Microsoft Licenses Global IP Sound (GIPS) for VoIP Quality

Global IP Sound (GIPS) announced an OEM license agreement with Microsoft for its voice processing solutions. GIPS technology is expected to be used with MSN and Microsoft Office Real-Time Collaboration (RTC) solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.The GIPS one-end and end-to-end voice quality enhancement software provides capabilities including adaptive jitter buffer and error concealment, high-quality wideband and narrow band codecs, echo cancellers and speech enhancers. The technology provides "better than PSTN voice quality and fidelity"...

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Netopia Unveils New Gateways for Triple Play Services

Netopia unveiled its new "MiAVo" (Media in, Audio and Video out) line of gateways designed for triple play services, including IPTV and VoIP, delivered over fiber, VDSL2, and bonded ADSL2+ networks. Netopia's MiAVo products include Ethernet gateways optimized for fiber networks, new VDSL2 IP and ATM smart modems and gateways, and a new line of bonded ADSL2+ gateways.The gateways incorporate LAN distribution technology for linking networked devices...

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Eagle Broadband Integrates Minerva's IPTV Middleware

Eagle Broadband and GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, announced a national licensing agreement to resell Minerva Network's iTVManager middleware as part of their "IPTVComplete" solution. Minerva's iTVManager middleware solution runs on a set top box and provides subscribers with a user interface for controlling their IP video and entertainment content via their television. The iTVManager user interface can be customized to incorporate service provider branding and layout preferences. Eagle Broadband's IPTVComplete is an end-to-end solution...

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QUALCOMM Samples Dual-CPU EV-DO Rev A Chip

QUALCOMM has begun sampling of its new dual-CPU Convergence Platform chip aimed at a new generation of consumer devices for CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A networks. QUALCOMM MSM7500 chipset is designed form personal multimedia devices ranging from high-end PDAs and Smartphones to wireless computers to portable video players, music centers, gaming consoles, etc.QUALCOMM said the chip offers the processing capacity needed for capabilities such as an 8.0 megapixel digital camera, camcorder-like video recorder, VGA resolution gaming, and support for major...

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XM Satellite to Acquire WCS Wireless for 2.3 GHz Spectrum Nationwide

XM Satellite Radio agreed to acquire privately-held WCS Wireless for nearly $200 million in stock.WCS Wireless are wireless spectrum licenses in geographic areas covering 163 million people throughout the United States, including 15 of the top 20 metropolitan markets. On average, WCS Wireless licenses include 10 megahertz in the frequency bands adjacent to XM's satellite radio service. XM and WCS Wireless expect to close the transaction before the end of the year, subject to necessary government approvals.XM Satellite said the acquisition would...

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Motorola Opens R&D Centers in India and Taiwan

Motorola announced the opening of two new Research and Design centers in India and Taiwan. The new R&D center in Bangalore brings under one roof the research and development capabilities of Motorola's Core Networks Division and Embedded Communications Computing, both part of Motorola Networks. The center's focus will be to work on new telecom switching technologies and products across CDMA and GSM/UMTS networks, as well as develop products for a new class of computer - the communications server.The Taiwan Technology Center is Motorola's second...

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Alcatel and Shanghai Media Group Build IPTV Lab

Alcatel and Shanghai Media Group (SMG), a media conglomerate with radio, television, newspaper, and websites across China, have jointly set up an IPTV lab in Shanghai to drive the commercialization of IPTV services in China. In the Lab, Alcatel integrates SMG's broadcast content and head-end equipment with Alcatel's end-to-end IPTV service delivery architecture, as well as terminals to simulate a complete network environment for developing, validating and test-running IPTV services.The companies are collaborating on IPTV solutions such as digital...

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Colin Powell Joins Kleiner Perkins

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), a premier venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, as a strategic limited partner.Since its founding in 1972, KPCB has backed over 450 ventures, including AOL, Amazon.com, Citrix, Compaq, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Genomic Health, Google, Intuit, Juniper Networks, Netscape, Lotus, LSI Logic, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, Verisign and Xilinx. Ray Lane of KPCB said, "General Powell is one of the most influential leaders of our time. His strategic...

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net.com Reports Revenue of $18.4 Million

Network Equipment Technologies reported quarterly revenue of $18.4 million, down 23.0% from $23.8 million in the prior quarter. This compares to revenue of $29.1 million in the same period of the prior year. Product revenue for the quarter was $14.7 million, down from $19.5 million in the prior quarter. Revenue for the company's new products represented 22.3% of total product revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2006.Net loss for the quarter was $5.1 million, or $0.21 per share, compared to a net loss for the same period of the prior year of...

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TV Works Acquires MetaTV for Interactive Program Guide Technology

TV Works, a joint venture of Comcast and Cox Communications, has acquired the business and assets of MetaTV, a software services company. Prior to the acquisition, Comcast and Cox were investors in MetaTV. Financial terms were not disclosed.MetaTV, which is based in Mill Valley, California, has developed applications currently in use by several cable operators, including information, games, caller ID and customer service features. The MetaTV information application is integrated with the Microsoft TV Foundation platform that Comcast has deployed...

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Tiscali Italy Selects UTStarcom for 150,000 ADSL Lines

Tiscali Italy awarded a two-year contract to UTStarcom for the initial deployment of approximately 150,000 lines of its AN-2000 IP DSLAM solution and UT300R2U ADSL 2/2+ customer premise equipment (CPE). he announcement represents an expansion on the initial contract with Tiscali Italy announced in June 2004. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.utstar.com/http://www.tiscali.comAs of 31st March 2005, Tiscali had 5.2 million active users in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and the Czech Republic. 1.2 million were broadband customers,...

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Telefónica Móviles Selects Openwave

Telefónica Móviles España has selected Openwave's IP Integrated Messaging Infrastructure to deliver a single inbox for all messaging services for its consumer and corporate customers. The carrier will be able to launch new communication services such as "always on" Email, allowing users to receive emails to their current mobile devices, as they would to their PC, and previously only available on high-end mobile phones. http://www.openwave.c...

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CBS to Launch Broadband 24-Hour News Network

CBS News announced plans to launch 24-hour, multi-platform digital news network, bypassing cable television in favor of broadband distribution. The company said its strategy is to move from a primarily television and radio news-based operation to a 24-hour, on-demand news service, available across many platforms. The new CBSNews.com will feature an on-page video player showcasing the free broadband video, including over 25,000 clips -- and video yet to be broadcast on the network. CBS said its projections indicate that homes connected to broadband...

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Ebbers Sentenced to 25 Years in WorldCom Fraud

Bernard J. Ebbers, the former chief executive officer of WorldCom, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the WorldCom fraud. Ebbers is 63 years old. In March 2005, Ebbers was convicted on all nine counts of orchestrating the fraud that led to the bankruptcy of his company. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 85 years in prison. During the six week trial, Ebbers had taken the witness stand in his own defense, trying to pin the blame for the fraud on his subordinate Scott Sullivan, the company's chief financial officer. Five former...

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