Symmetricom Acquires QoSmetrics

Symmetricom agreed to acquire QoSmetrics, a privately held provider of QoE solutions for IPTV and other triple play services, for $16 million in cash.QoSmetrics offers a broad base of tools to measure key IP Performance Metrics (IPPM), as well as to monitor VoIP and video-based data streams. The products provide real time, multi-protocol, end-to-end monitoring and diagnostic capabilities that enable service providers to troubleshoot and often prevent network issues. Symmetricom said the acquisition would enhance its position in emerging areas...

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SpectraLink Shows its Next Generation Wi-Fi Telephones

SpectraLink announced its next-generation Wi-Fi telephony handsets supporting IEEE 802.11a, b and g radio standards.The new NetLink 8000 Series handsets are enterprise-grade handsets designed for long talk times (four, six and eight hours depending on model) added durability and resilience.Two models are available: the basic NetLink 8020 Wireless Telephone, and the enhanced NetLink 8030 Wireless Telephone supporting SpectraLink's exclusive integrated...

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Atheros Debuts XSPAN Dual-Concurrent Wireless Router

Atheros Communications launched its highest performance 802.11n solution to date -- a chipset that combines its XSPAN draft 802.11n technology with its Wireless Network Processor Unit (WNPU). The chipset offers concurrent operation in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless LAN (WLAN) frequency bands, delivering up to 600 Mbps aggregate physical data rates and the flexibility to segregate application content into the channels that provide the best user experience....

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NextWave Wireless to Acquire GO Networks for Metro WiFi

San Diego-based NextWave Wireless will acquire GO Networks, a privately-held developer of 802.11 based mobile broadband wireless solutions for wide area, high capacity metropolitan deployments.GO's Metro Broadband Wireless (MBW) system is a highly-scalable Wi-Fi network solution that combines a proprietary adaptive beamforming antenna engine with a self-organizing and multi-frequency mesh architecture.GO Networks is headquartered in Mountain View, California and has its research and development facilities in Tel Aviv, Israel. NextWave will pay...

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Sonus Posts Record Year End Order Activity

Sonus Networks reported very strong customer activity in the fourth quarter of 2006, resulting in both fourth quarter and full year 2006 orders at record levels. The company said its growth is being fueled by continued demand as major network operators increase their adoption and deployment of IP-voice networks. Sonus also announced that the NASDAQ Listing Qualification Panel has allowed the company until February 12, 2007 to file its Form 10-Qs for the quarters ended June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006 and any required restatements. http://w...

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Wisair Debuts Wireless USB PCI Express Mini Card

Wisair is introducing a Wireless USB PCI Express Mini Card reference design for notebook PCs, as well as a Wireless USB hub reference design. Both reference designs leverage the company's latest 542 chip, based on Certified Wireless USB, which was recently granted WiMedia PHY registration. The design provides four to seven USB ports and includes features such as dual internal antennas fitting into slim enclosures, as well as unique PHY capabilities for extended coverage and link robustness. http://www.wisair....

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Asia Netcom Restores 100 Gbps of Capacity on EAC

Asia Netcom confirmed that it restored all of its customers' traffic along its EAC cable system on 27th December and continues to actively help the region get back online by allocating spare capacity to ISPs and third party telecommunications carriers. In total, Asia Netcom's engineering team restored more than 100 Gbps of capacity on EAC. The company said the majority of the traffic has gone to support Asia Netcom's customers with the remaining being provisioned to support the Internet bandwidth demands of the region's carriers and ISPs. htt...

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Verizon Expands FiOS TV in California

Verizon launched its FiOS TV service in Redlands and Redondo Beach, California. The company already provides the all-digital, fiber-optic TV service in more than a dozen California communities.http://www.verizon....

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Broadcom Closes Acquisition of LVL7 Systems

Broadcom completed its acquisition of LVL7 Systems, a privately-held developer of production-ready networking software for networking equipment manufacturers (OEMs), for $62 million in cash.LVL7's FASTPATH family of software will enable Broadcom to enhance its existing product offering in the small-to-medium-sized business (SMB) market segment. http://www.broadcom....

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EarthLink Announces Passing of CEO -- Garry Betty

Garry Betty, EarthLink's President and CEO, passed away on January 2 due to complications from cancer. He was 49. Mr. Betty had been with the company since 1996. Before joining EarthLink, Garry served as CEO of Digital Communications Associates, Inc. (DCA) -- the youngest CEO of a New York Stock Exchange listed company. He also was a member of the Boards of Directors of Equifax, Global Payments, Inc., and the Carter Center Board of Councilors. Garry graduated in 1979 from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in chemical...

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Amdocs to Acquire SigValue for Customer Billing

Amdocs agreed to acquire SigValue Technologies, a provider of a light-weight billing, customer care, and service control platform designed for service providers, for about $54 million in cash. Amdocs currently owns 14% of SigValue's outstanding capital stock. SigValue's platform is aimed at service providers in emerging markets, such as Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia, where the telecommunications customer base is predominantly composed of mobile pre-paid subscribers. SigValue's platform provides the basic functions required for...

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