Cisco Extends Catalyst Switch Portfolio with ePoE, 10GigE Aggregation

Cisco introduced new Catalyst switches and capabilities, including enhanced Power-over-Ethernet (ePoE) across its Catalyst portfolio beginning with the Catalyst 3750-E and 3560-E Series, with the Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 4500-E Series scheduled to follow in the second quarter of this calendar year. With ePoE, customers can power Cisco 802.11n wireless access points from a single switch port.Cisco also announced new fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet aggregation...

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Cisco Invests in ip.access for Femtocells and Picocells

ip.access, a start-up that specializes in femtocell and picocell technologies, announced that Cisco has made an investment in the company. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Existing ip.access investors include Scottish Equity Partners, Rothschild Gestion, Intel Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, ADC and Motorola Ventures.ip.access' Oyster 3GTM femtocell , which is currently in trials with major mobile network operators, is a low-power wireless...

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Veraz and Apertio Simplify IMS Application Integration

Veraz Networks and Apertio today announce a new IMS solution that combines a consolidated subscriber network database from Apertio with a unified applications view and unified session control from Veraz. The combination of Veraz ControlSwitch-USC and Apertio One-HSS enables communication service providers to integrate existing and new application platforms with their back office systems. The companies said their joint solution allows providers to maximize service revenue even in complex converged networks. Most significantly, it enables existing...

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BSNL Selects SOMA Networks for WiMAX Rollout

India's Bharat Sanchar Nigam, Ltd (BSNL), has selected SOMA Networks for its mobile WiMAX rollout across three of India's fastest-growing telecom circles: Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa, and Andhra Pradesh. SOMA said it was selected after extensive field trials in urban, suburban and rural areas. Based on the 802.16e-2005 standard, SOMA's Mobile WiMAX solution provides extended range and supports high subscriber density per sector. Financial terms were not disclosed.SOMA is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Gurgaon,...

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Andrew Introduces Geometrix Hybrid Caller Location System for UMTS

Andrew Wireless Solutions announced a major advancement in the accuracy and flexibility of its "Geometrix" Mobile Location Center (MLC) platform for UMTS . The new Hybrid Caller Location feature set brings 3G networks the capability to produce high-accuracy caller locating when adverse geographic or other conditions may limit the effectiveness of individual locating methods. The solution now supports high-accuracy A-GPS and Hybrid caller locating methods for both 3G UMTS and GSM networks.In addition to computing high-accuracy caller locations...

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SIP Forum Announces Ratification of Version 1.0 of the SIPconnect

The SIP Forum has ratified version 1.0 of the SIPconnect Technical Recommendation, which is a standards-based approach to direct IP peering between SIP-enabled IP PBXs and VoIP service provider networks. It specifies a reference architecture, required protocols and features and implementation rules necessary for seamless interconnection between IP PBXs and VoIP service providers. As SIPconnect was designed to directly tie enterprise customers to...

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Motorola Mobile Device Sales Decline 38% vs. Prior-year Quarter

Motorola reported Q4 2007 sales of $9.65 billion and net earnings of $0.04 per share, which include $0.05 per share from continuing operations and a net loss of $0.01 per share from discontinued operations. The company said its Mobile Devices business remains challenged, with sales declining 38 percent versus prior-year quarter, while its Home & Networks Mobility and Enterprise Mobility Solutions business continued to deliver strong results. "We are focused on aggressively rationalizing the company's cost structure and working to get Mobile...

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United Mobile Raises $15 Million for Low-Cost Roaming

United Mobile, a Swiss company that provides international travelers with a single, global SIM card that offers both voice and data roaming, completed a US$15 million round of equity funding led by Accel Partners and Grazia Equity, who join angel investors Morten Lund, an initial investor in Skype, Thomas Geitner, the former global CTO of Vodafone, and Robert Zacconi, CEO of King.com. United Mobile leverages a network of 300 companies in 140 countries...

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Quintum Releases Hybrid Gateway for Microsoft Unified Communications

Quintum Technologies released its new Tenor Hybrid Gateway 60, a single box solution specifically designed to allow customers to integrate Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 with legacy and IP-based PBXs, analog endpoints, fax, and modem-based devices, while providing connectivity to the PSTN.The Tenor Hybrid Gateway 60 contains Quintum's new Unified Communications Proxy (UCP). The UCP enables Tenor to provide intelligent MultiPath connectivity between VoIP, Legacy telephony (TDM) equipment, and unified communications, with any-to-any...

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Quintum Offers Unified Communications Proxy (UCP) for its VoIP Switches and Gateways

Quintum Technologies, which is now a subsidiary of Network Equipment Technologies, introduced a Unified Communications Proxy (UCP) for its Tenor VoIP MultiPath Switches and Gateways. The UCP, originally developed to support VoIP in Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007, allows multiple VoIP and TDM networks to be integrated together. The UCP expands Tenor's unique MultiPath switching capability to include enhanced call routing and SIP to SIP switching, and is now available in the entire Tenor "S" line of VoIP MultiPath Switches and...

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Alcatel-Lucent Enhances IP/MPLS Portfolio for Wireless Operators

Alcatel-Lucent enhanced its IP/MPLS service router portfolio with the addition of new hardware and software capabilities aimed at next- generation mobile services. The enhancements deliver improvements in the efficiency, capacity, density, reliability and resiliency of networks supporting broadband wireless services.Alcatel-Lucent said key beneficiaries of these enhancements to its IP/MPLS portfolio include operators of CDMA-based mobile networks, who are looking for ways to simplify and consolidate their legacy radio access network (RAN) backhaul...

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Motorola Teams with Qualcomm on Next Gen UMTS 3G Chipsets

Motorola announced its intention to design Qualcomm chipsets into certain UMTS 3G handsets beginning at the end of 2008 and in 2009. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed."Qualcomm is a valued supplier and I am excited about the UMTS opportunities we are pursuing together," said Alain Mutricy, senior vice president, platform technology, Motorola's Mobile Devices business. "This agreement represents a further step in the execution of our silicon strategy."http://www.motorola.comhttp://www.qualcomm....

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Telstra to Provide Global MPLS Solution for Aicent

Telstra announced a new contract to supply Aicent with a global MPLS network. Aicent's customer list of more than one hundred wireless operators -- includes four of the world's top five largest mobile carriers -- that in turn serves more than one billion mobile subscribers globally.Deployed largely over Ethernet, Telstra's global IP network aims to reduce infrastructure costs and increase speed and efficiency for Aicent's customer base across Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The service will connect Aicent's mobile data...

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AT&T to Offer Broadband Customers Free Access its Wi-Fi Network

AT&T will provide its residential broadband users with free unlimited access to its nationwide Wi-Fi network, which encompasses some 10,000 hotspots in retail stores, restaurants and airports The free Wi-Fi offer will be available to new and existing customers who subscribe to any of AT&T's broadband services with downstream speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps, 3.0 Mbps, or 6.0 Mbps. Free Wi-Fi access was initially provided to the company's higher-speed broadband customers last year.AT&T said the enhancement plays directly into the company's...

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AT&T Offers 10 Mbps U-verse Access for $55/month

AT&T will offer a 10 Mbps Internet access tier to its U-verse customers. Previously, the top speed for the service was 6 Mbps. The new AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Max tier will provide up to 1.5 Mbps upstream. The service will be priced at $55 a month when bundled with U-verse TV.http://uverse.att....

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Qualcomm Posts Revenues $2.44 Billion

Qualcomm reported revenues of $2.44 billion, up 21 percent year-over-year and 6 percent sequentially, for its first fiscal quarter of 2008 ended December 30, 2007. Net income was $767 million, up 18 percent year-over-year and down 32 percent sequentially, and diluted earnings per share were $0.46, up 21 percent year-over-year and down 31 percent sequentially."We are pleased to report another strong quarter as the demand for CDMA-based devices, applications and services continues to accelerate around the world," said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, chief executive...

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One Minute Video: What is an SSL VPN?

One Minute Video presented by Sanjay Beri, Juniper Networks -- What is an SSL VPN?Jargon Bus...

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