Cablevision Adds 130,000 VoIP Users in Latest Quarter

Cablevision Systems, which serves some 3 million households in the New York metropolitan area, added more than 130,000 VoIP customers for Q4 2005 and 458,653 for all of 2005. Some other operating highlights:Optimum Online high-speed data customers up 93,900 or 5.9% for the quarter and 341,793 or 25.3% for the yearBasic video customers were up 17,930 or 0.6% for the quarter and 63,993 or 2.2% for the year; the company's seventh consecutive quarter of basic video subscriber gainsInteractive Optimum digital video customers were up 119,496 or 6.5%...

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Verizon CFO Says FiOS Plan is on Track

Speaking at the annual Bear Stearns Media Conference, Verizon's CFO Doreen Toben said the company is "rapidly executing" on its integration of operations acquired from MCI, and that the company "continues to see a strong and growing customer response" to fiber-optic-based FiOS data and video product offerings.Customer take rates for the FiOS services are "well on plan." She noted that deployment costs are declining and that the next-generation fiber network platform is driving innovation for new FiOS TV offerings.Some highlights of the presentation:FiOS...

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Virginia General Assembly Passes Cable Choice Bill

The Virginia General Assembly Senate and House of Delegates have passed legislation that will hasten competition for cable television services in the state. The bill now moves to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine for his signature into law. If signed by Gov. Kaine, the new law will take effect July 1.Verizon issued a statement welcoming the passage of the bill: "No party got all it wanted in the legislation, but the end result is one Verizon believes will stimulate competition, increase consumer choice and provide localities with continued control over their...

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Extreme Networks' BlackDiamond 12K Deliver "Multidimensional" Carrier Ethernet

Extreme Networks introduced its new BlackDiamond 12K carrier switch designed for delivering "multidimensional" Ethernet to both business and residential subscribers.Extreme Networks said the parameters for deploying a successful carrier Ethernet platform have evolved to include a need for massive scalability, much lower costs, and huge numbers of VPNs.For instance, guaranteed data connections are needed for valuable IPTV and VoIP services. Key features...

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T-Com Selects Nominum's Foundation Caching Name Server

T-Com, Deutsche Telekom's broadband/fixed network unit,, has selected Nominum's Foundation Caching Name Server (CNS) to provide its broadband subscribers with a faster and more reliable, 'always-on' internet access.Nominum said its CNS software will be deployed over T-Com's broadband network, which has 13 points of presence across Germany. http://www.nominum....

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Broadbus Demonstrates Network-Based Time-Shifting of Live TV

At this week's CableLabs Winter Conference, Broadbus Technologies is demonstrating a network-based solution for pausing, fast-forwarding and rewinding live television using existing digital set top boxes. A network-based solutions eliminates the need for deploying PVRs at the customer end.Broadbus said its B-1 Video Server provides the ability to simultaneously ingest, store, and stream hundreds of channels of live television and support ultra-high concurrency rates. http://www.broadbus....

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Nortel Completes Tasman Networks Acquisition

Nortel completed its acquisition of Tasman Networks. Nortel paid US $99.5 million in cash for Tasman Networks. Tasman Networks supplies a line of secure, high-performance enterprise routers. The company is now part of Nortel's Enterprise Data Networks business unit. The products from the Tasman acquisition are marketed as part of Nortel's Secure Router line.http://www.nortel....

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Movaz Supplies Optical Gear for U.S. Department of Energy Lab

Movaz Networks has supplier gear for a secure regional optical network for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), one of the U.S. Department of Energy's national laboratories. The new network links PNNL's campus in southeastern Washington State to Seattle. At the Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP) in Seattle, PNNL has direct access to other national laboratories through the DOE Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) and UltraScience Network, as well as other PNWGP member institutions. The fiber and facilities utilized by PNNL create a private network...

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Cisco Completes Acquisition of Scientific-Atlanta

Cisco Systems completed its acquisition of Scientific-Atlanta. Cisco paid $43 per share in cash in exchange for each share of Scientific-Atlanta, and assumed outstanding options, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $7.0 billion, or approximately $5.1 billion net of Scientific-Atlanta's existing cash balance. The deal was first announced in November 2005.http://www.cisco....

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Sentito Adds New Executives

Sentito Networks, a provider of VoIP gateways, named Chris Lee as Vice President and General Manager of Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Will Engler as Sr. Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Lee has held a number of senior management positions with companies such as BBN, Xenia, and Lucent Technologies and has worked with the Metro Ethernet, Frame Relay, and ATM forums. Engler joined Sentito Networks from Lucent Technologies, where he held the position of VP & GM, Access Networks, and had responsibility for marketing...

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Cisco Joins the new Ethernet Alliance

The Ethernet Alliance, a new industry group dedicated to the expansion of Ethernet technology, announced the addition of 16 new members, including Cisco Systems. Cisco has also been appointed to the board of directors of the Ethernet Alliance. Additional new members include Aeluros, Allied Telesis, Beam Express, ClariPhy, Extreme Networks, Fulcrum Microsystems, Gibson Guitar, Infinera, Luxtera, NetEffect, Neterion, Solarflare Communications, SYSTIMAX Solutions, Teknovus, and Test-Um.http://www.ethernetalliance....

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The Multiservice Forum Outlines GMI 2006 Event for IMS Interoperability

The Multiservice Forum (MSF) outlined its plans for a GMI 2006 event in October that is designed to serve as "a dress rehearsal for the opening night of what may be the next-generation multi-vendor service delivery platform." Global MSF Interoperability 2006 (GMI 2006) will bring together equipment suppliers with top tier global carriers to demonstrate practical implementations of IMS convergence and to address key interoperability issues before...

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