Internet2 Selects Infinera for Metro Networks

Internet2 has selected Infinera for metro network extensions to its new national backbone network, bringing its ultra high-speed connections to key international exchange points in major cities, including New York City, Chicago and Seattle.In June 2006, in a joint release with Level 3 Communications, Internet2 announced its plan to deploy its new advanced nationwide research network over the Level 3 backbone. Level 3 is deploying Infinera's DTN optical system to enable Internet2 members to enjoy large-scale capacity and dynamic optical circuit...

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PMC-Sierra Introduces Residential Gateway Reference Platforms

PMC-Sierra introduced a suite of multi-service residential gateway reference platform, offering a range of WAN interface configurations including ADLS2+, VDSL2, Ethernet and EPON. These platforms, based on PMC-Sierra's VoIP-enabled Multi-Service Processor family, enable OEMs and ODMs to develop high-performance residential gateways optimized for enhanced Triple Play service delivery.PMC-Sierra is showcasing its portfolio of solutions for fiber to...

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Deutsche Telekom Reshuffles Management

The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom approved a new Board of Management and all Board members will now have cross-divisional roles. Two new members have been appointed to the Deutsche Telekom Board of Management - Timotheus Höttges as the Board member responsible for T-Com and Sales & Services in Germany and Hamid Akhavan responsible for T-Mobile and Product Development and Innovation.As a new Board member, Timotheus Höttges will not only assume responsibility for the Broadband/Fixed Network strategic business area, but also for Sales...

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PMC-Sierra Introduces EPON Silicon for China

PMC-Sierra announced the availability of EPON optical network unit (ONU) and optical line terminal (OLT) silicon devices that support China Telecom defined algorithms and features for the Chinese telecom market. The new PAS6301 ONU chip for CPE and the PAS5201 OLT chip for Central Office equipment together provide an end-to-end EPON solution. PMC-Sierra said it developed the devices to meet new China Telecom standards that define data encryption...

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Atheros Launches Single-Chip 802.11g Solution for PCI Express

Atheros Communications introduced a low-cost, 802.11g PCI Express (PCIe) solution that integrates a low noise amplifier (LNA) and power amplifier (PA) in a single-chip digital CMOS package.The solution is aimed at value-priced notebook PCs or traditionally low-cost desktop PCs. Atheros said its 2-layer minicard design delivers a 50 percent reduction in the printed circuit board (PCB) cost and a 25 percent reduction in rest of bill-of-materials (RBOM)...

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Asia's Largest Mobile Alliance Announces Name -- Conexus

Asia's largest alliance of mobile operators unveiled its new name -- Conexus -- and welcomed Smart Communications, Inc., the Philippines' leading mobile operator, into the group. With SMART's participation, the alliance has expanded its coverage footprint to over 130 million mobile subscribers in nine countries and regions.The alliance's other members are Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (Taiwan), Hutchison Essar Limited (India), Hutchison...

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Softbank Mobile Japan Launches IMS/3G with Ericsson

Softbank Mobile Corp in Japan launched its first IMS-based services using an end-to-end IMS system supplied solely by Ericsson. Services include Circle Talk (push-to-talk) and HotStatus (presence, group list management). Under the contract, announced earlier this year, Ericsson has provided all the infrastructure, system integration and support services. Ericsson noted that it currently has 28 IMS system contracts for commercial launch and 60 additional trials distributed around the world.http://www.ericsson....

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Huawei Expects Contract Sales of US$11B in 2006

Huawei Technologies expects full-year contract sales to reach US$11 billion by the end of 2006.During the first half of 2006, Huawei recorded contract sales of US$5.2 billion, an increase of 29 percent compared to the same period last year. The value of contract sales from international markets reached USD 3.4 billion, an increase of 36 percent over the same period in 2005. The international market represented 65 percent of total contract sales generated...

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Chunghwa Telecom Selects Nortel for Govt. WiMAX Network

Chunghwa Telecom selected Nortel's WiMAX solution for the first fully integrated broadband wireless network driven by a local government under the Mobile-Taiwan (M-Taiwan) project. The new mobile WiMAX network in Taiwan's northeastern county of Yilan will serve as a national showcase for ubiquitous wireless broadband services.Nortel is providing Mobile WiMAX base stations, based on the IEEE 802.16e standard, incorporating Nortel's patented MIMO antenna technology. Nortel will also provide an Access Service Network Gateway, customer premises equipment,...

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent for IMS

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the incumbent service provider in Taiwan, has selected Alcatel-Lucent's IMS-compliant solution for real-time, high-quality video telephony and video conferencing services between fixed broadband networks and 3G mobile networks. The service, which is now commercially available, will allow more than three million of CHT's ADSL subscribers to make high quality video calls between the operator's fixed and mobile broadband networks.Alcatel-Lucent's...

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National Instruments Selects Gigamon for Network Monitoring

National Instruments has deployed multiple network monitoring Data Access Switches from Gigamon Systems across its multi-building campus in Austin, Texas. The out-of-band Gigamon switches enable National Instruments to consolidate monitoring tools while providing engineers with around the clock, unobtrusive access to all network traffic. The interconnected Gigamon GigaVUE-MP switches form a distributed data access network that can aggregate, multicast, and filter data from multiple switches located in multiple buildings, into single tool port(s),...

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Stanford Professor Selected for 2007 IEEE Medal of Honor

Dr. Thomas Kailath, a professor of engineering at Stanford University, was selected to receive the 2007 IEEE Medal of Honor. An IEEE Life Fellow, Kailath is receiving IEEE's highest award "for exceptional development of powerful algorithms in the fields of communications, computing, control and signal processing." The IEEE will present a total of 12 medals, a service award and leadership recognition awards at the June 2007 Honors Ceremony.http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/pr/2007medalrecips.h...

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TranSwitch Plans to Acquire ASIC Design Center of Data JCE - Israel

TranSwitch plans to acquire substantially all of the assets of the ASIC Design Center division of Data JCE, Ltd., a publicly-held Israeli electronic components distribution company. The Data JCE ASIC Design Center develops and supplies customer-specific semiconductor products primarily to Israeli OEMs and fabless semiconductor companies, or Israeli divisions of US and European companies under exclusive agreements.TranSwitch will pay an upfront cash consideration of $1 million and will issue approximately $5.7 million worth of TranSwitch Common...

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Alcatel-Lucent Wins Managed Services contract from BT

Alcatel-Lucent was awarded a major managed services contract to assume responsibility for the majority of BT Global Services' equipment maintenance and spares management contracts. The eight-year contract covers First Line Maintenance, Second, Third and Fourth Line Support and Spares Management. The contract was valued at approximately EUR 263 million (US$350 million) and BT expects to derive cost savings in excess of EUR 75 million (US$100 million) over the lifetime of the contract.http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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Goodmail Raises $12 Million for its CertifiedEmail

Goodmail Systems, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, secured $12 million in venture funding in a round led by new investor SoftBank Capital. Goodmail's CertifiedEmail provides a unique means of signaling email legitimacy and safety to recipients while providing accredited volume senders a secure, trusted channel of communications with their existing customers. Each CertifiedEmail message is sent with a unique, cryptographically-secure...

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AT&T Adds HDNET to U-verse Lineup

AT&T announced a distribution agreement to deliver HDNet and HDNet Movies as part of its U-verse lineup. Financial and other terms of the agreement were not disclosed.http://www.att....

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Samsung Demos HSUPA at ITU Telecom World 2006

Samsung Electronics is demonstrating High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) systems and mobile phones at this week's ITU Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong.Samsung's network equipment and mobile phones reached speeds up to 2 Mbps for uplink and 3.6Mbps for downlink -- roughly five times faster than current WCDMA upload speeds.Samsung said it plans to introduce the first commercial HSUPA phone in Europe by 2007 and that Orange will be one of its earliest partners for HSUPA deployment.http://www.samsung....

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