ntl Selects Scientific-Atlanta's MPEG-4 PVR

ntl has selected Scientific- Atlanta's MPEG-4 personal video recorder (PVR) for the launch of its PVR service in the United Kingdom. Financial terms were not disclosed.The new HD PVR uses MPEG-4 part 10/H.264 compression and includes three video tuners to allow customers to record three shows simultaneously. The unit features a 160 GB hard drive, enabling the device to store up to 80 hours of content.http://www.saeurope.c...

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Broadcom Posts Revenue of $695 Million, up 14.9% over Q2

Broadcom reported Q3 net revenue of $695.0 million, an increase of 14.9% from the $604.9 million reported for the second quarter of 2005 and an increase of 7.5% from the $646.5 million reported for the third quarter of 2004. Net income computed in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for the third quarter of 2005 was $132.7 million, or $.35 per share (diluted), compared with GAAP net income of $15.1 million, or $.04 per share (diluted), for the second quarter of 2005, and GAAP net income of $43.9 million, or $.13...

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Verizon Creates Services Unit for its Back-office Operations

Verizon has created an organization to provide centralized back-office and support services to Verizon's business units and Verizon Wireless. The move is aimed at increasing efficiencies through economies of scale and eliminated duplication of effort.The new organization, Verizon Services, will include procurement and logistics, real estate, human resources employee services, and financial operations (accounts payable, billing, collections, remittance, payroll and other transaction-based services).The organization will include approximately 12,000...

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SBC Adds 528,000 DSL Users in Q3, its Strongest to Date

SBC Communications added 528,000 DSL lines in Q3, its best-ever quarterly increase and 31% better than its net gain of 402,000 in the third quarter a year ago. The company now has 6.5 million DSL lines in service. SBC's now has a 23.7% DSL penetration of primary consumer access lines across its territory, roughly double the rate from two years ago. DSL penetration in SBC's western territory is now 29%. SBC said it continues to view DSL as the key product in it consumer bundles going forward.Project Lightspeed update: SBC has completed a field...

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Alcatel and Capgemini Collaborate for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO)

Alcatel and Capgemini Telecom & Media in France agreed to jointly address the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) market. The joint solution will include a set of packaged provisioning and billing services, a broad portfolio of multimedia applications and key next-generation network elements such as HLR/HSS, intelligent GGSN, wireless call servers and media gateways. The companies said their ready-to-use and modular solution would be particularly well adapted to key market segments such as Media & Brand companies. http://www.alcatel.com...

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Turk Telekom Selects Avici/Alcatel for IP/MPLS Backbone

Turk Telekom selected Avici Systems' TSR core routers for deployment in its IP/MPLS-based data backbone network. The prime contract was awarded to Alcatel in response to a request to provide an end-to-end solution to Turk Telekom. Alcatel will have turnkey responsibility for network design and planning, integration, deployment, training, service rollout and on-going maintenance. Deployment of new services will begin as early as 2006, with completion of the multi-phased contract by 2007. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.avici.com...

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Freescale Acquires CommASIC for Ultra-Low Power Wi-Fi

Freescale Semiconductor has acquired CommASIC, a fabless semiconductor company that provides modem processing multimode technologies, including orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based solutions, such as Wi-Fi-certified 802.11 a/b/g. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. CommASIC's chips are aimed at mobile and consumer devices that require maximum energy efficiency for long battery life. CommASIC is based in San Diego with office in Taipei and has 30 employees.Freescale said the acquisition gives it a base architecture...

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Nokia Sees 2005 World Market for Mobile Devices at 780 Million Units

Nokia is forecasting that the overall, worldwide mobile device market for the full year 2005 will reach approximately 780 million units, compared with a previous estimate of 760 million units, and up from an estimated 643 million units in 2004. Industry volumes in the fourth quarter 2005 are expected to reflect the usual holiday seasonality and grow compared with the third quarter 2005. The company is predicting that its mobile device volume growth will exceed overall market growth in the fourth quarter, with Nokia's market share expected to increase...

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Level 3 Sees Drop in Revenue, IP Traffic exceeds 3.2 petabytes per day

Level 3 Communications reported Q3 revenue of $799 million , compared to $910 million for Q2 2005. Communications revenue was $364 million in the third quarter, versus $371 million for the previous quarter. Information services revenue was $415 million, compared to $520 million for the previous quarter.The net loss for Q3 2005 was $204 million, or $0.29 per share, compared to a net loss of $188 million or $0.27 per share for the previous quarter. Significantly, the company noted that its transport, IP and VoIP combined revenue increased by 8 percent,...

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Musiwave Licenses Alcatel's PacketVideo Server

Musiwave, a provider of turnkey music entertainment services to mobile and broadband operators, mobile handset makers and media companies, will now support Alcatel's PacketVideo Network Solutions. Under the terms of the contract, Alcatel's pvServer can be deployed as part of an end-to-end mobile music service provided by Musiwave or to develop new products with specific features. The offering gives Musiwave more flexibility with regards to carrier customer's network architecture, and will be available as part of an integrated music offering via...

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Foundry Post Q3 Revenue of $107 Million

Foundry Networks posted Q3 revenue of $107.1 million, up from $96.6 million in the second quarter of 2005, and $102.5 million in the third quarter of 2004. Net income was $16.3 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2005, compared to net income of $9.6 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2005, and a net loss of $3.6 million, or $0.03 loss per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2004. Included in the company's results for the third quarter of 2005 was a $2.6 million expense related to a patent cross-license...

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Alcatel Creates Mobile Broadcast Business Unit

Alcatel has created a new internal venture dedicated to Mobile TV. Olivier Coste has been named President of this new activity. Coste has been Senior Vice President Strategy and Business Development for Alcatel's Space activities since the beginning of 2004, monitoring large programs as Galileo. Previously, he held senior positions within Alcatel's components and enterprise activities.Alcatel said that while significant consumer appetite for Mobile TV is growing, current mobile networks are limited in the number of users that can simultaneously...

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