MobileAccess Adds WiMAX to In-Building Wireless Platform

MobileAccess will support WiMAX with its in-building universal wireless platform. The aims to change the economics of WiMAX and spur early adoption by providing the highest business-quality indoor WiMAX performance and reducing deployment costs by up to 50%, according to the Vienna, Virginia-based company.The in-building WiMAX will be supported on the MobileAccess platform by means of a new module that plugs into existing systems. http://www.m...

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Motorola Unveils MPEG-4 to MPEG-2 Receiver

Motorola introduced the first of a new generation of receiver-transcoders for allowing networks to use both MPEG-4 AVC and MPEG-2 compression technologies. Using the DSR-6000 series, programmers can distribute content solely in the MPEG-4 HD format, while enabling service providers to deliver in either MPEG-4 or MPEG-2, and in either standard definition or high definition formats.Motorola's DSR-6000, which follows the company's DigiCipher II secure content delivery systems, aims to enhance network efficiency for both programmers and operators by...

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ECI Telecom Adds MPLS Line Cards to XDM MSPP

ECI Telecom introduced MPLS line cards for its XDM Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP), enabling support for real-time services such as triple play for residential customers, VPNs for businesses, and Ethernet-based 3G cellular backhauling. By adding MPLS line cards to new and/or deployed XDM-based SONET/SDH networks, ECI said service providers can efficiently migrate their networks.The new MPLS line cards are compliant with the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) requirements for Carrier Ethernet. They are fully interoperable with existing ECI Carrier...

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EANTC Stages Public Carrier Ethernet Interoperability Test

The European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) and 24 leading vendors are conducting the largest public Carrier Ethernet multi-vendor interoperability test ever staged. The live test with more than 65 devices is geared towards network operators providing Carrier Ethernet services. It is targeted at verifying the current interoperability status of a wide range of implementations as well as provisioning and fault management solutions.In preparation...

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JANET(UK) Selects VSNL for High Bandwidth Access

JANET, the UK's national network for research and education, has selected VSNL Telecommunications to supply high bandwidth global Internet access for its wide range of education and research institutions across the UK. VSNL will be providing an aggregate capacity of 40 Gbps via four OC192 ports from two diverse locations in London as part of a multiple year agreement. Financial terms were not disclosed.JANET connects the UK's universities, FE Colleges, Research Councils, Specialist Colleges and Adult and Community Learning providers to each other,...

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Alvarion Chooses Sequans Mobile WiMAX Chips

SEQUANS Communications will supply its new Mobile WiMAX base station chips to Alvarion. Alvarion plans to use the chips to build pico base stations and implement its additional unique technology and advanced features above the 802.16e standard.Sequans' SQN2130 ASIC is optimized for Mobile WiMAX base stations. It is a highly integrated MAC and PHY baseband chip, providing high performance, scalability, and flexibility. It supports TDD and FDD and delivers high throughput to serve tens of thousands of subscriber stations, delivering the full line...

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Sycamore Debuts New Multiservice Optical Switching Platform

Sycamore Networks introduced its new SN 9000 optical switching platform designed for carrier applications in the 80-320 Gbps bandwidth range. The SN 9000 offers a non-blocking multiservice switch fabric that provides distributed, tiered grooming that improves bandwidth utilization across the network. Sycamore said the platform brings important new functionality to multiservice switching -- including unique bandwidth capacity licensing, service modularity, and any-service, any-port features. These functions include low-order (VT/VC) and high-order...

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Juniper and Lockheed Martin Team on IPv6 Transition Pilot Program

Juniper Networks is working with Lockheed Martin in the development of a pilot IPv6 transition test bed designed to simulate a government agency transition. Lockheed Martin will transition a portion of its global network to IPv6 for use during the simulation. To support this transition, Juniper Networks will contribute its high-performance IPv6-capable routers to the test bed for the simulation. http://www.juniper.netIn August 2007, Lockheed Martin made a significant networking announcement: the company will transition a portion of its global network...

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Calix Delivers GPON ONTs with GigE Subscriber Interfaces

Calix has expanded its line of GPON optical network terminals (ONTs) with a new unit that adds Gigabit Ethernet subscriber-side interfaces, enabling telcos to offer peak downstream rates of up to one thousand megabits per second, compared to 160 Mbps peak rates of DOCSIS 3.0 for cable networks. Measured in terms of average or sustained bandwidth, Calix estimates that telcos can deliver up to 80 Mbps per subscriber in typical configurations versus...

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Xangati Raises $10.7 Million in Series B Funding

Xangati, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, raised $10.7 million in venture funding for its line rapid problem identification (RPI) appliances for enterprise networks.Xangati's rapid problem identification solution does not rely on agents or probes. It collects packet data traversing the network and correlates this with application performance over time. By tracking changes in expected network performance, the Xangati solution is able to...

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BitTorrent Opens Subsidiary in Japan

BitTorrent has opened a wholly owned subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan to address the growing demand for peer-assisted content delivery technology among Japanese content publishers and consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers. http://www.bittorrent....

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Newclear Introduces Portable WiMAX 16D CPE based on TeleCIS IC

Newclear Communication, a Taiwan-based supplier, introduced WiMAX 16D PC cards and USB devices for laptops and other portable equipment. Operating in the licensed bands of 3.3 to 3.8GHz, TGMAX3500-CB and TGMAX3500-USB are based on TeleCIS Wireless TCW chipset. Both of the new products support 2x2 MIMO operation and feature a built-in PCB antenna. http://www.newclear.com.twhttp://www.telecis....

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Ditech Appoints Todd Simpson As President and CEO

Ditech Networks has appointed Todd Simpson as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Simpson came to the company through Ditech's acquisition of Jasomi Networks, a developer of VoIP session border controllers. Prior to Jasomi, Todd was CTO of Zi Corporation and founded several successful Canadian high-tech firms. http://www.ditechnetworks.comIn May 2007, Tim Montgomery, Ditech's CEO, President and Chairman, announced his plans to retire after 10 years with the compa...

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Japan's EMOBILE Selects Huawei

Japan's EMOBILE has selected Huawei as the key partner for its 3G network construction -- an IP-based HSPA network. In phase one, Huawei has deployed a HSPA network with over 1,000 Node Bs for EMOBILE, covering major cities in Japan including Hiroshima and Sapporo.Under a new agreement, Huawei will provide EMOBILE with advanced High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technologies and expand the network to cover vicinity of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. More than 2,300 Distributed Node Bs will be deployed, including the indoor Distributed base station system...

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F5 Introduces "BIG-IP" Local Traffic Manager for Scaling IMS

F5 Networks, announced a new release of its "BIG-IP" Local Traffic Manager (LTM) aimed at enabling IP services to scale to millions of users while maintaining reliability. Specifically, F5's BIG-IP product now performs application-layer switching for SIP, RTSP, and SCTP to provide scalability and high availability. Because this new release enables scalability and high availability for connection-based SCTP devices (for example, signaling gateways),...

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Verimatrix Content Security Selected for Qatar IPTV

Verimatrix is providing its Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for an IPTV triple-play deployment in Qatar. This new service from Qtel offers voice, broadband Internet and MPEG4-AVC encoded IPTV over its upgraded infrastructure to subscribers across the state of Qatar. Verimatrix's Video Content Authority System (VCAS) will protect MPEG4-AVC data streams through advanced encryption to prevent unauthorized access or piracy. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.verimatrix....

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Hammerhead Demonstrates Interoperability Between PBT and MPLS

As part of a Carrier Ethernet interoperability test at EANTC's lab in Berlin, Germany, Hammerhead Systems demonstrated direct PBT to MPLS interworking. Its HSX 6000 served as a gateway between a 3rd-party PBT network and a 3rd-party MPLS network. Specifically, the Hammerhead HSX 6000 successfully interoperated with its PBT Service Gateway software feature in the end-to-end video multicast demonstration, by enabling video traffic from the metro...

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