Dell to Sell Nortel Enterprise Products

Nortel is expanding its relationship with Dell through an agreement that will allow Dell to offer its customers in the U.S. and Canada all of Nortel's Enterprise products - including those developed under the Nortel and Microsoft Innovative Communications Alliance - as well as a suite of Nortel services related to unified communications.Dell will provide a suite of professional services to support unified communications and will leverage the Nortel Express Services portfoliohttp://www.nortel.com http://www.dell....

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LG-Nortel Offer Devices for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

LG-Nortel, the LG Electronics and Nortel joint venture, introduced its LG-Nortel IP Phone 8500 series unified communications devices for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. The LG-Nortel IP Phone 8540 features a large 5.7 inch color touch screen LCD display and delivers high-quality wideband audio for clearer voice and security features such as a biometric fingerprint lock. The LG-Nortel USB Phone 8501 is a PC peripheral that offers high-quality...

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Thomson Launches New Broadband Gateways

At the Broadband World Forum, Thomson unveiled several new gateway product lines: the MediaCenterGateway, the TG797n and the TG628.Thomson's MediaCenterGateway is a home media hub integrated in a DSL gateway, designed for the delivery of advanced voice and video services This home entertainment center provides broadband access and VoIP services supporting up to fifteen dedicated telephone numbers and up to five wireless phones simultaneously. The...

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Far EasTone Deploys Nortel's WiMAX in Taipei

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of Taiwan's largest telecommunications operators, will offer mobile broadband services across Taipei County using Nortel's Mobile WiMAX gear. The deployment is part of the government's M-Taiwan initiative. FET's network will be built from Nortel's 16e Base Stations and an Access Service Network (ASN) Gateway. Nortel will also provide network management services from its Global Services portfolio. http://www.nortel.comEarlier...

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NTT DoCoMo Joins ACCA Networks in Applying for Mobile WiMAX License in Japan

ACCA Wireless submitted its application to Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for a license to build 2.5 GHz mobile WiMAX network in Japan.ACCA Wireless also announced that a number of companies have agreed to join the firm to support its business. On August 31, NTT DoCoMo agreed to take a 26% equity stake in the ACCA and to support network construction and related WiMAX technologies.ACCA Wireless expects to increase its capitalization...

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Bluestreak Raises US$20 Million for Flash-based Media in Consumer Devices

Bluestreak Technology, a start-up based in Montreal, secured US$20 million dollars in Series D financing for its "MachBlue" platform for mobile phones and digital television.The MachBlue platform gives network operators and OEMs the ability to create rich-media user experiences on various devices. Bluestreak Technology is a technology partner with such industry leaders as STMicroelectronics, ACCESS, Orange, KPN, Videotron, Time Warner Cable, Thomson,...

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Telecom Namibia Gains Cisco Powered Program Membership Status

Telecom Namibia has become the first service provider in Emerging Africa to be awarded membership to the Cisco Powered Program. Commitment to using Cisco's industry-leading technology has qualified Telecom Namibia for Cisco Powered designation for IP VPN - Data, Security - Firewall/IDS, Wireless Hotspots services. Cisco defines Emerging Africa as 42 countries in Sub Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa. http://www.cisco....

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Huawei Joins LTE/SAE Trial Initiative

Huawei Technologies has joined the Long Term Evolution / System Architecture Evolution (LTE / SAE) Trial Initiative ( LSTI ) and will hold the infrastructure vendor seat of the 2008 LTE/SAE Trial Initiative Steering Board.Huawei said its participation in LSTI reflects commitment to contributing significantly to the development of HSPA, HSPA+ and LTE technologies, as a leading global telecommunication solutions supplier. Huawei anticipates that it will launch commercial LTE products, based on multi-standard base stations, in 2009. http://www.huawei.comIn...

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Nokia Siemens Networks Sells Radio Access R&D in Berlin to WiPro

Nokia Siemens Networks will sell its radio access related R&D activities in Berlin to Wipro Technologies.All Radio Access R&D activities currently performed in Berlin are planned to be provided to Nokia Siemens Networks by Wipro Technologies in the future. As part of the partnership, 58 employees of Nokia Siemens Networks are planned to be fully integrated into the operations of Wipro Technologies. Nokia Siemens Networks said the transfer of its R&D activities to partners is part of its overall strategy to improve cost management. http://www.nsn.com...

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BSNL Selects Nokia Siemens for ADSL2+ Rollout in 7,000 Indian Villages

BSNL, India's largest telecommunications service provider, awarded a two-year contract to Nokia Siemens Networks to deploy broadband access across 7,000 Indian villages. The contract is a part of the greenfield rural tender from BSNL. Financial terms were not disclosed.The deal covers the supply, installation and commissioning of Nokia Siemens Networks' Gigabit Ethernet-capable IP DSLAMs (Surpass hiX5625) and chassis based access switch (Surpass...

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Canada's Radiant Deploys Juniper for VPNs

Radiant Communications, a Canadian business broadband operator, has deployed Juniper Networks' M-series multiservice routers and E-series IP Edge and Broadband Services Routers at its major data centers across Canada. Radiant has also deployed Juniper Networks Secure Services Gateway (SSG) 550s and Secure Access 6000 SSL VPN solutions in its network core. The Juniper network infrastructure will underpin Radiant's "TriplePlay VPN," a new virtual...

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Unisys and NEC Partner on Unified Communications

Unisys Corporation agreed to integrate NEC's UNIVERGE IP architecture and solutions into the Unisys Communication and Collaboration (C&C) portfolio that is based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Office Communication Server (OCS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS). Those solutions are intended to help clients integrate multiple data and telecommunications streams to enhance the cost-efficiency of their information networks and improve business collaboration.NEC's UNIVERGE solution is a standards-based, multi-purpose communications...

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Limelight Boosts Third-Quarter Revenue Guidance

Limelight Networks, which provides content delivery network (CDN) services, boosted its financial guidance, saying it now expects 2007 third-quarter GAAP revenue to be in the range of $28.6 million to $29.1 million and non-GAAP revenue to be in the range of $27.5 million to $28.0 million, compared to earlier expectations of GAAP and non-GAAP revenue in the range of $27.0 million to $28.0 million and $25.5 million and $26.5 million, respectively, as provided on August 9, 2007. During the quarter, Limelight signed in excess of 175 new customer contracts,...

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EZchip Debuts Ethernet Network Processors for Access

EZchip Technologies introduced its new family of network processors targeting Ethernet Access applications. Several models of the network processors, named NPA, will be offered in 2008 with combinations of 100-Megabit, 1-Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports with an aggregate throughput of up to 10-Gigabits, at varying price points starting at under $100.EZchip said its NPA product family addresses the transition of carrier access from ATM/TDM based networks to Ethernet packet-based networks and the provisioning of triple-play services that command...

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