BT Handles Million VoIP Calls per Day for Gov't Agency

BT announced that a newly installed IP telephony platform at the UK's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is now handling one million VoIP calls per day. The network installation reaches 435 sites around the UK and serves over 35,000 users. To date, over 24,000 new handsets and nearly 4,000 fax and other analogue devices are in use over the new network.



BT is replacing the entire DWP estate of PBX and other legacy telephony services with a Nortel hosted Service that will ultimately support DWP's Telephony & Contact Center users. BT has installed the Nortel Communication Server 2000 Carrier class soft switch in its core network to provide the hosted IP telephony. Nortel is also supply handsets for the project.
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Finisar Delivers Narrowly Tunable, Long-Reach 10 Gbps Optical Transmitter

Finisar announced general availability of its 10 Gbps DM80 and DM200 narrowly tunable CMLTM Butterfly Transmitters for DWDM transponders and telecom line card applications.



The new devices employ the directly modulated Chirp Managed Laser (CML) technology recently acquired by Finisar. The DM200 transmits with an output power of 0 to 3 dBm and can transmit at 10 Gbps over distances of 300 km without requiring costly optical dispersion compensation. For applications requiring high output power, the DM80 can transmit distances up to 120 km with an output power of 4-7 dBm.



Both the DM80 and DM200 transmitters offer narrow tunability at either 4-channel, 100 GHz DWDM spacing or 8-channel, 50 GHz DWDM spacing across both C-band and L-band, thus reducing the supply chain complexity by a factor of 4x or 8x compared to non-tunable sources. http://www.finisar.com

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FCC Chairman Voices Support for A-la-Carte Programming Model

In an open letter published this week, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin expressed his support for a-la-carte television programming models, saying that consumers should be able to purchase access to television channels individually, or in smaller packages. Martin believes this will lower cable bills and enable greater choice in the market.

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CableLabs Approves DTCP-IP Content Protection

CableLabs has approved Digital Transmission Copy Protection (DTCP)-IP technology for protection of cable content using Internet Protocol for unidirectional and bidirectional digital cable products. DTCP provides a means of securing links between consumer electronics device, protecting against unauthorized copying and unauthorized Internet retransmission, while assuring consumers' ability to record broadcast and subscription programming in digital formats for personal use. . This would enable cable subscribers to enjoy digital cable programming, including high-definition and VOD cable content, on consumer electronics devices and personal computers on digital home networks.




The approval was reached in cooperation with Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. Technical Operations, CableLabs and the Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator (DTLA). The approval permits CableLabs licensees under DFAST, CHILA, and DCAS to protect pay-per-view and video-on-demand transmissions



"The agreement we reached today addresses the highly complex concerns raised by the affected parties-cable, content, and consumer electronics- and brings benefits to consumers," said Dr. Richard R. Green, President and CEO of CableLabs.



In conjunction with this agreement, DTLA has withdrawn a related petition at the FCC. CableLabs previously had approved DTCP for protection of content over the IEEE 1394 interface.
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Marvell Posts Q2 Revenue of $656.7 Million

Marvell reported record Q2 revenue of $656.7 million, an increase of 14% over net revenue of $574.0 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 and a 3% sequential increase from net revenue of $635.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2008. Net loss under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) was $56.5 million, or $0.10 per share (diluted), for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, compared with net income under GAAP of $44.9 million, or $0.07 per share (diluted), for the second quarter of fiscal 2007.



"Our Q2 revenue was greater than expected as a result of strong sales for our communications and applications processors, and our wireless LAN products," stated Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Marvell's President and CEO. "We currently believe this growth trend will continue in Q3."http://www.marvell.com/

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Limelight Signs Microsoft for CDN Services

Limelight Networks announced a major new technology and services agreement with Microsoft under which Limelight will help improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of Internet delivery of media content and online services, including video, music, games, software, and social media, across Microsoft's global Internet properties. Microsoft's web sites serve 460 million unique users per month worldwide.



Under the deal, Microsoft and Limelight will cross-license certain technologies, consider joint development projects in the future, and cooperate on extending and improving their respective technology infrastructures.



Microsoft and Limelight have also entered into a multi-year relationship under which Limelight Networks will continue to provide global media streaming and content delivery services to Microsoft.



The new technology and services agreement is aimed at radically improving user experiences across Internet media properties of Microsoft's globally scaled internet services, which today serve over 460 million unique users per month worldwide.

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Alcatel-Lucent to Upgrade Southern Cross Submarine Cable

Alcatel-Lucent was selected to upgrade the landing stations of Southern Cross' 28,900 km submarine cable network.



The upgrade will provide further route diversity and capacity in the Australasian region. Specifically, Alcatel-Lucent will upgrade the network's ten landing stations, which are located close to the major international hubs of Sydney (Australia), Auckland (New Zealand), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Honolulu (the U.S.) for ease of access.



Alcatel-Lucent described two phases for the project. The first phase will consist in upgrading the existing 480 Gbps capacity up to 660 Gbps by the end of the first quarter 2008 and the second phase will bring it up to 860 Gbps by the end of 2008. The network will support future upgrades up to 2.4 Tbps.



For the submarine section, Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its 1620 Light Manager DWDM submarine line terminal. The landing stations will also be upgraded with the Alcatel-Lucent 1675 LambdaUnite Multi-Service Switch (MSS), offering advanced dynamic networking based on Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)/Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) intelligent control plane for improvement of network availability, strengthening of traffic protection and enabling accelerated optical connection provisioning.



This new award follows the contract signed in 2001 for the first upgrade of the Southern Cross network that went into service in November 2000, providing Australasia with a fully protected direct link to the U.S. mainland.

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Sun to Change Stock Ticker Symbol to JAVA

Sun Microsystems will change its Nasdaq stock ticker symbol from SUNW to JAVA. The change will go into effect on Monday, August 27, 2007.



"More than a billion people across the globe, representing nearly every demographic, market and industry, rely upon Java's security, innovation and value to connect them with opportunity. That awareness positions Sun, and now our investor base, for the future," said Jonathan Schwartz, president and CEO of Sun. http://www.sun.com/java/

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Brocade Posts Revenue of $327 Million

Brocade posted quarterly revenue of $327.5 million, slightly above the company's preliminary results reported on August 8, 2007. Revenues for the quarter decreased 5% from $345.3 million reported in the preceding quarter and increased 73% from $188.9 million reported in the same period last year.



Reporting on a GAAP basis, net income for the quarter was $10.7 million, or $0.03 per share basic and diluted. http://www.brocade.com

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