Motorola Invests in Amobee Media Systems for Mobile Advertising

Motorola Ventures has made an equity investment in Amobee Media Systems, a start-up developing advertising solutions for mobile operators. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.The Amobee Media System can dynamically insert targeted, interactive advertisements into all types of mobile entertainment and communication channels, including videos, music, messaging, games and WAP, using a single, telco-grade ad-serving infrastructure. The...

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Motorola Wins US$431 Million GSM Contracts with China Mobile

Motorola announced multiple contracts worth US $431m with China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) for its GSM network upgrades and expansion. The contracts were signed in the first half of 2008 and approximately 50% of the revenue from these contracts was recognized in the first half of 2008.Under these agreements, Motorola will supply CMCC with GSM network equipment and a range of services. The expanded and optimized GSM networks will then...

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Nominum Protects Against DNS Cache Poisoning and Pharming

Nominum announced that its ISP customers, which serve more than 120 million broadband Internet users, are protected against the new DNS vulnerability . Nominum's new software adds additional security measures, including UDP Source Port Randomization, to its existing set of security measures that have been designed to protect global broadband subscribers from DNS cache poisoning and pharming attacks."The events of the last five weeks highlight the...

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Cisco Collaborates with HP on Unified Communications.

Cisco and HP are expanding their relationship to include the delivery of Cisco Unified Communications (UC) to customers around the world. The expanded relationship includes investments by both companies for training and building global marketing and sales programs. This expanded relationship builds on the established Cisco and HP strategic relationship serving global customers, such as the Johor State Government, Malaysia; Heritage Valley Health System, United States; Parts for Trucks, Canada; and Electro Sonic, Canada. Buckinghamshire New University,...

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Tekelec Reports Q2 Revenues of $116.4 Million, up 6% YoY

Tekelec reported Q2 orders of $122.9 million, up 45% compared to $84.7 million for the second quarter of 2007. Revenue from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2008 was $116.4 million, up 6% compared to $110.0 million for the second quarter of 2007. Backlog from continuing operations as of June 30, 2008 was $387.6 million, up from $381.2 million at March 31, 2008. On a GAAP basis, Tekelec reported income from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2008 of $15.3 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, which includes a one-time...

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Sprint Nextel Posts Q2 Revenue of $9.1 Billion, Trims CAPEX

Sprint Nextel reported Q2 revenues of $9.1 billion and a diluted loss per share of 12 cents. "We are seeing signs of progress from our efforts to improve the customer experience, rebuild the Sprint brand and increase our profitability," said Dan Hesse, Sprint Nextel CEO. "Our company-wide retention efforts, which include Simply Everything plans, our Now Network campaign and the launch of the Instinct handset are proving to be effective retention...

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Juniper Extends EX-series Ethernet Switch Interoperability

Juniper Networks is extending interoperability of its EX-series Ethernet switches to network management platforms from AlterPoint, CA, EMC, HP, IBM, InfoVista and SolarWinds. This will allow enterprise customers to achieve greater operational efficiency and simplicity while accelerating the deployment of applications and services.Support for Juniper's EX-series Ethernet switches is scheduled to be available on the following platforms in Q3 2008: AlterPoint NetworkAuthority v6.5; CA eHealth Network Performance Manager; EMC Smarts v7.03; HP Network...

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Dell'Oro Sees Gradual Migration of POTS Lines to NGN

Worldwide IP Telephony Carrier equipment revenues are projected to grow by an average of 9 percent per year through 2012, driven mostly by the expansion of voice over broadband (VoBB) services, according to the Dell'Oro Group. The report also forecasts that VoBB subscribers will grow almost 40 percent per year over the next five years."As service providers deploy broadband connections in order to grow their revenues via data and video services,...

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Qwest Reaches Broadband Milestone

Qwest Communications is now offering its fastest fiber-to-the-neighborhood based Internet service -- with connection speeds of up to 20 Mbps -- to more than 1 million potential customers in 18 markets. Qwest said this marks a critical milestone in its fiber-optic expansion, and represents a significant leap in Qwest's corporate strategy to expand broadband speeds and capabilities to customers.Qwest Connect Quantum and Qwest Connect Titanium deliver downlink speeds of up to 20 Mbps and 12 Mbps, respectively. Qwest plans to offer the service to 1.8...

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Telefónica El Salvador Deploys Italtel and Teledata

Teledata Networks will provide an Access Network solution to Telefónica El Salvador, a part of the Telefónica Group, supplying wireless and wireline services, in the framework of its strategic cooperation with Italtel. The BroadAccess MSAG solution which is currently being deployed by Italtel in El Salvador provides a turnkey solution comprising best of breed technology of Teledata Networks Access Networking and Cisco Metro Ethernet Equipment. The solution supports both a traditional V5.2 interface and an option for migration to IP/NGN, and will...

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Hughes Boosts Consumer Satellite Internet Access to 5 Mbps

Hughes Network Systems is boosting the top download speed of is ElitePremium consumer broadband Internet service to up to 5 Mbps. ElitePremium joins the newly unveiled Elite and ElitePlus plans with download speeds of up to 2 Mbps and 3 Mbps, respectively and the popular consumer plans -- Home, Pro, and ProPlus which feature recently increased download speeds of up to 1 Mbps, 1.2 Mbps and 1.6 Mbps, respectively.The enhanced speed of the ElitePremium...

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Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices Appoints CEO for North America

Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices, a leading manufacturer of DECT and IP Phones as well as broadband routers, has appointed Rod Keller as President and CEO of its North American division. He replaces Gerd Pasedag, who will return to SHC headquarters based in Munich, Germany.Keller will lead a North American team charged with expanding the Siemens presence in both retail markets and with service providers for their cordless voice, next generation communication (NGC) and broadband solutions in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Keller...

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Eye-Fi Secures $11 Million in Series B Funding

Eye-Fi, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, secured $11 million in Series B funding for its wireless memory cards for digital cameras. Eye-Fi was founded in the summer of 2005 and launched its first product, the Eye-Fi Card, in October 2007. Since launch, the company has expanded its product portfolio and introduced new services; formed partnerships with Nikon, Lexar and more than 20 online photo destinations; and expanded its online and brick-and-mortar retail distribution to include national channels, such as Circuit City.The round...

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AT&T Supplies Converged Network Solution for Marriott

Marriott International and AT&T announced an agreement to provide an IP converged network for hotels. Together Marriott and AT&T have implemented an open-standards solution that is based on design principles established by Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), a technology solutions association for the hospitality industry, and encourage hotel competitors to follow Marriott's lead. The solution includes AT&T Managed Internet and Managed Router services, as well as services for WiFi connectivity, deployment and management that consolidates...

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UTStarcom Posts Sales of $633 Million, up 18% YoY

UTStarcom reported Q2 sales of $633 million as compared to $538 million in the second quarter of 2007 representing an 18% increase. The operating loss for the second quarter of 2008 was $31.1 million as compared to an operating loss of $55.3 million in the second quarter of 2007. This improvement was primarily due to a $22 million reduction in operating expenses. The net loss for the second quarter of 2008 was $38.8 million, or ($0.31) per share, as compared to a net loss of $61.7 million, or ($0.51) per share in the second quarter of 2007.The...

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