DiVitas Raises $15 Million for Enterprise FMC Platform

DiVitas Networks, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, raised $15 million in series B funding for its enterprise-class fixed-mobile-convergence (FMC) platform that enables seamless roaming between Wi-Fi and cellular networks. The platform, which is currently in beta testing, is being designed to work with in any corporate WLAN environment, with any PBX, and over any type of fixed, mobile, or wireless network. A light, client application would run on the dual-mode handset. DiVitas said the key mission for its forthcoming platform is to...

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MovieBeam Cites High Customer Satisfaction

MovieBeam, the movies-on-demand service backed The Walt Disney Company, Cisco Systems, Intel and leading venture capital firms, said that nearly 90 percent of respondents to a recent customer survey were "extremely satisfied," "very satisfied" or "satisfied" with their MovieBeam experience.The MovieBeam movies-on-demand service provides instant access to a library of protected content stored on a set-top box with a hard drive. New content is delivered via MovieBeam's over-the-air datacasting technology. The service launched in 29 major metropolitan...

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Australia's Nextgen to Offer National Ethernet VPLS

Nextgen Networks, a specialist provider of high performance data services, plans to provide Australia's first national Ethernet VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Service) connectivity.Customer benefits will include: the flexibility of a single service at any location, with any-to-any connectivity in a national, secure, multipoint VPN; support for the widest range of IT applications because the Layer 2 Ethernet VPN is protocol transparent to any Layer 3 IP application; customer control of how the network connects to a VPN and how the IP network layer is...

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Alcatel Supplies Digital Microwave + Optical for Iraqi Nationwide Backbone

Alcatel has been selected to deliver a turnkey high capacity nation-wide microwave backbone to Iraqi Telecommunications & Post Corporation (ITPC), the sole fixed operator in Iraq. Under the EUR 30 million contract, which is being financed by The World Bank, Alcatel will supply its Alcatel 9600 LSY high-capacity long haul digital microwave radio transmission backbone along with Optical Multi-Service Node (OMSN) systems, PDH multiplex and cross connect. Alcatel will also provide end-to-end network management, power supply equipment and towers...

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Qwest Reports Improving Revenue and Earnings

Qwest Communications reported revenue of $3.5 billion for the second quarter, benefiting from improving sales for high-speed Internet, advanced data products, long distance and wireless. For the quarter, Qwest reported net income of $117 million, or $0.06 per fully diluted share, compared with a loss of $164 million, or ($0.09) per share in the second quarter 2005."We are very pleased that we've entered the second half of the year with the momentum of two profitable quarters," said Richard C. Notebaert, Qwest chairman and CEO. "Our cost structure...

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Movistar Chile Selects Ericsson's Softswitch

Movistar Chile, part of the Telefónica group, has chosen Ericsson's Mobile Softswitch Solution, including multi-service IP transport, to upgrade its network. Financial terms were not disclosed.Ericsson said it now powers around 50 percent of all mobile networks with softswitch architecture that are in full commercial service. http://www.ericsson....

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LG Electronics Deploys Riverbed's WAN Appliance

LG Electronics has deployed Riverbed Technology's wide-area data services (WDS) Steelhead appliances at several dozen sites in countries around the world to accelerate application performance over its globally distributed wide area network (WAN) and control bandwidth costs. LG Electronics has more than 100 offices outside its Korean headquarters. Its international network was marked by higher latency than intra-Korea bandwidth. Following the deployment of its appliances, Riverbed said LG Electronics saw significant bandwidth savings that delivered...

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AOL Offers Security Tools for Free to All Online Users

AOL is making online safety and security tools available for free to all computer users. The AOL Safety and Security Center includes free anti-virus software powered by McAfee, spyware protection powered by CA's eTrust PestPatrol, a firewall powered by McAfee, phishing protection powered by RSA Security/Cyota, MarkMonitor, and Cyveillance, and other tools. The AOL Safety and Security Center is available for download by users with an AOL screenname, which is now free. http://www.aol....

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OPNET Report Revenue of $22.6 Million

OPNET Technologies, a provider of management software for networks and applications, announced that quarterly revenue for the first fiscal quarter, ended June 30, 2006, was $22.6 million, compared to $16.5 million for the same quarter in the prior fiscal year. Earnings per share for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 were $0.08 on a diluted basis, compared to negative $0.02 for the same quarter in the prior fiscal year.Marc A. Cohen, OPNET's Chairman and CEO, stated, "We are very pleased to report a third consecutive quarter of record revenue across...

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Bell Canada Adds 47,000 Broadband Users in Q2

BCE's total revenues of $4,803 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 increased 1% over the same period last year. Bell Canada's revenues - $4,296 million - were up 0.9% from the same quarter last year, based on double- digit revenue growth from services such as wireless, video and high speed Internet and Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) solutions.Some highlights for the quarter:Wireless revenue growth of 11.2% to $857 million in the second quarter compared to $771 million in the second quarter of 2005.Post-paid ARPU of $63...

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Wisair Introduces Wireless USB Chip

Wisair introduced a chip based on Certified Wireless USB. The 542 chip supports multiple Wireless USB modes for host and device-side implementations, including Device Wire Adapter (DWA), Host Wire Adapter (HWA), Native Device and Dual Role Device (DRD). Featuring an integrated Wireless USB protocol stack, the 542 chip is implemented with hardware-software partitioning to deliver uncompromising performance and flexibility.Based on its 542 combined with its 502 Radio Frequency (RF) chip, Wisair will be providing low-cost and low power-consumption...

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XO Activates 100 Gbps (10 x OC-192) Nationwide Network with Infinera

XO Communications is now carrying customer traffic on major segments of its new, wholly-owned next generation nationwide long haul inter-city fiber optic network. XO is upgrading its long haul network by deploying the Infinera DTN optical system. The upgrade will initially deliver 100 Gbps (10 x OC-192) of capacity and sets the stage for a ten-fold capacity increase up to 400 Gbps (40 x OC-192) between any two cities on the XO inter-city network. The increased capacity will enable XO to deliver 10 Gbps high speed transport services. In addition,...

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Sonus Introduces New Network Border Switch

Sonus Networks released a new Network Border Switch (NBS) designed to provide carrier-class IP-peering and security capability to both smaller IP-based voice networks and to less-densely populated regions of larger IP-based networks. Sonus' NBS product line has been shipping since 2003.The new NBS combines session control, PSTN gateway services and security in a single, high performance, carrier-class system. It provides media handling functionality;...

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BellSouth Extends Metro Ethernet to Network VPN Customers

BellSouth announced extended Ethernet coverage for access to business IP services, seamlessly linking DSL, Private Line, Frame Relay, ATM and Metro Ethernet connections onto a single corporate network. The company integrated Metro Ethernet as an access option on a limited basis in 2004 and has now expanded this capability throughout the Southeast.BellSouth's Managed Network VPN service uses MPLS to allow internetworking of multiple access methods across networks. BellSouth Metro Ethernet Service can now be used throughout the Southeast as an access...

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Extreme Networks Reports Revenue of $82.4 Million

Extreme Networks reported net revenue of $82.4 million for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2006, compared to $96.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005. Net loss for the quarter was $1.8 million or a loss of $0.02 per diluted share on a GAAP basis. Excluding stock-based compensation expense of $2.2 million, non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $0.4 million or $0.00 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $0.3 million or $0.00 per diluted share in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2005.For the fiscal year, the Company recorded net...

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