EC Insists on Access Network Competition in Germany

The European Commission has requested the German regulatory authority to ensure adequate competitive access and a level playing field in the transition to high bandwidth Next Generation Networks (NGN). In May, the Germany regulator (BNetzA) notified the Commission of measures intended to continue the obligations imposed on Deutsche Telekom to grant competitors access to its copper fixed telephone network. Since Deutsche Telekom is upgrading its...

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Occam Selected by Centennial de Puerto Rico for FTTB

Centennial de Puerto Rico has selected Occam's Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) system, including Occam's new Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) voice functionality, as part of its strategy to expand its fiber-to-the-business (FTTB) Ethernet solution. Specifically, Centennial has purchased and deployed Occam's BLC 6312 Optical Line Terminal Blades, BLC 6440-01 Optical Packet Transport Blades and 2342 Optical Fiber Network Terminals (ONTs).Centennial serves more than 400,000 lines and provides wireline, wireless and broadband data services in Puerto...

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Ericsson Supplies Mobile Softswitch to Algeria

Wataniya Telecom Algérie has selected Ericsson's Mobile Softswitch Solution for its nationwide GSM network in Algeria. The solution will increase network capacity, performance and operational efficiency. Ericsson will also provide a range of associated professional services. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.ericsson....

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TELUS Decides Not to Bid for Bell Canada

TELUS announced that it has elected not to submit an offer to acquire BCE. In a press statement, TELUS said the inadequacies of BCE's bid process did not make it possible for TELUS to submit an offer. http://www.telus.comEarlier this week, BCE, the parent company of Bell Canada, and TELUS, the incumbent operator in western Canada, confirmed that talks are underway regarding a possible business combination. BCE and TELUS have entered into a mutual non-disclosure and standstill agreement on a non-exclusive bas...

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Cavium Develops Storage Services Processors with 2-12 Cores

Cavium Networks announced a new family of OCTEON MIPS64 Multicore Storage Services Processors (SSPs) targeted at applications such as Fiber Channel and Ethernet Disk Arrays, RAID controllers, multi-protocol switches, single-chip iSCSI adaptors, virtualization equipment, Protection and NAS/SAN equipment.Cavium said its new, single-chip OCTEON SSP processors deliver two to four times more compute cycles versus many alternatives and integrate advanced...

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Cavium Expands its OCTEON Plus Network Services Processor Family

Cavium Networks introduced two new devices in its OCTEON Plus Network Services Processor (NSP) family. The new processors integrate 2 to 12 cnMIPS 64-bit cores at up to 1 Gigahertz, advanced application acceleration for networking, security, compression/decompression, an array of high-speed industry standard serial packet interfaces including up to two 10-Gigabit XAUI, two 8-lane PCI-Express, eight Gigabit Ethernet ports, and dual DDR2 memory controllers. Target applications for the new processors include routers, switches, 3G+ and WiMAX equipment,...

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China Telecom Shanghai Deploys Juniper's TX Matrix

China Telecom Shanghai has deployed additional Juniper TX Matrix and T640 core routing platforms to optimize its next-generation IP network, supporting IPTV and other multiplay applications.The service provider, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Telecom, first deployed the multi-chassis TX Matrix alongside existing Juniper Networks M-series multiservice routers and E-series edge routers in February 2006. The current expansion of its multi-terabit core network is designed to meet rapid subscriber and traffic growth. Financial terms were not disclosed.Juniper...

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Broadcom, Conexant and Broadlight Increase Activity in MoCA

Broadcom, Conexant Systems, and BroadLight are the first three companies to join MoCA's new contributor class. All three have been associate members for more than a year. In their new role as contributors, all three companies will actively participate in the formation and direction of new specifications. Every contributor level member also has voting rights and can partake in all MoCA work groups from technical and specification to marketing. The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA-TM) is an open, industry driven initiative promoting distribution...

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NETGEAR and Ubiquisys to Develop Femtocell Home Gateway

NETGEAR and Ubiquisys plan to deliver a residential gateway with integrated DSL modem, Wi-Fi, VoIP and 3G femtocell technology. This gateway device will offer mobile operators worldwide a single-box, converged solution at a competitive price. The companies anticipate that the NETGEAR gateway integrating Ubiquisys' femtocell technology will be available for operator testing by Q4 2007, with commercial availability slated for early 2008. http://www.ubiquisys.com/http://www.netgear....

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RealPlayer Records Online Videos for Web DVR Experience

RealNetworks' latest RealPlayer application allows consumers to record and download videos from Web sites for later offline viewing. The free software provides single-click recording of online videos regardless of format. RealPlayer automatically recognizes and will not download video content protected by DRM. A premium version of RealPlayer ($29.99) allows the downloaded videos to be burned to DVD. http://www.real....

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iPhone Customers to Activate AT&T Service via iTunes

iPhone users will be able to activate their new iPhones at home using Apple's iTunes software running on a PC or Mac, without having to wait in a store while their phone is activated. The companies said that activation via iTunes should take only minutes, as the iTunes software guides the user through simple steps to choose their service plan, authorize their credit and activate their iPhone. Once iPhone is activated, users can then easily sync all...

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Sun Constellation System Leverages 3,456-port InfiniBand Switch

Sun Microsystems introduced its "Sun Constellation System" -- a High Performance Computing (HPC) platform that leverages ultra-dense processors and ultra-dense InfiniBand switches to scale up to 1.7 PetaFlops of processing power.The Sun Constellation System combines ultra-dense blade server architecture with a 3,456 port InfiniBand switch fabric. Previously, the largest InfiniBand switch had 288 ports. Sun Microsystems said its new, monolithic, non-blocking InfiniBand switch replaces hundreds of discrete switching elements.The Sun Constellation...

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