Tekelec Considers Strategic Options for its Switching Unit

Tekelec reported revenue from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2006 was a record $155.2 million, up 43% compared to $108.4 million for the third quarter of 2005. For the third quarter of 2006, the company had orders for the Telecom business of $108.0 million, up 8% compared to $100.4 million for the second quarter of 2006 and down 20% compared to $135.6 million for the third quarter of 2005. Telecom backlog as of September 30, 2006 was $455.0 million compared to $502.2 million as of June 30, 2006 and $520.2 million as of December...

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AudioCodes and Broadsoft Partner

AudioCodes and Broadsoft are collaborating to provide pre-integrated access solutions for hosted VoIP applications. AudioCodes will join BroadSoft and a consortium of other customer premises equipment (CPE) and access equipment vendors to build solutions that integrate equipment with hosted applications to simplify the integration challenges service providers face when deploying new services.The companies supporting the BroadWorks VoIP application platform and AudioCodes media gateway platforms, collaborating with each other to validate components...

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GridNetworks Unveils P2P "GridCast" Digital Content Delivery

GridNetworks, a start-up based in Seattle, unveiled its "GridCast" Platform for instant-on, full-screen, DVD-quality video to broadband-connected viewers.GridNetworks said its solution overcomes the challenges faced by both content delivery networks (CDNs) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software solutions. While CDNs can provide secure distribution of content, their hardware-based delivery systems are expensive and fail to offer the delivery speed or scalability...

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Microsoft Releases Windows Embedded CE 6.0

Microsoft released Windows Embedded CE 6.0, targeting devices such as IP set-top-boxes, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), wireless projectors, and a variety of industrial automation, consumer electronics and medical devices. Windows Embedded CE 6.0 is a tool kit device-makers use for building customized operating system images for a variety of non- desktop devices.Windows Embedded CE 6.0 boasts a re-engineered kernel with capabilities such as a capacity for 32,000 simultaneous processes and 2 GB of virtual memory address space per process while...

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Tyco to Build Undersea Cable System in Gulf of Mexico

Tyco Telecommunications signed a contract with Houston-based BP America Inc. to supply an undersea fiber optic system serving offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The system will comprise the undersea backbone of a regional communications network, providing diverse connectivity from BP's Gulf of Mexico offshore production facilities back to the regional operating center in Houston, Texas. Financial terms were not disclosed.The system will initially link seven deep-water production platforms with landings in Freeport, Texas and Pascagoula,...

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Swisscom Launches Bluewin IPTV Service

Swisscom officially launched its Bluewin IPTV service, offering 100-plus television channels, 70-plus radio channels, live sports coverage and an initial VOD library of 500-plus films. The monthly fee for the basic offering, Bluewin TV Plus, is CHF 29 (US$23). Bluewin is delivered over either an ADSL or VDSL connection. Customers in areas which do not yet provide VDSL access can have only one TV channel transmitted at a time, and pay CHF 26 instead...

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AT&T Expands Homezone -- Combining Satellite and Broadband Content

AT&T has expanded the availability of its "Homezone" service across its entire broadband footprint. AT&T Homezone integrates AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet, AT&T | DISH Network satellite television and AT&T Home Networking services via a single device. AT&T Homezone is available to new AT&T | DISH Network residential customers who either already have or plan to order AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet and the 2Wire...

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Modulus Unveils MPEG-4 AVC Encoding Solution

Modulus Video unveiled a real-time, MPEG-4 AVC encoding solution for both SD and HD designed to meet the growing demand for video on demand (VOD) movies and local content delivered over IPTV networks. The Modulus VODxchange system can convert content from virtually any video format and encode it into MPEG-4 AVC at bit rates specifically optimized for IP networks. It includes advanced features like bandwidth optimizing Constrained Fidelity-Constant Bit Rate (CF-CBR) mode, digital program insertion triggers and integrated low resolution stream output....

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Efonica Reaches 750,000 VoIP Subscribers

Fusion Telecommunications has registered more than 750,000 subscribers from more than 100 countries since launching its free Efonica VoIP services this past June. In addition, Fusion now has more than 10,000 paid Efonica subscribers.Efonica offers subscribers its worldwide "Internet area code", which when dialed allows subscribers to speak with each other for free. Subscribers can simply register their existing landline or mobile telephone number...

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Amdocs Reports Quarterly Revenue of $665 Million, up 16%

Amdocs reported quarterly revenue of $665.4 million, an increase of 16.1% from last year. Net income on a non-GAAP basis was $109.5 million, or $0.50 per diluted share (excluding acquisition-related costs. The company cited ten new wins, including Bell Canada."The strong market that we saw in 2006 was a result of the transformation that service providers are undergoing," said Dov Baharav, chief executive officer of Amdocs Management Limited. "We see strong demand as our customers cope with competition, consolidation and convergence; our customers...

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Bell Canada Sees Slower Growth for DSL, Wireless

Bell Canada reported revenues of $4,339 million in the third quarter, up 0.4% from the same quarter last year, driven by higher average revenues per user (ARPU) in residential growth services (wireless, video and high-speed Internet), as well as an expanding subscriber base in those services, improved revenue performance from the Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund (Bell Aliant) and growth in revenues from wireless and Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) solutions in the Business segment.Reported operating income was $827...

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