Francisco Partners and Sequoia Capital Make Significant Investment in Data Connection and MetaSwitch

Francisco Partners has led a significant investment round into Data Connection Limited (DCL), including its MetaSwitch division. The funding round included Francisco Partners' strategic partner, Sequoia Capital, one of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture capital firms. The Data Connection Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) -- previously the sole shareholder in the business -- retains a major stake in the company. Financial terms were not disclosed.Data Connection Limited (DCL) is an independent developer and supplier of IMS, SBC, SIP, Megaco/H.248,...

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Guam's IT&E Deploys Metaswitch for Cable Voice Service

IT&E, a 28-year-old carrier serving Guam, has deployed MetaSwitch's core switching and applications solutions to offer competitive residential phone service sold through the island's cable operator, MCV Broadband. The white label solution currently counts more than 1,000 customers installed.IT&E initially deployed MetaSwitch technology to build on its history as a successful provider of long distance, PCS wireless and internet services to an existing customer base, including a thriving tourist industry. With MetaSwitch's support for access...

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BroadLight Partners with Taiwan's ITRI to Promote GPON in Taiwan

BroadLight, a leading supplier of GPON semiconductors and software, has partnered with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to promote GPON throughout Taiwan.Specifically, ITRI and BroadLight will join hands to grow the GPON market in Taiwan by first leveraging BroadLight-powered GPON systems, and then facilitating a new industry cluster formed by optical communication device and equipment vendors.ITRI has organized a GPON Industry Promotion Alliance in Taiwan with members such as ZyXEL, Alpha Networks, XAVi, TECOM, OPNET, TAINET,...

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Sensory Networks' Security Software Acceleration Boosts Performance

Sensory Networks, a start-up specializing in acceleration technology for network security applications, released its "FastChannel" and "HyperScan" software acceleration product lines aimed at improving the performance of resource-intensive applications such as Intrusion Prevention (IPS), Antivirus (AV) and Content Filtering. The software enables security applications to operate at multi-gigabit throughput speeds on standard low cost platforms without the need for specialized hardware. Sensory Networks said its FastChannel enables Snort IPS version...

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Packeteer Collaborates with Cavium on Network Traffic Processing

Packeteer is working with Cavium Networks to deliver high speed network traffic processing solutions. The effort combines Packeteer's network traffic visibility and control technology with Cavium's OCTEON Multicore MIPS64 processors to create a series of high-throughput, high performance traffic processing solutions. The companies said their solution will enable the fastest available intelligent application processing for distributed applications in environments requiring multi-gigabit traffic monitoring and real time policy enforcement response....

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Dune Networks Raises $12 Million for Network Silicon Fabrics

Dune Networks, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California with R&D in Israel, recently closed a $12 million series B investment round for its silicon designs for Metro Ethernet, Enterprise and Data Center platforms. Dune's product portfolio includes chipsets for switching fabric and traffic management. Its SAND chipset includes two types of devices: the Fabric Access Processors (FAPs) and Fabric Elements (FEs).All of Dune's existing investors; Alta Berkeley Ventures, Aurum Ventures, Cipio Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Pitango Venture...

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NetStreams Raises $18 Million for Networked Entertainment Systems

NetStreams, a start-up based in Austin, Texas, raised $18.2 million in Series B funding, for its IP-based networked entertainment systems. The funding was led by series A investor Austin Ventures.NetStreams' DigiLinX IP Audio, Video and Control system is a distributed A/V system that delivers uncompressed, high definition audio & video to multiple rooms throughout a home or commercial facility over a TCP/IP network. NetStreams' StreamNet technology...

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Netflix Offers Unlimited Streaming of Movies to Subscribers

Netflix, which provides DVD rentals by mail to some 7 million U.S. subscribers, has begun offering unlimited streaming of movies and TV episodes to subscribers' PCs for no additional fee. Netflix subscribers on unlimited rental plans are able to choose from a library of over 6,000 familiar movies and TV episodes. Previously, Netflix had taken a "metered" approach to the feature, offering, in essence, an hour per month of instant watching on a PC for every dollar of a subscriber's monthly subscription plan. http://www.netflix.com/Netflix is using...

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XO Extends High-Capacity Sales Programs for Wholesale Customers

XO Communications has extended two services campaigns that offer the industry's most competitive rates and guarantees for high-capacity network services delivered over its advanced nationwide inter- city and metro networks. The two campaigns, "10 Gigs in 10 Days" and the "3 Guarantee Program" will be extended through March 31, 2008. The XO "10 Gigs in 10 Days" Guarantee is an installation guarantee that offers wholesale customers the ability to order 2.5 Gbps or 10 Gbps high capacity network transport services and have them provisioned in 10 business...

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France's Altitude Selects Harris Stratex Networks for Ethernet Backhaul

French WiMAX operator Altitude has selected Harris Stratex Networks to supply a wireless Ethernet backhaul solution. The network will be based on Harris Stratex Networks' Eclipse microwave radio, which is optimized for data networks, with flexible, high- bandwidth capabilities and native Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. The Eclipse radio platform can support intelligent Layer 2 Quality of Service controls and features, such as IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation and Harris Stratex's Resilient Wireless Packet Ring (RWPR) technology. Financial terms were...

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ARRIS Introduces VOD Privacy Mode Encryption

ARRIS is now offering Video on Demand Privacy Mode Encryption for its D5 Universal Edge QAM (UEQ), enabling cable operators to encrypt their VoD programming, ensuring this content can only be viewed by authorized subscribers. ARRIS said Privacy Mode delivers an economic and scalable content security mechanism which will support continued VoD revenue growth by cable Multiple System Operators (MSOs) and increase the addressable market of the ARRIS D5 UEQ.The ARRIS D5 Universal Edge QAM is a highly dense and flexible multi- service platform supporting...

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FCC Qualifies 214 Bidders in Upcoming Auction of 700 MHz Band Licenses

The FCC has qualified 214 applicants as eligible to bid in the upcoming auction of 700 MHz Band licenses, which is slated to begin on Thursday, January 24, 2008. The designation of an applicant as qualified to bid in the auction indicates that the applicant has provided the certifications and information concerning its qualifications for participation in the auction and timely submitted a sufficient upfront payment.The list of qualified bidders...

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The Times: BT to delay £10bn national network upgrade

BT's 21CN project has fallen behind schedule, according to The Times, as the carrier has "transferred so far only a fraction of the 350,000 lines in Wales that it planned to move to the new network by the end of this summer." The article cited several possible reasons for the delay, including an overly ambitious rollout schedule and whether the company selected suppliers with the lowest possible bids over those with greater experience with its network. The delay is expected to push back the 21CN rollout schedule by a ye...

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