Itatel Names Bertolina as CEO

Italtel, which designs, develops and implements next generation multiservice integrated network systems, named Giorgio Bertolina as its new CEO.Born in Ivrea in 1960, and with a degree in Economics from Turin University, in 1985 Bertolina began his career in Olivetti where he held several roles, finally becoming Area Manager for Northern Europe, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. At the end of the 1990s Bertolina joined the Marconi Group where he...

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Tiscali International Network Buys Capacity on Hibernia Atlantic Cables

Tiscali International Network (TINet), which specializes in wholesale IP-MPLS services, selected Hibernia Atlantic to deliver multiple 10 Gbps wavelengths of capacity to and from Dublin, New York and other major metro areas on Hibernia's private network. Hibernia Atlantic operates the only undersea cable crossing directly from Ireland to Canada and the U.S., thereby avoiding single points of failures, landing points and backhaul routes, such as the...

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India's Bharti Airtel Selects ECI for Optical Expansion

Bharti Airtel has selected ECI Telecom to supply equipment for their nationwide optical network expansion. The one-year contract covers deployment of ECI's XDM Converged Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP). These expansions allow Bharti to add new services, such as broadband data, voice and leased lines, while supporting more subscribers. Financial terms were not disclosed.Airtel recently became the first Indian mobile service provider joining...

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AT&T Deploys Thales SONET Datacryptors for DoD Network

AT&T Government Solutions will deploy the Thales SONET Datacryptors on the Joint Hawaii Information Transfer System (JHITS) network. AT&T Government Solutions was awarded the contract by Defense Information Technology Office (DITCO), which is a part of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), a division of the Department of Defense (DoD). The JHITS contract has an estimate contract value of $250 million. http://www.thales-esecurity....

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Ixia Appoints Former Nortel Exec as President, COO

Ixia has appointed Atul Bhatnagar to the new position of President and Chief Operating Officer. He will also join Ixia's Board of Directors in the third quarter of 2007. Bhatnagar most recently served as Vice President and General Manager of the Enterprise Data Networks Division of Nortel. Mr. Bhatnagar will report to Errol Ginsberg who remains actively involved in the Company as its Chief Executive Officer and a member of its Board of Directors.At...

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In Memoriam: Steve Byars

Axerra Networks marked the passing of Steve Byars, who died unexpectedly from a diabetes-related complication at age 50.Steve Byars served for six years as Vice President of Marketing at Axerra Networks, where he was instrumental in building the company's market presence as a leader in Pseudo-Wire circuit emulation and service emulation solutions over packet networks. He held a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering degree from Stanford University....

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Riverbed Expands Executive Team

Riverbed Technology announced the appointments of Peter Elsey as director, service provider alliances, Asia Pacific and Richard Gray as director, systems integrator alliances, Asia Pacific.Elsey joins Riverbed from British Telecom where he most recently was Asia-Pacific head of sales for managed ICT services. Prior to that, he was a senior member of BT's regional outsourcing deal-making team.Gray joins Riverbed after 10 years at Cisco developing and managing channel and partner relationships in Asia. Prior to Cisco, he worked with IBM and Siemens...

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Eutelsat and ViaSat to Launch "Tooway" Satellite Service in Germany

Eutelsat Communications and ViaSat are preparing to launch a satellite-based, consumer broadband service in Germany beginning at the end of this month. Additional European markets will be added later this year.The new "Tooway" service is being delivered using the Ka-band spot beam capacity on Eutelsat's HOT BIRD 6 satellite at 13 degrees East. It will also be available via Ku-band capacity on the EUROBIRD 3 satellite. The Ka and Ku-band hubs with...

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Atheros Teams TI's DaVinci Processor

Atheros Communications' single-chip AR6001GL and AR6001XL Radio-on-Chip for Mobile (ROCm) WLAN designs have been selected by Texas Instruments to support wireless connectivity with its new TMS320DM355 processor based on DaVinci technology. The resulting combination is a low-cost, low-power, high-performance platform that delivers quality video wirelessly for Portable Media Players (PMPs), IP security cameras and other portable digital video products. http://www.atheros.com http://www.ti....

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Sony Chooses Limelight CDN for PLAYSTATION 3 and PSP Delivery

Sony Computer Entertainment selected Limelight Networks to deliver system software updates to PLAYSTATION3 (PS3) and PSP (PlayStation Portable) users. With Limelight's CDN technology, SCE is able to ensure fast and stable delivery of its latest system software to PS3 and PSP users, with updates ranging in size up to 150 MB, direct to the entertainment systems.http://www.llnw.c...

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Kovio Raises $19.5 Million for Printed Silicon Electronics

Kovio, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, raised $19.5 million in the first closing of its Series D funding round. The company is developing a proprietary, printed silicon electronics technology that it says will revolutionize the industry by introducing printed silicon electronics using thin film technology. Product plans have not been disclosed.The new funding was led by Pinnacle Ventures and included Bessemer Venture Partners, Duff Ackerman...

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IOGEAR Ships USB-IF Certified Wireless USB End-User Solution

IOGEAR released a Wireless USB (W-USB) Hub & Adapter Kit (GUWH104KIT) that is USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) and FCC-certified. W-USB supports connection speeds up to 480 Mbps.IOGEAR's Hub can associate with up to three different laptops or PCs, through W-USB adapters. It also features four USB ports and connects to wired USB devices, such as printers, scanners, MP3 players and external hard drives. The Adapter plugs into the PC and wirelessly communicates with the Hub, which users can place up to 30 feet away.IOGEAR said its device is compatible...

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TI Launches Low-Cost DaVinci Processor for HD Video Devices

Texas Instruments (TI) released a new embedded DaVinci processor with ARM host control and complete development tools. The new digital media processor, which is priced at under $10 is aimed supporting HD video in digital cameras, IP video cameras, digital photo frames and video baby monitors.The new DaVinci processor consists of an integrated video processing subsystem, an MPEG-4-JPEG co-processor (MJCP), an ARM926EJ-S core and peripherals. The processor is available in clock speeds of up to 216 MHz or 270 MHz, which allows for a scalable line...

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