Echostar Reports Slower Growth for DISH

Echostar said its DISH Network added approximately 225,000 net new subscribers for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, compared to approximately 340,000 net new subscribers during the same period in 2004, a decrease of approximately 33.8%. There were approximately 799,000 gross new subscribers for the quarter, compared to approximately 849,000 gross new subscribers during the same period in 2004.This gives the company approximately 11.455 million DISH Network subscribers compared to approximately 10.125 million subscribers at June 30, 2004, an increase...

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i3 Networks Offers Fractional SoftSwitch Ownership to CLECs

i3 Networks announced a unique "UNE-3 Fractional Switch Ownership" program that provides CLECs with an alternative to reselling RBOC lines. The UNE-3 solution comprises four key elements:fractional ownership of a MetaSwitch VP3510 Class 5 Softswitch and UC9000 Unified Communications platformnegotiated bulk purchase tariffs with major carrier partners including Level 3, for nationwide Central Office facilities and attractive long-distance ratesmanagement services including a 24x7 network operations center (based in Dallas, Texas) and ongoing switch...

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India's Hutchison Deploys ECI's XDM for Nationwide Network

Hutchison Essar, one of India's leading mobile operators, has deployed ECI Telecom's optical networking solutions for its wireless backhaul. ECI has supplied its XDM optical multi-service provisioning platform (MSPP), and its BroadGate uSDM-1 miniature SDH multiplexer along with its LightSoft network management system. Financial terms were not disclosed.The Hutchison Essar network consists of 13 'circles' spanning thousands of kilometers all across India. ECI installed its XDM platforms in each of these circles, deploying new networks in the majority...

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Teknovus Completes GEPON Testing at UNH IOL

Teknovus completed third-party IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet-in-the-First-Mile standards compliance testing for two of its Gigabit EPON (GEPON) chipsets. The UNH-IOL compliance analysis covered Optical Line Termination (OLT) and Optical Networking Unit (ONU) chipsets for standards compliance. The UNH-IOL testing cycle evaluated the Teknovus TK3721 system-on-chip OLT and TK3701 system-on-chip ONU chipsets in a number of operating scenarios, including single-ONU and multi-ONU performance, reliability and usability testing. The UNH-IOL EFM Consortium is...

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Cable One Selects Nortel for VoIP

Cable One, which operates 52 mostly rural cable systems serving 715,000 subscribers in 19 states, selected Nortel as its primary VoIP technology and professional services provider. Cable One plans to launch full-featured primary line telephony services in up to 45 markets throughout the midwestern, southern and western U.S.Nortel said its architecture would enable Cable One to consolidate switching resources to minimize capital, operating and engineering costs commonly associated with rural market network expansion. Cable One's network will feature...

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Cisco Conducts Virtual Opening of NASDAQ

Cisco Systems conducted a first-of-its-kind virtual opening of NASDAQ from its headquarters in San Jose, California. Cisco and NASDAQ re-created the MarketSite studio in New York, including a replica blue video wall and electronic podium, to mirror the NASDAQ opening and closing bell ceremonies. Using a high-speed, dual-path private IP network, data was routed from NASDAQ's New York MarketSite to Cisco's Silicon Valley virtual MarketSite, where display...

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Azure and Narus Team on IP Monitoring and Revenue Assurance

Azure Solutions, a developer of telecom revenue-assurance solutions, has signed a reseller agreement with Narus, a provider of unified IP Management and Security. The agreement brings together both companies' combined IP and revenue-assurance expertise to enable them to provide operators with the capability to bill for usage and identify fraud effectively on their next-generation telecom networks.The Narus IP Platform captures and analyzes IP traffic in real time across an entire IP network. Combining this with Azure's interconnect, data-integrity...

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T-Com Targets Fixed/Mobile Convergence with Alcatel

T-Com, the fixed-network unit of Deutsche Telekom, is developing a new Switch&Profit service that will enable calls to be forwarded between the fixed line and mobile networks. The service is based on the Alcatel 8690 Open Services Platform (OSP).For T-Com's subscribers, the Switch&Profit service offers a number of convenience and cost savings advantages. When a subscriber is at home or in the office, fixed line calls placed to their mobile phones will automatically be forwarded to their fixed line. When a subscriber leaves their home...

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Ericsson Supplies ADSL 2+ to Greece's Vivodi Telecom

Greek wireline operator Vivodi Telecom selected Ericsson to deliver 10,000 ADSL 2+ lines using its Ethernet DSL Access solution. Vivodi Telecom is preparing to launch a telco triple play offering. The order includes an end-to-end broadband access solution, with anetwork management system, project management and installation,integration and commissioning services. Financial terms were not disclosed. The entire order will be delivered to Vivodi Telecom during 2005, with expansion options for 2006. http://www.ericsson....

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Deutsche Telekom Acquires Austria's tele.ring

Deutsche Telekom confirmed plans to acquire tele.ring, Austria's fourth largest mobile carrier, for EUR 1.3 billion.tele.ring has approximately 968,000 customers and a market share of around 13%. Seventy-seven percent of its customers are contract subscribers and the average revenue per user (ARPU) of all tele.ring customers is EUR 39, which is EUR 4 higher than the Austrian market average.Together, tele.ring and T-Mobile Austria will serve about 3 million customers. http://www.telekom...

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Tut Systems Cites Progress in MPEG-4 AVC Sales

Oklahoma-based Bixby Telephone selected Tut Systems' Astria content processor video headend solution for delivering advanced digital TV services over its broadband network. The platform will serve as the core video processing system for Bixby's all-MPEG-4 AVC digital headend. Tut Systems is also providing comprehensive systems integration services, including design, project management, staging and pre-launch testing of the digital headend. Bixby Telephone plans to commercially launch its Digital TV service in the first quarter of 2006.Tut Systems...

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Cortina Raises $30 Million for High-Speed Port Processors

Cortina Systems, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, secured $30 million in a Series C financing for its high-speed digital and analog silicon technology.Cortina specializes in multi-service, multi-rate port processors that allow equipment vendors to support different types of Ethernet and SONET networks with a far smaller array of converged line cards. The port processors can be programmed to support different rates and protocols. The company said it is already shipping product to large network equipment suppliers.New investors Canaan...

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Taiwan Proceeds with Privatization of Chunghwa Telecom

Taiwan' Ministry of Transportation and Communications raised NT$16.29 billion (US510 million) through the sale of 289.43 million shares of Chunghwa Telecom, the island's incumbent operator, representing a 3% stake in the company.A further 14% stake in the company was sold in New York through the sale of 135.1 million American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) priced at US$18.98, raising a further US$2.56 billion. Each CHT ADS share represents ten common shares of CHT.The sale reduced the government stake in the Chunghwa Telecom from 65% to 48%.The share...

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