BridgePort Raises $13 Million for MobileVoIP Convergence

BridgePort Networks, a start-up headquartered in Chicago with an R&D facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced $13 million in nre venture financing by its current investors. The new financing brings the total capital raised by the company to $51 million.BridgePort Networks offers a software-based Network Convergence Gateway (NCG) that enables the convergence of mobile and IP voice and data services. The company has signed a global reseller agreement with Siemens Communications. Existing investors TD Capital Ventures, Polaris Venture...

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GLORIAD Research Network Deploys Force10

The Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD, a collaborative research network between Russia, China, the U.S., the Netherlands, Korea, Canada and the five Nordic countries, has deployed Force10 Networks' TeraScale E-Series switch/routers as it transitions from Gigabit to 10 Gigabit Ethernet. The Force10 TeraScale E300 is deployed by the Joint Institute for Computational Science to provide dedicated Gigabit Ethernet services to U.S. scientists. Additionally, the TeraScale E300 is deployed in Chicago-based StarLight, one...

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Aruba Networks Outlines Enterprise FMC Roadmap

Aruba Networks outlined a five-phase plan to bring enterprise fixed-mobile convergence (E-FMC) to its enterprise mobility platform. The plan addresses both enterprise-centric and carrier-centric E-FMC architectures. Aruba said it will work with others across the E-FMC value chain, including mobile handset manufacturers, IP-PBX vendors, FMC infrastructure vendors and mobile operators. Aruba's five-phase plan includes:Vo-Fi Awareness (December 2005):...

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Australia's Telstra Selects Amdocs

Telstra has awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to Amdocs and Cramer -- now part of Amdocs -- to provide software and services for its IT Transformation Program.Amdocs' new Service Management Suite will be used to help Telstra improve the management and fulfillment of services to its customers through the integration of its operational and business support systems (BSS). At the heart of the suite is the innovative Business and Operational Support System Manager product or B/OSS Manager -- the only offering on the market that spans...

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AT&T Adds FOX News to U-verse Line-up

AT&T announced a carriage agreement to distribute the FOX News Channel as part of the AT&T U-verse TV channel lineup. Financial and other terms of the agreement were not disclosed.http://www.att....

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Alcatel Announces $300 Million Partnership with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Alcatel announced a multi-year agreement valued at $300 million to lead an IP network transformation project with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).Alcatel and UPMC will also establish a joint venture to develop advanced communications technologies and applications focused on the health care industry.The IP network transformation project, which will commence at the beginning of 2007, includes the upgrade of UPMC's wired and wireless data infrastructure, enterprise telephony system, and contact center platforms and applications...

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Tektronix to Acquire Minacom for Network Test Probes

Tektronix agreed to acquire Minacom, a privately-held provider of active probe test solutions, for approximately US$27 million. Minacom's test solutions provide active troubleshooting, provisioning, and automated service quality monitoring for VoIP, voice, video, Internet, Fax, and Fax-over-IP. Minacom's 35 employees will become part of Tektronix and the business will continue to be located in Montreal.http://www.tektronix....

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TI Sees Future Transcoding Supporting Multiple Video Formats

Texas Instruments is predicting the next stage of the video revolution will solve the challenge of seamlessly moving multi-format video content between all types of video devices. The company believes transcoding technology will be key to address this challenge."Transcoding is a life-or-death issue facing manufacturers and service providers as they try to realize the explosive growth in video entertainment," predicts Gene Frantz, TI's Principal Fellow. "Consumers have an insatiable appetite for immersion in entertainment, and transcoding among...

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Ditech Adds iLBC Transcoding Capabilities

Ditech Networks has enhanced its Packet Voice Processor, a border media processing platform designed to enable carriers to deploy universal transcoding and toll-quality VoIP services, with support for the Internet Low Bit Rate Codec (iLBC) along with its existing broad range of voice codecs. Ditech's PVP will support up to 16,000 simultaneous iLBC transcoding sessions in combination with its Voice Quality Assurance software suite.In addition to iLBC, the Ditech Packet Voice Processor now supports G.711, G.723.1, G.726, G.729, G.729a, G.729b,...

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FASTWEB Deploys IPTV Messaging App from CTI2/AudioCodes

FASTWEB, Italy's second largest fixed telephony operator, is using CTI Squared's "InTouch" platform, integrated with AudioCodes IPmedia Media Server, for advanced voicemail and unified messaging services.FASTWEB will deploy AudioCodes-CTI2's upgraded IPTV messaging application. On top of this FASTWEB will make AudioCodes-CTI2's enhanced Unified Communication service available to its own customer base very close to 1 million clients.CTI2 and AudioCodes offer a unique IPTV application allowing subscribers to view and respond to voice, email, and...

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Sonus Posts Revenue of $75 Million

Sonus Networks reported Q3 revenue of $75 million. The company did not provide GAAP or non-GAAP financial results for the quarter due to its ongoing review of past accounting practices regarding employee stock options.Cash, cash equivalents and investments increased by $27 million during the third quarter of 2006 and by $21 million year-over-year to $346 million.Third quarter gross margins were consistent with Q2. Third quarter net income increased meaningfully from the second quarter of 2006.http://www.sonusnet....

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AudioCodes Posts Revenue of $40.1 Million, Up 20.5% Sequentially and 34.9% YoY

AudioCodes announced record quarterly revenue of $40.1 million compared to $33.3 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 and $29.7 million for the third quarter ended September 30, 2005. Third quarter 2006 revenues grew 20.5% sequentially and increased 34.9% compared to the third quarter of 2005.Net income for the third quarter of 2006 was $676 thousand, or $0.02 per diluted share, compared to net income of $3.3 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2006 and net income of $3.5 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, in...

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Lucent to Delist and Deregister Debt Securities

Lucent Technologies notified the New York Stock Exchange of its intention to voluntarily delist the following series of its debt securities: 5.50% notes due November 15, 2008; 6.50% debentures due January 15, 2028; and 6.45% debentures due March 15, 2029 (collectively, the "Notes"). Lucent said it is taking this voluntary action to delist and deregister the Notes in order to eliminate the administrative costs associated with the listing of the Notes.http://www.lucent....

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Spirent Ships Upgraded TestCenter with 10GbE Capacity

Spirent Communications released an updated version of its TestCenter that supports concurrent testing of routers, switches, access and Layer 4-7 devices on a single Gigabit Ethernet module. Spirent TestCenter tests a broad variety of next generation devices and networks while supporting up to 6 users per module and more than 20 users per chassis.http://www.convergedigest....

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Verimatrix IPTV Content Security Integrated with Motorola STB

Verimatrix announced a technology alliance with Motorola and the integration of its Video Content Authority System (VCAS) with Motorola's IP set-top boxes (STBs). Motorola's VIP1900 series is the first line of their IP STBs to fully support the VCAS solution.http://www.verimatrix....

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SES AMERICOM IP-Prime Now Carries 290 Channels

SES AMERICOM's IP-PRIME service is now carrying 290 TV channels. The latest programmers to join IP-PRIME represent 80 television channels and more than 90 music audio channels, with the complete MTV Networks lineup.SES AMERICOM's IPTV content originates from the IP-PRIME IPTV Broadcast Center based in Vernon Valley, New Jersey, where video and audio programming is received, processed, and then securely transported nationwide over the AMC-9 satellite...

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ITU opens its Plenipotentiary Conference in Turkey

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) opens its 17th Plenipotentiary Conference in Antalya, Turkey. The event, which will run until 24 November, is expected to attract some 2 000 participants, including 80 ministers, from over 150 countries representing both government and the private sector.http://www.itu....

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PMC-Sierra Delivers Next-Gen SONET/SDH Chip

PMC-Sierra introduced a single-chip that combines multi-rate SONET/SDH framers, non-blocking STS/AU and VT/TU cross-connect, and backplane SERDES for next generation compact and scalable chassis-based SONET/SDH platforms. The new device, which adds to PMC-Sierra's existing CHESS III and CHESS Wideband family of SONET/SDH products, can aggregate both new Ethernet services as well as T1/E1/DS3/E3 services onto SONET-based metro transport networks....

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Kasenna Unveils DHTML Smart Client Interface for MPEG-4 HD STBs

Kasenna introduced its PortalTV 2.0 IPTV middleware solution featuring a dynamic HTML-based smart client that enables service providers to brand, control and differentiate their IPTV service using Web 2.0 functionality rather than a hard coded client. The web-services, smart client eliminates the proprietary, vendor dominated control over the user interface in other middleware solutions.The PortalTV 2.0 suite comprises Kasenna LivingRoom 2.0 (IPTV...

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Vernier Networks Ships NAC Appliance at Under $25 Per Port

Vernier Networks began shipping its latest "EdgeWall 8800" Network Access Control appliance at a price of $25 per endpoint. Key functionality includes wire-speed authenticated and validated access to all users throughout the network; protection from security threats and malicious behavior; continuous compliance inspection; and a fully integrated Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) engine. The platform is packaged in a four-slot chassis design...

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