Telstra Completes ADSL 2+ Upgrades Ahead of Schedule

Telstra has completed an ADSL 2+ upgrade to 907 communities across Australia four months ahead of schedule. These 907 exchanges serve 2.4 million homes and businesses. The upgrade program was first announced in February. Telstra said more than 1,400 exchanges in its network, serving 16.6 million people, have now been upgraded to ADSL 2+, providing download speeds of up to 20Mbps.http://www.telstra.com...

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FCC Increases ATC Spectrum for the Globalstar Mobile Satellite Network

The FCC adopted an order that increases the amount of spectrum in which CDMA operators of Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS) low-earth orbit satellite systems in the 1.6/2.4 GHz bands (the Big LEO bands) may provide ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) service. Specifically, the FCC increased the spectrum available for ATC in the Big LEO L-band from 1610-1615.5 MHz to 1610-1617.775 MHz, and in the Big LEO S-band from 2487.5-2493 MHz to 2483.5-2495 MHz. At the same time, the FCC adopted rules to ensure that ATC operations will not cause harmful interference...

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PMC-Sierra Announces RAID Development Agreement with IBM

PMC-Sierra announced a multi-year joint development agreement with IBM for RAID technology. The partnership combines PMC-Sierra's 6 Gbps SAS and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel storage protocol controller family and IBM's extensive RAID technology. The companies said the agreement will accelerate the development and industry availability of innovative RAID chipset and software solutions. "PMC-Sierra is committed to providing our customers with innovative, industry-leading storage chipset solutions," said Bob Bailey, President and CEO of PMC-Sierra. "Our...

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Ixia Expects Q1 Revenues at Low-end of Guidance

Ixia expects its preliminary financial Q1 2008 revenues to be in the range of $41.0 to $42.0 million, slightly below the low end of the company's previous guidance of $42.0 to $46.0 million. The company said sales to its largest account, Cisco Systems, were up more than 20 percent sequentially from the 2007 fourth quarter to approximately $10.5 million, and sales in the Asia Pacific region remained strong. First quarter 2008 revenues were impacted by larger than anticipated decreases in Europe and Canada as compared to the fourth quarter of 2007....

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Level 3 Introduces Content Delivery for Extended Libraries

Level 3 Communications introduced a Content Delivery for Extended Libraries (CDXL) service that it hopes will allow publishers to more easily host online and monetize their long-tail content (archived audio and video files that are less frequently accessed). The service is aimed at content owners/aggregators, sports leagues, broadcasters and user generated content sites with large digital libraries.The new service, which is offered by Level 3's Content Markets Group, leverages the company's Content Delivery Network and its highly scalable origin...

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JDSU Launches Digital Video Service Quality Test Solution

JDSU introduced its latest digital video test solution, the DTS MVP-200, a dynamic new MPEG video analyzer that performs monitoring and troubleshooting functions at the network edge. These test processes at the edge include those for Digital Program Insertion (DPI), ad splicing, rate shaping, grooming, MPEG remuxing, encryption and modulation. Additional capabilities include IGMPv3 support, GigE and QAM Channel Scanning, SNMP for real-time alarming, and MS-RTP to allow users to recognize, parse and display MPEG streams embedded in a Microsoft...

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Cisco Opens its Integrated Services Router for 3rd Party Apps

Cisco is opening its Integrated Services Router (ISR) and Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) platforms to customers and third-party application developers. Cisco also introduced an array of new security, wireless and unified communication products and service innovations that elevate branch-office worker productivity and deliver information technology (IT) operational efficiencies.Highlights of the new offerings include:Cisco Application eXtension Platform. The Cisco AXP consists of open, Linux-based Cisco ISR hardware modules for application...

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ARRIS Debuts 1 GHz CORWave CWDM

ARRIS announced the availability of its 1 GHz CHP CORWave 'closely spaced' CWDM downstream optics for enabling delivery of HD SDV, On Demand and business services on existing MSO fiber networks. CORWave is an extension of the broadly-deployed, field proven CHP CWDM optics that deliver more capacity over longer-link distances on existing fiber. When deployed with the ARRIS OptiMax4100 4x4 segmentable nodes, it enables multiplexing of twelve wavelengths: four forward, four return and four bidirectional all on one fiber with a link length of up...

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Orange Teams with Eutelsat, Adding Satellite TV Component to its Livebox

Orange will use Eutelsat's HOT BIRD and ATLANTIC BIRD 3 satellites to broadcast the TV component of its triple play offer to households not accessible via ADSL. Orange will supply a new decoder interfacing with its livebox to enable the satellite-delivered Orange TV signal to be bundled with Internet access and telephony.Satellite broadcasting of Orange TV's programmes will be launched simultaneously in summer 2008 from Eutelsat's HOT BIRD and ATLANTIC BIRD 3 satellites located at 13 degrees East and 5 degrees West respectively. In terms of the...

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EMCORE to Acquire Intel's Enterprise and Storage Optical Assets

EMCORE Corporation agreed to acquire the enterprise and storage assets of Intel's Optical Platform Division as well as the Intel Connects Cables business. EMCORE will issue 3.7 million shares of restricted stock for the acquisition, currently valued at about $25.8 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of this year.EMCORE said the deal further enhances its presence in the optical communications market segments, especially...

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STMicroelectronics and NXP Merge Wireless Businesses

NXP -- the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips -- and STMicroelectronics agreed to combine key wireless operations to form a joint-venture company serving handset manufacturers. The companies said their joint effort will have the scale to better meet customer needs in 2G, 2.5G, 3G, multimedia, connectivity and all future wireless technologies. It will rank as a top-three industry player, with combined revenue of $3 billion in 2007.The...

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AT&T Wins $500 Million MPLS Contract with the State of Florida

The Florida Department of Management Services awarded a $500 million contract to AT&T to provide services to more than 4,000 locations across the state. AT&T already provides the state with Internet access, VoIP services and Centrex central-office based voice service to more than 5,000 locations. The new contract will establish MPLS-enabled voice, video and data transport services for government, education, rural health care and nonprofit operations across Florida. AT&T said its MPLS solution will support advanced applications for...

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