D-Link Ships Clamshell Wi-Fi SIP Phone -- $250

D-Link began shipping its flip-style Wi-Fi Phone that combines VoIP with 802.11 b, g, or n wireless connectivity in a compact Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based package. The clamshell D-Link Wi-Fi Phone allows VoIP calls to be made where there is a Wi-Fi network or open hot spot without the use of a PC.The phones features large, bright color displays for easy viewing of numbers as they are dialed, storage of up to 100 address book entries, caller...

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Navtel Expands IMS, VoIP and IP-to-IP Gateway Test capabilities

Navtel Communications has expanded its test solutions to include large-scale TLS security, Theft of Service, Rogue Media and DoS/SIP Flood attacks test capabilities. The new software release will also add H.263 and H.264 video, AMR and ILBC audio and DTMF test capabilities.Highlights of this release include over two hundred and fifty thousand simultaneous TLS connections, several hundreds of TLS and Call establishments per seconds, H.263 and H.264 video generation with quality analysis using the MDI algorithm, ILBC and AMR wideband and narrowband...

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Spirent Acquires Scientific Software Engineering for Wireless Test

Spirent Communications acquired Scientific Software Engineering, a developer of a software based system for testing the performance and functionality of 2.5 and 3G wireless network infrastructure for US$10.0 million (£5.4 million), payable in cash on completion with up to a further $6.0 million (£3.3 million) payable depending on the satisfaction of certain technical milestones and the retention of key employees.SSE, based in Dallas, Texas and employing 24 people, will be incorporated within Spirent's Performance Analysis division. Spirent has...

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Alcatel Sees Q2 Results in Line with Expectations

Alcatel confirming that its preliminary financial results for Q2 are in line with expectations. Highlights for the quarter include the following:Revenues are expected to be approximately EUR 3.38 billion, an increase of 7.5% over the same period last year. Operating margin is expected to be around 8%, and includes a 0.3 percent impact from a capital gain resulting from disposal of fixed assets.The proposed contribution of Alcatel assets to Thales will be accounted for as discontinued operations once definitive agreements have been completed,...

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Amino Selected for Northern Europe's First HD IPTV Service

Holland's Lijbrandt Telecom BV selected Amino to supply its STBs for its High Definition (HD) IPTV service, which was rolled-out in time for World Cup football matches. Lijbrandt is investing EUR 150-200 million in its new network and expects to grow to 120,000 subscribers within three years. The service is unique as all of Lijbrandt's competitors use the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) standard, whereas Lijbrandt uses the Digital Multimedia Broadcast (DMB) format. The companies said good DMB reception can be achieved with existing DAB transmitters...

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Cisco Expands its ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance family

Cisco Systems announced two new models in its Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security appliance family: the Cisco ASA 5505, a next-generation solution designed to defend small businesses, remote offices and enterprise teleworkers, and the Cisco ASA 5550, which extends gigabit-class threat protection and highly scalable IPsec and Secure Sockets Layer virtual private network (SSL VPN) services to large business sites. The Cisco ASA 5505, which comes in a desktop form factor, delivers 150 megabits per second (Mbps) of firewall throughput and 100 Mbps...

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NET Offers Secure Tactical Voice Exchange

Network Equipment Technologies announced general availability of its NET VX400 Tactical Voice Exchange, the first deployment of NET's Voice Exchange (VX) VoIP software platform on DTECH LABS' 2nd generation mobile VoIP hardware platform. The VX Software platform is based on NET's SHOUT VoIP technology.Targeted at the tactical government, military and first-responder markets, the VX400 offers the full set of VX software functionality already available in the VX900T Secure VoIP Gateway, developed jointly between NET and DTECH LABS in 2005. Whereas...

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ConSentry Raises $20 Million for Enterprise Security Solutions

ConSentry Networks, a start-up based in Milpitas, California, raised $20 million in an oversubscribed Series D round of funding for its secure LAN solutions. ConSentry's LANShield family of products provides network admission control to restrict who can come onto the LAN, full Layer 7 visibility into all user activities, control over user access to authorized resources through role-based provisioning, and threat control to prevent zero-hour attacks from compromising network availability.ConSentry plans to use the funds to build a stronger worldwide...

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CoreOptics Raises $28 Million Round for 10, 40 Gbps Optical Subsystems

CoreOptics, a developer and manufacturer of 10 Gbps and 40 Gbps optical networking subsystems, raised $28 million from new and existing investors, bringing the company's total funding to date to over $68 million.CoreOptics offers 10G/40G transponder subsystems products that are designed to overcome optical layer impairments using advanced digital signal processing techniques based on Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimator (MLSE) algorithm. CoreOptics currently offers complete 10G DWDM, 40/43G Single Channel Short Reach and DWDM 300 pin MSA transponder...

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Brasil Telecom Deploys Acme Packet Session Border Controllers

Brasil Telecom, the third largest fixed line service provider in Brazil, has selected Acme Packet's Net-Net session border controllers (SBCs) for VoIPfone service, a SIP-based business and residential VoIP offering. The Net-Net SBCs are also deployed in Brasil Telecom network supporting Multiconferencias, an IP-based multimedia conference service.The Acme Packet session border controllers are providing access control and complete network topology hiding for confidentiality and attack prevention. The denial of service (DoS) protection includes session...

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BellSouth Expands Metro Ethernet Portfolio with Mid-band Options

BellSouth has expanded its Metro Ethernet Service portfolio to include mid-band speed options for business customers: 2 Mbps, 4 Mbps and 8 Mbps. BellSouth Metro Ethernet Service also offers previously available data transport speeds of 10 Mbps, 20 Mbps, 50 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 250 Mbps, 500 Mbps and 1000 Mbps.The new speeds can be offered over existing copper or fiber infrastructure, which helps drive broadband business applications deeper into corporate networks and reduces customer implementation costs."Metro Ethernet is the transport method of choice...

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CacheLogic Raises $20 Million for P2P

CacheLogic, a start-up based in Cambridge, England, closed a $20 Million Series C funding round led by Amadeus Capital Partners. The company supplies P2P technologies for ISPs and cable network operators. The funding round also included existing investor 3i, along with syndicate members Pentech Ventures and The Cambridge Gateway Fund.The CacheLogic P2P Management Solution manages P2P through the use of sophisticated caching techniques. By distributing requested P2P content more efficiently and serving files from an on-network source Service...

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XO Marks its 10th Anniversary

XO Communications marked its 10th anniversary of providing communications services to businesses as a leading alternative to the regional Bell telephone companies. XO Communications was one of the first competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) in the United States to provide facilities-based communications services under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In July 1996, XO launched local service in seven metropolitan markets. Since then XO has expanded to provide services in 75 metropolitan markets and become the nation's largest competitive...

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Cwitch Raises Configurable Switch Array Chip

Cswitch, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, will preview its Configurable Switch Array Chip at the 43rd Design Automation Conference (DAC) next week in San Francisco.Cswitch is developing high-performing configurable solutions for the networking, storage, wireless base station and telecom markets and plans to release its first product later in 2006. The company said its architecture offers performance levels approaching an ASIC -- including bandwidth up to 100 Gbps -- with the configurability of an FPGA."Cswitch set out to solve one of...

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Verizon Wireless Launches Live Concert Series

Verizon Wireless is launching a series of music concert programs that let its mobile customers with "V CAST" capable phones view clips from live performances.V CAST Performances will include club and theatre performances, tours presented by Verizon Wireless and special live performance events. Customers will be able to extend the concert experience by downloading streaming video clips of the live music performances as well as new music videos on a rotating basis with up to three broadband quality video clips of every artist in the V CAST Performance...

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Vonage Sued for Voice Mail Technology, Acquires Other Patents

Klausner Technologies filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Vonage regarding voice mail technology. The lawsuit asserts that the Vonage VOIP voicemail platform infringes Klausner Technologies' U.S. Patent. 5,572,576. Klausner Technologies recently granted a license under the same patent to Time Warner's AOL for AOL Voicemail and VOIP voicemail services.For its part, Vonage announced the acquisition of three patents from Digital Packet Licensing Inc. that enable VoIP. Vonage said the deal provides it in control of pending litigation against...

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Global IP Sound Offers Mobile VoIP Voice Processing

Global IP Sound (GIPS) has expanded its embedded voice-processing solution to include support for mobile VoIP applications developed for wireless devices based on Enea's OSE real-time operating system. GIPS VoiceEngine Mobile for OSE incorporates GIPS Voice Quality Enhancement, including acoustic echo suppression and noise suppression, to maximize the quality of VoIP conversations. It also includes GIPS NetEQ, which is an advanced jitter buffering and packet loss concealment module that dramatically improves sound quality and minimizes latency...

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Motorola Names David Dorman to its Board

David Dorman, the former chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T, has been elected to Motorola's board of directors. Dorman, 52, joined AT&T Corp. as president in December 2000 and served as chairman and chief executive officer from 2002 through 2006. Previously Dorman was CEO of Concert, the global venture created by AT&T and British Telecommunications from 1999 to 2000 and chairman, president and CEO of PointCast Inc., an Internet based news and information service, from 1997 to 1999.http://www.motorola....

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Alcatel and Lucent on Track to Complete Merger by Year's End

Alcatel and Lucent Technologies confirmed that they are on track to complete their merger transaction by the end of calendar year 2006, which is within the 6 to 12 month timeframe originally announced. In recent weeks, the two companies have achieved a number of significant milestones, including satisfying some regulatory conditions to the proposed merger.The business model and the associated organization of the combined company are now defined and will be implemented immediately upon closing. The overall business will be segmented in Business...

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SanDisk Offers Skype USB on Smart Drives

SanDisk began offering Skype's software pre-loaded on its newest CruzerMicro and Cruzer Titanium smart drives. The devices give users a portable way to carry files and programs without leaving any personal information behind on a computer. The new drives will display the Skype logo on the packaging and will feature one free month of Skype voicemail for the mobile user to get messages from their Skype calls even when on the go.http://www.sandisk....

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Lucent Sees Sales Slowdown in Wireless

Lucent expects revenues for its third quarter of fiscal 2006, which ended June 30, 2006, to be approximately $2.04 billion, subject to the completion of its quarterly closing process. The company's revenues were $2.14 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2006 and $2.34 billion in the year-ago quarter. Lucent blamed the sequential and year-over-year declines primarily on lower sales to North American mobility customers. To a lesser extent, the year-over-year decline was due to decreased revenues in China.Lucent now expects to report earnings...

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