ECI Telecom Posts Q2 Revenue of $164 Million

ECI Telecom reported Q2 revenue of $164 million, compared with $170 million in the second quarter of 2006 and $155 million in the first quarter of 2007. GAAP net income reached $24.8 million, or $0.20 per share on a fully diluted basis, compared with second quarter 2006 net income of $9.6 million, or $0.08 per diluted share. Some highlights:Revenues for the Transport Networking Division (reflecting the merger of the company's Optical Networks and Data Networking Divisions), totaled $109 million for the quarter. This represents a 15% increase from...

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Tekelec Reports Q2 Sales of $110.0 Million

Tekelec reported revenue from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2007 was $110.0 million, down 8% compared to $119.1 million for the second quarter of 2006. For the second quarter of 2007, the Company had orders of $84.7 million, up 4% compared to $81.8 million for the second quarter of 2006. Backlog as of June 30, 2007 was $334.7 million compared to $360.0 million as of March 31, 2007.On a GAAP basis, the Company reported income from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2007 of $3.8 million, or $0.05 per diluted share,...

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Sylantro Systems Names Bill Russell Chairman of the Board

Sylantro Systems, which supplies feature servers for hosted VoIP services in carrier networks, appointed Bill Russell as non-executive Chairman of the Board. Pete Bonee, former chairman, remains a board director.Russell served in a number of senior-level roles in his more than 20 years at HP, including vice president and general manager of the multi-billion dollar Enterprise Systems Group. http://www.sylantro....

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Hong Kong's iAdvantage Deploys Juniper M-series Routers

iAdvantage, a leading IT Infrastructure Provider (IIP) based in Hong Kong, is expanding its deployment Juniper Networks' M-series multiservice routers in its network. This upgrade increases network capacity between iAdvantage's data centers and Hong Kong's metropolitan-wide network hubs.iAdvantage provides mission-critical network application, database and bandwidth services to some of Asia Pacific's most successful enterprises, including major financial institutions. The company has used Juniper Networks M-series routers since 2005. http://w...

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NGT Supplies SIP-based VoIP for Atlantic Broadband

New Global Telecom (NGT) will become the managed services provider for Atlantic Broadband's SIP-based telephony solutions for both residential and business end users. The NGT service includes a range of residential and commercial feature packages, telephone numbers throughout the U.S., FCC-compliant 911, as well as key back office functionality including provisioning, usage rating or complete end user billing, as well as session border controller (SBC) management and network monitoring services. A key component of the service is integrated voice...

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Extreme Networks Reported Quarterly Revenue of $87 Million

Extreme Networks reported quarterly revenue of $87.1 million, up 6% from $82.4 million for the same period a year earlier. Net loss on a GAAP basis for the quarter was $5.0 million or a loss of $0.04 per diluted share."We're pleased with our U.S. business results, which show year-over-year revenue growth of 17 percent. We're experiencing strong demand for some of our newer products, such as the Summit X450 and the X250, and we are performing well in our vertical markets. We continue to drive the turnaround, focusing both on revenue growth and...

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Time Warner Telecom Surpasses 10,000 Ethernet Ports for Enterprise Customers

Time Warner Telecom now has more than 10,000 retail Ethernet service ports in service to enterprise customers locally and nationally over its national backbone and metro fiber optic network. <>Time Warner Telecom offers a broad service portfolio of local Ethernet services delivering Ethernet over wavelengths, switching infrastructure and SONET. In 2003, the company added a city-to-city Ethernet service using VPLS technology. And, in 2006, the company extended its portfolio to use copper facilities that enable connectivity to the branch office...

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Acme Packet Posts Revenue of $27.0M, Up 8% sequentially

Acme Packet reported Q2 revenues of $27.0 million -- an increase of 8% sequentially and 41% year-over-year and the seventh consecutive quarter of both sequential and year-over-year revenue growth. The company achieved record quarterly pre-tax earnings of $7.2 million -- an increase of 5% sequentially and 34% year-over-year.Acme Packet said it acquired 34 new service provider customers to expand its customer base to over 420 service providers, including 76 of the 100 largest carriers in the world. http://www.acmepacket....

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American Airlines to test AirCell's In-Flight Wi-Fi over U.S.

American Airlines will conduct passenger testing of AirCell's Wi-Fi broadband Internet service on coast-to-coast flights over the U.S. beginning in 2008. Passenger testing will be conducted on American Airlines fleet of Boeing 767-200 aircraft that primarily fly transcontinental routes. http://www.aircell.com http://www.aa....

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QUALCOMM and Exoteq Sign OFDM/OFDMA Deal

QUALCOMM and Exoteq, a mobile broadband solutions developer based in Denmark, signed a new, commercial OFDM/OFDMA license agreement that enables Exoteq to develop, manufacture and sell subscriber unit and modem card products for high-speed mobile broadband access based on OFDM/OFDMA technologies, including QUALCOMM's FLASH-OFDM technology. The royalties payable by Exoteq are at QUALCOMM's standard OFDM/OFDMA rates.http://www.qualcomm.com http://www.exoteq....

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FiberTower Wins Backhaul Deal for Sprint Nextel's WiMax Buildout

Sprint Nextel awarded a contract to FiberTower to provide backhaul services in seven of its initial WiMax launch markets. The deployment will use Ethernet as the backhaul technology. Financial terms were not disclosed. FiberTower's network architecture consists of both microwave and fiber trunks. It holds an extensive spectrum footprint in 24 GHz and 39 GHz bands. http://www.fibertower....

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One Minute Video: What is Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM)?

One Minute Video: What is Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM)?Presented by Laura HowardECI Tele...

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