Intel and NDS Collaborate on Pay-TV over WiMAX

Intel and NDS are collaborating on a trial system for delivering TV and video services over fixed WiMAX links. The system, which is based in the WiMAX IEEE 802.16-2004 standard and soon to be ratified IEEE 802.16e, is currently being shown at Intel's Wireless Competence Center (IWCC) in Kista, Sweden.The trial demonstrates WiMAX TV services, including live TV, VOD and integrated electronic program guide (EPG) delivery to an Intel Centrino notebook over 802.16-2004 and 802.11. The current demonstration uses fixed pre-WiMAX equipment to deliver...

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FCC Requires VoIP Providers to Support CALEA by May 2007, Pay Costs

The FCC voted to adopt an order that requires facilities-based broadband Internet access providers and interconnected VOIP providers to provide Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) with all of the resources of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), enacted in 1994.The current CALEA proceeding was initiated in response to a Joint Petition filed by the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Drug Enforcement Administration in March 2004. These law enforcement agencies had asked the FCC to address several issues...

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Deutsche Telekom Outlines Growth Strategy

"We are Europe's No. 1 and are determined to remain so," Deutsche Telekom's CEO Kai-Uwe Ricke emphasized at the company's shareholders' meeting in Cologne on Wednesday. 2005 was the best financial year in Deutsche Telekom's history. DT Group revenue rose 3.9 percent to EUR 59.6 billion and adjusted EBITDA grew by 5.7 percent to EUR 20.7 billion. Improved earnings also fed through into adjusted net profit that increased by 26.7 percent to EUR 4.7 billion. Net debt was reduced by 3.2 percent to EUR 38.6 billion, further reducing the Group's debt...

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JacobsRimell Extends its Identity-based OSS

JacobsRimell extended its subscriber identity-based service fulfillment and management platform to facilitate service providers' seamless rollout of converged services in the home. JR's solution is based around a unique information management architecture, allowing operators to simultaneously configure and manage multiple IP services from a single OSS platform. The company said enhancements to its subscriber identity based OSS platform means operators can more rapidly converge and deliver multiple products and services to consumers - meeting individual...

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Skype Adds 100-Person Conferencing

Skype introduced a new "Skypecast" features enabling users to participate in live, moderated conversations of up to 100 people. Skypecasts are live, moderated conversations where people to discuss shared interests/ The calls are moderated by a host, who is able to mute, eject or pass the virtual microphone to participants when they wish to speak. Hosting or participating in a Skypecast is free.Several Skype partners are currently piloting Skypecasts with their communities. For example, Six Apart, a leader in blogging software and services for...

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Bell Canada Adds 71,000 Broadband Users in Q1

BCE (Bell Canada Enterprises) reported revenues of $4.7 billion, an increase of 2.2% over the same period last year. The company took an $88 million charge in the quarter related to employee reductions, real estate consolidation and other items, which resulted in operating income for the quarter of $907 million as compared to $1,043 million in the first quarter of 2005. "BCE's performance in the first quarter is on track against the two-year plan we laid out on February 1 to reposition Bell Canada by ramping up our growth services, expanding bandwidth,...

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QUALCOMM Increases Financial Guidance thanks to 1xEV-DO Chip Sales

QUALCOMM increased its financial guidance for the third fiscal quarter ending June 25, 2006."The increase in our guidance reflects stronger than expected new orders for our very low-tier chipsets as well as increased demand for 1xEV-DO chipsets," said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, CEO of QUALCOMM. The company now anticipates third fiscal quarter pro forma revenues to be at or slightly above the high end of prior guidance of approximately $1.77 to $1.87 billion. We now anticipate third fiscal quarter QUALCOMM pro forma diluted earnings per share to be approximately...

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Limelight Reaches 500 Customers for its Content Delivery

Limelight Networks, which operates a digital media delivery network, reported that its customer base has grown to more than 500 customers, including Akimbo, ABC Radio Networks, Belo Interactive, "BuyMusic" @ Buy.com, DreamWorks, LLC, IFILM, Live365, Marimba, MSNBC.com, NC Interactive, NPR, Real Networks Rhapsody, Radio Free Virgin, Valve Software, and Xbox Live. Monthly revenue exceeded $4 million for the first time in March.http://www.llnw....

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Sonus and Verint Systems Partner on Lawful Intercepts

Sonus Networks has formed a strategic partnership with Verint Systems, a provider of analytic software-based solutions for security and enterprise business intelligence, to enable service providers to address more effectively communications interception requirements for VoIP and broadband packet-data services.Verint has worked with Sonus to create a lawful Interception and delivery capability based on Sonus' IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem)-ready architecture with Verint's STAR-GATECommunications Interception Solution. The joint solution is designed...

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Verizon Cuts Price of VoiceWing VoIP to $24.95

Verizon trimmed the price of its VoiceWing Broadband Phone Service. Previously priced at $29.95 a month for Verizon broadband customers and $34.95 a month for other broadband users, the VoiceWing Unlimited Plan now is available for $24.95, plus taxes and surcharges, to all qualified new and existing VoiceWing customers -- no matter what broadband connection they use.Verizon also offers a VoiceWing 500 Plan that provides 500 minutes of outbound local and domestic long-distance calling for just $19.95 a month, plus taxes and surcharges.http://ww...

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Space Systems/Loral to Build AsiaSat 5 Satellite

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been chosen by Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), Hong Kong, to build AsiaSat 5.AsiaSat 5, a fixed satellite services (FSS) spacecraft expected to launch in 2008, will replace and expand upon the services provided by AsiaSat 2 at 100.5 degrees East longitude. The satellite will be based on SS/L's 1300 platform, which features qualified, flight proven subsystems and a long record of reliable operation.The satellite's payload will carry both C- and Ku-band transponders and has a 15-year mission...

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3Com Selects Agere's GigE Chips

3Com is using Agere's Ethernet switching chipsets in its Baseline Plus family of switches. Specifically, 3Com is using Agere's previously announced ET3K, a single-chip 48-port Gigabit Ethernet switch device, and its Octal TruePHY 1081, which features low power and exceeds industry standard requirements for reach and error-free performance by approximately 40 percent. Agere's TruePHY architecture also offers advanced cable diagnostics, providing the ability to pinpoint a break in 100 meters or more standard of category 5 cabling.http://www.ager...

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