Network Evolution -- Telstra

Network Evolution -- Telstra 1. Impact of Video Traffic 2. Wireless Network Architecture 3. 4G Evolution 4. Consumer Broadband Technologies 5. Carrier Ethernet 6. ...

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Aruba Announces Wireless Intrusion Prevention System

Aruba Networks announced a new version of its "RFprotect" Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) software that allows users to define their own attack-detection signatures and defend against previously unknown, undisclosed, or unpatched vulnerabilities (zero-day attacks). In addition, Aruba customers will be able to make their user-defined signatures available to others by contributing them to the Wireless Vulnerabilities and Exploits (WVE) database. Originally acquired from Network Chemistry in 2007, RFprotect software automatically detects...

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NSN to Provide Usability Consulting for China Mobile Beijing

Nokia Siemens Networks has been selected by China Mobile Group Beijing Ltd. (CMBJ) to provide its Usability Consulting Service, focusing on the company's color ring back tone service and web portal user experience. Color ring back tone service refers to customized music or greeting instead of traditional sound someone hears when calling a mobile phone. Nokia Siemens Networks said this optimization project has resulted in monthly revenue of some functions increased by 2 - 4 times, while subscriber activity levels and customer satisfaction have also...

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Comptel Acquires Axiom Systems for IP Fulfillment Software

Comptel, which provides fulfillment solutions for broadband, mobile and IP networks, has acquired UK-based Axiom Systems. for a cash consideration of GBP 7.0 million (EUR 8.9 million). Comptel Corporation pays additional purchase price if Axiom Group's audited net sales in 2008 are more than EUR 13.5 million. Axiom is a specialist in IP fulfillment . Net sales of Axiom were GBP 7.8 million (EUR 11.5 million) and the company was EBITDA negative in...

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Blue Coat to Acquire Packeteer for WAN Optimization

Blue Coat Systems agreed to acquire Packeteer, a provider of WAN optimization and WAN traffic prioritization technologies, for $7.10 per share in cash, or approximately $268 million. Packeteer is a pioneer in network traffic prioritization and shaping and holds an extensive patent portfolio in these areas. Its technologies enable the identification of specific applications over the WAN. The company is based in Cupertino, California.Blue Coat supplies...

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Openwave's CEO Resigns, Company Posts Preliminary Results

Openwave Systems named Bruce Coleman as interim chief executive officer effective immediately, succeeding Robert Vrij, who resigned from the position of president and CEO. A search is underway for a permanent CEO.Openwave also announced preliminary results for its third quarter ended March 31, 2008. Revenue is expected to be approximately $58 million. The shortfall in revenue versus prior quarter was due to a reduction in maintenance and support and services revenue. The company expects gross margin on a GAAP basis to be approximately 57% and...

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Motorola Invests in VirtualLogix for Real-Time Virtualization

Motorola Ventures has made an equity investment in VirtualLogix, a maker of virtualization software for communications devices and infrastructure equipment. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.VirtualLogix, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, specializes in real-time virtualization for communications devices and equipment. VirtualLogix VLX enables multiple operating system environments to run concurrently on shared hardware...

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NEC and AT&T Demo 100 Gbps Transmission

NEC Corporation of America (NEC) and AT&T Labs have successfully demonstrated schemes for modulation and transmission of high speed optical signals at 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps data rates. The tests generated multiple wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) optical signals, each loaded with 114 Gbps within a 25 GHz-wide portion of the optical spectrum. This technique resulted in the highest spectral efficiency ever achieved for long-haul optical transmission. The experiment to demonstrate this transmission over 640 km of fiber was performed by NEC...

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Ruckus Wireless Enters Enterprise WLAN Market

Ruckus Wireless introduced a line of "SmartMesh" products that enable enterprises to deploy extensive wireless LANs that self-organize, self-optimize, and self- heal. SmartMesh, which extends patented Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi technology, are designed to eliminate the need for cabling to every Wi-Fi access point (AP) and complex, labor-intensive RF planning. Ruckus SmartMesh is based on intelligent beam steering technology pioneered by Ruckus Wireless called...

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Sonus Acquires Atreus Systems for IP Provisioning Software

Sonus Networks has acquired Atreus Systems, a supplier of IP voice and advanced IP service provisioning software. Financial terms were not disclosed.Atreus' IP provisioning software, which has been deployed with some of North America's largest carriers, delivers pre-integrated, automated provisioning and configuration for a variety of devices. The provisioning platform is based on J2EE architecture.Sonus Networks said the combination of Atreus'...

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BroadLight Awarded Key PON Patent

BroadLight, which supplies GPON semiconductors and software, has been awarded patent number 7,327,679 by the US Patent Office for a "Method of providing Quality of Service (QoS) and bandwidth allocation in a point to multi-point network." The patent applies to optical line terminals (OLTs) for efficiently and fairly allocating system resources, such as upstream bandwidth, while attempting to maintain the QoS that a user has subscribed to in a point to multi-point network.http://www.broadlight....

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Korea's Hanaro Telecom Deploys Juniper's T-series Routers

Korea's Hanaro Telecom has deployed Juniper Networks T-series core routers to handle traffic growth driven by IPTV and other multiplay services. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.juniper....

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China Netcom Reaches 22 Million Broadband Lines

China Netcom reported Q1 2008 revenue of RMB 20,487 million, including upfront connection fees of RMB 270 million. Excluding upfront connection fees, the revenue of the Company was RMB 20,217 million for the first quarter of 2008, representing anincrease of 0.85% over that of 2007. Some highlights of the financial report:As of 31 March 2008, the number of the company's broadband subscribers was 21,656 thousand, or a net addition of 1,888thousand...

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China Telecom Reaches 37 Million Broadband Lines

China Telecom reported its annual results for 2007.Excluding the upfront connection fees of RMB 3,294 million, operating revenues were RMB 175,362 million, a 2.8% increase from 2006. EBITDA was RMB85,974 million, a 1.3% increase from 2006. EBITDA margin was 49.0%, broadly at the same level as 2006. Due to intensifying mobile substitution, China Telecom experienced negative growth in access lines in service for the first time. Voice business revenue...

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China Mobile Reaches 392 Million Subscribers

As of 31-Mar-2008, China Mobile had a total subscriber base 392,137,000. This represents a net addition of 7,783,000 subscribers during the month of March.As of 31 December 2007, China Mobile had a total staff of 127,959 and claimed a market share of approximately 69.3 percent.in Mainland China.http://www.chinamobileltd.com/ir.php?menu...

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AT&T and RIM Offer BlackBerry Software for SMBs

AT&T and Research in Motion (RIM) announced today the availability of BlackBerry Professional Software for AT&T's small business customers with up to 30 wireless users. It enables wireless access to e-mail, calendar, contacts, business data and Internet access. The companies said the new BlackBerry Professional Software provides a simplified installation process and the full suite of advanced security features and IT policies that come with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software, such as sophisticated end-to-end encryption to protect...

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AT&T to Deliver Cisco TelePresence Globally

AT&T announced plans to deliver a fully managed Cisco TelePresence solution on a global basis. The new offer -- AT&T Telepresence Solution -- is expected to be available in the second half of 2008 in 23 countries, with additional countries planned for 2009. It delivers life-size images via full-high-definition video (1080p) and spatial audio within a specially designed environment. This creates the experience of being in the same room with...

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Meru's Latest AP Packs Four 802.11n Radios for Gigabit Performance

Meru Networks introduced a four-radio 802.11n wireless access point. Each of the new AP440's four IEEE 802.11n radios supports access at up to 300 Mbps, for 1.2 Gbps capacity. The four radios are backward-compatible with the legacy 802.11a/b/g standards, enabling the AP440 to simultaneously accommodate all types of old and new client devices. Each radio can be dedicated to a specific frequency band, allowing enterprise users to take full advantage...

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