Veraz Enhances Softswitch for Transitioning IN to IP

Veraz Networks announced the latest release of its ControlSwitch Interconnect, designed to help service providers migrate Intelligent Network (IN) service platforms as well as PSTN transport and peering signaling to IP. Additionally, advanced Quality of Service (QoS) routing improves revenue assurance through the enforcement of network-wide agreements.Major enhancements to the ControlSwitch-IC include:New Directory Services Element: The element adds application layer capabilities, enabling the transition of IN-based services to IP which improves...

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Orange Business Offers "Business Together with Microsoft" Service

Orange Business Services announced a "Business Together with Microsoft" collaborative solution to accelerate the use of unified communications in companies. "Business Together with Microsoft" gives access to a range of tools that companies can use either when mobile or from workstations. Orange Business Services will offer a range of services including consulting and audits, migration to IP, integration, managed IT infrastructure and applications services, and outsourcing. http://www.orange-business....

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Thales Offers 10 Gig Ethernet Layer 2 Encryptor

Thales launched its new Datacryptor 10 Gig Ethernet Layer 2 Encryptor, which can be used for secure 10 gigabit backbone WAN links with minimal latency. The company said its Datacryptor 10 Gig encrypts the data without the overheads associated with IPSec security. It uses the strongest security with 256 bit AES allowing government and enterprise to meet the performance and the security requirements.http://www.thales-esecurity....

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Nortel Supplies IMS-ready NGN for Kazakhtelecom

JSC Kazakhtelecom, the country's incumbent communications operator, selected Nortel for a nationwide next-generation network (NGN). Under the multimillion dollar contract Nortel supplied project design, equipment and development services, while Russian Jet Infosystems - Nortel's Carrier VoIP Service and Solution Partner - provided installation, deployment, testing and connection services. The infrastructure incorporates two Nortel Communication...

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Vietnam Upgrades Optical Backbone with Nortel

Vietnam Post and Telecommunications (VNPT), the country's dominant carrier, is using a Nortel optical solution to double the capacity of its national, north-south optical backbone from 20 Gbps to 40 Gbps. The expanded capacity will enable VNPT to provide ADSL to more residential and enterprise customers. The Nortel high-capacity transport solution for VNPT comprises the Optical Long Haul 1600 with the Optical Cross Connect DX for DWDM transport, and the Optical Metro 4000 series of multiservice SDH platforms to enable 10 Gbps connectivity into...

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UNH-IOL to Host "10 Gig Tech Summit" and 10BASE-T Plugfest

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) announced plans to host a new "10 Gigabit Technology Summit" and the industry's first 10GBASE-T group test, or "plugfest." Although dates have not yet been set in stone, the events are planned for late summer and early fall 2007, respectively.The 10 Gigabit Technology Summit (10 Gig Tech Summit) will create a data-center-class test network comprising participating companies' 10...

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SonicWALL Unveils Enterprise-Class, 16-Core Network Security Appliance

SonicWALL unveiled its Network Security Appliance (NSA) E7500, a new gateway security appliance that makes deep packet inspection security productive and easy to manage in larger network deployments. The NSA E7500 is a Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliance that harnesses sixteen processing cores in a single network platform. The scalable multi-core architecture of the NSA E7500 provides gigabit-scale deep packet inspection throughput with multiple layers of protection.The platform is designed for campus networks, distributed environments...

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UTStarcom to Supply GEPON in Goa, India

United Telecom Limited selected UTStarcom to supply its Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON) fiber access solution to serve as the foundation for the new Statewide Area Network (SWAN) in the state of Goa in India. The network will be used to provide high-speed fiber connectivity across all state government offices in Goa for running e-Governance applications. The network will be capable of delivering up to one gigabit-per-second 1 Gbps bandwidth to each office and is expected to be extended in the near future to cover the sub-districts...

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Firetide Offers CPE for Extending Outdoor Wireless Mesh Nets Indoors

Firetide introduced a consumer device designed to extend the reach of outdoor wireless networks to the indoors. The Firetide CPE supports the industry's most advanced security to ensure privacy of customer communications and reduce service provider liability.Firetide's CPE comes in two versions -- indoor and outdoor -- to provide added flexibility in any environment. The indoor variety is designed for large-scale municipal deployments that require...

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Broadcom Announces 10 GigE Transceiver for 10GBASE-KR Backplanes

Broadcom introduced a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) serial transceiver in support of the new IEEE 10GBASE-KR standard for running 10 Gbps serial data over backplane systems.Broadcom said today's blade servers and advanced telecom computing architecture (ATCA) equipment can only support single-channel, low bandwidth capabilities (using 1000BASE-X or 1000BASE-KX standards), or four-channel, low bandwidth per channel capabilities (using the 10GBASE-KX4 standard). In order to enable higher bandwidth applications (such as virtualization, security and...

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QUALCOMM Announces $3.0 Billion Stock Repurchase Program

QUALCOMM's Board of Directors approved a new $3.0 billion stock repurchase program to replace its previous $2.5 billion stock repurchase program, which had $865 million of remaining availability."We are pleased to expand our stock repurchase program," said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, CEO of QUALCOMM. "Strong operating cash flows are driving our development of new products and technologies and enabling us to return capital to stockholders through stock repurchases and dividends."http://www.qualcomm....

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Microsoft Cites Momentum for Office Communications Server 2007

Microsoft reported that over the past eight weeks more than 50,000 people have downloaded the beta version of Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communicator 2007.In addition, in the two months since Microsoft published the interoperability specification, networking companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Mitel Networks, NEC, Nortel Networks and Siemens Enterprise Communications, and gateway providers AudioCodes, Dialogic and Quintum Technologies have stated their support...

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Alcatel-Lucent Unveils OmniAccess SafeGuard Platform

Alcatel-Lucent introduced a new security product family to help enterprises to manage user access and restrict application use while on the network, characterize traffic patterns, identify intrusions based on pre- configured heuristics, and protect users and the network against known or unknown attacks. The company said its new OmniAccess SafeGuard handles network admission control (NAC), guest access, identity based network access, malware control, and compliance with new regulations such as HIPAA, SoX, and PCI, all the while preserving LAN performance...

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Transition Networks Introduces Passive Optical CWDM

Transition Networks introduced its new passive optical Course Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) solution. Transition's passive optical CWDM devices utilize thin-film filter technology and are available in various wavelength combinations based on the entire wavelength spectrum (1270nm - 1610nm in 20nm increments) defined by the ITU G.694.2 CWDM standard. These CWDM devices are available in two main configurations: Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (Mux/Demux) modules and Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (OADM) modules. Each module is a pluggable device...

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