TANDBERG Television Reports Q2 Revenue of $100M

TANDBERG Television reported Q2 revenue of US$100.1 million, up 40% compared to $71.2 in Q2 2005. The gross margin was 58.2%, up from 55.1% in the same quarter in 2005. Operating profit was $18.9 million compared to $12.2 million in the same quarter last year. Pre-tax profit was $21.3 million, up from $12.2 million in the same period in the previous year.http://www.tandbergtv....

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T-Mobile Selects Comverse and Huawei to Supply IMS

Comverse and Huawei were selected to supply IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) network infrastructure and applications for Magyar Telekom's T-Mobile and T-Com business lines in Hungary. Financial terms were not disclosed.In this project, Huawei and Comverse will provide IMS network infrastructure, converged services, and a range of IP multimedia applications such as Instant Messaging and Presence. The companies said the IMS networks for T-Mobile and T-Com will be among the first of their kind deployed in Europe. The new IMS networks will enable Magyar...

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Occam Reports Eighth Consecutive Quarter of Record Revenue

Occam Networks, a supplier of Ethernet and IP-based loop carrier equipment, reported quarterly revenue of $16.2 million, posting its third consecutive quarter of operating profits and its eighth consecutive new revenue record. Second quarter 2006 revenues represented an increase of 14 percent over the first quarter of 2006, and an 86 percent increase over the same second quarter of 2005.Occam noted that its customer base has grown to more than 170 customers.http://www.occamnetworks....

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BAE Systems to Resell BelAir Networks' Wireless Mesh

BAE Systems signed a reseller agreement for the world-wide sale of BelAir Networks' portfolio of wireless mesh networking solutions through BAE Systems Information Technology. BAE Systems is a leading IT provider to the U.S. government, and is a full-service solutions provider of information technology systems and services and offers a broad spectrum of network and managed IT operations.BelAir Networks said it now has thousands of wireless mesh nodes operating in more than 150 deployments worldwide.http://www.belairnetworks.comIn June 2006, Fujitsu...

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SES AMERICOM Readies Satellite-based Emergency Service Ahead of Hurricane Season

SES AMERICOM announced commercial availability of its "REDiSat Network" for America's first responders, emergency management professionals, and private enterprises from the financial, manufacturing, retail, and oil and gas industries.The REDiSat Network is a system capable of variable-bandwidth management and actively allocates satellite space bandwidth as needed to correspond to disaster and other emergency situations. The system is built upon a TDM/TDMA architecture, enabling multiple users to share a pool of Ku-bandwidth set aside for REDiSat...

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NTT America Appoints New President and CEO

NTT America announced the appointment of Mr. Tetsuro Yamaguchi as President and CEO. Mr. Yamaguchi succeeds Mr. Tatsuo Kawasaki to the position effective immediately. Prior to assuming his new position, Mr. Yamaguchi was Vice President of the Financial Industry Sales Department, Enterprise Division I at NTT Communications, where he was responsible for all of NTT Communications' large financial accounts, including those with the major U.S. banks. http://www.nttamerica....

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Verizon Picks Tellabs 7100 Optical Transport System

Verizon has selected the Tellabs 7100 optical transport system to provide next-generation solutions in the backbone of its metro networks. Initially Verizon will deploy the Tellabs 7100 system to provide enhanced reliability and efficiency in its FiOS Fiber-to-the-Premises triple-play network. Later, Verizon will use the Tellabs 7100 system to converge all of its core metro services onto flexible, dynamic DWDM (dense wave division multiplexing) transport. Financial terms were not disclosed.Tellabs said its optical transport system will help simplify...

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AT&T Gains Cisco Powered Network QoS Certification

AT&T has earned the Cisco Powered Network QoS Certification for its AT&T "OPT-E-MAN" managed metropolitan optical transport service. The AT&T OPT-E-MAN service is delivered over Cisco 7600 series routers installed at AT&T's central offices for high-density Gigabit Ethernet (GE) aggregation and Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series Switches deployed at the network edge. AT&T is the first North American-based service provider to receive the designation recognizing Metro Ethernet solutions with exceptional service quality and low latency.The...

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Guba Signs Sony for Online Movie Distribution

GUBA.com began offering more than 100 feature-length movies from Sony Pictures via its premium online video download service.The launch makes GUBA the first video sharing community to distribute Sony Pictures movies online. Among the diverse slate of more than 100 titles that will be available for digital downloading at GUBA.com are Spider-Man 2, Underworld: Evolution, Memoirs of a Geisha, Hitch and the classic Bridge on the River Kwai. Sony Pictures...

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BitTorrent Bulks up its Video Library

BitTorrent has added more than 1,600 video titles to its library of content to be made available on its website. BitTorrent has signed video licensing agreements with entertainment distributors Hart Sharp Video, Egami Media (a subsidiary of Image Entertainment), Koch Entertainment and The Orchard. Consumers will be able to download and enjoy video from these publishers on a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) and download to own (DTO) basis when...

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Alcatel OmniPCX Office Adds SIP and Voice Over WiFi Capabilities

Alcatel released a new version of its OmniPCX Office, an IP communication server designed for small-to-medium sized business. The new version includes major developments such as a new PC-based attendant console, IP telephony on a local wireless network, new features for multi-site SMBs, and a SIP network interface providing inter-site links for VoIP and access to further service provider offerings.The Office Management Console ensures more efficient centralized and secure systems management at each of the sites through a secure Internet connection,...

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SkyPilot Raises $21 Million for Wireless Mesh

SkyPilot Networks, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, announced a $21 million round of funding for its carrier-class broadband wireless mesh networking solutions. The SkyPilot solution utilizes a patent-pending synchronous mesh architecture with high-speed switched directional antenna arrays that extends reach, mitigates interference, and maximizes spectral reuse. The company says it has over 15,000 units shipped to more than 200 customers...

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