MoCA Completes Plugfest For 270 Mbps Home Nets over Coax

The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) completed a plugfest in which eight member companies tested eight products to verify that they interoperate and perform at levels consistent with specifications. The Plugfest featured an 8-node MoCA network using all companies' products simultaneously sharing three HD videos, eight SD videos, and interactive gaming for a total of more than 90 Mbps of full motion digital entertainment. Companies taking part in the Plugfest included Actiontec Electronics,Entropic Communications, Linksys, Motorola, Mototech,...

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Linux Phone Standards Forum Aims for Next-Gen Mobiles

A new Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS) has been founded to promote mass market adoption of Linux telephony terminals through standardization, interoperability testing and market education. The founding members include Cellon, France Telecom, FTM Labs, Huawei, Jaluna, Mizi, Open Plug and PalmSource. LiPS will support device manufacturers and operators in bringing to market Linux-based devices at lower cost (due to lower deployment costs through standardization), while facilitating the programming and development process for software and silicon...

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Cisco Debuts "Linksys One" Hosted Convergence Suite for Small Business

Cisco Systems' Linksys division introduced a new line of small business products designed for hosted communication services. The new "Linksys One" brand is a solution hosted by Service Providers and sold, installed, and serviced by Value Added Resellers (VARs). This solution includes integrated data and voice products coupled with communication services from a Service Provider including security, monitoring, management and QoS for VoIP.The Linksys One Product Suite includes the following:Linksys One 16-Port Services Router (SRV3000): The cornerstone...

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Hanaro's Fiber Access Reaches 3,200 Apartment Complexes in Korea

South Korea's Hanarotelecom reported progress in its rollout of 100 Mbps fiber-optic LAN services, which now encompasses 3,200 apartment complexes and 1.90 million households (about 40% of the complex coverage). The company reported net adds of about 320,000 subscribers for its Optical LAN service since the beginning of the year.The company stated that it posted revenues of KRW 361.7 billion and EBITDA of KRW 129.0 billion, and as a result of increased revenues and reduced marketing expenditure, achieved a turnaround by posting operating profit...

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Canada's Shaw Tops One Million VoIP Calls / Day

Nine months after launching Digital Phone service in its first market, Canada's Shaw Communications is now handling more than 1,000,000 calls per day in its network.Currently, more than 50% of Digital Phone customers are taking a new phone number when they activate Shaw Digital Phone service. All customers choosing a new number can have their Shaw Digital Phone service installed the next day. Shaw Digital Phone is currently available in Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Victoria.http://www.shaw.caIn January 2005. Shaw Cablesystems, one of the...

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Telefónica Raises Financial Guidance

The Telefónica Group reported a sharp acceleration in the growth of revenues (+24.2% year on year) and the profitability of operations (OIBDA +20% year-on-year and OI +24.5% year-on-year) for the first nine months of 2005. Q3 was characterized by the strong commercial activity primarily in high growth businesses (mobile and broadband). Some highlights:Significant year-over-year growth of 37.8% in the customer base to 147.7 million total accesses, of which 89 million corresponded to mobile telephony customers and 4.4 million related to retail ADSL...

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Siemens Sells Shares in Juniper

Siemens sold its remaining 22.8 million shares in Juniper Networks for $544.1 million. Siemens' equity stake was originally obtained in 2002 when Juniper acquired Unisphere Networks, which was a division of Siemens.http://www.siemens.comIn December 2004, Siemens sold approximately 13 million shares of its holdings in Juniper Networks' common stock. Siemens remaining ownership in Juniper Networks common stock is below 5% of the total outstanding shares. In 2002, Juniper Networks acquired Unisphere Networks, a division of Siemens, for $375 million...

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