Kasenna Delivers 133,000 MPEG-4 Streams from Single Rack

Kasenna released an updated version of its MediaBase XMP VOD server platform that surpasses the one million subscribers mark for video streams from one server rack at typical oversubscription rates. Media Base XMP 8.2 offers a clustered architecture enabling very large-scale VOD deployments -- sending more than 133,000 simultaneous streams from a standard server rack. Kasenna combines standard, off-the-shelf Linux servers, file systems, GigE/10GigE...

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Canada's TELUS Reaches 1.1 Million Broadband Users

Canada's TELUS reported Q3 revenue of $2.2 billion, up 7% from a year ago due to continued strong wireless and data growth. Earnings per share (EPS) for the third quarter were 94 cents, compared to 53 cents for the same period a year ago. EPS this quarter included favourable tax related adjustments of 9 cents per share. Some operational highlights:Wireless revenues increased by $146 million or 17% to $1.0 billion in Q3 when compared with the same period in 2005. ARPU improved by $2 to $66. The data component increased by 79% to over $5.Wireless...

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Oracle Buys SPL for Customer Care & Billing for Utilities

Oracle has acquired SPL WorldGroup, a provider of revenue and operations management software for the utilities industry and tax management software for government organizations, for an undisclosed sum. SPL delivers solutions for customer care & billing, mobile workforce management, outage & distribution management, and asset management that are specifically designed for electric, gas and water utilities. http://www.oracle....

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SureWest Sees Growth in Digital Video and High Speed Access

SureWest Communications, which serves the Sacramento, California region, reported Q3 revenue of $56.9 million, up 2% YoY, and consolidated net income of$2.2 million, up 10%. Broadband segment revenues were up 17% to $15.2 million.Total subscribers in the Broadband segment increased to more than 55,000 subscribers at September 30, 2006, a 15% increase over the year earlier date. Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) is an average of composite revenues...

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DCL Participates in Global SIP Interoperability Test Event

Data Connection Limited (DCL) announced its participation in SIPit 19, a week-long event organized by the SIP Forum aimed at improving the quality of the SIP specification and forging global interoperability among SIP implementations. Data Connection was one of over seventy vendors who participated in the event, which was hosted by the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory. At the event Data Connection deployed DC-SIP, its carrier grade protocol stack utilized by softswitches, gateways, servers, phones, access devices, and IMS...

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Time Warner Telecom Selected for Fort Bragg Contract

Time Warner Telecom completed the installation of voice, data and Internet services at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina under a $1.1 million contract. Time Warner Telecom is providing 40,000 direct dial numbers and advanced voice and data services to Fort Bragg. Time Warner Telecom also serves Pope Air Force Base, which is located adjacent to Fort Bragg./ http://www.twtelecom....

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FCC Classifies Broadband over Powerline as Information Service

The FCC declared Broadband over Power Line (BPL)-enabled Internet access service to be an information service, putting the technology on an equal regulatory footing with other broadband access methods, such as cable modem service and DSL service. Specifically, the FCC ruled that the transmission component underlying BPL-enabled Internet access service is "telecommunications," and that the provision of this telecommunications transmission component...

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