BT Reaches 10.7 Million BB Lines, New Wave Revenue Offsets Lower Calling

As of the end of March 2007, BT was serving 10.7 million wholesale broadband connections (DSL and LLU), including 1.9 million local loop unbundled lines, an increase of 2.6 million connections year on year and 763,000 connections in the quarter. BT Retail's share of the net additions in the quarter was 32 percent.BT Retail added 245,000 customers in Q1, in addition to the 195,000 customers gained through BT's recent acquisition of PlusNet. BT had 32 percent of new DSL customers, and 29 percent of all new broadband customers during the last quarter....

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ChinaCache Expands its CDN Capacity to 200 Gbps

ChinaCache, a leading content distribution network (CDN) service provider in China, reported that the total capacity of its nationwide CDN network reached 200Gbps at the end of April. The total network capacity reached 100 Gbps at the end of 2006. The company said the first four months of 2007 have witnessed rapid network expansion of its network capacity. ChinaCache has thus far built 175 service nodes in more than 50 major cities across China....

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Marvell Posts Preliminary Revenue of $635.1 million, Weaker Demand

Marvell Technology Group reported preliminary, unaudited revenue for its first fiscal quarter ended April 28, 2007 of $635.1 million, an increase of 22% over net revenue of $521.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and a 2% sequential increase from net revenue of $622.0 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007."The growth in our Q1 revenues was limited due to an overall weaker demand environment across some of our markets" stated Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Marvell's President and CEO. "Despite the seasonal softness, we continue to be excited...

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Motorola to Acquire Modulus Video for MPEG4-AVC Encoding

Motorola will acquire Modulus Video, a supplier of video encoding systems, for an undisclosed sum. The companies have partners for the past two years on several key accounts.Modulus Video specializes in MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) compression systems designed for delivery of high value video content in the IPTV, cable, broadcast and satellite marketplace. Its product line includes dedicated HD/SD MPEG-4 AVC video encoders, including one recently...

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Brasil Telecom GlobeNet Selects Alcatel-Lucent to Upgrade Undersea Network

Brasil Telecom GlobeNet has selected Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its GlobeNet submarine network, which spans 22,000 km linking the United States, Venezuela and Brazil.Alcatel-Lucent will upgrade the submarine section, along with the respective landing points, linking Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza), Venezuela (Maiquetia), Bermuda (St.David's), and USA (Boca Raton, FL and Tuckerton, NJ). In Rio de Janeiro, the submarine network integrates with...

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JDSU Names Head of Communications Test & Measurement Group

JDSU named Helmut Berg to lead its Communications Test & Measurement business, replacing John Peeler who has announced his plans to leave the company in June. Berg has served JDSU CommTest for 14 years in a variety of senior executive positions, most recently as senior vice president of its Lab & Production product division. Berg will now report to Kevin Kennedy, JDSU's president and chief executive officer, and will oversee the Communications Test and Measurement senior management team. http://www.jdsu....

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Nth Air Launches WiMAX (802.16e) Trial in Silicon Valley

Nth Air has launched a WiMAX (802.16e) network trial in Silicon Valley. Nth Air using PureWave's "PureMax" multi-beam forming technology. http://www.nthair....

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