Verizon Announces FiOS for Businesses

Verizon outlined plans for its FiOS FTTP service for businesses with under 50 employees. There are three tiers:15 Mbps downstream and 2 Mbps upstream, priced at $59.95 a month with a dynamic IP address and $99.95 a month with a static IP address.5 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream symmetrical service, priced at $169.95 a month with a dynamic IP address and $209.95 a month with a static IP address.30 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream, priced at $349.95 a month with a dynamic IP address and $389.95 a month with a static IP address.Discounts...

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Agere Enters Market for Home Multimedia Networks

Agere Systems introduced a portfolio of chips designed for multimedia and storage networking applications in homes and businesses. The new chips are designed to enable digital media server and network attached storage solutions capable of delivering content at 1 Gbps, enough for up to eight HDTV streams.Agere's new portfolio of chips is called NASn01 (network attached storage), in which n stands for the number of Serial Advance Technology Attachment Level 1 (SATA 1) hard disk drives (HDDs) the chips can support. The portfolio includes four members:...

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Nokia Launches Wi-Fi Internet Tablet

Nokia introduced a dedicated Wi-Fi device optimized for Internet browsing and email in a pocketsize format. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet features a high-resolution (800x480) widescreen display with zoom and on-screen keyboard. Aside from Wi-Fi, the device can also connect to the Internet utilizing Bluetooth wireless technology via a compatible mobile phone. The device runs on Linux based Nokia Internet Tablet 2005 software edition which includes...

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BT Infonet Supplies MPLS VPN for Radisys

BT Infonet was awarded a two-year contract by RadiSys to implement an MPLS-enabled IP VPN Secure global network for eight manufacturing, design and sales locations in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, RadiSys provides advanced embedded solutions for the commercial, enterprise and service provider systems markets. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.bt.infonet....

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NTT Develops IP Video Stream Server

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) has developed a cluster-based, IP video stream server that can simultaneously handle up to ten 1.5 Gbps streams of uncompressed high definition television (HDTV) video in real-time using an IP network. The i-Visto eXmedia server is intended for professional use in the broadcasting industry. NTT Network Innovation Laboratories developed the cluster-server using multiple general purpose PCs and a commercially available, low-delay Fibre Channel network. When combined with the i-Visto gateway XG, another NTT product...

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Acme Packet Announces Lawful Intercept/CALEA Support

Acme Packet announced support in its Net-Net session border controller (SBC) for global lawful intercept (LI) capabilities, including compliance with the US Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). LI requires sending call data (the voice over IP signaling messages) and call content (the actual voice media packets) to one or more law enforcement agencies for detection and storage. This intercept must be transparent or undetectable to the both the target subscriber and to the service provider's management systems. In addition,...

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Alcatel and Polycom to Deliver SIP Solutions

Alcatel and Polycom agreed to deliver converged collaboration solutions to enterprises. The solutions combine Polycom's video conferencing systems with Alcatel's unified communications offering. The end-to-end videoconferencing will leverage presence and real-time control using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).Polycom's PVX and VSX video conferencing and collaboration systems and MGC multipoint bridges with then integrate with the Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise IP communications platform, Alcatel IP Touch phones, and the Alcatel My Teamwork collaboration...

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Alcatel and Intel Collaborate on AdvancedTCA

Alcatel and Intel signed an agreement to improve time to market of Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA) platforms for mobile service providers. The companies will engage in joint development activities in such areas as system architecture definition and board and solution design based on Intel processors, with the resulting products to be available across the industry.New Alcatel solutions resulting from this collaboration are expected to be available in early 2006, and use an Intel Pentium M processor-based AdvancedTCA single...

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TI and Audiocodes Partner on VoIP Processors - DSPs

Texas Instruments and AudioCodes have agreed to jointly promote AudioCodes' VoIP processors based on TI DSPs. This announcement furthers the two companies' longstanding relationship and enables AudioCodes to provide the highest quality VoIP solutions to their customers more quickly and efficiently. AudioCodes' VoIP solutions extend from its AC494 System on a Chip for IP phones and CPE, through the AC490, an 8 and 12 channel DSP for IP-PBX applications, and up to 64 and 102 channels in the AC491 for digital gateways and carrier grade equipment....

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TI Reports 20 Wi-Fi Mobile Device Wins

Texas Instruments reported that more than 20 TI WLAN-enabled mobile devices are shipping from companies including Nokia, NEC, Motorola, HP, and BenQ.In-Stat predicts that by 2010, there will be 296 million WLAN-enabled mobile phones on the market, with 46 percent of these devices enabling VoWLAN capabilities. http://www.ti....

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N.E.T. Supplies Platforms for "Combined Endeavor 2005"

N.E.T. Federal has supplied its Promina, SCREAM and SHOUT networking gear for "Combined Endeavor 2005," the largest and most complex Communications and Information System (CIS) military exercise in the world, which is currently underway in Lager Aulenbach, Germany. The 13-day military exercise, which is organized by the U.S. European Command and the German and Romanian Ministries of Defense, brings together NATO and Partnership for Peace nations...

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Fujitsu Unveils Latest 10 Gbps Ethernet Switch Chip

Fujitsu Microelectronics America introduced the latest version of its single-chip 10 Gbps Ethernet switch with advanced security, data-reliability and aggregation features, and leaner power requirements.The new device is the latest member of Fujitsu's 10 Gbps Ethernet switch chip family, which was introduced in late 2003. The new 12-port, layer-2 switch adds new capabilities such as link aggregation, which enables users to combine several links as a virtual fat link to achieve bandwidth scalability and high availability. This feature realizes a...

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