Taiwan's Chunghwa: 26% of Broadband Lines Exceed 8 Mbps, 350K IPTV Users

Chunghwa Telecom, the incumbent operator in Taiwan, was serving 4.22 million broadband subscribers (including ADSL and FTTB subscribers) at the end of September 2007, a 6.3% increase compared to the same period of last year. At the end of September 2007, the number of ADSL and FTTB subscriptions with service speed greater than 8 Mbps reached 1.12 million, representing 26.4% of total broadband subscribers. There were 81,000 net HiNet FTTB additions...

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Alcatel-Lucent Posts Q3 Revenue and Presents Restructuring Indicatives

Alcatel-Lucent reported Q3 revenue of Euro 4.35 Billion, up 2.3% sequentially and down 7.8 % year-over-year at constant EUR/USD exchange rate. Gross margin improved sequentially to 34.2%. The company also presented new restructuring initiatives."As you can see our results this quarter were essentially in line with the update we provided on September 13, and in a few areas a bit better; however they are still not at a level that we are satisfied with, commented CEO Pat Russo.Alcatel-Lucent's Board of Directors expressed its support for a newly...

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Alcatel-Lucent Announces Senior Management Change

Alcatel-Lucent has named Hubert de Pesquidoux as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), replacing Jean-Pascal Beaufret, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Hubert de Pesquidoux currently leads the Enterprise Group of Alcatel-Lucent.As part of its plan to improve profitability it has streamlined its regional structure, the company will create two regional structures, one for the Americas and one that includes Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Frederic Rose, who currently heads the Asia-Pacific Region, will assume...

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Telindus Offers Unified Communication Solutions from ShoreTel

Telindus, the European specialist in ICT solutions and services, will sell ShoreTel products to deliver unified communications as a managed service. Financial terms were not disclosed. Telindus operates in 14 countries in Western Europe, Sweden, Hungary, China and Thailand. Telindus' headquarters are in Belgium.http://www.shoretel.comIn January 2006, Telindus joined the Belgacom Group, becoming the IT Services division of the market's new business leader....

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Windstream to Bundles TiVo DVR & High-Speed Internet Access

Windstream will begin offering bundled internet and TiVo DVR services in 2008. Windstream has approximately 3.3 million access lines across 16 states. http://www.tivo.com http://www.windstream....

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Huawei Collaborates with ITU on Emerging Market Initiatives

Huawei Technologies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to jointly promote telecom technologies in developing countries. Under the MOU, Huawei and ITU will work together to improve connectivity in rural and remote areas in emerging markets, as well as to close gaps in broadband backbone networks. As a first step, the two parties will use Huawei's existing training centers in India and Nigeria to provide telecommunications training for local talent. Huawei operates 22 training centers...

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Allot Announces First Commercial Deployment its New Service Gateway

Allot Communications announced the first commercial deployment of the Allot Service Gateway, Omega Series (SG-Omega). The Service Gateway provides a platform for broadband providers to build secure, manageable and profitable intelligent networks, optimized to deliver Internet-based content and services.The Service Gateway has recently been deployed at a major DSL Internet service provider in the Asia Pacific region. The Service Gateway is operating on 10 Gigabit Ethernet lines, intelligently managing high-volume IP flows on its core network. The...

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Avaya Launches "Master Reseller" Channel Programs Focused on SMBs

Avaya launched two programs that broaden its support for sales channels. Specifically, the Avaya Master Reseller program is enabling select Avaya BusinessPartners to recruit and train independent sales agents who work under their direction to sell Avaya's small and mid-sized business portfolio. Many of the new agents are companies that specialize in data networking but want to offer their clients ready access to voice solutions as well.To date, 10 Master Resellers are working with more than 300 independent sales agents across North America. Avaya...

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Verizon Business Joins Internet2

Verizon Business has joined Internet2 as a corporate member. The company plans to collaborate with the Internet2 community on projects involving advanced optical networking as well as in areas of next-generation content delivery and network security. http://www.internet2.eduhttp://www.verizonbusiness....

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EMBARQ Links Home and Wireless Phones

EMBARQ announced a new "Together Plan Plus" linking its residential and mobile phone services. Customers are able to control where they take the call, when to take the call and what phone to use with new calling feature capabilities. A call to a customer's home number could simultaneously ring their wireless phone or be directed to any alternate phone if there is no answer. Customers can transfer calls they've received on their home phone to any...

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Polycom Expands VoIP Partnership Program

Polycom has expanded its VoIP Interoperability Partner (VIP) Program for manufacturers of SIP-based call control platforms with the addition of six newly certified members: Cedar Point Communications, LignUp, MetaSwitch, PanTerra Networks, Sutus, and Zultys. Polycom now recognizes a total of 25 leading VoIP platform providers as certified members who deliver solutions that seamlessly interoperate with the Polycom SoundPoint IP desktop and SoundStation IP conference phones. http//www.polycom.com/...

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Sonus Adds Higher Performance DSP Modules to GSX9000

Sonus Networks unveiled new hardware Circuit Network Server (CNS) modules for its GSX9000 Open Services Switch. The company said the GSX9000 platform can now scale to deliver up to three times the compression (or throughput) when using the new CNS modules with built in digital signal processors. The modules are NEBS-compliant and feature Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology from Texas Instruments. The new CNS modules include STM-1 interfaces and three times the number of E1 telephone network interfaces in the same footprint. In addition,...

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FCC Ends Cable Exclusivity for Consumers Residing in Multiple Dwelling Units

The FCC will ban the use of exclusivity clauses for the provision of video services to multiple dwelling units (MDUs) or other real estate developments. Nearly 30% of Americans live in MDUs and these numbers are growing. From 1995 to 2005, cable rates have risen 93%. In 1995, cable service cost $22.37 per month. Prices for expanded basic cable service have now almost doubled. The trend in pricing of cable services is of particular importance...

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FCC Expands Local Number Portability to VoIP

The FCC voted to expand local number portability (LNP) rules to VoIP services, giving consumers the right to keep the same, familiar phone number when switching to a new provider.The FCC made clear that the obligation to provide local number portability extends to interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol providers and the telecommunications carriers that obtain numbers for them. The FCC said the action was, in part, a response to numerous complaints by consumers about their inability to port numbers to or from interconnected VoIP providers....

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Norihiko Minato Appointed Head of AT&T Asia Pacific and Japan

Norihiko (Hiko) Minato has been appointed as the new head of the AT&T Asia Pacific and Japan region. Effective Nov. 1, 2007, the company's 12 Asia Pacific markets and Japan will be combined into one region under the new organization.Hiko Minato, who was most recently the president of AT&T Japan, will relocate from Tokyo, Japan to Hong Kong and report to John Finnegan, senior vice president of AT&T Global Sales. By integrating the operations of Japan and Asia Pacific under Mr. Minato, Japanese MNCs will gain easier access to some of...

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Boingo Wireless Acquires Sprint's Wi-Fi in 7 U.S. Airports

Boingo Wireless has acquired seven airport Wi-Fi networks from Sprint and converting them to Boingo hotspots. Financial terms were not disclosed.Sprint customers will retain Wi-Fi access in these seven airports and will gain access to 16 additional airports where Boingo provides Wi-Fi services directly. Additionally, the companies have entered into a roaming agreement that will provide Sprint customers access to Boingo's global hotspot network....

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