Nortel Supplies IMS-ready NGN in Morocco

Itissalat Al Maghrib (Maroc Telecom), the leading telecommunications service provider in Morocco, will deploy an IMS-ready, next-generation network based on Nortel technology in the cities of Rabat and Casablanca. This new network will allow IAM to offer businesses and consumers a full range of advanced multimedia services such as VoIP, mobile VoIP, video telephony, file exchange and integrated voice mail and messaging. Financial terms were not...

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Tamil Rebel Group Gains Illegal Use of Intelsat Satellite

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a Sri Lanka-based group listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department, gained unauthorized use of one of Intelsat's satellites. This week, Intelsat officials, including its technical experts, met with Sri Lankan government officials to discuss the steps Intelsat is taking to address the unauthorized access. Intelsat said it does not tolerate terrorists or others operating illegally on its satellites and is actively pursuing a number of technical alternatives to halt the transmissions....

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MetaSwitch Partners with SOMA for VoIP over WiMAX

MetaSwitch and SOMA Networks have formed a partnership to deliver VoIP over WiMAX solution for carriers looking to deploy next generation applications over wireless broadband services. The companies said a key differentiator for their combined solution is that both the SOMA broadband wireless system and MetaSwitch elements integrate native support for VoIP. For carriers operating in rural areas, the solution will be particularly appealing since both SOMA Networks and MetaSwitch have received Rural Utilities Service (RUS) listing for their products....

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Ericsson's Svanberg Sees TV as Primary Driver in Networking

Television will be the leading driver of IP network growth, said Carl-Henric Svanberg, President and CEO of Ericsson, speaking at his company's Annual General Meeting in Stockholm. Ericsson's recent acquisitions Entrisphere and Redback Networks, that of Marconi last year and the public offer to acquire Tandberg Television, are premised on this belief. In the mobile broadband arena, Svanberg underlined that HSPA is now a widespread technology, laying...

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AT&T Builds Global MPLS VPN for Continental

Continental, a leading automotive supplier, has extended an existing network contract with AT&T for an additional three years. Under the deal, AT&T will operate an MPLS-based VPN linking more than 230 Continental sites in 34 countries. The overall contract includes services worth several millions of U.S. dollars and continues the existing business relationship of the two companies. http://www.att....

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Marvell Debuts Bluetooth Version 2.0 Chip

Marvell introduced a single-chip solution featuring a Bluetooth Core Specification Version 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)-compliant baseband, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a worldwide FM radio receiver. The new chip, which is Marvell's second device enabling Bluetooth Version 2.0 + EDR features, is aimed at high-volume consumer applications such as cell phones and portable media players. It supports simultaneous use of Bluetooth applications and FM radio, and includes support for the new Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR features. It is currently...

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Sonus Gear Carries 33 billion minutes of IP-based Voice per Month

Sonus Networks estimates that platforms installed by its carrier customers currently carry more than 33 billion minutes of IP-based voice traffic every month, up approximately 75% from the same period in 2006. Based on market share numbers from iLocus, Sonus leads both the national and international long distance market with 39% and approximately 26% of voice traffic respectively. Carrying 38% of total long distance voice traffic, Sonus carries nearly 4 out of 10 IP-based voice minutes. http://www.sonusnet.c...

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Apple Adds MGM Films to iTunes, 2 Million Movie Downloads

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) is now offering selected titles from its catalog of feature films for purchase and download on Apple's iTunes Store. This brings the number of films currently available on iTunes to about 500.Apple noted that more than two million movies have now been downloaded from the iTunes Store. To date, iTunes has also delivered over 2.5 billion songs and over 50 million TV shows. http://www.apple....

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LSI's New Encoder Supports HD at 1080p60

LSI introduced an HD real- time encoder with performance and quality required to support 1080p60, the highest resolution format for HD content. The new Domino[X] Pro (DX-1810), which supports H.264, MPEG-2 and VC-1 compression formats, is an encoding solution for TV program content delivery as well as for Blu-ray and HD DVD real-time authoring systems.LSI said its new DX-1810 platform achieves the performance required for high quality 1080p60 encoding...

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Hughes Supplies Broadband Satellite System to Galaxy Broadband

Hughes Network Systems has supplied a broadband satellite system to Galaxy Broadband Communications, which operates its Network Operations Center from a teleport in Hamilton, Ontario. The fully redundant satellite system enables Galaxy Broadband to extend its broadband satellite service offerings beyond consumer internet access, to a wide range of value-added commercial applications, including VoIP, reaching enterprise, small business and government customers across Canada.The Hughes broadband satellite system is based on the IPoS (IP over Satellite)...

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Orange Launches First Windows Mobile 6.0 Device

Orange Business Services launched the first Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0-powered smartphone on the UK market. Available exclusively from Orange until the beginning of May, the compact SPV E650 offers the ability to connect with Wi-Fi, EDGE and GPRS networks. The Orange smartphone combines PDA capabilities with quad-band functionality. It conceals a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, making it easier than ever before to respond to emails . Talk time is...

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Comcast to Acquire Fandango for Movie Ticketing

Comcast announced plans to acquire Fandango, which provides online movie information, showtimes, and ticketing for 15,000 cinema screens across the US, for an undisclosed sum. Fandango is a top U.S. entertainment site and one of the nation's largest movie sites with between 4 and 5 million unique visitors each month. The site has long- term, exclusive relationships with many national theater chains.Comcast also announced plans to launch Fancast.com, a new national online destination that will enable consumers to search, discover, manage and enjoy...

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Motorola and ECI Telecom Form Broadband Access Partnership

Motorola and ECI Telecom announced a new strategic relationship pairing ECI's IP DSLAM portfolio with Motorola's Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN) and Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) solutions. The multi-year agreement provides Motorola access to ECI's portfolio of carrier-class access infrastructure products including Outside Plant (OSP) and Central Office (CO) IP DSLAM solutions. Specifically, the deal gives Motorola the global rights to brand, market, and...

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BBC: Bangladesh Stuck in Telecoms Jam

Unregistered and privately-owned VoIP operators in Bangladesh have been shut down disrupting thousands of international callers, according to the BBC. The move is seen as protecting the state-owned telephone company, the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board, and as part of a wider crackdown on illegal businesses by the country's new military-backed government. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6541781....

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