Big River Telephone Deploys MetaSwitch for Wholesale Cable VoIP

Big River Telephone, a competitive carrier serving the Southeast Missouri region, is offering a wholesale VoIP service for cable operators based on MetaSwitch's softswitch platform. Using Big River's MetaSwitch-powered wholesale VoIP service, regional cable systems operators can offer feature-rich services to business subscribers, while adding new revenue streams from their residential subscribers. Seven cable providers have already adopted the combined Big River/MetaSwitch VoIP solution, including Eagle Communications, NewWave Communications...

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TeliaSonera selects Nokia Siemens Networks' IMS platform

Nokia Siemens Networks was selected by TeliaSonera to deploy its IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution as the basis for new IP-based services, such as VoIP, video calling and instant messaging. TeliaSonera carried out thorough testing of platforms from several major IMS vendors before making its decision, as well as conducted interoperability trials on IMS and SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) with GSM Association and other leading operators and equipment makers. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.c...

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Swisscom to Activate 16 Mbps VDSL2 Connections

Starting in July, Swisscom Fixnet Wholesale will offer transmission speeds of up to 16 Mbps downstream using its VDSL network. By the end of 2007, Swisscom anticipates the service will be available to 50% of Swiss households access to ultra-high-speed data connections.Swisscom is introducing this service as a supplement to its nationwide ADSL network. Swisscom said it is moving quickly to deploy optical fiber to the neighborhood, where a distribution cabinet forwards data to households over copper cables. In addition to the optical fiber expansion,...

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Motorola Enables DOCSIS 3.0 Channel Bonding for 145 Mbps Downlinks

Motorola is integrating support for DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding into its Motorola Broadband Services Router (BSR) 64000 cable modem termination system (CMTS) as part of its 4.4 software release. The software upgrade enables cable operators to deliver more than 145 Mbps to a single DOCSIS cable modem and more than 200 Mbps to a single EuroDOCSIS cable modem without the need for additional hardware.Motorola said the new 4.4 software offers all existing BSR 64000 customers with 2:8 CMTS Modules the ability to leverage standards-based, downstream channel...

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Italy's Fastweb Deploys Amdocs Cramer OSS Suite

Fastweb, Italy's second-largest fixed telecommunications services provider, has expanded its deployment with Amdocs. The new installation of products within Amdocs' Cramer OSS Suite includes the Discovery Engine and Sync Engine to manage data within its network. Amdocs' Cramer Discovery Engine enables Fastweb to recognize all elements in its network and to ensure the information and configuration of elements is accurately collected and encapsulated within its OSS. Amdocs' Cramer Sync Engine dynamically tracks resource utilization and realigns...

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Xelerated Raises US$23 Million for its Network Processors

Xelerated, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California and Stockholm, Sweden, raised $23 million in series C funding for its high-end network processors. Xelerated's network processors, based on a patented data-flow architecture, are aimed at enterprise backbone and metro Ethernet applications.The new funding was led by the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (the Sixth AP Fund). Xelerated's existing investors Atlas Venture, Alta Partners, Accel Partners and Amadeus Capital Partners also participated in the financing round. http://www.xelerate...

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Sun Positions JavaFX for Ubiquitous Media and Application Delivery

Sun Microsystems introduced its "JavaFX", a new family of products based on Java write-once-run-anywhere technology and designed to enable consistent user experiences from desktop to mobile device to set-top box to Blu-ray Disc. JavaFX consists of 2 elements: JavaFX Script -- a scripting language for content developers to create rich media and interactive content. Sun believes the JavaFX Script could radically simplify the process of creating and...

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Crossbeam Secures $21 Million for its UTM Platform

Crossbeam Systems, a start-up based in Boxborough, Massachusetts, secured $21 million in new funding for its network security solutions.Crossbeam's UTM platform consolidates a variety of security applications such as firewall, spam filter, anti-virus, web security and intrusion prevention, used to recognize and repel attacks on the telecommunications network in a single device. The funding round was led by Boston-based Tudor Investment Corporation and joined by Crossbeam's existing investors, including Charles River Ventures, Commonwealth Capital...

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Sun and Ericsson to Develop New Communications Application Server

Sun Microsystems and Ericsson will jointly develop an open source, Java technology-based communications application server as part of the GlassFish community and the SailFin open source project. As part of the effort, Ericsson will contribute its standards-based Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Servlet 1.0 compatible application server, to the GlassFish community under the OSI-approved Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) and dual...

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Comcast's PowerBoost Increase Upstream Capacity

Comcast is deploying the second phase of its "PowerBoost" technology, which will increase customers' upstream capacity to up to 2 Mbps when uploading content such as photos and videos, or e-mailing larger files. The feature is being introduced on a market-by-market basis with completion expected before year's end.Comcast first introduced the PowerBoost technology in June 2006 for downstream speed boosts. PowerBoost enables customers to download with speeds of up to 12 Mbps or 16 Mbps, depending on their service plan, for no additional charge....

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Ikanos Names Michael A. Ricci as President and CEO

Ikanos Communications named Michael A. Ricci as its new president and CEO, succeeding Daniel K. Atler, who has served as interim chief executive officer since October 2006 and was previously Ikanos' chief financial officer. Atler will continue as an officer of Ikanos and will be responsible for driving corporate development strategy. Ricci previously served at JDS Uniphase as a senior vice president and general manager of the Optical Communications Group. Previously, Ricci served as a vice president and general manager at Intel's Communications...

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Cisco Posts Revenue of $8.9 Billion, up 21% Y/Y

Cisco reported third quarter net sales of $8.9 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $1.9 billion or $0.30 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2.1 billion or $0.34 per share. Net revenue was up 21.1%, net income up 33.9%, and earnings per share up 36.4% compared to a year earlier.Some highlights for the quarter:Scientific-Atlanta contributed net sales of $752 million, up 30% compared with $407 million during the third quarter of fiscal 2006.Cash flows from operations were $2.4 billion , compared with...

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Ditech Issues Preliminary Results, CEO to Step Down

Ditech Networks expects revenue for its fourth quarter fiscal 2007, ended April 30, 2007, to be approximately $19.2 million, and GAAP income per share is expected to be approximately $0.02. "The revenue shortfall, from our projections at the beginning of the quarter, was due to extended negotiations with certain key prospects and customers, particularly in our international business," said Tim Montgomery, President and CEO of Ditech Networks. "We did however achieve a significant milestone this quarter with the shipment of orders to an additional...

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Video Interview: Yipes -- Keao Caindec on Why Managed Ethernet Services are Hot

Video Interview: Yipes -- Keao Caindec on Why Managed Ethernet Services are HotKey Questions Covered:Why is Metro Ethernet hot?What is the primary driver for Metro Ethernet?The Menu of Ethernet ServicesWhat types of Ethernet services are currently available?The Yipes NetworkThe physical topology and key elements of the Yipes NetworkDark Fiber TrendsIs the availability of dark fiber a key factor for the business?Key Technology SuppliersWho are your key technology suppliers and what technical advantage do they provide?CompetitionHow do you compete...

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