Vonage Rolls out its Broadband Telephone Service in UK

Following a five month market trial, Vonage announced its official UK roll-out. Vonage's telephone adapter will be initially available in 136 Staples stores across the UK, with further expansion and additional high-street retailers coming on board throughout 2005. The company will also launch an advertising campaign.Vonage is charging £9.99 per month for unlimited UK & Ireland local and national calls and unlimited Vonage-to-Vonage calls. Customers can choose their number from more than 120 UK dialing codes. There's also the option of choosing...

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Australia's WiZZ Deploys Cisco Aironet

WiZZ Communications, a wholesale service provider, has deployed Cisco Systems' Aironet equipment to deliver QoS-enabled, managed wireless connectivity for its clients such as retail service providers and Internet service providers (ISPs). Through the deployment of Cisco Aironet 1300 and Aironet 1400 series wireless bridges across the Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne metropolitan areas, Wizz can provide data rates of up to 100 Mbps over the 802.11 standards-based wireless spectrum to sites that are out of reach of traditional optical or DSL. The network...

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Siemens to Provide Satellite Tracking for London Busses

Siemens was awarded a EUR 175 million contract to track and monitor London's 8,000 buses using satellite navigation technology. The project, which is described as the largest of its type in the world, will provide real-time information to passengers so they can see more accurate predicted arrival time at 2,000 bus shelters around the city. Buses run by London's 30 private operating companies will be fitted with the technology over the next four years. http://www.siemens....

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NTT Com Signs Wi-Fi Roaming Deals with BT, Telecom Italia

NTT Communications signed Wi-Fi roaming deals with BT and Telecom Italia.NTT Com already has roaming arrangements with KT (Korea), T-Mobile USA (USA), Telstra (Australia), StarHub (Singapore) and Maxis (Malaysia). NTT Com customers will now be able to use their Wi-Fi subscriptions for a consistent, global wireless broadband experience to access information, communications and entertainment at more than 35,000 Wi-Fi hotspot locations across Asia--Pacific, North America and Europe, including 1,500 within Japan. http://www.ntt....

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Nortel and IBM to Develop New Class of Telecom Blade Servers

Nortel and IBM announced a strategic alliance to support customized products across a range of market segments. The companies will establish a Nortel-IBM Joint Development Center in Research Triangle Park, NC to collaborate on the design and development of new products and services. Initially, the companies plan to develop a new class of blade servers combining IBM's Server Technology and Nortel's carrier-grade communications expertise. Nortel also expects to utilize IBM engineering and technical services for a number of projects, all aimed at...

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Belgium's Telenet Deploys Cirpack Switches

Telenet, the largest provider of broadband cable services in Belgium, has deployed Cirpack's Class-5 switch solution to deliver voice over broadband services to business customers in Belgium and Luxembourg. The service allows small and medium-sized businesses to connect their ISDN PBX to a secured DSL line. Cirpack's MultiNode delivers a complete set of ISDN services over the DSL line. The companies noted that almost all enterprises in Belgium and Luxembourg have an ISDN PBX and said that broadband local loops are very efficient alternatives...

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Netcentrex Enhances its Softswitching with Video, SIP, and Triple Play Integration

Netcentrex has enhanced its "MyCall" Residential Services with new capabilities for video telephony, enhanced triple play and fixed-mobile convergence. MyCall version 3 provides interworking of video services between fixed or mobile video terminals, such as fixed video phones, 3G mobile video phones, and PC-based video clients. It could also be used to extend voice and video applications over 3G and broadband networks. In addition to the previously available H.323 video, the latest release adds the capability of implementing video services using...

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JDS Uniphase to Sell Ottawa Facility

JDS Uniphase agreed to sell its 912,000 square foot Ottawa facility located at 3000 Merivale Road in Ottawa, Canada to construction and management company Minto Developments Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed. "The Subsystems Product Group at our Ottawa facility develops ourcompany's most highly integrated communications products," said Kevin Kennedy, president and chief executive officer of JDS Uniphase. "The sale of the property is a positive step in our transformation strategy for right-sizing the assets of our company."The team will be...

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