ISN Telcom Selects Kagoor's Session Border Controllers

ISN Telcom, the Miami based CLEC, has deployed Kagoor's VoiceFlow 1000 session border controllers for its ipFONE VoIP service, which offer unlimited calls to Latin America in addition to the United States, and Canada for a single monthly fee. Kagoor's session border controllers provide network protection and security for ISN's VoIP network. Kagoor's network protection applications include topology hiding, intrusion prevention, call admission control,...

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SBC & AT&T Argue that Merger in Public Interest

SBC and AT&T filed papers with the FCC kicking off the formal federal review process aimed at determining that the merger is in the public interest. The companies noted that so far, more than 260 consumer, business and civic organizations, as well as state and federal elected officials, have announced their support for the merger. In the joint filing, the companies argue that the merger is a response to rapid technological changes, extraordinary competition in the marketplace and financial pressures - including the loss of hundreds of thousands...

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Alcatel and Microsoft to Collaborate on IPTV

Alcatel and Microsoft announced a global collaboration agreement aimed at accelerating the rollout of IPTV services for broadband operators worldwide. The companies will offer an integrated IPTV delivery solution. The partners expect their precedent-setting agreement will help expand the quickly-growing ecosystem of IPTV industry partners and enable telecommunication providers to take advantage of global economies of scale fueled by large-scale IPTV deployments planned across the globe. As part of the agreement, the two companies plan to pursue...

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Avanex Unveils 10-12.5 Gbps Modulator with 120 km Reach

Avanex introduced a 10-12.5 Gbps Lithium Niobate chirped intensity external modulator, which features an innovative chirp mechanism capable of extending the reach of uncompensated signal transmission to 120 kilometers (over single-mode fiber at 2000 ps/nm). Avanex said conventional modulators such as intrinsically chirped single-drive z-cut modulators have the potential for uncompensated signal transmission only up to 80 to 100 kilometers.http://www.avanex....

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Terayon Offers MSO Solution for All-Digital Migration

Terayon Communication Systems introduced an IP-enabled, digital-to-analog multichannel integrated edge decoder (MID) that enables cable operators to accelerate and manage their evolution to all-digital networks, allowing them to deliver more high quality digital video services to their subscribers. Cable operators currently maintain dual analog and digital headends to transport duplicate digital and analog programming line-ups to their digital and analog video subscribers. This dual carriage not only requires separate digital and analog headend...

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MCI and Cisco Collaborate on SMB Solutions

MCI and Cisco Systems will collaborate to enable Cisco channel partners to address the needs of small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers by selling IP-based next generation services. As part of the agreement, MCI and Cisco will identify resources and create the tools, training and programs to improve the channel partner's ability to sell, deploy and support both hosted and premise-based IP solutions that combine MCI services and Cisco technology.Expanding on its decade-long relationship, MCI and Cisco will work together to create advanced...

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Amino Secures its PVR Set-Top with Widevine

Amino Communications will begin securing its AmiNET500 PVR set-top boxes with the Cypher Virtual SmartCard from Widevine Technologies. The AmiNET500 is the first PVR (Personal Video Recorder) for IPTV applications to be fully secured against unauthorized copying of digital content. The AmiNET500 supports time-shifting, pause and trick-play of live material, instant-record, and instant replay, and scheduled record of up to two streams simultaneously....

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Mangrove Employs Xilinx FPGAs for MPLS Platform

Mangrove Systems is using Xilinx's 90nm Spartan-3 and Virtex-II ProFPGA devices in its latest Piranha and Barracuda MetroMPLS Platforms. The Mangrove platforms combine Metro Ethernet Forum services, MPLS pseudowires, multi-service support and new efficient data-over-transport standards to transform existing SONET and SDH infrastructure into efficient, packet-aware metro and access networks.http://www.xilinx.com/http://www.mangrovesystems.c...

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Linksys Offers Gig Switches with Remote Monitoring and Fiber Expansion

Linksys announced two new switches for small businesses -- a 16-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Switch and a 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Switch, featuring WebView remote monitoring and fiber expansion. WebView lets administrators control their network remotely through a web browser for configuration and monitoring traffic; while fiber expansion options through the two Mini GBIC ports allow administrators to add mini GBIC SFP Transceivers for longer range, high throughput connections to the main network. Estimated street price is $479.99 and $599.99 respectively....

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Level 3 Announces Agreements to Raise $880 Million in New Capital

Level 3 Communications announced agreements to sell $880 million aggregate principal amount of 10% convertible senior notes due 2011. The following institutional investors have agreed to buy notes, either on behalf of their advisory clients, for the account of their affiliates or for their own account: Southeastern Asset Management; Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.; Fairfax Financial Holdings; Legg Mason Opportunity Trust; Markel Corporation; MSD Capital, L.P.; and The Torray Companies. The http://www.level3....

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Cirpack Releases TISPAN Enhancements

CIRPACK released software enhancements for its Class-5 telephony platform enabling wireline telecom operators to deploy TISPAN-compliant architectures. This allows migration of legacy PSTN to global VoIP networks capable of delivering new voice services such as fixed-mobile convergence according to 3GPP's IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The TISPAN committee is the ETSI core competence centre for migration of fixed networks from circuit-switched to packet-based networks with an architecture that can serve in both. In a TISPAN architecture, Cirpack...

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WilTel Provides National Capacity for Vonage

WilTel Communications confirmed that it is providing Vonage with a bundled voice and data transport solution. Vonage's service area encompasses more than 2,000 active rate centers in more than 150 global markets. http://www.wiltel....

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Flag Telecom Selects Alcatel for Terabit Undersea Cable

FLAG Telecom awarded a multi-million dollar turnkey contract to Alcatel for the construction of FALCON, a multi-terabit/s, new generation DWDM submarine cable system. FALCON will provide multiple landings throughout the Gulf region, with submarine links initially stretching to India in the east and to Egypt in the west. Under the terms of the turnkey contract, won in open tender, Alcatel, already a key supplier to FLAG Telecom, will manage all areas of the cable build, including installation, commissioning and testing. FALCON will span over 10,000...

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Ikanos Announces 100 Mbps Symmetric over Copper

Ikanos Communications announced a programmable chipset capable of delivering speeds of up to 100 Mbps in both upstream and downstream directions over a single copper line at distances under 3 Kft (0.9km). The increased bandwidth capabilities are attained using advanced signal processing techniques and extended frequency spectrum -- up to 30 MHz, compared with 12 MHz in VDSL and 2 MHz in ADSLx.The rollout include a chipset designed for Optical Network Units (ONUs) and Optical Line Terminals (OLTs), and another designed for Subscriber Located Equipment...

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Pingtel Launches VoIP Open Source Provider Program

Pingtel, a provider of open source, commercial-grade enterprise communications solutions, launched a Solution Provider Program to extend its range and reach into the small and medium business and enterprise markets in the U.S. and abroad. Pingtel, which has signed more than 20 solution providers signed to date, said it expects to accelerate the adoption its open source, native SIP enterprise communications platform. Pingtel delivers enterprise-class...

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