Russia's AMT-Group Partners with Italtel on NGN Solutions

AMT-Group, a leading system integrator in Russia, will partner with Italtel on the joint promotion, realization and support of NGN solutions based on the Italtel i-MSS multiservice platform. The NGN solutions, based on i-MSS (Italtel Multi Service Solutions) platform, will allow Telecom Operators and Large Enterprises to offer Class 4 and Class 5 solutions that support multimedia convergent Next - Generation Services (NGS) such as Voice transfer,...

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Dilithium Unveils Content Adapter for Real-time Mobile Video

Dilithium, which specializes in high-quality transcoding and multimedia delivery over mobile and broadband networks, introduced a high capacity and scalable solution that automates the real-time adaptation and delivery of video content over multiple networks to any device. Dilithium's patented technologies perform real-time, on demand media conversion for multiple devices with minimal latency, avoiding the need for off-line transcoding. The new...

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Telefónica Group Reaches 233.5 million Accesses -- Fixed, Broadband, Wireless, TV

As of 31-Mar-2008, the Telefónica Group was serving a total of 233.5 million access points (fixed, broadband, wireless and pay TV customers) across all its markets, up by 12.9% from a year earlier. This growth was underpinned by the increase in wireless (+16.3%), broadband (+26.8%) and pay TV (+64.4%) accesses.Telefónica reported organic growth in revenue (+7%), OIBDA (+8.2%) and operating income (+17.2%), underscoring the value of its geographic...

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Verizon Wireless, SFR, SK Telecom Join LiMO Foundation for Open Handset OS

Verizon Wireless has joined the LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobile industry. Verizon Wireless joins the foundation's other 39 members in working within LiMo's transparent governance model to shape the evolution of the LiMo Platform, while remaining entirely free to deliver their own compelling and differentiated services to mobile customers. Launched in January 2007 by...

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AT&T's Ralph de la Vega Comments on Wireless Evolution

"The great age of wireless is just ahead of us and AT&T is poised to lead in this space," said Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO of AT&T Mobility speaking at this week's Morgan Stanley Communications Conference. De la Vega cited three key points:Focus and execution are strong at AT&T. The company has lived up to its promise of integrating network following the merger and has remained on track regarding customer growth, ARPU, churn...

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Verizon Business Wins $678.5 million Networx Contract with Dept. of Homeland Security

Verizon Business was awarded a contract valued at $678.5 million over 10 years to deploy and manage a secure global IP network linking thousands of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sites under a new Networx Universal task order.Under the contract, Verizon Business will serve as primary service provider under the much-anticipated DHS OneNet program, providing managed IP and security services that support DHS' mission of securing the nation....

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AT&T Offers GPS TimeTrack Workforce Management via Blackberrys

AT&T will begin offering Xora's "GPS TimeTrack" workforce management solution to AT&T' business mobile customers.Xora GPS TimeTrack uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to give businesses timesheet data collection, job/work-order management, payroll integration and location tracking capabilities on AT&T-powered smartphones. Xora GPS TimeTrack will be available via wireless download on the BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry 8820, BlackBerry...

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CoreOptics Raises $25 Million for 10/40/100 Gbps Optical Modules

CoreOptics, which develops and manufactures 10/40/100 Gbps optical networking subsystems, raised $25 million in new financing from existing its investors, bringing the company's total funding to date to more than $90 million.CoreOptics currently offers 10 Gbps DWDM, 40 Gbps Single Channel Short Reach and 40/43G DWDM transponder modules. The company's product portfolio also includes 43 Gb/s Ultra-FEC, 40G Mux/DeMux for 4x10G client signals and Interface...

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Bharti Airtel Selects Redback's SmartEdge Routers

Bharti Airtel LTD (Airtel), India's largest private integrated telecom services provider, has selected Redback's SmartEdge400 router platform and NetOp policy management software to deliver a mix of pre-paid and on-demand broadband services for its broadband fixed line subscribers. Today, Airtel has more than 55 million total subscribers and is the largest private telecom services provider in India. Over time, Redback and Ericsson will help Airtel...

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Verizon Business Gains Regulatory Approval in Mexico

Verizon Business has received government approval to directly deliver advanced communications services in Mexico. The company had previously been delivering services through partnerships with local telecommunications providers. Verizon Business will now deliver services via its own local operating company. These services will include Verizon Private IP, Verizon Internet Dedicated and managed network services. Verizon Business is also in the final stages of deploying multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) nodes in Mexico City and Monterrey to support...

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AT&T U-verse Adopts EPA ENERGY STAR Requirements for STBs

AT&T announced a commitment to operating under new ENERGY STAR requirements for video providers.As an ENERGY STAR participant, AT&T will provide U-verse TV customers with Motorola and Cisco Systems receivers that meet the new ENERGY STAR efficiency criteria in advance of the January 2009 deadline for when it goes into effect. U-verse TV Internet Protocol (IP) receivers offer increased energy efficiency compared with other digital set-top...

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Virgin Mobile USA Confirms Talks with SK Telecom

Virgin Mobile USA, confirmed that it is in preliminary discussions with SK Telecom to explore possible strategic opportunities. No further comments from the companies were offered. http://www.virgin.com http://www.helio.com In January 2008, Helio, the U.S. joint venture between SK Telecom and EarthLink, activated its 200,000 mobile subscriber. Average revenue per user (ARPU) is over $85, well above the industry average.In September 2007, SK Telecom...

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Zain Iraq Awards $150 Million Contract to NSN

Zain Iraq, the country's leading mobile operator, awarded a contract valued at US$150 million to Nokia Siemens Networks to increase capacity while also simplifying and modernizing its existing core network. Nokia Siemens Networks will execute the project over a period of 10 -- 12 months. Zain Iraq, which claims eight million active customers, was formed by the merger of two mobile operations in Iraq, namely MTC Atheer and Iraqna, which have been...

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Nigeria's Globacom Selects Alcatel-Lucent for Net Upgrade

Globacom (Glo), Nigeria's second largest national operator, selected Alcatel-Lucent to extend the network capacity and performance of its mobile and fixed networks. The project, which is part of the operator's IP network transformation, will enable Globacom to extend the delivery of advanced mobile and triple play services with enhanced quality of service (QoS). The project will enable Globacom to increase its mobile network capacity (including...

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Bell Labs and NTT Photonics Labs Team on Optical-Packet Research

Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs research organization and NTT's Photonics Labs have entered into a collaborative agreement focusing on optical packet switching technologies. The researchers believe demand for innovations in packet transport networks is driven by several factors including: the emergence of very-high bandwidth subscribers, notably with FTTx deployments on a large scale; new reduced power consumption and footprint specifications; and low latency applications such as storage area network (SAN) or grid computing. Through this agreement Alcatel-Lucent...

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SEC Charges Broadcom Execs in Stock Option Case

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged two current and two former top officers of Broadcom for their alleged participation in a five-year systematic scheme to secretly backdate stock options granted to virtually all Broadcom officers and employees.The SEC alleges that Broadcom's former CEO Henry T. Nicholas, chairman and CTO Henry Samueli, former CFO William J. Ruehle, and general counsel David Dull perpetrated a scheme from 1998 to...

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