EMBARQ Rolls out "Smart Connect" Business FMC Service

Embarq, the fifth largest local communications company in the U.S., introduced a "Smart Connect" service that allows calls to move seamlessly between a business' wireless and wireline networks -- without interrupting the call. EMBARQ began its tiered rollout of this new technology by launching in Las Vegas, Orlando and Charlottesville, Va.The general capability can be enhanced further with the EMBARQ "Smart Connect Plus", which enables calls to automatically...

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Cantata Integrates Media Server with Sonus' IMS Architecture

Cantata's SnowShore IP Media Server has been integrated with Sonus' IMS-ready architecture to perform the Media Resource Function (MRF) and facilitate the seamless delivery of subscriber-focused services and applications that enrich the communication experience. The integration brings together Sonus' ASX Feature Server and IMX Multimedia Application Platform with Cantata's software-based SnowShore IP Media Server, enabling the delivery of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and VoiceXML (vXML)-based applications through scripting capabilities and...

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Alcatel Posts Quarterly Revenue of EUR 3.335 billion, 1.4% Growth, 34% Margin

Alcatel reported Q3 revenue of EUR 3.335 billion, up 1.4% compared with EUR 3.289 billion (up 2.7% at constant EUR/USD exchange rate) in the same period last year. The gross margin was 33.6%. Operating profit amounted to EUR 258 million, a 7.7% operating margin.Third Quarter Business Update: Segment Breakdown Third Qtr Third Qtr Second...

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Lucent Posts Quarterly Revenue of $2.56 billion, 5% Growth, 44% Margin

Lucent Technologies reported revenues of $2.56 billion for its fourth fiscal quarter, an increase of 25 percent sequentially and an increase of 5 percent from the year-ago quarter. Net income was $371 million or 7 cents per diluted share. These results compare with net income of $79 million or 2 cents per diluted share in the third quarter of fiscal 2006, and net income of $372 million or 7 cents per diluted share in the year-ago quarter."We are pleased to have ended what's been a challenging year with a strong quarter. As anticipated, we posted...

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BellSouth Reaches 3.4 Million DSL Users

BellSouth reported Q3 revenue of $5.2 billion, up 2.9 percent compared to the same quarter of 2005. Income from continuing operations was approximately $1.1 billion, up 29.6 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations of 58 cents, up 31.8 percent compared to the third quarter of 2005. Normalized EPS from continuing operations of 65 cents increased 27.5 percent compared to the third quarter of 2005.Some highlights from Q3 2006:Communications Group revenues were $4.7 billion, a 2.4...

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VeriSign Provides ENUM Services for AOL Wireless Messages

AOL will use VeriSign's ENUM Data Access Service for the delivery of messaging traffic to wireless devices within North America. ENUM is the emerging standard that uses the domain name system (DNS) to map telephone numbers to Web addresses or uniform resource locators (URLs)."AOL's use of the VeriSign ENUM Data Access service is a strong statement of the power of ENUM in action and VeriSign's ability to deliver on new technologies for the convergence of all types of communications," said Bill Wolfe Senior Vice President of Communications at VeriSign.Delivery...

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Nortel Demonstrates Uplink Collaborative MIMO

Nortel demonstrated wireless transmission using Uplink Collaborative MIMO, a technique that could enable operators to serve up to double the number of mobile broadband subscribers supported in a cell site as current wireless technologies allow. Developed by Nortel, Collaborative MIMO is part of the WiMAX industry standard and is also being proposed for 3GPP WCDMA Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and 3GPP2 CDMA EV-DO Rev-C standards."Uplink Collaborative MIMO creates a technological disruption that offers revolutionary improvement in wireless network...

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Avaya's Quarterly Revenue Rises 5%

Avaya's fourth fiscal quarter 2006 revenues increased five percent to $1.364 billion compared to $1.296 billion in the same period last year. Net income was $48 million or 10 cents per diluted share.Year-over-year revenues increased in both the company's products and services segments, as well as across all geographic regions. Worldwide product sales rose nine percent compared to the same period last year, with IP line shipments increasing in the high 20 percent range."We finished fiscal 2006 with a strong quarter," said Lou D'Ambrosio, president...

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D-Link Ships 200Mbps PowerLine Network Kit

D-Link began shipping 200Mbps PowerLine Network Kit that lets users build a home network using existing electrical wiring in their homes. The kit contains two PowerLine adapters, Ethernet cabling and an installation disk. The suggested retail price is $219.99. http://www.dlink....

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Ikanos Chairman and CEO Steps Down

Ikanos Communications announced the resignation of its chairman and chief executive officer, Rajesh Vashist, effective immediately. No reason was given. Daniel K Atler, the Company's chief financial officer, will assume the role of interim CEO while a search is conducted for Mr. Vashist's replacement. In addition, G. Venkatesh has been named as executive chairman of the Ikanos Board of Directors. Mr. Cory Sindelar, currently vice president of finance, will assume the role of interim chief financial officer during this period.http://www.ikanos.comEarlier...

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Cisco Systems Names New CIO

Cisco Systems named Rebecca Jacoby as Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer (CIO), effective immediately. Jacoby was previously Vice President, Customer Service and Operational Systems, Cisco Systems. Jacoby will report to Randy Pond, Senior Vice President of Operations, Processes and Systems.http://www.cisco....

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T-Mobile Tests GSM/Wi-Fi Service in Seattle

T-Mobile USA began testing a fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service in Seattle that lets callers roam between its GSM network and a Wi-Fi network. The trial service, which is priced at $20 per month for subscribers with monthly packages of $40 or more, lets users make unlimited, nationwide calls using a home Wi-Fi router without using airtime plan minutes. It also enables unlimited calling from T-Mobile hotspot locations.http://www.theonlyphon...

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Deutsche Telekom Forms T-Service Unit, Consolidating Customer Support

Deutsche Telekom announced the formation of a new "T-Service" business unit that will handle all customer service functions, including call centers and T-Punkt outlets. Deutsche Telekom will be hiring around 4,000 additional people, and around 35,000 employees will be added from T-Com."We expect the unions to work with us," stated Heinz Klinkhammer, Chief Human Resources Officer of Deutsche Telekom. Under the current framework conditions, such as...

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Intelsat Partners with Telenor on Euro Fiber Network

Intelsat and Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS agreed to interconnect the two companies' fiber networks in London.The London interconnect, being established as an extension of Intelsat's successful partnership with Broadwing Communications in the U.S., will allow Intelsat to provide its customers worldwide with services originating and terminating in six of Telenor's European points-of-presence (PoP). Content will pass through the interconnect in first generation, with no format changes or conversions necessary. This will allow Intelsat to better...

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Broadwing Offers Usage-Based Billing for MPLS Services

Broadwing Communications is offering a converged services platform enhancement that will enable real pay-for-use metered billing to customers. Broadwing said that unlike burstable service options that charge for an enterprise's traffic "high-water mark," its metered billing is based on the actual amount of data delivered across the network. The result is a converged MPLS VPN platform that supports on-demand, liquid bandwidth. The billing option is...

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Sprint Launches First EV-DO Rev A Network in San Diego

Sprint has launched the first EV-DO Revision A service. The upgraded network in the San Diego market is now able to deliver significantly faster average upload speeds of 300-400 kbps (compared with 50-70 kbps of current EV-DO networks). Average download speeds should also increase to 450--800 kbps from 400-700 kbps.San Diego is the first of 21 markets where Sprint will roll out EV-DO Revision A this year with coverage expected to reach more than...

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Mintera Expands Executive Management Team

Mintera, a developer of 40 Gbps systems for metro-core, regional and ultra long-haul networks, has appointed Niall Robinson as Vice President of Product Marketing. Most recently as Vice President of Marketing at Optovia Corporation, Robinson was responsible for establishing the strategic product direction and market development of Optovia's innovative Hut-Skip amplifier portfolio. Prior to Optovia, Robinson was Director, Photonic Systems Integration and Product Management at Qtera, which was acquired by Nortel.http://www.mintera....

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