Ozmo Develops Low-Power Wi-Fi Personal Area Network

Ozmo Devices, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, unveiled its low-power silicon + software solution for Wi-Fi Personal Area Networks (Wi-Fi PANs). The technology extends the existing Wi-Fi ecosystem while providing an alternative to Bluetooth or other short range wireless technologies. The company aims to bring native low-power peripheral connectivity to Wi-Fi platforms. With an estimated 100 million Wi-Fi-enabled notebooks expected to ship...

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Atheros Introduces Dual-radio 802.11n Router Platform

Atheros Communications introduced its XSPAN single-board, dual-radio router platform featuring single-chip 802.11n technology. The AR9002AP platform provides up to 600 Mbps of wireless networking capacity to support the growing number of devices on the home network-simultaneously. Atheros said its new AR9002AP platform leverages the efficiencies of single-chip 11n technologies to significantly reduce the cost of dual-radio networking products. It...

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Hammerhead Systems Appoints Rob Keil President and CEO

Hammerhead Systems announced the appointment of Rob Keil as President and CEO, replacing Peter Savage, who is leaving the company.Hammerhead offers a Layer 2.5 solution supporting multiservice MPLS and Carrier Ethernet in a single box. The HSX 6000 provides dense Ethernet aggregation for E-Line, E-LAN and E-Tree Services, MPLS Pseudowire termination, VPLS, Leased Line IP Aggregation, Multilink PPP/Frame Relay/ATM support, Any-to-Any Service Interworking,...

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Renews TDM Maintenance with Alcatel-Lucent

Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom, has renewed a major maintenance contract with Alcatel-Lucent for a second four-year term. Specifically, Alcatel-Lucent will provide maintenance services on the Alcatel-Lucent 5ESS and S12 switches that make up Chunghwa Telecom's Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) network, which serves some 12 million subscriber lines. The full suite of service support includes technical support, trouble shooting as well as repairs and return (services. This maintenance contract will help Chunghwa Telecom better manage and maintain its...

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Telekom Austria Enhances IPTV with Alcatel-Lucent

In time for the European soccer championship (EURO 2008), Telekom Austria is enhancing its aonTV with Time shift TV and HDTV capabilities. aonTV customers will be able to stop live broadcasts, take a break, and then continue to watch the transmission of the program. Telekom Austria selected Alcatel-Lucent for the project.Alcatel-Lucent noted that it now has over 50 service providers worldwide deploying its Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture (TPSDA).http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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Blueslice Expands its Home Subscriber Server (HSS) Portfolio

Montreal-based Blueslice Networks introduced a compact version of its Home Subscriber Server platform. The new HSS 1000 product offering, offers all the technical benefits and capabilities of existing HSS 3000 counterpart but is designed for smaller, cost-constrained deployments. The Home Subscriber Server (HSS) is the central subscriber database in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks. The Blueslice's HSS 3000 provides control and intelligence within mobile and fixed networks and the management of multiple profiles per subscription.Blueslice...

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Ericsson Finalizes Reverse Split 1:5

Ericsson will undertake a reverse split 1:5 of the company's shares. The reverse split has the effect that five shares of series A and five shares of series B, respectively, are consolidated into one share of series A and one share of series B, respectively. The first day of trading in the company's A and B shares after the reverse split is June 2, 2008. The record date for the reverse split is June 4, 2008. http://www.ericsson....

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Sorrento Acquires Redfern Broadband Networks

Sorrento Networks has acquired Redfern Broadband Networks (RBN), a developer of optical networking equipment. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal includes RBN's products, customer contracts, channel partner relationships, test equipment, etc. RBN's GigaEdge Optical Services Provisioning Platforms (OSPP) aggregate the many different services found at the edge of the network and solve the high-capacity optical upgrade needs of customers. ...

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Cisco Provides Major Network Upgrade for Orange Business Services

Cisco is providing a major network upgrade project to improve and extend Orange Business Services' international IP VPN. The project will help Orange Business Services bring new advanced services to multinational organizations on a global basis, including Cisco Unified Communications and Cisco TelePresence for virtual ‘in-person' meetings.Orange Business Services already uses the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture. This new...

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Verizon Airfone Exec Steps Down

William E. Pallone has retired as president of Verizon Airfone. Since 2000, Pallone has had responsibility for all business operations including engineering, product development, sales and marketing, finance and human resources for the airborne telecommunications company. http://www.verizon....

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Infineon Trims Outlook for Communications Solutions

Citing lower volumes in certain wireless platform projects, Infineon Technologies trimmed its outlook for its Communication Solutions segment.Infineon now anticipates revenues in the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 to be about flat from the previous quarter. The company also expects that the revised revenue outlook in combination with customization expenses associated with the ramp of new platforms should lead to a decline in EBIT excluding gains and charges from the previous quarter. The company anticipates revenues and EBIT excluding gains...

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Intel and Micron Preview 34nm 32 Gb Flash Memory Chips

Intel and Micron Technology previewd the industry's first sub-40 nanometer (nm) NAND memory device, unveiling a 34nm 32 gigabit (Gb) multi-level cell chip. The device was developed for the next wave of solid-state drives for notebook computers and other portable devices. This process technology was jointly developed by Intel and Micron and manufactured by the companies' NAND flash joint venture, IM Flash Technologies (IMFT).The companies said 34nm...

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Alvarion Supplies 802.16e Network for Balticum TV in Lithuania

Balticum TV, which operates a CATV network in Lithuania, has selected Alvarion to deploy an 802.16e network in the three Baltic states Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Phase one is already in progress and is providing primary broadband services to Lithuanian business and residential users. Alvarion is collaborating with its long time partner DAN Communications in this deployment.Balticum TV is the first 3.5 GHz WiMAX license holder to launch a commercial...

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SOFTBANK TELECOM Selects MRV's Optical Platform

Japan's SOFTBANK TELECOM has deplyed MRV's Fiber Driver optical multi-service platform as the basis for its Japan-wide ATM access network. SOFTBANK TELECOM has configured the network using a unique bi-directional single fiber capability that allowed the company to reduce its fiber needs overall and significantly reduce its operating expenditures from the beginning of the project. The network includes more than several thousand Fiber Driver demarcation devices, and leverages the system's link monitoring capabilities coupled with its Operations,...

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Telx Deploys Ciena's CN 4200 Platform

Telx, which operates over a dozen colocation and interconnection facilities across the U.S., has deployed Ciena's CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform in two key metro markets, Dallas and New York. This equipment is used as part of the Telx Metro Cross Connect service to facilitate interconnections between dual ColoXchange facilities within a city. Specifically, Telx deployed Ciena's solution for its sub-wavelength grooming capability....

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Marvell Posts Revenue of $804 Million, up 27%

Marvell Technology reported net revenue for its first quarter of fiscal 2009 of $804 million, an increase of 27 percent over $635 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2008, ended April 28, 2007, and a 5 percent sequential decline from $845 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, ended February 2, 2008. Net income (GAAP) was $69.9 million, or $0.11 per share (diluted), for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, compared with a net loss under GAAP of $52.8 million, or $0.09 per share (diluted), for the first quarter of fiscal 2008. Despite normal...

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Türk Telekom Selects Alcatel-Lucent for ASON/GMPLS Optical

Türk Telekom has awarded a EUR 21.6 million contract to Alcatel-Lucent to deploy an optical network using an intelligent control plane. The ASON/GMPLS technology employed for the project will enable automatic traffic provisioning for enhanced network protection, operation and maintenance. This will help Türk Telekom further optimize its efficiency in network resource utilization to deliver existing and new services, such as Ethernet-based services,...

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Tata Indicom to Deploy First A-GPS Location-Based Service in India

Tata Teleservices confirmed plans to commercially deploy a new location-based service (LBS) that is the first to use Qualcomm's Assisted GPS (A-GPS) technology in the Indian market. The service, which will use Qualcomm's QPoint solution and gpsOne chipset technology, with hosting services from TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), is expected to be available on multiple handsets from Tata's catalog by late 2008.Conventional Cell-ID-based solutions rely...

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Verizon FiOS TV Puts Programming on the Web

Subscribers to Verizon FiOS TV will now be able to view the programming guide on the web. The site allows customers to use any desktop or laptop computer to review their local TV schedules and information about video-on-demand (VOD) and pay-per-view offerings. Soon, customers will also be able to use the site to program their digital video recorders (DVR), among other features.A home page that offers select VOD trailers and featured titles; a listing of the night's primetime programs; regularly updated lists of the top-watched TV shows and top-purchased...

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Russia's TransTeleCom Deploys Huawei 40G Net Linking Moscow, St. Petersburg

Russia's TransTeleCom (TTC) has deployed a 40 Gbps link between Moscow and St. Petersburg using equipment from Huawei Technology. The 1,141 km network, connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg, requires no electric regeneration. The deployment is believed to be the industry's longest 40G commercial transport network, according to Huawei.The solution uses Huawei's patented SuperWDM technologies. Huawei said its C-band extension patent technology can...

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ADC Introduces Multi-Protocol Radio Head for Euro Markets

ADC announced that its FlexWave URH multi-band radio head for outdoor distributed antenna system (DAS) deployments is now available for European markets. The FlexWave URH features digital RF technology an is designed to allow carriers to combine multiple bands and multiple protocols over a single digital serial stream to a single radiating point, thereby expanding coverage and capacity while gaining significant savings in operating and capital expenses...

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Emerson Unveils New MicroTCA Products

Emerson Network Power has enhanced its MicroTCA portfolio through increased software support, new and enhanced products and a wider range of operating system choices. New products include the AMC-9210, which is based on the Cavium OCTEON Plus high-performance, multi-core processor architecture. In addition, Emerson Network Power will be adding three new storage AMCs to its family to support greater storage density and rugged applications, including:AMC-S302...

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Major U.S. Cable Operators Agree on 2-Way Platforms

Sony Electronics and the six largest U.S. cable operators, including Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox, Charter, Cablevision and Bright House Networks, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing the fundamentals for a competitive retail market for "two-way" digital cable-ready devices. The agreement addresses how such products will be brought to market with interactive services like video-on-demand, digital video recording and interactive...

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Mushroom Launches Broadband Bonding Device for SMBs

Mushroom Networks, a start-up based in San Diego, introduced its "Porcini" broadband bonding network appliance for combining the bandwidth of up to four broadband Internet connections of any type including DSL, cable, T1 into a single virtual high-speed link. The Ethernet-based Porcini device, which targets small and medium-sized businesses, also features an additional USB port that enables a fifth cellular data modem connection to be added to the...

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Sprint, NetLogic Microsystems Join Road to 100G Alliance

Sprint Nextel and NetLogic Microsystems, a provider of knowledge-based processors, have joined The Road to 100G Alliance as contributing members. The Road to 100G Alliance is a global community of leading hardware, software and equipment vendors, along with service providers, dedicated to accelerating the adoption and ongoing development of a new era of next generation networking platforms.http://www.roadto100g....

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Swisscom and Verizon Business Enter Strategic Alliance

Verizon Business and Swisscom announced an alliance to provide enhanced global service and support capabilities to Swiss multinational companies and companies with operations in the Swiss market. The companies have established a preferred partnership which will deliver network and information and communications technology services and solutions to their customers. Swisscom customers with multinational operations will gain seamless access to Verizon...

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DSL Forum Approves New Testing Specification

The DSL Forum has approved a new specification aimed at making it easier for carriers to see deeper into the consumer's home network and quickly identify problems.Specifically, The DSL Forum's Technical Report 143 (TR-143), "Network Service Provider initiated throughput performance testing", defines Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) throughput performance test mechanisms using the framework established in the Forum's existing CPE WAN Management...

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Germany's Kabel BW Upgrades Cable Network with Nortel VoIP

Kabel BW, one of the largest cable operators in Germany, is delivering triple-play services and preparing to offer unified communications to businesses and residents using Nortel's VoIP solution. The upgrade features Nortel's Communication Server 2000, an IP multimedia softswitch that delivers network infrastructure services and supports a wide range of voice and multimedia features based on the open, industry-standard SIP protocol, which allows...

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OKI to Spin-Off Semiconductor Business, Sell to ROHM

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. announced plans to spin-off its semiconductor business as a new company effective 01-October-2008.Oki also confirmed plans to sell up to 95% of the shares in the new company to ROHM, Japan's eighth largest semiconductor firm.The independent Oki Semiconductor Company will have approximately 6,000 employees and be based in Tokyo.http://www.oki.comhttp://www.rohm....

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Verizon Business Offers Managed Unified Threat Management from Fortinet

Verizon Business has begun offering security monitoring and management services for Fortinet's FortiGate unified threat management (UTM ) platform. The Fortinet platform, which is immediately available in the United States, as well as many countries in Europe and Asia-Pacific, provides an additional choice for customers seeking an integrated firewall, antivirus, anti-spam, virtual private network (VPN), Web content filtering and intrusion prevention...

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Ono Launches 100 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 Trial in Spain

ONO, a Spanish cable operator serving 6.9 million homes, is undertaking a DOCSIS 3.0 trial with the aim of launching services in major cities of Spain later this year. The trial is occurring in Valladolid. ONO said its DOCSIS 3.0 deployment should initially deliver Internet downlink speeds of 100 Mbps, later scaling to 200 Mbps and 400 Mbps. Other benefits are expected to include a graceful upgrade migration for the network, greater security via...

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Cable & Wireless and Thus Confirm Merger Talks

Cable & Wireless noted the recent movement in the share price of Thus Group plc ("Thus") and confirmed that it has made a preliminary approach to the Board of Thus in relation to a possible offer for the company.In a statement, THUS said it is confident in its future as an independent group, and that its Board remains focused on delivering maximum value for shareholders and will evaluate any proposal from any third party against the value that...

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ECI Telecom Supplies its XDM Platform in Dominican Republic

Consorcio Energético Punta Cana--Macao (CEPM), a privately-owned energy consortium, has selected ECI Telecom's optical solution as it enters the telecommunications market in the Dominican Republic. CEPM is building a new fiber network and has chosen ECI to deliver the optical infrastructure. Specifically, CEPM is deploying ECI's XDM Multi-Service Provisioning and Transport Platform (MSPP/MSTP) solution. CEPM will provide transport capacity from...

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Russia's Golden Telecom Selects ECI for Metro DWDM/ROADM

Russia's Golden Telecom, part of the VimpelCom Group, has selected ECI Telecom's XDM "All-Range" ROADM (Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexer) and Multi-Service Transport Platform (MSTP) to expand its network capacity in and around the city of Moscow. Specifically, Golden Telecom will deploy ECI's DWDM solution with 10-degree WSS ROADM in major sites across the Moscow Transport Network, allowing for forecast-tolerant and easy and quick provisioning...

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New Zealand's Orcon Selects Juniper for Carrier Ethernet

New Zealand's Orcon has deployed Juniper Networks MX960 Ethernet Services Routers and E120 Broadband Services Routers to increase the capacity and performance of its network infrastructure. Orcon will also deploy the SRC and C-series Controllers, part of Juniper's Session and Resource Control portfolio, to enable policy based control over network resources. Orcon is offering or planning to offer--including high-speed transport and VPN services, next-generation...

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Indonesia's PT Telkom Selects Alcatel-Lucent for Carrier Ethernet

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (PT Telkom), the incumbent fixed telephone service provider in Indonesia, has chosen Alcatel-Lucent's carrier Ethernet solution to offer advanced services to businesses across a unified IP/MPLS infrastructure. The deployment encompasses nearly 300 exchanges being deployed by Alcatel-Lucent in greater Jakarta, West Java, Kalimantan and Sumatra, making it the largest carrier Ethernet network in the country. Financial terms were not disclosed.The deployment includes the Alcatel-Lucent's 7750 Service Router, 7450 Ethernet...

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Qualcomm Updates its Bluetooth Silicon

Qualcomm introduced the latest addition to its line of Bluetooth solutions for handset manufacturers. Qualcomm's new BTS4025 system-on-a-chip (SoC) -- which is now sampling -- offers full support for the latest Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) specification, as well as improved radio-frequency performance in a significantly smaller, more power-efficient package than previous Bluetooth chips. Qualcomm's BTS4025 SoC solution is optimized for interfacing with certain Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chipsets and Qualcomm Single Chip (QSC) solutions...

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Canada Launches Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) Auction

The government of Canada opened its Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum auction. A total of 105 megahertz (MHz) of radio spectrum will be open for bidding, which includes 40 MHz of AWS spectrum for new entrants and another 65 MHz of spectrum for all bidders. The auction will unfold over many scheduled rounds. Bidding will occur electronically over the Internet using secure encryption technology. After each round of bidding is completed, the...

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Tennessee's DTC Deploys Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 4500

DTC Communications (formerly DeKalb Telephone Cooperative) has completed a 300-mile metro network using Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 4000 Multi-Service Provisioning Platforms (MSPPs) in five counties of middle Tennessee. The deployment replaces DTC's existing SONET equipment with a more manageable system that will allow for future services.Specifically, DTC Communications purchased five FLASHWAVE 4500 nodes, twelve FLASHWAVE 4100 Large Shelf systems, and two FLASHWAVE 4100 Extension Shelves. The FLASHWAVE 4500 nodes are being used to form the core OC-192...

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Dell'Oro: PON and Cable Access Infrastructure Equipment Sales Surge in Q1

PON Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) revenue increased over 50 percent in the first quarter of this year, driven by a surge in EPON and GPON deployments, according to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group. This increase occurred at the same time that Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTS) revenue increased by 30 percent. The report also shows that the resumption of EPON deployments in Japan helped Mitsubishi and Sumitomo overtake Tellabs for the...

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Motorola Releases 32 QAM channel Module for Boosting CMTS Bandwidth

Motorola announced the commercial availability of a TX32 Decoupled Downstream Module for its BSR 64000, CMTS/EDGE router. The TX32 solution requires one slot in the BSR 64000, whereas competitive alternatives require two slots to provide the same downstream density. The Motorola TX32, which supports 32 QAM channels, will increase the downstream capacity of deployed BSR 64000s by more than 500% and significantly reduce the cost per downstream QAM. The TX32 also incorporates IPv6 and Advanced Encryption Services (AES).Motorola noted that channel...

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P&TLuxembourg Deploys ADVA for Ethernet Services

P&TLuxembourg, the leading fixed and mobile telephone operator in Luxembourg, has deployed the ADVA Optical Networking's FSP 150 to offer intelligent Ethernet services to enterprise customers. P&TLuxembourg's new network is built on a foundation of IP over fiber, and uses the ADVA FSP 150 to deliver a range of intelligent Ethernet services. Financial terms were not disclosed. ADVA said its FSP 150, featuring the company's "Etherjack" technology, provides P&TLuxembourg with intelligent demarcation, stringent monitoring of data from...

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Nokia Siemens Networks Launches Channel Partner Program

Nokia Siemens Networks is launching a Channel Partner Program to complement its direct sales force. The company said it will use channel partners to extend its reach into new customers and markets. One of the first partners in the Channel Partner Program is CommTel Network Solutions, a specialist Australian company providing design, engineering and integration services for advanced telecommunications systems. "Today the ability to develop market segment specific solutions that truly respond to customers' business challenges depends heavily on...

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T-Mobile Netherlands Selects Ericsson for Network Management

T-Mobile Netherlands has signed a four-year strategic-partnership contract under which Ericsson will continue to manage end-to-end network operations for the former Orange network. The agreement follows T-Mobile's acquisition of Orange in the Netherlands. Ericsson will also take on responsibility for streamlining T-Mobile Netherlands' overall network infrastructure by dismantling the former Orange mobile networks.Ericsson will step up the expansion of T-Mobile Netherlands' WCDMA network, including the building and acquisition of more than 900...

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Deutsche Telekom Accused of Illegal Call Monitoring

Deutsche Telekom is facing a criminal investigation accused of illegally monitoring calls of certain employees and journalists in a scheme aimed at stopping press leaks. The so-called "Clipper" and "Rheingold" surveillance programs allegedly tracked several hundred thousand landline and mobile calls over a period of several years.In a statement, Deutsche Telekom said the allegations made against the company involve call detail records and "do not relate to any unlawful use of the content of calls -- in other words they do not concern the tapping...

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Occam Networks Supplies Remote Terminal Cabinets for Horry Telephone

Horry Telephone Cooperative (HTC), the largest U.S. telephone cooperative and the 25th largest incumbent local exchange carrier in the country, has purchased Occam Networks' latest Outside Plant (OSP) turnkey solution featuring the 4033 Remote Terminal Cabinet (RTC) equipment enclosure. This purchase is part of an upgrade to expand and increase DSL services throughout Horry County.HTC is shortening copper loop lengths and pushing fiber closer to...

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Bahamas Telecom Selects Calix for Next-Gen Access Network

Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has selected the Calix to replace its existing access infrastructure to enable higher-speed, more widely available broadband and advanced new information, communication, and entertainment services throughout the islands. BTC will primarily use the Calix C7 multiservice access platform (MSAP). In addition to POTS, DS1, DS3, and SONET services, the C7 easily supports Gigabit Ethernet, advanced DSL, and 2.5...

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Veraz Offers Roadmap for Multimedia Generation Networks

Veraz Networks outlined key elements of its Multimedia Generation Network (MGN) architecture for helping service providers to rapidly deploy customized multimedia services while preserving and extending the capabilities of legacy application suites. Veraz's MGN architecture, which builds on the company's existing product set and the IMS framework, aims to open up the telecom service creation environment to partners and third-party developers. The...

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TELUS Selects Alcatel-Lucent's ReachView

TELUS has selected ReachView Technologies, an Alcatel-Lucent company, to deploy IBM Tivoli Netcool software into its network. The project enables TELUS to further consolidate its service assurance architecture to better manage the customer experience. The enhanced capabilities directed to customer service management across national service offerings including data, IP, and voice, ultimately contribute to more rapid deployment of product offerings with greater reliability.Alcatel-Lucent's service assurance solution includes IBM Tivoli Netcool software,...

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Ceragon Supplies Wireless Backhaul Into Indochina

Ceragon Networks announced that it has received orders for its advanced FibeAir solutions to be deployed by a leading mobile operator in one of Indochina's emerging markets. The contract was valued at $3.5 million in revenue. Ceragon said the recent equipment orders signify its continuing expansion into new markets and its growing footprint in the Asia-Pacific region.Ceragon FibeAir solutions for TDM networks feature upgradeable capacities ranging...

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Arun Sarin Steps Down as CEO of Vodafone

Arun Sarin will step down as CEO of Vodafone on 29th July 2008. He will be succeeded by Deputy Chief Executive Vittorio Colao.Arun Sarin became Chief Executive in July 2003 and has overseen significant growth of the company in terms of revenue, subscribers and expansion into new markets internationally. During his time as CEO, Vodafone has grown its proportionate customer base from 120 million to more than 260 million globally. Most recently, Vodafone...

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Verizon to Offer Starz via FiOS Broadband

Verizon and Starz Entertainment announced a multiyear agreement to provide Starz movies to Verizon's broadband subscribers and the full array of Starz products to Verizon's FiOS TV and FiOS Internet and DSL customers. Verizon's broadband customers can access the service anywhere in the United States to watch live Starz programming and to download and view movies and videos an unlimited number of times at no additional charge. The movies include...

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Zeugma Develops Next Gen Broadband Service Delivery Router

Zeugma, a start-up based in Vancouver, Canada, unveiled its Zeugma Services Node (ZSN), a broadband edge aggregation device designed to help broadband operators identify, monitor, manage and customize service flows traversing their networks. Zeugma integrates routing, subscriber, and service management in a single platform powered by high-performance, multi-core packet processors. The system leverages a customized compute grid architecture and...

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Czech's Sloane Park Deploys Cisco for Optical Transport

Sloane Park Property Trust, which provides wholesale telecommunications and data transit services using a fiber network installed along oil pipelines and Czech railways routes across the Czech Republic, has selected Cisco for its optical transport network. The next-generation transport network (NGTN) based on Cisco's routing and optical networking technologies spans some 1,500 km. The network is equipped with Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform and ONS 15216 products. Cisco 7600 Series Routers provide Gigabit Ethernet aggregation...

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Reliance Globalcom to Acquire VANCO, a Virtual Network Operator

Reliance Globalcom Ltd, a subsidiary of Reliance Communications, has agreed to acquire UK-based Global Managed Network Services. Media sources valued the deal at around GBP 39 million.Vanco is a Virtual Network Operator (VNO) based in the UK. The company leases telecom infrastructure and capacity from other carriers to deliver its managed network services. Vanco's services include the design, integration, implementation, security and management...

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Infineon's CEO Announces Resignation

Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart announced his resignation as president and CEO of Infineon Technologies AG. He has held the positions for the past four years. During his term of office, Ziebart strategically re-positioned the company and amongst others carved-out the memory business to form a separate legal entity, Qimonda, which was listed at the NYSE in August 2006.http://www.infineon....

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Intelsat Names Kay Sears to Head Intelsat General

Intelsat named Kay Sears has as President of the company's subsidiary, Intelsat General, which provides commercial satellite capacity for civil and defense-related government applications. Sears will replace departing Intelsat General President & CEO William Shernit, who is retiring. Most recently, Ms. Sears served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development of Intelsat General.http://www.intelsat....

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Ericsson Awarded Maintenance Contract for Telefónica Brasil

Ericsson announced a three-year contract to supervise and provide preventive and corrective maintenance services for Telefónica's fiber network in São Paulo state, beginning in April 2008. Ericsson said the new agreement will allow Telefónica to reduce costs and streamline network management and operations. It will enable shorter time to market for new services while ensuring customers that these are first rate. Ericsson noted that it has won more than 100 managed services contracts with operators worldwide since 2002, and that it now supports...

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China's MII Spurs Industry Restructuring, 3 Majors to Compete

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Finance have given the go ahead for a significant restructuring of the nation's telecom industry. Specifically, MII is encouraging China Telecom to buy China Unicom's CDMA network. China Unicom's GSM division is to merge with China Netcom. In addition, China Telecom is to acquire the basic telecom services unit of China Satcom and China Mobile Communications Corp. (CMCC) is to to acquire China Tietong Telecommunications...

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Optical Internetworking Forum to Address 100G Long-haul DWDM

The Optical Internetworking Forum's Physical and Link Layer Working Group (PLL WG) designated a new work project to address 100G long-haul DWDM. The project will result in a DWDM transmission implementation agreement (IA) focused on a specific modulation format and receiver approach. It will seek to reach agreement on a Forward Error Correction (FEC) algorithm suitable for the long-haul 100G application. This implementation agreement will complement...

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Zayo Bandwidth Selects Infinera for Northeastern Network

Zayo Bandwidth, a provider of fiber-based bandwidth in 17 states, has selected Infinera for its regional network in the Northeastern U.S. Specifically, Zayo has deployed Infinera DTN system in the busy northeastern corridor from New York to Washington, DC as well as interconnecting Chicago to the east coast. Financial terms were not disclosed.Zayo has deployed Infinera in the busy northeastern corridor from New York to Washington, DC as well...

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Broadweave to Fix or Replace FTTH Gateways on iProvo Network

Broadweave Networks, which two weeks ago announced plans to purchase the iProvo FTTH network from the City of Provo, Utah, disclosed that it will need to replace the home gateways used on the network. During the process of its due diligence on the network, Broadweave said it discovered problems with the fiber-to-the-home portals which are located at each customer's home. The problem with the gateways has proven to be the cause of telephone service...

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Ericsson Strengthens its Managed Services Offering

Ericsson is strengthening its Managed Services and Systems Integration practice, which ranges from designing, building, operating and managing day-to-day operations of a customer's network, including end-user services and business support systems, to hosting service applications and content, as well as providing network coverage and capacity on demand.Ericsson said it is now strengthening its efforts to address the increasingly interdependent and...

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Enhancements to Nokia Maps include Pedestrian Navigation, Satellite Images

Nokia announced a number of enhancements to its Maps application. A partial list of the updated features in Nokia Maps 2.0 includes: Faster routing in Car Navigation mode along with a new navigation carousel with pre-defined navigation views - i.e. navigation, arrow, bird-eye.Optional pedestrian navigation walks you from A to B with visual guidance. It helps you to locate yourself by giving information about the surrounding buildings, streets and...

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Orange and Nokia Partner on Mobile Services

Orange and Nokia announced a three year partnership under which ten new Nokia handsets will be offered as part of the Orange Signature range. The companies will also launch a suite of integrated multimedia services on the new Nokia handset. The new services will launch in H208 across nine major markets.As part of the strategic partnership, customers will have direct access to the Orange Music Store, both Orange and NGage games, as well as Nokia...

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Quebec Court of Appeal Stops BCE's Privatization

The Quebec Court of Appeal has blocked BCE's proposed privatization plan. Earlier in the week, it was reported that several of the key involved in the transaction were seeking to change interest rates and other key terms of deal due to the ongoing credit crunch.BCE said it is now seeking direction from the Supreme Court of Canada.http://www.bce.caIn June 2007, BCE, the parent company of Bell Canada, agreed to be acquired by an investor group led...

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Indosat Selects NSN for 3G Service Delivery Platform

Indosat, one of the leading service providers in Indonesia, has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to implement a 3G Service Delivery Platform (SDP) in its network. Based on Nokia Siemens Networks' Service Delivery Framework ecosystem, the solution comprises content management, a video gateway, a video portal, video streaming, messaging gateway platform, charging and partner management as well as best-of-breed products from selected partners for a comprehensive...

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Romtelecom Deploys Cisco CRS-1

Romtelecom, the incumbent carrier in Romania, has implemented a new Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN), based on the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System. With support from Cisco's Advanced Services department, Romtelecom is proactively preparing for an increase in broadband demand and business users' requirements for new, highly secure services, such as high-availability virtual private networks (VPNs). Financial terms were...

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India's Spice Telecom Deploys Veraz Controlswitch

Spice Telecom, a mobile operator in India, has deployed the Veraz ControlSwitch and I-Gate 4000 media gateways for a national and international MPLS-based long distance network. Spice Telecom currently offers mobile services in the states of Punjab and Karnataka. Financial terms were not disclosed.Veraz's platform provides Spice with a flexible IP-based solution that helps protect and improve voice profitability via efficient network operations and a twelve fold increase in voice capacity. A single ControlSwitch is spanning sixteen sites throughout...

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NEC Electronics Introduces H.264 Chips for STBs

NEC Electronics introduced two new image-processing chipsets based on its enhanced multimedia architecture (EMMA) platform and optimized for set-top boxes (STBs) and digital TVs (DTVs) supporting the H.264 video compression standard. The EMMA3SL/SD system-on-chip (SoC) supports standard-definition video broadcasts, while the EMMA3SL/HD SoC supports high-definition broadcasts. The devices are the latest additions to NEC Electronics' family of H.264-compliant EMMA3 SoCs, which have achieved market success since 2006 in blue laser DVD players and...

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Barracuda Spam Firewall Scales to 100,000 Concurrent Email Users

Barracuda Networks introduced a high-performance spam firewall appliance designed for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other large organizations with up to 100,000 concurrent email users and 5,000 domains.The Barracuda Spam Firewall 1000 is priced at $89,999 with no per user licensing fees. It comes in a 2U full-size form factor and includes 200 GB message log storage and 750GB storage capacity for quarantined messages. Advanced capabilities...

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Mocana Raises $7 million for Networked Device Security

Mocana, a start-up based in San Francisco, closed $7 million in venture funding for its security software protection for networked devices.Mocana is focused on the security threat represented by non-PC "things" connecting to the network, like PDAs, routers, DVRs, printers, iPods, and even cars or digital picture frames. Each one of these new devices represents a "soft target" for hackers and an easy way in to the rest of the network. This is because...

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Sandvine Offers Application Agnostic "Fair Share" Traffic Management

Sandvine introduced new "FairShare" capabilities to help broadband service operators ensure fair usage in the shared access network .Sandvine's "FairShare" works with the company's suite of Traffic Optimization solutions using an application-agnostic approach. FairShare automatically responds to the changing network environment and subscriber usage patterns in real-time. It collects subscriber usage metrics from various sources and analyzes the...

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China Telecom Gains 650K Broadband Users, Loses 880K Fixed Lines in April

China Telecom was serving 38.36 million broadband lines as of 30-April-2008, an increase of 650,000 over the preceding month. However, the carrier continues to lose fixed access lines at an even faster pace that the broadband gain, down by 880,000 for the month.http://www.chinatelecom-h.c...

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Intelsat's Galaxy 18 Successfully Launched

Intelsat's Galaxy 18 satellite was successfully placed into orbit by a Zenit-3SL rocket that lifted off Sea Launch's Odyssey platform in the Pacific Ocean.The satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral, will operate from 123 degrees west and serve programmers, government and corporate broadband customers in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. It carries 24 C- and 24 Ku-band transponders allowing for increased power and flexibility...

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