Agilent Joins Alcatel-Lucent IPTV Solution Set

Alcatel-Lucent has chosen Agilent as a formal test and measurement (T&M) partner for its IPTV ecosystem. Alcatel-Lucent's IPTV ecosystem now includes the following Agilent equipment:The Agilent N2X multiservices test solution, which provides pre-deployment verification of IPTV service quality under highly scaled and dynamic triple play network conditions. The N2X emulates thousands of dynamic IPTV subscribers and generates triple play video, voice over IP and data (high-speed Internet) traffic to place significant stress on IPTV network equipment....

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Cortina Debuts First 40Gbps Ethernet MAC Aggregator IC

Cortina Systems, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, introduced an Ethernet MAC Aggregator chip with both 10GE LAN and WAN PHY integration to address enterprise and metro needs. The device features four 10GE MACs with Layer 5 classification capabilities to identify and protect critical traffic flows. This level of performance is enabled by the use of Interlaken uplink ports, an open industry standard created by Cortina and Cisco for inter-component connectivity. The Interlaken interface delivers up to 40Gbps uplink capacity for wire speed,...

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Sky Angel and ShifTV Launch Canada-Wide Christian IPTV Service

Sky Angel, a U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) provider of Christian TV and radio channels plus family programming, and ShifTV Inc. of Toronto, Canada, launched a multi-channel, Web-based television service throughout Canada. Sky Angel is providing more than 30 TV and radio channels of Christian and family programming to ShifTV for delivery to a broadband enabled set-top box. The service costs $24.99 CAD per month. http://www.skyangel....

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Octasic Subsidiary Targets VoIP End-user Gear

Octasic, which supplies voice processing solutions for TDM and IP networks, has created a new subsidiary, OctWare Inc., that will provide software solutions for VoIP end-user communication equipment.OctWare's voice processing solutions, which include echo cancellation, are optimized for Asterisk based IP PBX, softphones, IP & speaker phones, and hand-held devices. OctWare's first product, SoftEcho is currently being shipped. OctWare operates out of Montreal in the same location as Octasic and will be run under the same management team."Leveraging...

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Axerra Networks Announces Executive Appointments

Gil Biran, Founder and previously COO of Axerra Networks, will now take on the dual role of President and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). Axerra also announced the appointment of Amir Hochbaum as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Hochbaum previously was Senior Vice President, Research, Development and Operations of Vyyo Israel. Prior to Vyyo, Mr. Hochbaum held management positions at Avaya (formerly Lucent, Madge and Lannet) including Managing Director and Vice President of R&D. http://www.axerra....

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Teknovus and Fiberxon Cooperate on “Turbo�? EPON

Teknovus and Fiberxon, a leading supplier of optics for the PON market, announced cooperation in the development of Teknovus' Turbo EPON solutions, beginning with 2.5G. Teknovus' Turbo EPON solutions encompass Fiberxon's advanced transceivers, enabling an easy upgrade to higher speeds by the use of Fiberxon's dual-speed ONU transceivers.The companies have been collaborating since 2005. Teknovus and Fiberxon have also begun cooperation on 10G EPON reference designs. http://www.fiberxon.com http://www.teknovus....

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Avaya Integrates with IBM Lotus Notes and Domino

Avaya introduced solutions that integrate with IBM Lotus Notes and Domino and IBM Lotus Sametime to deliver Avaya IP telephony, conferencing and messaging to the Lotus environment. The new offerings include:Avaya Meeting Exchange for IBM Lotus Sametime, which extends the latest version of IBM's platform for secure and scalable instant messaging and Web conferencing. By integrating Avaya's market-leading audio conferencing capabilities, the solution provides users with added collaboration capabilities, including multi-party click-to-conference...

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Ruckus Wireless Notes 1,000,000 Unit Milestone

During 2006, Ruckus Wireless shipped 100,000 of its Ruckus MediaFlex systems to more than 125 broadband operators around the world. Furthermore, since introducing its Smart Wi-Fi technology in 2005, over 1,000,000 BeamFlex-equipped access points have been sold. http://www.ruckuswireless....

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TI Posts Q4 Revenue of $3.46 Billion

Texas Instruments reported Q4 2006 revenue of $3.46 billion, down 8 percent compared with the third quarter and up 4 percent compared with the same period last year due to higher demand for the company's semiconductor and calculator products. For the year, TI revenue grew 16 percent to a record $14.25 billion. Growth was driven primarily by strong demand for the company's analog products, especially high-performance analog, and DSP products.In the fourth quarter, earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations were $0.45. This included a $0.05...

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Foundry Confirms Stock Option Grant Discrepancies

Foundry Networks announced a set of key conclusions following its internal investigation of past stock option grants at the company.Based on its investigation, the Foundry's Special Committee has concluded, among other things, that the company lacks contemporaneous evidence supporting a substantial number of the recorded option grants. The company said that some option grants were prepared or finalized days or, in some cases, weeks after the option grant date recorded in its books. The affected grants include grants to existing employees, newly-hired...

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Firetide Debuts Indoor/Outdoor Wireless Mesh Nodes with Dual Radio Backhaul

Firetide introduced its new HotPort 6000 indoor and outdoor mesh nodes featuring a dual radio backhaul capability that delivers up to 70 Mbps. Target applications include municipal deployments, video surveillance, industrial, and transportation networks. Multiple radio configuration options increase the overall reliability, capacity and scalability of wireless mesh networks.The HotPort 6000 mesh nodes feature high powered radios that support both...

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Broadcom Integrates Enterprise Security into New Gigabit Switches

Broadcom announced a new generation of multi-layer Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switches designed to improve enterprise network security.Broadcom' new StrataXGS III BCM56510 series of multi-layer Gigabit Ethernet switches are a follow-on series to the company's widely deployed BCM56500 series. A key feature will be the new "BroadShield" security technology, which enables network admission control (NAC) and supports Microsoft's Network Access Protection policy enforcement technology to achieve dramatically improved network security and manageability when...

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