Video Interview: Verizon Business' Mike Yancey Discusses the Wholesale VoIP Market

Video Interview: Verizon Business' Mike Yancey Discusses the Wholesale VoIP MarketKey Questions Covered:Wholesale VoIP: Who are the customers for Verizon Business' wholesale voice offerings?Verizon's VoIP infrastructure -- what are the key elements of the Verizon Business VoIP backbone? What upgrades are you planning?SIP, ENUM and the IMS Architecture -- How are these technologies being integrated into your network?Wholesale VoIP Security -- What are the security concerns of wholesale VoIP and how are they being addressed?The FCC Declaratory...

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Iowa CLEC Upgrades Network with Occam's BLC 6000

The Local Internet Service Company (LISCO), a leading competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) serving in the Fairfield, Iowa area has begun purchasing Occam's BLC 6000 Fiber products as part of a strategy to overbuild Fairfield with fiber to the home (FTTH). LISCO is using Occam's 6312 Optical Line Termination blades and 6314s 10GigE Optical Packet Transport and Optical Line Termination blades. When complete, LISCO will be able to offer Triple Play services to approximately 4,000 residential subscribers. http://www.occamnetworks....

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Dept.of Defense Certifies Juniper Routers for IPv6

Juniper Networks' M- and T-series routing platforms are the first network routers to be certified for the Department of Defense Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Capable Approved Products List (APL). The Office of the Secretary of Defense National Information Infrastructure (OSD-NII) has mandated that all DoD Program Managers purchase products from the IPv6 APL, in keeping with the Department's overall directive that defense organizations transition network backbones from IPv4 to IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol, by 2008. The IPv6 Capable...

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SeaChange Debuts Flash Memory Server for VOD

SeaChange International unveiled its 100% flash memory solution for on-demand television -- decoupling on-demand streaming from disk-based content storage and enabling television operators to push their streaming resources to the network edge and deploy centralized content libraries.Available in Q3 2007, a single SeaChange MediaServer Flash Streamer (two rack units high) will provide 300 hours of storage and 1,000 streams. SeaChange said the most...

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Joost Launches its Web TV Service

Joost announced the commercial launch of its broadcast-quality Internet television service, kicking off publicity campaigns in 32 countries. Joost reportedly has enrolled over 100,000 beta testers and now aims to attract over a million registered viewers in its first few months. The service initially is available under a controlled release to invited parties. The company plans to open registrations to any broadband user later this month.Joost...

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Qwest Reports Improved Profitability

Qwest Communications reported quarterly earnings of $240 million, or $0.12 per diluted share compared with earnings of $88 million, or $0.05 per diluted share in the first quarter 2006. Operating revenue for the first quarter 2007 was $3.4 billion, including data and Internet services revenue of $1.2 billion, now more than 35 percent of operating revenue. Some highlights:High-speed Internet subscribers grew by 167,000 in the first quarter.Qwest added 80,000 net DIRECTV subscribers in the quarter compared to 38,000 new subscribers in the year-ago...

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Comcast Raises Guidance, Strength in Triple Play

Speaking at its 2007 Analyst and Investor Meeting in Philadelphia, Brian Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation raised the financial guidance for the company, predicting strong long-term prospects, including continued double-digit revenue growth, operating margin expansion, and sustainable and growing free cash flow. The bullish statements reflected the positive market response for the company's Triple Play service bundle."The triple play...

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Verizon Business Offer VoIP Assessment Tools & MOS SLA

Verizon Business introduced a reporting service to help enterprise customers better assess voice quality over their networks and manage them more efficiently. Verizon's new Network Assessment with Voice service is powered by Centrisoft. The service can helps customers ensure that VoIP is deployed correctly by accurately sizing the network at the outset; fine-tune VoIP call quality in an existing network running both data and voice traffic; and appropriately...

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TI Extends Codec Interoperability

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced its "eXpressDSP" Digital Media Software Standard (xDM), a low-level application programming interface (API) for DSP-based software that provides a framework for integrating and exchanging multiple codecs within an application. xDM is an extension of TI's widely deployed eXpressDSP Algorithm Interoperability Standard (xDAIS), and makes it possible to exchange codecs by simplifying codec APIs to encode, decode, and control functions. Simple exchange of algorithms is an essential characteristic for many applications....

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Motorola Integrates Video Server with SeaChange Axiom Software

Motorola has integrated its B-1 Video Server with SeaChange's newly released Axiom 4.0 on-demand management software to enable the streaming for high-definition (HD) VOD content. The Motorola B-1 Server is an open platform, designed to integrate with standards-based solutions such as Axiom software. The Motorola B-1 Video Server features a solid-state architecture based on the intelligent configuration and management of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). As a result, the platform uses less space and power than traditional video server technology,...

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Internet2 FiberCo Partners with Ciena

Internet2 FiberCo, a fiber holding company formed to support dark fiber initiatives for U.S. research and higher education, and Ciena are partnering to provide a suite of customized professional services and optical networking equipment solutions to assist Internet2 members with planning, installing, and managing their advanced network infrastructures. FiberCo will offer Ciena's basic and professional services to provide Internet2 members end-to-end solutions and support for any and all components of their dynamic research networks, including network...

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Motorola's Board Issues Stock holder Letter Against Carl Icahn

Motorola published a open letter too all stockholders in connection with the company's upcoming Annual Meeting of stockholders. In the letter, Motorola advised against electing Carl Icahn to its Board, saying his responsibilities appear to be to investors in his own business, which may conflict with his ability to represent all stockholders of Motorola. The Board said it unanimously determined that Icahn is "not the right person to serve as a Motorola director."http://www.motorola....

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Vonage Files Motion to Vacate Court Decision

Vonage filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington D.C. to vacate and remand the U.S. District Court's decision finding Vonage infringed on certain Verizon technology. Vonage cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week in the KSR v. Teleflex case, which establishes a new test for determining when an invention is too obvious to warrant patent protection. "We are very encouraged by the Supreme Court's decision and the giant step it represents towards achieving much-needed patent reform in this country," said...

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BBC Confirms Plans for Web TV Service

The BBC Trust granted approval to plans for launching on-demand audio/video services, following a trial involving over 10,000 participants. The BBC iPlayer will allow users to download programs that were broadcast in the past seven days and to store them for up to 30 days. Internet simulcasts will also be offered. http://www.bbc.co.ukThe BBC first announced plans to launch an Internet video player application in August 2005.In March 2007, Google announced that the BBC will post some of its video content on YouTube in a non-exclusive de...

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