RadiSys Teams with Huawei for IMS

RadiSys working with Huawei Technologies in supplying IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) infrastructure and enhanced services.Convedia, which was recently acquired by RadiSys, has been a supplier of IP media processing platforms and technology for Huawei's Media Resource Server (MRS) products. The Huawei U-SYS Next Generation Network (NGN) solution and fixed and mobile convergent IMS solution incorporate MRS products based on Convedia Media Server technology, and are now being marketed and sold into Huawei's global customer base.The companies said...

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South Africa's Neotel Selects Motorola for RF Planning

Neotel, South Africa's second national operator, has selected Motorola for Radio Frequency (RF) planning of its WiMAX and CDMA wireless networks in South Africa. This is the first contract between Motorola and Neotel, and over a period of time, will encompass the RF planning for various wireless technologies including WiMAX and CDMA.Neotel officially launched its first services to the wholesale telecoms market on 31 August 2006. http://www.motorola....

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Earthlink's Broadband Revenue Exceeds Narrowband for First Time

Earthlink's broadband revenues have surpassed it narrowband revenues for the first time. During Q4, the company's broadband revenues increased to $150.3 million, or 35.0 percent, compared to the fourth quarter of 2005, driven by its acquisition of New Edge Networks.During the fourth quarter of 2006, EarthLink added 29,000 net broadband customers, which included a one-time reduction of 19,000 subscribers related to a broadband partner's database reconciliation. Additionally, the net growth in broadband customers included 12,000 net voice subscribers,...

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BT to Acquire i2i for Enterprise Services in India

BT will acquire i2i Enterprise Pvt Ltd, a Mumbai-based enterprise services company specializing in IP communications services for major Indian and global multinational companies. Financial services were not disclosed.i2i is currently the distributor of BT Infonet's managed network services and products in India. The company has around 200 technical, sales and other professional staff. It holds licences to provide international long distance (ILD), national long distance (NLD), nationwide ISP, and internet telephony services."BT will become the...

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Wal-Mart Begins Video Downloads Beta with 3,000 Titles, HP Supplies Solution

Wal-Mart launched a beta version of its upcoming video downloads service, featuring more than 3,000 movie and TV titles from major Hollywood studios and television networks.New movie releases are available for video download on the day of the DVD release and range from $12.88- $19.88, with catalog titles starting at only $7.50 and TV shows at $1.96 per episode. In addition to individual video downloads, Wal-Mart will continue to offer physical/digital movie bundles for select movie titles throughout the year, giving customers who purchase a physical...

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Juniper Drives Standards-Based Network Access Control with 802.1x

Juniper Networks announced a series of partnerships leveraging 802.1X-enabled switches and wireless access points to implement network access control. Specifically, Juniper's Unified Access Control 2.0 (UAC 2.0) solution now offers standards-based, network access control interoperability with Aruba Networks, Colubris Networks, Meru Networks and Trapeze Networks. Juniper said its UAC 2.0 solution interoperates with any 802.1X-enabled switch or wireless access point, allowing enterprises to control access to the network at Layer 2, before an IP...

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World Wide Packets Debuts its LightningEdge 3300 Aggregation Switch

World Wide Packets introduced its LightningEdge 3300 (LE-3300) Service Aggregation Switch for Carrier Ethernet services, featuring capabilities such as Hierarchical Quality of Service (H-QoS), a fully programmable distributed switching architecture, and a redundant hardware design with service cards ranging from 10 Gigabit Ethernet to high-density Gigabit Ethernet.The LE-3300 is designed for deployment at first and second tier aggregation points...

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Mzima Deploys Force10 Switch/Routers for Nationwide 10GigE Backbone

Mzima Networks, which operates metropolitan DWDM fiber networks connected to multiple Tier-1 backbone providers, has deployed Force10 Networks' TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers to anchor its high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet backbone. The equipment is used to peer with more than 350 networks in the U.S. and Europe. By using BGP, Mzima has built a fully routed transcontinental network anchored by points of presence in 10 cities with roll outs planned in three additional cities. The TeraScale E300 offers eight-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet...

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Motorola Invests in Tango Networks for Enterprise FMC

Motorola has made an equity investment in Tango Networks, a start-up developing hardware and software that integrates mobile phones with corporate telephone networks. The funding was part of Tango's Series A round. Financial terms were not disclosed.Tango, which is based in Richardson, Texas, is developing the "Abrazo", a mobility solution that enables any mobile phone to become a PBX extension on an enterprise network. Product specifics have not been disclosed. http://www.tango-networks.com http://www.motorola....

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Cisco Posts Record Q2 Sales of $8.4 billion

Cisco reported record second quarter net sales of $8.4 billion, net income (GAAP) of $1.9 billion or $0.31 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2.1 billion or $0.33 per share."Cisco achieved record results that were well balanced across our geographies, products, services, customer segments and new markets," said John Chambers, chairman and CEO, Cisco. Some highlights:Cash flows from operations were $2.7 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2007, compared with $1.9 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2006, and compared with $2.3 billion...

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Time Warner Telecom Revenue up 29% Year over Year

Time Warner Telecom, which provides managed voice and data networking solutions for business customers, reported Q4 revenue of $238.8 million, $80.2 million in Modified EBITDA and a net loss of $24.8 million. The company grew its total revenue 29% year over year and 22% sequentially. Enterprise revenue was up 43% year over year, and 29% sequentially.Time Warner Telecom also reported progress in integrating recently-acquired Xspedius, for which it paid $216 million in cash and issued 18.2 million Class A common shares. The company's sales force...

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Verizon Notes Copper Cable Theft in West Virginia

Verizon reported nearly 45 incidents involving theft of copper telephone cables and electronic equipment, as well as vandalism to its telecommunications network in West Virginia, over the past 12 months. Verizon said a majority of the acts have occurred in southern West Virginia, primarily in Boone, Logan and Kanawha counties, noting that more than 17,000 customers have unnecessarily experienced telephone service delays - up to five days in some cases - and endured risks to their personal safety. The most recent incident occurred on January 27,...

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Microsoft Outlines "Anywhere Access" Security Vision, New Alliances

In a keynote address at the RSA Conference 2007, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie outlined their vision for secure and easy "anywhere access" based on the concept of trustworthy computing."Security is the fundamental challenge that will determine whether we can successfully create a new generation of connected experiences that enable people to have anywhere access to communications, content and information," Gates said.Gates said Microsoft remains commitment to interoperability and is working with...

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Equinix Secures $110 Million for Chicago Internet Business Exchange

Equinix secured $110 million in financing for the expansion of its Chicago-area footprint. The financing will fund the development, design and construction of an approximately 250,000 square foot Internet Business Exchange center, which will be located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Equinix currently operates facilities in 10 markets in the U.S. and Asia. http://www.equinix....

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Nortel's CFO to Step Down

Peter Currie will step down as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Nortel, effective 30-Apr-2007. The company has not yet named a replacement."I believe that I have achieved at Nortel what I returned to accomplish.  We have transformed the finance organization, significantly strengthened internal controls, and improved the balance sheet," said Peter Currie. http://www.nortel....

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