Global Crossing Introduces Carrier VoIP Outbound Service in Europe

Global Crossing introduced a Carrier VoIP Outbound Service in Europe that provides wholesale IP interconnection, transport and call completion of packet-based voice traffic over its network. Global Crossing's Carrier VoIP Outbound Service is available using three different access methods. Customers can choose to connect either through Global Crossing IP VPN Service, IP Transit service or via the public Internet. The three access options allow customers to match Quality of Service levels to their requirements. The latter option also allows customers...

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Skype Adding 150,000 Users per Day, Launches Affiliate Program

Skype currently is signing up about 150,000 new users per day and its total number of registered users exceeds 35 million. In addition, there are 1.4 million SkypeOut accounts and the company reports a 22% monthly growth in minutes of traffic, which is now at 1.5 billion minutes per month. With up to 100 million new broadband connections activated worldwide last year and more this year, Skype believes its opportunity the telephony applications continues to accelerate. Looking beyond PCs, Skype is planning to take its telephony application to...

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Mitel Chooses TI for VoIP Silicon/Software

Mitel has selected Texas Instruments as its primary supplier for both its IP phone sets and VoIP gateway systems. Mitel plans to use TI's technology in both its business telephone sets and its core Integrated Communications Platform (ICP) portfolio. TI's TNETV1050 offers Mitel a highly integrated IP phone system-on-a-chip with a comprehensive feature set and integrated LCD controllers. Using TI's flexible silicon and software architecture, Mitel can map additional functionality into its IP phones as the demand for a particular feature or application...

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BT 21CN Builds on MSF Implementation Agreements

Several of the MultiService Forum (MSF) Implementation Agreements (IAs) are incorporated into BT's 21st Century Network (21CN) program. MSF IAs build upon protocols issued by standards bodies such as the ITU and IETF, providing practical methods for applying standards to real world networks. The major elements of BT Group's overall strategy including ICT, mobility, broadband, netcentricity and portfolio transformation are underpinned by the 21CN initiative. An early deliverable of this transformation is the first phase of the migration of services...

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Occam Unveils Active Gigabit Ethernet FTTP

Occam Networks expanded its line of Broadband Loop Carriers with an Optical Line Termination (OLT) blade that delivers gigabit class active Ethernet services over fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) networks. The company said active Ethernet FTTP offers several significant advantages over BPON or GPON solutions, including the ability to deliver up to one gigabit per second 1 Gbps of bandwidth to each subscriber premise, rather than sharing the capacity...

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Fujitsu and Cisco Deliver Next Gen Routers in Japan

Fujitsu Limited (and Cisco Systems introduced the first high-end router for the Japanese market based on the strategic alliance between the companies that was announced in December 2004. The co-branded and customized Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System is built on the Cisco IOS XR next-generation operating system. Fujitsu is working with Cisco on OS features for Japanese next generation networks. The companies have also begun joint certification testing specifically for usage scenarios in Japan.http://www.fujitsu.com http://www.cisco....

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Siemens and Calix Announce BPON Interoperability

Siemens Communications and Calix announced interoperability between the Calix C7 multiservice access platform and the new announced Siemens broadband passive optical network (BPON) products. The two portfolios provide standards-based FTTP optical network terminal (ONT) and optical network unit (ONU) solutions. Operating as a BPON optical line terminal (OLT), the Calix C7 platform allows service providers to deliver an identical mix of voice, data and video services to both fiber-connected and copper wire-connected subscribers. The Siemens family...

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Verizon to Offer IP-based Call Centers with Genesys

Verizon is planning to launch hosted IP-based services for large contact-center customers, said Mark Wegleitner, Verizon Chief Technology Officer. Verizon is working with Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories to develop the service.Call center customers will be able to choose from a list of applications that include: automatic call distribution, an interactive voice-response unit, call control, and monitoring and customer-history databases. http://www.verizon....

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Equant Deploys Juniper's Session Controller

Equant, a member of the France Telecom Group, is deploying Juniper Networks' VF Series Session Border Control products to deliver VoIP services to business customers worldwide. Specifically, Equant is using the VF-3000 Series to offer secure Session Border Control features across the Equant Global VoIP network providing inter-VPN NAT (Network Address Translation) service. This enables Equant to support multiple vendors' IP PBXs for multi-national customers. In addition, multiple security features will be deployed providing the highest level of...

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3Com Appoints New CTO

3Com appointed Marc Willebeek-LeMair as its new CTO. He previously was CTO and Chief Strategy Officer of TippingPoint, 3Com's security division. Prior to TippingPoint, he spent 10 years at the T.J. Watson Research Center of IBM where he was responsible for the exploration of High Bandwidth Systems, Intelligent Infrastructure Technologies, as well as streaming audio and video applications. http://www.3com....

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Dutch Colocation Provider Deploys Force10's 10 GigE

TrueServer, a Netherlands-based colocation and hosting service provider, has deployed Force10 Networks' TeraScale E-Series in an upgrade of its network to 10 Gbps. The company is using Force10's recently launched 90-port high density Gigabit Ethernet cards, which increase the density of the TeraScale E-Series to 1,260 ports. This allows TrueServer to collapse its aggregation and core layers to simplify its network and build in a new level of resiliency. TrueServer provides colocation and hosting services to enterprises across Europe. To accommodate...

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Toshiba Expands its Strata Enterprise VoIP Portfolio

Toshiba America Information Systems has expanded its Strata CIX family of pure IP business communications systems -- adding two new versions -- the Strata CIX670 (supporting up to 672 ports) and Strata CIX100 (supporting up to 112 ports) to the existing Strata CIX200 (supporting up to 192 ports), which began shipping in February 2005. All three models are designed for SMB enterprises or larger corporate users with multiple sites. Key capabilities include:traditional business phone features in an IP System virtually all features available to all...

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Wireless USB Specification Released -- 480 Mbps at 3m

Work on the Wireless USB specification has now been completed and responsibility for the specification will transition from the Wireless USB Promoter Group to the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), which intends to undertake certification, compliance testing, logo licensing and marketing for Wireless USB. Wireless USB is a high-speed wireless personal interconnect technology that is based on the WiMedia MAC Convergence Architecture, utilizing the WiMedia Alliance's MB-OFDM ultra wideband MAC and PHY. It has been designed to coexist with the other...

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Spirent and Psytechnics Partner on Video Quality Assessment for Triple Play

Spirent Communications and Psytechnics are collaborating to offer a video quality assessment test system for carriers, service providers and equipment vendors. The test system measures video quality as well as a broad range of video distortion and degradation parameters under various network configurations and real-world load conditions. The solution is aimed at video on-demand and IPTV services, where ensuring satisfactory end user experience is a necessary ingredient of a successful service rollout. Spirent has licensed the Psytechnics Video...

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Sangoma Selects Octasic for Soft PBX Systems

Sangoma Technologies, a supplier of TDM voice and Internet infrastructure products, has selected Octasic's silicon solutions for use in their high density E1/T1/J1 Advanced Flexible Telecommunications (AFT) series. Sangoma's new A108d (eight E1/T1/J1 port), A104d (four E1/T1/J1 port) and A102d (dual E1/T1/J1 port) cards with DSP support in hardware will use Octasic technology to provide board-level voice quality enhancement features, including echo cancellation, audio conferencing and tone detection. The range of cards will provide hardware DSP...

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