Philippines's PLDT Selects ECI's Hi-FOCuS 5 Platform

PLDT, the Philippine's largest telecommunications company, has selected ECI's Hi-FOCuS 5 Multi-Service Access Node (MSAN) central office and outside plant solution to support its nationwide expansion of DSL. ECI's Hi-FOCuS MSAN supports xDSL, next-generation voice and fiber technologies. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.ecitele....

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Opnext Milestone: 750,000 10G Transceivers Shipped

Opnext announced a company milestone -- so far, it has shipped more than 750,000 10G transceivers to its global customer base. The company's modules support SONET OC-192, SDH STM-64 and 10GbE protocols, enabling long-reach terrestrial transmission, metropolitan area network, optical add-drop multiplexer (OADM), access, enterprise switching, high-speed data and storage communications. Opnext previously announced the industry's prior shipping milestone of a half million transceivers in December 2007.http://www.opnext....

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Motorola WiMAX USB Adaptor for Laptops

Motorola unveiled its first WiMAX USB adaptor -- the USBw 100, a thumb-drive-sized device available in three versions to connect to WiMAX networks in each of the three bands approved for use around the world -- 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5 GHz. The Motorola USBw 100 plugs directly into laptop computers to provide mobile and nomadic wireless broadband connectivity, both indoors and out. It is expected to be available in Q4 2008.The design employs multiple...

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European Commission Acts to Cut Roaming Costs

The European Commission has proposed to reduce the price of roaming text messages by 60% as of 1 July 2009. This would put the cost per SMS at no more than €0.11, compared to the current EU average of €0.29. The Commission also wants to cheaper data services at home should be better protection against roaming "bill shocks" that can run to thousands of euro. The proposals will now be submitted to the European Parliament and Council, who must agree...

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Hanaro Changes Name to SK Broadband

South Korea's hanarotelecom has officially changed its corporate name and consumer brand to "SK Broadband." The change is effective 22-September-2008.http://www.hanaro....

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Qualcomm Supplies Dual-Core Chipset for T-Mobile's G1

Qualcomm is supplying the chipset used in the new T-Mobile G1 Andorid phone, which is manufactured by HTC. As part of its work with theOpen Handset Alliance OHA, Qualcomm has optimized the Android software by integrating it with Qualcomm's MSM7201A -- a single chip, dual- core solution that combines high-speed processing, hardware-accelerated multimedia capabilities, 3D graphics and built-in, multi-mode 3G mobile broadband connectivity. GPS location-based services enhance Google's StreetView and Google Maps for mobile, while high-quality video...

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O3b Networks Books Sea Launch for Late 2010

O3b Networks has selected Sea Launch for up to two launches in support of their Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) telecommunications satellite constellation, with the first launch set for late 2010. Financial terms were not disclosed.Built by Thales Alenia Space, the O3b Networks satellites will be deployed by Sea Launch's Zenit-3SL system in groups of eight per launch, to an equatorial injection orbit of 7,825 kilometers above the Earth. The satellites, each weighing approximately 700 kg (1,540 lb.), are designed to provide high-speed, ultra-low-latency...

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T-Mobile Prices 3G/WiFi Google Phone at $179

T-Mobile and Google unveiled the first smartphone powered by the Android environment. The T-Mobile G1 combines touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile Web experience that includes Google Maps Street View, Gmail, Google Calendar, YouTube and other Google applications. Some key points of the global launch:Manufactured by Taiwan's HTCQuad-band 3G and Wi-Fi connections3-megapixel cameraIn the U.S., the T-Mobile G1 has a price...

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Sprint Selects Ciena's Carrier Ethernet for XOHM Backhaul

Sprint has selected Ciena's Carrier Ethernet platforms as one of the backhaul solutions for its new "XOHM" WiMAX network. The deployment includes Ciena's LE-311v Service Delivery Switches, CN 5305 Service Aggregation Switches and Ethernet Services Manager, with initial installations in the XOHM networks in Baltimore/Washington and Chicago. Financial terms were not disclosed.Ciena said its FlexSelect Architecture is well-suited to the demands of...

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Teranetics Integrates 10GBASE-T Chip with National's PowerWise Technology

Teranetics announced that its TN2022 dual port PHY for 10GBASE-T now includes support of National Semiconductor 's "PowerWise" adaptive voltage scaling (AVS) technology to reduce per-port power. Teranetics' TN2022 already offered a power efficient design requiring only 6 Watts per port using conventional techniques. The companies said that integrating National's PowerWise technology makes 10GBASE-T system implementations more compelling and more broadly applicable across a range of networking and computing equipment.Ratified by the IEEE in June...

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Verizon Tests Dynamic Optical Control Plane Technology

Verizon has completed a multi-vendor trial of dynamic optical control plane technology, demonstrating near real-time circuit provisioning across the Verizon Business commercial network.The trial of control plane technology carried test traffic through optical circuits on Verizon Business' core network from Chicago to Atlanta, traversing the optical network using the Ciena CoreDirector, the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 4500 MSPP and Tellabs 7100 Optical Transport...

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NSN Debuts 24 Gbps Carrier Ethernet Edge Switch

Nokia Siemens Networks introduced a Carrier Ethernet switch designed to bring to the enterprise wide area network (WAN) the benefits of greater bandwidth Ethernet already provides to the LAN.The new A-series 2200, which offers 24 Gbps of total switching capacity, serves as a bridge between an existing TDM network and an Ethernet transport network. It can serve as an edge solution located at the customer premises or as an aggregation unit that gathers traffic from different customer networks. Due to its modular structure, the A-series 2200 could...

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Alcatel-Lucent and Deutsche Telekom Test "Smart Metering" for Utilities

Alcatel-Lucent and Deutsche Telekom have launched a web-based Smart Metering field trial in the city of Friedrichshafen, a town on the northern side of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in southern Germany.The local utility provider, Technische Werke Friedrichshafen, is piloting a Smart Metering "CleverZähler" service that gives consumers and utilities a near-real-time view of energy consumption for each connected household. About 1,000 smart meters for...

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Ovum: Optical Components Revenues Grew 5% sequentially in 2Q08

Optical components revenues grew 5% sequentially in 2Q08, up 23% compared with 2Q07, according to Ovum's quarterly report.This marks the fourth consecutive quarter of single-digit growth."Impressively, the market posted a 23% gain over the same period last year, in part because 2Q07 was hard-hit by inventory corrections," says Daryl Inniss, Ovum Practice Leader and author of the study.Some highlight of the report:Among the top ten suppliers, Opnext gained the most share on a quarterly basis, followed by Source Photonics and JDSU. Opnext's growth...

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