AT&T Increases Global WiFi and Wired Access to 10,000 Sites

AT&T increased its global WiFi and wired Ethernet remote access footprint to more than 10,000 sites in more than 35 countries. The expansion is made possible through roaming agreements with GoRemote Internet Communications, as well as through direct relationships with other hotspot providers. Certification of the additional access points is complete. http://www.att....

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Verizon to Open Fiber Solutions Center in Syracuse

Verizon will open a new customer support center for advanced fiber-optic services near Syracuse, New York. Employees in the new Fiber Solutions Center (FSC) will support consumers and business customers who purchase new broadband products and video services over Verizon's FTTP network. The new center will take calls from customers across several states served by Verizon. The facility will create up to 50 new jobs this year. Verizon has already opened similar customer service centers in Dallas, Hampton (Virginia), Providence (R.I.), and Thousand...

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Belgacom Chooses Italtel and Cisco for IMS

Belgacom has selected Italtel and Cisco Systems for the development of its IP-based Multimedia Services. The contract is for the supply and end-to-end integration of a new IP-based NGN consolidated infrastructure on which VoIP and other new multimedia Real-Time-Communication services could be delivered to the residential and business segments. Financial terms were not disclosed. The IP-based NGN Real-Time-Communication Platform is based on the Italtel NGN-IMS Architecture, with ISSW (Italtel iMSS based Softswitch solution) and i-UDB (Italtel Universal...

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AudioCodes and Vail Systems Offer Microsoft Speech Server Solution

AudioCodes and Vail Systems, a provider of SIP-based IP telephony platform technology, speech application solutions and hosting services, announced the availability of a set of SIP-based product bundles to enable development and deployments for Microsoft Speech Server 2004. The new product bundles consist of the newly certified version of the Vail SIP Telephony Interface Manager for Microsoft Speech Server 2004 and either an AudioCodes TP260/SIP or an AudioCodes Mediant 2000 Voice over IP Media Gateway.The companies said their product bundles...

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Software Defined Radio Forum Creates New Working Group

The Software Defined Radio (SDR) Forum has created a Design Process and Tools Working Group to help improve productivity and quality in the continued development of SDR technology. The Working Group will leverage the expertise of Forum and industry leaders to develop best practices for the design flows and tools used in creating systems, software, waveforms, and components.The Working Group's initial efforts will involve design flow processes that target specific development scenarios in the commercial, civil and defense sectors. It will also focus...

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PointOne Exec Elected President of VON Coalition

Staci L. Pies, PointOne vice president, Governmental and Regulatory Affairs, was recently elected president of the VON Coalition for a one year term. The VON Coalition is an industry group advocating a hands-off regulatory approach to Internet and Internet based services like VoIP. The VON Coalition has consistently advocated that federal and state regulators maintain current policies of refraining from extending legacy regulations to Internet services, including VoIP.http://www.pointone.com/http://www.von....

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PMC-Sierra Unveils Solution for Next Gen IP DSLAMs

PMC-Sierra introduced a low cost ATM-to-Ethernet interworking chip for IP DSLAMs supporting Triple Play services. The new S/UNI DUPLEX GE device can be used for line cards in IP DSLAMs that interface to the ATM-based CPE on one side and the Ethernet access network on the other. The device implements ATM to Ethernet conversion in dedicated hardware, a function deployed to date in expensive network processors or FPGAs. PMC-Sierra said this significantly reduces line card cost which is a major portion of the IP DSLAM bill of materials. The hardware-based...

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Freescale Introduces Power Efficient EDGE Subsystem

Freescale Semiconductor introduced a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE RF subsystem that increases talk time for handsets by up to 20% versus previous generations of GPRS handsets. The new subsystem consists of a transceiver and a power amplifier front end module. Combined, these two components provide an antenna-to-bits radio in a board space of less than 250 mm2 -- approximately the area of a postage stamp. Freescale said the solution represents the world's first DigRF compliant radio, allowing for maximum flexibility in pairing the RF subsystem with any...

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Cingular Positions GSM EDGE for Wireless Back-Up

Cingular Wireless introduced a Wireless WAN Connectivity Service powered by its GSM EDGE network. The service uses a GSM wireless gateway from Minneapolis-based Digi International to provide a diverse and secure high-speed back-up to corporate wireline data connections should those be disabled by cable cuts, weather or local access outages. Customers can configure their local area networks so that the Wireless WAN Connectivity Service automatically activates should the wireline connection be interrupted. The Wireless WAN Connectivity Service...

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Thunder Bay Deploys ADC's Next Gen SONET

TBayTel, Thunder Bay Telephone, is using ADC's LoopStar 800 next-generation SONET access system to provide Ethernet services and DSL transport to its business customers in rural areas of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. TBayTel, the first North American service provider to deploy the LoopStar system, is serving business customers within the TBayTel serving area with low-cost Ethernet services using an OC-3 point-to-point configuration. The company also plans to use the LoopStar 800 to extend the reach of DSL services and provide greater bandwidth...

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Picture Archiving and Sharing Standard (PASS) v1.0 Completed

Fuji Photo Film Co, Eastman Kodak, and Konica Minolta Photo Imaging announced the completion of a set of standards for the consumer imaging and electronics industries, setting a path to help ensure compatibility of digital photos and motion images on CDs, DVDs or other media with a broad range of consumer products. In much the same way that today's consumer can get nearly any brand of film processed at any location, the PASS group wants to ensure that digital images can be retrieved from any digital device or storage medium.The PASS version 1.0...

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Samsung to Introduce Five Mega Pixel Camera Phone

Samsung is planning to introduce camera phones with two mega pixel, 3.5 mega pixel and five mega pixel capabilities during 2005. Samsung asserts that camera phones have now become the fastest growing consumer electronics product in history, as this year they will represent more than 75 percent of digital cameras sold worldwide. Samsung expects more than half of its wireless phones for the U.S. will have digital camera capabilities in 2005. http://www.samsung.com/wirel...

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Verizon Selects TVN Entertainment for Video on Demand

Verizon announced a long-term agreement with TVN Entertainment for video-on-demand programming and services on its upcoming FiOS TV service. Financial terms were not disclosed.TVN will provide Verizon with a wide range of VOD programming including new studio releases, a library of previous releases, independent movies, family and kids programming, and a broad array of free on-demand and specialty VOD networks. Verizon will also use TVN's advanced services, including TVN's exclusive TVNow rapid-turnaround service that enables subscribers to order...

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