Embarq Outsources Voice NOC to Nokia Siemens Networks

Marking its first significant managed network operations agreement in North America, Nokia Siemens Networks will assume ownership of Embarq's voice network operation center (NOC) operations. Under terms of the seven-year agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks will perform network operations for EMBARQ's voice networks, ensuring high network quality and providing ongoing technical assistance. As part of the agreement, approximately 265 EMBARQ employees...

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Aktino's Ethernet/Copper Promises 90+ Mbps of Backhaul Capacity

Aktino introduced a new copper-based access solution that promises 90+ Mbps of capacity that could be used to transport either DS3 TDM/ATM or Carrier Ethernet. The solution, which combines features from Aktino's DS3 and Carrier Ethernet over copper product lines, addresses three key applications: Carrier Ethernet services, DSLAM backhaul, and cell site backhaul. Aktino said its new product delivers either a DS3 or up to 90+ Mbps of Carrier Ethernet...

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Telstra Activates 3G Direct Tunnel with Ericsson

Telstra has activated a new feature called a "3G Direct Tunnel" in their Next G wireless using technology from Ericsson. The 3G Direct Tunnel feature provides a capacity increase to Telstra's mobile packet core network, supporting the fast growth of mobile broadband traffic. The feature is standardized by 3GPP.Ericsson said that by implementing 3G Direct Tunnel, Telstra starts to evolve its Next G network to a flat all-IP architecture that will both allow the network capacity to grow while lowering the cost of expanding the network to meet ever...

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Ixia Develops 100 GbE Line-Rate Traffic Testing

Ixia plans to demonstrate an initial implementation of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) line-rate traffic generation and analysis at next week's NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas. The Ixia proof-of-concept demonstration features a multilane distribution (MLD) architecture -- the new 100 GbE and 40 GbE physical coding sublayer (PCS) layer, which was recently approved as the baseline proposal by the IEEE 802.3ba task force. MLD enables network providers to bond multiple 10 GbE or higher-speed lanes into a single logical 100 GbE or 40 GbE link. The technology provides...

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Veraz Launches its iMN Multimedia Delivery Platform

Veraz Networks introduced its iMN Multimedia Delivery Platform, a compact switch that enables service providers to deliver TDM, VoIP and web services. The new platform, which is based on the same technology as Veraz's widely-deployed ControlSwitch, scales to 15,000 subscribers. The iMN integrates support for IP and TDM services, enabling legacy TDM switch upgrades, VoIP network peering, IP-based end user services and web applications, as well as...

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RadiSys Adds Video Conferencing Capabilities to Convedia Media Server

RadiSys introduced two new video conferencing enhancements to Convedia media server family. The RadiSys Convedia media server's new "continuous presence" (CP) video conferencing mode supports multiple real-time video streams within a unified multi-pane display to deliver an "immersive" video experience for desktop conferencing users. The RadiSys Convedia CMS-9000 media server already supports Voice-Activated Switching (VAS) so that all video conference...

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NXP's LTE Soft Modem Taps Out at 150/50 Mbps

NXP Semiconductors introduced what is believed to be the world's fastest high-bandwidth cellular soft modem -- Nexperia Cellular System Solution PNX6910 -- which is capable of achieving data transfer rates of 150 Mbps downlink and 50 Mbps uplink, and supports multi-mode LTE/HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM capability.The device, which is powered by NXP's Embedded Vector Processor (EVP) DSP core, could be used in mobile devices capable of downloading an entire HD movie in less than 7 minutes -- over twenty times faster than today's HSPA Cat 8 devices at...

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Comcast Increases Upstream Speed Nationally

Comcast is increasing upstream speeds nationally for its Performance and Performance Plus residential high-speed Internet customers at no additional cost. Specifically, Comcast will nearly triple the upload speed of its 6 Mbps / 384 Kbps Performance tier to 6 Mbps / 1 Mbps and more than double the upload speed of its 8 Mbps / 768 Kbps Performance Plus tier to 8 Mbps / 2 Mbps.In the downstream direction, Comcast's "PowerBoost" enables customers to...

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Occam Cites Two More GPON Carrier Wins

Occam Networks named two more North American service providers who have selected its GPON products to deliver fiber to the premise (FTTP) and advanced voice, data and video services. The service providers include Sogetel of Quebec, Canada and Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative based in Oxford, Wisconsin.Sogetel, an independent telecommunications company, operates nearly 26,000 telephone access lines in four geographic areas (Beauce-Etchemins, Centre-du-Quebec, Maskinongé and Saint-Liboire) of Quebec through an optical fiber network linking each...

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Qualcomm Increases Q3 Financial Guidance

Qualcomm raised its financial guidance for its third fiscal quarter ending June 29, 2008. The company now anticipates third fiscal quarter Qualcomm pro forma revenues to be slightly above the high end of the prior guidance of approximately $2.5 to $2.7 billion. Q3 Qualcomm pro forma diluted earnings per share are expected to be approximately $0.54 to $0.55, compared to a prior estimate of approximately $0.50 to $0.52. Qualcomm said its updated guidance is based on the shipment of approximately 86 million Mobile Station Modem chips during the quarter...

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Tellabs Files Patent Suit Against Fujitsu

Tellabs has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Network Communications alleging infringement of a recently issued U.S. Patent (No. 7,369,772.). Tellabs asserts that various Fujitsu products are subject to the lawsuit, including reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexing (ROADM) systems and components that Fujitsu markets within its FLASHWAVE product line.http://www.tellabs....

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XO and Infinera Demonstrate 100 Gigabit Ethernet

XO Communications and Infinera will team up to demonstrate 100 Gigabit Ethernet traffic in production-ready form over a live network at next week's NXTcomm08 show in Las Vegas. The demonstration will consist of an Ixia proof-of-concept 100 GbE test set generating and handing off a pre-standard IEEE 802.3ba 100 GbE signal to a 100 GbE interface on the Infinera DTN DWDM transport system. The 100 GbE signal will then be switched and transported by...

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IP Infusion Releases ZebOS 7.6 with Carrier Ethernet Enhancements

IP Infusion announced the release of ZebOS Advanced Platform version 7.6 software featuring enhancements for Carrier Ethernet deployments. These enhancements include:Increased support for Carrier Ethernet through Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) that is able to scale to more than 16 million Ethernet service instancesSupport for key technologies required to transport IPv6 traffic over existing IPv4 networksGreater scalability of Border Gateway Protocol...

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