ECI Telecom Delivers Optimized Transport for Utilities

ECI Telecom announced an optimized optical transport solution for the utilities industry based in its XDM product line. The platform enables utilities to support their internal networking needs and legacy services such as SCADA, voice circuit telephony and power system protection, and then migrate to broadband applications and value-added commercial service offerings such as LAN/WAN, L2/L3 VPN, VoIP, video surveillance, IP-Based SCADA and Storage Area Networking (SAN). ECI said that unlike other platforms that require a specific chassis and network...

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Siemens Enters BPON Market

Siemens Communications is entering the FTTP market with a new family of standards-based broadband passive optical network (BPON) products, including optical network terminals (ONTs) and optical network units (ONUs). The Siemens BPON family supports multiple environments such as single-family residences, businesses and multi-dwelling housing units. Other Siemens BPON family features include: Throughput of up to 100 Mbps on an Ethernet port and up to 622 Mbps over a full service access network (FSAN)-compatible fiber connection. Session Initiation...

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BroadLight Unveils 2.5 Gbps GPONs, 1:64 Split

BroadLight unveiled its end-to-end solution for gigabit-capacity, passive optical networks (GPONs). The end-to-end GPON (E2E GPON) features Broadlight's BL2000 GPON System-on-Chip (SoC) for cost-focused ONT applications and also includes PONmaker software, OLT MAC, OLT and ONT transceivers. Key features will include 2.5 Gbps PON performance, 1:64 split ratio, and native transport of both Ethernet and TDM, which is delivered at up to 155 Mbps using GPON Encapsulated Mode (GEM). "BroadLight is 100% focused on PON and has been extensively involved...

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Conexant Offers 802.11g Chip for Mobile Devices

Conexant Systems announced a low-power, small form factor 802.11g radio chip for embedded mobile applications. The single-chip device is targeted at high performance, battery operated mobile devices such as multimedia cellular phones, enterprise handsets, PDAs, and digital cameras. The chip is shipping in volume quantities to customers now, and has been designed into several handset models by one the world's largest cellular telephone manufacturers. A hardware and software reference design is also available to enable manufacturers and system integrators...

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PRIMUS Deploys Veraz to Migrate Clearinghouse Traffic

PRIMUS Telecommunications has migrated its Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) traffic from existing H.323 Gateways to the Veraz platform. An OSP client that interfaces with external OSP servers was added into the programmable service logic of Veraz ControlSwitch, in order to seamlessly integrate both PRIMUS' core global infrastructure and VoIP clearinghouse traffic onto a unified next generation network. Prior to the migration, PRIMUS had two linked networks: traditional circuit-switched long distance (TDM) and an OSP VoIP network. Veraz enabled PRIMUS...

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Ixia Announces Triple Play Test Toolset

Ixia introduced a testing toolset designed to accurately verify performance and scalability of triple play services including the transport data and control planes, the content servers delivering these services, and the subscriber edge, where realistic emulation of hundreds of thousands of subscribers is essential to accurately derive real-world performance metrics. Ixia said its solution can be used to test the full range of Triple Play signaling and data protocols in any combination, including when under denial of service attack. Signaling protocols...

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Pace Unveils Hardware H.264 IPTV Set-Top Box

Pace Micro Technology introduced a hardware H.264 decode set-top box for the IPTV market. The new IP215 provides MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression decoding hardware, replacing more expensive software based solutions. The company said its IP215 provides an impressive aggregated 490 MIPs processing power and will support all popular conditional access (CA) providers, including NDS and Widevine. As well as working with key system integrators,...

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Greece's Tellas Launches Video Call Service

Tellas, the leading wireline alternative operator in Greece, has selected Ericsson for its Video Call Service offering to fixed subscribers. The Video Call Service, which is available to all subscribers of Tellas fixed telephony services, uses a SIP-enabled video-phone terminal. Tellas subscribers are able to make and receive both normal voice calls as well as video calls simply by using their existing telephone connection. The Video Call Service is currently offered over normal PSTN or ISDN lines.Ericsson has integrated the solution into the existing...

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McLeodUSA's Lenders Extend Forebearance Period

McLeodUSA, one of the nation's largest independent, competitive telecommunications services providers, and its lenders have agreed to the extension of the forbearance agreement initially entered into on March 16, 2005. In light of McLeodUSA's continuing pursuit of strategic alternatives and / or a financial restructuring the parties agreed to extend the forbearance agreement through July 21, 2005.McLeodUSA's lenders continue to agree not to take any action as a result of non-payment by the company of certain principal and interest payments due...

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AT&T Supplies 300-site IP VPN for ABC Supply

AT&T was awarded an $8.5 million networking contract from ABC Supply Company, one of the largest wholesale distributors of roofing and siding materials in the U.S., to provide an IP VPN integrating more than 300 ABC Supply locations across the country. The solution will streamline processes such as credit card transactions, online product ordering and inventory management, and will allow ABC Supply to expand its online product offerings. AT&T will also host the ABC Supply Web servers at its Chicago-area Internet Data Center (IDC). ht...

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Atheros Offers Radio-on-Chip for Mobiles

Atheros introduced its first Radio-on-Chip WLAN solution for mobile devices such as dual-mode cellular phones, VoIP handsets, MP3 portable media players, digital still/video cameras, and gaming consoles.Atheros' new ROCm family includes single- and dual-band chips, both of which provide 54 Mbps connectivity. The chips minimize power consumption through the use of techniques such as automatic power save delivery (APSD) along with an extremely low-power sleep mode. Atheros estimates the design improves the energy efficiency of WLAN operations by...

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DIRECTV 8 Satellite Successfully Launched

DIRECTV 8, a high-power Ku/Ka-band, direct broadcast satellite built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Proton M/Breeze M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS).The satellite will provide selectable medium- and high-power Ku-band broadcast services to the U.S. on up to 16 high-power transponders. The Ka-band payload will use the full 1,000 MHz of Ka-band communications bandwidth available to link DIRECTV facilities as part of DIRECTV's infrastructure...

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LSI Logic Names Intel Exec as New CEO

LSI Logic appointed Abhi Y. Talwalkar as its president and CEO, succeeding Wilfred J. Corrigan, LSI Logic's founder. Talwalkar, 41, joins LSI Logic from Intel, where he served as vice president and co-general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, which is comprised of Intel's Business Client, Server, Storage and Communications businesses.http://www.lsilogic....

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JDS Uniphase to Acquire Acterna for $760 Million

JDS Uniphase agreed to acquire Acterna, a privately-held supplier of broadband and optical test & management (T&M) equipment, for $760 million, comprising $450 million in cash and $310 million in JDS Uniphase's common stock, subject to adjustments.Acterna supplies test solutions for both service providers and network equipment vendors. It portfolio includes test instruments, systems, software and services for optical networks, data/IP, cable (HFC), access and wireless. The company is based in Germantown, Maryland, with European and Asia-Pacific...

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SyChip Implements LSI Logic for VoIP Mobile Phone

SyChip, a supplier of radio frequency chip scale modules/system in package modules, has selected LSI Logic's Z.Voice processor for use in its wireless VoIP connectivity module for next-generation dual-mode mobile phones. The chip offers power control modes of idle, sleep, halt and PLL Bypass with the low energy consumption of 0.33mW/MHz during active mode for longer battery life in end products. http://www.lsilogic.c...

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Caspian Raises $55 Million for Flow-state Routers

Caspian Networks secured an additional $55 million in venture funding for its flow-state routers. The new round of funding includes existing investors Oak Investment Partners, U.S. Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Alloy Ventures and ABN-AMRO. http://www.caspian.comIn March 205, Caspian Networks introduced a smaller version of its flow-state router designed for broadband aggregation and peering applications. The new 50 Gbps A50 flow-state router uses the same ASICs, software and line cards as the existing Caspian...

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Redback Quadruples Performance of its SmartEdge

Redback Networks introduced the next-generation version of its flagship SmartEdge Service Gateway platform, featuring four times the performance of its current generation system and the capability for much higher density Ethernet aggregation. The enhanced performance is delivered via new 10 GigE and 10-port and 20-port GigE cards, along with a new software release.The new linecards are powered by Redback's new Broadband IP Engine processing chip, which enables the integration of Ethernet aggregation with advanced IP routing, and subscriber and...

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ANDA Networks Debuts EtherDAX for Large Scale Aggregation

ANDA Networks introduced a new central office Ethernet aggregation and transport product designed to handle large-scale Ethernet service delivery requirements for major carriers. The new EtherDAX 6000 is designed for the aggregation and cross connect of a larger number of ANDA Networks' EtherReach devices, or third party devices, to support and centrally manage thousands of subscribers from a single device in the central office.Significantly, MCI...

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