Cingular Awards 3-Year RAN Equipment Contract to Carrier Access

Cingular Wireless awarded a three year supply agreement to Carrier Access Corporation to provide next generation equipment for their radio access network (RAN). Cingular selected the Carrier Access MASTERseries platform with "FLEXengine" technology, which incorporates IP management, voice and data prioritization, dynamic bandwidth re-use, and transport data convergence.Cingular has over 47,000 cell sites, of which over 17,000 are already installed with Carrier Access MASTERseries nodes. This new contract not only gives Carrier Access the opportunity...

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Avaya Signs GE to Broaden its North American Sales Channels

Avaya signed a distribution agreement with GE's Access Distribution division , a value-added distributor of IT solutions. Access Distribution will represent the entire Avaya product portfolio, as well as solutions from Avaya Global Services, including maintenance and installation work.Avaya currently has a network of more than 2,500 resellers in North America. Access Distribution has over 600 additional reseller customers experienced in complex IT products, solutions and services -- from network security and storage to enterprise applications...

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Pure Networks Launches European Home Networking Solution

Pure Networks has formed a partnership with IP Globalnet to offer hardware manufacturers and service providers across Europe local language versions of Pure Networks' home networking software, Network Magic, and router set up wizards. Already two companies, TopCom and Cable 1 have joined the program and are using Network Magic to help their consumers solve home networking challenges.http://www.networkmagic.euIn January 2006, Pure Networks, a start-up based in Seattle, secured $12.5 million in new funding for its Network Magic home networking software...

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Yipes Reportes 51% Revenue Jump in Ethernet Services

Yipes Enterprise Services, a privately-held company, announced sharply increased financial and operating results for the six-month period ended June 30, 2006. For the first half of 2006, Yipes said it grew overall revenues by more than 40 percent, with 51 percent growth in its core global Ethernet offerings compared to the same period in 2005. Yipes said it now has more than 760 customers. Approximately 98 percent of Yipes' revenue is under long-term agreements.Yipes provides services in and between major metropolitan markets including: Boston,...

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D-Link Wireless Home Routers Pass Intel "Viiv" Verification

D-Link's RangeBooster G, Xtreme G and AirPremier Wireless Routers are among the first to earn Intel "Viiv" technology verification. Intel Viiv technology verified routers ensure compatibility with Intel Viiv-based PCs and also enable consumers to use the latest Intel Viiv software update for simplified set-up of verified devices.Intel Viiv technology is Intel's new brand for in-home entertainment PCs designed to transform how consumers manage, share, and enjoy a broad and growing assortment of movies, programs, music, games, and photos.http:/...

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Verizon to Carry Hearst-Argyle's Local TV Stations

Hearst-Argyle Television announced a long-term agreement with Verizon providing retransmission consent for carriage over Verizon FiOS TV of four local television stations: WCVB-TV, Boston; WMUR-TV, Manchester, NH; WBAL-TV, Baltimore; and WMOR-TV, Tampa. The agreement includes video-on-demand (VoD) and high-definition digital (HDTV) rights to the stations' local programs and carriage of digital multicast programming.The stations are available to all FiOS TV customers in their respective markets. http://www.hearstargyle.comhttp://www.verizon....

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Brazil's GlobalCall Deploys Quintum's Tenor VoIP Switches

GlobalCall, a nationwide telecom carrier in Brazil, has deployed a national VoIP network based on the Quintum Tenor VoIP Switches. Tenor VoIP MultiPath Switches are deployed in its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, as well as in several POPs throughout the country. In addition, Tenor DX, Tenor AX and other Tenor models are deployed on customers' premises.PL Tecnologia was the systems integrator who designed and implemented the VoIP system at GlobeCall. http://www.quintum....

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ZTE Ships 3.6 Mbps HSDPA Data Card

ZTE has begun production of the first bulk consignment of its HSDPA data cards for use by major telecommunications companies in Europe. ZTE said its MF330 data card is capable of download speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps.Following the successful commercial testing of the card in Europe, ZTE has now begun to receive bulk orders for its product from a number of European countries.http://www.zte.com...

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Alcatel and Lucent Name Additional Execs

Alcatel and Lucent Technologies named the following additional members to the senior leadership team for the combined company:Olivier Baujard, will serve as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the combined company. He currently serves as CTO for Alcatel. Jeong Kim will remain President of Bell Labs. Helle Kristoffersen, currently vice-president of corporate strategy for Alcatel will become the vice president of corporate strategy for the combined company. Baujard, Kim and Kristoffersen will report to Mike Quigley,...

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Angola Telecom Modernizes Network with Siemens

Angola Telecom has commissioned Siemens Communications to expand and modernize the fixed network infrastructure in the capital Luanda. The EUR 60 Million contract covers several thousand telephone lines and ADSL connections. The two-year project will entail a turnkey metro network, multiservice IP-DSLAMs, carrier Ethernet components and optical transmission equipment. http://www.siemens.com/communicati...

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TiVo Launches Audience Research and Measurement (ARM) Division

TiVo will begin offering advertisers second-by-Second customized data and analysis of advertising content and viewer behavior. The new TiVo Audience Research and Measurement division aims to provide a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the types of advertisements that are most successful with consumers in TiVo households. The data will be presented in such a way that advertisers and advertising agencies can compare and contrast it with broader audience measurements from other sources. Advertisers will also know the viewership and...

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GN Netcom to Supply Verizon-branded Broadband Headsets

GN Netcom, a leading supplier of hands-free audio gear, entered into a licensing agreement to introduce a series of Verizon-branded headsets for use with broadband services and applications, including online gaming and IP telephony.GN Netcom will produce, ship, and provide technical and customer support for the broadband headsets. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.http://www.verizon.comhttp://www.gnnetcom....

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Pulse~LINK Validates UWB Chipset Performance for Whole-Home HD

Pulse~LINK released independent test results validating the performance of its CWave UWB Over Coax solution. The report generated by Quantum Parametrics, the leading provider of 1394 implementation test tools, confirms Pulse~LINK's performance over coax. The Quantum Parametrics report verifies that at sustained 400Mbps application layer throughput, Pulse~LINK's CWave Over Coax performance spans hundreds of feet of in-home coaxial cable, including multiple consumer grade signal splitters. The test scenarios were designed to stress the transmission...

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BT Signs Download-to-Own VOD Deal with NBC Universal

BT announced digital distribution agreements with Universal Pictures UK and NBC Universal International Television Distribution covering content for purchase (via download-to-own) or rental (via video-on-demand) in the UK. Content will be available for purchase and viewing on PC from the BT Vision store, a new film and television download service to be launched this month.From 31-July-2006, BT will offer a PC-based film and television download service, building to offer 150 Universal titles available on the same date as the UK DVD release. Consumers...

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BT's 21CN Test Programme Enters Next Stage

BT's trial 21st Century Network (21CN) is currently handling more than 625,000 live customer calls per day and more than 23 million customer calls have been completed. The trial involves the use of an IP link to carry voice calls between two major network nodes at Cambridge and Woolwich. BT said the success of its trial represents a significant step towards the creation of its next generation network. It builds on the previous trial which ran from October to December 2005 where fourteen million calls were successfully carried on the IP network...

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Mobile 365 Powers SMS Service for Skype

Mobile 365 was selected to provide SMS services to Skype. With this new service, Skype users can send an SMS to a mobile phone directly from their keyboard. The service is quick and simple to use, and features a straightforward pricing plan; users pay using their existing Skype Credit. For example, a Skype user can now contact a friend who is offline, via a mobile message, and arrange a Skype call, thus extending Skype's reach beyond the PC.When a Skype user sends a message, Skype distributes the message via Mobile 365's global inter-operator...

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AT&T U-VERSE Adds Bloomberg TV

AT&T announced a content distribution deal to include BLOOMBERG TELEVISION programming as part of its U-verse TV service. Financial and other terms of the agreement were not disclosed.http://www.att....

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Lucent Cites Delayed Deployments by North American Mobile Operators

Lucent Technologies reported revenue of $2.05 billion for its third quarter of fiscal 2006, which ended June 30, 2006, a decrease of 4 percent sequentially and a decrease of 12 percent from the year-ago quarter. Net income (GAAP) was $79 million, or 2 cents per diluted share, which is consistent with the preliminary results announced on July 10, 2006. These results compare with net income of $181 million, or 4 cents per diluted share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2006, and net income of $372 million, or 7 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago...

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Atheros Chip Powers UTStarcom's Ultra-thin Handset

Atheros Communications' single-chip solution for the PAS (Personal Access System) cellular market in China, the AR1900, is featured in UTStarcom's ultra-thin X30 PAS handset. Since its launch in April 2006, the X30 has become a best-selling PAS handset model in China. The handset is only 10 mm thick and weighs less than 60 grams. It features a 1.5-inch color LCD screen, MP3 ringtones, games, 300 hours of standby and seven hours of talk time. It offers...

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Limelight Raises $130 Million for Content Delivery Services

Limelight Networks announced a $130 million equity financing round for its content delivery network for digital media. "Consumer demand for rich media delivered over the Internet -- video, music, games, and social media content -- has exploded over the past few years. This financing round, our first significant external equity financing, sets the stage for Limelight to continue expanding its infrastructure and capabilities to meet mounting market demand," said Bill Rinehart, President and CEO of Limelight Networks. Limelight claims more than 600...

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