Mu Security Enhances its Security Analyzer

Mu Security announced a major new release of its flagship Mu-4000 Security Analyzer appliance, which is designed to test the robustness and reliability of networked products and IP business services. Mu Security's third-generation solution adds sharable analysis templates, interactive graphical response time charting and dynamic stateful protocol fuzzing as the basis for robustness analysis.The Sharable Analysis Templates help to establish strategic...

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Spirent Completes Strategic Review

Spirent Communications completed the second phase of a strategic review aimed at refocusing its business portfolio and product development priorities, as well as identifying further cost savings. The company said it has identified incremental cost savings of £7.3 million that will have minimal effect on sales and product development. The plan calls for developing its core Performance Analysis business, with an emphasis on the further development of the Spirent TestCenter.http://www.spirentcom....

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Unisys Partners with AppTrigger for Application Session Controller

Unisys has selected AppTrigger to provide its core technology for its upcoming Application Session Controller (ASC), a carrier-grade network element that enables IMS, VoIP, and legacy intelligent network (IN) applications to be resistant from the changes in converging networks. Specifically, the Unisys ASC leverages AppTrigger's powerful IN-SCS functionality to enable service providers to bridge the gap by allowing their existing voice centric IN applications such as pre-paid and voice messaging are able to work within the IMS networks. The...

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Alvarion Selected for M-Taiwan WiMAX Application Lab

Alvarion will supply its Mobile WiMAX technology to the first WiMAX Forum M-Taiwan WiMAX Application Lab (MTWAL), managed by ITRI at the campus in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The new lab, also referred to as a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) lab, has just been opened by ITRI for the purpose of testing and developing innovative Mobile WiMAX applications. Expansion of network coverage throughout the Hsinchu Science Park, National Chiao Tung University, and National Tsing Hua University, is planned as part of the project's next phase.Alvarion said its 802.16e end-to-end...

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Aruba Selects RMI's XLR Processor

Aruba Networks has selected Raza Microelectronics' (RMI's) XLR Processor for use in its enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) products. RMI's multi-core multi-threaded processors address a wide variety of integrated, next generation applications, including integrated security, Web services, virtualized storage, load balancing, server offload and intelligent routing and switching systems. The XLR 700 and XLR 500 series processors are software and hardware compatible and each processor is available in a variety of power options including standard, low and...

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Motorola Begins 3G Femtocell Trial in Europe

Motorola has completed end-to-end testing of its 3G femtocell solution and has begun trialing its solution with a major European operator (name withheld). Motorola is providing a range of femtocell customer premises equipment (CPE) and 3G devices, a core network concentrator, systems integration services and a CPE management solution - the Motorola Netopia Broadband Server (NBBS).http://www.motorola....

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France's TDF Selects Harris Stratex Networks for WiMAX Backhaul

TDF, which has secured licenses to provide WiMAX at 3.5GHz across 11 territories in France, has selected Harris Stratex Networks to provide its Eclipse radios for Gigabit Ethernet connections in its backhaul network. Financial terms were not disclosed.The Eclipse platform supports Carrier Ethernet transport and offers Layer 2 Quality of Service controls and features. It also provides scaleable bandwidth from 10 to over 600 Mbps in a single radio channel.In France, as in most EU countries, annual license fees are charged on every radio link and...

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JDSU Milestone: 400,000 980nm Pump Lasers

JDSU announced a company milestone: the delivery of its 400,000th 980 nanometer (nm) amplifier pump laser based on its planar platform. The recipient of the milestone shipment, Wuxi Zhongxing Optoelectronics Technology Co., which is located in Wuxi, China, has purchased more than 30,000 980nm pump lasers from JDSU over the past three years.980nm planar pump lasers are used to power erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), a critical optical component...

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CLEC Merger: Access Integrated Networks + Birch Telecom

Access Integrated Networks has agreed to merge with Birch Telecom, creating one of the largest competitive local exchange carriers in the south-eastern region. The combined company will have more than 300,000 voice and data lines, 100,000 small and medium business customers, annual revenue of $200 million and 400 employees. Both companies are privately held and financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.accesscomm.com http://www.birch.comAccess...

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XO Wins Ruling in Litigation with Level 3

XO Communications prevailed in a legal ruling preventing Level 3 from interfering with XO Communications' business operations and directing Level 3 to specifically perform its duties and obligations under its fiber agreements with XO Communications. The dispute concerns whether XO has an unfettered right to light fiber it acquired from Level 3 in 1998. In subsequent contracts, XO also agreed to purchase wavelength services from Level 3. Level 3 argued that these related agreements stripped XO of its right to light the fiber it had acquired from...

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Cable & Wireless International Deploys MetaSwitch

Cable & Wireless International (CWI) has completed its first deployment of the MetaSwitch switching platform in Diego Garcia, a United Kingdom territory in the Indian Ocean that hosts one of the United States military's key overseas bases. The softswitch, which was installed and deployed in two weeks, replaces an older switch that was considered to be at end of its useful life.The Diego Garcia deployment of a MetaSwitch VP2510 Integrated Softswitch includes traditional telephony, as well as new Voice over IP services enabled by the MetaSwitch...

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Reliance to Power IPTV with Microsoft Mediaroom

India's Reliance Communications has selected Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform for its IPTV service, which is expected to launch by March 2008. The contract was announced by Anil D Ambani, chairman, Reliance Communications, and Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft, at a press event in Mumbai. Reliance Communications shall have the exclusive deployment right for the platform in India. Financial terms were not disclosed.Reliance's...

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Google Unveils its Android Mobile Stack

Google officially unveiled its plans to offer a software stack for delivering mobile services from a variety of handsets. Google's announcement focused on two components: its Android software and the formation of a new Open Handset Alliance backed by major handset manufacturers and a number of marquee mobile operators.The Android platform is an integrated mobile "software stack" that consists of an operating system, middleware, user-friendly interface...

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Deutsche Telekom Selects Ruckus Wireless for IPTV Rollout

Ruckus Wireless announced a landmark deal with Deutsche Telekom's T-Home division, which has selected its 802.11a Smart Wi-Fi systems to enable in-home wireless distribution of its Entertain Comfort IPTV service. Specifically, Deutsche Telekom will use 802.11a for its in-home wireless IPTV option. Ruckus said the combination of more non-overlapping radio frequencies (RF) with its "BeamFlex" interference and avoidance technology ensures flicker-free...

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