Aware Announces Adoption of its StratiPHY-Bonded ADSL2+ Technology

Aware announced that both Comtrend and Netopia have selected Analog Devices' "Fusiv" network processor and new ADSL2+ bonding reference platform, which are based upon Aware's intellectual property, for their next-generation residential gateways.


Loop bonding technology provides the means for combining multiple ADSL2+ connections together into a single, aggregated connection, even if they have different capacities. StratiPHY- Bonded is a complete instantiation of the ITU-T G.998.1 (G.bond-ATM) bonding standard which consists of bonding logic and management software to support two-pair bonding of ADSL2+ lines for data rates up to 48 Mbps downstream.


Analog Devices' standard-compliant bonded platform was developed in tandem with Aware and combines ADI's Fusiv network processors and two field- proven EaglePlus ADSL2+ PHY devices, which are based on Aware's StratiPHY2+ and StratiPHY-Bonded intellectual property, to achieve bonded link rates of up to 48Mbps.
http://www.aware.com/

Read More

AT&T Reports Q2 Revenue of $6.8 billion, Continued Pricing Pressures

AT&T reported net income of $307 million, or earnings per diluted share of $0.38. Revenue was $6.8 billion, which included $5.2 billion from AT&T Business and $1.6 billion from AT&T Consumer. Consolidated revenue declined 11.5 percent versus the second quarter of 2004, primarily due to continued declines in long distance (LD) voice and data revenue.


Some highlights for AT&T Business:

• Revenue was $5.2 billion, a decline of 8.1 percent from the prior-year second quarter, primarily driven by ongoing pricing pressure in traditional voice and data services. Revenue was positively impacted by strong year-over-year growth in IP&E services.



• Long distance voice revenue decreased 12.8 percent from the prior-year second quarter. Growth rates were negatively affected by continued pricing pressure, partially offset by a slight increase in overall volumes, as growth in wholesale volumes more than offset the decline in retail volumes.



• Local voice revenue declined 9.9 percent from the prior-year second quarter, reflecting declines in reciprocal compensation revenue, as well as lower payphone-related revenue as a result of the sale of the company's National Public Markets business. AT&T said the decline also reflects its "ongoing strategy of selectively approaching the small business market, placing a greater focus on profitability than overall market share." AT&T continued to see the impact of this strategic change as the number of local access lines declined.



• Data revenue declined 10.2 percent from the prior-year second quarter as a result of pricing pressure and technology migration.
  # IP&E-services revenue grew 9.5 percent over the prior-year second quarter, reflecting AT&T's ongoing transformation to next-generation networking services such as Enhanced Virtual Private Network (E-VPN) and IP-enabled frame relay services, partially offset by declines in Managed Internet Access.

Some highlights for AT&T Consumer:

• Revenue was $1.6 billion, a decline of 20.8 percent versus the prior-year second quarter, largely driven by a decline in standalone long distance revenue due to volume declines associated with competitive customer losses and the continued impact of wireless and Internet substitution, partially offset by targeted price increases. Decreased bundled revenue also contributed to the revenue decline.



• Operating income totaled $489 million, yielding an operating margin of 30.7 percent, compared with operating income of $240 million and an operating margin of 11.9 percent in the prior-year second quarter. Current-quarter operating income was negatively impacted by net restructuring and other charges of $10 million and was positively impacted by a $35 million net benefit from lower depreciation as a result of asset-impairment charges taken during the third quarter of 2004.



• The year-over-year increase in operating income and margin reflects a significant reduction in selling, general and administrative expenses, primarily attributable to the strategic decision to discontinue marketing for residential local and standalone long distance (LD) customers.

"AT&T's second quarter results demonstrate our continued focus on executing in the marketplace, managing costs, and strengthening our competitive position with enterprise customers," said AT&T Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David W. Dorman. "Given the overwhelming shareholder support we received for our merger with SBC, we look forward to securing all appropriate regulatory approvals and completing this transaction in a timely manner."http://www.att.com

Read More

Cingular Wireless Adds 1.1 Million Users

Cingular Wireless, posted strong Q2 results driven by continued subscriber growth, improvement in margins and postpaid churn, and strength in data and enterprise services. Some highlights of Q2:

• net subscriber additions were 1.1 million, nearly all of which were postpaid. Second-quarter postpaid net additions were comparable to the number delivered in the first quarter of 2005, and represent the third straight quarter of more than 1 million postpaid net additions.



• Gross additions were 4.4 million. Postpaid churn improved sequentially to 1.8 percent -- a record low for the company.



• At the end of Q2, 90% of the company's total combined minutes were carried on its GSM network. Seventy-eight percent of Cingular's subscriber base was GSM-equipped by the end of the second quarter, up from 72 percent in the first quarter of 2005. More than 7 percent of Cingular's customer base upgraded handsets during the second quarter --almost entirely onto GSM.



• Q2 revenues were $8.6 billion, which is an improvement of 5.4 percent over pro forma revenue of $8.2 billion during the year-ago second quarter and up 4.6 percent versus the first quarter of this year.



• ARPU was $50.43, up 1.7 percent from $49.59 in the first quarter of this year but down 5.6 percent from pro forma ARPU in the year-ago second quarter.



• ARPU from data services increased more than 12 percent to $4.16 compared to $3.70 in the first quarter of this year.



• Cingular delivered 5 billion text messages during the quarter.



• The company said it remains on track to launch UMTS/HSDPA in 15-20 markets by the end of 2005.

http://www.cingular.com

Read More

Alcatel and Novatel Wireless Partner on HSDPA

Alcatel and Novatel Wireless have completed interoperability tests between Alcatel Evolium radio access infrastructure and the Novatel Wireless' Merlin U740 Wireless PC Card Modem, paving the way for mobile operators to undertake live HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) field introductions. Alcatel has already completed HSDPA interoperability tests between its Evolium radio access infrastructure and QUALCOMM's Mobile Station Modem chipset. This chipset was integrated by Novatel Wireless to expand its portfolio of multi-standard Merlin Wireless PC Card Modems to HSDPA.


HSDPA will support downlink speeds of 14Mbps (maximum value according to standards).
http://www.alcatel.com/

Read More

Tut Raises $14.9 Million in Private Placement Financing

Tut Systems announced agreements with institutional investors for a $14.9 million private sale of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock. Under the deal, Tut Systems will issue an aggregate of 5,535,000 shares of common stock at a per share price of $2.70, and warrants to purchase an additional 2,767,500 shares of common stock. The company expects to close the transaction on or prior to July 22, 2005.


"This funding provides us with the capital to expand our leadership position in our core IPTV markets, and to pursue top tier carrier opportunities around the world with our content video processing and FTTH edge modulation solutions," said Sal D'Auria, Chairman, President and CEO of Tut Systems.
http://www.tutsys.com/

Read More

Verizon Secures its First Video Franchise in Virginia

The Town Council in Herndon, Virginia, voted to approve a video franchise for Verizon's forthcoming Fios TV service delivered over its FTTP network. This marks the first local video franchise for Verizon in the state of Virginia. In addition to Herndon, Verizon has obtained video franchises in California, Florida and Texas.
http://www.verizon.com

Read More

RedSky Secures Funding for E911 Management

RedSky Technologies, a provider of automated E-911 software solutions for enterprise and government customers, secured its first round of venture capital financing from two major Midwest-based venture capital firms, CID Equity Partners and Dunrath Capital. Financial terms were not disclosed.


RedSky said it will use the investment to accelerate its expansion into the VoIP market, where it will provide location services to enterprises using IP telephony for their corporate telecommunications as well as IP service providers looking to offer E-911 capability to their customers.
http://www.redskytech.com/

Read More

QUALCOMM Reports Revenue of $1.36 Billion, Increases Guidance

QUALCOMM reported quarterly revenue of $1.36 billion, up 1% year-over-year and down 1% sequentially. Net income was $560 million, up 15% year-over-year and 5% sequentially.


"We are pleased to increase our fiscal year earnings projections, primarily as a result of greater shipments of higher priced WCDMA handsets reflected in our June results. Volume shipments of WCDMA and 1xEV-DO MSMs have increased substantially year-over-year and sequentially, and we look forward to further increases in the quarters ahead. We are projecting continued acceleration in WCDMA and 1xEV-DO shipments toward the end of 2005 and beyond as exciting new handsets in a broad range of price points enable operators to address a larger segment of their subscriber base," said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, CEO of QUALCOMM.
http://www.qualcomm.com/

Read More

Bert Whyte Steps Down as CEO of net.com

Network Equipment Technologies announced the resignation of its CEO, Hubert "Bert" Whyte, who has served in the role for the past six years.


C. Nicholas Keating, Jr. has been appointed CEO on an interim basis, until the company's Board of Directors completes its search for a new Chief Executive. Keating has been a director of Network Equipment Technologies since 2001. He was a vice president and corporate officer of the company from 1987 to 1993, and has served as a corporate director and CEO at a number of other technology companies.
http://www.net.com

Read More

BenQ Integrates Networked Media Player into LCD TVs

BenQ, one of the top manufacturers of LCD displays, introduced a line of high-definition LCD televisions with built-in network media player capabilities.


The BenQ Network LCD TV product line includes 11 different models ranging in size from 14 to 46 inches and will have on-board Ethernet ports with optional wireless (802.11 a/b/g) connectivity. Adding networking capabilities to TVs allows consumers to access music, photo, and video files stored on a PC, network-attached storage (NAS) device, or other servers from anywhere within the home. In addition, the new product line is designed to give users the ability to access remote applications on the PC and Internet applications so they can view premium content.


BenQ's new LCD TVs are powered by the Philips Nexperia PNX1502 media processor and network media player software from Mediabolic.


The TV supports decoding of many leading audio, image, and video formats and codecs. It supports standard-definition (SD) to high-definition (HD) up-conversion with motion-adaptive de-interlacing, and integrates an LCD controller and advanced graphics engine. It also integrates a 10/100 Ethernet controller and optionally supports wireless 802.11 a/b/g networking.


The Mediabolic software complies with digital home interoperability standards, including Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), and Intel's Networked Media Product Requirements (NMPR), plus emerging DRM technologies, and major media formats.
http://www.BenQ.com
http://www.mediabolic.com

Read More

Occam Adds Three New Iowa IOCs to Customer List

Occam Networks announced three new independent operating companies (IOCs) customers in Iowa: Long Lines, Partner Communications Cooperative and Western Iowa Telephone. All three IOCs are deploying new access networks that use a softswitch architecture.


Gilman, Iowa-based Partner Communications Cooperative worked with Goldfield Telecom, an IP equipment supplier based in Iowa, to select and install the Occam BLC 6000 System. Partner has plans to deploy the BLC in two COs and in four remotes. Partner has completed the first phase turning up the BLC to deliver POTS and ADSL2Plus services to subscribers in the Gilman and Kellogg, Iowa, exchanges. The cooperative plans to incorporate the BLC with its MetaSwitch VP3510 Series Class 4/5 Softswitch along with its Lucent 5ESS VCDX traditional switch. Using the BLC, the IOC has also built a redundant fiber ring between Gilman, Kellogg and State Center, Iowa running H.248.


Long Lines is using Occam's BLC 6000 System to deliver POTS and DSL over its existing copper lines. The Sergeant Bluff, Iowa-based IOC has the Occam BLC 6000 deployed in its Central Office (CO) as a central office terminal (COT) and in five remote cabinets. Long Lines has been delivering service from one of the five remote sites for more than six months. The carrier plans to install Occam BLCs in additional remotes over the next few years as it overbuilds the existing copper infrastructure in neighboring towns it serves as a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC).


Western Iowa Telephone is in the process of replacing its current digital loop carriers with the Occam BLC 6000 System and has deployed the BLC 6000 in its CO and seven remotes to date. Before selecting the Occam BLC, the IOC had transitioned its TDM architecture to a softswitch-based network. Currently Western Iowa uses IP to transport traffic from its remote cabinets to its MetaSwitch VP3500 Series Class 5 Softswitch.
http://www.occamnetworks.com

Read More

Terabeam to Acquire Proxim Assets

Terabeam Wireless agreed to acquire the assets of Proxim Corporation for approximately $28 million.


Terabeam and Proxim entered into the asset purchase agreement after Proxim declared Terabeam the high bidder in the court-approved auction held in connection with Proxim's Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing. The agreement between Terabeam and Proxim is expected to supersede Proxim's earlier arrangements to sell substantially all of its assets to Moseley Associates. The transaction is subject to final approval by the US Bankruptcy Court.


Terabeam Wireless is the business name of YDI Wireless. http://www.terabeam.com

Read More

Westell Posts Revenue of $75.6 million, up 35% YoY

Westell Technologies reported quarterly revenue of $75.6 million, up 35% from $56.2 million over the same period last year. Net income was $4.1 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, which includes income tax expense of $2.7 million, or $0.04 per diluted share.


Breaking down revenues by product line for this quarter compared to last year showed Customer Networking Equipment revenue increased 67% to $53.0 million from $31.8 million; Conferencing Services revenue increased 6% to $11.9 million from $11.3 million; Network Service Access equipment revenue declined 18% to $10.7 from $13.1 million.


"Growth was primarily driven by our Customer Networking Equipment segment. And, last month we posted a major win, as BellSouth selected our VersaLink wireless gateway product," said Van Cullens, Westell President and CEO.
http://www.westell.com

Read More

Redback Reports Q2 Revenue of $34.6 million

Redback Networks reported Q2 revenue of $34.6 million, an increase of approximately one percent from the first quarter of 2005. Net revenue was up $2.2 million, or seven percent, over the second quarter of 2004. GAAP net loss for Q2 was $7.2 million or $ (0.13) per share attributable to common stockholders compared to a GAAP net loss of $10.7 million or $ (0.20) per share in the second quarter of 2004.
http://www.redback.com

Read More

Microsoft to Acquire FrontBridge for Secure Messaging

Microsoft agreed to acquire FrontBridge Technologies, a provider of managed corporate e-mail security and compliance services, for an undisclosed sum.


FrontBridge's services include a fully managed e-mail and instant message archiving, retrieval and reporting service; secure messaging infrastructure using multilayered filtering technologies and encryption; and guaranteed message continuity in the event of a disaster. FrontBridge services are delivered globally via eight, load-balanced, fully redundant datacenters.


Microsoft said the acquisition would further its strategy to help customers be more secure and better protect their messaging infrastructure while complying with mandatory regulations, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and regulations that affect financial services companies such as SEC 17A and NASD 3010 and 3011.


Microsoft will continue to work closely with FrontBridge's partners to provide these services to customers. In addition, Microsoft's existing partners, including Hosted Exchange partners, now will be able to offer these services to meet growing customer needs.
http://www.microsoft.com
http://www.frontbridge.com

Read More

Internet2 Selects Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches

Internet2 has selected Glimmerglass' Intelligent Optical Switches for deployment in five national network nodes located in Seattle, Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, as part of the Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) project.


The Glimmerglass switches will be used in this national-scale testbed to dynamically provision high-bandwidth optical data circuits between network interfaces. The HOPI project is developing and testing a network that will perform this process on demand as opposed to traditional provisioning intervals that can take weeks or months.


The Glimmerglass switches can essentially re-cable all of the physical fiber connections between network interfaces, optical devices and equipment on the fly in milliseconds.

http://www.glimmerglass.com
http://www.internet2.edu/

• The Internet2 Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) will serve as a national network testbed infrastructure that allows researchers to experiment with new optical technologies, including dynamically provisioned wavelengths, circuit switched environments, and new transport protocols. The HOPI testbed will utilize facilities from Internet2's Abilene Network, the National Lambda Rail (NLR) network, the MANLAN exchange point, and regional optical networks. Each HOPI node will consist of an Ethernet switch with 10GigE capabilities, a fiber cross connect switch, and servers to control HOPI's network infrastructure and measure network performance, all designed to model future optical infrastructures.



• The HOPI testbed is using HP's ProLiant DL360 G4 servers to provide monitoring and control plane capabilities. Over the next six months, the HP servers will be deployed into the HOPI nodes located in Seattle, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles and in Washington D.C. Once deployed, the HP servers will be used to monitor and measure the performance of the HOPI circuits by collecting error reporting data as well as network performance measurement data allowing for event correlation and performance results of varying network experiments. In addition, the servers will create a platform for control plane activities which enable engineers to experiment with dynamic provisioning capabilities, a key component of the HOPI testbed. By controlling the topology of the network, the servers will work to instruct the various pieces of equipment in the network on which connections to build, when, and for how long. The control plane servers will take the user entered request for greater network capacity, confirm the availability of those resources, communicate the instructions necessary for configuring the network to the various network devices and then remove that configuration after the usage is complete. In the future, as bandwidth-intensive applications become more prevalent, this type of on-demand provisioning will enable users to quickly bring up a dedicated optical circuit to send large data transfers without disrupting traffic on the backbone network.



• Force10 Networks is supplying its Force10 E-Series family of switch/routers for Internet2's Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) project.



• In May 2005, Glimmerglass named Robert Lundy as its new president and CEO. Previously, Lundy successfully built Wavtrace, a broadband wireless access company which was later acquired by Harris Corporation. He was the CEO of Opthos, an all-optical metro-network switching systems provider. Earlier, he led Xtera, an optical transmission company, as president and CEO.

Read More

Marvell Introduces 90 nm WLAN Single Chip Solution

Marvell introduced an ultra-low-power 90 nm Wireless LAN single chip solution. Targeted at a wide variety of consumer devices, including 3G+ and broadband handsets, it integrates an ARM compliant CPU, high speed serial host interfaces including SDIO and SPI to ensure interoperability with a variety of host systems, and advanced 802.11 a/b/g RF transceiver with full cellular coexistence.


Marvell said its new 88W8686 device, which represents its third generation technology, raises the bar on WLAN performance by drawing less than 400 Mw on a total system footprint of less than 50 mm2. The company claims its solution in a dual mode handset would result in connected standby times in excess of 250 hours and talk time in excess of 10 hours, versus current solutions which offer on average 70 and 4 hours respectively. Additionally, the device supports advanced layer 3/4 packet processing (TCP/IP) along with enhancements for UMA and IMS 3G services.


"Our vision of the smallest and lowest-power silicon solution drove our 90 nm process development. The Marvell 88W8686 gives our customers the ability to enhance battery life by at least 100%," said Dr. Paramesh Gopi, General Manager of the Embedded and Emerging Business Unit, Communications and Consumer Business Group at Marvell.
http://www.marvell.com

Read More