T-Mobile Germany Selects Tekelec to Upgrade Signaling Network

T-Mobile Germany has selected Tekelec to upgrade its SS7 signaling network as it makes the transition to IP-based platforms and services. The upgrade introduces Sigtran -- IP-based signaling system 7 (SS7) signaling. Tekelec's EAGLE 5 Integrated Signaling System (ISS) supports a variety of applications in addition to SS7 signaling, including gateway functionality, number portability and integrated data acquisition.The deployment, which began in October 2006, will be completed by the middle of 2007.Tekelec described the introduction of Sigtran (SS7oIP)...

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PMC-Sierra and DASAN Win EPON with KT

KT has selected DASAN Networks, Korea's leading supplier of broadband access equipment, for a major FTTH rollout in the greater metropolitan area of Seoul. The number of subscribers under this deployment to reach 800,000 in the 2007 calendar year.DASAN's gigabit per second EPON solution is based on PMC-Sierra's FTTH chip set using its GigaPASS architecture. DASAN provides ONUs (Optical Network Units) for FTTH Customer Premises Equipment and OLTs (Optical Line Terminal) FTTH equipment for central office equipment (COs).http://www.pmc-sierra.com...

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Cablevision's Optimum Lightpath Connects 2,000th Fiber Building in NY

Cablevision's Optimum Lightpath division is now connected to 2,000 fiber-lit buildings in the New York metropolitan area. Its network now comprises more than 2,500 route miles of fiber optic cable (nearly 128,000 miles of actual fiber) within the New York metropolitan area, encompassing New York City, and the suburban areas of Long Island, Westchester County, Northern New Jersey and Southern Connecticut. The company delivers Metro Ethernet services. http://www.optimumlightpath.com http://www.metroethernetnow....

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Force10 Awarded Backplane and Routing Patents

Force10 Networks was awarded two patents protecting the 100 Gigabit Ethernet-enabled backplane and robust routing technology that powers its TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers. Force10 now holds 18 U.S. and international patents.Force10 said its TeraScale E-Series leverages several advances in both switching and routing technology to improve system-level processing and throughput. In its routing implementation, the TeraScale E-Series utilizes a patent-protected scheduling logic that more efficiently processes traffic, enabling very high...

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Slingbox Targets Social Networking with Clip + Sing

Sling Media, which offers the Slingbox place-shifting device, introduced a new technology called "Clip+Sling" that lets Slingbox customers share short segments of programming, live or recorded, with other Slingbox customers as well as the Web users at-large.Clip+Sling is a feature that will be built into both the desktop and mobile versions of SlingPlayer software.Customers will need a Slingbox to publish clips, but the content will be posted to...

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Cisco Outlines Vision of the "Human Network"

In a keynote address at CES in Las Vegas, Cisco CEO John Chambers outlined the company's vision of connected people and devices, the inevitable trend as consumer electronics makes the transition from analog to digital and become Internet enabled. Through its marketing and in its product development, Cisco is emphasizing "the human network" -- where content follows people wherever they go. Chambers demonstrated seamless handovers of a media file...

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Comcast Sees Triple Play and Business Services Driving Growth

Triple Play service bundles are driving growth at Comcast, said Brian Roberts, speaking at the Citigroup Entertainment Media & Telecommunication Conference, and new push into business services will extend this momentum. Growth in revenue generating units (RGUs) surged 85% in 2006 due largely to its Triple Play bundle, which provides voice, video and Internet access for $99 per month. Comcast aims to be a credible alternative to the ILECs in delivering services to small and medium businesses -- a market valued at $25 billion per year. Some...

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iSkoot Puts Skype on Motorola RAZR and Symbian

iSkoot, a start-up based in Cambridge, Mass., announced that the iSkoot client software has been Skype Certified. iSkoot, which is initially available only in the US market, allows mobile phone users to place and receive Skype calls from their handsets, without the need for PCs, special hardware, or WiFi hot spots. Users use local rates or minutes from their plans to speak to Skype contacts or use SkypeOut to make inexpensive calls to any phone from their mobiles.Initially, the iSkoot client software supports Motorola RAZR phones and Symbian-based...

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Apple and Cisco Discuss iPhone Trademark

Cisco Systems said that is close to an agreement with Apple regarding the use of its "iPhone" trademark. http://www.cisco.comCisco's Linksys division unveiled a new iPhone for Skype that works on 802.11g networks. The iPhone Wireless-G Phone for Skype (WIP320) makes Skype portable by integrating it into a Wireless-G handset, allowing consumers to place calls from anywhere they can connect to a wireless access point. The product is offered in North...

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Apple's iTunes Store Reaches New Milestones

Apple announced new milestones for its iTunes store: more than two billion songs, 50 million television episodes and over 1.3 million feature-length films have been purchased and downloaded to date. The company said this make it the leading online music, TV and movie store.The iTunes Store now features over four million songs, 250 feature films, 350 television shows and over 100,000 podcasts.http://www.apple....

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Apple TV to Ship in February for $299

Apple will begin shipping its "Apple TV" digital hub in February at a list price of $299. The device can play iTunes content stored on a Mac or PC on a widescreen TV, including movies, TV shows, music, photos and podcasts. Apple TV features a new user interface and the same Apple Remote available with current Macs. It can auto-sync content from one computer or stream content from up to five additional computers. The box features a 40GB hard drive...

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Apple Unveils iPhone, Partners with Cingular, Google, Yahoo!

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the long awaited iPhone -- combining a GSM phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, digital camera, WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities and Internet communications, including email, web browsing, searching and maps. Apple also announced a multi-year partnership with Cingular -- now part of AT&T -- which will offer the iPhone starting in June for $599."iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is literally...

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