Telefónica Selects Ericsson's DWDM

Telefónica de España has selected Ericsson as supplier for its metro DWDM optical network. The new network will allow Telefónica to meet the increasing traffic demand generated by the consumer's response to its broadband services offering.Ericsson said the contract highlights the benefits of its recent Marconi acquisition. http://www.ericsson....

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Alvarion Partners with IBM on Public Safety Networks

Alvarion announced a partnership with IBM to offer and deliver wireless systems to municipalities and their public safety agencies. The alliance will enable a new approach for delivery of scalable, multi-layer IP-based wireless networks that support data, voice and video for both fixed and mobile applications.The companies have already collaborated on a pilot wireless network implementation in Fresno, the 6th largest city in California. Built by IBM using Alvarion broadband wireless systems and IBM's WebSphere Everyplace Connection Manager, the...

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AT&T to Deliver MobiTV at Wi-Fi Hotspots Nationwide

AT&T agreed to deliver MobiTV's mobile television content across its nationwide Wi-Fi network. The service will enable AT&T customers to view live television while connected to one of AT&T's Wi-Fi hot spots.The MobiTV service includes 15 channels spanning national news, sports, entertainment and full-length music videos from top artists. The MobiTV service will be accessible from the AT&T Wi-Fi portal. Users will have a basic channel line-up available through a monthly $11.99 subscription or for each 24-hour session for $5.99.The...

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T-Systems and Cisco Announce Strategic Relationship

Cisco Systems announced a strategic partnership with T-Systems, a unit of Deutsche Telekom focused on information and communications technology (ICT). The companies are working together to deliver a range of integrated services incorporating local area networking (LAN), Internet Protocol (IP) communications and security, as well as developing solutions for vertical markets such as financial services, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) solution for the transport and retail sectors in Germany. The relationship will be rolled out on an international...

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Broadcom Supplies Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Nintendo's Wii Console

Nintendo's forthcoming "Wii" game console will be equipped with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections powered by Broadcom silicon. The Wii console is the first major gaming platform on the market to introduce Bluetooth technology as a standard feature, eliminating the cables between the console, hand-held game controllers and other accessories. For the Bluetooth game controller, Broadcom said special enhancements were made to ensure the same reliable, low-latency responsiveness that gamers are accustomed to in wired controllers. The Wii console also...

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Hanaro Cites Turn Around in Broadband Subscribers

Hanarotelecom announced a 17% gain in revenues to KRW 432.3 billion on the back of an increase in broadband revenues resulting from the merger with Thrunet and a continuous growth in voice net additions in its first-quarter earnings release for 2006.Hanaro said that it added 7,300 broadband subscribers in April, posting a net addition for the first time this year, and acquired about 15,300 voice subscribers in April, continuing a sustained growth of net addition. The company credited aggressive marketing activities for a turnaround in operating...

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Meriton Announces New Customers for its Agile Optical Networking

Meriton Networks announced two new customers for its Agile Optical Networking (AON) architecture: Canada's RBC Financial Group and PalmettoNet, a carrier's carrier based in the Carolinas. RBC, which is Canada's largest bank, is using Meriton's scalable Gigabit Ethernet transport system to connect its key data centers in a regional network of leased dark fiber. RBC needed to add capacity to its existing OC-48 network. The Meriton platform scale to 320 Gbps of capacity (in half a rack) without any additional shelves. Adding wavelengths simply requires...

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T-Com Renews Supply Contract with Alcatel

T-Com, the broadband/fixed line business division of Deutsche Telekom, has renewed an existing equipment supply agreement with Alcatel. Under the two-year contract, Alcatel will continue to supply its:Optical Multi-Service Node (OMSN) systems providing business customers with carrier-class Ethernet services - such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN) - and streamlining broadband aggregation and distribution. 1678 Metro Core Connect (MCC), which helps service providers develop their central offices in both the metro and the core further, while...

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Broadbus and Axiom Partner on IPTV Management

Broadbus Technologies and Axiom Systems announced a partnership to address service providers' need for a next-generation video platform with an operational support system (OSS) that gives subscribers highly reliable, premium on-demand experiences. The partnership combines the solid-state Broadbus B-1 Video Server, which is a scalable platform for advanced on-demand video services, with Axiom Systems' AXIOSS solutions, which are utilized to design, create, deliver and analyze advanced services across end-to-end next-generation networks.The companies...

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BellSouth Offers Home Monitoring Camera with DSL

BellSouth will begin offering new residential DSL customers a free home monitoring camera to remotely view video images of inside their homes. Customers can choose from several ways to monitor using one or more video cameras set up in their homes. They log in to a secure Web site from a home PC, remote PC or cell phone, and can view their selected images. The free home monitoring camera is available to new customers of BellSouth FastAccess DSL Xtreme 6.0, BellSouth FastAccess DSL Xtreme and BellSouth FastAccess DSL Ultra.http://www.bellsouth....

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UTStarcom's Hong Lu to Step Down as CEO

UTStarcom announced that its Chairman and CEO, Hong Lu, will step at the end of this year. Mr. Lu will remain as Chairman and CEO of the company until December 31, 2006, focusing on strategic opportunities and assisting during the transition. Tom Toy, currently an independent director of UTStarcom, will assume the position of chairman of the board as of January 1, 2007.Ying Wu, CEO of UTStarcom China, will assume the CEO position as of January 1, 2007. Mr. Wu has been UTStarcom's Executive Vice-President and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors...

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Telecom Argentina Reaches 244,000 DSL Lines

As of 31-March-2006, Telecom Argentina had 244,000 ADSL customers, up from 136,000 a year earlier. Broadband ISP subscribers totaled approximately 186,000 (+107% vs. Q1 05), with most connected to Telecom Argentina fixed lines. Dial-up customers decreased to 111,000 (-26% vs. Q1 05) as a consequence of migration to broadband services.The cellular market in Argentina maintained its expansion during Q1 06, with the subscriber base of Telecom Personal in Argentina reaching approximately 6,351,000 , up by 2,128,000 customers compared to a year earlier....

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TiVo to Record Brightcove Content over the Web

TiVo's digital video recorders will be able to record broadband video published through Brightcove, under an agreement announced by the companies. The companies said their partnership will provide a method for almost any publisher of broadband video using Brightcove's Internet TV services to distribute content to TiVo subscribers. It also opens the possibility of monetizing the distribution through advertising, subscription plans, or pay-per-view. Brightcove and TiVo plan to phase in a number of content partners and new downloading capabilities...

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