Porto Digital Deploys Alcatel-Lucent for Metro Ethernet

Porto Digital, a public/private partnership between the Portuguese municipality of Porto, the University of Porto and the Enterprises Association of Portugal, selected Alcatel-Lucent to supply a metro Ethernet solution. Porto Digital plans to deliver a new wave of residential and business services, while interconnecting and providing low-cost broadband access to some 50 institutions. Alcatel-Lucent's solution includes a carrier class multi-service edge router and new market standard Ethernet Service Switches, managed by a comprehensive carrier...

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DIRECTV 10 HD Satellite Successfully Launched

The DIRECTV 10 satellite was successfully launched last weekend aboard an International Launch Services (ILS) Russian-built Proton Breeze M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. DIRECTV 10 is expected to begin operations in early September, delivering the first of up to 100 national HD channels by year-end. An additional satellite, DIRECTV 11, will be launched early next year to support further HD expansion in 2008. Between the two satellites, DIRECTV will be capable of delivering more than 1,500 local HD channels and 150 national...

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JANET UK Deploys 40 Gbps Wavelength with Ciena

JANET, the high-capacity research network in the UK, has implemented what is believed to be Europe's first 40 Gbps wavelength service. The deployment uses the new 40 Gbps capabilities of Ciena's CoreStream Agility Optical Transport System.The Ciena-enabled 40 Gbps service was delivered across a dedicated optical fiber link connecting the Canary Wharf and Kings Cross points of presence (PoP) in London, one of the busiest parts of the JANET network....

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Sprint Offers 3G Wireless WAN Gear from Cisco

Sprint is now offering a wireless wide area network (WAN) solution that can link a customer's MPLS VPN-based network via its EV-DO Rev. A network.The Cisco 3G Wireless WAN High-Speed WAN Interface Card (HWIC), which is now available from Sprint via its business sales channels, can be used with applicable Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISRs). The wireless connectivity can provide a remote location with primary access to an IP/MPLS network or...

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Kodiak Networks Names CEO

Kodiak Networks, a supplier of service intelligence platforms for mobile operators, named John Vice as its new president and CEO. Vice is a former Nortel senior executive and Geyser Networks, an optical start-up.Vice succeeds F. Craig Farrill, who co-founded Kodiak Networks in 2001 and has led the company since that time. Farrill will continue as a member of the Kodiak Networks board of directors. Kodiak Networks noted that it has completed 19 commercial deployments with wireless network operators. Its Kodiak RTX is a flexible, multigenerational...

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Juniper Debuts E120 Broadband Services Router for Targeted Subscriber Awareness

Juniper Networks has expanded its E-series family with the introduction of the E120 Broadband Services Router (BSR), a compact edge router designed for IPTV and multiplay services. The new E120 mirrors the feature set of Juniper's E320 BSR, but in a smaller, compact factor. It delivers 120 Gbps of capacity and supports up to 64,000 individual subscribers. The new platform uses the JUNOSe operating system and existing line cards and interface modules...

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BT Selected Blue Coat's ProxySG Appliances for NHS

BT has selected Blue Coat's ProxySG appliances to accelerate Internet content to the broadband network that it is rolling out for the National Health Service (NHS) in England. The network, known as N3, replaces the NHSnet and forms part of what is believed to be the world's largest civilian IT project, the National Programme for IT in the NHS.The N3 operations center routes Internet traffic to and from health care provider offices and Primary Care Trust groups through its Internet gateway. Blue Coat ProxySG appliances are deployed in-line at this...

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Intel Invests in VMware for its Virtualization

Intel Capital will invest $218.5 million in VMware's Class A common stock. VMware, which is a business unit of EMC, develops software for virtualization solutions, including a platform that virtualizes the Intel architecture. Intel microprocessors comprise the majority of the systems on which VMware's virtualization products are deployed. VMware is based in Palo Alto, California. http://www.vmware....

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NETGEAR Ships Consumer SAN Solution

NETGEAR began shipping an upgraded version of its consumer mass storage product featuring Gigabit speeds, faster SATA disk drives, greater flexibility and secure mirrored data protection. The Storage Central Turbo (SC101T) is the next generation of NETGEAR's Storage Area Network (SAN) product line for sharing and protecting digital assets such as music, photos, videos, HD movies, and data files. It uses Zetera's Z-SAN technology and supports up...

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Google to Acquire Postini for Corporate Email Security Services

Google agreed to acquire Postini, a provider of corporate email security and spam filtering services, for $625 million in cash. Postini's services -- which include message security, archiving, encryption, and policy enforcement -- can be used to protect a company's email, instant messaging, and other web-based communications. The company's customer base includes 35,000 businesses and 10 million users worldwide.Postini claims to handle over 1 billion...

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LG-Nortel Licenses Global IP Solutions' VoiceEngine

Global IP Solutions (GIPS) VoiceEngine PC Advanced and VoiceEngine Mobile softphone applications have been selected by LG-Nortel in Korea to power its new UCS (Unified Communication Solution) and Phontage PDA and desktop PC telephony offerings. Phontage turns the PDA or desktop PC into a complete IP terminal, and incorporates both a softphone and videophone. It also enables multimedia collaboration based on real-time presence information.GIPS said its VoiceEngine Mobile will provide users of LG Nortel's Phontage PDA with an on-the-move extension...

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AT&T Rolls Out Metro Wi-Fi in Riverside, California

AT&T launched its first Metro Wi-Fi network in Riverside, California. The citywide, Wi-Fi access service covers a 3-square-mile portion of the city, including downtown Riverside, Hunter Technology Park and the Adams Auto Center.AT&T Metro Wi-Fi offers users a subscription-based high speed Internet access service at $7.99 for a daily (24 hours) pass and $15.99 for a weekly pass. Also included is a free, ad-supported broadband service offered...

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