Orange Business Services Offers "Unik PC" Softphone

Orange Business Services has launched a "Unik PC" service for the French market enabling mobile subscribers to make calls from their PC using a USB key and bundled software. Unik PC allows the mobile subscriber to call freely in France or abroad from any computer connected to the Internet either via the company network, from a home connection or with Wi-Fi. Calls made from a computer are unlimited 7/7 and 24h/24 to company mobiles and landlines...

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AT&T Appoints Head for EMEA

AT&T has appointed Kevin Maher as Regional Vice President of Middle East & Africa. He will be based in Dubai, where AT&T maintains its regional headquarters, and will be responsible for the strategic direction and tactical management of the global resources serving AT&T's business customers in the region. Maher has been part of the AT&T global sales leadership for the past five years and was most recently a sales center VP...

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Nokia Siemens Networks Demos LTE-Advanced Relaying

Researchers at Nokia Siemens Networks in Germany have demonstrated relaying technology proposed for LTE-Advanced, which is currently being studied by 3GPP for Release 10 and will be submitted towards ITU-R as the 3GPP Radio Interface Technology proposal. The demonstration combined an LTE system supporting a 2x2 MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) antenna system, and a relay station. The relaying operated in-band, which means that the relay stations...

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H3C Selects RMI's XLS Processor for SMB Gateways

H3C Technologies has selected RMI's Multi-Core Multi-Threaded XLS Processor for a series of products, including the SR66xx series secure routers, the ICG 2200 series information communication gateway, low-end security, wireless AC and switch products. The H3C ICG 2200 (Information Communication Gateway) is a unified communications system that integrates functions of router, switch, firewall, VPN, IAD, wireless AP and accelerator into single box, providing unified communications services through WAN, LAN, VoIP, direct-line, wireless and EPON interfaces.RMI's...

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Qatar's Qtel Selects NSN for Full Network Modernization

Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has awarded a US$61 million contract to Nokia Siemens Networks for a full network modernization project that will double mobile broadband speeds in Qatar. Nokia Siemens Networks is deploying an energy-efficient radio access solution, based on a Flexi Base Station, that will offer very significant power consumption savings to Qtel. Nokia Siemens Networks is also providing technical and business consultancy, site preparation,...

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Huawei Supplies IP/MPLS Unified Core Router to Saudi Arabia's Mobily

Huawei Technologies has assisted Mobily, one of the major mobile operators in Saudi Arabia, to deploy an IP/MPLS unified core network. Mobily is a full service operator with wired and wireless broadband data services, but its voice service and data services used to be run through two separate bearer networks. Huawei has supplied six NetEngine 5000E core routers to deploy the nationwide bearer network built on a common IP/MPLS unified core. This...

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Hawaiian Telcom Files for Chapter 11

Hawaiian Telcom, the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) in Hawaii, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company is seeking relief to enable it to continue to operate its business without interruption to customers, employees and other critical constituents. The requests to the Bankruptcy Court include authority to honor all customer programs such as discounts and rebates, to continue to pay wages and salaries, and to continue...

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AT&T Expands VPLS to 14 Countries in Europe, Asia Pac

AT&T has expanded its virtual private local area network service (VPLS) in 14 countries across Europe and Asia Pac. AT&T's VPLS service, called OPT-E-WAN, enables businesses to link multiple locations -- with the efficiency of a flat Ethernet wide area network that can be extended globally. The service is now available in a total of 15 countries -- United States; Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, Italy,...

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Dell'Oro: PON Revenue Reaches Record High

Third quarter PON revenue including both Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) and Optical Networking Terminals (ONTs) reached its second consecutive record high growing 16 percent sequentially and 64 percent over the year ago period, according to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group. Third quarter's strength came from both EPON and GPON," said Tam Dell'Oro, President of Dell'Oro Group. "EPON's growth was driven by next generation network upgrades...

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The New Clearwire Sets Course

Clearwire will drop the "Xohm" branding and adopt a new "Clear" branding for its mobile WiMAX services.In a conference call to follow-up on last week's closure of the Clearwire-Sprint deal, Benjamin G. Wolff, CEO of the new Clearwire, said the new company now possesses the three key ingredients needed to revolutionize the broadband wireless market:Extensive spectrum holdings -- Sprint contributed its entire 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings to Clearwire....

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HP Counts Benefits of Internal IT Transformation

As a result of a three-year IT transformation effort, HP has reduced its IT operating costs by approximately half; provided more reliable information for executives to make better business decisions; and, established a more simplified and dependable IT infrastructure that provides improved business continuity and supports the company's future growth. Starting in fiscal year 2009, the transformation will lower IT costs by more than $1 billion per year from fiscal year 2005 levels. Over this period, HP added more than $25 billion in revenue.HP said...

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Bell Canada's Privatization Faces Scrutiny

The leveraged buyout deal under which BCE (Bell Canada) was to become a privately held company is facing greater financial scrutiny.KPMG has informed BCE that, based on current market conditions, its analysis to date and the amount of indebtednessinvolved in the LBO financing, it does not expect to be in a position to deliver on the scheduled effective date of BCE's privatization, December 11,2008, an opinion that BCE would meet the solvency tests...

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Ericsson to Manage MBNL's Shared Network in the UK

Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the 50:50 joint venture formed by 3UK and T-Mobile UK to manage the integration of both operators' 3G radio access networks (RAN), has awarded Ericsson a four-year managed services contract for the operation and maintenance of the consolidated network. Under the deal, Ericsson has responsibility for the operation and performance management of both parent companies' 3G networks and T-Mobile's 2G RAN infrastructure....

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Clearwire Deal Clears -- $3.2 Billion Investment Completed

Clearwire and Sprint Nextel completed the financial transaction combining their next-generation wireless Internet businesses. The new company retains the name Clearwire and remains headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.Sprint contributed all of its 2.5 GHz spectrum and its WiMAX-related assets, including its XOHM business, to Clearwire. In addition, Clearwire has received a $3.2 billion cash investment from Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable, Google...

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Digital Divide Narrows in Europe

The gap between EU countries in terms of broadband penetration is narrowing, from 28.4 percentage points in July 2007 to 27.7 this July. New figures published by the European Commission today show that, in spite of reduced growth perspectives for the economy at large, broadband growth has continued in the last year throughout the EU, with an increase of 19.23% between July 2008 and July 2007. On 1 July 2008 there were over 107 million fixed broadband...

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Vietnam Datacommunications Deploys 802.16e Trial with Motorola

Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC), a member company of the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and the largest Internet service provider (ISP) in Vietnam, has partnered with Motorola to commence a technical and commercial WiMAX trial in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Under the agreement, Motorola will install WiMAX Diversity Access Points and more than 100 customer premises equipment (CPE) in the nation's two largest cities.Motorola noted that it now has 24 contracts for commercial WiMAX networks in 19 countries around the w...

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ITU Advocates Infrastructure Sharing to Counter Investment Drought

In response to the global financial crisis which may make it more difficult for investors to obtain financing for continuing network development, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is advocating infrastructure sharing as a means to continue to rapid rollout of network resources to underserved populations.In its newly published annual report, Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2008: Six Degrees of Sharing, the ITU examines the sharing...

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Nokia Develops Smart Home Platform with Mobile Support

Nokia is developing a Home Control Center platform that aims to integrate mobile devices, home networks, home security and household energy management systems. The platform will be based on a customized home gateway with integrated antennas for WLAN, GSM/GPRS, and Z-Wave. The gateway will also feature Ethernet ports, USB ports, a firewall, SD card reader and other connectivity options. Nokia will provide home control logic for simple automatic responses to events such as motion sensor triggering, luminance levels, moisture or temperature limits....

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STMicroelectronics Cuts Q4 Outlook

Citing further deterioration on the worldwide financial markets, economic recession in one or more of the world's major economies and the effect on demand for semiconductors, STMicroelectronics cut its financial guidance. The company now expects fourth quarter revenues to be between approximately $2.2 billion and $2.35 billion, as compared to $2.7 billion reported in the prior quarter, or a sequential change in the range of about -12.8% to -18.4%. The revised revenue outlook is the consequence of a recent slowdown in the billings, recent and substantial...

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L.A. Times: Cyber-attack on Defense Department

President Bush was briefed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs on a cyber-attack on Defense Department computers, including those on a classified network, according to The Los Angeles Times. The cyber-attack reportedly occurred within networks of the U.S. Central Command, which oversees operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and may have originated with hackers from Russia.http://www.latimes....

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Telstra Submits its NBN Proposal but Sees Regulatory Uncertainty

Telstra formally submitted its proposal to build an open access National Broadband Network (NBN) capable of delivering high-speed access to up to 90 per cent of Australians. Key elements of the proposal include:Telstra would invest up to $5 billion of its own capital.The Government would provide $4.7 billion in the form of a concessional loan.Up to 90 percent of the population would be covered.The network will be capable of providing downlink speeds...

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Viettel Telecom Selects NSN for Mobile Expansion

Viettel Telecom, one of Vietnam's leading mobile service providers, has selected Nokia Siemens Networks' Flexi Base Station for part of its network expansion across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Viettel entered the market in 2004 and is now the fourth GSM provider in Vietnam.Nokia Siemens Networks' relationship with Viettel Telecom started in 2007, when Viettel deployed the company's mobile softswitching solution. This is Nokia Siemens Networks' first GSM Base Station deal with Viettel. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.nsn....

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Interoute Deploys 60 Gbps Capacity in 48 Hours with Infinera

Interoute, which operates a pan-European fiber network, worked around the clock to replace a 1,200 km section on one of its largest customer's network that was experiencing rapid degradation. It took just 48 hours from "order to delivery" for Interoute to provide 60 Gbps of connectivity. Interoute's service provider customer had acquired another telecom operator which already owned a large international optical network. After the acquisition,...

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BSNL Selects Dilithium for Mobile Video Services

BSNL, India's largest telecommunications company, has selected Dilithium for the deployment of new mobile video & streaming services over 2G and 3G networks beginning in 2009. Dilithium has partnered with HCL Infosystems Ltd. to provide end to end delivery solutions for BSNL's live mobile video services. The solution includes the Dilithium DTG 3021 multimedia gateways and the DCA video streaming solution, enabling 2-way video calling and other advanced video services. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.dilithiumnetworks....

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Axis Introduces 3 New Network Cameras

Axis Communications introduced a series of small and smart network cameras designed for securing locations such as small businesses, boutiques, restaurants, hotels and residences. All three models provide superior video quality at 30 frames per second in VGA resolution. Two of the models add the option of connecting over an IEEE 802.11g wireless interface with the built-in antenna. One of these additionally features a passive infrared (PIR) sensor...

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Sezmi Raises $33 Million for its TV 2.0 Service and STB

Sezmi, a start-up based in Belmont, California, secured $33 million in new venture funding for its personal TV system.Sezmi is developing an alternative to the legacy TV experience with a line-up of content from traditional broadcast networks, cable and specialty networks, Internet video, pay-per-view movies, etc. The company says its goal is not only to enhance the on-demand experience, but to stand out from traditional television offerings with...

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Qwest Trims Broadband Prices -- DSL Starting at $14.99 a Month

Qwest Communications is trimming its broadband prices.For new customers, Qwest Connect Silver High-Speed Internet service with connection speeds up to 1.5 Mbps is now being offered for $14.99 a month for a year (regularly priced at $39.99 a month) and Qwest Connect Platinum High-Speed Internet service with connection speeds up to 7 Mbps is priced at $24.99 a month for a year (regularly priced at $49.99 a month) to new customers.Existing Qwest High-Speed...

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Blue Coat Achieves Record Net Revenue

Blue Coat Systems reported total net revenue for its second quarter of fiscal 2009 (ended October 31, 2008) of $119.0 million, an increase of 62% compared to net revenue of $73.4 million in the same quarter last year, and an increase of 16% compared to net revenue of $102.5 million in the immediately preceding quarter. Excluding net revenue associated with the acquisition of Packeteer on June 6, 2008, net revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 was $93.9 million, an increase of 28% compared to net revenue of $73.4 million in the same quarter...

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Telenor Pakistan selects NSN for Real Time Traffic Monitoring

Telenor Pakistan, which serves 18 million mobile users, has deployed Nokia Siemens Networks' NetAct Traffica real time customer traffic monitoring and analysis software. Telenor Pakistan has acquired the GPRS module of the solution for further enhancing the data service experience for its customers. The customer traffic monitoring and analysis software provides a detailed, real-time view to user activity and service usage throughout the network enabling the service provider to react to problems immediately. It can also give valuable insight into...

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Vietnam Mobile Telecom Selects Alcatel-Lucent

Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services Company has awarded a US$48 million contract to Alcatel-Lucent to expand and enhance the wireless communications services available through its Mobifone mobile network.The contract calls for Alcatel-Lucent to deploy more than 1,400 multi-standard base stations GSM/EDGE latest technology to improve voice and data services over the Mobifone network and to extend coverage and capacity throughout northern Vietnam. This...

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Alcatel-Lucent Enhances its Corporate Communications Portfolio

Alcatel-Lucent announced a suite of enhancements for its portfolio of products for large enterprises, including new capabilities to scale to support 100,000 users and the ability to better integrate with key corporate applications.Alcatel-Lucent's Corporate Communications offer includes voice, data, unified communications and contact center solutions whose enhancements enable large business customers to employ data virtualization, increased scalability...

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Orange Busines Partners with Microsoft on Unified Communications

Orange Business Services will make available as standard managed services the latest versions of the unified communication and collaboration offerings from Microsoft, including Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and supporting these services with ITIL standards-based service management.Business Together with Microsoft is an innovative solution that integrates collaborative...

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BelAir Debuts 802.11n Access Point for Service Providers

BelAir Networks introduced its BelAir20 Access Point (AP), a compact dual-radio, dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi indoor AP designed to deliver centrally managed and hosted public or private Wi-Fi services in a variety of high density environments . Key features include:Complements the company's portfolio of outdoor Wi-Fi nodes Leverages the same BelAirOS operating system and BelView network managementIntegrates with the service provider's back office to...

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Orange Adds Mobile TV to its Unik 3G UMA Service

Orange is preparing to launch high definition mobile TV for Unik, its 3G+ UMA platform. Customers in France will gain access to more than sixty high definition mobile TV channels (including twenty with unlimited access). The video content will be deliver with though the 3G network and/or Wi-Fi network at home and in Orange Wi-Fi hotspots.The service will be available on Orange's Unik using a new and exclusive handset from LG, the LG Secret KF757....

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BT Launches New Managed WAN Optimization Service

BT has launched a new fully managed wide area network (WAN) optimisation service that can accelerate the performance of applications between data centres, remote offices and mobile workers by 5 to 50 times and in some cases up to 100 times. BT is also introducing a new applications performance monitoring service that allows IT directors to ensure that vital applications perform according to required service levels. By centrally installing a device...

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BT Openreach Cuts Ethernet Backhaul Prices by up to 65%

BT's Openreach division is cutting prices by up to 65% across a range of access and backhaul services. Specifically, effective immediately for new and existing connection orders, and from the 1st February 2009 for rentals, the price reductions will encompass most of Openreach's WES, WEES and BES products. Changes include:BES 1Gb product connection reduced by up to 62% and rental by up to 31%.WES/WEES 100Mb Local Access reduced to the same price...

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Sunrise Telecom Sells Protocol Product Group to LTE Innovations

Sunrise Telecom will sell its Protocol Products Group (PPG) to LTE Innovations, a leading OSS consulting organization for the telecom industry, for approximately EUR 8 million, roughly $10 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2008. The completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.Sunrise Telecom's PPG division, which is based in Modena, Italy, is known for its 3GMaster and NeTracker protocol analyzer solutions, though most recently, its Traffic Analysis and Monitoring System...

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Trapeze Networks Chief Strategist to Chair IEEE 802.11 Task Group

Trapeze Networks' Matthew Gast has been elected to chair the IEEE committee that is guiding the evolution of the wireless local area networking standard, 802.11. Gast is the author of the best selling guide to wireless networking, chairs important task groups for the Wi-Fi Alliance and is the chief strategist in Trapeze Networks' Office of the CTO.Trapeze Networks noted that the original IEEE 802.11 standard was published in 1997 and since then wireless networking has revolutionized the way people work in the office, at home and on the road. The...

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Agito Networks Names Amit Chawla as CEO

Agito Networks, a start-up specializing in enterprise fixed mobile convergence, has named former Veraz Networks executive Amit Chawla as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Most recently, Mr. Chawla served as the Executive Vice President of Global Business Units for Veraz Networks. Previously, he spent 13 years at Nortel Networks, most recently as Vice President of Portfolio Management.Agito Networks' flagship product fuses WiFi, cellular,...

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Verizon FiOS TV Completes Digital Television Upgrade

Verizon's FiOS TV has completed its migration to 100 percent digital service, In an initiative that began in April, the company phased out the small number of duplicate analog channels that had been offered on its FiOS TV service.Verizon has always provided all FiOS TV programming in digital format. Previously, however, Verizon also provided duplicate signals in analog for some channels. Some customers used the old analog signals to view limited...

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Hughes Brings WiMAX + WiFi + Satellite Backhaul to Amazonas

Hughes do Brasil has won a public tender and signed a 36-month contract with PRODAM - Data Processing Company of the State of Amazonas, to deploy a turnkey broadband network solution that combines WiMAX and WiFi access technologies with satellite backhaul. The goal is for PRODAM to provide high-speed wireless Internet access service to customers throughout all 61 municipalities of Amazonas, including government agencies, small businesses, and the...

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AT&T Wins Managed Services Deal with Indianapolis Power & Light

AT&T was awarded a new three-year contract to provide integrated network solutions for Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of AES Corporation, a global power company. Under the deal, AT&T will link IPL's locations across the state and monitor its network to optimize data communication through its Managed Internet Service Private Network Transport (MIS PNT) services. As part of AT&T's diverse IP VPN portfolio, PNT provides any-to-any connectivity to link domestic sites to a single IP network that easily integrates...

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Verizon Completes FiOS Buildout to 27,000 Aimco Apartments

Verizon is completing its FiOS build-out to 27,000 apartments in Aimco housing complexes in 11 states. The project, which began last year under an agreement between Verizon and Aimco, will make FiOS ultra-high-sped broadband services available to all the apartments. The 27,000 apartments are in 100 Aimco properties situated in California, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Virginia. Aimco (Apartment Investment and Management Co.), based in Denver, is one of the nation's largest...

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Telcordia Adds Broadband Test and Analysis System

Telcordia released a test and analysis system designed to reduce the cost of supporting advanced broadband services.Telcordia Test Expert, part of the Telcordia Service Assurance Suite, automates the process of service testing and accurately identifies the precise problem so that it can be resolved expeditiously. The system incorporates an expert system that analyzes failure types, frequency, and cost, and mines historical performance and alarm data to pinpoint the root causes of intermittent faults, even after the original fault conditions have...

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Covad Names William R. Ferraiuolo to Head Wholesale Operations

Covad Communications has named William R. Ferraiuolo as General Manager for the Covad Wholesale division. Ferraiuolo comes to Covad from EMC2, where he worked for more than a decade and most recently served as Director of Global Business Operations.http://www.covad....

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Congressional Panels Warns of Cyber Security Threat from China

The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission issued its 2008 Annual Report to Congress warning of Chinese cyber attacks, authoritarian rule, and trade violations. In particular, the report warns that China has advanced capabilities for launching cyber attacks at any time and cites a number of recent incidents directed against the U.S. government and defense contractors. The report argues that China is "likely to take advantage of the U.S. dependence on cyber space for four significant reasons. First, the costs of cyber operations are...

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KPN Commences EUR 1 bn Share Repurchase Program

KPN has commenced a EUR 1 billion share repurchase program for 2009. In order to meet the interests of both shareholders and bondholders, KPN said it is committed to its self-imposed financial framework with a net debt to EBITDA ratio between 2.0x and 2.5x. Net debt to EBITDA stood at 2.4x at the end of Q3 2008 and is expected to be lower by the end of 2008.http://www.kpn....

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AT&T Wins $346 Million Managed Service Contract with State of Georgia

AT&T was awarded a five-year contract with the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) worth a projected $346 million to provide managed WAN, Voice, and LAN services across state government agencies. The extensive managed network services contract is expected to establish a more robust and efficient network for Georgia's government operations, a centralized management model and standardized service levels across the state. In addition, the contract...

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Cavium to Acquire W&W for Video Processor

Cavium Networks agreed to acquire W&W Communications, a fabless semiconductor start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, for approximately $19.3 million. W&W specializes in low power, super low latency and full-High Definition video processing solutions with single and multi-stream capabilities. The company provides a range of chips, software and board level solutions for single and multi-channel, High and Standard Definition H.264 applications...

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Cisco Appoints Head of Brazil Operations

Rodrigo Abreu has been appointed as country manager for Cisco Brazil, effective December 15. Mr. Abreu joined Cisco three years ago and for the last two years has served as regional manager for the Cansac region. He replaces Pedro Ripper, who has decided to join one of Brazil's leading service providers, after five years with Cisco.http://www.cisco....

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STMicroelectronics Joins MIT's Ultra-Low-Power Microcontroller Program

STMicroelectronics has joined the Microsystems Industrial Group (MIG) industry consortium at the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIG was founded in the 1980s to support Microsystems Technology Laboratories infrastructure and provide direction to the MTL research and educational objectives in consultation with the faculty. ST is the first European company to join the group."ST is a leader in the development of low-power technologies that can reduce power dissipation in embedded System-on-Chip solutions,...

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BridgeWave's Gigabit Wireless Complies with New ETSI Recommendation

BridgeWave Communications' 80 GHz multi-gigabit wireless links have been demonstrated to comply with the new European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Draft Recommendation EN 302 217-3 V1.3.1 on its first day of publication. This is the first released version of this Recommendation to include specifications for equipment operating in the new 80 GHz millimeter-wave spectrum band that enables point-to-point wireless systems to deliver multi-gigabit capacity with ultra-low latency.BridgeWave's 80 GHz wireless link products have been tested...

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First Transatlantic 40 Gbps Single Wavelength Transmission Completed

The first transatlantic transmission of a 40 Gbps IP wavelength (OC768/STM256) was successfully demonstrated by Sprint, in collaboration with the TAT-14 cable system consortium, TeliaSonera International Carrier, and Sweden's research and education network (SUnet). This trial was also enabled through close collaboration between Cisco Systems and StrataLight Communications.Spanning more than 9,000 km of fiber distance, the circuit includes a 7,630 km segment of transatlantic submarine TAT-14 cable system between Sea Girt, N.J. and BlAbjerg, Denmark....

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Alcatel-Lucent announces new members of Management Board in Germany

Wolfgang Weik (63) will be leaving the Management Board of Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG and the management of Alcatel-Lucent Holding GmbH at his own request, effective December 31, 2008. He will be vacating the chairs of both boards and the office of Board Member for Finance. Alf Henryk Wulf (46), currently Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and Board Member for Sales & Marketing of Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, will become the new Chairman of the Management Board effective January 1, 2009. Peter Kury, who will be moving from Thales...

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Amino Acquires Tailfin's IPTV Set-top Box Division

Amino Communications agreed to acquire Tilgin AB's IPTV Set-Top Box (STB) division for GBP 2.5 million. Tilgin offers a range of H.264 HD IPTV STBs. In addition, the acquisition will also give Amino immediate access to additional middleware solutions -- such as Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks -- as well as extending the Group's customer reach. Amino said expects to enjoy R&D cost synergies delivered through the development and maintenance of common ST Micro based STBs.Tilgin is based in Kista (north of Stockholm), Sweden. The company...

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InnoPath's MDM Adds Support for the Newly Ratified OMA-DM SCOMO Standard

InnoPath Software has added support for the newly ratified OMA-DM Software Component Management Object (SCOMO) Candidate Enabler. SCOMO is a standards-based method of managing the lifecycle of applications on mobile phones.brInnoPath first demonstrated draft SCOMO support at the Mobile World Congress in 2007, and as the convener of SCOMO within OMA-DM, the company has been actively working with its key operator and device manufacturer partners to bring to market a solution that is both deployable and scalable. Additionally, InnoPath was the first...

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NXP Semiconductors Predicts 15% to 25% Sequential Decline

NXP Semiconductors warned that its Q4 sales will be significantly below market expectations. Citing weakening macroeconomic conditions and a deteriorating sales environment, NXP said that based on overall consumer sentiment, recent order book development, and expected future trading levels, it now foresee a 15% to 25% sequential sales decline in the fourth quarter on a business and currency comparable basis. This compares to the previous guidance of an 8 to 14% sequential sales decline as announced on 21 October 2008.http://www.nxp....

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Clearwire Stockholders Approve Sprint WiMAX Deal

Clearwire's stockholders approved the planned combination with Sprint's mobile WiMAX business and the investment of $3.2 billion by Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Trilogy Partners. Clearwire's board of directors had unanimously recommended that stockholders vote in favor of the transaction. In addition, Clearwire has secured consent to the transaction from a majority of the lenders under a Credit Agreement and...

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RCN Metro Optical Networks Deploys Ciena

RCN Metro Optical Networks, a which provides transport services for carriers as well as large and medium-sized businesses, has deployed Ciena's CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform. RCN Metro's suite of services includes Ethernet, SONET, Wavelength, Video Transport, Internet, etc. The carrier has unique rights-of-way, spanning from Maine to Virginia and out to Chicago. In addition to RCN Metro's deployments, RCN Corporation has utilized the CN 4200 in an extensive upgrade to its core and metro networks. Financial terms were not d...

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Orange Business Services Launches Secure My Device Worldwide

Orange Business Services has launched a "Secure My Device" service to help provide security, supervision and control of mobile and remote PC devices. The service integrates technologies from BigFix, an Emeryville, California headquartered provider of high performance platforms for delivery of managed services. Key capabilities include:Central visibility -- Central reporting and management provided by a global solution gives an IT manager end-to-end visibility of what security policies and rules end-users have on their PC. Easy and rapid roll...

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Point Topic: Global Broadband Subscribers Hit 400 Million

The number of broadband subscribers worldwide has reached the 400 million mark, according to a report prepared for the Broadband Forum by industry analysts, Point Topic. In 1998, there were just 57,200 broadband subscribers globally. Only a year later, this number had increased by nearly six times over to 280,890 subscribers worldwide. DSL quickly became the most popular choice of delivery. The past ten years has seen a 600,000 percent increase...

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Nokia Opens Research Laboratory in Hollywood, USA

Nokia has established its newest research laboratory in Hollywood, California, in order to work with the media & entertainment industry on new entertainment concepts. Specifically, web and TV. With a strong emphasis on entertainment and associated experiences, research topics will include mixed reality, content creation and user interface experiences, among others. In addition to recruiting from and collaborating with the Hollywood entertainment,...

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AT&T Builds Network Disaster Recovery Organization

AT&T has completed a year-long initiative to integrate it Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) capabilities. The integration project expands the scope of AT&T's NDR functions beyond the core backbone network to also encompass response to emergency situations that impact local wireless and wired access networks. AT&T has invested more than $500 million in its NDR function, which includes more than 150 technology and equipment trailers that...

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Brocade Reports Record Q4 Revenue, up 17% YoY

Brocade reported Q4 revenues of $398.5 million, GAAP net income of $38 million or $.10 per share, and net income of $75.8 million or $.20 per share on a non-GAAP basis. In Q4 08, Brocade achieved record revenue, 9% quarter on quarter growth and 17% year on year growth. Revenue for fiscal year 2008 was $1,466.9 million, a growth of 19% over fiscal year 2007. Brocade's total installed base of SAN ports has now reached approximately 19.4 million."Q4 was another outstanding quarter for Brocade, where we achieved record revenues and better-than-expected...

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Level 3 to Support Pando Content Delivery Cloud

Pando Networks, which offers content delivery cloud services, has selected Level 3 Communications to provide caching and downloading services. Under the terms of the agreement, Level 3 will support Pando's delivery of HD online video for NBC Direct. Currently in beta release, NBC Direct allows users free access to download high-resolution episodes of select NBC shows. http://www.level3....

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PCCW Activates CDMA2000 in Hong Kong

PCCW has activated a new service that enables visitors from mainland China and other parts of the world to use their home-based CDMA2000/CDMA IS-95 mobile phones to roam onto the company's CDMA2000 network in Hong Kong. The new CDMA2000 capability is focused on Hong Kong's urban Golden Bowl Area, meeting OFTA's CDMA2000 license requirement for network coverage and service schedule. Full deployment will be completed by 2010, when CDMA2000 mobile...

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Telekomunikacja Polska to Sell Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX PBX

Telekomunikacja Polska will offer the Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise (OXE) system to its largest business customers. The agreement will enable TP's customers to take advantage of the operator's rich service portfolio as well as of Alcatel-Lucent's newest technological solutions. TP has already been using Alcatel-Lucent solutions for small and medium-size business customers.http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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Dilithium Offer Video Streaming Support for Android Handsets

Dilithium has added live video and Video On Demand (VOD) streaming support for Android handsets utilizing the Dilithium Content Adapter (DCA). The DCA solution is an infrastructure offering that can be deployed by operators and service providers enabling their customers to access live or on demand video content through the standard players and browser of most handsets, including the iPhone. The DCA software solution supports live and pre-recorded...

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Nortel Bundles ANDA CPE into its Metro Ethernet Solution

Nortel has expanded its relationship with ANDA Networks to include the provision of its Ethernet network termination equipment into the Nortel Metro Ethernet Networks portfolio. This will allow Nortel to provide an end-to-end solution for service providers to offer hosted E-VPN services to businesses.Specifically, Nortel's Metro Ethernet solutions now include ANDA's EtherReach portfolio which provides an extension of E-VPN services over fiber and copper-based networks. The ANDA products can be bundled with Nortel's Carrier Ethernet portfolio...

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Nokia Reaffirms Commitment to TD-SCDMA

Nokia reaffirmed its commitment to TD-SCDMA. The company is developing a TD-SCDMA device for the Chinese market based on its S60 on Symbian OS, and plans to launch the product before the end of 2009.http://www.nokia....

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Mobile manufacturers Launch Energy Rating Guide

LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Sony Ericsson have launched a common energy rating system for chargers, making it easier for consumers to compare and choose the one that saves the most energy. Around two thirds of the energy used by mobile devices is lost when chargers are disconnected from the phone but left plugged into the wall socket.The new rating system indicates how much energy each charger uses when left plugged into the wall...

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Fanfare Launches iTest 3.3 Test Automation

Fanfare released an updated version of its test automation product. iTest 3.3 builds on earlier releases to integrate test assets and automate complex system testing using hardware and software from a variety of different vendors. iTest 3.3 also enables broader use across the quality chain, from the development stage through to customer testing sites. New features of iTest 3.3 include:Intelligent Response Parser (IRP) -- allows pass/fail criteria...

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AT&T Announces First Super Internet Data Centre in Asia

AT&T will open its a super Internet Data Centre (IDC) in Singapore -- its first such facility in Asia. The super IDC, an expansion of AT&T's existing facilities, will act as a regional gateway to the Internet and the AT&T network to deliver AT&T Synaptic Hosting, its next-generation utility computing services.AT&T said the new facility is part of its US$1 billion planned global network investment in 2008 to increase global data...

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Sonic to Acquire CinemaNow for Online Movie Service

Sonic Solutions, which supplies digital media software for burning DVDs, agreed to acquire CinemaNow, a privately held online entertainment provider based in Marina Del Rey, California. Financial terms were not disclosed.CinemaNow offers a library of over 6,000 Hollywood movies, TV shows and music videos to users across multiple platforms. The company has relationships with more than 250 content providers, including all major Hollywood studios, and supplies premium entertainment services to a host of PC and consumer electronics device manufacturers...

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Industry Initiative Targets 100 Gigabit Ethernet

Internet2, ESnet, Infinera, Juniper Networks and Level 3 Communications have agreed to work together to develop and test emerging 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) technologies. The initiative aims to create a 100GbE testbed on the Internet2 and ESnet networks with an operational network capability soon thereafter.In support of the development, Juniper Networks plans to leverage its T1600 core router, which offer 100 Gbps of capacity per slot. Infinera...

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