Kineto Wireless and TI Collaborate on Mobile/Wi-Fi Handsets

Texas Instruments (TI) and Kineto Wireless are collaborating to enable Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology for mobile/Wi-Fi handsets. Specifically, Kineto's UMA client software for handsets is based on TI's leading cellular and mobile Wi-Fi platforms. Companies building devices based on TI's WiLink mobile WLAN platform and OMAP-Vox solutions can now develop UMA-enabled products to meet increasing demand for mobile/Wi-Fi devices based on the 3GPP standard.http://www.ti.comhttp://www.kinetowireless....

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Movielink Launches Download-to-Own Service for Major Motion Pictures

Movielink launched a new "download-to-own" service, enabling consumers to buy movie downloads online in addition to renting them for 24 hours. Movielink has deals with the major Hollywood studios, including MGM, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal and Warner Bros. The downloaded films can be viewed on up to three PCs, transferred to a DVD (in Windows Media format) for backup, and streamed around the home via home networking. The new Movielink service breaks ground in that it will carry major film titles on the...

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Aruba Announces 802.11i FIPS Certification

Aruba Networks, is the first vendor certified by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) as having achieved Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 level 2 validation for IEEE 802.11i wireless LAN systems. Aruba said this enables it to provide secure WLANs to the U.S. Federal government using the IEEE 802.11i standard.Recently approved by NIST, 802.11i is a WLAN security standard that significantly improves the security of WLAN communications when operating in the FIPS-approved Robust Security Network (RSN) mode....

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Shares in Alcatel Rise 5% Following Merger News

Shares in Alcatel rose 5.26% in the first full day of trading following news of its planned acquisition of Lucent Technologies. Shares in Lucent rose nearly 1%.http://www.alcatel.comhttp://www.lucent....

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TANDBERG TV Plans Integration of its 3 Latest Acquisitions

TANDBERG TV announced that Eric Cooney, its President and CEO, will lead the integration process for the three recent acquisitions: N2 Broadband, GoldPocket Interactive, and SkyStream Networks. This move is timed to coincide with the departure of Reggie Bradford, who has been the President of TANDBERG Television Americas since the acquisition of N2 Broadband in February 2005. http://www.tandbergtv....

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Intel and PIPEX Create WiMAX Carrier for the UK

Intel Capital and PIPEX Communications are jointly funding PIPEX Wireless, a wireless operator which will provide broadband services in major metropolitan areas across the UK. Intel Capital is investing US$25 million in the new company. PIPEX has transferred its entire 3.6GHz UK spectrum license to PIPEX Wireless to deploy services based on WiMAX. PIPEX Wireless anticipates the roll-out of its network to begin in London and Manchester in 2007, and target the top eight population centers by 2008. http://www.intel....

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Convedia Announces eXtended Media Processing (eXMP), Extends Media Server Line with New Platforms

Convedia has extended its line of media servers with two new products - the CMS-3000 and CMS-9000 Media Servers, both based on a new eXtended Media Processing (eXMP) technology, which is a modular, portable technology that represents the evolution of Convedia's carrier-class media processing expertise and is designed for a range of media processing needs. Convedia said its eXMP media processing software architecture will provide a common foundation for a growing family of software media server, ATCA/blade server, and purpose-built hardware media...

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Axerra Positions Pseudo-Wires for Wireless Backhaul

Axerra Networks announced the availability of a full-service Pseudo-Wire backhaul solution positioned as an alternative to TDM access for mobile wireless operators, including those providing CDMA and EV-DO as well as GSM and UMTS services. The Axerra AXN Pseudo-Wire solution combines circuit emulation, Frame Relay/HDLC/PPP, and Ethernet Pseudo-Wires in a single platform that has both n x T1 and Ethernet connections at the BTS to enable backhaul of...

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Brocade and Ciena Team on Networked Storage

Brocade Communications Systems and Ciena will provide fully-tested Storage Area Network (SAN) solution over Metro and Wide Area Networks (MANs/WANs). The alliance combines Brocade's 4 Gbps SAN directors and switches with Ciena's CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform or CN 2000 Storage Extension Platform.Ciena and Brocade's 4G Fibre Channel (FC) Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) solutions are already deployed in networks operated by an international financial institution and a North American retailer, representing the industry's first 4 Gbps...

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SkyPilot Surpasses 200th Customer and 10,000 Unit Milestones

SkyPilot Networks has reached a number of significant milestones, including the shipment of its 10,000th unit and securing its 200th customer. The company, which now has deployments in 40 countries, said demand for broadband wireless mesh backhaul networks is being driven by a combination of service providers, municipalities and public safety agencies.http://www.skypilot.com Redefining Broadband Wireless Economics through...

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Cortina and Cisco Develop 100 Gbps Chip-to-Chip Interconnects

Cortina Systems and Cisco Systems announced the Interlaken protocol specification: a new technology for high-speed chip-to-chip packet transfers designed to deliver 100 Gbps+ of interchip bandwidth. The companies said their jointly developed Interlaken protocol builds upon the logical structure of the prevalent SPI4.2, or System Packet Interface Level 4, technology now widely used in networking equipment. It preserves the capabilities of SPI-4.2 with multiple logical channels and back-pressure information, while eliminating its bandwidth ceiling...

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TDS Telecom Deploys Calix C7

TDS Telecom, the seventh largest independent U.S. telco, has deployed the Calix C7 multiservice access platform (MSAP) to deliver FTTP and high-speed copper services to business and residential subscribers. Already widely deployed within TDS Metrocom, the Calix C7 will now allow TDS Telecom to support the full range of emerging access media -- FTTP, ADSL2+, and Gigabit Ethernet -- while continuing to support legacy telco services such as POTS, specials, DS1, and DS3. TDS has deployed the Calix C7 in CLEC applications to provide Fast Ethernet, DS1,...

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Freescale Targets Home Media Servers

Freescale Semiconductor introduced a reference design for home media servers with advanced network attached storage (NAS) capabilities. The Media Server-in-a-Box reference platform is based on Freescale's MPC8349E PowerQUICC II Pro communications processor containing a PowerPC core and standards-compliant Media Server software from Mediabolic, a developer of entertainment networking software. The Mediabolic software makes personal content available over a network for streamed playback on a variety of connected entertainment devices throughout...

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Mobile Surpasses Fixed Lines in U.S. Market, UNEs Drop

As of June 2005, there were approximately 144.1 million ILEC switched access lines, 34.1 million CLEC switched access lines, and 191.3 million mobile telephony lines in service in the U.S., according to the latest data released by the FCC. Some other highlights of the report:Of the 34.1 million CLEC end-user switched access lines, 4.6 million lines were provided over coaxial cable connections. The 4.6 million lines represent about 50% of the 9.1 million end-user switched access lines that CLECs reported providing over their own local loop facilities....

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Verizon to Sell Caribbean and Latin American Operations for $3.7 Billion

Verizon Communications will sell its Caribbean and Latin American telecommunications operations in three separate transactions to América Móvil, a wireless service provider throughout Latin America, and a company owned jointly by Teléfonos de México, (Telmex) and América Móvil, for approximately $3.7 billion.The deal includes telecom interests in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Verizon owns 100% of Verizon Dominicana, a 52% in Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico, Inc. (Puerto Rico Telephone), and a 28.5% interest in Compañia Anónima...

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Ericsson Acquires Marconi Federal

Ericsson has acquired Marconi Communications Federal, a supplier of mission-critical networking and telecommunications solutions and services to the U.S. government.The new Ericsson Federal will have headquarters in Columbia, Md., and offices in Vienna, Va., Chambersburg, Pa., and San Diego. It will be led by Ralph Havens, who formerly was president of Marconi Communications Federal. Doug Smith will continue as Vice President and General Manager of Ericsson's existing Government Solutions unit. http://www.ericsson....

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Nokia Rolls Out Mobility Hosting Solution

Nokia introduced a Mobility Hosting solution that helps mobile service providers roll out new services for subscribers while keeping investments in check. The hosting models enables operators to share initial start-up costs. Nokia expects the market for mobile hosting to grow sharply in the coming years as operator competition intensifies. Research group Ovum forecasts the size of the hosting market to double to 1.35 billion EURs by 2009 from around 670 million in 2005.Nokia already offers managed services to mobile operators. Separately, Nokia...

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Juniper Rebuilds its Marketing Team

Juniper Networks announced a number of changes to its marketing team.Steven Wastie, formerly vice president, Emerging Technologies, Juniper Networks EMEA, assumes the position of vice president, Enterprise Marketing.Shailesh Shukla, formerly vice president, Strategy and Business Development at Redback Networks, has been appointed vice president, Service Provider Marketing and Partnerships.Sam Ezekiel, formerly senior director, Marketing and general manager for the Access Router and Wireless Mobile Router Businesses at Cisco Systems, has been appointed...

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Lucent Outlines Plans for Separate Subsidiary for U.S. Government Work

In order to satisfy national security concerns regarding its proposed merger with Alcatel, Lucent Technologies outlines its plans to create a separate subsidiary for sensitive research and development. The unit will have a separate, independent board to be approved by the U.S. government.The company to noted that while most of the research and development work done by Bell Labs today is commercial, it does some classified work for the U.S. government. To ensure the appropriate level of protection for that type of work, certain sensitive contracts...

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Ruckus Wireless Hires Former Cisco/Airespace Exec

Ruckus Wireless has hired Steve Martin, former vice president of engineering for Airespace (acquired by Cisco in 2005), to head up its engineering organization. With more than 15 years of experience in the networking industry building companies such as Airespace, US Robotics and 3Com Corporation, Martin will help Ruckus scale its research and development efforts to meet the growing demand for its products and technologies. Martin will focus his initial efforts in several key areas including carrier-class remote WLAN management, advanced voice...

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