Conexant Launches IP "Phone-on-a-Chip"

Conexant Systems announced the first in a family of integrated VoIP phone solutions. Conexant's single-chip CX90600 system solution, which targets IP and Web-based desktop phone terminals for business and residential applications, is based on the ARM926EJ core and includes a set of peripheral interfaces that enable connectivity to smart cards, flash drives, video cameras and 802.11 a/g wireless LANs. Integrated interfaces include a three-port Ethernet switch to enable local and wide area network connections, a universal serial bus (USB) 2.0 controller,...

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T-Com Launches WiMAX Field Trial with Alvarion

T-Com has launches a WiMAX field trial serving approximately 100 customers using Alvarion's BreezeMAX 3500 system. The trial is based on regulatory testing licenses. For the duration of the trial, which is scheduled to run until the end of March 2006, Alvarion's BreezeMAX base stations have been deployed in Swisttal and St. Augustin near Bonn, Germany.T-Com currently has more than six million DSL customers. http://www.alvarion.com http://www.t-com...

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F5 Networks to Acquire Swan Labs for WAN Optimization

F5 Networks agreed to Swan Labs, a developer of WAN optimization and application acceleration market, for $43 million in cash. Swan Labs' WAN optimization and application acceleration technologies extend F5's market leading Application Traffic Management product portfolio. F5 said it will be able to offer an integrated framework that extends application and network security, acceleration and availability to remote, branch, public and private users -- regardless of where they are coming from.Deployed dual ended, Swan Labs WANJet accelerates file...

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KT Selects Juniper's M320 Multiservice Edge Routers

KT has selected the Juniper Networks' M320 Multiservice Edge routing platform to create a new, premium IP/MPLS network for the delivery of advanced services such as VoIP, IPTV and Wi-Bro, Korea's wireless broadband standard. KT is expected to begin deployments of the M-series platforms by the end of this year, and will continue to expand the network as demand for the new services increases. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.juniper....

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Fujitsu Captures 37% of North American SONET Market

Dell'Oro Group has named Fujitsu the top vendor in the North American optical equipment market for the third quarter in a row with a 22.8 percent share of the $638.5M 2Q05 market. Fujitsu was also named the top vendor in the North American SONET/SDH market with a 37.0 percent share of the $382.7M 2Q05 market, a gain of nearly five percent since the $319.5M 1Q05 market. Fujitsu has held this dominant position in the SONET/SDH segment for 12 consecutive quarters, and currently maintains a market share lead over its nearest competitor by over 15 percent.Dell'Oro...

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Alcatel Captures New Market Share in IP Routers

Alcatel secured 11% of the IP Edge router market in Q2 2005, according to research firm Ovum-RHK, up from 3% in Q1. The market grew by 7% quarter-over- quarter to US$315 million. Alcatel said its success is fuelled by triple play applications, Ethernet- and IP-based VPNs, and aggregation of broadband and mobile traffic.Alcatel took 19% of the European IP Edge router market in Q2 2005, based on Ovum-RHK data -- up from 5% in Q1. Alcatel cited network deployments with customers such as France Telecom, Telenet in Belgium, and TeliaSonera in Scandinavia...

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PacketLight Names New CEO

PacketLight Networks announced the appointment of Coby Hanoch as its new President and CEO, replacing Yaki Luzon.Prior to his appointment at PacketLight, Hanoch helped found Verisity, a key provider of verification process automation solutions. PacketLight Networks is a provider of storage extension solutions over any type of network infrastructure: SONET/SDH, WDM and IP/Ethernet infrastructure. PacketLight is a member of the RAD Group. http://www.packetlight....

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Tektronix Offer HSDPA Handheld Wireless RF Field Tester

Tektronix has added a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) software option to its NetTek Wireless RF Field Tester, enabling network providers to more easily diagnose HSDPA NodeB transmitter problems and effectively manage their 3G networks. NetTek HSDPA capabilities include demodulation measurements such as code domain power, pilot and sync power, scrambling code and EVM. The modulation detection functionality allows identification of the modulation...

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MessageVine Releases Mobile Google Talk Client

MessageVine released a Mobile IM client for Google Talk. MessageVine's Mobile IM client mimics the user experience as offered by the Google Talk's PC client and is available on a range of mobile platforms such as BlackBerry, Palm OS, Symbian OS, Windows Mobile, J2ME and BREW. MessageVine also features integration with Gmail. MessageVine's Mobile IM solution also offers connectivity to other public IM networks, including MSN, AIM, Yahoo! and ICQ. http://www.messagevine....

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IOGEAR Debuts USB Speaker Phone

IOGEAR introduced a new USB Speaker Phone designed for Internet telephony applications. The compact USB Speaker Phone features noise / echo cancellation and an 8KHz input sampling rate. The product is priced at $59.95 (MSRP). http://www.iogear....

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Vonage Activates One Millionth Line

Vonage has exceeded one million lines in service on its network,http://www.vonage....

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Netcentrex Residential Deployments Exceed 2 Million VoIP Lines

Netcentrex announced it exceeded 2 million Class 5 VoIP lines in commercial service. The company said its customers are currently activating 5,000 lines per day."The 2 million line milestone is an indication that the residential VoIP market is moving beyond the early stages to reach mainstream consumers", said Olivier Hersent, Chairman of Netcentrex. "When we started deploying residential VoIP solutions it was based on the success of our MyCall application server at leading customers such as Fastweb. Now Fastweb represents a third of our total...

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FCC Comments on Hurricane Katrina Communications Disaster

FCC Commissioners issued a joint statement acknowledging that "Hurricane Katrina severely shook the communications network in the Gulf Coast and restoring all these links will be as challenging a communication mission as we have ever confronted." The Commissioners commended "the rapid response we have witnessed from all segments of the communications industry." Over the past week, the FCC has approved several emergency measures to provide regulatory relief to facilitate restoration efforts. http://www.fcc.govhttp://www.nric.org/In July 2003,...

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BellSouth: 810,000 Lines Still Down, Cost at $400-600 Million

As of September 6, an estimated 810,000 BellSouth lines remain impacted in the areas along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama affected by Hurricane Katrina. In this same area, BellSouth has 131 central offices, with all but 19 operating. These 19 central offices serve approximately 187,000 access lines, with 166,000 of these lines being in the New Orleans area. Restoration plans for these 19 offices are being developed, although the company said restoration in New Orleans will depend on how long it takes to drain the floodwaters...

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Alcatel to Resell Convedia's Media Servers

Alcatel will market and resell Convedia's media server technology as an integral component of its media resource products to both carrier and enterprise customers around the globe. Alcatel said it plans to use the Convedia platform in a number of its largest IP telephony infrastructure opportunities.Convedia's family of carrier-class IP media consolidate the functions of traditional announcement and recording servers, interactive voice response units (IVR/VRU), audio/video conference bridges, voicemail servers, and speech platforms onto a single...

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Motorola: Hurricane Katrina Initiatives

Motorola said it activated emergency-response plans prior to Hurricane Katrina's landfall and that it continues to deliver replacement communications equipment to first responders (police, fire, rescue) and cellular providers in the region on a 24/7 basis. These initiatives have included:More than 21,000 pieces of emergency communications equipment (portable radios, fully charged batteries, chargers, repeaters, portable transmission sites, portable antennas) to first responders crews in the region. More than 1,000 Motorola i325 IS iDEN handsets...

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Telefonica Germany Selects Redback

Telefonica Germany has selected Redback's SmartEdge Service Gateway platform to upgrade and extend their wholesale DSL service. Redback is working through a local reseller to implement the solution. The Redback SmartEdge Service Gateway systems will perform the switching of subscriber initiated broadband sessions to various resale ISP's. http://www.redback....

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FLAG Telecom Deploys Infinera's Optical Gear

FLAG Telecom has deployed Infinera equipment on its fiber-optic networks in major metro areas, initially in Asia and Europe. FLAG is using the Infinera DTN in its terrestrial network to provide DWDM and intelligent digital bandwidth management in the optical transport layer. Financial terms were not disclosed.FLAG owns and manages an extensive fiber-optic network spanning four continents and connecting key business markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the USA. http://www.infinera.com http://www.flagtelecom.comIn May 2005, Infinera announced...

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