FCC Dismisses M2Z Petition for 2155-2175 MHz band

The dismissed a petition from M2Z Networks seeking an exclusive license to nationwide spectrum in the 2155-2175 MHz band. The company had sought to provide free, advertising-supported, wireless Internet access in areas reaching 95% of the U.S. population. In return, M2Z was promising a 5% royalty payment of its revenues to the U.S. Treasury for 15 years.In a statement, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wrote "the public interest is best served by considering...

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MetaSwitch Exceeds 500 Softswitch / Media Gateway Deployments

MetaSwitch announced several significant milestones, including:More than 500 of the company's award-winning softswitch / media gateway systems have been deployed by more than 250 service provider customersMetaSwitch solutions are serving subscribers in 50 U.S. states, Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia MetaSwitch now counts as committed customers nine of the top 50 U.S. ILECs, including such leading providers as Windstream and CenturyTelIts total shipments of Class 5 switching capacity passed the 10 million subscriber mark.Metaswitch also...

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Cisco and Trend Micro Extend Collaboration

Cisco Systems announced an agreement to extend Trend Micro security services incorporated into Cisco's network infrastructure products. The companies have been collaborating since 2004 when they began plans to incorporate Trend Micro's content security services into Cisco's Adaptive Security Appliance family. In addition to the Cisco ASA collaboration, Trend Micro became one of Cisco's first Network Admission Control partners. Under the deal, the companies now will work closely on integrating additional content security services into Cisco's routing...

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IBM Cites Breakthroughs in Nano Storage, Molecular-level Switching

IBM announced two major scientific breakthroughs in the field of nanotechnology that could have significant impact in digital communications. The basic research is being publishing in two reports by the journal Science. The first discovery concerns a property called magnetic anisotropy, which concerns an atom's ability to store information. Until now, nobody has been able to measure the magnetic anisotropy of a single atom. Using IBM's special...

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Ciena Reports Revenue of $205.0 million, up 34.4% YoY

Ciena posted third quarter revenue of $205.0 million, representing a 5.9% sequential increase from fiscal second quarter revenue of $193.5 million, and an increase of 34.4% over the same period a year ago when the company reported sales of $152.5 million. Ciena's net income (GAAP) for the fiscal third quarter 2007 was $28.3 million, or $0.29 per diluted share. This represents a 117.6% sequential increase from fiscal second quarter GAAP net income of $13.0 million, and compares with a reported GAAP net loss of $4.3 million, or a loss of $0.05 per...

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Reaches 310,000 FTTB and 333,000 IPTV Subscribers

Chunghwa Telecom, the incumbent operator in Taiwan, reported Q2 revenue of NT$50.6 billion, up 9% over the same period last year, driven by Internet and data revenue (up 6.7%); ADSL & FTTB (up 4.6%), mobile revenue (up 2.2%) and mobile valued added-services (up 23%).Some highlights for the quarter:Strong growth in HiNet FTTB subscriptions, with net additions of 72k over the course of the second quarter bringing the total number of HiNet FTTB...

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Amdocs Cites Milestone for its Qpass Digital Commerce

Amdocs announced that its Qpass digital commerce solution has processed more than $2.5 billion worth of premium digital products and services, representing over 900 million transactions since 2003. Citing a growth in the number of mobile subscribers using premium data services, Amdocs expects that in 2007 alone its Qpass digital commerce solution will process more than $1 billion in premium digital content, an increase of approximately 40 percent over 2006. Amdocs also noted an interesting trend in mobile commerce - it has seen the average price...

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Starz Entertainment Employs Motorola's HD Encoding

Starz Entertainment will utilize a Motorola four-channel, high-definition (HD) MPEG encoding system for the upcoming launch of its new HD channels -- Starz Comedy, Starz Edge and Starz Kids & Family. The new HD system compresses, encrypts, and modulates the HD signals. within a single integrated transmission system. It is configured for STARZ using Motorola's Modular Uplink System which will support Starz's planned future migration to MPEG-4 compression technology. Motorola said its MPEG-4 AVC technology handles both 1920 x 1080I and 1280...

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Deutsche Telekom Promotes IPTV Packages

Deutsche Telekom is showcasing new features of its "Entertain Comfort" IPTV service at this week's Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) show in Berlin. The company is offering new promotions for the IPTV offering, which is now available in 3 price tiers. DT is offering "Bundesliga on PREMIERE" soccer programming, promising a stadium-like effect when watching HD coverage on a wide screen TV. The first 20,000 Entertain customers will get a special...

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Interphase Hires Former Alcatel Exec as VP Engineering

Interphase named Marc E. DeVinney as its new vice president of engineering. Prior to joining Interphase, DeVinney spent 25 years with Alcatel, serving in various capacities. Most recently, DeVinney served as Director, Mobile Solutions Circuit Core for Alcatel in Paris. http://www.interphase....

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Blockbuster Israel Deploys Orca for IPTV and WebTV

Blockbuster Israel, a franchise of the U.S. DVD rental firm, is using Orca Interactive's RiGHTv middleware platform for the delivery of digital video services. The project was valued at US$3 million.Using Orca's new combined solution, Blockbuster Israel will launch a new Internet service for progressive download of up-to-date digital content over PCs by the end of the year. In early 2008, Blockbuster Israel plans to provide an IPTV-ready STB to enable...

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Germany's QSC Deploys Huawei

QSC AG (QSC), which operates a nationwide network in Germany, has deployed Huawei's ME60 multi-service controlgateways (MSCG). The ME60 is a next-generation multi-service edge solution supporting QoS. After a strict test and selection process, QSC chose Huawei as a partner to build up its All IP network. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.huawei....

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Vodafone Portugal Selects HP Fraud Management System

Vodafone Portugal will deploy the HP Fraud Management System (HP FMS) to mitigate fraudulent activity on its mobile and fixed networks.HP FMS, which has been implemented at more than 80 service providers worldwide, helps network operators to identify, investigate and respond to all types of fraudulent behavior from all kinds of services. HP said major features and benefits of the latest release of HP FMS include:Greater precision in fraud detection through user-defined key risk indicators with threshold alarming and extended patterns; Enhanced...

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Broadcom Introduces First 65 Nanometer Gigabit Ethernet Switches

Broadcom announced the availability of the industry's first Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switches produced in 65 nanometer (65nm) CMOS process technology. Broadcom said an unprecedented level of integration is achieved using 65nm process technology, which enables lower-power silicon. This, in turn, reduces overall costs in local area networks (LAN), service provider networks and data centers. The new StrataXGS 200 series contains highly integrated multilayer Ethernet switches that can support up to 28 GbE ports and can operate at 10/100/1000 Mbps. The...

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Lockheed Martin Announces IPv6 Transition Pilot

Lockheed Martin made a significant networking announcement: the company will transition a portion of its global network to IPv6. The pilot program will work through all phases of a full-scale IPv6 transition, upgrading a network that connects laboratories in 10 different cities, from California to the United Kingdom.The company said its pilot project is similar to one that a government agency would undertake in transitioning to IPv6."We've been working on IPv6 for the past seven years, and we understand that transitioning to IPv6 requires a great...

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Verizon Business Enhances Wholesale VoIP

Verizon Business announced several new features aimed at increasing functionality and adding choice for its SIP Gateway VoIP customers. Among these are: Foreign Telephone Number Assignment (FTNA), the ability to assign a U.S. telephone number outside the normal local calling area for that number. For example, a resident of Dallas could be assigned a Chicago-area telephone number, allowing friends and family in the Chicago area to place a local call....

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TiVO at 4.2 Million Subscriptions, Eyes HD Transition

TiVo issued its financial report for its most recent quarter. Some highlights:TiVO recently launched its HD DVR box for the mass market and is expecting a gradual transitionthere was a net loss of $17.7 million, which included a combined inventory write-down and inventory purchase commitment charge of $11.2 million, as compared to TiVo's net loss guidance of $5 to $8 million that didn't contemplate the inventory related write-down. TiVo's net loss...

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Nokia Debuts "Ovi" Internet services

Nokia introduced "Ovi", its new Internet services brand name for mobile devices. Ovi, meaning "door" in Finnish, will be Nokia's portal enabling consumers to access its gaming and music store services. Also under the Ovi umbrella is Nokia Maps, the company's navigation service, as well as future Internet-based services the coming plans to introduce in the coming months.Nokia also promised to make Ovi "an open door to web communities, enabling people...

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Chicago Backs Away from Muni Wi-Fi

The City of Chicago is backing away from plans for a municipal Wi-Fi network after failing to reach an agreement with AT&T and Earthlink. A report by the Chicago Tribune said city officials were concerned by both the cost of the project and the apparent lack of public enthusiasm in other cities nationwide. In the City of Lompoc, California, only 500 people out of a population of 40,000 have signed up for paid Wi-Fi access since the network was launched a year ago. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-tue_nowifi0828aug28,1,5694863.s...

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Sierra Wireless Debuts New HSUPA USB Modems

Sierra Wireless introduced two new additions to its product portfolio for HSUPA networks - the AirCard 880U and AirCard 881U USB modems. Both USB modem support the theoretical maximum uplink speed of 2 Mbps. Downlink speeds are also improved, with a theoretical maximum download speed of 7.2 Mbps. For use in areas where HSUPA networks are not yet available, the AirCard 880U and 881U USB modems are fully compatible with HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS,...

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Netflix Reports 10 Million Instant Viewings

As of August 22, Netflix members have watched movies and TV episodes 10 million times on their PCs, doubling the number of viewings in the last six weeks. As of July 7, Netflix counted 5 million instant viewings.Netflix currently has more than six million subscribers for its DVD by mail service. http://www.netflix....

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Optimum Lightpath Offers Broadcast Video Transport over Metro Ethernet

Cablevision Systems' Optimum Lightpath division has launched a Broadcast Video Transport (BVT) service as part of its Metro Ethernet Intelligent Transport Services portfolio. The service, which is aimed at media companies, supports compressed, uncompressed, analog, digital, and high-definition video applications that require "Broadcast Quality" transportgiven its sensitivity to packet loss, transit delay and jitter.Optimum Lightpath's BVT is a...

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SEC Charges Former General Counsel of KLA-Tencor and Juniper

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed fraud charges against Lisa C. Berry, who is accused of routinely backdating option grants from 1997 to 2003, first as General Counsel of KLA-Tencor Corporation and then as General Counsel of Juniper Networks. The Commission alleges that Berry's misconduct caused the two companies to conceal hundreds of millions of dollars in stock option compensation expenses relating to undisclosed in-the-money options provided to company executives and employees.http://www.sec....

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Sycamore Enhances Circuit/Packet eXchange (CPX) Module

Sycamore Networks announced enhancements to its Circuit/Packet eXchange (CPX) module set, including a doubling of performance and scalability. The CPX solution is designed for migrating from TDM to IP in transmission networks. The module is interoperable with Ethernet/PPP-compliant routers and SS7 signaling network elements. It aggregates circuit traffic onto higher-speed uplinks in traditional DCS grooming fashion; it also routes downstream traffic from multiple networks into a statistically multiplexed packet-switched uplink to optimize bandwidth...

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Pyro.TV Integrates Video App in Facebook

Pyro.TV has integrated its video channel service as an application within Facebook.With Pyro.TV, Facebook users create their own personal Internet TV with custom channel line-up, called My Channels. Facebook users can also display and promote their My Channels through a multi-channel video player, embedded in their Facebook profile.Pyro.TV provides a syndication channel for media companies and independent publishers. http://www.pyro.tvhttp://apps.facebook.com/pyro_...

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Juniper Reaches Final Settlement with SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) authorized a final settlement with Juniper Networks regarding the previously-disclosed SEC inquiry into the company's historical stock option granting practices. Without admitting or denying the allegations in the SEC's complaint, Juniper Networks has agreed to settle the charges by consenting to a permanent injunction against any future violations of the antifraud, reporting, books-and-records and internal control provisions of the federal securities laws. No monetary penalties were assessed against...

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Nsight Telservices Deploys Nortel for IPTV

Nsight Telservices, a midwestern U.S. regional telecommunications provider, has deployed Nortel's end-to-end IPTV solution. The new IPTV service will be available to Nsight Telservices subscribers in Northeast Wisconsin in September.Nortel's IPTV solution includes Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600, Nortel Application Switch 2424, Nortel VPN Router 600, as well as elements from a best-in-class IPTV ecosystem. The IPTV ecosystem includes Avail Media Connect and Edge platforms for the provision of content, Minerva Networks' iTVManager middleware...

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Service Electric Cablevision Deploys Harmonic

Service Electric Cablevision, which was founded in 1948 -- making it the first cable operator in the U.S., has deployed Harmonic's Narrowcast Services Gateway (NSG) edgeQAM with Privacy Mode encryption for its video-on-demand (VOD) service.Harmonic's family of edgeQAM solutions includes its NSG 8108 and 9116 models as well as a universal edgeQAM, the NSG 9000. The NSG 9000 supports a wide variety of applications, including switched digital video, broadcast, on-demand, modular CMTS and DOCSIS 3.0 video delivery.Service Electric Cablevision offers...

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Philippine Carrier Deploys Ellacoya for Traffic Management

Innove Communications, a leading integrated communications provider in the Philippines, has deployed Ellacoya Networks' broadband service optimization system to gain visibility into the traffic on its network. The platform provides Innove the ability to manage that traffic on a per-subscriber and per-application basis. It will be used to monitor and manage quality on the network as well as to provide the basis for new revenue streams.The Ellacoya solution, consisting of e30 and e100 network platforms and a rich suite of applications, is a carrier-class...

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Infinera Selects Jazz's SiGe BiCMOS Process for 100 Gbps ICs

Infinera utilized Jazz Semiconductor's 0.18-micron Silicon Germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS process to enable the 100 Gbps IC used in its Digital Optical Networks architecture. The platform is built upon Jazz Semiconductor's 0.18-micron Analog/RF CMOS baseline process and includes four layers of metal. This process includes two bipolar (NPN) transistors, 3.3V CMOS, lateral and vertical PNP transistors, 2fF/µm² MIM capacitors, resistors (poly, Nwell and metal), and high-Q inductors. Options include deep trench isolation, Schottky diode, high-performance...

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Earthlink to Cut 900 Jobs in Restructuring

Citing weakness in its subscription model, Earthlink announced a corporate restructuring that includes the elimination of approximately 900 jobs. The company will close its Orlando, FL; Knoxville, TN; Harrisburg, PA and San Francisco, CA offices and substantially reduce its presence in Pasadena, CA, and Atlanta, GA. EarthLink expects to record facility exit and restructuring costs of $60 - $70 million associated with the plan.Earthlink said it now expects industry-wide gross subscriber additions to decelerate in 2008, resulting in fewer gross...

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom to conduct Share Buy-back

Chunghwa Telecom, the incumbent operator in Taiwan, announced a share repurchase or buy-back program. The company expects to repurchase 250 million ordinary shares, representing 2.35% of the company's total outstanding shares. The range of the repurchase price will be from NT$38.36 to NT$85.23 per share. Repurchased shares will be deregistered in the future. Chunghwa also announced plans to review its real estate holdings, which include approximately...

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Huawei Builds WiMAX 802.16e Net for Saudi Telecom

Saudi Telecom has selected Huawei Technologies to deploy a WiMAX 802.16e-based network covering major cities including Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam. Financial terms were not disclosed.Under the contract, Huawei will design and deploy an end-to end WiMAX 802.16e network including Base Station, Access Service Network Gateway, Network Management System, as well as an Authorization, Authentication and Accounting system. Huawei's end-to-end WiMAX solution...

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Quorum Develops TD-SCDMA + GSM/GPRS/EDGE Transceiver Chip

Quorum Systems, a start-up based in San Diego, unveiled an ultra-low-power, multi-band, multi-mode radio frequency (RF) transceiver. The new "Sereno" QS3200 adds TD-SCDMA support to the company's already existing 2G/2.5G/3G RF transceiver family. The chip is built on a single-die and integrates TD-SCDMA + GSM/GPRS/EDGE capabilities. Quorum's QS3200 simultaneously supports dual-band (1900MHz and 2000MHz) TD- SCDMA/HSPDA Category 10 and Quad-band (USGSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900) GSM/GPRS/EDGE. Compared with solutions in the market today, Quorum...

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NEC Electronics unveils ARM processor Cores for Networking

NEC Electronics unveiled two 32-bit ARM processor cores that can be used with its system-on-chip (SoC) design methodology to develop high-speed solutions for networking, wireless, digital consumer, imaging, storage, automotive and industrial applications. NEC Electronics describes its90-nanometer (nm), 700 MHz (931 MHz under nominal process conditions) dual-core implementation of the ARM11 MPCore multicore processor as the highest-performing ARM processor core on the market, and its ARM926EJ-S processor core as the industry's fastest at 130 nm,...

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Motorola Sues Aruba Networks for Wireless Patent Infringement

Motorola and its subsidiary companies Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley Communications filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Aruba Networks claiming infringement of patents related to wireless local area network (WLAN) technologies.Motorola said two of the patents in this lawsuit relate to WLAN switching architecture technology, where both Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley have been pioneers. Wireless Valley developed a predictive design approach, a three dimensional representation of an environment, and site specific information...

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Tellabs 8800 Multiservice Router Gains RUS Compliance

The Tellabs 8800 Multiservice Router (MSR) series recently gained acceptance by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) program. Now independent telcos can get low-interest government loans for deployments of the platform.The Tellabs 8800 MSR is a next-generation router that integrates carrier Ethernet, IP/MPLS, ATM, SONET and TDM technology on a single, unique platform. http://www.tellabs....

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QUALCOMM Announces $1.1 Billion Stock Repurchase

QUALCOMM announced that it has repurchased and retired approximately 29 million shares of common stock during July and August 2007 for approximately $1.1 billion under its $3.0 billion stock repurchase program. Approximately $1.5 billion remains authorized for repurchase in future periods, net of put options outstanding, under the stock repurchase program announced on May 22, 2007.http://www.qualcomm.comSince fiscal 2003, QUALCOMM has returned approximately $6.3 billion of capital to stockholders, including approximately $2.3 billion in dividends...

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Spreadtrum Announces AVS Audio/Video Decoder Chip

Spreadtrum Communications, a wireless baseband chipset provider based in Shanghai, announced the commercial release of its AVS audio/video decoder chip. AVS is the audio and video coding- decoding standard independently created by China. Spreadtrum said its new SV6111 product includes all of the decoding functions required by the AVS standard, while at the same time supporting MPEG-2 specifications. The device supports real time decoding in both high definition and standard definition modes, and contains key functions designed to support both...

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AT&T Adds Big Ten Football to U-Verse Line up

AT&T announced the availability of the Big Ten Network football coverage across all U-verse markets. The Big Ten Network will showcase more than 400 live events, original programming and conference football games in standard and High Definition (HD). http://uverse.att.com/uconn...

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Fujitsu Launches Transmitter Modules for W-CDMA Mobile Phones

Fujitsu Media Devices (FMD), a leading manufacturer specialized in devices for mobile phone equipment, introduced three compact, high-performance transmitter modules for high power efficiency for W-CDMA mobile phones. The modules serve Band I, Band II and Band V. FMD is also planning to develop transmitter modules for Bands IV and VIII in an effort to further strengthen its product lineup.FMD said its use of a proprietary duplexer and filter enables an optimal design and the world's highest level of power efficiency (27%). The transmitter modules...

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Yahoo! Offers Email-to-SMS Connectivity

Yahoo! has enhanced its email service with the ability for users to send real-time text messages to mobile recipients. Through this service, users in the U.S., Canada, India and the Philippines can send messages to a mobile phone number directly from their e-mail account. Simultaneously, Yahoo! Mail accounts can receive text messages from mobile phone users. http://www.yahoo....

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Ikanos Signs Development Pact with European OEM

Ikanos Communications announced a $1.6 million strategic non-exclusive development and feasibility study agreement with a leading European original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that supplies solutions that deliver triple play services. Ikanos said this extension of the parties' relationship leverages the OEM's extensive DSL and networking system expertise, sets forth a time line that is compatible with Ikanos' next generation design cycle, and explores highly integrated, low-power architectures for next generation, multi-mode VDSL2/ADSLx products...

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Sprint Awards Samsung New York Deal For XOHM

Sprint Nextel selected Samsung Telecommunications America to support the rollout of its mobile WiMAX network in the New York metro area.Samsung was previously awarded the Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and Providence, R.I., markets. The New York award is part of an extensive, multi-year supply agreement, and encompasses New York City, Nassau-Suffolk and Jersey City, N.J. It also includes northern and central New Jersey the Newark,...

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Alcatel-Lucent Supplies Universal 802.16e–2005 for Germany's VSE NET

VSE NET, a regional telecommunications service provider based in Saarbrücken, Germany, selected Alcatel-Lucent for a commercial universal WiMAX network - based on the 802.16e--2005 standard (also known as Rev-e) - in the Saar region. The network will support high-speed Internet access and VoIP and other data services with transfer rates of up to 6 Mbps. In the initial stage of the deployment, wireless broadband will be made available to residential...

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ECI Supplies Optical and Broadband for Vietnam's Viettel

Viettel, a network operator in Vietnam, has selected ECI Telecom's optical and broadband access solutions to expand its nationwide network. Specifically, ECI has supplied its XDM Multi-Service Transmission Platform (MSTP), BroadGate (BGTM) Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP), and Hi-FOCuS Multi-Service Access Node (MSAN) platform in an IP DSLAM configuration. The project is being implemented by ECI's business partner in Vietnam, Ntegrator. Viettel is building a new, long haul DWDM network with a capacity of 40 channels of 10 Gbps using ECI's...

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Intellon to Provide HomePlug for DIRECTV

Intellon announced that its HomePlug 1.0 with Turbo powerline communications IC will provide "No New Wires" connectivity for DIRECTV's Video On Demand service that is scheduled to launch this fall.DIRECTV On Demand will offer customers access to thousands of titles, including movies, music, popular television shows and more, through their DIRECTV Plus HDDVR. DIRECTV customers who sign up for the new service will have access to a HomePlug-enabled surge protector and a HomePlug powerline-to-Ethernet adapter, manufactured by TII Network Technologies....

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Akamai Pushes HD Internet Video

Akamai Technologies is now delivering HD quality video content for its customers via its distributed edge delivery network with servers in more than 750 cities worldwide. For the Internet, Akamai said it is making the HD web possible by continuing to refine the infrastructure required to bring the HDTV experience to online audiences. HDTV is defined as pixel resolution of 1080i, 1080p or 720p. A 2-hour feature-length movie would need to be encoded...

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South Korean Online Portal Deploys Force10

DAUM Communications, the second largest Internet portal in South Korea with 55 million users throughout Asia, has deployed Force10 Networks' TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers and S50 data center switches in a 10 Gigabit Ethernet network. Force10's TeraScale E600 supports up to 633 Gigabit and 112 Ten Gigabit Ethernet ports per system. Additionally, the high density and robust routing functionality of the Force10 TeraScale E-Series combined with its high performance switching features allow DAUM to simplify its architecture by collapsing...

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OFS Introduces Fiber-to-the-Multiple Dwelling Unit Solution

OFS introduced a new solution for installing fiber within Multiple Dwelling Units (MDUs) using in-building PON or point-to-point fiber topologies. The solution features OFS' bend-optimized AllWave FLEX ZWP fiber.OFS said its solution helps to cut installation time, space, and labor cost up to 50%http://www.ofsoptics....

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Verizon Offers "Lifetime" Price for DSL

Verizon will offer a "lifetime" pricing for customers who order its Verizon High Speed Internet service online with a connection speed of up to 768 Kbps with a two-year commitment. Under this plan, the customer will pay $14.99 a month for as long as they subscribe to the same price-for-life plan. The same plan applies to Verizon's 3 Mbps service, which is available online for $27.99 a month. http://www.verizon....

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Verizon Business and SAIC Target Passive Fiber-to-the-Desktop Integration

Verizon Business and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a leading systems integrator for the U.S. government, are working on a new converged solution that combines Verizon's single fiber passive optical network technology with SAIC's system and technical service integration capabilities. This fiber-to-the-desktop solution would use either a broadband passive optical network (BPON) or gigabit passive optical network (GPON) architecture, with no active electronics, repeaters or other equipment needed to boost the signal for seven...

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XFONE to Acquire Texas-Based NTS

Xfone USA agreed to acquire NTS Communications, a provider of integrated voice, data and video services based in Lubbock, Texas, for $42 million. NTS operates the largest CLEC network in West Texas, providing local, long distance, broadband data, video and private line services to approximately 47,500 residential and business customers. Markets served include Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland/Odessa, Abilene, Wichita Falls, Pampa and Plainview. NTS operates through 21 ILEC central office collocation sites within its core areas and provides nationwide...

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MetroFi Free Welcomes Apple iPhone Users

MetroFi, which operates metropolitan Wi-Fi networks in nine cities across the U.S., is welcoming iPhone users to its free, advertising-supported access service. After a one-time registration, iPhone users can get quick, single-touch, free access to the Internet by selecting MetroFi-Free as their iPhone's preferred Wi-Fi network. This enables iPhone users to launch the MetroFi-Free service automatically when touching the Safari browser button on the iPhone home screen.In the San Francisco Bay Area, MetroFi noted that it has logged network sessions...

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Vitesse to Sell Storage Products Business to Maxim

Vitesse Semiconductor agreed to sell a portion of its storage products business to Maxim Integrated Products for $63 million in cash and potential earn-out payments of up to $12 million in the aggregate. The deal includes Vitesse's Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial Attached ATA (SATA) expander product segments, enclosure and baseboard management devices and certain other assets of Vitesse's Storage Products Division, which is based in Colorado Springs. Vitesse will retain its RAID-on-Chip (ROC) and Fibre Channel product segments, which had been...

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Alcatel-Lucent Wins US$100 Million Contract in Uganda

Hits Telecom Uganda, a new regional operator whose majority shareholder is Abu Dhabi-based International Investment House, signed a US$100 million contract with Alcatel-Lucent to deploy a new GSM network.Under the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will supply an end-to-end GSM network including network design, OSS/BSS integration and managed services. It will also supply transmission solutions, including microwave systems, and its IP routing solution.Hits Telecom Uganda has been awarded a full telecommunications license, which includes the GSM 900/1800...

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Comcast Reaches 3 Million Phone Customers, Launches in Colorado Springs

Comcast announced the launch of its Digital Voice in Colorado Springs, offering unlimited direct-dial local and domestic long-distance calling, Web access to voicemail, E911 service, and 12 of the most popular calling features such as three-way calling, call waiting, caller ID, speed dial and enhanced voicemail.Comcast noted that it has more than three million phone customers. Comcast Digital Voice is currently available in more than 70 markets nationwide, reaching 38 million homes. http://www.comcast....

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BT Handles Million VoIP Calls per Day for Gov't Agency

BT announced that a newly installed IP telephony platform at the UK's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is now handling one million VoIP calls per day. The network installation reaches 435 sites around the UK and serves over 35,000 users. To date, over 24,000 new handsets and nearly 4,000 fax and other analogue devices are in use over the new network.BT is replacing the entire DWP estate of PBX and other legacy telephony services with a Nortel hosted Service that will ultimately support DWP's Telephony & Contact Center users. BT has...

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Finisar Delivers Narrowly Tunable, Long-Reach 10 Gbps Optical Transmitter

Finisar announced general availability of its 10 Gbps DM80 and DM200 narrowly tunable CMLTM Butterfly Transmitters for DWDM transponders and telecom line card applications. The new devices employ the directly modulated Chirp Managed Laser (CML) technology recently acquired by Finisar. The DM200 transmits with an output power of 0 to 3 dBm and can transmit at 10 Gbps over distances of 300 km without requiring costly optical dispersion compensation. For applications requiring high output power, the DM80 can transmit distances up to 120 km with an...

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FCC Chairman Voices Support for A-la-Carte Programming Model

In an open letter published this week, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin expressed his support for a-la-carte television programming models, saying that consumers should be able to purchase access to television channels individually, or in smaller packages. Martin believes this will lower cable bills and enable greater choice in the market. http://www.fcc....

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CableLabs Approves DTCP-IP Content Protection

CableLabs has approved Digital Transmission Copy Protection (DTCP)-IP technology for protection of cable content using Internet Protocol for unidirectional and bidirectional digital cable products. DTCP provides a means of securing links between consumer electronics device, protecting against unauthorized copying and unauthorized Internet retransmission, while assuring consumers' ability to record broadcast and subscription programming in digital formats for personal use. . This would enable cable subscribers to enjoy digital cable programming,...

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Marvell Posts Q2 Revenue of $656.7 Million

Marvell reported record Q2 revenue of $656.7 million, an increase of 14% over net revenue of $574.0 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 and a 3% sequential increase from net revenue of $635.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2008. Net loss under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) was $56.5 million, or $0.10 per share (diluted), for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, compared with net income under GAAP of $44.9 million, or $0.07 per share (diluted), for the second quarter of fiscal 2007. "Our Q2 revenue was greater...

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Limelight Signs Microsoft for CDN Services

Limelight Networks announced a major new technology and services agreement with Microsoft under which Limelight will help improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of Internet delivery of media content and online services, including video, music, games, software, and social media, across Microsoft's global Internet properties. Microsoft's web sites serve 460 million unique users per month worldwide. Under the deal, Microsoft and Limelight...

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Alcatel-Lucent to Upgrade Southern Cross Submarine Cable

Alcatel-Lucent was selected to upgrade the landing stations of Southern Cross' 28,900 km submarine cable network. The upgrade will provide further route diversity and capacity in the Australasian region. Specifically, Alcatel-Lucent will upgrade the network's ten landing stations, which are located close to the major international hubs of Sydney (Australia), Auckland (New Zealand), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Honolulu (the U.S.) for...

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Sun to Change Stock Ticker Symbol to JAVA

Sun Microsystems will change its Nasdaq stock ticker symbol from SUNW to JAVA. The change will go into effect on Monday, August 27, 2007."More than a billion people across the globe, representing nearly every demographic, market and industry, rely upon Java's security, innovation and value to connect them with opportunity. That awareness positions Sun, and now our investor base, for the future," said Jonathan Schwartz, president and CEO of Sun. http://www.sun.com/ja...

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Brocade Posts Revenue of $327 Million

Brocade posted quarterly revenue of $327.5 million, slightly above the company's preliminary results reported on August 8, 2007. Revenues for the quarter decreased 5% from $345.3 million reported in the preceding quarter and increased 73% from $188.9 million reported in the same period last year.Reporting on a GAAP basis, net income for the quarter was $10.7 million, or $0.03 per share basic and diluted. http://www.brocade....

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OIF Hosts Global Interoperability Demonstration

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) is hosting a "Worldwide Interoperability Demonstration - On-Demand Ethernet Services" to showcase interoperability in a multi-carrier environment. Interoperability testing of heterogeneous network equipment includes MSPPs, routers, Ethernet switches, cross-connects, OADMs in the data plane, as well as both embedded and proxy controllers in the control plane.Participating vendors include Alcatel-Lucent, Ciena...

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Cox Selects BigBand for Switched Digital Video

Cox Communications, the third largest cable operator in the US, has selected BigBand Networks' switched digital video (SDV) solution for use in multiple cable systems --- including both Motorola and Scientific Atlanta set-top box environments -- and has begun to deploy the solution in its Northern Virginia market. Financial terms were not disclosed."BigBand's switched digital video solution gives us the ability to dramatically expand programming--particularly...

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IBM to License OpenScape Technology from Siemens

IBM will license elements of Siemens' OpenScape open unified communications capabilities to enhance the IBM Lotus "Unified Telephony" offering, which is a planned expansion of the Lotus Sametime product family. By incorporating OpenScape technology, Lotus software users be get access to communications tools within the applications they already use regardless of their back-end telephony systems.The integration will also enable Lotus customers to decouple their unified communications investments from their PBX infrastructure. Siemens' OpenScape Unified...

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EMBARQ Offers Reward for Copper Cable Thieves

EMBARQ is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of anyone stealing the company's live traffic-carrying cable, primarily copper, in the Las Vegas area. Copper theft is becoming an industry-wide problem. Officials believe that the copper is taken to recycling centers where it is sold as scrap. So far in Las Vegas, more than 60 people have been arrested for copper theft this year. http://www.embarq....

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Dialogic Debuts Hybrid Media Gateways for Unified Communications

Dialogic introduced its DMG4000 Media Gateway series designed to connect Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 to existing PBX systems and the PSTN.Based on a standard rack-mount server running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, the DMG4000 gateways are in the class of "basic-hybrid gateways" designed to provide both the media gateway function and the Mediation Server role of Office Communications Server 2007. Mediation Server provides PSTN and PBX interoperability, high-fidelity audio via the Microsoft RT Audio Codec, and VoIP security for Office...

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Aztek Networks Raises $7.5 Million for Emergency Switches

Aztek Networks, a start-up based in Boulder, Colorado, raised $7.5 million in Series B funding for its Emergency Stand Alone (ESA) switching products.Aztek Networks 5000S ESA switching device is an open-standards, environmentally hardened and fully redundant ESA switch designed to ensure public safety by constantly maintaining local calling capabilities and subscriber access to emergency 911 services in the event the link to the primary host switch...

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Toshiba Debuts 32GB SDHC Card for Mobile Devices

Toshiba reinforced its line up of SD High Capacity (SDHC) cards with three new cards, including the world's first 32-gigabyte (GB) memory card in this high density. The rollout includes a 16GB SDHC card and an 8GB microSDHC card. All the new cards meet the Class 4 specification in the SD Speed Class, making them suitable for use in advanced mobile phones and other personal digital products.The 16GB SDHC card will be available worldwide from October,...

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Alcatel-Lucent Announces Departure of Two Senior Execs

Frank D'Amelio, Chief Administrative Officer of Alcatel-Lucent is leaving the company to accept the position of Chief Financial Officer at Pfizer and Mike Quigley, President, Science, Technology and Strategy of Alcatel-Lucent, has decided to leave the company and return to Australia. Etienne Fouques, currently head of the Carrier Business Segment will assume the leadership for the Science, Technology and Strategy functions that previously reported to Quigley. In addition Fouques will also oversee the Services Business Group, which will continue...

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Verizon Wireless to Build Regional HQ in Tennessee

Verizon Wireless is building a $54 million regional headquarters facility in Franklin, Tennessee. Verizon Wireless will hire 600 to 700 new employees at the state headquarters over the next three to five years to manage a variety of functions, including business services, sales, financial services, IT, HR and network operations. The company currently employs over 2,200 people in the state of Tennessee. Approximately 550 Nashville area Verizon Wireless employees will relocate to the new facility/http://www.verizonwireless....

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JDSU Reports Quarterly Revenue of $351 Million

JDSU reported quarterly revenue of $350.7 million and a net loss was $17.9 million, or $(0.08) per share. This compares to net revenue of $361.7 million and a net loss of $14.2 million or $(0.07) per share in the preceding quarter."In 2007, JDSU achieved 16% growth in revenue with contributions from all of our reported businesses. For the first time in more than five years, JDSU was non-GAAP EPS positive for all four quarters of the year. Further, free cash flow was more than $25 million for the fourth quarter," said Kevin Kennedy, JDSU's Chief...

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Nokia Offers Windows Live Services

Nokia and Microsoft released a suite Windows Live services specifically designed for Nokia devices. Nokia customers in 11 countries with compatible S60 devices can now download the new suite enabling access to Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Contacts and Windows Live Spaces. The suite will be extended to compatible Nokia Series 40 handsets next year. http://www.nokia.com http://www.microsoft....

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Bubble Motion Cites Uptake of "Voice SMS" in Asia

Bubble Motion, a start-up based in Mountain View, California with offices in Singapore, cited a rapid uptake of its "Voice SMS" application amongst users in Asia."BubbleTALK" is a "Click, Talk and Send" asynchronous Short Voice Messaging Service (SVMS). Messages are limited to 30 seconds of voice recording. The application runs on all handsets. Bubble Motion said the top user last month made a record-breaking 3201 Bubble messages in a single month....

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Verizon Business Launches Hosted Unified Communications Solutions

Verizon Business introduced its Integrated Communications Package for customers of its Hosted IP Centrex. The network-based service provides a central hub where employees can access voice mail, control incoming and outgoing calls, manage their online presence, send text messages, and synchronize contacts and calendars. The services can be used on a Web-based interface, or run in conjunction with a stand-alone desktop client and Microsoft Outlook...

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Black Box to Deliver ShoreTel's IP Telephony Systems

Black Box, a leading technical services company dedicated to designing, building and maintaining complicated data and voice infrastructure systems, will deliver ShoreTel's IP telephony systems across the U.S and Canada. The companies already have several large multi-site installations for FORTUNE 1000 and enterprise-class organizations.ShoreTel Pure IP telephony systems provide customers with a number of key benefits, including ease of use, manageability and lower total cost of ownership than alternative solutions. ShoreTel's distributed software...

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Tellabs Enhances its Optical Transport System

Tellabs has added new unified SONET/SDH and native Ethernet switching fabric and enhanced Ethernet aggregation capabilities to its 7100 Optical Transport System. The Tellabs 7100 OTS now delivers all types of transport services -- ROADM, Carrier Ethernet, SAN, video, and SONET/SDH. Tellabs said the integration means Service providers can now buy fewer stand-alone Ethernet switches and MSPPs, enabling them to deliver Carrier Ethernet services while...

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Hughes Reaches 350,000 Satellite Broadband Users

HughesNet introduced new promotional plans with no upfront fees for equipment or installation. Two payment options are available. With the Upfront Purchase Plan, equipment and standard installation are $299.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with monthly fees starting at $59.99. With Option 2-the Promotional Plan-there is no upfront fee and one is eligible for the $100 mail-in rebate, with monthly fees starting at $79.99. Both payment options include equipment and standard installation and require a 24-month service commitment.Hughes estimates that...

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ECI Selected for National Packet-Optical Network in Poland

ATM S.A., a leading integrator and carrier of carriers in Poland, has selected ECI's optical solution to build its first national converged TDM-packet-DWDM backbone network. Specifically, ATM is deploying ECI's flagship XDM line of MultiService Transport Platforms (MSTP) to upgrade its existing optical network, initially in four cities in Southern Poland. The XDM's All-Range WDM optics, supporting a full range of distances from metro access to regional and long haul, will be used by ATM to bridge very long fiber spans and to expand the network...

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Keynote Offers Call Quality Monitoring for VoIP Contact Centers

Keynote Systems, which specializes in mobile and Internet test & measurement services, introduced a new system for assessing VoIP service quality from an end-user's perspective.The Keynote "Voice Perspective 2.0" service leverages a public caller agent infrastructure to offer a geographically distributed view of the customer's voice service quality experience when dialing into a contact center or business that has implemented a VoIP-based telephone...

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Veraz Appoints VP of Strategy and Business Development

Veraz Networks named William Rohrbach as its new Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. Rohrbach joins Veraz from Ericsson, where he was Vice President Sales for the Verizon group of companies. http://www.veraznetworks....

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AT&T Supplies Enterprise VPN for US Postal Service

AT&T will upgrade 1,800 United States Postal Service (USPS) facilities with its Enhanced Virtual Private Network (EVPN) service. This will increase the total number of AT&T-managed EVPN sites to more than 5,500. AT&T is providing Managed Services, including engineering and design, on-site installation and proactive network management and reporting. The VPN runs over AT&T's global MPLS network.The project, which is covered under...

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Occam Introduces New ONT for MDU Market

Occam Networks introduced a new Optical Network Terminal (ONT) for multiple dwelling unit (MDU) and multiple tenant unit (MTU) environments. The new ON 2351 is designed to deliver Triple Play services including POTS, high-speed Ethernet data, VoIP and multiple HD video streams to up to four residences or businesses. The unit may be place on a building's outside wall, at a common service area or inside a communications closet. Each of the four internal service locations can deliver two POTS phone lines and four Fast Ethernet ports for data and VoIP....

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Vlingo Develops Voice-Powered Interfaces for Mobile Phones

Vlingo, a start-up based in Cambridge, Mass., released a beta version of its voice-powered interface for mobile phones. Vlingo developed its own speech recognition technology to power its system. Vlingo's voice-powered interface lets users speak or type into any vlingo- enabled text box on their mobile phones. The company said the accuracy of its voice processing will open up many new data-enabled applications. http://www.vlingomobile.comVlingo was founded by Mike Phillips (a co-founder of SpeechWorks, now Nuance) and John Nguyen, and funded...

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Microsoft Licenses RT Audio Codec to Key Partners

Microsoft has licensed its RT Audio Codec voice software to Intel, Texas Instruments, AudioCodes, Dialogic, LG-Nortel and Polycom. Microsoft said its RT Audio Codec is suitable for an array of solutions, such as audio conferencing, video, wireless over IP and games. For example, Intel plans to deliver the codec in an upcoming Intel Integrated Performance Primitives (IPP) software library release optimized for the PC platform.Microsoft also announced the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Quality of Experience Monitoring Server, a tool...

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Tilera Ships 64-Core Processor with On-Chip "Mesh"

Tilera, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, launched its first "TILE64" processor containing 64 full-featured, programmable cores, each capable of running Linux. The on-chip architecture is designed to scale to hundreds and even thousands of cores. Tilera claims 10X the performance and 30X the performance-per-watt of the Intel dual-core Xeon, and 40X the performance of the leading Texas Instruments DSP.Initial target markets for the TILE64...

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Huawei Selects Tundra's Serial RapidIO Switch for Next Generation Systems

Tundra Semiconductor announced a major design win with Huawei Technologies. Tundra's Serial RapidIO Switches will be used in Huawei's next generation production systems. Tundra's Tsi568A offers up to 10 Gbps per link of inter-processor bandwidth. It also features low power at 120-200mW per port, a large port count with 16x1 solution in a small 27x27mm form factor, as well as ports individually configurable by width and speed to optimize intra component connectivity. http://www.tundra....

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Microsoft to Launch its Next Gen Unified Communications Software on Oct 16th

Microsoft plans to launch its next generation of Unified Communications software on 16-Oct-2007 with an event hosted by Bill Gates. The release will include Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 and Microsoft Office Live Meeting, part of Microsoft's unified communications portfolio, which also includes Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. http://www.convergedigest....

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Cisco and Microsoft Discuss Collaboration and Competition

Cisco and Microsoft have agreed to collaborate in certain areas of network convergence while competing in others. At a press event in New York, Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer outlined 7 specific technology initiatives where Cisco and Microsoft will focus their efforts. These are:IT infrastructure based on the Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization Model and the Cisco Service Oriented Network ArchitectureSecurity,...

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Nokia Siemens Networks Supplies Carrier Ethernet for China Telecom

Yunnan CTC (China), a branch of China Telecom, has selected Nokia Siemens Networks for the supply and implementation of Carrier Ethernet switches. Under the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will carry out a large-scale Carrier Ethernet switch deployment in China's south-western province of Yunnan. The deployment of SURPASS hiD 6650 Carrier grade Ethernet switches started at the end of July and the network is planned to start operations in September. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks....

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F5 Selects Mu Security for Automated Security Analysis

F5, which specializes in application delivery networking, is deploying Mu Security's Mu-4000 Security Analyzer to discover, document and eliminate potential security and robustness vulnerabilities for its BIG-IP and WANJet products. Mu's platform automates current vulnerability auditing and remediation processes throughout a product development lifecycle.F5 customizes its Mu-4000 analysis for development processes including testing through dynamically generated and non-random Protocol Mutations. For example, SIP analysis ensures optimal VoIP application...

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