FCC Sets Rules for 700 MHz Spectrum

The FCC approved new rules for the 700 MHz band, which will become available for new services in 2009 as television broadcasters complete their DTV migration. In what is seen as a partial victory for Google and other Internet players, the FCC voted to require "open access" for devices and applications using services delivered in these bands, while not requiring carriers to sell wholesale capacity in the licensed spectrum. The FCC expects to commence...

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Hammerhead Secures $18 Million for MultiService Switching

Hammerhead Systems secured $18 million Series D round of funding for its traffic aggregation and switching platform. Hammerhead said its HSX 6000 answers the need for traffic aggregation in a market in which Ethernet services are taking off and in which legacy services are also continuing to grow. Its single box solution offers dense Ethernet aggregation for both E-Line and E-LAN services, MPLS Pseudowire termination, VPLS, Leased Line IP Aggregation,...

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Infinera Posts Q2 Revenue of $58.4 million

Infinera reported Q2 revenues of $58.4 million, compared to $49.2 million in the first quarter of 2007. Gross margins were 28% in Q2, compared to 24% in Q1. Including non-cash stock-based compensation and warrant revaluation expenses, the net loss was $26.1 million, or $1.10 per share, compared to a net loss of $19.8 million, or $2.62 per share, in the first quarter of 2007.Infinera added five new customers in the quarter, bringing its total customer roster to 31."We are pleased with Infinera's second quarter performance -- our first quarter as...

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Cox Selects Infinera for National Transport Backbone

Cox Communications, the third-largest cable company in the U.S., has selected an Infinera Digital Optical Network for its national transport network. The 12,000-mile Cox national build extends from coast to coast, supporting Cox's voice, video, data, and wireless services for residential and business customers. Financial terms were not disclosed.Cox reports that traffic on its network has been doubling every 12 to 18 months.Infinera said its DTN platform provides many benefits for multiple system cable operators (MSOs) seeking to move from traditional...

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Alcatel-Lucent Posts Q2 Revenue of EUR 4.33 Billion, Cites Integration Progress

Alcatel-Lucent reported Q2 revenues or EUR 4.326 billion, up 13% sequentially and 0.5% year-over year at a constant EUR/USD exchange rate. The adjusted gross profit was EUR 1,447 million, 33.4% of sales, including a positive impact of EU 34 million from a litigation settlement, compared to an adjusted pro-forma gross profit of EUR 1,711 million in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted operating income (loss) was EUR (19) million, (0.4)% of sales, compared with an adjusted pro-forma operating income (loss) of EUR 252 million in the year-ago quarter. ...

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AT&T Launches "eMusic" Mobile Download Service

AT&T launched an over-the-air music download service with eMusic, a leading retailer of independent music. The eMusic over-the-air (OTA) service has a catalog of 2.7 million songs. Purchases are immediately sent to the user's wireless handset, and a duplicate copy is available for download to the user's PC at no charge. AT&T customers can subscribe to download five tracks a month for $7.49.AT&T said the new service complements its existing mobile music offerings, which include the ability to transfer songs from a PC to a wireless handset...

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Level 3 Provides Core Backbone for Leap's 3G Network

Level 3 Communications is providing core network backbone services for Leap Wireless' "Cricket" 3G service. This includes intercity private line trunks, voice termination and colocation facilities.Specifically, Leap's Cricket service is using Level 3's Voice Termination service and Level 3 Intercity Private Line Services to connect its mobile switching centers to transport voice and data traffic over a single network. Additionally, Level 3 delivers...

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UTStarcom Verifies the Security of its IPTV DRM

UTStarcom completed a security audit of its IPTV DRM System. The security audit was commissioned by UTStarcom in June 2006 and completed in April 2007 by Merdan Group, Inc. UTStarcom said the security audit concluded that all areas of its IPTV DRM System are robust at the "Criminal Enterprise Level," the highest rating, with the exception of one area involving the Set Top Box installation that was rated at the second highest rating of "University Challenge Level."UTStarcom has no current plan to offer its DRM solution as a standalone product. ...

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Ditech Improves Voice Quality for Brazil's "Oi"

Oi, the Brazilian carrier formerly known as Telemar, deployed Ditech Networks' Voice Quality Assurance (VQA) platform to ensure voice quality for users of its mobile phone network during the recent 2007 Pan American Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Ditech's VQA solution reduces background noise and echo on every call while simultaneously adjusting voice levels. Additionally, it allows Oi to better utilize speech compression technology, which is...

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SyChip Launches 802.16e-2005 WiMAX Chip Module

SyChip, a subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing, launched its first mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e- 2005) chip scale module for handheld manufacturers seeking to add WiMax functionality to devices such as handsets, ultra mobile personal computers, personal media players and personal navigational devices. SyChip is providing a BaseBand/MAC IC, a Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver, a Power Amplifier (PA) and on-board memory and matching components. The software suite includes drivers and Application Layer interfaces that will allow content providers, manufacturers...

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Intel Licenses SiRF's Location Technology for Mobile Devices

SiRF Technology signed a license and joint development agreement with Intel on certain future product platforms to help location and wireless connectivity become more mainstream in next generation mobile devices. As part of this agreement, SiRF has licensed certain technologies to Intel and will help co-develop certain future products that will be available for incorporation into Intel mobile platforms. The two companies also agreed to cooperate in the marketing and selling of these future products to customers developing a wide range of mobile...

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Apple's iTunes Store Tops Three Billion Songs

More than three billion songs have been purchased and downloaded from Apple's iTunes store, which now features a catalog of over five million songs, 550 television shows and 500 movies. Apple noted that iTunes recently surpassed Amazon and Target to become the third largest music retailer in the US. http://www.itunes.com/In January 2007, Apple announced these milestones for its iTunes store: more than two billion songs, 50 million television episodes and over 1.3 million feature-length films have been purchased and download...

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AT&T to Invest $350 Million for Fiber Upgrades in North Carolina

AT&T announced plans to invest approximately $350 million throughout the next several years in fiber network upgrades, further broadband deployment and Internet-based technologies in North Carolina. The announcement does not change AT&T's capital expenditure guidance for 2007 and 2008. AT&T said it is in the process of implementing the AT&T U-verse network in the Southeast region and plans to provide a comprehensive update later this year. http://www.att....

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ShoreTel Files Counterclaims Against Mitel

ShoreTel announced that it has filed counterclaims against Mitel Networks Corp. in response to Mitel's patent infringement lawsuit against ShoreTel.In addition to denying all of Mitel's claims of patent infringement, ShoreTel alleges that Mitel's IP phone systems, including the Mitel 3300 IP Communications Platform, infringes ShoreTel's U.S. Patent No. 7,167,486 B2 entitled "Voice Traffic Through a Firewall." ShoreTel also filed claims for approximately $10 million in damages and an injunction against Mitel in Ontario Superior Court for making...

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AT&T Launches Managed Firewall Service for SMBs

AT&T has begun offering a premises-based Cisco ASA option for its Managed Firewall portfolio. The service, which is aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, combines AT&T's firewall software solutions with scalable, end-to-end management, monitoring and maintenance. The customer can locate services such as those for Web access and electronic mail in the protected network and can control access to those servers.The service is available through the AT&T BusinessDirect Web portal, which provides a single point to manage the customer's...

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Industry Reaction to FCC Decision

CTIA's Steve Largent" "The FCC's considerable deliberation over the 700 MHz auction rules has left us pleased in a number of respects and still concerned in others. Specifically, we believe the Commission has taken the appropriate approach by recognizing the importance of not restricting the number of auction entrants, nor requiring them to fulfill wholesale licensing requirements or requiring geographic build-out on all the licenses....At the same time, we are disappointed that a significant portion of this valuable spectrum will be encumbered...

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