Cisco Evolves its Security Strategy Toward Adaptive Threat Defense

Cisco Systems announced the next phase of its Self-Defending Network security strategy. Earlier phases of its strategy focused on the need for integrated IP security and the network admission control (NAC) initiative. This next phase, called Adaptive Threat Defense (ATD), aims to further minimize network security risks by dynamically addressing threats at multiple layers, enabling tighter control of network traffic, endpoints, users, and applications. ATD also aims to simplify architectural designs and lower operational costs by combining security...

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TranSwitch and Octasic Devices Offer High Density Voice Gateway Card

TranSwitch and Octasic Semiconductor announced an integrated solution for voice over packet (VoP) gateway implementations. The high-density voice gateway card integrates the TranSwitch TEPro, Octasic OCT8304 and OCT6100 devices. The companies also announced that a leading manufacturer of PON optical line terminals (OLT) for use in FTTP applications has completed its design and field trials of a retrofittable DS3-rate high-density VoATM gateway using the TranSwitch/Octasic solution. http://www.octasic.com http://www.transwitch....

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netopia to Provide ADSL Pocket Gateway for AMD Communicator

AMD selected Netopia's pocket gateway as an optional peripheral to help enable ADSL connections for its Personal Internet Communicator (PIC), a low-cost PC aimed at developing markets such as India, Mexico, Brazil, Russia and China. Netopia's 3342 ADSL Pocket Gateway connects directly to the USB port and is host powered, which eliminates the need for an external power supply. The Pocket Gateway can be installed in minutes using Netopia's installation...

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DIRECTV Selects TANDBERG's MPEG-4 Encoders for HD Expansion

DIRECTV has selected TANDBERG Television's MPEG-4 AVC technology in a deal valued at $9 million. DIRECTV, which has more than 13.9 million satellite TV customers in the U.S., will commission the first of 26 MPEG-4 AVC HD enabled transponders in the summer of 2005, marking the first North American launch of advanced HD encoding technology by a satellite direct-to-home (DTH) provider. The multiplexers will combine the MPEG-4 AVC encoded HD channels into one bandwidth efficient stream for transmission over satellite. With the launch of the new services,...

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Force10 Supplies Switch/Routers for Internet2's HOPI Project

Force10 Networks will supply its Force10 E-Series family of switch/routers for Internet2's Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) project. The nationwide HOPI testbed will serve as a foundation for cutting-edge network experimentation and a model for the next-generation of Internet2's existing high performance packet-based Abilene network. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.force10networks.com http://www.internet2.eduIn January 2005, The Internet2 Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) initiative announced its...

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Zhone Adds CWDM Platform to its Optical Portfolio

Zhone Technologies introduced its GigaMux 50, a CWDM platform for optical edge network applications. It supports up to four high-bandwidth, full-duplex services on a single fiber. Each service may carry up to 2.5 Gbps over distances of up to 70 kilometers. GigaMux 50 shares with the other members of Zhone's GigaMux product family the ability to both send and receive multiple voice and data streams over a single fiber. http://www.zhone....

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Ericsson Cites Deployments of its IMS Solution

At 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, Ericsson announced contracts to supply its IP Multimedia System (IMS) to Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM). TeliaSonera has also agreed to trial Ericsson's solution for IMS, IP Multimedia Subsystem. Ericsson is one of three vendors selected by TeliaSonera to trial IMS. IMS is a key enabler for fixed-mobile convergence and provides a migration path to an all-IP network. The implementation of the IMS based services will also enable mobile users to share videos, images, and collaborate on whiteboards while having an...

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Ericsson Predicts Mass Market for HSDPA in 2006

Ericsson is predicting mass market deployments of HSDPA in 2006, driven by consumer demand for mobile broadband and mobile operators' need to extend their business offering. "We foresee a mass market with HSDPA implemented in 2006," said Mikael Bäck, vice president WCDMA radio networks today at 3GSM World Congress in Cannes. "Already at the end of this year, we expect HSDPA to have been launched for commercial use."Ericsson believes that the first terminals for HSDPA will be PC cards supporting up to 3.6 Mbps. Sony Ericsson plans to have products...

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Alcatel Endorses AdvancedTCA for Carrier Equipment

Alcatel endorsed the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA) as its preferred architecture for the evolution of its mobile and fixed network infrastructure platforms. Alcatel plans to leverage AdvancedTCA across its entire portfolio of network solutions, thereby aiming to reduce the total cost of ownership for fixed and mobile operators. AdvancedTCA is an open industry standard for carrier-grade blade-based servers, targeting the requirements for next-generation telecommunications network equipment. The series of specifications is...

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Lucent Enhances its IMS Solution

Lucent Technologies announced the integration of six unique Bell Labs-developed software technologies into its industry-leading IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution. The Bell Labs IMS service enhancements enable operators to more easily deliver services that blend voice, video and data capabilities. The new Service Enhancement Layer is a library of technologies that work across wireless and wireline networks to simplify and speed delivery of services. The layer lies above Lucent's standard IMS implementation. The enhancements include:For simple...

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Alcatel Wins $685 Million Contract in Nigeria

Alcatel has signed a contract valued at US$685 million with Globacom, Nigeria's second national operator, to deploy the latest mobile and fixed multimedia services. Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel will expand Globacom national mobile network capacity from its current 2.5 million subscribers to 10 millions by the end of 2005. This deployment includes the Alcatel multi-standard Evolium radio access and core network solutions as well as transmission solutions. Alcatel's Intelligent Network (IN) solution and Messaging Suite have already...

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T-Mobile USA Selects Alcatel to Enhance Core Network

T-Mobile USA awarded a 3-year supply contract to Alcatel. As part of this new deal, Alcatel will continue to deploy its Alcatel 5020 Spatial Atrium Distributed MSC solution for the upgrade and optimisation of the operator's mobile core network. Today, T-Mobile USA has 1 million ports installed, with more than 500,000 ports carrying live traffic across the national next-generation mobile core network, the first in US and one of the first in world. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel....

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Alcatel and Intel Team on 802.16e Nomadic and Mobile WiMAX

Alcatel and Intel have expanded their strategic alliance on WiMAX, entering into a new joint development agreement. The companies have committed to work closely together to expedite the delivery of end-to-end residential, nomadic and ultimately mobile WiMAX solutions based on the IEEE 802.16e standard. Under the expanded agreement, the companies will share engineering and customer lab resources to develop, integrate and conduct interoperability testing for Alcatel's WiMAX network infrastructure solutions and Intel's next-generation WiMAX client...

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TI Offers Development Tools for Consumer Videophones

Texas Instruments and Wintech Digital Systems are releasing a Videophone Development Platform (VDP) for designing point-to-point IP-based videophone systems. The VDP enables developers to roll out real- time consumer videophone systems on TI's digital media processor. TI said the introduction of new video codecs which require half the bandwidth for video transfers and the continuing penetration of IP broadband connectivity has paved the wave for widespread adoption of videophones. http://www.ti.com/vdpprhttp://www.wintechdigital.c...

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SFR Trials Alcatel's Mobile NGN Solution

SFR, the second-ranking mobile phone operator in France with 35.5% of market share and 15.8 million customers, will trial Alcatel's mobile Next Generation Network (NGN) solution throughout its 2G/3G mobile networks in France. Alcatel's solution was developed by Spatial Wireless, a company recently acquired by Alcatel. The cornerstone of this solution is the Alcatel 5020 Spatial Atrium Softswitch, a multi-standard and field-proven mobile call server controlling distributed media gateways and managing call/session control for voice and data services....

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Qwest Passes One Million DSL Lines

Qwest Communications reported Q4 revenue was $3.4 billion, a 0.3% decline sequentially and a 1.7% decrease from fourth quarter 2003 - the lowest year-over-year decline in the past eight quarters. The fully diluted loss per share was $0.08 compared with a loss of $0.23 a year ago, which includes special items of $(0.02) and $0.06, respectively. Qwest reported improved trends in consumer local access line losses and solid gains in key growth areas, including long- distance and DSL, as well as further package and bundle penetration. However, the...

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FCC to Collect $280 Million in Fees in FY 2005

The FCC expects to collect $280,098,000 in regulatory fees for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 to help recover the regulatory costs associated with the Commission's enforcement, policy and rulemaking, user information, and international activities. Regulatory fees have been adjusted upward by 2.6% from FY 2004 to FY 2005. http://www.fcc....

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