SingTel Offers MEF-certified Carrier Ethernet services

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) announced Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) certification of its suite of business Ethernet services. Services that have been certified include SingTel's local connectivity service MetroEthernet and international connectivity services ConnectPlus E-VPN and E-line. To comply with MEF specifications, SingTel had to undergo three stages of certification. This included a detailed analysis of SingTel's Ethernet offerings,...

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Microsoft Hires Former Juniper COO

Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division (MBD), will retire from the company in September following a nine-month transition to ensure a smooth transfer of his daily responsibilities and management of the division. Microsoft named Stephen Elop, formerly chief operating officer (COO) at Juniper Networks, as the new president of the Microsoft Business Division. Under Raikes, the Microsoft Business Division has grown to include a broad range of business productivity offerings including the Microsoft Office system, Microsoft Dynamics...

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Huawei Supplies WiMAX in Bulgaria

TransTelecom, a telecom operator in Bulgaria, has selected Huawei Technologies to deploy a commercial WiMAX network covering central business districts and hot spots in the country's major cities, including its capital, Sofia, and Varna, Bulgaria's largest harbor city. Under the contract, Huawei will supply an end-to-end WiMAX solution working on 3.5GHz frequency band, including terminals, as well as a major upgrade of the TransTelecom central exchange...

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Sandvine Launches 10-GigE DPI Platform for Wireless

Sandvine introduced a 10-Gigabit Ethernet deep packet inspection (DPI) platform for mobile data and wireless providers. Sandvine's PTS 14000 is meant to give mobile data and wireless providers visibility into their network traffic, enabling them to fairly allocate network resources and enhance quality of service for multimedia IP-based applications. Sandvine offers a suite of applications including traffic management, network integrity and service creation.Sandvine also announced two carrier wins: one with a national property of a pan-European...

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Redline to Supply WiMAX network in Tunisia

Redline Communications will supply its standards-based WiMAX infrastructure products to Divona Telecom for a five-city WiMAX network in Tunisia. The deployment includes Redline's RedMAX AN100U base stations and indoor and outdoor subscriber units. Redline said the US$1 million network buildout will take place in several phases over the next two years, and will connect five major cities in Tunisia, including Tunis, Nabeul, Souse, Monastir and Sfax. Divona Telecom is already serving several hundred corporations on its WiMAX network.http://www....

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AT&T Deliver Metro Ethernet to Wisconsin School District

AT&T announced a new five-year optical networking services contract with the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD), which serves approximately 25,000 students across southern Wisconsin, to provide OPT-E-MAN service to more than 40 schools throughout the district.AT&T OPT-E-MAN solution provides a flexible fiber-optic, point-to-multipoint Ethernet service that connects multiple local area networks (LANs) within a regional area. For MMSD, all district schools can now access this high speed network.http://www.att....

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Amdocs Signs Contract Extension with AT&T

Amdocs signed an agreement with AT&T Services Inc. to provide application management services in support of AT&T's legacy customer care and billing platforms beginning later this year. The company described the deal as a significant expansion of an existing seven-year agreement signed in April 2007 under which Amdocs manages the provider's legacy ordering and wholesale platforms. This AT&T agreement is one of the significant deals anticipated by the Company for fiscal 2008. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.amdocs....

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BT to Launch 100 Mbps FTTH Greenfield in Kent

BT's local access network business announced a greenfield FTTH deployment scheduled for this August in Ebbsfleet Valley in Kent. The deployment will encompass Land Securities' 1,000 acre new build project with approximately 10,000 new homes planned. BT plans to offer data speeds of up to 100 Mbps, enabling multiple HDTV channels to be watched simultaneously, HDTV gaming, and near instant music downloads. Openreach will offer all its products on a wholesale basis to all UK communication providers allowing for competition at a retail level. BT...

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