OpenCloud Raises $10 Million for Real-Time Apps

OpenCloud Limited, a start-up based in Cambridge, UK, closed $10 million in second round funding for its work in real-time application servers for next-generation telecommunications services.OpenCloud's :"Rhino" is a carrier grade JAIN SLEE application server that provides a java-based service creation and continuously available run-time environment for real-time telecommunications applications.The company said its OpenCloud Rhino enables the delivery of new person-to-person communications services at a faster pace and at a significantly lower...

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Ericsson to Supply IMS for Vodafone Ireland

Vodafone Ireland has appointed Ericsson to be the systems integrator of a real-time charging and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution, including upgrading and expanding the operator's network. Under the contract, Ericsson will be responsible for systems integration of existing solutions into the IMS environment. Ericsson will also upgrade and expand network capacity, enable real-time charging and underpin demanding multimedia functionality. The deal builds upon Ericsson's long-standing relationship with Vodafone Ireland as its sole supplier...

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Rim Semiconductor Develops Amplitude Modulation Decoder

Rim Semiconductor filed a non-provisional patent application on its "RQAM" technology. The company claims its "Cupria" transport processor leverages the RQAM technology to drive data traffic at more than 40 Mbps 5,500 feet (1.67km) on 26AWG (0.40mm) telephone wire. Existing technologies are able to drive data 15 mbps at this distance on this wire type. The patent, entitled "Amplitude Modulation Decoder," was filed as a non-provisional patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.http://www.rimsemi....

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Seagate Unveils 1.5-Terabyte HDD for Desktops

Seagate unveiled the industry's first 1.5-terabyte desktop and half-terabyte notebook hard drives.The new Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB hard drive represents the eleventh generation of Seagate's flagship drive for desktop PCs. The new model delivers a half-terabyte increase from the previous highest capacity of 1TB, thanks to the capacity-boosting power of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology.Seagate's new 2.5-inch half-terabyte 5400- and...

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Sonus and VeriSign Test IP Number Portability

Sonus Networks and VeriSign completed interoperability testing of number portability queries over IP-based networks.The companies said the introduction of number portability regulation by many governments has, in some cases, increased the resources needed by carriers to complete the accurate transfer of calls. The implementation of Local Number Portability (LNP) has created the need for carriers to perform a LNP Query. This in turn has resulted in an elevated use of the carrier's SS7 networks, and in some cases necessitates the need to purchase...

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Nokia Completes Acquisition of NAVTEQ

Nokia completed its acquisition of NAVTEQ, a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information. The deal was first announced in November 2007.NAVTEQ brings a number of key assets to Nokia: maps and navigation industry expertise, an existing customer base and a map data and technology platform with broad geographical coverage. The company is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile...

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TranSwitch to Acquire Centillium for Optical Access, VoIP ICs

TranSwitch agreed to acquire Centillium Communications in a deal valued at about $42.8 million.TranSwitch is a provider of carrier-class semiconductor solutions for EoS (Ethernet over SONET/SDH), Broadband Access and Carrier Ethernet applications. TranSwitch said the acquisition broadens its portfolio especially for FTTH and VoIP solutions.Centillium is a System-on-Chip (SoC) provider offering PON solutions for optical access network and VoIP ICs...

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AT&T Claims Fastest 3G in U.S.

AT&T claims to be the fastest 3G network in the U.S., based on data compiled by leading independent wireless research firms. The claim is based on a variety of tests conducted by third-party researchers, who downloaded a variety of applications and files to test throughput and overall performance. AT&T said it was the winner by a significant margin.AT&T also announced it has started doubling the data capacity of its 3G markets, and...

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Time Warner Cable to Sell Certain Non-Core Cable Systems

Time Warner Cable announced a deal to sell a group of small cable systems to Windjammer Communications, a venture between MAST Capital Management, LLC and Communications Construction Services (CCS). The systems serve approximately 80,000 basic video subscribers and 120,000 revenue generating units spread across more than 125 head-ends in 25 states and located in areas outside of the company's core geographic clusters.http://www.timewarnercable.comTime Warner Cable ranks as the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., serving approximately 14.7...

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Vonage Awarded Its First Technology Patent

Vonage recently received approval of its first internally developed patent, called "Method and Apparatus for Placing a Long Distance Call Based on a Virtual Phone Number." The invention allows customers to use a virtual number to contact parties at distant locations without incurring long distance charges.The patent -- No. 7,386,111 -- covers a process for a system that connects calls by converting virtual numbers at an originating point to a physical number associated with a destination point. A virtual number allows a Vonage customer to have...

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Verizon Introduces FiOS TV for Business

Verizon launched a new subscription-television service designed for small and medium-sized businesses, delivered exclusively by Verizon's fiber-optic network. Verizon FiOS TV for Business is immediately available in select areas of the 13 states where more than 1.2 million customers already subscribe to the residential version of the service. The states are: California, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon,...

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