ITU Telecom World Hong Kong Reports 43,000 Trade Visitors

ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006 in Hong Kong closed its doors on Friday img align="right" border="0" src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11402824/CND/v13n230-itu.jpg"> and reported a total of 43,846 registered trade visitors from 141 countries. There were 695 exhibitors from 37 countries, and over 500 CEOs, including from such companies as Alcatel-Lucent Technologies, AT&T, China Mobile, China Netcom, China Telecommunications, China Unicom, Cisco Systems,...

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Ericsson Execs Acquitted in Tax Trial

All current and former Ericsson employees were acquitted of all charges related to last year's indictments for evasion of tax control, filed by the Swedish National Economic Crimes Bureau.http://www.ericsson....

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PT Telekomunikasi Selular selects Alcatel-Lucent

PT Telekomunikasi Selular, Indonesia's largest mobile operator, selected Alcatel-Lucent's optical cross-connect and multi-service technologies to enhance its current backhaul capacity and aggregation capabilities. The project will lay the foundation for new, IP-based business and entertainment mobile services. The deployment will use the 1678 Metro Core Connect (MCC) and data-aware Optical Multi-Service Node (OMSN) systems. Alcatel-Lucent is also integrating Automatic Switched Optical Network (ASON) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) technologies....

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Alcatel-Lucent Offers Managed Mobile TV in Asia-Pac

Alcatel-Lucent introduced a managed Mobile Interactive TV service in the Asian Pacific Region. Specifically, Alcatel-Lucent will deploy, host and operate the end-to-end mobile TV solution on behalf of other network operators. The service also offers content providers an open environment for content aggregation to create compelling "interactive made-for-mobile channels". The company said its offering enables network operators to introduce mobile TV service quickly, cost-effectively and at low risk.http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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Picolight Demos 10GBASE-LRM

Picolight demonstrated 1310 nanometer (nm) vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) transceivers in a 10 gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP+) design for the IEEE 802.3aq serial optical interface standard (10GBASE-LRM). The company said the new transceivers combine extended reach capability, small footprint and low power consumption. enabling extended link applications on legacy multimode fiber applications up to 220 meters in enterprise networks.Earlier this year, Picolight was the first company to demonstrate 10G 850 and 1310nm VCSEL...

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Italy's Wind Telecomunicazioni Selects Acme Packet

Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA has deployed Acme Packet's Net-Net session border controllers (SBCs) to support its new residential VoIP offering. The Net-Net SBCs are elements of an Alcatel-Lucent triple-play deployment and IP network transformation program announced in October 2006. Financial terms were not disclosed.The Net-Net SBCs are deployed in over 20 PoPs delivering simultaneous SIP and H.323 signaling and interworking between the two protocols. Acme Packet said its broad signaling support in addition to its adaptive hosted NAT traversal allows...

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WildBlue-1 Satellite Successfully Launched

WildBlue Communications' Ka-band spot beam satellite, WildBlue-1 was successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana aboard Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket. WildBlue-1 is a 4.7 metric ton high-power satellite based on Space Systems/Loral's 1300 spacecraft bus and provides Ka-band spot beam capacity over the contiguous United States. Spot beam Ka-band satellites are a key component in WildBlue's low-cost wireless broadband infrastructure. WildBlue...

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European Commission Seeks Comments on Galileo Navigation System

The European Commission is seeking public comment on potential privacy and ethical issues that could arise with the deployment of the Galileo navigation system.The European Union is building a global navigation satellite system called Galileo, which will offer positioning, navigation and timing services as from 2011. To date, one Galileo experimental satellite is already in the orbit and a second one will follow in 2007.Galileo will compete with...

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CableLabs Issues Call for DOCSIS 3.0 Devices

CableLabs and EURCableLabs issued a request for information (RFI) seeking product availability for devices that would comply with the Data over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 3.0, which will enable downstream data rates up to 160 Mbps or higher and upstream data rates up to 120 Mbps or higher.The RFI specifically seeks information on DOCSIS 3.0 modems, cable modem termination systems (CMTS) and PacketCable embedded multimedia terminal adapters (E-MTAs). It seeks information on what products are being developed to meet the requirements...

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SingTel to Test Alcatel-Lucent + Microsoft IPTV

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) has signed on to trial the joint Alcatel-Lucent/Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform. Alcatel-Lucent will also provide a complete services integration solution that brings together the network infrastructure, software platforms and integration skill sets The project will include broadcast TV and video on demand (VoD), with content featuring HD-quality resolution.Microsoft said SingTel represents the 16th telecommunications operator worldwide to sign up to trial or deploy its IPTV Edition software...

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Convergin Partners with BEA Systems for Telco SOA

Convergin announced a partnership with BEA Systems to bring Service Oriented Architecture to telecom service delivery while leveraging existing assets in legacy networks and new assets in IMS networks.The two companies have integrated the Convergin Accolade Wireless Convergence Server (WCS), which is a service interaction platform for IMS and pre-IMS 2G/3G/Fixed networks, with BEA WebLogic's SIP Server, a Java EE-SIP-IMS application server.The joint solution is designed to allow a viable evolution from legacy service platforms (SCPs), to a service...

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Occam Announces SIP Support

Occam Networks has added a carrier-class implementation of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to its latest OccamOS release.Primary features of the release include support for SIP for Occam's BLC POTS blades, Combo POTS and DSL blades, and Optical Network Terminals (ONTs). Additional features include:Simplified troubleshooting and service quality management including telco-configurable options for peer-to-peer or through-switch call routingCommon subscriber provisioning and management across Lifeline POTS, ONTs, as well as derived voice (terminal...

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Chongqing Telecom Selects Juniper's E320

Chongqing Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Telecom, has deployed Juniper Networks E320 Broadband Service Routers to provide high-speed Internet, IPTV, video on demand and other advanced IP services. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.juniper....

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China Guangdong Telecom Selects Redback

Redback Networks was selected for the second phase of a broadband network upgrade with largest provincial carrier in China. Guangdong Telecom will use Redback's SmartEdge family of multi-service edge routers to deliver broadband internet, IPTV and VPN services for up to four million homes and businesses.http://www.redback....

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SeaChange Supplies VOD System for Pentagon's Media Review System

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has purchased a turnkey Video-on-Demand System and software applications from SeaChange International to serve as the foundation for the Pentagon's Media Review System, which will allow personnel to review broadcast television events worldwide for information pertinent to the DoD. Financial terms were not disclosed.The VOD System, combined with SeaChange's Record System application, will automatically record live broadcasts from numerous sources and make them immediately available for on-demand viewing....

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BitTorrent Acquires uTorrent

BitTorrent has acquired µTorrent, a lightweight and efficient implementation of the BitTorrent protocol. µTorrent was developed by Ludvig Strigeus. Financial terms were not disclosed.The µTorrent client supports features such as bandwidth prioritization, scheduling and RSS auto-downloading. BitTorrent said the objective of the acquisition is to combine its expertise in networking protocols with µTorrent's high-performance design and compelling...

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AT&T's BusinessDirect Customer Portal Goes Mobile

AT&T has made its "BusinessDirect" customer portal available from any mobile device, providing its large enterprise and wholesale customers with "anytime, anywhere" maintenance and performance-monitoring information. Users are now able to access the portal's eMaintenance application allowing customers to request network maintenance and remotely monitor the network maintenance process from beginning to end.http://www.att....

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Verizon Adds Former Treasury Secretary to its Board

John W. Snow, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, has been elected to the Verizon Board of Directors. Snow was nominated by President George W. Bush to be the 73rd Secretary of the Treasury in January 2003. He served until June 2006.http://www.verizon....

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Pan Asian Mobile TV consortium Formed

A new Pan Asian Mobile TV consortium to enable digital multimedia broadcasting for mobile operators in the region. Founding members include SK Telecom, TOSHIBA, Glocal Media, and International Mobile Broadcasting Pte. Ltd. Trials are set to begin in early 2007 with leading mobile operators in Asia.http://www.convergedigest....

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Nokia Supports France Telecom's "Mon PC a Distance" Service"

Nokia integrate a customized remote content service and related platforms for a new, Orange-branded, "Mon PC a Distance" Service. The service, developed by France Telecom, will enable Orange mobile customers to remotely access their personal photos, videos and music stored on their PC at home, as well as to watch, view and listen to them from anywhere on their Orange mobile device. The service marks the first convergent application implemented by Nokia to France Telecom. "Mon PC a distance" users simply need to download client software from Orange's...

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Agere Unveils X122 Silicon for Low-Cost Cell Phones

Agere Systems introduced a low-cost cellular phone platform for the market's largest segment. The new X122 platform consists of silicon chips, software (including Agere's proven protocol stack and frameworks) and a development kit. The X122 platform adheres to the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) cellular standard.Agere said its X122 platform enables a wide range of capabilities for entry-level phones including compact disc-quality music, camera/camcorder functions and Internet access for a bill of materials cost of less than $30. Housed together...

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AT&T Offers Vongo VOD Trial to New DSL Users

AT&T will offer new residential AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet customers a 30-day free trial of Vongo, the movie download service offering from Starz Entertainment, with more than 1,000 popular movies and 2,200 total video titles. Customers can also enjoy a 90-day free trial of AT&T Broadband TV, providing access to a wealth of live programming while at home, at work or on the go, using wired and wireless broadband technologies. Regular-service subscription charges apply at the end of the trial period.http://www.att....

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Internet2 Demos "Shibboleth" Interoperability with NSF's FastLane

The Internet2 community demonstrated the interoperability of its "Shibboleth" federated identity management software with the National Science Foundation's (NSF) FastLane online grant administration system. NSF's FastLane is used by over 250,000 researchers, students, faculty and other research professionals to efficiently manage their grants and proposals via a secure web interface.The Internet2 researchers are seeking to establish large-scale interoperation between the InCommon Federation, serving U.S. higher education and its partners, and...

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