Tekelec Acquires iptelorg GmbH for SIP Routing

Tekelec has acquired iptelorg GmbH, a developer of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) routing software, for approximately $7 million in cash, plus $4 million of Tekelec shares, which are subject to repurchase for a nominal amount if certain of the former iptelorg shareholders terminate their employment with Tekelec within four years. Tekelec said the acquisition would extend its IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) capabilities.iptelorg, which is based in based in Germany and the Czech Republic, offers a SIP Express Router is used in commercial deployments,...

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Tekelec Reports Revenue of $133M, Acquires Remaining Santera Interest

Tekelec reported Q2 revenue of $133.0 million, compared to $95.6 million in the second quarter of 2004. Net income (GAAP) was $5.6 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2005, compared to a net loss of $304,000, or $0.00 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2004. Tekelec also announced plans to purchase the minority interest in Santera for cash in the amount of $75.6 million. The transaction is expected to close in early October 2005.Network Signaling Group revenue increased to $81.5 million, up 20%, compared to $68.0...

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Alcatel Opens NOC in Hong Kong

Alcatel will establish a Network Operation and Integration Centre in Hong Kong and Hutchison Global Communications will become its first client.Alcatel will use the new Centre to offer a full range of essential network operation and integration support services such as performance and fault monitoring, service management, network and customer services. Customers in Hong Kong will benefit from OPEX reduction, improved operational efficiency, better market focus to meet business challenge and better time-to-market for new technology-based products.To...

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China's Hubei Telecom Selects Alcatel IP Service Routing

Hubei Telecom, a subsidiary of China Telecom, has selected the Alcatel IP service routing solution to expand and optimize its metropolitan area network for delivery of high-quality IP-based data services in Hubei province. Hubei Telecom will deploy the Alcatel 7750 Service Router (SR) in the province's three major cities, Wuhan, Yichang and Huanggang. These cities are seeing a growing demand from consumer and business markets for advanced user-centric broadband services. Upon completion of the project in August, Hubei Telecom will be able to deliver...

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Alcatel and Amdocs Align on IPTV

Alcatel and Amdocs agreed to collaborate to address the requirements of communications service providers planning to deploy IPTV and other next generation broadband IP services. Through this arrangement, the two companies will work to deliver a joint end-to-end solution that supports triple play bundles of voice, data and video services. The companies will integrate the Amdocs IP Convergence Solution for IPTV with Alcatel's broad suite of IPTV offerings.Alcatel and Amdocs have already begun development of an Interoperability lab that will simulate...

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Chelsio Cuts 10GbE Adapter Price to $795

Chelsio Communications announced its second generation 10GbE TOE adapter with copper CX4 interfacesand priced at $795 in volume.Chelsio's T210 10GbE TOE adapters offload the CPU-intensive network protocol stack, returning CPU cycles to the application. The adapters have been independently verified to deliver 7.9 Gbps throughput while using only 50% of a single server CPU, double the performance and up to seven times more efficient than competing 10GbE NICs without TOE.Further benchmarks have shown that for iSCSI applications, Chelsio's adapters...

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Bell Canada Posts Double-digit Growth in Wireless, DSL and Video

Bell Canada reported couble-digit year over year subscriber growth in wireless, Internet and video, driving Q2 revenue to $5.0 billion, up 4.2% from the same period last year. Operating income for the quarter was $1.1 billion, unchanged from the previous year, and earnings per share (EPS) were $0.61 cents, up $0.01 from the previous year. Some highlights:Wireless: growth accelerated with the addition of 146,000 new subscribers to Bell's customer base during the second quarter, up 54% over the second quarter of 2004. This is the company's strongest...

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FCC Approves Sprint/Nextel Merger

The FCC voted to approve the merger between Sprint and Nextel. This completes all required regulatory approvals for the merger, and the companies expect to close the merger shortly.The FCC action enables the transfer of control of all licenses and authorizations held directly and indirectly by Nextel to Sprint. These licenses and authorizations include: Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) licenses in the 800 and 900 MHz bands, licenses in the 1.9 GHz band that resulted from the 800 MHz rebanding proceeding, Broadband Radio Service (BRS) licenses in...

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MCI Accelerates Roll-Out of Wholesale VoIP

MCI announced the immediate availability of its wholesale VoIP product suite, which includes Carrier IP Termination and SIP Gateway Service. The rollout was initially planned for later this year, but MCI said it accelerated its product development to meet the growing demand for VoIP enablement services. The Carrier IP Termination product is aimed at customers who have already purchased media gateway equipment and desire to obtain the cost advantages of originating IP traffic and terminating that traffic over a fully integrated global network....

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Motorola Forecasts Consumer Demand for Unlicensed Mobile Access

Motorola is forecasting strong consumer demand for Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA)-enabled services across Europe. UMA is seamless, fixed-mobile network convergence that leverages the Internet to make mobile calls cheaper, while ensuring that there is always good signal coverage in the home. UMA services aim to deliver standard mobile phone features (voicemail, SMS, picture messages, IM, WAP, etc.) but with the advantage of reduced call charges...

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Extreme Networks Sees Revenue Rise 5% Sequentially

Extreme Networks reported quarterly revenue of $96.1 million, up 5 percent from $91.9 million in the previousl quarter, and up 4 percent from $92.2 million in the year-ago quarter. Gross margins for the quarter improved to 53.0 percent of sales, up sequentially from 51.4 percent. Net income for the quarter was $0.1 million, or $0.00 per fully diluted share. Included in the results for the fourth quarter was approximately $2.8 million in litigation expenses related to the recently concluded trial with Lucent Technologies.For its fiscal year ended...

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Verizon Completes Leap Wireless Spectrum Acquisition

Verizon Wireless completed the purchase of certain spectrum licenses and operating assets from Leap Wireless International, for $102.5 million. Verizon Wireless has acquired 23 spectrum licenses covering a population of eight million people in 20 markets in Michigan, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and upstate New York. The deal was first announced in March 2005. http://www.verizon....

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FCC Postpones Open Meeting until Friday

The FCC decided to postpone its Open Meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, to Friday, 05-August-2005.Major items on the agenda include:Anticompetitive conduct and circuit disruption by foreign carriers on U.S.-international routes.Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video ProgrammingService Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 1.7 GHz and 2.1 GHz Bands Various media reports also speculated that the FCC might also vote on new unbundling rules for DSL, given the recent Supreme Court ruling in the Brand X case. The court case...

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Marconi Appoints new CEO for North America

Marconi named Joseph Ferrara as Chief Executive Officer of its North American organization, succeeding Geoffrey Doy, who will remain with Marconi as Chairman of its North America division. Ferrara will manage both the Data Networks group, headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, and the Wireless group, based in Dallas, TX. The Data Networks group counts the U.S. Federal Government as its largest customer, and the Wireless group provides radio frequency software and services to more than 200 customers globally. Prior to joining Marconi in 2000, Ferrara...

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Marconi Reports Quarterly Revenue of £285 million

Marconi reported group quarterly revenue £285 million, compared to Q1 revenue of £289 million. Some highlights from Marconi's quarterly report:Strong quarter for sales in APAC region, driven by increased Optical sales to Telstra Reduced Optical and Access sales in EuropeStability in BT and Data Networks revenuesAdjusted Gross Margin of 30.2% (Q1 FY05: 32.2%; Q4 FY05: 31.8%)Optical & Access Networks margin were impacted by lower Optical sales and continued pricing pressureQuarter-on-quarter stability in Data Networks and Network ServicesAdjusted...

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Nokia Releases N-Gage QD Silver Edition

Nokia is releasing an N-Gage QD Silver Edition to the European, Middle Eastern and African markets. Nokia's N-Gage platform enables 3D multiplayer gameplay over Bluetooth and GPRS. The new N-Gage QD Silver Edition game deck has all the smartphone functionalities and connectivity features as the original N-Gage QD game deck has, including calendar, contacts, e-mail, web browsing, Bluetooth and GPRS. http://www.nokia....

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