Linksys Cordless Phone Integrated Yahoo Calling

Linksys introduced a dual-mode cordless phone for Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. The phone offers the flexibility to make and take low-cost VoIP calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice as well as place and receive phone calls using their traditional landline/PSTN connection.People subscribing to Yahoo! Phone Out can use the cordless phone to make an Internet-based call to any traditional or mobile phone at low rates. Other features include:Yahoo!...

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BT Sees Sustained Momentum, Increases Dividend

BT reported revenue of 4,941 million pounds Sterling, up 4 per cent, and profit of 665 million pounds, up 12 per cent. New wave revenue was 1,736 million pounds, up 21 per cent, representing 35 per cent of total revenue compared with 30 per cent last year.Some key operational metrics:Broadband net additions for the quarter were 626,000 of which BT Retail's share was 25 per cent.The company served 9.3 million broadband end users as of September 30, 2006 of which BT Retail now has 3 million customers.Revenue has increased for eleven consecutive quartersNetworked...

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AMCC Posts Revenue of $76.4 Million, Up 10% Sequentially

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) posted revenue of $76.4 million compared to $69.7 million reported in the preceding quarter and $64.9 million reported in the same period last year.The company is in the process of restating past results following the conclusion of its internal probe into past stock option grants."This was another excellent quarter for us. We delivered significant top line growth and we continue to execute according to our stated goals in every part of our business," said Kambiz Hooshmand, president and chief executive...

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Deutsche Telekom Cites Quick Turn Around After Launching New Rates

Deutsche Telekom said its new calling rates are proving extremely popular in its home market and are credited as part on a turn around in its core business."In mid-September we launched the best reform of our calling plans ever. Since its introduction seven weeks ago we have netted around 1.8 million orders for the new 3x3 fixed-network calling plans. And in mobile communications, we managed to win 500,000 new contracts," said Kai-Uwe Ricke, Chairman...

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T-Mobile USA Adds 802,000 Subscribers in Q3

T-Mobile USA added 802,000 net new customers, up from 613,000 net new customers added in the second quarter of 2006 and down from 1.06 million in the third quarter of 2005. Postpay customer additions were strong making up 96% of third quarter customer growth, up from 83% in the second quarter of 2006. Postpay customers comprised 85% of T-Mobile USA's total customer base at September 30, 2006. Close to 80% of new postpay customers opted for two-year...

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TBS Selects Scientific Atlanta's MPEG-4 for IP Delivery

Turner Broadcasting System has chosen Scientific Atlanta's MPEG-4 D9034 Encoder to deliver MPEG-4 signals over IP for telecom companies. Scientific Atlanta's standard-definition MPEG-4 systems using its D9034 Encoders will be installed at Turner Broadcasting's Techwood campus and CNN Center in Atlanta to provide signals for CNN, CNN Headline News, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies. Financial terms were not disclosed.The Scientific Atlanta system has the capability to mix both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 signals in one transport stream....

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Cablevision Upgrades Conn. Municipal Network with Metro Ethernet

The Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, recently upgraded its entire metropolitan area network (MAN) infrastructure to Optimum Lightpath's Metro Ethernet service from an ATM network that was also built and managed for the last five years by Optimum Lightpath. The network connects the town's 16 municipal government facilities, 4 libraries and the Board of Education's 11 elementary schools and 3 middle schools, as well as Greenwich High School. Each of the network's 36 locations has a minimum of 1 Gbps Metro Ethernet.Optimum Lightpath is the business...

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South Korea's 3rd Largest MSO Deploys ARRIS' Wideband for 100 Mbps Downlinks

Hyundai Communications and Network (HCN), South Korea's third- largest cable system operator serving over 1.1 million video customers, is now delivering full duplex data speeds in excess of 100 Mbps to its customers using the ARRIS FlexPath wideband data solution.The deployment features the ARRIS Cadant C4(R) CMTS and the ARRIS Touchstone WBM650B wideband modems. This marks the second ARRIS FlexPath wideband high-speed data service deployment in Korea.The ARRIS FlexPath solution uses DOCSIS 3.0-based channel bonding techniques to deliver end-user...

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Broadcom Enters Applications Processor Market

Broadcom made its entry into the applications processor market with a system-on-a-chip that combines the Broadcom VideoCore multimedia processor and an ARM11 applications processor. The device is aimed at mobile phones and other portable devices with video and camera capabilities at price points affordable to mainstream consumers. Key features of the new BCM2820 applications processor include support for an 8 mega-pixel digital camera, MPEG-4/H.264 VGA video decoding at 30 frames per second, video encoding at 30 frames per second, and NTSC/PAL...

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