MetaSwitch to Offer Ditech Networks' PeerPoint SBCs

MetaSwitch will offer Ditech Networks' PeerPoint C100 Session Border Controller (SBC) as an element in its voice over broadband solutions for carriers. The agreement will place Ditech VoIP products in leading VoIP carrier networks while enabling MetaSwitch to provide secure, seamless interoperability at the network edge for carriers.http://www.ditechnetworks.com/http://www.metaswitch....

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Harmonic Adds Multi-Channel MPEG-4 AVC Digital Splicing Solution

Harmonic introduced a platform for seamless real-time splicing of standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video streams.The ProStream 2000, which is a key element of Harmonic's IP-based video processing and delivery solutions, is also fully integrated with Entone's StreamLiner digital program insertion (DPI) solution. This enables end-to-end Harmonic and Entone solution for applications including national, local and targeted advertisement insertion. Large scale introduction of new, high quality HD and SD digital television...

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IBM's Tivoli Provisioning Manager Enables Wide-scale Virtualized Computing

IBM introduced virtualization software that enables companies to deploy and install software on tens of thousands of laptops, desktop PCs, wireless devices and servers. The new Tivoli Provisioning Manager, which incorporates technology IBM acquired from Rembo Technologies, senses when the network can handle software upgrades and automatically begins those upgrades when there is sufficient network bandwidth. It also runs automatic compliance checks -- such as validating that antivirus software is up-to-date -- and deploys the software across the...

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Redback Cites Momentum in China

Redback Networks reported that its SmartEdge family of multi-service edge routers have now been deployed in 22 of China's 32 provinces. The company said that over the last 12 months, it has 22 carrier wins in China, focused on the independently operated, provincial subsidiaries of China Telecom and China Netcom.For China Telecom, this includes provincial carriers in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Heilongjiang and Tibet. For China Netcom, this includes similar deployments in Shandong, Liaoning, Hebei,...

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Juniper and Siemens Collaborate on IPTV in RESIP Lab

Juniper Networks and Siemens have expanded the focus of their RESIP (Resilient IP) laboratory in Munich to include testing, certification and demonstration facilities to ease the deployment of IPTV and multiplay service offerings. The RESIP laboratory, which previously focused on VoIP, now accommodates full-meshed core and edge routing, access and aggregation solutions, IPTV and multiplay applications, and the underlying infrastructure, at scale. The RESIP laboratory is working closely with the IPTV and Multiplay Center of Excellence Laboratory...

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Juniper Enhances E320 Broadband Services Router for IPTV

Juniper Networks announced a series of enhancements for its E320 Broadband Services Router targeted at IPTV and multiplay networks. The upgrades include new 10 Gigabit Ethernet and High Density Gigabit Ethernet interface cards with advanced multicasting optimization capabilities, enabling providers to support more subscribers, more services, and more network interfaces on a single platform. The E320 is deployed in over 28 networks worldwide, including...

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Amazon Launches "Unbox" Digital Video Download Service

Amazon launched its "Unbox" digital video download service offering customers thousands of television shows, movies and other video content from more than 30 studio and network partners from Hollywood and around the world.Amazon is offering DVD-quality video with content encoded at 2,500 kbps using VC-1 Advanced Profile codec. A 30-minute TV episode = 600MB, 1-hour TV episode = 1.2GB, and a 2-hour movie=2.4GB. With a 3.0 Mbps DSL/cable, the estimated...

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TANDBERG's Next Gen Encoders Deliver HDTV at Under 6 Mbps

TANDBERG Television introduced its next-generation high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) MPEG-4 AVC encoding solutions claiming bandwidth improvements of up to 50% over currently deployed MPEG-4 AVC units.The product launch includes new EN8030 MPEG-4 AVC SD and EN8090 MPEG-4 AVC SD/HD ultra compression broadcast encoders, alongside the introduction of new MPEG-4 AVC HD and SD ultra compression encoding modules for the Plex range of high density, multi-channel encoders.TANDBERG's new encoders enable HDTV services to be delivered at data...

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Skype Offers Free Calls to All Landlines in France

French-based Skype users can make unlimited SkypeOut calls to landlines in France for free. The offer is valid in France from 07-September-2006 to 31-December-2006.Skype said it launched the initiative after seeing a "huge success" from a similar program launched in North America in May.http://www.skype....

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TI Shows Mobile Personal Video Recording (PVR)

Texas Instruments, along with partners PacketVideo and Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3), are showcasing mobile designs with personal video recording (PVR) technology. The demonstrations of TI's Hollywood DVB-H single chip and OMAP 2 platform include mobile PVR and picture-in- picture (PIP) functionality using PacketVideo's pvTV technology over a live DVB-H network.Additionally, TI is showcasing an OMAP2420 mobile DTV solution, which also integrates S3's onHandTV DVB-H middleware. The onHandTV solution is a middleware platform for mobile...

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Alcatel and Lucent Shareholders Approve Merger

Alcatel shareholders voted to approve all proposed resolutions related to the merger with Lucent Technologies. Likewise, shareholders of Lucent Technologies voted to approve the merger.Alcatel and Lucent now expect to complete their merger transaction by the end of calendar year 2006, within the six- to 12-month timeframe originally announced on April 2. "Today we received approval for the merger from Lucent´s shareowners, and as a result, we are another step closer to creating the first truly global communications solutions provider with the...

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Japan's NTTPC Communications Deploys Lucent's DWDM

Japan's NTTPC Communications has deployed Lucent's Metropolis Wavelength Services Manager (WSM) in its Tokyo network. The Metropolis Wavelength Services Manager offers DWDM, coarse wavelength division multiplexing, and reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.lucent....

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ARRIS Announces Wideband Data Field Trials with Korean Broadcaster

Korea's KCTV JEJU Broadcasting has completed field testing of ARRIS' wideband data solution. The deployment delivers data speeds in excess of 100 Mbps to KCTV JEJU Broadcasting customers using the ARRIS FlexPath wideband data solution contained in the ARRIS Cadant C4 CMTS and the ARRIS Touchstone WBM650B wideband modems.ARRIS said the field test validates the performance of its FlexPath Pre-DOCSIS 3.0 wideband data over HFC solution.The ARRIS FlexPath solution is a DOCSIS 3.0-based channel bonding initiative. FlexPath software is embedded into...

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SecureMedia Integrates with Amino's HD IPTV STB

SecureMedia has fully integrated its widely deployed Encryptonite ONE CA/DRM system with Amino's HD set-top box. The AmiNET130 supports both SD and HD, MPEG-2 and H.264 (MPEG4/AVC) video streams.SecureMedia said that by employing a common encryption scheme for both broadcast and VOD content, its system enables persistent and efficient protection of content in PVR and nPVR applications, set-top boxes, PVRs, PCs, portable players and mobile phones.http://www.securemedia.comhttp://www.aminocom.com/...

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ABC's Digital Media Group Selects Verizon Media Platform Verizon Business Signs Up ABC as Digital Media Platform Customer

Verizon Business was awarded a new multi-year agreement under which ABC's Digital Media Group will use the Verizon Media Platform Workgroup Edition to automate its content workflow, including content repurposing and distribution. ABC's Digital Media Group is also using the platform's multi-channel distribution capabilities to meet the growing demand for distribution of promotional and entertainment content to multiple outlets, including ABC affiliate networks, wireless providers, mobile devices and Web portals.The Media Platform combines with ABC's...

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RIM Debuts BlackBerry Pearl

Research In Motion (RIM) unveiled its "BlackBerry Pearl" designed for delivering its "push-based" BlackBerry service the consumer market.The BlackBerry Pearl is a quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE-enabled mobile device with 64MB flash memory expandable via MicroSD cards. The BlackBerry Pearl will be available from T-Mobile USA in the United States beginning September 12. It will also be available in October from Rogers Wireless in Canada and a variety...

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