Cavium Networks and Wind River Expand Networking Partnership

Cavium Networks and Wind River Systems are expanding their technology partnership. Wind River's VxWorks 6.6 SMP product will include out-of-the-box, optimized support for Cavium Networks' OCTEON processors in its initial worldwide release. The joint solution is targeted at SOHO, SME and enterprise networking, wireless infrastructure and service provider OEM equipment. http://www.caviumnetworks.com http://www.windriver....

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ECI Announces Reorganization

ECI Telecom announced a reorganization focused on three key areas -- the creation of a Network Solutions Division, a Global Services Division, and expansion of the Global Sales and Marketing organization. ECI said the changes will enable it to rapidly meet the needs of the market by accelerating growth in its transport and access businesses, expanding its service offering, while improving operational efficiencies.The new Network Solutions Division (NSD) is the result of consolidating ECI's two business units -- the Broadband Access and the Transport...

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BigBand Posts Revenue of $38 Million, Restructuring Eliminates CMTS

BigBand Networks posted Q3 revenue of $38.5 million, a decrease of 10% from the third quarter of 2006. GAAP net loss for the third quarter of 2007 was $12.2 million, or $(0.21) per diluted share compared to GAAP net income of $1.6 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2006. GAAP gross margins for the third quarter of 2007 were 36% compared to 52% in the third quarter of 2006. In addition, BigBand announced a restructuring plan designed to realign resources and significantly increase its efforts on video networking. As part...

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SipStorm Chooses Level 3 to Enable FMC

SipStorm has selected Level 3's voice services to enable nationwide wholesale mobile phone service and fixed mobile convergence (FMC) services. SipStorm's converged communication service supports wireless and voice service providers who are implementing FMC services to both residential and business customers.SipStorm includes the ability to send and receive local, long distance and international calls. By utilizing a single Level 3 VoIP phone number,...

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Ditech Debuts Dynamic Transcoding

Ditech Networks announced a Dynamic Transcoding capability for its Packet Voice Processor (PVP) that supports a wide range of compressed and uncompressed codecs. The transcoding enables Service Providers to directly connect diverse codecs without compromising scalability, network performance or call quality. It can also reduce the required equipment session capacity for supporting VoIP service by up to 50 percent.Specifically, Ditech's Dynamic...

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Packeteer Resolves IRS Tax Dispute, Not Subject to $122 million

Packeteer resolved its previously reported dispute with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Under the deal, the company's pre-existing federal net operating loss carryforwards ("NOLs") will offset essentially all increases in income with the following net impact: the company will not be subject to the $122 million and $49 million of regular tax liabilities and penalties, or related interest, previously asserted by the IRS with respect to 2003 and 2004; and the company expects that the total federal and state regular and alternative minimum income...

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AT&T Expands its Wholesale VoIP Connect Service

AT&T is expanding its wholesale Voice Over IP Connect Service (AVOICS), which provides U.S. service providers with IP-based connectivity to AT&T's global IP network for long distance call termination. AVOICS provides unbranded and unbundled transport over the AT&T network, as well as termination of international and U.S. domestic traffic. Customers connect to the service via AT&T's Managed Internet Service (MIS)/Multiprotocol Label...

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Verizon FiOS TV Enhances its Program Guide

Verizon introduced its new FiOS TV interactive media guide, which pulls together content from a variety of sources -- broadcast TV, Verizon's more than 12,000- title video-on-demand library and the subscriber's own DVR recordings -- into one media management system. Customers who have FiOS TV's Media Manager can also search, organize and enjoy their digital photos and music with the remote control. Verizon said that over the next year, subscribers...

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High Definition TV Reaches 14% Penetration in U.S. Households

Almost 14% of TV households in the U.S. are equipped with an HD television and HD tuner capable of receiving signals in HD (HD Capable), while 11.3% are equipped with an HD television and HD tuner and receive at least one HD network or station (HD Receivable), according to new research released by The Nielsen Company.Los Angeles has the highest penetration of HD Capable homes (20.4%) and New York has the highest penetration of HD Receivable homes (17.5%). http://www.nielsenmedia.c...

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CounterPath Licenses Unified Communications Solution to Verizon Business

CounterPath, which develops softphone and SIP applications, has licensed its software to Verizon Business to enable voice, messaging and presence management in its Integrated Communications Package. Financial terms were not disclosed.Verizon Business' Integrated Communications Package - currently available to U.S.-based Hosted IP Centrex customers - is a unified communications service which enables employees to control incoming and outgoing calls, access voicemail, manage their online presence, send text messages, and synchronize contacts and...

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Alcatel-Lucent and IBM Expand Unified Communications Solution

Alcatel-Lucent introduced an integrated audio conferencing solution for IBM Lotus Sametime customers. The "OmniTouch My Teamwork for IBM Lotus Sametime" provides click-to-conference capability from Lotus Sametime and IBM Lotus Notes and audio conference scheduling and management from Lotus Sametime Web conferencing. Additional features include PSTN quality dial-in "meet-me" conferencing, audio conference scheduling, conference call control, active talker indication, and call recording. All features are embedded within the Lotus Sametime unified...

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U.S. Internet Tax Ban Extended Through 2014

The U.S. Congress has approved legislation that would bar states and local municipalities from imposing Internet specific taxes through 2014. The bill now heads to the President for signature. The current ban was set to expire on November 1st. http://www.house....

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