Broadcom to Acquire Siliquent for Ethernet Processing NICs

Broadcom agreed to acquire Siliquent Technologies, a privately-held developer of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) network interface controllers (NICs) with advanced Ethernet processing technology, for approximately $76 million in cash. Siliquent has developed an Ethernet processor for optimizing server networking, network storage and clustering applications. Broadcom said the acquisition would significantly accelerate its delivery of 10GbE converged-NICs (C-NICs) for server LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) applications. The Siliquent 10GbE advanced Ethernet...

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Wi-Mesh Alliance Presents Proposal for IEEE 802.11s

The Wi-Mesh Alliance presented a proposal for a new global mesh WLAN standard to the IEEE 802.11 Task Group S (TGs).The Wi-Mesh Alliance said its design intent is to be extensible with the future 802.11n high throughput amendment, provide support for the existing worldwide Wi-Fi network installed base, while extending Wi-Fi network deployments within designated radio frequency (RF) spectrum. Details of the proposal are online.Members of the Wi-Mesh Alliance include Accton, ComNets, InterDigital Communications, NextHop Technologies, Nortel, and...

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Tekelec Teams with China's FiberHome Technologies on NGNs

Tekelec announced a strategic partnership with FiberHome Technologies Group, a Chinese telecom equipment supplier, to integrate the Tekelec 9000 Distributed Switching Solution into FiberHome's next-generation network (NGN) portfolio. The companies said the agreement would strengthen FiberHome's position among tier-one operators in China and other international markets. The agreement provides for the exclusive deployment of Tekelec's media gateway for any mid- to large-size carrier opportunity. For Tekelec, the agreement expands its presence in...

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Juniper Reports Revenue $493 Million, up 61%

Juniper Networks reported Q2 net revenues of $493.0 million, compared with $306.9 million for the same period last year, an increase of 61%. GAAP net income for the second quarter was $89.0 million or $0.15 per share, compared with a GAAP net loss of $12.6 million or $0.02 per share in the second quarter of 2004. Cash provided by operations was $166.1 million for the second quarter, compared to cash provided by operations of $119.0 million for the same period last year. Capital expenditures and depreciation during the second quarter were $18.1...

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Newroads Selects Zhone and MetaSwitch for New Service Delivery

Newroads Telecom, an independent operator serving towns in Arkansas and Oklahoma, has selected and deployed Zhone's Multi-Access Line Concentrator (MALC) and MetaSwitch's Class 5 Softswitch technology for its new service deployments. Newroads has installed the MetaSwitch VP3510 at its own Fort Smith, Arkansas data center and is collocating Zhone's MALC with 48 port ADSL2+ line cards and 32 port T1/ATM line cards as its broadband service platform over copper access lines from SBC Central Offices throughout its serving area. MetaSwitch's VP3510...

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Motorola Posts Record Sales and Earnings

Motorola reported Q2 sales of $8.83 billion, up 17% over last year, and earnings per share from continuing operations of $.38 per share, versus earnings from continuing operations of $.25 per share in the year-ago quarter. Highlights of the quarter included:a gain of 3.3 percentage points in global mobile device market share record mobile devices shipments of 33.9 million units, representing an estimated global market share of 18.1 percent, an increase of 3.3 percentage points versus the year-ago quarter and 1.7 percentage points versus first quarter...

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SupportSoft Joins Broadband Services Forum

SupportSoft has joined the Broadband Services Forum (BSF) as a Principal Member to support future initiatives surrounding IPTV and interactive next-generation broadband services.The mission of the Broadband Service Forum is to address the fundamental business and technology issues that are vital to the future success of the broadband industry. http://www.broadbandservicesforum.orghttp://www.supportsoft.com IPTV: Making it Work ...

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XM Satellite Radio Invests in Worldspace for Global Coverage

XM Satellite Radio has made a strategic investment of $25 million in the common stock of WorldSpace, a leading satellite radio provider for Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. WorldSpace broadcasts via two geo-stationary satellites, AfriStar and AsiaStar. It also owns spectrum licenses to deliver more than 100 digital quality audio channels per satellite as well as multimedia content directly to WorldSpace Satellite Radio receivers. The companies also agreed to develop satellite radio products, technology and distribution and supplier...

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BellSouth Simplifies Its Broadband Pricing Structure

BellSouth has simplified its residential "FastAccess" DSL pricing into fewer tiers. The options now include:New residential customers of FastAccess DSL Lite, which provides downstream speeds up to 256Kbps and upstream speeds up to 128Kbps, can order the service for $24.95 per month. New FastAccess DSL Ultra customers, who receive downstream speeds up to 1.5Mbps and upstream speeds up to 256Kbps, will receive the service for $32.95 per month. New customers of FastAccess DSL Xtreme, featuring downstream speeds up to 3Mbps and upstream speeds up...

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Verizon Adds Asian Languages to Customer Support

Verizon has added business customer support in Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese to its Language Assistance Center in Santa Monica, California. http://www.verizon.c...

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Poland's Centertel Selects Nortel for 3G

PTK Centertel, Poland's leading wireless operator, has selected Nortel as a key supplier of 3G equipment to upgrade its wireless access network across southern Poland. Based on a new supply agreement, Nortel will provide UMTS equipment and professional services. Nortel previously supplied GSM and GPRS equipment. http://www.nortel.comCentertel is an affiliate of Telekomunikacja Polska SA and the France Telecom group. In November 2004, Mobistar selected Nortel to deploy its national 3G wireless access network across Belgium. In September 2003,...

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CinemaNow Launches New Video Download Store

CinemaNow, which is backed by Menlo Ventures, Lions Gate Entertainment, Microsoft, Cisco Systems and Blockbuster as investors, launched a new version of its video download service featuring more than 4,000 feature-length films, music concerts and television programs from more than 250 licensors, including 20th Century Fox, ABC News, Disney, Endemol, MGM, Miramax, NBC Universal, Sony, Sundance Channel, Warner Bros. and Lions Gate Entertainment. The new CinemaNow site features upgrades aimed at improving the customer experience. Key upgrades to...

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Lucent Reports Revenue of $2.34 Billion

Lucent Technologies reported quarterly net income of $372 million or 7 cents per diluted share on revenues of $2.34 billion. This compares with net income of $267 million, or 6 cents per diluted share, in previous quarter or 8 cents per diluted share in the year-ago quarter. Revenue was essentially flat sequentially and an increase of 7%from the year-ago quarter. The third quarter's earnings per share included a positive impact of $127 million, or about 2 cents per diluted share, primarily due to the favorable impact of tax items and recoveries...

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