Sweden's Bredbandsbolaget Rolls Out FTTH over Cisco IP NGN

Bredbandsbolaget (B2), a leading broadband communication provider in Sweden with more than 375,000 residential and business subscribers, is delivering "triple-play" services, offering bidirectional broadband access, IPTV and IP telephony services, to new Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) customers over a Cisco IP Next Generation Network (IP NGN) featuring the Cisco ME 3400 Series Ethernet Access Switch.The Cisco ME 3400 Series is an access switch family optimized for the FTTH market, providing both Ethernet-to-the-home (ETTH) triple-play services and Ethernet-to-the-business...

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Boingo Partners with Chunghwa Telecom

Boingo Wireless signed a roaming agreement with Chunghwa Telecom, the incumbent telecom operator in Taiwan. The partnership expands the worldwide Boingo Roaming System by nearly 900 hot spots. Boingo now provides access to over 30,000 locations from more than 130 leading Wi-Fi operators into one worldwide network. http://www.boingo....

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AT&T Reports Solid Growth, Adds 561,000 DSL Users

AT&T reported strong first-quarter results that reflect advances in wireless, broadband and business services, along with solid progress in merger integration. On a reported basis, AT&T's first-quarter earnings per diluted share were $0.37, up 37.0 percent from $0.27 in the first quarter of 2005. First-quarter earnings were $0.52 per diluted share, up 52.9 percent versus first-quarter 2005 earnings per diluted share of $0.34, before Cingular merger-related costs. AT&T's reported first-quarter 2006 net income was $1.4 billion, versus...

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Nokia N93 Integrates MPEG-4 Video Capture at 30 fps

Nokia unveiled the "N93" -- a mobile device that features a 3.2 megapixel camera, MPEG-4 VGA video capture at 30 frames per second, internal memory of up to 50 MB, hot swap capability to miniSD card of up to 2 GB, and designed to work on WLAN, 3G (WCDMA 2100 MHz), EDGE and GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) networks. The device is pitched as a multimedia computer with true digital camcorder performance. It can connected directly to a TV or images and video...

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Yahoo! Go for TV Enters Beta Testing

Yahoo! released a public beta test of a new Yahoo! Go for TV application that delivers photos, movie trailers, music from "LAUNCHcast", music videos and other content on a TV screen. Yahoo! Go for TV, which is a free download, also provides DVR-like recording.The recommended hardware is a broadband-connected PC running Windows XP, a TV tuner card (for using the DVR functionality), a USB remote control, and a TV.http://go.connect.yahoo.com/go/tv/in...

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Enterasys Appoints New CEO

Enterasys Networks announced the appointment of Michael Fabiaschi as President and CEO, replacing Mark Aslett, who left the company to pursue other interests. Fabiaschi joins Enterasys from CA (formerly Computer Associates), where he was a senior vice president responsible for launching its efforts in the telecommunications vertical and for its fault and performance management software business. Prior to CA, Fabiaschi was President and CEO of Aprisma, a fault and performance management company that was spun out from Enterasys in 2002 and bought...

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Lucent Posts revenues of $2.14 billion

Lucent Technologies reported net income (GAAP) of $181 million, or 4 cents per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $104 million, or 2 cents per share, in the first quarter of fiscal 2006, and net income of $267 million, or 6 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter.The company reported revenues of $2.14 billion in the quarter, an increase of 4 percent sequentially and a decrease of 8 percent from the year-ago quarter. The company's revenues were $2.05 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2006 and $2.34 billion in the year-ago quarter.Gross...

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Japan's Sentivision Selects Motorola's IPTV Set-tops

Sentivision has selected the Motorola VIP series IPTV set-top platform for providing video service to Japanese subscribers. Sentivision becomes the first service provider outside of North America to deploy the Motorola VIP set-top. Financial terms were not disclosed.For this service deployment, Sentivision will port its advanced middleware suite to the Motorola set-top platform.http://www.motorola....

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Canada's Rogers Reports Subscriber Growth

Rogers Communications reported that revenues increased by 28.4% in Q1 over last year, with growth coming from all three of its operating units, including 20.1% growth at Rogers Wireless, 53.2% growth at Rogers Cable and Telecom and 9.5% growth at Rogers Media. Highlights of the first quarter of 2006 include the following:Postpaid voice and data subscriber growth continued to be strong at Wireless, where quarterly net additions of 89,600 subscribers reflected a modest increase from the strong postpaid subscriber growth reported in the first quarter...

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AudioCodes Partners with CompTek in Russia

AudioCodes will supply its media gateways to the Russian market via a partnership with CompTek, a leading Russian distributor of networking and telecommunications equipment. AudioCodes said its range of products, including its carrier class media gateways and servers, has successfully been interoperability-tested, evaluated and deployed in a variety of VoIP networks in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.http://www.audiocodes....

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Nokia Teams with CommTel and Soul in Australia

CommTel Network Solutions Australia, a value added network integrator, will supply Nokia' broadband DSL solutions and related services to the Soul group of companies all operating in Australia. Deliveries commenced in January 2006 and the system will be up and running during April 2006.The deployment includes the Nokia D500 IP Multi Service Access Node, which can deliver access in excess of 24 Mbps, IPTV, and VoIP in conjunction with Soul's SIP-based softswitch. Soul is the new brand name for the SPT group of companies which includes Soul Pattinson...

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First Avenue Networks Selects Huawei for SONET Core

First Avenue Networks, which provides U.S. carriers with wireless backhaul and access services, selected Huawei's SONET platform for its core network. The company will initially utilize Huawei's OptiX Metro 800 system for wireless backhaul applications, providing wireless carriers with T1, T3, 10/100 Carrier Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet services to meet the current and evolving needs of broadband wireless networks. First Avenue will also use OptiX Metro 800 to deliver wireless access services to wholesale service providers focused on enterprise...

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Intel Invests in Zensys for Wireless Home Control

Intel has made an investment in Zensys, a start-up based in Menlo Park, California that is developing mesh networking technology for wireless home control and automation. Financial terms were not disclosed.Zensys' Z-Wave is a low-cost, interoperable RF-based wireless mesh networking technology that is already available in wireless home control and automation products from leading consumer brands. The technology can be used for digital control of a wide array of home devices including lighting, appliances, HVAC, entertainment, access and security...

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Limelight Deploys MRV for Content Delivery Network

Limelight Networks has deployed MRV's LambdaDriver for its newly built, 10 Gigabit Ethernet Silicon Valley network supporting content delivery services from its Silicon Valley location. Limelight has virtualized its Silicon Valley content delivery location with a fiber optic ring that links multiple data centers throughout the region as an ultra-scalable delivery location not bound by the power, space or networking constraints of any individual data center. The high-speed data network links facilities in San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland using...

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Extreme Networks Reports Revenue of $85.5 Million

Extreme Networks reported quarterly net revenue of $85.5 million, compared to $91.9 million for the same period last year. Net income was $2.8 million, or $0.02 per diluted share on a GAAP basis. Revenues in the U.S. were $33.9 million in the quarter, representing 40 percent of total consolidated revenue, down from $40.7 million or 44.3 percent of revenue in the same quarter a year ago. International revenues were $51.6 million or 60 percent of total revenues compared to $51.2 million or 55.7 percent of total revenues, a year earlier."Our improved...

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Kevin Martin Renominated for FCC Post

President Bush nominated Kevin J. Martin for reappointment to the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2006.br>http://www.fcc.govIn March 2005, President Bush nominated Kevin J. Martin to serve as the next FCC Chairman, replacing Michael K. Powell. Martin did not need to be confirmed by the Senate because he had served as FCC Commissioner since 20...

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