CloudShield Targets High-Volume IP Content Control

CloudShield Technologies, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California introduced a multi-function software platform that leverages deep packet inspection specifically to address the growing challenges of managing mixed, high-volume IP services traffic.CloudShield, which supplies high-speed packet filtering platforms for the U.S. intelligence community, is now targeting its Layer 2-7 packet analysis systems at carriers and ISPs. The deep packet analysis...

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Telecom Italia to Acquire AOL Germany for EUR 675 Million

Telecom Italia has agreed to acquire Time Warner's AOL Germany Internet access business for EUR 675 million ($870 million, Equity Value) in cash.Under the deal, AOL will provide co-branded audience services and content on a joint web portal for all of Telecom Italia's residential Internet access subscribers in Germany and will handle all online advertising sales. As part of a five-year partnership, AOL will also provide these services for Telecom Italia's entire residential Internet access customer base in Germany.AOL Germany has operated as an...

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National LambdaRail and Cisco Extend Partnership to 2013

National LambdaRail (NLR), a consortium of leading U.S. research universities and private sector technology companies, has extended its strategic relationship and agreement with Cisco Systems through July 2013. "Cisco Systems has been a major corporate partner of NLR from our infancy," said Tom West, President and CEO of NLR. "This extension speaks volumes about Cisco's commitment to NLR and to the U.S. networking and scientific research community. Together with our member regional optical networks and affiliated projects such as TeraGrid, OptIPuter...

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Sonim Raises $8.3 Million for IMS-based Push-to-Talk

Sonim Technologies, a start-up based in San Mateo, California, secured $8.3 million in funding for its IMS-based push-to-talk solution based on the new OMA PoC 1.0 standard. The OMA PoC 1.0 standard was largely driven by major European and Asian operators for low-cost push-to-talk service. Sonim's end-to-end product suite package is available for GSM operators.The new funding came from Siar Capital along with its existing investors, including 3i, Accel Partners, Apax Partners and BV Capital.http://www.sonimtech....

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Lucent to Acquire Mobilitec for Content Delivery Mgt.

Lucent Technologies agreed to acquire Mobilitec, a provider of content management software for wireless service providers, for an undisclosed sum. Mobilitec, a privately held company in San Mateo, California, supplies a platform that manages the complete content life cycle by offering software for processing submissions from a content provider, content management in catalogs, digital rights management, rendering to ensure content is formatted for the subscriber's wireless device, a Web-style page that can serve as the carrier's "storefront," and...

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Cortina Systems Acquires Intel's Optical Components Business

Cortina Systems, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, acquired the assets of Intel's optical network components business for $115 million, which consists of a minority investment position and an undisclosed amount of cash. Cortina has been a leader in components for the IP routing and transport markets, while Intel has primarily focused TDM and optical components. Cortina also announced the completion of a new $132 million funding round led...

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Global Crossing Partners with Avaya, Launches VoIP Professional Services

Global Crossing has expanded its partnership with Avaya to include hardware, software and consulting services. Global Crossing is also launching VoIP Professional Services, which will encompass technical services, transition management and managed solutions. Common elements in many solutions may include network readiness assessment and design, network integration and implementation, and managed VoIP PBX services. The offer includes an initial four-hour consultation to qualified prospects, which is risk-free, with no charge or further obligation...

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Cavium's Latest Security Processors Offer SHA-2, AES-GCM and KASUMI algorithms

Cavium Networks introduced its NITROX PX Security Processor family with 8 new products targeted at IP Security (IPsec), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Wireless security applications. The NITROX PX family provides hardware acceleration for SHA-2, AES-GCM and KASUMI algorithms, and a PCI- Express interface in a single chip. The processors feature the GigaCipher v2 cores with increased code store and enhanced hardware queuing, which enables richer protocol processing and multi-protocol performance. All products are fully software compatible with Cavium...

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Lucent Enhances VPN Firewall with Deep Packet Inspection, VoIP

Lucent Technologies introduced its new VPN Firewall Brick 700 and the VPN Firewall Brick 1200 for large enterprises and service providers.Both products feature advanced functionality such as high performance packet handling, deep packet inspection, an innovative Bell Labs-developed operating system, system failover that ensures continuity for VoIP and data sessions, built-in denial of service protections, hardware-based IPSec VPN acceleration, and benchmarking.Both products also support real-time, latency-sensitive IP-based multimedia services...

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Blue Coat Completes NetCache Acquisition

Blue Coat Systems completed the acquisition of assets of NetCache business from Network Appliance for approximately $23.9 million in cash and 360,000 shares of Blue Coat common stock. Blue Coat and Network Appliance have also entered into transition services agreements to continue product availability and support for NetCache customers, including continuing manufacturing services as well as sales, service and support.http://www.bluecoat....

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TI Raises Q3 Financial Guidance

Texas Instruments (TI) raised its financial guidance for Q3 and now expects total revenue to be between $3.71 billion and $3.87 billion, compared with the prior range of $3.63 billion to $3.95 billion. Semiconductor revenue is expected to be between $3.53 billion and $3.67 billion, compared with the prior range of $3.45 billion to $3.75 billion; and Educational & Productivity Solutions revenue is expected to be between $180 million and $200 million, unchanged from the prior estimate.TI expects EPS from continuing operations between $0.44 and...

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Motorola and Nokia to Cooperate on Mobile TV Interoperability

Motorola and Nokia agreed to work together to achieve interoperability among their DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld) enabled mobile devices and network services. Specifically, the companies will work together to support solutions based on open DVB-IPDC standards available for operator partners interested in deploying multi-vendor mobile TV services and trials in 2006 and onward. http://www.nokia.comhttp://www.motorola....

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Tektronix Adds IPTV Diagnostics & Analysis Capabilities

Tektronix introduced its Spectra2|VQM v2.0, an integrated, multi-user video media quality, signaling and control protocol analyzer -- the latest in its suite of test, measurement and monitoring solutions for triple play and IPTV services.Spectra2|VQM v2.0 leverages the company's existing VoIP and converged voice networks testing platform to deliver IP video and network quality metrics, such as presence, accuracy and delivery. Its signaling analysis capabilities include support of the two major video control protocols, Internet Group Management...

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Lucent to Resell Westell's IMS Residential Gateway for FMC

Lucent Technologies will resell Westell's IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) gateway as part of its IMS-based solution. Lucent has integrated Westell's converged residential gateways into its IMS service delivery architecture to help enable voice services across cellular and WiFi networks.Fixed mobile convergence (FMC) is the first of several IMS-based applications that the two companies are developing to help accelerate the introduction of new blended...

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JDSU Offers QoS Tool for Large-Scale Business VoIP

JDSU announced a new software agent that helps ensure QoS for providers supporting the large-scale transition of their business customers to VoIP. The QT-50, which is part of JDSU's NetComplete Service Assurance VoIP portfolio, proactively monitors and troubleshoots issues and evaluate metrics that can affect voice quality - such as mean opinion score (MOS), R-factor, jitter, packet loss, and packet statistics -- by simulating the IP call experience as if at the customer premise.The QT-50 works with JDSU's operations support systems (OSS), called...

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MobiTV to Test Service over Mobile WiMAX in No. California

MobiTV has joined the WiMAX Forum and will be leading its Proof-of- Concept trial with the mobile WiMAX network that will span a number of Northern California cities.The Northern California based Proof of Concept network will provide an environment to evaluate a variety of mobile WiMAX applications, including mobile television broadcast, video-on-demand, navigation and general network access. A second Proof of Concept network will be deployed in...

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V2OIP Quality Alliance Sets Charter

Ditech Networks, Empirix, Global IP Sound, JDSU, Polycom and Telchemy have established a new V2oIP Quality Alliance to help shape and support the direction of voice and video- over-IP (V2oIP) quality issues. The new alliance aims to leverage the expertise of key technology providers, service providers and industry experts to define industry best practices as well as help educate the market about relevant technologies, standards, and deployment methods.The...

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DSL Forum Appoints Robin Mersh as COO

The DSL Forum appointed Robin Mersh as its new Chief Operations Officer (COO). Mr. Mersh will be responsible for executing the DSL Forum strategy effectively and ensuring funding and internal resources are managed wisely and in line with key initiatives and external relations goals. Robin started in sales and sales management for Cable & Wireless and subsequently worked for BT before moving to the US in 1999. Most recently, Robin has worked in business development and alliance management for various OSS software companies in the US.http:/...

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TELUS Awards 3-year, $150 million Broadband Contract to Nokia

TELUS has awarded Nokia a three-year, $150 million contract to provide integration and installation services for its IP broadband access network in Canada. The agreement covers integration, installation and deployment services.The announcement follows the November 2005 agreement that TELUS would use Nokia broadband infrastructure equipment, including the Nokia D500 IP DSLAM equipped with ADSL2+ technology. TELUS has announced plans to invest $600 million in broadband network infrastructure . to pave the way for exciting emerging IP applications...

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Shanghai Media Group Readies IPTV Expansion

Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and Shanghai Telecom Co Ltd. are planning to expand their IPTV service in China's largest city to between 80,000 and 100,000 by the end of the year, according to The China Daily. The companies target 300,000 IPTV users in Shanghai by the end of next year.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-09/08/content_684236....

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