Video Interview: BT -- Peter Russo Discusses 21CN, SIP, IMS, FMC and MPLS

Video Interview: BT -- Peter Russo Discusses 21CN, SIP, IMS, FMC and MPLSKey Questions Covered:Update on BT's 21CN Project -- What is the current status of 21CN as of Spring 2007? Is BT now actively decommissioning its TDM switches?VoIP Traffic Peering -- How does 21CN impact how voice traffic is exchanged with other carriers?The Role of Open Standards in 21CN -- The alphabet soup of standards supported by BTSIP, ENUM and the IMS Architecture -- How will these technologies benefit BT and its customers?FMC for Consumers and Enterprises -- What...

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BT Tests "Motion-sensing" Consumer Devices

BT researchers in the Broadband Applications Research Centre at Adastral Park are testing motion-sensing technology for possible use in consumer devices, such as laptops. The BT Balance adapter uses an accelerometer chip to enable the user to manipulate menus and applications simply by moving or tilting their machine. http://www.btplc....

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BT Names Group Strategy and Operations Team

BT announced the appointment of the senior management team that will support Andy Green in his new role as CEO of Group Strategy and Operations:Al-Noor Ramji is appointed CEO of BT Design, with responsibility for the design and development of software-driven products and services. Al-Noor is currently CEO of BT Exact, the IT division of BT. Al-Noor retains his responsibility as BT Group CIO.Roel Louwhoff becomes CEO of BT Operate, responsible for deploying, testing and operating the new software services on BT's Global 21CN platform. Roel is...

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Telcordia Names New CEO

Telcordia Technologies named Mark Greenquist as its new President and CEO, succeeding Daniel J. Carroll, who will retain his position on the Telcordia Board of Directors. Greenquist who previously served as both Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Telcordia will also remain a member of the Board. Previously, Greenquist served at both Symbol Technologies, Agere Systems, and General Motors in several international leadership...

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Zhone Debuts its FiberSLAM -- a Hybrid C/DWDM Multiplexer

Zhone Technologies unveiled its FiberSLAM -- a 1 RU hybrid access system that integrates Coarse/Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (C/DWDM) Gigabit-Ethernet (GbE) and Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) capabilities. The unit is designed for bringing fiber access to carrier Remote Terminal (RT) and cell tower installations.FiberSLAM is based on Zhone's Single Line Multi-Service (SLMS) architecture and supports a migration from TDM (E1/T1 and DS3) to all-Ethernet (GbE) networks. Separate wavelengths may be used for dedicated channel delivery.Flexible...

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Cisco Enhances Catalyst 6500 with Programmable Intelligent Services Accelerator

Cisco announced a major enhancement to its flagship Catalyst 6500 Switching Platform with introduction of the Supervisor Engine 32 with Programmable Intelligent Services Accelerator (PISA) technology. The modular component provides the ability to analyze stateful and stateless application traffic flows for proactive security protection, compliance with corporate policies and management of network resource utilization.PISA leverages deep packet inspection...

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LignUp Enhances its Communications Application Server

LignUp announced Release 4.0 of its LignUp Communications Application Server, which enables telephony Web services deployed within enterprise service-oriented architectures (SOA) and existing telecom infrastructures. LignUp 4.0 features 125 call control and media control functions exposed through LignUp Communications Web Services. The Web services are implemented by the J2EE-compliant1 LignUp Communications Integration Server, a new component of the LignUp Communications Application Server. The standards-based (SIP, RTP, HTTP, SOAP, WSDL2) LignUp...

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AudioCodes Posts Q1 Revenues of $37 Million

AudioCodes reported Q1 revenues of $36.5 million compared to $42.6 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 and $31.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. First quarter revenues decreased 14.2% compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2006 and increased 16.6% compared to the first quarter of 2006. GAAP net loss was $2.4 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2007."The first quarter results were lower than originally anticipated. Our first quarter results were impacted by weakness in our APAC and Israel sales...

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Reaches 285,111 Media-On-Demand Subscribers

Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom reported Q1 revenue of NT$45.78 billion, up 1.7% year-over-year. Internet and data revenue rose 8.9% year-over-year to NT$12.18 ; mobile revenue increased 0.7% year-over-year to NT$18.07 billion; and net income totaled NT$11.15 billion, a year-over-year increase of 19.6%.Some highlights:Chunghwa added 48,000 new HiNet subscribers over the quarter to bring the total number of Internet subscriptions to 4.35 million at the...

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Atheros Posts Q1 Revenue of $96 Million

Atheros reported Q1 revenue of $95.5 million, up nine percent from the $87.8 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2006 and up 56 percent from the $61.1 million reported in the first quarter of 2006. Net income (GAAP) was $7.6 million or $0.13 per diluted share, compared with a GAAP net loss of $1.2 million or a loss of $0.02 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2006, which included $12.3 million in estimated acquisition related expenses."Q1 was another strong quarter for Atheros and one in which we experienced strong demand for both...

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Verizon Adds 141,000 FiOS TV, 177,000 FiOS Internet Customers in Q1

Verizon reports $22.6 billion in revenues, up 6.4 percent from 1Q 2006, and 54 cents in diluted EPS before discontinued operations and special items (non-GAAP), up 17.4 percent from 46 cents per share in 1Q 2006. Some highlights for the quarter:Verizon WirelessVerizon Wireless added 1.6 million retail net customer additions (including acquisitions and adjustments) most of which were post-paid customers. The company now has 58.5 million retail customers. The company added 1.7 million total net customers. Total customers (which include retail...

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QUALCOMM and 4G Systems Announce Licensing Agreement

QUALCOMM and 4G Systems GmbH, which is a QUALCOMM WCDMA and TD-SCDMA modem card and router licensee, have entered into an OFDM/OFDMA license agreement. Under the terms of the royalty-bearing agreement, QUALCOMM has licensed 4G Systems to develop, manufacture and sell OFDM/OFDMA modem card and router products for high-speed broadband wireless access, as well as external modems and products for machine-to-machine communications and telematics. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.qualcomm.com http://www.4g-systems....

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Narad Changes Name to PhyFlex Networks

Narad Networks, a supplier of FTTx solutions for HFC cable systems, changed its name to PhyFlex Networks. The FTTxSWITCH product, the first of the PhyFlex FTTx family of products, is now in various stages of adoption with eight operators in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Korea. Additionally, the company today announced that the FTTxSWITCH is the first outdoor switch to be certified by the Metro Ethernet Forum as a Carrier Ethernet access network platform...

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CBS Television Stations Adopt Microsoft Silverlight

CBS Television Stations plan to launch a community-generated content initiative for its network of local Web sites that uses the new Microsoft Silverlight cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for media on the Web.The new local initiative will allow users of the CBS-owned stations' sites to view, upload, share, rate, comment, sort and search video, images, audio and text submissions. A key component of the application is its full integration into...

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Atheros Launches its First Ethernet Switching Chip

Atheros Communications introduced its first Ethernet switch chip and a low-cost, 6-port 10/100 Fast Ethernet switch. The AR8216 supports can be used in wired and wireless networking equipment, including mainstream 802.11n and 802.11g wireless router and gateway platforms. With its new low-cost Fast Ethernet switch solution, Atheros now provides networking customers with all of the major silicon required for complete wire-to-wireless router designs. The device consists of five 10/100 Ethernet PHY ports, one MII port for CPU connectivity and six...

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Microsoft Prevails over AT&T in Patent Case

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Microsoft in patent case versus. AT&T. The court ruled that Microsoft does not royalty payments for software sales overseas where AT&T does not hold patents for the voice-processing technology in question."Today's Supreme Court decision is important for the entire information technology industry, adding clarity and balance to our patent system. This decision promotes a global patent system that works. The ruling ensures that U.S. courts, like courts elsewhere, can respect the patent laws of other...

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Microsoft Outlines Silverlight Initiatives

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, and Scott Guthrie, general manager of the Developer Division, outlined the vision and road map for Microsoft Silverlight, a core component of Microsoft's overall strategy for the Web.Microsoft's Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET-based media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs). A beta of Silverlight has now been available...

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