framers, and SERDES functions. Targer applications could include multiservice switch/routers, wireline access (DSLAM, CMTS, Media Gateway), wireless access (RNC, GGSN, SGSN), metro aggregation (MSPP), and data center (WLAN, L4-7) platforms. Key elements of the platform include a network...

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Ensim Acquires TeleGea for Hosted Services Delivery

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Sandburst Unveils 20 Gbps Traffic Manager

Sandburst announced the debut of its 20 Gbps packet-based Traffic Manager device optimized for delivering next generation Ethernet services. The device provides advanced hardware-based QoS on a per-user, per-application and per-flow basis, thereby enabling the bandwidth control and service prioritization required to drive new converged real-time voice, video and data communications services across carrier-grade Ethernet networks. Sandburst's TME-2000 is a 20-Gigabit line rate packet-oriented traffic manager. Based on the company's second-generation...

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NTT-AT to Distribute Axerra's Pseudo-Wire Gateways

Axerra Networks announced a strategic distribution agreement with NTT Advanced Technology (NTT-AT). Under the deal, NTT-AT will distribute Axerra Networks' family of AXN Pseudo-Wire Gateways and Access Devicesto wireline and wireless service providers throughout Japan. Axerra's AXN Pseudo-Wire Gateways and Access Devices enable a range of layer-1 plus emerging and legacy layer-2 voice and data services over IP, carrier Ethernet, and MPLS networks. http://www.axerra....

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Westell Unveils New Home Networking Routers

Westell Technologies unveiled a new family of home networking routers for delivering IPTV and video to residential users. The new UltraLine II line will include three models:UltraLine - Ethernet WAN (for direct fiber connections) UltraLine - Bonded ADSL WAN UltraLine - VDSL WAN All UltraLine II models support a wide means of delivering connectivity to a consumer's broadband-enabled devices, including IP video set top boxes or digital recorders. In addition to an intelligent Ethernet switch, UltraLine II includes a digital coaxial connector. This...

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Teknovus Offers Gigabit EPON ONU Chip

Teknovus announced its new Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) Optical Network Unit (ONU) chip, which is in full production. The new Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) device provides two service ports including a gigabit User Network Interface (UNI), and hardware-based service-contract enforcement for advanced FTTH networks. The device is currently shipping. http://www.teknovus....

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Kabel Deutschland Selects Cisco for Cable Telephony

Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Europe's largest cable operator, has implemented an IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) solution from Cisco Systems to deliver converged voice, video and data over its cable broadband network serving the city of Leipzig. The deployment includes the Cisco BTS 10200 softswitch, the Cisco PGW 2200 media gateway controller and the Cisco AS5400 Series media gateways. The BTS 10200 softswitch provides processing of voice calls supporting the PacketCable Dynamic Quality of Service specification. Financial terms were not disclosed....

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5G Wireless Solutions Tests Cellular Approach for Wi-Fi

5G Wireless Solutions has begun testing a new Cellular Approach to Wi-Fi that is designed to further extend the range of its existing Campus-Wide Area Network and accelerate municipal Wi-Fi deployments. The new antenna array resembles a cellular base station in that it divides a large geographic area into 120 degree sectors and optimizes the range of each sector to maximize coverage. The individual sector antennas can be mounted alongside cellular...

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WSJ: Verizon, SBC Lose TV Fight with Texas Bill

The Texas Legislature ended its session without approving a bill that would have enabled telecom carriers to launch IPTV services across the state without negotiating separate franchise deals with each municipality. according to The Wall Street Journal. SBC Communications and Verizon had lobbied in favor of the bill. Telecom industry pressure is now likely to increase for a major regulator overhaul at the federal level. http://www.wsj....

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Lingo Adds Unlimited Calling to Mexico

Lingo launched an "Unlimited Mexico" VoIP plan that provides members with unlimited calls to Mexico (landline), the U.S. (including Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) and Canada for $29.95 per month. http://www.lingo.c...

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Hong Kong's SuperSUN Selects Alcatel for IPTV

SuperSUN, a pay TV Service of Hong Kong's Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Limited, selected Alcatel's IPTV solution to deliver service to residential broadband users in Hong Kong. In addition, Alcatel is also selected as the integration partner for the project.Alcatel will provide a fully integrated end-to-end video solution to enable SuperSUN to manage and deliver its satellite TV content over the broadband network of Hutchison Global Communications, one of Hong Kong's leading fixed telecom operators. At present, SuperSUN's satellite TV services...

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Alcatel Launches GPON Access Solutions

Alcatel introduced a GPON solution for its ISAM access family, offering full compliance to the new ITU standard (G.984.x) with 2.4 Gbps of downstream bandwidth and of 1.2 Gbps upstream bandwidth. In comparison, BPON supports 622 Mbps of downstream bandwidth and 155 Mbps upstream. BPON is ATM-based, whereas GPON is native IP. GPON also supports up to a 1:64 passive split and a 20 km reach (28dB link budget). Alcatel said carriers may choose to deploy...

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Samsung Selects TI Multimedia Processor for DMB Phones

Samsung Electronics has selected TI's OMAP-DM multimedia processor technology for several mobile phones that can receive Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) signals from satellites or from a network of terrestrial transmitters. The first model of these new Samsung digital TV mobile phones is available now to consumers in South Korea. http://www.ti.comEarlier this month, SK Telecom launched a satellite DMB service that delivers high-quality video broadcasts to a mobile phone or car-based video entertainment system. SK Telecom is initially delivering...

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Infineon Announces VDSL2/ADSL2+ Silicon

Infineon Technologies is extending its DSL silicon portfolio with VINAX, a VDSL2/ADSL2+ end-to-end solution positioned for Triple Play services such as multi-channel HDTV, on-line/on-demand gaming and video applications, VoIP and high-speed Internet access. The new Infineon VINAX chipset drives symmetric 100 Mbps over copper wires at distances greater than 350 meters (1150 ft), doubling the loop reach performance of existing VDSL solutions. Infineon said VINAX is fully compliant to the new VDSL2/ G.993.2 (Very-High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line...

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ITU Approves VDSL2 Standard

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) officially approved the very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line 2 (VDSL2) standard.The new VDSL2 Recommendation (ITU-T G.993.2) delivers up to 100 Mbps both up and downstream, a ten-fold increase over "plain vanilla" ADSL.Yoichi Maeda, chairman of the ITU Telecommunications Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Study Group responsible for the work, said: "We have leveraged the strengths of ADSL, ADSL2+, and VDSL to achieve the very high performance levels you will see with VDSL2. This new standard is...

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SIPquest Appoints CEO

SIPquest, a developer of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) based IP Telephony software applications, named David Hattey as its president, CEO, replacing co-founder and current CEO, Alain Mouttham, who stepped down for personal reasons. Mouttham will continue to serve on the company's board and as CTO. Hattey previously served as Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Voice Solutions at 3Com.http://www.sipquest....

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Verio Provides IPv6 Service to UltraDNS

Verio, a subsidiary of NTT Communications, will provide its IPv6 Gateway Services to Internet access customer UltraDNS, a provider of managed DNS services. The company currently manages more than 12 million domains, representing approximately a 20% share of the global domain market. The IPv6 services UltraDNS provides to its customer base expand beyond the United States, reaching to Hong Kong and London, making IPv6 an option for international customers. http://www.verio....

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Pace Micro Lands Set-Top Contract with Comcast

Pace Micro Technology was awarded a multi-year set-top box contract by Comcast. In addition, Comcast has agreed to license Pace's EngineWare software platform and related set-top box technology and to work with Pace on the joint development of next-generation set-top boxes and related technologies. The total price expected to be paid for the set-top boxes over a three-year period is between approximately $375 million and $550 million based on the type of Pace boxes that Comcast may order. Under the new agreement, which supersedes an earlier set-top...

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European Regulators See High International Roaming Charges

Regulators from 32 European countries agreed to coordinate their efforts to address the very high retail charges for mobile international roaming services. The European Regulators Group (ERG) said the exorbitant charges appear to result both from high wholesale charges levied by the foreign host network operator and also, in many cases, from high retail mark-ups charged by the customer's own network operator. Reductions in wholesale charges are not being passed on to consumers. Furthermore, consumers often lack clear information on what they...

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Level 3 to Deploy Infinera's Optical Transport

Level 3 Communications plans to deploy Infinera's optical equipment across a substantial portion of its 23,000-mile fiber-optic network. Financial terms were not disclosed.Infinera's DTN platform will provide DWDM at the network's optical transport layer. The Infinera DTN, based on Infinera's photonic integrated circuits, combines DWDM, digital bandwidth management, and advanced network intelligence. The DTN supports 800 Gb/s of DWDM capacity and delivers manageable and protectable SONET/SDH and Ethernet-based services. Level 3 is continuing its...

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TiVo Adds 319,000 New Subscribers in Latest Quarter

During the three month period ending April 30, TiVo added 319,000 total net new subscriptions, giving it a total of 3.3 million. The installed base of DIRECTV subscriptions is now approximately 2.1 million with the addition of 247,000 net new subscriptions in the quarter; while the installed base of TiVo-owned subscriptions grew by 72,000 in Q1 to a level of over 1.2 million.http://www.tivo....

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Telenor Deploys Nokia's VDSL in the Artic

Telenor is using Nokia's VDSL equipment to bring IP-based TV and other services to Svalbard, one of the world's northernmost settlements. At 78 degrees north, the Svalbard archipelago, also known as Spitzbergen, forms one of the world's most northern settlements. Sixty percent of the area is covered by glacier, and the inhabitants experience the extremes of long polar nights and summer-long midnight sun. Under the deal, Nokia will supply its latest generation D500 IP DSLAM and a range of support services. http://www.nokia....

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Deutsche Telekom Appoints CTO and CIO

Deutsche Telekom has established new positions of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO).Anton Hendrik Schaaf was named CTO, responsible for the key functions of technology and innovation in the Deutsche Telekom Group, which are being combined to create a new unit, and thus also takes over as head of research & development in the group. Schaaf previously served at Siemens, where he was head of the business units Carrier Networks and Carrier Service, as well as the regions Asia / Australia and CIS. Schaaf has been...

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BT Cuts Prices for Local Loop Unbundling

BT Wholesale launched a special offer to make it cheaper for service providers to move customers onto unbundled local loops. Under this variant of unbundling, the LLU operator chooses to unbundle just the broadband channel on the line with either BT or a wholesale line rental operator providing the narrowband voice service. Line sharing is made possible by installing ‘splitters' in the end user's home or office and another within the LLU operator's network equipment. Under line sharing, the end user has contracts with both the narrowband provider...

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Cable & Wireless Chooses Marconi MSPP

Cable & Wireless has awarded a contract to Marconi to supply its multiservice provisioning platform (MSPP) for an initial period of five years. Marconi will supply a range of transport services for Cable & Wireless, including access and customer-located solutions. The contract does not form part of Cable & Wireless' £190 million investment in its Next Generation Network. http://www.cw.com http://www.marconi....

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Cable & Wireless Selects Tellabs' AssuredEthernet

Cable & Wireless awarded a Metro Ethernet contract to Tellabs for its "AssuredEthernet" solution. Cable & Wireless' Next Generation Network (NGN) deployment will include the Tellabs 8800 multi- service router series for delivering Ethernet services with differentiated service level agreements. The platforms will also be used for the migration of Ethernet, Frame Relay, Time Division Multiplex (TDM), ATM and IP onto a single, converged network.The contract is the first to be awarded by Cable & Wireless as it begins provisioning its...

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Agere Offers USB 2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Agere Systems introduced a USB 2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter and an ExpressCard form-factor Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. The first product turns a USB 2.0 port into a Gigabit Ethernet LAN connection. The second product enables a PC to support 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet in a compact mini-size ExpressCard compatible with the latest generation of notebook PCs featuring an ExpressCard slot. http://www.agere....

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Cisco to Acquire FineGround for WAN Optimization

Cisco Systems will acquire FineGround Networks, a start-up based in Campbell, California, for approximately $70 million in cash and options. FineGround offers network appliances that accelerate, secure, and monitor application delivery while minimizing bandwidth usage.FineGround uses application-optimization techniques resulting in bandwidth efficiencies, decreased latency, and server offload across the network. The company claims its appliances can dramatically improve end-user response times by up to 5 times, reduce application bandwidth usage...

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TelTel Adds Music to its SIP-Enabled VoIP

TelTel, a provider of SIP-based global Internet telephony service with presence-enabled features, is adding music and audio programming channels to its peer-to-peer network. The company also announced that it has signed up more than 1 million users.TelTel currently provides 13 channels of audio entertainment in two languages, and plans to expand the range of offerings in the near future. A TelTel user only needs to click on "My Channel" on the softphone and can immediately enjoy a wide variety of content. TelTel is searching for media content...

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Acterna Launches VoIP Test and Performance Mgt Solution

Acterna introduced VoIP support features for its NetComplete Service Assurance solution, which provides performance monitoring, turn-up test and troubleshooting functions for service providers.Acterna said its NetComplete enables VoIP service providers to obtain visibility of the end-customer voice experience throughout the entire lifecycle of a call. This includes service-assurance functions such as service monitoring, rapid fault isolation, and tier-two troubleshooting so they can address the challenges of delivering carrier grade VoIP. As components...

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ADC Supplies FTTX to City of Provo, Utah

ADC announced that it is shipping its OmniReach FTTX solutions for the fiber network owned and operated by the City of Provo, Utah. The City owns the network infrastructure and private businesses lease the system to deliver "triple play" services. The ADC OmniReach FTTX products deployed by the iProvo network includes Fiber Access Terminals and Central Office cable management systems. http://www.adc....

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Enterasys to Collect $47.5 Million Tax Refund

Enterasys Networks announced that the Internal Revenue Service has completed its field audit of the company's federal tax returns for fiscal years 1999 through 2002 and concluded that the company is due a tax refund of $47.5 million. The refund is subject to review and approval by the Joint Committee Reviewer of the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation. http://www.enterasys....

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Verizon Announces FiOS for Businesses

Verizon outlined plans for its FiOS FTTP service for businesses with under 50 employees. There are three tiers:15 Mbps downstream and 2 Mbps upstream, priced at $59.95 a month with a dynamic IP address and $99.95 a month with a static IP address.5 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream symmetrical service, priced at $169.95 a month with a dynamic IP address and $209.95 a month with a static IP address.30 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream, priced at $349.95 a month with a dynamic IP address and $389.95 a month with a static IP address.Discounts...

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Agere Enters Market for Home Multimedia Networks

Agere Systems introduced a portfolio of chips designed for multimedia and storage networking applications in homes and businesses. The new chips are designed to enable digital media server and network attached storage solutions capable of delivering content at 1 Gbps, enough for up to eight HDTV streams.Agere's new portfolio of chips is called NASn01 (network attached storage), in which n stands for the number of Serial Advance Technology Attachment Level 1 (SATA 1) hard disk drives (HDDs) the chips can support. The portfolio includes four members:...

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Nokia Launches Wi-Fi Internet Tablet

Nokia introduced a dedicated Wi-Fi device optimized for Internet browsing and email in a pocketsize format. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet features a high-resolution (800x480) widescreen display with zoom and on-screen keyboard. Aside from Wi-Fi, the device can also connect to the Internet utilizing Bluetooth wireless technology via a compatible mobile phone. The device runs on Linux based Nokia Internet Tablet 2005 software edition which includes...

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BT Infonet Supplies MPLS VPN for Radisys

BT Infonet was awarded a two-year contract by RadiSys to implement an MPLS-enabled IP VPN Secure global network for eight manufacturing, design and sales locations in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, RadiSys provides advanced embedded solutions for the commercial, enterprise and service provider systems markets. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.bt.infonet....

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NTT Develops IP Video Stream Server

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) has developed a cluster-based, IP video stream server that can simultaneously handle up to ten 1.5 Gbps streams of uncompressed high definition television (HDTV) video in real-time using an IP network. The i-Visto eXmedia server is intended for professional use in the broadcasting industry. NTT Network Innovation Laboratories developed the cluster-server using multiple general purpose PCs and a commercially available, low-delay Fibre Channel network. When combined with the i-Visto gateway XG, another NTT product...

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Acme Packet Announces Lawful Intercept/CALEA Support

Acme Packet announced support in its Net-Net session border controller (SBC) for global lawful intercept (LI) capabilities, including compliance with the US Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). LI requires sending call data (the voice over IP signaling messages) and call content (the actual voice media packets) to one or more law enforcement agencies for detection and storage. This intercept must be transparent or undetectable to the both the target subscriber and to the service provider's management systems. In addition,...

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Alcatel and Polycom to Deliver SIP Solutions

Alcatel and Polycom agreed to deliver converged collaboration solutions to enterprises. The solutions combine Polycom's video conferencing systems with Alcatel's unified communications offering. The end-to-end videoconferencing will leverage presence and real-time control using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).Polycom's PVX and VSX video conferencing and collaboration systems and MGC multipoint bridges with then integrate with the Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise IP communications platform, Alcatel IP Touch phones, and the Alcatel My Teamwork collaboration...

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Alcatel and Intel Collaborate on AdvancedTCA

Alcatel and Intel signed an agreement to improve time to market of Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA) platforms for mobile service providers. The companies will engage in joint development activities in such areas as system architecture definition and board and solution design based on Intel processors, with the resulting products to be available across the industry.New Alcatel solutions resulting from this collaboration are expected to be available in early 2006, and use an Intel Pentium M processor-based AdvancedTCA single...

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TI and Audiocodes Partner on VoIP Processors - DSPs

Texas Instruments and AudioCodes have agreed to jointly promote AudioCodes' VoIP processors based on TI DSPs. This announcement furthers the two companies' longstanding relationship and enables AudioCodes to provide the highest quality VoIP solutions to their customers more quickly and efficiently. AudioCodes' VoIP solutions extend from its AC494 System on a Chip for IP phones and CPE, through the AC490, an 8 and 12 channel DSP for IP-PBX applications, and up to 64 and 102 channels in the AC491 for digital gateways and carrier grade equipment....

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TI Reports 20 Wi-Fi Mobile Device Wins

Texas Instruments reported that more than 20 TI WLAN-enabled mobile devices are shipping from companies including Nokia, NEC, Motorola, HP, and BenQ.In-Stat predicts that by 2010, there will be 296 million WLAN-enabled mobile phones on the market, with 46 percent of these devices enabling VoWLAN capabilities. http://www.ti....

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N.E.T. Supplies Platforms for "Combined Endeavor 2005"

N.E.T. Federal has supplied its Promina, SCREAM and SHOUT networking gear for "Combined Endeavor 2005," the largest and most complex Communications and Information System (CIS) military exercise in the world, which is currently underway in Lager Aulenbach, Germany. The 13-day military exercise, which is organized by the U.S. European Command and the German and Romanian Ministries of Defense, brings together NATO and Partnership for Peace nations...

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Fujitsu Unveils Latest 10 Gbps Ethernet Switch Chip

Fujitsu Microelectronics America introduced the latest version of its single-chip 10 Gbps Ethernet switch with advanced security, data-reliability and aggregation features, and leaner power requirements.The new device is the latest member of Fujitsu's 10 Gbps Ethernet switch chip family, which was introduced in late 2003. The new 12-port, layer-2 switch adds new capabilities such as link aggregation, which enables users to combine several links as a virtual fat link to achieve bandwidth scalability and high availability. This feature realizes a...

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Global Crossing Introduces Carrier VoIP Outbound Service in Europe

Global Crossing introduced a Carrier VoIP Outbound Service in Europe that provides wholesale IP interconnection, transport and call completion of packet-based voice traffic over its network. Global Crossing's Carrier VoIP Outbound Service is available using three different access methods. Customers can choose to connect either through Global Crossing IP VPN Service, IP Transit service or via the public Internet. The three access options allow customers to match Quality of Service levels to their requirements. The latter option also allows customers...

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Skype Adding 150,000 Users per Day, Launches Affiliate Program

Skype currently is signing up about 150,000 new users per day and its total number of registered users exceeds 35 million. In addition, there are 1.4 million SkypeOut accounts and the company reports a 22% monthly growth in minutes of traffic, which is now at 1.5 billion minutes per month. With up to 100 million new broadband connections activated worldwide last year and more this year, Skype believes its opportunity the telephony applications continues to accelerate. Looking beyond PCs, Skype is planning to take its telephony application to...

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Mitel Chooses TI for VoIP Silicon/Software

Mitel has selected Texas Instruments as its primary supplier for both its IP phone sets and VoIP gateway systems. Mitel plans to use TI's technology in both its business telephone sets and its core Integrated Communications Platform (ICP) portfolio. TI's TNETV1050 offers Mitel a highly integrated IP phone system-on-a-chip with a comprehensive feature set and integrated LCD controllers. Using TI's flexible silicon and software architecture, Mitel can map additional functionality into its IP phones as the demand for a particular feature or application...

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BT 21CN Builds on MSF Implementation Agreements

Several of the MultiService Forum (MSF) Implementation Agreements (IAs) are incorporated into BT's 21st Century Network (21CN) program. MSF IAs build upon protocols issued by standards bodies such as the ITU and IETF, providing practical methods for applying standards to real world networks. The major elements of BT Group's overall strategy including ICT, mobility, broadband, netcentricity and portfolio transformation are underpinned by the 21CN initiative. An early deliverable of this transformation is the first phase of the migration of services...

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Occam Unveils Active Gigabit Ethernet FTTP

Occam Networks expanded its line of Broadband Loop Carriers with an Optical Line Termination (OLT) blade that delivers gigabit class active Ethernet services over fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) networks. The company said active Ethernet FTTP offers several significant advantages over BPON or GPON solutions, including the ability to deliver up to one gigabit per second 1 Gbps of bandwidth to each subscriber premise, rather than sharing the capacity...

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Fujitsu and Cisco Deliver Next Gen Routers in Japan

Fujitsu Limited (and Cisco Systems introduced the first high-end router for the Japanese market based on the strategic alliance between the companies that was announced in December 2004. The co-branded and customized Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System is built on the Cisco IOS XR next-generation operating system. Fujitsu is working with Cisco on OS features for Japanese next generation networks. The companies have also begun joint certification testing specifically for usage scenarios in Japan.http://www.fujitsu.com http://www.cisco....

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Siemens and Calix Announce BPON Interoperability

Siemens Communications and Calix announced interoperability between the Calix C7 multiservice access platform and the new announced Siemens broadband passive optical network (BPON) products. The two portfolios provide standards-based FTTP optical network terminal (ONT) and optical network unit (ONU) solutions. Operating as a BPON optical line terminal (OLT), the Calix C7 platform allows service providers to deliver an identical mix of voice, data and video services to both fiber-connected and copper wire-connected subscribers. The Siemens family...

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Verizon to Offer IP-based Call Centers with Genesys

Verizon is planning to launch hosted IP-based services for large contact-center customers, said Mark Wegleitner, Verizon Chief Technology Officer. Verizon is working with Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories to develop the service.Call center customers will be able to choose from a list of applications that include: automatic call distribution, an interactive voice-response unit, call control, and monitoring and customer-history databases. http://www.verizon....

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Equant Deploys Juniper's Session Controller

Equant, a member of the France Telecom Group, is deploying Juniper Networks' VF Series Session Border Control products to deliver VoIP services to business customers worldwide. Specifically, Equant is using the VF-3000 Series to offer secure Session Border Control features across the Equant Global VoIP network providing inter-VPN NAT (Network Address Translation) service. This enables Equant to support multiple vendors' IP PBXs for multi-national customers. In addition, multiple security features will be deployed providing the highest level of...

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3Com Appoints New CTO

3Com appointed Marc Willebeek-LeMair as its new CTO. He previously was CTO and Chief Strategy Officer of TippingPoint, 3Com's security division. Prior to TippingPoint, he spent 10 years at the T.J. Watson Research Center of IBM where he was responsible for the exploration of High Bandwidth Systems, Intelligent Infrastructure Technologies, as well as streaming audio and video applications. http://www.3com....

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Dutch Colocation Provider Deploys Force10's 10 GigE

TrueServer, a Netherlands-based colocation and hosting service provider, has deployed Force10 Networks' TeraScale E-Series in an upgrade of its network to 10 Gbps. The company is using Force10's recently launched 90-port high density Gigabit Ethernet cards, which increase the density of the TeraScale E-Series to 1,260 ports. This allows TrueServer to collapse its aggregation and core layers to simplify its network and build in a new level of resiliency. TrueServer provides colocation and hosting services to enterprises across Europe. To accommodate...

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Toshiba Expands its Strata Enterprise VoIP Portfolio

Toshiba America Information Systems has expanded its Strata CIX family of pure IP business communications systems -- adding two new versions -- the Strata CIX670 (supporting up to 672 ports) and Strata CIX100 (supporting up to 112 ports) to the existing Strata CIX200 (supporting up to 192 ports), which began shipping in February 2005. All three models are designed for SMB enterprises or larger corporate users with multiple sites. Key capabilities include:traditional business phone features in an IP System virtually all features available to all...

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Wireless USB Specification Released -- 480 Mbps at 3m

Work on the Wireless USB specification has now been completed and responsibility for the specification will transition from the Wireless USB Promoter Group to the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), which intends to undertake certification, compliance testing, logo licensing and marketing for Wireless USB. Wireless USB is a high-speed wireless personal interconnect technology that is based on the WiMedia MAC Convergence Architecture, utilizing the WiMedia Alliance's MB-OFDM ultra wideband MAC and PHY. It has been designed to coexist with the other...

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Spirent and Psytechnics Partner on Video Quality Assessment for Triple Play

Spirent Communications and Psytechnics are collaborating to offer a video quality assessment test system for carriers, service providers and equipment vendors. The test system measures video quality as well as a broad range of video distortion and degradation parameters under various network configurations and real-world load conditions. The solution is aimed at video on-demand and IPTV services, where ensuring satisfactory end user experience is a necessary ingredient of a successful service rollout. Spirent has licensed the Psytechnics Video...

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Sangoma Selects Octasic for Soft PBX Systems

Sangoma Technologies, a supplier of TDM voice and Internet infrastructure products, has selected Octasic's silicon solutions for use in their high density E1/T1/J1 Advanced Flexible Telecommunications (AFT) series. Sangoma's new A108d (eight E1/T1/J1 port), A104d (four E1/T1/J1 port) and A102d (dual E1/T1/J1 port) cards with DSP support in hardware will use Octasic technology to provide board-level voice quality enhancement features, including echo cancellation, audio conferencing and tone detection. The range of cards will provide hardware DSP...

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ECI Telecom Delivers Optimized Transport for Utilities

ECI Telecom announced an optimized optical transport solution for the utilities industry based in its XDM product line. The platform enables utilities to support their internal networking needs and legacy services such as SCADA, voice circuit telephony and power system protection, and then migrate to broadband applications and value-added commercial service offerings such as LAN/WAN, L2/L3 VPN, VoIP, video surveillance, IP-Based SCADA and Storage Area Networking (SAN). ECI said that unlike other platforms that require a specific chassis and network...

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