Orange "Unik for Professionals" Combines Fixed/Mobile Telephony

Orange introduced a "Unik for Professionals" fixed and mobile telephony service for business customers. "Unik for Professionals" uses a GSM/WiFi mobile phone that connects via WiFi to a Livebox Pro gateway when inside the office. With the Livebox Pro, Orange is offering unlimited 24/7 calling to all national and international landlines (Europe, USA and Canada).Orange said that calls started through the Livebox Pro can continue outside on the GSM...

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NDS Announces Peer-to-Peer Content Sharing and Distributed-DVR Capabilities

NDS, which supplies end-to-end content protection systems for network operators, announced two new product enhancements of Synamedia Metro, the NDS IPTV middleware solution. The new capabilities are an in-home Distributed-DVR function and a "ShareTV" P2P aimed at lowering storage and bandwidth overhead of archive-TV for IPTV operators.Distributed DVR: Traditionally, DVRs require a set-top box (STB) with a disk contained in it. Distributed DVR capability...

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World Wide Packets Adds Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) Support

World Wide Packets is now supporting Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) through its LightningEdge 311v platform (LE-311v). PBT is a means of Ethernet tunneling with MPLS interoperability.World Wide Packets LE-311v, a Layer 2 VPN platform, also supports transparent LAN Services delivered over Ethernet or over MPLS. With the addition of PBT, the LE-311v will simplify the network and enable service providers to drive down the overall costs of deployment...

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Juniper Routers Achieve Ethernet First Mile OAM Certification

Iometrix, an independent testing lab, has certified that Juniper's M- and T-series routers are the industry's first routing platforms to successfully pass Iometrix compliance testing for Ethernet in the First Mile Operations Administration and Maintenance (OAM), as specified by IEEE draft 802.3ah. IEEE draft 802.3ah specifies reliability and high availability requirements for Ethernet-based services, enabling service providers to deliver advanced, cost-effective Ethernet-based services with the high levels of quality and reliability required for...

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Nokia Siemens Networks to Outline Product Plan in Feb

Nokia and Siemens plan to start sharing the proposed product portfolio plan for the future Nokia Siemens Networks with employees and customers starting in early February. Planning is still underway to assess the personnel, site and country-level impact of the proposed product portfolio plan as well as expected transition times and requirements for ongoing support for existing products. "As we continue to make strong progress in integration planning for Nokia Siemens Networks, it is critical that we are able to maintain the strong support that we...

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Motorola and TI Expands Relationship to High-Volume 3G, WiMAX and OMAP

Motorola and Texas Instruments are expanding their strategic relationship to include 3G, WiMAX and OMAP technologies in the design and development of new, experience-optimized mobile devices. The expanded relationship covers current, emerging and next-generation wireless standards and leverages intellectual property from both Motorola and TI.As part of the expansion, Motorola is developing 3G handsets based on a TI customized 3G solution that will include high-performance, power-efficient processors from TI's OMAP 3 architecture, as well as advanced,...

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Extreme Networks Adds DHCP-Based Edge Security (NAC)

Extreme Networks has updated its modular operating system, ExtremeXOSversion 11.6, featuring new enhancements for securing networks using Network Access Control (NAC) technologies. The switch-based enforcement allows network administrators to securely deploy NAC using DHCP or 802.1x.Extreme Networks noted that many enterprises deploying NAC to protect the network perimeter have used DHCP servers, which left vulnerabilities. Users that were denied access could simply configure a static IP address to gain entry into the network and get out of quarantine....

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Broadcom Offers New Chips for Bluetooth Wireless Headsets

Broadcom introduced a new silicon and software platform that significantly improves the user experience of wireless mono and stereo headsets. Based on the company's existing Bluetooth technology, the audio portfolio features two new single-chip solutions that support Bluetooth Version 2.0 with EDR (upgradeable to Bluetooth Version 2.1) and Broadcom's "SmartAudio" sound enhancement technology. Sampling is underway.The Bluetooth headset market now exceeds the 80 million unit threshold. http://www.broadcom....

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Brocade Completes McDATA Acquisition

Brocade completed its acquisition of McDATA Corporation, a transaction valued at approximately $973 million. Brocade also embarked on a new branding campaign, including an updated logo and website. Brocade is launching an integrated product and service offering across the range of its Storage Area Network (SAN) and File Area Network (FAN) solutions, including professional services. http://www.brocade....

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Solarflare Introduces Low-power 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Solarflare Communications introduced a low-power 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller that operates at just 2.2 watts. The company said its device offers the lowest latency of all 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers in the market, and it supports virtualization of its host interface, providing the most efficient way to accelerate I/O in virtualized operating system deployments. In addition, the company introduced the industry's first standards- compliant 10GBASE-T server adapter reference design, along with 10GBASE-CX4 and XFP optical server adapter reference...

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Global IP Sound Becomes Global IP Solutions, Acquires Video Codec

Global IP Sound, a supplier of voice quality enhancement software for VoIP, has re-named itself to Global IP Solutions (GIPS) to reflect the expansion and broadening of its market position, including new multi-media technology to be integrated with all of GIPS offerings and real-time applications for the Enterprise market.GIPS acquired Espre Solutions patented video codec technology, which it plans to incorporate into all GIPS' client and server Engines, enabling service providers, application developers, and hardware manufacturers to develop IP...

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Mobile Satellite Ventures Appoints Nextel Exec as Chief Network Officer

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), which is developing a hybrid satellite-terrestrial communications network for coverage across the U.S. and Canada, has hired Drew Caplan as Chief Network Officer. Mr. Caplan will be responsible for MSV's network engineering and technology functions, as well as leading the development and deployment of MSV's next generation network.Prior to joining MSV, Mr. Caplan served as Vice President of National Network Services at Nextel Communications from November 1996 to August 2005. Prior to joining Nextel, Caplan served...

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Verizon Reaches 7.0 million Broadband, 207,000 FiOS TV Customers

Verizon ended 2006 with 7.0 million broadband connections, up 35.7% year-over-year, with more than 1.8 million net adds (FiOS and DSL) for the year and 409,000 net new adds for Q4. The company served 207,000 FiOS TV customers by year-end, with the service available for sale to 2.4 million premises, nearly doubling the addressable market in one quarter. FiOS Internet customers accounted for 165,000 of the net broadband connection additions in the fourth quarter and totaled 687,000 at year-end.Verizon Communications posted Q4 operating revenues...

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Atheros Introduces Bluetooth 2.1 Chip for PCs

Atheros Communications, a leading supplier of 802.11a/g, 802.11g, and 802.11n WLAN chipsets, introduced its first Bluetooth chip for laptops and desktops, enabling WLAN co-existence and simultaneous usage of multiple Bluetooth-based devices like mice, keyboards, voice and stereo headsets and mobile phones. The company said it foresees rapid adoption of Bluetooth alongside WiFi as the cost to implement the technology declines and the number of peripherals...

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Yipes and NASDAQ to Offer Market Data Access and Trading via Ethernet Extranet

Yipes Enterprise Services and the NASDAQ Stock Market will offer market data access and trading capabilities through the Yipes FinancialConnect! platform. Yipes FinancialConnect! is an Ethernet-based extranet for electronic trading capable of directly delivering financial market and exchange data to banks, brokers, hedge funds, and institutional investors. Yipes is evolving from being a bandwidth provider to a trusted source of content for the financial...

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