SanDisk Sues 25 Firms

SanDisk filed three patent infringement actions against 25 companies that manufacture, sell and import USB flash drives, CompactFlash cards, multimedia cards, MP3/media players and/or other removable flash storage products. The company said the legal action demonstrates its commitment to enforcing its patents. http://www.sandisk.com

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Sandisk Launches 8GB MicroSDHC and M2 Card

SanDisk announced the availability of its 8GB microSDHC and M2 flash memory cards to retail outlets worldwide. The device targets next gen mobile devices integrating phones, music players, digital cameras and video player/recorders.



In addition to the microSDHC and M2 card, SanDisk also offers a range of both embedded and removable storage solutions for mobile handset manufacturers and mobile network operators. These include iNAND and mDOC embedded flash drives; microSD, miniSD removable flash cards; and SIM and MegaSIM cards.



SanDisk's 8GB microSDHC an M2 cards are have retail prices of $139.99 and $149.99 respectively.

http://www.sandisk.com

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N.E.T. to Acquire Quintum for VoIP Gateways

Network Equipment Technologies agreed to acquire privately-held Quintum Technologies, a supplier of enterprise VoIP access switching and gateways, for $41 million, comprised of $20.5 million in cash and $20.5 million in NET stock. NET will also assume approximately $2.0 million in debt currently on Quintum's balance sheet, and has committed to issue to Quintum employees a number of stock options having an approximate Black Scholes valuation of at least $3 million.



Quintum's "Tenor" line VoIP access switching and gateway products are deployed in enterprise and service provider networks. Quintum offers solutions ranging from 2 to 48 analog VoIP ports, from 1 to 32 T1, E1, PRI spans and 2, 4 or 8 BRI/ST ports, as well as Session Border Controllers and a Remote Management Session Server for management of remote Tenors, even those behind NAT firewalls. The products are distributed in more than 50 countries through independent resellers.



Founded in 1998, Quintum is headquartered in Eatontown, NJ with additional offices in Schaumberg, IL; Hong Kong, Taipei and Shanghai, and currently has more than 75 employees.

http://www.net.com

http://www.quintum.com

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Occam Completes Terawave Acquisition, Adds GPON Products

Occam Networks completed its previously-announced acquisition of Terawave Communications for $3.2 million in cash. Among the assets of Terawave acquired by Occam are the following:

• FSAN ITU G.984 GPON interoperable technology,
  
• Technology focused on GPON physical interfaces,
  
• Products and technology directed towards Metro Ethernet, and
  
• Technology license agreements with Ikanos Communications and Mindspeed Technologies.

http://www.occamnetworks.com

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Avaya Completes Privatization

Silver Lake and TPG Capital have completed their acquisition of Avaya in a transaction valued at approximately $8.3 billion. Under the deal, Avaya stockholders are entitled to receive $17.50 in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes, for each share of common stock they owned immediately prior to the effective time of the merger. Avaya common stock ceased trading on the NYSE before the commencement of trading on October 26, 2007 and will be delisted from the NYSE.

http://www.avaya.com

• Earlier this month, in its last filing as a public company, Avaya said its Q4 2007 revenues increased 4.8 percent to $1.429 billion compared to $1.364 billion in the same period last year. Net income was $35 million and earnings per share of 8 cents for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2007 on a GAAP basis.



• In October 2000, Avaya was spun off from Lucent Technologies and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AV.



• Avaya is headed by Louis J. D'Ambrosio, who previously was SVP and President, Global Sales and Marketing at Avaya. Before that, D'Ambrosio spent 16 years at IBM in senior leadership roles across IBM Global Services, Software, and Sales and Marketing.



• Silver Lake's investment portfolio includes, or has included, Ameritrade, Avago, Business Objects, Flextronics, Gartner, Instinet, IPC Systems, MCI, NASDAQ, Network General, NXP, Sabre Holdings, Seagate Technology, Serena Software, SunGard Data Systems, Thomson and UGS.

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Rogers Tests 7.2 Mbps Wireless Data in Canada

Rogers has begun field trials of 7.2 Mbps wireless data service in Brampton and Montreal using 3.5 generation wireless HSPA/UMTS technology (High Speed Packet Access/Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) technology.



The announcement follows Roger's expansion of its HSPA network to 25 Canadian markets earlier this month.



Rogers plans to spend approximately $500 million over the past two years upgrading its network.

http://www.rogers.com

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China's ZTE Reports Fast Growth

ZTE, the Chinese manufacturer of telecom infrastructure products, said its Q3 revenue climbed 53.07 percent to RMB 8.216 billion as compared to the same period last year, and its net profit rose 116.46% to RMB 143 million as compared to the same period last year.



ZTE said its domestic telecommunications market enjoyed stable growth during the nine months ended 30 September 2007. Growth in investments was underpinned by expenditure mainly in three areas, namely TD-SCDMA network building, core network revamping and upgrading by carriers of IT systems, while investments in mobile telecommunication network equipment further increased as a percentage of total investments in the telecommunications sector. The company announced closer cooperation with major domestic carriers such as China Mobile and China Unicom.



ZTE said the international market for telecommunications equipment also sustained stable growth thanks to technological innovations and market demands that had provided increasing driving force. Rapid changes in new technologies and fast growth in emerging markets in Asia and Africa became key factors for growth as well as the focus of competition for the telecommunications industry.

http://wwwen.zte.com.cn/

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Telecom New Zealand Promises ADSL2+ Rollout, Plans Separation

Telecom New Zealand submitted plans to the national regulator for the operational separation of its retail, wholesale and network businesses functions. At the same time, the carrier announced plans for a nationwide rollout of ADSL2+ and fiber-to-the-node technology over the next four years. Telecom New Zealand plans to invest about



Telecom Draft Separation Plan is online.

http://www.med.govt.nz/upload/52553/telecom-draft-undertakings.pdf

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NTT DoCoMo Revenue Declines 2.4% in 1H07, Reorganization Announced

For the six month period ended 30-Sept.-2007, NTT DoCoMo reported revenue of 2.325 billion Yen, down 2.4% from the same period last year, and operating income of 408.5 million Yen, down 21% compared to the previous year.



During the first half of the year, NTT DoCoMo introduced a number of discount plans. The company also cited an accounting change in the way it recognizes revenue under 2-year subscription deals for the drop in revenue.



NTT DoCoMo was serving 52.94 million subscribers (FOMA + mova) as of 30-Sept-2007, an increase of 320,000 since March. The number of FOMA users(3G) reached 40.04 million, up 4.5 million since March, and now representing in excess of 75% of the subscriber base. The number of handsets (FOMA + mova) sold in the period was 12.8 million units.



NTT DoCoMO currently has about 39,000 outdoor base stations, up by 3,300 since March. The number of facilities with indoor base stations is 12,100, up by 1,700 since March.



Separately, NTT DoCoMo announced plans to reorganize its group structure by integrating its eight wholly-owned regional subsidiaries into one nationwide entity. The eight regional subsidiaries were set up in 1993, at a time when the mobile telephony sector was experiencing phenomenal growth, for the purpose of rapidly developing and deploying local networks.

http://www.ntt.co.jp

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