Telecom Argentina Reaches 783,000 Broadband, 12.3 Million Cellular

For 2007, the Telecom Argentina Group reported consolidated net revenues of P$9,074 million, up 23% vs. the previous year ("FY06"). The major revenue increase came from the cellular business with an expansion of 34% and from Internet businesses with a growth of 23%, both with respect to FY06. Some highlights:The cellular customer base reached 12.3 million (+28%)Broadband subscribers totaled 783,000 (+71%)Fixed lines in service increased by 3% to...

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JDSU Enhances its DSL Field Tester with VDSL

JDSU has enhanced its HST-3000 handheld DSL test unit with a new VDSL service interface module (SIM) using an Infineon Technologies chipset and a licensed option for Dr. DSL diagnostic solutions from Aware. Both new features provide additional testing power for field technicians who install and maintain access networks and high bit-rate triple-play services, including IPTV and HDTV.Using the HST-3000 Infineon VSDL SIM, technicians are able to test across VDSL and ADSL/ADSL2+, including Ikanos, Accelity, and Broadcom VDSL 2 chipsets. The HST-3000...

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Nortel Supplies PBB Carrier Ethernet for China Netcom Chongqing

Nortel is supplying its carrier Ethernet solution for China Netcom Chongqing (CNC CQ). Specifically, CNC CQ is implementing Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 (MERS 8600), Metro Ethernet Services Unit 1800 (ESU 1800), and Metro Ethernet Manager (MEM) solutions. MERS 8600 is a key component of Nortel's carrier Ethernet solution, implementing PBB/PBT technologies to deliver Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet performance with Quality of Service (QoS) for business-critical services with premium performance and availability. CNC CQ will also use...

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Zayo Group Raises $30 Million in Funding

Zayo Group, a regional provider of bandwidth and telecommunications services, closed on $30 million in debt financing from CIT, CoBank and Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. The incremental term debt enabled Zayo's recent acquisition of Citynet Fiber Network (CFN), the wholesale division of integrated communications provider Citynet. To date, Zayo Group has raised $225 million in equity financing and secured $115 million in debt facilities. With strong financial backing and the veteran leadership team of Caruso and John Scarano, Zayo...

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Alcatel-Lucent, Fujitsu Selected for Sea-Me-We 4 upgrade

Both Alcatel-Lucent and Fujitsu have been selected to participate in upgrading the capacity of the South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe (Sea-Me-We) 4 submarine cable system that connects numerous countries from Singapore to France. Under the terms of the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will upgrade the India-France submarine link by deploying, installing and commissioning additional DWDM, based on its 1620 Light Manager. In addition, Alcatel-Lucent...

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Alcatel-Lucent Adds FTTB Capabilities, Including VDSL

Alcatel-Lucent introduced new fiber to the building (FTTB) capabilities for its Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) portfolio of DSL and fiber access products, enabling operators to deliver up to 100 Mbps over copper in multi-dwelling unit (MDU) environments.Alcatel-Lucent's ISAM FTTB portfolio encompasses four new products, all delivering VDSL services over the copper twisted pair in MDUs. All products share the ISAM family's DSL technology and are managed by the 5520 Access Management System (AMS), covering all ISAM copper and fiber access...

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Juniper Cites Routing Wins at Carphone Warehouse, nLayer, and Taiwan's HiNet

Juniper Networks announced a series of high-profile deployments for its core and edge routing platforms, including wins with Carphone Warehouse, nLayer Communications, and HiNet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chunghwa Telecom.HiNet, which is a leading ISP in Taiwan, has expanded the capacity of its GigaPOPs with multiple Juniper T640 core routers. HiNet's GigaPOPs are ultra-high performance points of presence supporting advanced IP traffic across...

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AT&T Outlines $1 Billion in 2008 CAPEX Plans

AT&T announced plans to invest $1 billion in 2008 in its global network, representing a 33 percent increase over last year's enterprise investment and more than double its investment in 2006. AT&T said it is accelerating its efforts to: 1) extend its global network reach and capacity; 2) globalize its portfolio of business services and 3) embed the latest utility computing and other technologies in the network so that companies can deliver...

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Packeteer Receives Buyout Offer from Elliot Associates

Elliott Associates. an international fund manager and long-term shareholder of Packeteer, make an unsolicited bid of $5.50 per share to acquire the company -- representing about a 42% premium over Packeteer's closing price on Tuesday. In an open letter, Elliot, which owns 9.8% of the common stock of Packeteer, expressed its concern over the 37% decline of the company's stock price year-to-date and 67% decline over the past twelve months. Elliot said it hopes to work with Packeteer's management team to negotiate a definitive merger agreement,...

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Sea Launch Prepares for the Launch of DIRECTV 11

Sea Launch set sail from its home port in California for the equatorial Pacific, in preparation for the launch of the DIRECTV 11 broadcast satellite, planned for Monday, March 17. DIRECTV 11 is one of three recent Boeing 702-model spacecraft built for DIRECTV and is among the largest and most powerful Ka-band satellites built to date. DIRECTV 11, combined with the DIRECTV 10 satellite already in orbit, will provide DIRECTV with the capacity for 150 national HD channels and will be capable of supporting spot beams carrying 1,500 local HD channels....

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