Motorola Launches Netopia VDSL2 Gateways

Motorola launched its Netopia 7000 Series VDSL2 Gateways designed to deliver high-speed data and IPTV services. Deployment scenarios include fiber-to-the-neighborhood (FTTN) applications, the 7000 Series gateways support high-bandwidth VDSL2 over a single copper pair in the "first mile" from the subscriber's home to the fiber node.The Motorola Netopia 7000 VDSL2 Gateways are available in three different configurations in order to address the worldwide...

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BT Invites UK businesses to Become Wi-Fi Hotspots

UK businesses subscribing to BT Business Total Broadband are being urged to turn their BT Business Hub into a BT Openzone wireless hotspot at no cost. This will allow anyone visiting their premises, be it an office, shop, restaurant or depot, to log on to a separate secure internet channel to check e-mail, surf the web, use internet-enabled applications and make VoIP calls.The service provides Wi-Fi access to other BT Business Total Broadband customers...

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BT Openreach to Launch Ethernet Backhaul Direct

Openreach will begin offering an Ethernet Backhaul Direct service in May. Using Ethernet, Openreach will be able to offer a new, improved pricing structure for backhaul. The company said communications providers should expect to see savings of up to 50 per cent for the majority of Ethernet Backhaul Direct circuits, when compared with existing prices for backhaul services. The use of the 21st Century Network as a delivery mechanism for Ethernet Backhaul Direct will also enable Openreach to offer higher bandwidths.Openreach said this new product...

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Cisco Webex Announces Tree Planting Challenge

Cisco announced a challenge as a part of its 'Plant-A-Tree with WebEx' program. From April 21 through May 31, in addition to planting a tree for each free trial, for every 100 free trials taken Cisco WebEx will plant an additional 100 trees. The challenge is part of Cisco WebEx's ongoing efforts to help business reduce their impact on the environment by reducing the need for travel.Cisco calculates that replacing business trips with web meeting can dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions. For example:Using WebEx instead of one person flying...

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Portugal's Sonaecom selects Cisco Carrier Ethernet

Portugal's Sonaecom has selected Cisco Carrier Ethernet solutions to provide the aggregation infrastructure to deliver a high quality of experience to its business and residential customers. The new network is also designed to scale significantly to support Sonaecom's future growth plans, which will include new services such as high-speed fixed and mobile broadband, enhanced virtual private networks (VPNs) for enterprises and residential multi-play...

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Pirelli's IPTV STBs Use Sigma Media Processors

Pirelli Broadband Solutions is using Sigma Designs' integrated SMP8634 media processor to power their line of IPTV set-top boxes, which are currently being deployed by two major European operators. Pirelli's portfolio of hybrid set-top boxes brings together IPTV and digital terrestrial TV in one multimedia platform, enabling a wide range of content bundles to be secured through a variety of conditional access system standards and digital rights management technologies. Pirelli's set-top boxes are based on Sigma's single-chip technology and support...

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Riverbed Supplies WDS for Australian Trade Commission

The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) has selected and deployed Riverbed Technology's WDS solutions, including its Steelhead Mobile client software and Steelhead appliances, for deployment across its 119 international office to accelerate application exchanges, better share information between offices and improve client services. So far, Austrade has installed the Steelhead appliances in approximately half of its offices, including Sydney, Canberra, and all of the Americas (USA, Canada and South America), with the remainder expected to be...

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IDT Supplies Route Accelerator to Bay Microsystems

IDT (Integrated Device Technology) announced its Route Accelerator (RA) has been selected for use with Bay Microsystems 40Gbps Chesapeake network processor. The RA is based on a unique algorithmic search architecture featuring automated table management and power efficiency optimization which enables the large forwarding tables required for advanced network applications. The RA is being used in conjunction with the IDT Search Accelerator, adopted by Bay in 2006.http://www.IDT....

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Freescale Announces Q1 Sales of $1.41 Billion

Freescale Semiconductor reported Q1 net sales of $1.41 billion, compared to $1.54 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007 and $1.36 billion in the first quarter of 2007. Operating earnings, net earnings and Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) include non-cash purchase accounting expenses related to the company's acquisition by a private equity consortium in December 2006. The company believes that providing operating earnings and EBITDA exclusive of these expenses, and certain other items, is a more meaningful...

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Tellabs Reports First-Quarter 2008 Revenue of $464 Million

Tellabs posted Q1 revenue of $464 million, up 3% from $452 million in the first quarter of 2007. The company earned $17 million or 4 cents per share on a GAAP (U.S. generally accepted accounting principles) basis, compared with $25 million or 6 cents per share in the year-ago quarter.Tellabs confirmed that it is discontinuing the Tellabs 8865 optical line terminal, but continuing development of the Tellabs 1100 GPON multiservice access series. Tellabs will use freed-up resources to fund growth initiatives.Broadband -- First-quarter 2008 revenue...

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Broadcom offers Enterprise WLAN Chipset Solution

Broadcom expanded its network switching portfolio with an end-to-end solution for enterprise 802.11n Wi-Fi networks. The new solution combines Broadcom's Intensi-fi silicon with its FASTPATH networking software, which extends the business-critical features from the company's popular StrataXGS enterprise switches. The new product set includes the Broadcom BCM4342 single-chip 802.11n solution and BCM954342EAP enterprise access point reference design. Enterprise features include robust security, QoS, dynamic channel planning, and support for multiple...

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AT&T Post $31 Billion in Q1 Revenue, Strong Wireless Growth

AT&T reported strong Q1 financial results highlighted by improved wireless and enterprise trends and further expansion of wireless and consolidated margins. Revenues totaled $30.7 billion, up 6.1 percent versus reported results in the year-earlier quarter and up 4.6 percent compared with first-quarter 2007 pro forma revenues, which exclude merger-related accounting impacts on directory revenues. Net income totaled $3.5 billion, up 21.5 percent...

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Matisse Networks Names VP of Engineering

Matisse Networks named Prabhat Mishra, 52, as Vice President of Engineering. Mr. Mishra was most recently Senior Vice President of Engineering with Nevis Networks. Previous positions have included Vice President of Engineering at Caspian Networks and Vice President of Engineering at Alteon WebSystems, which was acquired by Nortel Networks. Mr. Mishra also held senior management positions at Sun Microsystems where he was responsible for the development of the SPARCstation product line.Matisse Networks supplies an "EtherBurst" Packet WDM System for...

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Broadcom Posts Q1 Revenue of $1.032 billion, up 14% YoY

Broadcom posted Q1 revenue of $1.032 billion, an increase of 0.5% compared with the $1.027 million reported for the fourth quarter of 2007 and an increase of 14.5% compared with the $901.5 million reported for the first quarter of 2007. Net income (GAAP) for the first quarter of 2008 was $74.3 million, or $.14 per share (diluted), compared with GAAP net income of $90.3 million, or $.16 per share (diluted), for the fourth quarter of 2007, and GAAP net income of $61.0 million, or $.10 per share (diluted), for the first quarter of 2007."Broadcom's...

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FCC Chairman Testifies on Network Management

There is not an urgent need for any additional regulations for protecting consumer access to Internet content, said FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, speaking before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Instead, Martin advocates enforcing current regulations and principles.Regarding network management practices by Comcast or other ISPs, Martin outlined several criteria that the FCC should consider:First, rules should only protect user's access to legal content. The sharing of illegal content, such as child pornography...

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