Intel Signs MOUs with KT, SK Telecom

At a press conference in Seoul, Intel signed separate memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with KT and SK Telecom.Intel and KT agreed to cooperate on wireless broadband technologies, including WiMAX and WiBro -- a locally-developed standard similar to 802.16e that Korea plans to commercialized later this year.Intel and SK Telecom agreed to collaborate on consumer devices and services, including SK's new music and video download service named MelOn. The companies plan to port the "MelOn" service to TVs and audio systems using Intel's digital home...

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I.T.U. Launches "Connect the World" Initiative

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) launched a "Connect the World" initiative aimed at bringing access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) to the estimated one billion people worldwide for whom making a simple telephone call remains out of reach. At present, ITU estimates that around 800,000 villages -- or 30% of all villages worldwide -- are still without any kind of connection.The initiative has three elements:Enabling Environment, which is aimed at helping nations develop transparent, fair and technology-neutral...

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Alcatel-led consortium Supports BT Fusion

Alcatel confirmed that it is the lead contractor for BT Fusion, previously known as "Project Bluephone", the new fixed/mobile service from BT. Alcatel leads a consortium that includes Ericsson, Inventel, IVT, Lucent, and Motorola. Alcatel said its role as prime contractor includes project management as well as extensive development and integration work in BT labs, and interoperability testing between the consortium vendors. BT Fusion uses the UMA standard, which has now been formally released and accepted into the 3GPP standards group for generic...

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Verilink Hires VP of Engineering

Verilink announced the appointment of Thi Nguyen to Vice President of Engineering. Previously, he was the Vice President of Software Engineering at Polaris Networks, where he led the development of a next-generation, multiservice optical digital cross connect product. Prior to Polaris, Nguyen was a Director of Engineering at Cisco Systems, where he led a 100+ member team across multiple sites that was responsible for the development of software and hardware platforms for Cisco's voice and media gateway products.http://www.verilink.c...

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Sprint Offers EV-DO-Ready Card from Novatel Wireless

Sprint has begun offering a CDMA 1xEV-DO (Evolution, Data Optimized) PC card from Novatel Wireless. The card will support broadband-like speeds (400-700 kbps and peak rates of up to 2.0 Mbps) when Sprint EV-DO coverage is available later this year and is backwards compatible to provide 1xRTT throughput speeds (up to 144 kbps) in Sprint coverage areas where EV-DO service is not yet available.By early 2006, Sprint plans to make EV-DO service available in approximately 60 metropolitan areas across the U.S. http://www.sprint.com/merlins...

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Photron Implements Ultra Spectral Modulation in FPGAs

Photron Technologies Ltd., a start-up based in Singapore with offices in Los Angeles, has implemented its Ultra Spectral Modulation (USM) technology in FPGAs using technology from AccelChip. Photron's technology is expected to significantly increase spectral efficiency and boost wireless data transmission. Photron describes USM as a paradigm shift away from traditional modulation theories and conventional practices that have endured for the past 50 years. The company's ultra efficient modulation techniques are designed to support data rates exceeding...

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Azure Raises $15 Million for Revenue Assurance Systems

Azure Solutions, a spin-out from BT, raised $15 million in new venture funding for its revenue-assurance solutions. Azure enables service providers to reduce losses and safeguard profits from malicious and unintentional revenue leakage. The company estimates that global operator revenue losses are currently at 10.7% of turnover. This equates to over one hundred billion dollars of lost revenue and this figure is likely to increase with the emergence of next-generation telecoms services and technology. The company's existing customers include tier...

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Motorola Ventures Invests in Anam Mobile

Motorola Ventures has made an equity investment in Anam Mobile, a start-up offering SMS & MMS delivery platforms. Financial terms were not disclosed.Anam's patented Smart Services Framework intercepts messages and applies additional consumer oriented service logic to them. This allows operators to launch new SMS and MMS services to their subscribers. Anam was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with offices worldwide.http://www.anam.com/http://www.motorola.com/ventu...

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Agilent Offers Testing for Wireless Video Streaming

Agilent Technologies announced a test and optimization solution to verify the quality of service (QoS) for wireless video streaming. The company's Network Optimization Platform correlates RF measurements and subscribers' service experience to reduce troubleshooting and problem-resolution time, producing a higher-performing network and better QoS. The drive-test solution that measures network connection time, packet loss, buffer time, stream set-up time, jitter, bit rate measurements and other key video streaming performance indicators, giving RF...

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Nortel Achieves TL Certification for HSDPA, UMTS, GSM

Nortel has become the first wireless networks supplier to successfully complete a TL 9000 consolidation registration across an end-to-end portfolio of hardware, software and services for HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) and GSM.The scope of this certification covers portfolio marketing, product management, design and development, build, delivery, introduction and support of wireless networks using UMTS/HSDPA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE telecommunications network equipment. Specific products covered...

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SBC to Continue Usage of WilTel through 2009

SBC Communications will continue to carry traffic across WilTel's national fiber network through 2009 under a new master services agreement announced by the firms. The agreement outlines parameters for continued SBC usage of WilTel services throughout the planned AT&T acquisition and integration process. Additionally, the agreement calls for WilTel to be a preferred long-term provider of the combined SBC and AT&T for off-net and diverse network services."Our top priorities during the planned AT&T acquisition process are to ensure security...

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Charter Taps Kasenna for VOD Servers

Charter Communications has deployed Kasenna's MediaBase XMP video servers in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and Rochester and St. Cloud, Minnesota to support is expanding VOD library of movies, premium channel hits, sports, music and other programs. Charter had previously deployed the MediaBase XMP video servers to upgrade and expand capacity in the Madison, Fond du Lac and Janesville, Wis. markets.These six deployments follow Charter's installation of MediaBase servers to support the initial rollout of VOD services in Malibu, Calif. last June, using the...

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EADS Astrium and Alcatel Selected for Europe's Next Gen Satellites

EADS Astrium and Alcatel Space have been selected for the full development of Alphabus, the new European platform for next generation communications satellites. The contract was awarded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the French space agency CNES. EADS Astrium and Alcatel Space have decided to federate their technical and financial resources on a common development programme, taking into account the amount of new technologies and facilities. Responsibilities of EADS include: Electrical power, Solar array, Chemical propulsion, as well as...

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New Whitepaper: FTTx: Selecting the Best Architecture for the Access Network

FTTx: Selecting the Best Architecture for the Access Networkby Occam NetworksAs telecommunications providers consider the best method for delivering fiber to their subscribers, they have a variety of FTTx architectures to consider. No one-size-solves-all architecture exists today, so providers must make a series of technology decisions based on their service goals. One primary consideration for providers is whether to deploy an active (point-to-point) or passive (point-to-multipoint) fiber network.. View PDF onlinehttp://www.convergedigest.co...

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