PMC-Sierra Appoints Dr. Robert Yung as CTO

PMC-Sierra named Dr. Robert Yung to the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Dr. Yung was most recently a Founder and Partner at GSR Ventures, an early-stage private equity technology fund focusing on semiconductor design, wireless and Internet services in China and the USA. Prior to founding GSR Ventures, Dr. Yung held various CTO positions within Intel, the most recent being Chief Technology Officer, Enterprise Processors. Prior to joining Intel, Dr. Yung was the Chief Technology Officer for Sun Microsystems in Asia. http://www.pmc-sierra.com

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Vitesse Introduces Photodiodes for Ethernet and FTTx

Vitesse Semiconductor announced a new line of photodiode products aimed at Ethernet, multi-rate Fibre Channel and FTTx applications. The first two products in the family, the VSC7750 and VSC7780, are designed for use in the optical receiver side of both the Small Form Factor (SFF) and its pluggable counterpart (SFP).


Both devices are manufactured using repeatable fabrication techniques. These include the use of large 4-inch wafers as well as other proven high-volume manufacturing methods to realize unrivaled economies of scale and high device yields. These advancements produce up to four times as many devices per wafer as compared to the two-inch wafer size commonly used for optical devices today. Higher device yields equal lower costs and direct savings to the customer.
http://www.vitesse.com

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Avaya and Equant Form Global Strategic Alliance

Avaya and Equant formed a global strategic alliance to jointly deliver solutions that provide customers with advanced IP communications. The first joint offering, available today, is a managed IP telephony communications solution designed specifically for multinational companies.
http://www.avaya.com
http://www.equant.com

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Centillium Introduces its eXtremeVDSL2 Silicon

Centillium Communications introduced its eXtremeVDSL2 silicon technology designed to complement its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) initiative and extend its DSL product portfolio. Addressing worldwide interoperability requirements, eXtremeVDSL2 is expected to be backwards-compatible with both ADSL2+ and ADSL2++, enabling operators to deploy video and triple play services without overhaul or disruption of their existing infrastructure.


Centillium said its eXtremeVDSL2 solution is being designed from the ground-up to meet the recently approved VDSL2 ITU-T (993.2) standard. It is highly configurable, dissipates very low power, provides better cross-talk immunity, and offers the highest symmetric data rates for multi-dwelling/multi-tenant (MxU) deployments.
http://www.centillium.com

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Kotura Raises $13 Million for Silicon Photonics

Kotura, a start-up based in Monterey Park, California, raised $13 million in Series 2 preferred stock financing for its silicon photonic products.


The financing round was led by new investor GF Private Equity Group and included the Viterbi Group, also a new investor. Existing investors, ComVentures and ARCH Venture Partners participated in the round as well.


Kotura is currently shipping production quantities of silicon photonic products to customers. The components have achieved full Telcordia qualification and are deployed in live networks.
http://www.kotura.com

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SES AMERICOM Launches IP PRIME Service for Telcos

SES AMERICOM launched IP·PRIME, a centralized, satellite delivered IPTV distribution solution enabling telcos to bundle traditional standard and HD television programming with their voice and broadband services.


IP·PRIME will originate from the SES AMERICOM IPTV Broadcast Center based in Vernon Valley, New Jersey, where video and audio will be received and processed for distribution via satellite and fiber to telco video hubs nationwide. IP PRIME programming will be delivered encrypted to the telco's video center for decryption there in accordance with the services they are authorized to receive. In addition to the secure delivery of the programming content, SES AMERICOM also plans to offer the option of providing local conditional access, middleware and IP set-top control for their telco customers.


SES AMERICOM completed deployment of 140 Scientific-Atlanta MPEG-4 Part 10 encoders that will be used for the delivering of its "IP Prime" multi-channel service. In addition to MPEG-4 encoders, SES AMERICOM has selected Scientific- Atlanta's ROSA) Network Management System for its network and equipment monitoring and control capabilities.


The companies said service providers who select the IP PRIME video content solution can also benefit from Scientific-Atlanta's IP set-top initiatives and the experience being gained with the company's deployment of video operations and hub facilities that are underway in the U.S.

Globecomm Systems will provide the overall design and integration services as well as the major components for the IPTV broadcast distribution center, which include systems for RF and program acquisition, MPEG-4 compression, and uplinking services.


The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC), which serves rural and independent telephone operators in a market of more than 10 million homes, has signed a preliminary agreement to initiate trials of the new service early next year.


"SES AMERICOM's IP·PRIME represents a significant advancement in the efficient DSL delivery of high-end video services to the home. By transporting quality video over the most reliable and secure hybrid satellite/fiber distribution network in the world to authorized IP telco hubs, IP·PRIME arms phone companies of all sizes with the solution they need to cost effectively deliver voice, broadband, and television over a single line to the home," said Bryan McGuirk, president of North American media solutions for SES AMERICOM.
http://www.ses-americom.com
http://www.scientificatlanta.com

• SES AMERICOM operates a fleet of 17 spacecraft in orbital positions predominantly providing service throughout the Americas. As a member of the SES GLOBAL family, SES AMERICOM is able to provide end-to-end telecommunications solutions to any region in the world.



• In December 2004, the AMC-16 telecommunications satellite, which was designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES AMERICOM, was successfully launched aboard a Lockheed Martin-built Atlas V rocket provided by International Launch Services (ILS). AMC-16, a hybrid satellite featuring the second operating Ka-band payload in the SES AMERICOM fleet, with 12 spot-beams and 24-36Mhz transponders of Ku-band capacity for both fixed satellite service or direct broadcast service. The Ka-band beams will be deployed in a pattern to take advantage of frequency re-use while eliminating interference between and among the beams.



• AMC-15, which features the first Ka-band operating payload in the SES AMERICOM fleet, was successfully launched in October aboard an ILS Proton vehicle from Baikonur, Kazakhstan in October 2004.

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Hammerhead Enables Service Oriented Architecture with XML/SOAP

Hammerhead Systems introduced an enhanced EMS capability based on XML/SOAP that enables its HSX 6000 Layer 2.5 aggregation platform to support up to a thousand different service profiles on a single port, including VoIP, IP Video, Internet, email and business services, while supporting up to a million flows per system. Each of these profiles can be "pre-engineered" onto the network, enabling virtually instant provisioning of new services using automated tools.


Hammerhead's new Pegador SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) supports the TeleManagement Forum 854 XML/SOAP Interface, which is a loosely coupled Internet-based framework mandated by large service providers. SOA will enable service providers to address the operational challenges in the deployment of higher value services and facilitate the development of web-based services and customer network management offerings. This could include the integration of business systems to management systems for reliable billing, web applications for transaction processing as well as integration to supplier and partners for purchase order fulfillment and order tracking, and service revenue opportunities for the enterprise in verticals such as the financial, retail, manufacturing or transportation sectors.


Hammerhead said its Pegador SOA could be used to facilitate such applications services, to bind IP networks with application networks, and to provide a high levels of flexibility for the service provider. XML/SOAP provides the critical link between service providers' business and management systems to deliver web-based applications that leverage the advanced service, quality and management capabilities of network elements.


"Pegador SOA is key to service providers as the OSS infrastructure is the most costly piece of a network and a critical financial barrier to introducing new offerings due to the time and expense of integrating services into the back office infrastructure," said Pete Savage, CEO of Hammerhead Systems.


Highlights of Pegador SOA include:

• Embodies a comprehensive EMS for full service offerings



• Provides a competitive differentiator for service generation and revenue



• Supports a standards-based approach to northbound integration using TMF 854



• Enables service providers to extend high touch services to end-users



• Eliminates additional program development



• Leverages advanced QoS features of the HSX 6000 that can be used for differentiated services



• Pegador SOA will be available in October 2005.

http://www.hammerheadsystems.com

• Hammerhead's HSX 6000 provides dense Ethernet aggregation, Pseudowire termination, legacy Frame Relay and ATM support, and Service Interworking. It features a "Layer 2.5" edge aggregation approach designed to integrate access services (wireline, broadband, broadband fixed wireless and 3G) that are typically based on Layer 2 connection-oriented technologies with new services that are based on Layer 3.

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Anue Ships OC-192 SONET "Path Layer" Network Emulator

Anue Systems released its newest Network Emulator, capable of handling 9.953 Gbps SONET OC-192 and SDH STM-64 data rates with the ability to impair and delay each individual channel, or path, independently.


Anue Network Emulators are used to validate converged Ethernet and SONET/SDH carrier grade network services, network equipment and applications in a lab test environment.


Anue said next generation Ethernet over SONET aggregation solutions using virtual concatenation (VC), link capacity adjustment scheme (LCAS) and generic framing procedure (GFP) require robust testing of the effects of dynamic path level delays, bit errors, and other network faults. Anue Network Emulators allow this type of testing easily and accurately before new network equipment and new network services are deployed.


Anue Systems is based in Austin, Texas.
http://www.anuesystems.com

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8x8 Expand VoIP Offerings with Level 3

8x8 announced an expansion of its Packet8 broadband VoIP channels through its partnership with Level 3 Communications.


Level 3 is the wholesale network carrier for 8x8's Packet8 voice and video Internet phone services, and 8x8 is a member of the Level(3)Enabled Master Reseller program, a program that provides assistance in driving sales for select partners. As part of this program, Level 3 works with 8x8 to identify and target prospective channel partners for 8x8's channel program. 8x8, in turn, is able to work directly with those partners to provide VoIP solutions to retail or end user customers. As a part of their program, 8x8 will also partner with selected resellers to identify end users, aid in training, recruit agents and participate in industry events.
http://www.8x8.com
http://www.Level3.com

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Texas Governor Signs Cable Franchise Bill

Texas Gov. Rick Perry today signed into law a cable-franchising bill passed by the Texas Legislature during its second 30-day special session. The bill vastly streamlines the process of getting cable franchises for telecommunications carriers.


SBC and Verizon applauded the legislation. Verizon said it expects to begin offering cable TV service in Texas this fall over its FiOS network.
http://www.verizon.com/

• In August, the Texas House voted 144-to-1 to pass a bill that updates regulation of telecommunications in the state and allows for a single statewide franchise provision for companies entering the cable television business. The bill, Senate Bill 5, was passed by the Texas Senate earlier this week and now awaits final approval by Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
  
  
  The state-issued video franchise will not require mandatory build outs and will keep existing municipal cable franchise agreements in place until they expire.
  
  
  In addition to providing for a single state franchise for cable TV services, the legislation covers a number of other areas, including broadband over powerline (BPL) services, telecom wholesale services, the deregulation of certain ILEC markets, and oversight of consumer cable TV service complaints.

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India Joins Europe's Galileo Satellite Navigation Project

India is the fourth country to join the EU's GALILEO satellite radio navigation program. China, Israel and Ukraine have also agreed to support GALILEO and the EU is currently negotiating with Argentina, Brazil, Morocco, Mexico, Norway, Chile, South Korea, Malaysia, Canada and Australia to join the project.


GALILEO is Europe's planned satellite radio navigation program, which aims to compete with the United States' GPS system and Russia's GLONASS system, both of which are financed and controlled by the military authorities. GALILEO is supported by the European Commission and developed jointly with the European Space Agency (ESA).
http://www.galileoju.com

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Apple and Motorola Unveil ROKR iTunes Phone

In a high-profile marketing event, Apple and Motorola unveiled their ifrst mobile phone featuring iTunes. The Motorola ROKR features a color display for viewing album art, dual built-in stereo speakers and stereo headphones that also serve as a mobile headset with microphone. Music fans can randomly autofill or manually fill the mobile phone with playlists of their favorite music, audiobooks and Podcasts from their iTunes library via a USB connection. The Motorola ROKR pauses music automatically when users take a call and offers the ability to listen to music while checking messages or snapping a photo. A TransFlash memory expansion slot allows for up to an additional 512 megabytes of storage with optional card.

Availability of the new Motorola ROKR is as follows:

• U.S. -- today, exclusively with Cingular



• U.K. -- available first with Carphone Warehouse, expected in mid-September and then with O2, followed by Orange, Virgin Mobile, BT Mobile and other top retailers through September and October



• France -- expected to be available by late September through key retailers



• Italy -- expected to be available by late September through key retailers



• Germany -- expected to be available through distributor and operator channels in 2H 05



• Canada -- expected to be available in mid- to late-September with Rogers Wireless



• Hong Kong -- expected to be available by late September through multiple retail outlets and operator channels



• Australia, Singapore and the Philippines -- expected to be available late September through early October through retail and operator channels



• Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and other markets throughout the world -- expected to be available in the fourth quarter.

http://www.apple.com
http://www.motorola.com

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Lucent's Hurricane Disaster Recovery Efforts

Lucent Technologies said it continues to lend support and network restoration expertise to service providers as they re-establish vital communications services knocked out by Hurricane Katrina. The Lucent response includes emergency services and consulting, on-site and remote technical support, and emergency, back-up and replacement equipment to more than a dozen of the Gulf Region's service providers.


Lucent currently has about 150 employees engaged in network restoration and recovery efforts across the three-state region. Some of the network disaster relief services Lucent has and continues to provide include:

• Dispatching emergency tractor-trailers with network switching equipment, known as Switch On Wheels or SOWs, used in areas where existing gear is underwater or inoperable.



• Providing similar portable mobile phone cell sites on wheels (known as COWs) to restore services where cell site and/or cell towers have been damaged or destroyed.



• Using COWS and rerouting traffic to expand mobile network capacity in Baton Rouge and other areas receiving evacuees, thus helping to
  accommodate the influx of new mobile users who have relocated.



• Migrating hundreds of thousands of voice mail boxes for impacted
  cellular subscribers. Lucent is now hosting more than 800,000 cellular
  voice mail box subscribers in the state of Louisiana at Lucent's complex in Baton Rouge.



• Providing on-site and remote technical support for restoration of network switches and other equipment.



• Repairing and/or replacing fiber-optic and other storm-damaged equipment and cabling as requested.



• Providing back-up generators and other power equipment for network installations.

In addition, the U.S. Coast Guard has requested that Lucent and the other industry companies that make up the Wireless Emergency Response Team (WERT) activate the team and provide support for the search and rescue effort in the Gulf Coast disaster area. WERT was founded in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks by Karl Rauscher, executive director, Bell Labs Network Reliability & Security Office, who continues to serve as WERT's president.


WERT will provide coordinated, mutual aid technical support from across the entire wireless communications industry, including expertise for the search and rescue effort for first responders and volunteers who are using wireless technologies.




http://www.lucent.com

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FCC Warns Wireless Carriers Not to Disconnect Hurricane Victims

The FCC will take steps to ensure that wireless service providers do not improperly disconnect consumers displaced by Hurricane Katrina because they are unable to pay their bills. The U.S. Post Office is not fully operational in forwarding mail and the communications networks (including access to the Internet for online bill pay options) are not at pre-hurricane capabilities.


To ensure that consumers of these services continue to maintain access to their wireless service during this difficult time, all licensees of wireless services serving consumers affected by the hurricane are required to submit a report no later than Thursday, September 8, 2005 verifying their compliance with the standard industry practice of maintaining service to people displaced by Hurricane Katrina despite failure to pay bills. Reports should describe the grace period or other relief licensees are providing for this issue. http://www.fcc.gov

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Ericsson Foresees Faster Deployment of 3G and HSDPA

Ericsson's President and CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg said the mobile telecommunications industry has become an attractive market for bandwidth-intensive applications and content, speaking at the Ericsson Strategy & Technology Summit in Shanghai.


The global mobile telecommunications industry is close to achieving 2 billion subscribers, representing approximately 30% of the world's population. Svanberg expects growing demand from this huge market for mobile content and the handset's emerging role as a media channel. This will spur the rollout of 3G and HSDPA.


Also at the summit, Ericsson signed a research and development agreement with Shanghai Research Centre for Wireless Communications (SHRCWC), targeting future telecommunications technology
such as Super 3G and 4G.


Ericsson plans to invest US$1 billion in its operations in China over the next three years.
http://www.ericsson.com

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Ericsson's IMS Selected by Commander in Australia for DSLAM Initiative

Ericsson will supply its IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution to Commander Communications Ltd, a telecommunications operator in Australia. The carrier will use the IMS solution to enable its core Ericsson network to access DSLAM connectivity and to allow the deployment of new network hosted multimedia services in its IP network.


By integrating Ericsson's IMS solution into Commander's telephony Softswitch solution, Commander will have a single, homogeneous national network capable of supporting traditional voice services. It will also be able to offer information and communications-intensive individuals a range of new services, both mobile and converged, over a single IP core network. It is anticipated Commander will offer IMS based services to its customers starting in Q4 2005.
http://www.ericsson.com

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pulvermedia Announces the 2005 'pulver 100'

pulvermedia today announced the 2005 "pulver 100" -- its listing of privately held growth companies deemed to represent the future of IP communications.

"The pulver 100 has become an indicator of the leading edge in IP communications, and the companies named to this year's list represent the future of our industry," said Jeff Pulver, Founder and Chairman of pulvermedia. "

The companies named to the 2005 pulver 100 are:

Abbeynet,	AccessLine Communications	Acme Packet,	Aculab
Allot Communications	Apparent Networks	Atreus Systems	BayPackets
BlueSlice Networks	BridgePort Networks	Brix Networks	BroadSoft
BroadVoice	Camfrog	Carbon Twelve	Centile
Cicero Networks	Citel Technologies	Commetrex	Convedia
CTI2	Dialexia Communications	DiamondWare	DigiLinea
Digium	Empirix	Ensim	eStrata
Excel Switching	Eyeball Networks	Fonality	Go2Call
Grandstream Networks	Hotsip	I3Micro Technology	Inclarity
Ingate Systems	Interoute	Intertex Data AB,	Intoto
IP Unity	IVR Technologies	Jungo Software Technologies	Kayote Networks
KoolSpan	Lignup	LocustWorld	M5 Networks
MailVision	Mediatrix Telecom	Meru Networks	MetaSwitch
Natural Convergence	Netcentrex	Netrake	NewHeights Software
Nextone Communications	Nimcat Networks	OnRelay	Owera
Pactolus Communications Software	Paltalk	Paradial	Peoplecall
Persona Software	Personeta	Pingtel	Popular Telephony
Psytechnics	Quescom	Sansay	SIPquest
Skype	SkyWave	Sling Media	Snom Technology
SPIRIT DSP	Strix Systems	Surf Communications Solutions	Swyx
Sylantro Systems	SysMaster	TalkSwitch	TEKVision
Telchemy	Telepo	Telio	Tellme Networks
Trinity Convergence	VegaStream	Versatel Networks	VidiTel
Vocera Communications	VoicePulse	Vonage	Voxeo
Wavigo	WebMessenger	XConnect

 

http://www.pulvermedia.com/

07-Sep-05http://www.pulvermedia.com/

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