Ellacoya VoIP Quality Reporter Deliver Per-Call Reporting

Ellacoya Networks introduced a "VoIP Quality Reporter" software capability that enables its IP Service Control System to monitor VoIP calls on a per-subscriber basis. Service providers could use the system to measure VoIP call quality in real-time for a particular subscriber, CMTS or DSLAM, or network segment. Ellacoya's IP Service Control System, which consists of its e30 IP switches and Service Logic Software for centralized management, can identify, classify and control VoIP calls on a per-VoIP service provider and individual subscriber basis....

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ZTE Announces First European WiMAX Deployment

ZTE Corporation announced its first European WiMAX deployment in Serbia. ZTE will provide VeratNet with a nationwide WiMAX network which is due for completion by June 2007. In January 2006, the first phase of the deployment will be complete offering wireless broadband access to business subscribers in Serbia's capital, Belgrade.ZTE also recently announced a WiMAX deployment in Pakistan. ZTE has partnerships with Intel and Fujitsu to develop and promote WiMAX networks. http://www.zte.com...

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NeoPhotonics Introduces Transceiver for 4Gbps SANs

NeoPhotonics introduced a 4 Gbps Multimode SFP transceiver. The device can be used at 1, 2 or 4 Gbps for Fiber Channel applications. The device meets the SFP and SFF-8472 MSA and is hot pluggable and LC-Duplex fiber connector compatible. The transceiver incorporates an 850nm Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) and is capable of transmission distances over 50/125 MMF of up to 150 meters at 4.25 Gbps and 550 meters at 1.0625 Gbps. http://www.neophotonics....

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Con Edison Expands its Fiber Network in NYC

Con Edison Communications completed a network expansion through Staten Island that enables it to offer customers services that can completely bypass Manhattan as well as provide east and west paths out of Manhattan. CEC also completed a ring in Connecticut that connects Greenwich and Stamford to CEC's network. The new ring provides customers along the route protected services back to CEC's network hub, located in Manhattan, and from there connectivity to more than 170 commercial buildings.Con Edison reported that its first half 2005 revenues increased...

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FCC Issues CALEA Order for Facilities-based VoIP

The FCC issued its formal Order imposing Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) obligations on certain broadband and VoIP service providers. The FCC decision was first announced on 05-August-05 and the final order has just been released.Order is limited to facilities-based broadband Internet access service providers and VoIP providers that offer services permitting users to receive calls from, and place calls to, the public switched telephone network. http://www.fcc....

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Siemens and France Telecom Extend Cooperation in Poland

Polska Telefonia Komórkowa Centertel (Centertel Polish Cellular Telephony) or PTK Centertel, a subsidiary of Telekomunikacja Polska and France Telecom, selected Siemens for the construction of a signaling network based on the Surpass hiS 700 platform. The Surpass hiS platform from Siemens will allow PTK Centertel to provide the number portability service required by Poland's new telecommunications law (subscribers will be able to retain their previous numbers even if they change networks). The contract builds on the global cooperation between...

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Ericsson Supplies 3G/HSDPA to Israel's Partner

Partner, an Israeli operator, selected Ericsson to expand its 3G/HSDPA radio network and provide accompanying services. The system rollout will start this year. Ericsson's HSDPA capabilities enable download speeds of up to 14 Mbps. http://www.ericsson....

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KyLinTV Offers Chinese Broadcast Stations via IPTV

KyLinTV launched a service poised to bring the best of Chinese broadcast TV channels and VOD via web-based subscription. KyLinTV delivers broadcast channels from China's CCTV, as well as movies, to a set-top box using its own video codec. Subscribers receive more than 300 hours of new content every week including the Top 10 movies and TV dramas from China for a $15 monthly fee. VOD titles are extra. The set-top box is free. http://www.kylintv.c...

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AtomFilms Inks Deals With AOL, Singingfish and Blinkx

AtomFilms announced new distribution agreements that extend its reach to AOL, Singingfish, Blinkx and other major portals and video search engines. AtomFilms, which offers short-form film and animation titles, said it has seen its audience increase 174% in the past year as broadband continues to drive more consumption of video content online. http://www.atomfilms.c...

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USAF Set to Launch First GPS IIR Satellite

The U.S. Air Force is slated to launch the first modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin aboard a Delta II rocket on Sept. 25, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.The satellite, designated GPS IIR-14 (M), is described as the most technologically advanced GPS satellite ever developed and will provide significantly improved navigation performance for U.S. military and civilian users worldwide. It is the first in a series of eight GPS IIR satellites that Lockheed Martin is modernizing.The modernized series will...

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QUALCOMM Integrates WLAN Into Mobile Handsets

QUALCOMM will support Philips' WLAN module in its Mobile Station Modem chipsets, enabling mobile handset connectivity to 802.11b and 802.11g networks and cellular networks, including both CDMA2000 and WCDMA (UMTS).Initially supported on the MSM6550 chipset, the 802.11b/g-compatible broadband capabilities enabled by Philips' WLAN module are scheduled to be commercially available by the end of 2005. "Our work with Philips helps us to address the demand for additional functionality in mobile devices," said Mike Concannon, vice president of strategic...

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