Redback Enhances Service Control for IP Video Networks

Redback Networks released a new version of its NetOp Policy Manager for its SmartEdge platform aimed at on-demand video and broadcast IP TV services. Based on the industry standard RADIUS protocol, the NetOp Policy Manager 2.0 is designed to work over residential and business broadband access technologies including DSL, Wi-Fi, Cable, Leased Lines, ATM/Frame Relay and Ethernet.The NetOp Policy Manager 2.0 solution tightly integrates with the Redback SmartEdge Service Gateway to assure high-quality on-demand video services by auto-adjusting bandwidth...

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The Cloud Plans European Wi-Fi Expansion with Tropos

Tropos Networks and The Cloud, the largest hot spot operator in Europe, announced a collaboration to deliver metro-scale mesh networks to city centers in the UK and Europe. The collaborative deployments will begin in 2006. Both parties anticipate the adoption of the joint solution to be aggressive, with a number of European projects to be announced during the year.The Cloud's networks are open to any service provider who would like to provide advanced wireless services to their customers. The Tropos MetroMesh architecture allows multiple user communities...

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ThingMagic Raises $21 Million for RFID Readers

ThingMagic, a start-up based in Cambridge, Mass., has raised $21 million in financing to support the development of its radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.ThingMagic's Mercury4 RFID reader platform is designed with a unique Software Defined Radio architecture. It is certified by EPCglobal and MET Labs for all three Generation 2 RFID modes, including the complex Dense Reader mode. The Mercury4 readers can be remotely updated for any future Generation 2 variants and other new RFID standards.New investors include Cisco Systems, Inc.,...

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Amino Confirms Interoperability with H.264 Encoder Vendors

Amino confirmed that its H.264 AmiNET124 IP set-top box is fully compatible with leading H.264 (otherwise known as MPEG4-AVC) encoders. The Amino set-top box is now certified to interoperate with H.264 encoded video from Harmonic, SkyStream, TANDBERG Television and Tut Systems.http://www.aminocom....

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Congress Sets February 2009 DTV Deadline

DTV-related provisions were included in Congress' budget reconciliation bill, which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on February 1. The final bill sets February 17, 2009, as the date certain for completion of the DTV transition; it allocates $990 million of the analog spectrum auction proceeds toward a digital-to-analog converter box program, with a provision that allows for the amount available to increase to $1.5 billion if Congress needs more money to fulfill the program; and the bill allocates $1 billion to be used for a grant...

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Motorola and NTT DoCoMo Develop 3.6 Mbps HSDPA Prototype

Motorola and NTT DoCoMo have co-developed a high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) prototype that can be used on WCDMA(3GPP Rel5) networks worldwide. The prototype which achieves a downlink data rate of up to 3.6 Mbps.The companies plan to actively undertake the interoperability test partnering with carriers and vendors from around the world. http://www.motorola....

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Nortel and Huawei Establish Joint Venture for Broadband Access Market

Nortel and Huawei Technologies will establish a joint venture for developing ultra broadband access solutions for markets around the world. The two companies have also entered into a supply agreement that allows Nortel to immediately begin engaging customers with Huawei's current broadband access portfolio.The new company will combine Huawei's broadband access solutions with Nortel's voice and broadband networking technologies to create a new product portfolio designed to be a leader in the industry in value and performance. These products will...

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Verizon Extends Global Ethernet Footprint in U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific

Verizon Business has expanded the availability of its Ethernet access services in key cities in the United States, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.Underlying the Ethernet service is the interconnection of the Verizon Ethernet network with the company's Converged Packet Access (CPA) hub switches to deliver consistent Ethernet access to Private IP customers globally. Immediately available, Verizon Business' extended Ethernet portfolio includes Ethernet Private Line (EPL) and Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL), which provide service in 85 metro...

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Cavium and Atheros Team on 802.11 Secure Gateways

Cavium Networks introduced an 802.11 a/b/g broadband wireless gateway reference design based on its newly unveiled OCTEON CN30XX MIPS64 SoCs (system-on-chip) and Atheros Communications' AR5006XS single chip WLAN solution. Cavium Networks also announced that it will be supporting the upcoming 802.11n standard.The OCTEON reference and evaluation platform is suited for wired and wireless Broadband Remote Access and Universal Threat Management Routers and Gateways, including the emerging 802.11n standard. Combined with the Atheros AR5414 single chip...

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Lucent Enhances VIVO's 1xEV-DO Network in Brazil

VIVO, the largest mobile operator in the Southern Hemisphere, selected Lucent Technologies to expand and enhance its 3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network. Lucent will provide additional infrastructure equipment and services and also work with Riverstone Networks and Juniper Networks to deliver a core IP/MPLS network serving Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.As part of the agreement, Lucent is upgrading more of VIVO's existing Lucent-supplied base stations to support CDMA2000 1xEV-DO and also providing new Modular Cell 4.0 and 4.0B base stations. Lucent Worldwide...

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Motorola Offers Push-to-Talk Over Cellular Service for Pre-paid

Motorola introduced a Push-to-Talk Over Cellular (PoC) Prepaid Mediation service that enables wireless operators to extend PoC services to prepaid customers in parallel with their postpaid subscribers. The solution works with the Motorola Global Application Management Architecture (GAMA) and virtually any billing system. It enables swift authentication and debiting of the customer account without a delay in call set-up and can support various types of PoC Prepaid billing scenarios that require a more customized approach to rating, such as pay...

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Nortel Gets US$1.3 Billion Financing Commitment

Nortel Networks entered into binding commitments for a new one year credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of US$1.3 billion arranged by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking, or their affiliates. The new facility will be used to refinance the outstanding US$1.275 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Notes due February 15, 2006.http://www.nortel....

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QUALCOMM Names Gina Lombardi to Lead MediaFLO

QUALCOMM announced the appointment of Gina Lombardi as president of MediaFLO USA, replacing Richard Sulpizio who served as interim president of MediaFLO USA since January 2005. Lombardi worked for 15 years at QUALCOMM. For the past 5 years she has served as senior vice president of marketing, product management and developer relations at QUALCOMM Internet Services, playing a critical role in driving the growth and adoption of QUALCOMM's BREW solution.http://www.qualcomm.c...

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Brasil Telecom Selects Lucent for IMS Elements

Brasil Telecom (BrT), one of the largest broadband service providers in Latin America, selected Lucent Technologies to deploy new multimedia elements in the operator's networks in Curitiba, Sao Paulo and Brasilia regions. The agreement covers equipment and software on Lucent's MiLife services platform, which includes multiple elements in Lucent's IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution, that enables new applications over BrT's IP network. Financial terms were not disclosed.Lucent said it now has seven IMS contracts and 77 trials of IMS elements...

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