CommuniGate Releases Unified SIP Suite for IP Communications

CommuniGate Systems rolled out its upgraded version of CommuniGate Pro with a new scalable infrastructure, applications and access capabilities. CommuniGate Pro is an IMS-ready session call control and application/presence server. The product will allow any user to access IP Communications from web interfaces and software on mobile computing devices. CommuniGate said its v5.1 release represents the launch of a "SIPify" the world initiative that...

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Tekelec Announces Restructuring

Tekelec will eliminate 60 jobs in a corporate restructuring across its business units, customer service organization and operations group. The majority of the terminated employees worked directly for or in support of the Switching Solutions Group based in Plano, Texas.http://www.tekelec....

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Navini Secures $17.5 Million for Mobile WiMAX

Navini Networks secured an additional $17.5 million in funding for its portable wireless broadband network solutions.Navini pre-16e mobile WiMAX experience include a deployment with Unwired Australia (with over 50,000 subscribers to date). The company claims broadband wireless customers in over 30 countries. The Navini Ripwave) MX solution offers dual-mode CPEs and PCMCIA cards as well as base stations, with software upgrades to the IEEE 802.16e standard. The portable, zero-install, non-line-of-sight (NLOS) product line consists of customer modems,...

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Cox Deploys Scientific Atlanta for Cellular Backhaul

Cox Communications has initiated cellular backhaul service in Oklahoma City, Okla. and Pensacola, Fla. using a Scientific Atlanta Prisma IP platform. In addition to providing support for an increased number of wireless customers growing call volume, the cellular backhaul service delivers further scalability to support an expanding range of new services being introduced by wireless operators.Prisma IP is a packet-based Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSSP) that supports advanced Ethernet services, such as VPNs and multicasts, as well as legacy...

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AT&T to Deploy FTTP in Houston

AT&T will build a fiber-to-the- premises network to deliver its U-verse suite of services, which includes integrated digital TV, high speed Internet and voice services, to a 20,000- home master-planned community near Houston.The agreement with General Growth Properties, AT&T's largest such contract to date, underscores one of the company's key strategic initiatives for connecting customers to its Project Lightspeed fiber footprint. http://www.att....

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Belgacom Selects SupportSoft Remote CPE Management

Belgacom has purchased SupportSoft ServiceVerify and ServiceGateway software to provide service verification and remote CPE management capabilities for its triple play service offerings. Belgacom will begin deployment of the solutions with its newly launched IPTV service, Belgacom.TV.ServiceGateway is designed to automatically detect and discover CPE devices that conform to the DSL Forum's TR-069 specification, as well as remotely configure the device for the proper service level ordered by the high-speed data customer.http://www.supportsoft....

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Liberty Global Signs Purchasing Agreement with Nortel

Liberty Global signed a global purchase agreement (GPA) with Nortel to cover purchases through 2007. The GPA gives Liberty Global access to a uniform purchasing process and pricing terms for Nortel's cable VoIP and optical solutions and services. Nortel is now an approved vendor across Liberty Global's cable subsidiaries - such as UPC Broadband in Europe, J:COM in Japan and VTR in Chile - that serve 15 million customers in 18 countries around the world.http://www.nortel....

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BigBand and Netgear Partner on DOCSIS Channel Bonding

BigBand Networks and NETGEAR demonstrated DOCSIS channel bonding capable of delivering downlink speeds of 100 Mbps or more. Based on emerging DOCSIS standards from CableLabs, channel bonding practices have potential to increase broadband subscribers' downstream access speeds by factors ranging from 2 to 20 or more.The companies have integrated the NETGEAR CM232 Channel Bonding Cable Modem with the BigBand Cuda CMTS and BigBand BME (Broadband Multimedia-Service Edge). The modular CMTS approach is designed to enhance cost effectiveness, density...

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Vonage Foresees Minimal Cost Increase for USF Funding

Vonage foresees only slightly higher bills for its VoIP due to the FCC's action to support the Universal Service Fund (USF). This is because the USF-related cost increase will be offset by the recent elimination of Federal Excise Tax (FET) from VoIP services. Vonage is assessing which method of contribution will be most beneficial for its customers."Vonage fully supports its obligations to government programs. Last month the Treasury advised us to cease collecting FET, to the benefit of customers, and now we must begin to collect USF tax, balancing...

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UTStarcom Posts Q1 Revenue of $596.6 Million

UTStarcom reported Q1 net sales of $596.6 million. Gross margins for the first quarter were 20.5% and GAAP net loss for the quarter was $10.6 million, or a loss of ($0.09) per share. The company generated approximately $54 million of positive cash flow from operations and paid down approximately $27 million in short-term debt during the quarter.http://www.utstar....

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JDSU Offers VoIP Service Assurance for MSOs

JDSU introduced its VoIP NetComplete Service Assurance Solution for the cable industry. The solution, which is currently deployed by one of North America's largest cable operators, combines JDSU's portfolio of test, measurement and monitoring applications for mass market VoIP deployment. JDSU's NetComplete test system measures hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) characteristics, the cable modem termination system (CMTS) and IP network, providing visibility into problem areas that are affecting voice signal clarity. It correlates the data and presents an...

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VeriSign Expands into Asia, Signs SK Telecom

VeriSign has expanded its communications network into Asia to meet customer demand for improved international roaming services. The company also announced that SK Telecom will be the first CDMA operator in the region using its new network services.VeriSign has built network Signaling Transport Points and Signaling Control Points in Osaka and Tokyo that feature best-in-class operations methodologies that help ensure high availability, redundancy and reliability. Operators using local network capabilities can increase performance and availability...

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FCC Requires USF Support from VoIP, Increased Fees from Wireless

The FCC voted to adopt two proposals for boosting contributions for the Universal Service Fund (USF).First, the FCC will raise the existing wireless "safe harbor" percentage used to estimate interstate revenue from 28.5 percent to 37.1 percent of total end-user telecommunications revenue to better reflect growing demand for wireless services. This interim wireless safe harbor was last updated in 2002. Wireless carriers continue to retain the option...

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Huawei Debuts Metro Ethernet Switches, IP-DSLAM

At this week's CommunicAsia show in Singapore, Huawei displayed new carrier-class Quidway CX series switches for metro Ethernet networks. The Quidway CX series switches are designed for carrier-class E2E services spanning the core layer, the convergence layer, and the access layer of a metro Ethernet.On the IP-DSLAM front, Huawei showed its flagship SmartAX MA5600 broadband access platform, which is based on a Gigabit Ethernet switching architecture. The back panel offers 210 Gbps in aggregate capacity. The SmartAX MA5600 also integrates Layer...

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Huawei Cites Fast Sales Growth in Asia-Pac

Huawei Technologies expects contract sales in Asia Pacific to grow by 55% to hit US$2 billion in 2006. Specifically, Sales in Asia, excluding China, Japan South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, are expected to jump to more than US$2 billion this year from $1.29 billion in 2005 as it continues to focus on further deepening its relationship with existing and potential key customers in the region. Huawei has been steadily expanding its operations outside of China since 1996 and has a presence in 13 countries across Asia Pacific, with its products deployed...

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Fujitsu Partners with Bel Air for Metro Wireless Mesh

Fujitsu Network Communications will offer a metro wireless mesh solution for North American telecom carriers, cable/MSO operators, utilities and municipalities, based on BelAir Networks' platform.Fujitsu will resell BelAir's entire portfolio of carrier-class Wi-Fi products. The portfolio includes environmentally hardened outdoor Wi-Fi devices, with single-, dual- and multi-radio products that provide uniform, high-density, and high-bandwidth broadband wireless capabilities. The multi-radio product solution supports a true wireless mesh capable...

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SAMSUNG Unveils Slimmest Mobiles

SAMSUNG unveiled a new line of slim mobile handsets. The Ultra Edition 6.9 (X820) boasts the world's thinnest profile of only 6.9 mm . Also on display at the CommunicAsia trade show in Singapore is the Ultra Edition 12.9 (D900), the world's slimmest slider with a depth of only 12.9mm and featuring a 3 megapixel camera.http://www.samsung....

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Nortel Reaches Settlement in Shareholder Class Action

Nortel and lead plaintiffs reached agreements of settlement in two class actions lawsuits that arose following the company's announcement of revised financial guidance during 2001, and the company's revisions of its 2003 financial results and restatement of other prior periods effected during the first half of 2005. As previously announced, the proposed settlement was conditioned, among other things, on the resolution of related Canadian shareholder class actions. Nortel has now also reached agreement with the plaintiffs in those Canadian actions...

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Siemens to Supply Juniper Routers for Finnish Defense Forces

The Finnish Defense Forces have selected Siemens and Juniper Networks to deploy a next-generation IP/MPLS backbone network that will integrate the data transmission and communication systems for reconnaissance, surveillance and military command. Siemens Osakeyhtio will be responsible for the delivery of the Juniper Networks M-series routers, plus Redcell network and service configuration suite of products from Dorado Software and related maintenance. Financial terms were not disclosed.With the new Redcell system, the Defense Forces will get an...

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