One Minute Video presented by Steve Shillingsford, Solera Networks -- What is Deep Packet Capture?
Jargon Buster
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
One Minute Video: What is Deep Packet Capture?
One Minute Video presented by Steve Shillingsford, Solera Networks -- What is Deep Packet Capture?
Jargon Buster
Novatel Wireless Introduces HSDPA/HSUPA USB Modem
Novatel Wireless introduced its "Ovation" MC930D USB Modem, a HSDPA/HSUPA device 
designed to provide peak download speeds of 7.2 Mbps and upload speeds of 2.1 Mbps on any worldwide HSDPA/HSUPA network supporting the 2100 MHz band. The device ships with Mobilink Lite Connection Manager Software preinstalled on the modem's on-board memory, eliminating the need for Mac and Windows users to download drivers from a CD. A Dual USB Y-cable is included to provide increased power when using the modem in weak signal areas. The integrated internal antenna offers both receiver diversity and equalizer support to improve performance in crowded environments.http://www.novatelwireless.com
designed to provide peak download speeds of 7.2 Mbps and upload speeds of 2.1 Mbps on any worldwide HSDPA/HSUPA network supporting the 2100 MHz band. The device ships with Mobilink Lite Connection Manager Software preinstalled on the modem's on-board memory, eliminating the need for Mac and Windows users to download drivers from a CD. A Dual USB Y-cable is included to provide increased power when using the modem in weak signal areas. The integrated internal antenna offers both receiver diversity and equalizer support to improve performance in crowded environments.http://www.novatelwireless.comIndia's Tata Communications Makes Debut
Tata Communications launched as a commercial carrier with world-scale ambitions. The new company integrates the former VSNL, VSNL International, Teleglobe, Tata Indicom Enterprise Business Unit (TIEBU), and CIPRIS brands and represents the culmination of recent major international investments that expanded the company's global reach and ability to deliver IP-leveraged communications solutions to businesses and consumers worldwide.
Shares in Tata Communications are now being traded on the NYSE under the symbol TCL.
The Tata Communications portfolio includes transmission, IP, converged voice, mobility, managed network connectivity, hosted data center, communications solutions and business transformation services to global and Indian enterprises and service providers, as well as broadband and content services to Indian consumers.
Tata Communications will leverage a global network of submarine cables coupled with an advanced IP network. The company is in the process of completing additional submarine cable systems connecting emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East and Africa to Europe to meet the demands of consumer broadband and enterprise customers over the next five to eight years. Tata Communications plans to invest more than $2 billion over the next three years to further fuel its global expansion plans.
During the last year, Tata Communications has announced significant investments in enhancing network and services capabilities in India, intra-Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The TGN-Intra Asia and TGN-Eurasia cables, complementing the company's existing multi-terabit capacities across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, will ensure diverse and reliable intercontinental connectivity. Data center expansion and rollout of managed services will offer value-added, hosted and customized solutions.
Tata Communications also continues to expand its global MPLS and Ethernet networks to enable scalable and secure connectivity and advanced services. Tata Communications' Wimax network rollout in India will provide customers with high-speed and reliable connectivity to over 100 cities and towns. Additionally, Tata Communications' strategic investment in South African operator Neotel provides a strong anchor to build an African footprint.http://www.tatacommunications.com
Shares in Tata Communications are now being traded on the NYSE under the symbol TCL.
The Tata Communications portfolio includes transmission, IP, converged voice, mobility, managed network connectivity, hosted data center, communications solutions and business transformation services to global and Indian enterprises and service providers, as well as broadband and content services to Indian consumers.
Tata Communications will leverage a global network of submarine cables coupled with an advanced IP network. The company is in the process of completing additional submarine cable systems connecting emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East and Africa to Europe to meet the demands of consumer broadband and enterprise customers over the next five to eight years. Tata Communications plans to invest more than $2 billion over the next three years to further fuel its global expansion plans.
During the last year, Tata Communications has announced significant investments in enhancing network and services capabilities in India, intra-Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The TGN-Intra Asia and TGN-Eurasia cables, complementing the company's existing multi-terabit capacities across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, will ensure diverse and reliable intercontinental connectivity. Data center expansion and rollout of managed services will offer value-added, hosted and customized solutions.
Tata Communications also continues to expand its global MPLS and Ethernet networks to enable scalable and secure connectivity and advanced services. Tata Communications' Wimax network rollout in India will provide customers with high-speed and reliable connectivity to over 100 cities and towns. Additionally, Tata Communications' strategic investment in South African operator Neotel provides a strong anchor to build an African footprint.http://www.tatacommunications.com
NextWave Wireless Announces 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) Roadmap
NextWave Wireless disclosed its product roadmap to deliver LTE network solutions to mobile operator customers beginning in 2009. The company's LTE solution will initially be based on NextWave's V5 multi-standard base station platform which currently supports 3GPP-based UMTS ER7 TD-CDMA, has been deployed by operators around the world and is field upgradeable to WAVE 2 compliant 802.16e-based WiMAX standard. NextWave expects to begin shipping its pre-commercial, LTE-enabled V5 base stations to support mobile operator trials in the second half of 2008.
NextWave's LTE roadmap also includes LTE-enabled Series 3000 Micro and Pico base stations which are based on the company's current Series 1000 and Series 2000 base station lines. Optimized to provide low-cost gap-filler and hot-spot coverage, the Series 3000 base stations, in combination with NextWave's LTE-enabled V5 macro base station platform, are designed to deliver world-class performance while significantly reducing upfront network deployment and ongoing operational costs.
NextWave said its ER-7 UMTS TD-CDMA V5 platform, which began shipping in 2007, has the digital capacity and interfaces needed to simultaneously support multiple WWAN technologies. In addition, NextWave's V5 platform supports MIMO, both TDD and FDD implementations, a broad range of channel bandwidths, and the most popular spectrum bands allocated around the globe for mobile broadband services. Utilizing a pair of optical interfaces, the V5 platform's digital chassis supports multiple, co-located RF shelves or remote RF radio heads, in multiple frequency bands, for a multi-antenna arrangement with MIMO and beamforming capabilities.http://www.nextwave.com
NextWave's LTE roadmap also includes LTE-enabled Series 3000 Micro and Pico base stations which are based on the company's current Series 1000 and Series 2000 base station lines. Optimized to provide low-cost gap-filler and hot-spot coverage, the Series 3000 base stations, in combination with NextWave's LTE-enabled V5 macro base station platform, are designed to deliver world-class performance while significantly reducing upfront network deployment and ongoing operational costs.
NextWave said its ER-7 UMTS TD-CDMA V5 platform, which began shipping in 2007, has the digital capacity and interfaces needed to simultaneously support multiple WWAN technologies. In addition, NextWave's V5 platform supports MIMO, both TDD and FDD implementations, a broad range of channel bandwidths, and the most popular spectrum bands allocated around the globe for mobile broadband services. Utilizing a pair of optical interfaces, the V5 platform's digital chassis supports multiple, co-located RF shelves or remote RF radio heads, in multiple frequency bands, for a multi-antenna arrangement with MIMO and beamforming capabilities.http://www.nextwave.com
Sprint Nextel Consolidates Corporate Headquarters at Overland Park, Kansas
Sprint Nextel will consolidate its operational headquarters and corporate headquarters, previously at Overland Park, Kansas, and Reston, Virginia respectively, to one location, the Sprint Nextel campus in Overland Park. Reston had served as the company's corporate headquarters since the merger of Sprint and Nextel in 2005.
The consolidation of the dual headquarters will require the relocation of only a small number of executives. The company said this move will improve operational performance by immersing senior leaders in the company's operations.
Sprint Nextel currently employs about 4,400 people in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and about 13,300 associates in the Kansas City metropolitan area.http://www.sprint.com
The consolidation of the dual headquarters will require the relocation of only a small number of executives. The company said this move will improve operational performance by immersing senior leaders in the company's operations.
Sprint Nextel currently employs about 4,400 people in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and about 13,300 associates in the Kansas City metropolitan area.http://www.sprint.com
Equinix Posts Q4 Revenues of $138.7 million, up 34% Sequentially
Equinix reported revenues of $138.7 million for Q4 2007, a 34% increase over the previous quarter, and $419.4 million for the year-ended December 31, 2007, a 46% increase over 2006 revenues. Recurring revenues, consisting primarily of colocation, interconnection and managed services, were $131.6 million for the fourth quarter, a 33% increase over the previous quarter, and $399.6 million for the year-ended December 31, 2007, a 46% increase over 2006. Non-recurring revenues were $7.1 million in the quarter and $19.8 million for the year-ended December 31, 2007. http://www.equinix.com
Telia-Sonera to test Alcatel-Lucent's In-Building Base Station Router Femto Solution
TeliaSonera has invited Alcatel-Lucent to participate in a trial of its Base Station Router (BSR) Femto in-building wireless access solution in Denmark. TeliaSonera's planned trial activities in Denmark are expected to start this spring.
The Femto Base Station Router integrates (3G) W-CDMA/HSPA radio access and core network elements into a compact unit. At the heart of the BSR-Femto is Alcatel-Lucent's "flat IP" architecture and auto-configuration approach. With an auto-configuration feature, the BSR-Femtos are able to register themselves automatically on the network, a feature that enables operators to deploy and more easily manage large numbers of smaller, stand-alone base stations without the deployment costs normally associated with network expansions.http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
The Femto Base Station Router integrates (3G) W-CDMA/HSPA radio access and core network elements into a compact unit. At the heart of the BSR-Femto is Alcatel-Lucent's "flat IP" architecture and auto-configuration approach. With an auto-configuration feature, the BSR-Femtos are able to register themselves automatically on the network, a feature that enables operators to deploy and more easily manage large numbers of smaller, stand-alone base stations without the deployment costs normally associated with network expansions.http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung Show WiMAX-GSM/EDGE Dual-mode Services
Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung unveiled an optimized device-plus-infrastructure solution for providing seamless voice/data access when switching between GSM/EDGE and WiMAX networks. The companies demonstrated Samsung's dual-mode PDA running over network equipment from Alcatel-Lucent.
The companies said their joint solution will enable operators to blend GSM/EDGE and WiMAX networks. When their subscribers move out of WiMAX range, an existing GSM/EDGE network will immediately pick up the connection without disruption in the subscriber's session or call. This includes international roaming as well as movement from WiMAX-rich urban/suburban settings into rural areas -- with the standardized end-to-end solution supporting seamless connections for both voice and data.
Samsung was already a partner in Alcatel-Lucent's Open CPE Program, established to stimulate the ecosystem to ensure that WiMAX operators and their subscribers have access to the widest possible variety of terminal devices at affordable prices.http://www.alcatel-lucent.comhttp://www.samsung.com
The companies said their joint solution will enable operators to blend GSM/EDGE and WiMAX networks. When their subscribers move out of WiMAX range, an existing GSM/EDGE network will immediately pick up the connection without disruption in the subscriber's session or call. This includes international roaming as well as movement from WiMAX-rich urban/suburban settings into rural areas -- with the standardized end-to-end solution supporting seamless connections for both voice and data.
Samsung was already a partner in Alcatel-Lucent's Open CPE Program, established to stimulate the ecosystem to ensure that WiMAX operators and their subscribers have access to the widest possible variety of terminal devices at affordable prices.http://www.alcatel-lucent.comhttp://www.samsung.com
Telecom Italia Picks Microsoft PlayReady technology
Microsoft announced a collaboration with Telecom Italia focused on Microsoft PlayReady technology as the content access solution for use in mobile entertainment value-added services (VAS) spanning the delivery of music, video and gaming content.
The major objective of the collaboration is around the evaluation of PlayReady technology and its capabilities to support a compelling user experience for Telecom Italia's mobile customers in Italy. Microsoft said the ultimate goal is to enable delivery of a range of entertainment content types, in a very easy-to-use way, to one of the most advanced mobile markets in the world.
Microsoft PlayReady is designed for digital entertainment services, devices and applications, with a focus on meeting the needs of mobile operators, service providers and device manufacturers. The technology supports a range of business models that can be applied to almost any type of digital content (music, video, games, ringtones, images and more) and a wide range of audio and video formats (including AAC, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+, H.264, Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Video (WMV)). PlayReady also provides features, such as service domains and embedded licenses.
Telecom Italia will also take advantage of the ability of PlayReady to efficiently protect and deliver content both over the air to mobile handsets and through the Internet, to enable content from these services to be delivered and played back on other devices including Windows-based PCs.http://www.microsoft.com
The major objective of the collaboration is around the evaluation of PlayReady technology and its capabilities to support a compelling user experience for Telecom Italia's mobile customers in Italy. Microsoft said the ultimate goal is to enable delivery of a range of entertainment content types, in a very easy-to-use way, to one of the most advanced mobile markets in the world.
Microsoft PlayReady is designed for digital entertainment services, devices and applications, with a focus on meeting the needs of mobile operators, service providers and device manufacturers. The technology supports a range of business models that can be applied to almost any type of digital content (music, video, games, ringtones, images and more) and a wide range of audio and video formats (including AAC, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+, H.264, Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Video (WMV)). PlayReady also provides features, such as service domains and embedded licenses.
Telecom Italia will also take advantage of the ability of PlayReady to efficiently protect and deliver content both over the air to mobile handsets and through the Internet, to enable content from these services to be delivered and played back on other devices including Windows-based PCs.http://www.microsoft.com
Neuf Cegetel Selects Italtel's VoIP Platform
Neuf Cegetel has selected Italtel's SIP VoIP solution to expand its VoIP network and extend its range of services.
Neuf Cegetel first deployed Italtel VoIP platform in 2004. The new Italtel VoIP solution will allow Neuf Cegetel to speed-up the launch of advanced SIP VoIP Residential and Corporate services in France and, at the same time, to rationalize and improve the technologies and cost effectiveness of the VoIP network following the operator's latest acquisition.
Italtel said its solution will provide Neuf Cegetel with an "IMS Service-Ready" platform to provide users with innovative services, while reducing the overall costs and time to market.http://www.italtel.com
Neuf Cegetel first deployed Italtel VoIP platform in 2004. The new Italtel VoIP solution will allow Neuf Cegetel to speed-up the launch of advanced SIP VoIP Residential and Corporate services in France and, at the same time, to rationalize and improve the technologies and cost effectiveness of the VoIP network following the operator's latest acquisition.
Italtel said its solution will provide Neuf Cegetel with an "IMS Service-Ready" platform to provide users with innovative services, while reducing the overall costs and time to market.http://www.italtel.com
China Mobile to Join LTE FDD/TDD Trials with Verizon Wireless and Vodafone
China Mobile is set to join LTE (Long Term Evolution) trials already being carried out by Vodafone and Verizon Wireless
, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone. The resultant three-way operator trials will focus on LTE FDD (the Frequency Division Duplex version of LTE) for use with paired spectrum allocations and TD-LTE (the Time Division Duplex version of LTE) as an evolution of current TD-SCDMA technology to enable the exploitation of unpaired spectrum globally.
The three carriers said their trials are designed to explore the performance of LTE with different spectrum types as a potential next generation mobile technology. They will provide an opportunity to adopt a harmonized access platform with global scale and high performance inter-working with the existing technologies of all three companies.http://www.chinamobile.comhttp://www.vodafone.com
, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone. The resultant three-way operator trials will focus on LTE FDD (the Frequency Division Duplex version of LTE) for use with paired spectrum allocations and TD-LTE (the Time Division Duplex version of LTE) as an evolution of current TD-SCDMA technology to enable the exploitation of unpaired spectrum globally.The three carriers said their trials are designed to explore the performance of LTE with different spectrum types as a potential next generation mobile technology. They will provide an opportunity to adopt a harmonized access platform with global scale and high performance inter-working with the existing technologies of all three companies.http://www.chinamobile.comhttp://www.vodafone.com
NETGEAR Posts Q4 Revenue of $198.3 million, 21%
NETGEAR reported net revenue for Q4 2007 of $198.3 million, a 21% increase as compared to $164.0 million a year earlier, and an increase of 3% as compared to $191.7 million in Q3 2007. Net income (GAAP) was $12.5 million, or $0.35 per diluted share.
Patrick Lo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NETGEAR, commented, "We had a solid revenue quarter and we believe we made market share gains in all three regions. We continued to see steady growth in the adoption of broadband Internet services in our target customer base. Coupled with our differentiated product offerings and focused channel programs, we believe we continued to outgrow the market in Q4 and the entire year of 2007. We continued to make progress in expanding our channel reach. We increased our retail footprint by 20% in Q4 2007 to over 22,000 retail outlets worldwide, and increased the number of active Value Added Resellers by almost 10% to close to 40,000. In the fourth quarter our net revenue from service providers was approximately 23% of total net revenue, as compared to 22% in the third quarter of 2007, and 28% in the fourth quarter of 2006. We experienced unexpected higher costs of air freight in the fourth quarter, which contributed to the underperformance against our operating margin target. We are in the process of rebidding the air freight service and expect to bring the costs in line in coming quarters."http://www.netgear.com
Patrick Lo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NETGEAR, commented, "We had a solid revenue quarter and we believe we made market share gains in all three regions. We continued to see steady growth in the adoption of broadband Internet services in our target customer base. Coupled with our differentiated product offerings and focused channel programs, we believe we continued to outgrow the market in Q4 and the entire year of 2007. We continued to make progress in expanding our channel reach. We increased our retail footprint by 20% in Q4 2007 to over 22,000 retail outlets worldwide, and increased the number of active Value Added Resellers by almost 10% to close to 40,000. In the fourth quarter our net revenue from service providers was approximately 23% of total net revenue, as compared to 22% in the third quarter of 2007, and 28% in the fourth quarter of 2006. We experienced unexpected higher costs of air freight in the fourth quarter, which contributed to the underperformance against our operating margin target. We are in the process of rebidding the air freight service and expect to bring the costs in line in coming quarters."http://www.netgear.com
Ikanos Completes Purchase of Centillium's DSL Assets
Ikanos Communications completed its purchase of Centillium's DSL technology and assets in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $12 million.
"Ikanos is well positioned to capitalize on the worldwide trend towards interactive broadband," said Michael A. Ricci, Ikanos' president and CEO. "We believe that the purchase of DSL assets and technologies from Centillium will enable us to accelerate our introduction of innovative, leadership products for the digital home and access infrastructure."http://www.ikanos.com/
"Ikanos is well positioned to capitalize on the worldwide trend towards interactive broadband," said Michael A. Ricci, Ikanos' president and CEO. "We believe that the purchase of DSL assets and technologies from Centillium will enable us to accelerate our introduction of innovative, leadership products for the digital home and access infrastructure."http://www.ikanos.com/
