Telecom Italia and Nokia Collaborate on WCDMA 3G

Nokia and Telecom Italia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for wider cooperation in the area of WCDMA 3G, followed by separate agreements on end-to-end performance optimization, WCDMA 3G terminal cooperation, and supply of a WCDMA radio access network in Italy. Nokia will provide services for end-to-end optimization, from terminals through service platforms, middleware, and across the telecommunications network. Nokia also joins the build out of the TIM Italy WCDMA 3G network with the deployment of a state-of-the-art WCDMA radio access...

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Mazu Raises $7 Million for Behavior-based Network Security

Mazu Networks, a start-up based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, closed $7 million in new funding for its behavior-based network security solutions.Mazu Profiler is a Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) system that analyzes network traffic and behavior to provide enterprises with the intelligence required to operate internal networks more securely. By examining all internal traffic and analyzing anomalous behavior, Mazu Profiler provides security and network teams with: visibility into how the network is used; protection from worms and insider breaches...

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Air China Selects Connexion by Boeing

Air China selected Connexion by Boeing to provide real-time, high-speed connectivity to air travelers traveling to and from China. The announcement today in Beijing includes as many as 15 firm and optional retrofit installations on Air China's Boeing 747-400 aircraft, and other long-haul aircraft models to be determined at a later date. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.connexionbyboeing....

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EarthLink and BellSouth Extend DSL Deal through 2008

EarthLink and BellSouth have extended a commercial agreement through the end of 2008 under which EarthLink service is available via DSL to customers in BellSouth's coverage area. Under the financial terms of the deal, which were not disclosed, EarthLink will be able to utilize BellSouth's broadband infrastructure through at least the end of 2008. EarthLink will also receive competitive rates for 3.0 Mbps service.http://www.bellsouth.comhttp://www.earthlink....

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WiMedia Alliance Completes First Interoperability Workshop

The WiMedia Alliance hosted its first formal interoperability workshop and successfully demonstrated initial ultra-wideband (UWB) silicon interoperability between five different manufacturers, Alereon, Staccato Communications, Realtek Semiconductor, WiQuest Communications and Wisair. The Alliance said recent product announcements, the results of this event and member interest in future events indicate that numerous vendors are quickly readying devices for market use, thereby standardizing the WiMedia UWB common radio platform. The first WiMedia...

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Motorola and Interphase Team on AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA

Motorola announced a strategic alliance naming Interphase as its preferred provider for I/O Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AdvancedMCs).AdvancedMCs provide for great flexibility in customer configurations without incurring the costs of customization and will be key components of Motorola's Advanced TCA and MicroTCA open communications servers. The relationship will help providers of applications such as Radio Network Controllers, Media Gateways, Signaling Gateways, and WiMAX infrastructure to deploy new revenue-generating services faster and more cost-...

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LSI Logic Integrates Dual XFI SerDes Into 10G Ethernet SoC

LSI Logic introduced its XFI SerDes core for enabling an SoC device to drive an XFP optical module, resulting in compact, cost-effective designs for 10 Gbps packet processing. The XFI SerDes core offers single-lane operation up to 11.1 Gbps to allow for forward error correction. For the first use of XFI SerDes technology, LSI partnered with Ample Communications to develop the Redhawk 2-port 10GE MAC. http://www.lsi....

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Ikanos Posts Revenue of $28.5 Million, up 14% Sequentially

Ikanos Communications reported Q4 2005 revenue of $28.5 million, a sequential increase of 14% from the $25.0 million reported for the third quarter of 2005 and an increase of 55% from the $18.4 million reported for the fourth quarter of 2004. GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of 2005 was $4.0 million, or $0.15 per diluted share on 26.1 million average shares. This compares with a net income of $3.1 million or $0.15 per diluted share on 20.3 million average shares in the third quarter of fiscal 2005 and with a net loss of $466,000, or a loss...

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TI Wins DSL Modem Patent Dispute with Conexant

a federal jury awarded Texas Instruments $112 million in patent damages for infringement by Globespan Virata, a subsidiary of Conexant Systems, of two TI patents and one Stanford University patent covering DSL modems. The jury also found that Globespan's infringement was willful, which would allow the district court judge to multiply the damages by up to three times the award.TI said the case was initiated by Globespan in June 2003 in response to TI's offer to license the technology to Globespan. TI is the exclusive licensor of the Stanford patents....

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Singapore's StarHub Deploys Sylantro for Business and Consumer VoIP

StarHub, Singapore's integrated info-communications provider, has launched a range of SIP-based VoIP solutions using Sylantro Systems' Application Feature Servers. The new services, called Digital Voice Business and Digital Voice Travel, are targeted at those who wish to reduce the cost of overseas calls while maintaining portability and mobility.The Sylantro Application Feature Servers are deployed over a SIP-based NGN architecture to provide business VoIP services and applications such as localized web browser-based portals, personalized find...

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HP Announces Carrier Customers, AdvancedTCA blade server

HP announced two leading mobile carrier customers for its IT solutions: Vodacom South Africa and Telefónica Móviles España.HP will roll out an AdvancedTCA blade server for the telecom market in April 2006.http://www.hp....

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Ubiquity Launches Consumer VoIP Solution

Ubiquity Software introduced its "Voice Plus" solution for consumer IP telephony and multimedia services based on its SIP Application Server. Voice Plus is a carrier-grade, pre-built VoIP solution for Internet-based service providers (ASPs, ITSPs, ISPs) who want to deliver IP-based voice and other multimedia services to their residential customers over cable, DSL, WiFi, or other consumer broadband access networks.Unlike alternative 'point' applications, Voice Plus is deployed on Ubiquity's SIP Application Server which enables service providers...

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Lucent to Acquire Riverstone for $170 Million

Lucent Technologies agreed to acquire certain net assets of Riverstone Networks for $170 million in cash. The deal includes substantially all of Riverstone's business operations, not including its cash and convertible subordinated notes. Riverstone also said it is close to a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over a previously announced investigation.Riverstone is a supplier of carrier-grade Ethernet routers for the telecommunications market. Over the last year, Lucent and Riverstone have worked together in a strategic...

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Cisco Posts Sales of $6.6 billion, up 9.3% YoY

Cisco System reported Q2 net sales of $6.6 billion, a 9.3% increase year over year and up 1.2% over the previous quarter. Q2 net income (GAAP) was $1.4 billion compared with $1.1 billion for Q2 FY'05. Net earnings per share were $0.22 GAAP (includes stock-based compensation expense of $0.03) compared with $0.17 for Q2 FY'05."We're pleased with the solid revenue and earnings per share results Cisco delivered during its second quarter, but also especially pleased with our strong order momentum," said John Chambers, president and CEO, Cisco Systems,...

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Senate Hears Network Neutrality Debate

The debate on Internet Neutrality reached the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday, pitting the interests of independent application providers, such as Google and Vonage, against last mile access providers. At issue is whether, the RBOCs and cable operators should be allowed to favor their own advanced services with preferential network policies or whether independent application providers pay more for advanced, quality of service on next generation networks.In Favor of Network NeutralityDr. Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google: ...

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Agilent Introduces Jitter Tolerance Compliance Test Suite for Serial Gigabit Receivers

Agilent Technologies introduced the first compliance test suite for jitter tolerance testing of serial gigabit receivers up to 12.5 Gbps. The new software for the Agilent N4903A high-performance serial BERT (bit error ratio tester) offers an extensive library of jitter tolerance compliance curves for PCI Express, Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (S-ATA), Fibre Channel, fully-buffered DIMM, Common Electrical Interface (CEI), 10 Gb Ethernet, and small form-factor pluggable (XFP). This eliminates the need to read all the standards and to program...

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Hammerhead Systems Appoints Richard D. Gitlin CTO

Hammerhead Systems announced the appointment of Dr. Richard Gitlin as Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Gitlin joins Hammerhead Systems after a distinguished 32-year career at Bell Labs and Lucent leading pioneering research in digital communications, broadband networking, and wireless systems. Dr. Gitlin was CTO of Lucent's Data Networking Business Unit and Senior VP for Communications and Networking Research at Bell Labs. After retiring from Lucent, he was VP of Technology and CTO of NEC Labs America. He was also a professor of Electrical Engineering...

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