UK's PlusNet Deploys Ellacoya's IP Switches

PlusNet, a leading ISP based in the UK, has deployed Ellacoya Networks' e30 IP switches and centralized Service Logic Software (SLS) system-wide to dynamically manage bandwidth, enabling a range of speed and application-based service plans. The equipment, which was deployed in the PlusNet network by Imtech Telecom, Ellacoya's integration and support partner in Europe, integrates into PlusNet's access network architecture upstream from Broadband Remote Access Systems (BRAS). Ellacoya's e30 identifies all subscriber and application usage, and provides...

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Charter Names Former AOL Access Business President as CEO

Charter Communications named Neil Smit as its new president and CEO. Smit most recently served as the President of Time Warner's America Online Access Business, overseeing Internet access services including AOL, CompuServe, and Netscape ISP. http://www.charter.comIn January 2005, Carl Vogel resigned as president, CEO and a director of Charter Communications. Vogel's employment contract with Charter was due to expire at the end of 2005....

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Cox and Verizon Join Multimedia over Coax Alliance

Cox and Verizon are the latest companies to join Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA), an industry group formed to provide the solution for home networking digital entertainment. MoCA's membership now includes Tier 1 members from each of the key digital entertainment service providers -- cable, satellite, and telecom, as well as leading networking equipment and consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers. MoCA was founded in 2004 by Comcast, EchoStar, Entropic Communications, Linksys (a division of Cisco), , Motorola, Panasonic, Radio Shack,...

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MetaSwitch Complies with FCC VoIP Rulings on CALEA, E911

MetaSwitch confirmed that customers of its Class 4/5 Softswitch are able to fully comply with all regulatory requirements in the recent FCC VoIP rulings. Specifically, more than 135 MetaSwitch systems deployed in the field already support CALEA and E911 emergency call routing features for both traditional wireline and VoIP subscribers, with no requirement for additional adjunct equipment.The FCC's new rules requires any service provider offering VoIP connectivity to the PSTN to meet the requirements of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement...

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Cisco Posts Quarterly Revenue of $6.6 Billion, up 11% YoY

Cisco Systems posted quarterly sales of $6.6 billion, an 11.1% increase year over year and up 6.4% over the preceding quarter. Net income for the quarter was $1.5 billion (GAAP) and EPS was $0.24.Net sales for fiscal 2005, which ended 30-July-2005, were $24.8 billion, compared with $22.0 billion for fiscal 2004, an increase of 12.5%."The close of Cisco's fourth quarter and 2005 fiscal year marks not only a period of strong operating performance for the company, including record net income and earnings per share, but also further demonstrates that...

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MCI Returns to Profitability in Q2

MCI returned to profitability in Q2 2005, generating net income of $64 million or $0.20 and $0.19 per basic and diluted share, respectively, compared to a net loss of $2 million or $.01 per basic and diluted share in the first quarter. Q2 revenues were $4.7 billion, down 2% sequentially and 10% year-over-year."In the second quarter, we continued to launch next generation products and services, improve customer service and realize results from our cost reduction initiatives," said Michael D. Capellas, MCI president and chief executive officer....

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LeapFrog and Enfora Integrate Kids' Phone with Games

LeapFrog Enterprises, which offers technology-based educational games and learning products, has partnered with Enfora, a provider of wireless solutions, to develop a new "TicTalk" parent-controlled educational cell phone for children. The parent-controlled TicTalk cell phone, which is aimed at kids ages six and older, can operate on any GSM/GPRS network. To program the phone, parents log onto an easy-to-use Web site and pre-set exactly who the child...

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Delphi and XM Satellite Show Thinnest Satellite Radio

Delphi and XM Satellite Radio today unveiled the RoadyXT radio , the smallest, thinnest satellite radio ever. The 2.8-ounce RoadyXT receiver measures 3.7 inches wide, 2.2 inches high and .61 inches deep. SM Satellite Radio subscribers can listen to XM's 150-plus channels of commercial-free music and premier sports, talk, news, and entertainment programming on the RoadyXT, which can be self-installed quickly and easily in the car or home. MSRP is...

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Vodafone Italy Tests HSDPA with Nokia

Vodafone Italy and Nokia completed their first data connection with HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) using fully commercial WCDMA 3G network equipment. The call sustained user data speeds of 1.5 Mbps.http://press.nokia.com/PR/200508/1005422_5.h...

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Motorola and Phiar Target Terahertz (THz) ICs

Motorola is working with Phiar Corporation, a start-up spun out of the University of Colorado, on a project focusing on the creation of next generation electronic circuits which can be incorporated with tiny antennas to deliver high-speed millimeter wave receive arrays. These receive arrays are expected to be low cost with the ability to be incorporated into multiple high-speed applications, such as Device-to-Device wireless communications and Personal Consumer Near Field Communications (NFC) as well as medical imaging, automotive radar, homeland...

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Motorola Teams with Intellon on Canopy BPL Solution

Motorola is utilizing Intellon's HomePlug 1.0 INT5200 chipset as a key component of Powerline LV (low-voltage), an end-to-end Broadband over Powerline (BPL) solution for the utility market. Motorola Ventures has also made an equity investment in Intellon, which is based in Ocala, Florida.Powerline LV combines Intellon's HomePlug technology with Motorola's Canopy Broadband Internet Platform, using wireless to bring the broadband signal to a utility pole near the customer's home, and low-voltage powerline communications to bring the signal into...

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Global Crossing Reports Progress on Core Revenue Growth

Global Crossing reported revenue for the second quarter of 2005 of $499 million, representing growth in the company's "invest and grow" category and expected declines in the "manage for margin" and "harvest and exit" business areas. Revenue declined approximately 5 percent compared with Q1 2005, when revenue was reported at $526 million, and 21% compared with Q2 2004, when revenue was reported at $628 million. For Q2, there was a loss of $27 million, compared with a loss of $28 million in the first quarter of 2005 and a loss of $38 million in...

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