DSL Forum TR-122 Addresses VoIP Terminal Adaptors

The DSL Forum published Technical Report 122 (TR-122) aimed at defining common feature sets for VoIP devices. The report forms part of the DSL Forum's expanding "DSLHome" body of work.TR-122 ("Base Requirements for Consumer-Oriented Analog TerminalAdapter [ATA] Functionality") also addresses VoIP customer experience and enhances the technology's ease of use. It builds on the DSL Forum's earlier specifications TR-094 and TR-104 for multi-service delivery for home networks and provisioning parameters for VoIP customer premises equipment (CPE)."Service...

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Equinix Opens L.A. Data Center with MySpace as Lead Client

Equinix opened a new Internet Business Exchange (IBX) center in the Los Angeles area and announced that MySpace will be its lead tenant. Once MySpace is fully installed, the agreement is expected to generate approximately $6 million in annual revenues for Equinix.MySpace has experienced tremendous growth and regularly ranks in the top 10 most visited sites on the Web with more than 75 million users. The social web portal is leveraging the network-rich environment of Equinix's centers to implement a high-performance network connectivity infrastructure....

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Boingo Releases Open Source Wi-Fi Aggregation Toolkit

Boingo Wireless, the wholesale Wi-Fi aggregator, launch an open source Wi-Fi toolkit, that enables developers to integrate Wi-Fi connection management to any Wi-Fi hot spot -- including the more than 45,000 public hot spots that are part of the Boingo Roaming System -- into small form factor devices such as dual-mode phones, VoIP handsets, mobile gaming consoles and other portable devices.The open source Boingo Embedded Wi-Fi Toolkit is publicly available to developers who can port it to any device operating system with no license fees, as long...

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Vitesse Appoints New Executive Officers, Reports Credit Issue

Vitesse officially appointed Christopher R. Gardner as its new CEO. He had been acting in that role since April 18th, when the company placed Louis R. Tomasetta, the company's CEO, Eugene F. Hovanec, the company's Executive Vice President and Yatin Mody, the company's Chief Financial Officer, on administrative leave.Tomasetta, Hovanec, and Mody have been terminated as officers and employees of Vitesse because of their involvement with issues related to the integrity of documents relating to Vitesse's stock option grant process.Gardner, the new...

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Hybrid Hard Drive Could Cut Boot Time, Reduce Power Use

Samsung Electronics is demonstrating the first commercial prototype of a Hybrid Hard Disk (HHD) for notebooks and PCs that integrates NAND flash memory with rotating magnetic storage. Samsung said its HHD boots or resumes up to twice as fast as conventional HDDs, lasts 20-30 minutes longer on battery and is up to five times more reliable. The Hybrid Hard Disk eliminates the need for the hard disk to constantly spin whenever a computer is operating on battery power, and is less susceptible to damage from jarring or being dropped since it is idle...

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BT Outlines Wi-Fi Rollout in Six Cities

BT has signed contracts with six cities across the UK (Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff and Westminster) to rollout Wi-Fi networks. BT said it strategy is to work with Intel, other leading partners in wireless solutions and local authorities to roll out a wide area of wireless broadband in metropolitan areas. This will be based around wireless broadband in the home, BT Openzone Wi-Fi hotspots, Wireless Cities, and high speed mobile access. The wireless networks will be available to a wide range of devices, including the forthcoming...

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Lucent Enhances VitalSuite OSS

Lucent Technologies announced enhanced versions of its "VitalQIP" IP Address Management software and "VitalSuite" Performance Management OSS. Lucent's VitalQIP 7.0 IP Address Management software includes a new user interface, new features that enhance IP address management business processes to reduce operating expenses, and support for IPv4 and IPv6 with new security and configuration capabilities.Lucent's VitalSuite Performance Management 10.0 integrates three application and network management software modules that allow service provider and...

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Alcatel to Resell Syndesis Triple Play Service Mgt Platform

Alcatel will offer Syndesis' IP Triple Play service delivery management solution as part of its OSS portfolio. The Syndesis solution is designed to reduce the time and costs associated with the installation of IP networks and the delivery of feature-rich IP-based video, voice and data services. The integrated offering focuses on the end-to-end service delivery across access, aggregation and core, including subscriber-centric activation and discovery, in multi-vendor networks.Demonstrations of Alcatel's Triple Play OSS/BSS solution, including Syndesis...

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VeriSign to Acquire GeoTrust for SSL

VeriSign agreed to acquire Needham, MA-based GeoTrust, a supplier of SSL and other solutions to secure e-business transactions, for approximately $125 million in cash. GeoTrust offers hosting providers and businesses with digital certificates for online transaction security. GeoTrust also offers "smart seals" to ensure a trusted identity on the Web. The company claims more than 100,000 companies in over 150 countries use its technology for transaction security, identity verification and trust services on the Internet and over wireless networks.VeriSign...

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Senate Hearing on Communications Reform Set for May 18

The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold an open hearing on the Communications Reform Bill (S.2686) on Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 10:00am EST. A webcast is available.Invited witnesses include:Mr. Kyle McSlarrow, President and CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications AssociationMr. Walter McCormick, President and CEO, United States Telecom AssociationMayor Michael A. Guido, Vice Chair of the Conference of Mayors Transportation and Communications Committee, U.S. Conference of Mayors Ms. Julia Johnson, Chairman,...

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LSI Logic Demonstrates 8.5 Gbps Fibre Channel

LSI Logic demonstrated its "GigaBlaze" 8.5 Gbps serializer/deserializer (SerDes) transceiver core for OEM storage and SAN infrastructure applications.The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) has ratified the 8 Gb/s standard as the next step in its SAN Fabric roadmap. Products based on the 8 Gb/s standard are backward compatible and support auto-negotiation with 2 and 4 Gb/s products, providing full interoperability while protecting previous investments.LSI Logic said it expects the first 8 Gbps Fibre Channel systems based on its SerDes core...

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Linksys Ships Its First Wireless-G IP Phones

Linksys began shipping its WIP300 and WIP330 Wireless-G IP Phones, enabling VoIP service through a broadband-connected Wi-Fi network. The new Linksys WIP330 offers a 2.2-inch color LCD display with built-in Internet browser, making it easier to access public hotspots which require user name or password access. The browser can also be used to access web-based email, view web sites or even receive Internet-based video, such as that sent by the Linksys...

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Modulus Video Builds its Team

Modulus Video, a supplier of MPEG-4 AVC video encoding systems based in Sunnyvale, California, announced two executive appointments: Mark Magee as vice president of technology and chief architect; and Steve Nevalsky as vice president of engineering.Prior to co-founding Modulus Video, Magee was VP of engineering for DiviCom (acquired by Harmonic, Inc.) He was the architect of the DiviCom MPEG-2 encoder and multiplexer and helped define and develop other DiviCom core products.Nevalsky previously was VP of engineering at ArrayComm, a supplier of...

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AT&T Supplies Global IP VPN for Tenneco

AT&T will deploy an IP VPN integrating 113 Tenneco locations across North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia-Pacific with a full range of voice, data and business continuity services. The contract was valued at $10 million over three years. Tenneco manufactures and markets emission control products for auto manufacturers.http://www.att....

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Napster Grows Subscriber base to 606,000

At the end of March 31, 2006, Napster's total paid subscriber base was 606,000, including 59,000 university subscribers. Excluding university, the number of premium paid subscribers grew 16 percent from the preceding quarter and 54 percent year-over-year. Subscriber revenue, which consists of monthly subscription fees as well as downloads purchased by both paid and trial subscribers, represented approximately 87 percent of music revenue, compared to 86 percent in the immediately preceding quarter.http://www.napster....

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