ECI Reports Q4 Revenues, CFO Steps Aside

ECI Telecom reported Q4 2006 revenues of $154 million, compared with $169 million recorded in the fourth quarter of 2005 and $170 million recorded in the third quarter of 2006. For the entire year 2006 revenues grew 4% compared with 2005 to reach $656 million. Net income (GAAP) for Q4 was $2.3 million, or $0.02 per share on a fully diluted basis, compared with fourth quarter 2005 net income of $7.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share. Some highlights:Revenues for the Optical Networks Division continued to rise for the 14th consecutive quarter,...

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Occam Posts Q4 Revenue of $20 Million, Reaches 200 Customers

Occam Networks reported Q4 2006 revenue of $20.1 million, an increase of 56% over the fourth quarter of 2005 and 11% sequentially over the third quarter of 2006. Annual revenue for 2006 was $68.6 million, representing a 75% increase over annual revenue for 2005. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2006 (GAAP) was $0.9 million or $0.04 per diluted share compared with net income of $0.4 million or $0.03 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2005 and net income of $0.2 million or $0.01 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2006. The company...

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Canada's Videotron Tests Cisco's WideBand for 100 Mbps Cable Access

Videotron, which serves 1,553,000 cable television customers in Québec, will begin testing a cable wideband solution that delivers Internet speeds up to 100 Mbps, which is five times faster than its current Extreme Plus high speed Internet service.In a joint announcement with Cisco, Videotron reported that its pilot implementation has now been running for more than a month. The companies are projecting they will reach the 100 Mbps objective in the next few months."This alliance enables us to stand far ahead of the competition with regards to delivery...

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Qwest Opens Data Center in Seattle

Qwest Communications opened a new CyberCenter in the Seattle area -- bringing to 14 the number of such facilities it operates nationwide. Services include collocation, operating systems, application and database monitoring and management, storage management and business protection. http://www.qwest....

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FCC Commissioners Testify before Democratically-controlled Senate Committee

All five FCC Commissioners were called to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee, their first such appearance since the Democrats regained control of Congress. Top issues included the recent acquisition of BellSouth by AT&T, the Universal Service Fund (USF), rural broadband deployment and the Digital Divide.Questions posed by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye, a Democrat from Hawaii, challenged FCC Chairman Martin on whether he would enforce all of the conditions agreed to in the AT&T+BellSouth merger approval. Martin...

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Sea Launch Updates Platform Status Following Jan. 30 Failure

Following the unsuccessful launch of the NSS-8 spacecraft from its Odyssey Platform in the equatorial Pacific on January 30, Sea Launch issued a preliminary assessment. The Odyssey Launch Platform has sustained limited damage. The integrity and functionality of essential marine, communications and crew support systems remains intact. The vessel is operating on its own power and is currently manned by the full marine crew. The Commander ship was not damaged during the launch attempt, as it was positioned four miles from the Launch Platform at...

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Microsoft Gains Partners for its Network Access Protection

Microsoft said it now has more than 100 networking and security partners for its Network Access Protection (NAP), a policy enforcement platform built into the Windows Vista operating system and the upcoming version of Windows Server, code-named "Longhorn".NAP is designed to allow IT administrators to better protect network assets by enforcing compliance with system health requirements. Users can create customized policies to validate computer health before allowing access or communication, automatically update compliant computers to help ensure...

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Comcast Triple Play Powers Record Results

Comcast credited its Triple Play bundles for strong results in Q4 2006, as the company added more revenue generating units (RGUs) than at any other time in its history and reported growth in cable revenue and operating cash flow. Some highlights from the quarter:Comcast Cable reported revenue of $6.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2006, an increase of 14% from the prior year. For all of 2006, cable revenue increased 12% to $26.3 billion.Video revenue increased 9% reflecting growth in both basic and digital cable customers and increased demand...

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BT to Acquire INS, Expanding its Role in Global IT Consulting

BT announced plans to acquire International Network Services Inc. (INS), a leading global provider of IT consulting and software solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.img border="0" src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11402824/CND/v14n022-bt.jpg" align="right">INS specializes in four major areas -- Enterprise Architecture and Governance, Business Productivity, Information Risk Management, and Infrastructure Transformation. Based in Santa Clara, California, with offices in Europe, Asia and throughout North America, the company builds, implements...

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Verizon to Hire More Staff to Support Fiber Rollout

Verizon is seeking to hire 100 new consumer sales consultants to handle consumer demand for both Verizon DSL and FiOS Internet and TV service in the Tampa Bay region of Florida. The company also plans to train over 400 additional fiber technicians for the region to add to the strength of the Verizon network and customer support teams. http://www.verizon....

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Ikanos Supplies VDSL2 to Leading Korean Vendors

Korean VDSL equipment manufacturers Millinet Co., Ltd. and Ubiquoss Corp. have selected the Ikanos multi-mode VDSL2 central office (CO) and customer premises equipment (CPE) chipsets. This enables Millinet and Ubiquoss to offer products capable of symmetrical speeds of up to 100 Mbps that support infrastructure upgrades to VDSL2 now underway in Korea.Ikanos said its FxTM100100-5 VDSL2 CO and FxTM100100S-5 VDSL2 CPE chipsets offer the lowest power consumption per port in the industry. The multi-mode VDSL2 chipsets -- which are optimized for IPTV...

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Verizon Wireless Launches EV-DO Rev-A

Verizon Wireless is launching its CDMA 1x Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) service. The upgrade is available initially in Mass., including Boston and its suburbs, the Richmond and Hampton Roads, Va. areas, Chicago and its suburbs and including Gary, Ind., Salt Lake City and other cities in Utah, as well as in Florida throughout the state's entire existing area of Verizon Wireless' wireless broadband network.Verizon Wireless said customers with the EVDO Rev. A service should expect average download speeds of 450-800 kbps and...

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AudioCodes Acquires CTI Squared Ltd.

AudioCodes will acquire CTI Squared Ltd. ("CTI2"), a provider of enhanced messaging and communications platforms deployed globally by service providers and enterprises. CTI2's platforms integrate data and voice messaging services over Internet, intranet, PSTN, cellular, cable and enterprise networks. It employs approximately 30 people and they are based in Israel. "This acquisition further strengthens our strategic initiative to become a key supplier of Converged IP Communication products and solutions to Service Providers worldwide," said Shabtai...

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