Qwest and BT Sign Voice Interconnection Agreement

Qwest Communications and BT agreed to exchange international voice telephone traffic. The companies said their interconnection agreement would enhance the quality and reliability of telephone services used by residential and business customers making international long-distance calls between the U.S., the U.K. and other international destinations. International voice traffic between the UK and the U.S. is estimated to be more than 4 billion minutes of use per year. http://www.qwest....

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Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 7420 DWDM Granted RUS Listing

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) branch of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted "RUS Technical Acceptance" to the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 7420 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) platform. The RUS provides independent and rural utilities and telecommunications service providers with low-interest financing to assist them in the purchase of new equipment. The FLASHWAVE 7420 platform is sold exclusively by Fujitsu to North American telecommunications carriers through a strategic technology partnership with ADVA Optical...

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LG Develops T-DMB Broadcast Mobile Phone with Tensilica

LG Electronics is using Tensilica's "Xtensa" configurable processor core to deliver the world's first mobile phone capable of receiving digital broadcast signals. Compatible with the "Terrestrial digital-multimedia-broadcast" (T-DMB) system, a broadcast system currently being rolled out in Korea, the new mobile phone is powered by a digital media processor which was designed using the Tensilica Xtensa processor core and design environment. The new LG phone allows consumers to watch television programs, while using normal dialing functions simultaneously....

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Equinix to Provide Hosting for Movielink Video-on-Demand

Equinix announced a deal to provide hosting for Movielink's broadband video-on-demand (VOD) services in tis Washington, D.C. area Internet Business Exchange center. Movielink will use Equinix's network-rich data center environment to directly connect with broadband networks providing access to end-users. The direct connectivity to leading carriers and ISPs is expected to reduce bottlenecks in the path between content and end-users, providing improved performance levels. http://www.equinix....

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Yahoo! Signs Portal Deal with Verizon

Verizon Communications and Yahoo! announced a multi-year alliance to deliver a fully integrated co-branded broadband offering to subscribers of Verizon Online's DSL and new fiber-based FiOS services. The co-branded service will be offered, at no additional charge, to Verizon consumer broadband subscribers beginning this summer. Yahoo! receive monthly per-subscriber fees. Verizon Online will share in revenues from premium service subscriptions, searches and advertising. Verizon already offers a broadband portal in conjunction with MSN. Customers...

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Intel Reorganizes into 5 Groups

Intel announced a broad reorganization into 5 business units:The Mobility Group, led by Sean Maloney and Dadi Perlmutter , will develop platforms for notebook PCs and handheld computing and communications devices, and is aimed at making the growing numbers of different mobile devices work together better and easier to use. The Digital Enterprise Group, led by Pat Gelsinger and Abhi Talwalkar, will develop computing and communications infrastructure platforms for end-to-end solutions in businesses.The Digital Home Group, led by Don MacDonald, will...

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Intelsat Loses IS-804 Satellite to Electrical Anomaly

Intelsat reported the total loss of its in-orbit IS-804 satellite due to unexpected electrical power system anomaly on January 14. The satellite, launched in 1997, furnished telecommunications and media delivery services to customers in the South Pacific. A number of Intelsat-operated satellites in the region are being utilized to restore service to affected customers. Intelsat expects to record a non-cash impairment charge of approximately $73 million to write off the value of the IS-804 satellite. The IS-804 was not insured. Intelsat said...

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Ericsson Selected for T-Mobile's GSM Net in Germany

T-Mobile Germany, the mobile branch of Deutsche Telekom in Germany, selected Ericsson as the supplier and integrator for the replacement of 10,000 of T-Mobile's existing GSM radio base stations. The new equipment will use GSM/GPRS technology. The replacement operation begins in January 2005 and is to be completed in 3 years time. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.ericsson....

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tel(x) Partners with Hong Kong Colo Provider

tel(x) announced a strategic partnership with HKCOLO, a neutral colocation and network interconnection provider based in Hong Kong. The alliance's goals are to help foster strategic business opportunities between US, Chinese and international carriers. Both carriers and large network enterprise customers in the tel(x) NYC and HKCOLO sites will no longer need to establish a physical PoP (Point of Presence) overseas to interconnect to others in a different hemisphere. http://www.telx.com/http://www.hkcolo.c...

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QUALCOMM Joins TGn Sync Proposal for 802.11n

QUALCOMM is joining TGn Sync, a cross-industry group that is developing an IEEE 802.11n standard proposal. Previously, QUALCOMM was separately responsible for one of the four remaining 802.11n system proposals that were submitted to IEEE for the development of the next generation of high-performance local area wireless networks. QUALCOMM is now withdrawing its own proposal from the IEEE process and will back the TGn Sync proposal. The 802.11n standard is expected to deliver wireless throughputs of 100 Mbps in home networks. TGn Sync's proposal...

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Aruba Extends WLANs over Internet using IPSec

Aruba Wireless Networks (Aruba) unveiled new technology that enables enterprises to securely extend their 802.1X framework for wireless networks across the Internet using IPSec, securely connect wired and wireless users through the industry's first hybrid grid point and see changes to their RF environment in real time. The launch includes the Aruba 70, a hybrid wired/wireless grid point in a thin form-factor suitable for wall mounting. It also functions as a secure remote office-in-a- box solution, leveraging IPSec to seamlessly extend the enterprise...

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Cavium Expands its NITROX Soho Processors

Cavium Networks has expanded its NITROX Soho processor family with the addition of two new devices designed for high performance SOHO/SME gateway with up to 200 Mbps of routing, firewall and VPN throughput and over 100 IKE or SSL transactions per second. Additionally, these new devices can support multiple security protocols such as: IPSec, SSL and CCMP simultaneously with no performance degradation. The new NITROX Soho CN220 and CN225 are software and footprint compatible with existing family members enabling excellent portability and scalability....

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Bluesocket Raises $10 Million for WLAN Systems

Bluesocket, a start-up based in Burlington, Mass., closed $10 million in Series B equity financing. Bluesocket supplies systems to secure and manage wireless local area networks (WLANs) for enterprises, institutions and public access venues. The company recently was awarded a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract in addition to achieving FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certification from the US Government's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Canadian Government's Communications Security Establishment (CSE). Bluesocket also recently...

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ADTRAN Introduces Modular Radios for TDM and IP

ADTRAN introduced a new series in its TRACER family of license-free wireless products. The new TRACER 6000 Series of modular microwave radios combine TDM and IP functionality in a single 1U chassis. Customers can combine a variety of plug-in modules to meet requirements for all TDM, all IP, or mixed-mode services. Customers with T1 networks can combine TDM T1 and IP services (up to 8 T1s or up to 16 Mbps), while customers with E1 applications have the ability to combine TDM E1 and IP services (up to 8 E1s or up to 16 Mbps). The radios operate...

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