Telefónica to Incorporate Facebook into Mobile Portals

Telefónica announced a deal to integrate access to Facebook's mobile service and applications from all of Telefónica's mobile portals. This agreement will expand the current relationship between the companies in the UK into a worldwide agreement.Facebook claims more than 100 million registered users. This agreement will enable Telefónica's more than 171 million mobile subscribers to stay in touch with their friends on Facebook and take part in one or more social networks, depending on their work, academic, or leisure interests, at any time and...

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Cisco Releases IP Wireless Surveillance Camera

Cisco released its latest IP camera, the Linksys by Cisco Wireless-G PTZ (Pan, Tilt and Zoom) Internet Camera with Audio (WVC210). It features video monitoring software and is designed for business and security applications. The wireless camera mounts on a desktop or wall-mount, allowing small business owners to monitor and protect their premises remotely with live streaming video and two-way audio, and receive real-time email alerts when motion...

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Deltacom Deploys Additional Infinera Platforms

ITC^DeltaCom announced a $20 million network upgrade initiative to begin in 2008 and be completed in 2009. The upgrade will involve the deployment of additional Infinera DTN optical networking systems in key markets across North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Georgia to enable high capacity DWDM services with speeds up to 10Gbps. SONET equipment will also be added to deliver service capabilities ranging from DS-3 to OC-192. Additionally, Deltacom will build out a number of metro markets, bringing on-net services closer to its customer...

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Eutelsat Prepares for Launch of HOT BIRD 9 and W2M Satellites

Arianespace confirmed the upcoming launch of Eutelsat's HOT BIRD 9 and W2M satellites during the last week of November 2008. Construction of HOT BIRD 9 was completed in July by EADS Astrium and the satellite arrived in Kourou from Toulouse on September 16 to be prepared for launch. Designed for consumer broadcasting to satellite and cable homes across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, the high-power Ku-band HOT BIRD 9 satellite, equipped...

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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Denies EchoStar's Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal by EchoStar Communications to review the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit unanimous ruling that upheld the District Court judgment of willful patent infringement, full award of damages, and a permanent injunction against EchoStar's infringing DVR products. TiVo said it expects an expeditious receipt of damages awarded by the District Court covering the period through September 8, 2006 and remains...

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Verizon Adds 77 New Channels to FiOS TV Lineup

Verizon has added a total of 77 new channels, including 57 additional high-definition (HD) channels, to its FiOS TV line-up in Texas. FiOS TV customers in the area now have more than 780 HD choices available at any time, with 87 HD channels and more than 700 HD video-on-demand (VOD) titles offered each month.Verizon is also offering a year's free use of either an HD DVR (digital video recorder) or an HD Home Media DVR to consumers who sign up for FiOS TV by October 31. With Verizon's unique Home Media DVR, customers can use one DVR to record programming...

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Equinix Adds Data Center in Paris

Equinix has signed a long-term lease for a 116,800 square foot property in Paris adjacent to one of the company's existing Internet Business Exchange (IBX) data centers in the Saint-Denis region. The new property, which will become Equinix's third data center in the Paris market, will have capacity for two phases, the first of which is expected to open in Q2 2009 with a total capital investment of approximately $30 - $35 million.http://www.equinix....

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Tiscali Expand its Network to Over 100 Gbps with Hibernia

Tiscali International Network (TINet), a global carrier dedicated exclusively to the wholesale IP-MPLS market, has chosen Hibernia Atlantic to deliver numerous 10 Gbps wavelengths of capacity to and from Montreal, Dublin, London, Frankfurt, New York City, Ashburn, Chicago and other major metro areas across North America and Europe. The companies said this mammoth increase in capacity reflects wholesale customers' growing needs to deploy IP-based,...

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Convergys Acquires Ceon for BSS/OSS

Convergys has acquired Ceon Corporation, an which specializes in product lifecycle management and multi-play fulfillment software for communications service providers, for an undisclosed sum. Ceon, a privately held company founded in 1999, maintains a principal office in Redwood City, California, with satellite offices in France and the UK. Last January, Convergys and Ceon announced a strategic alliance for which Convergys issued convertible debt...

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Ixia Tests Energy Efficiency of D-Link's Switch

Andorra--based Broadband-Testing Labs has used Ixia's IxGreen Proof-of-Concept testing solution to determine the energy efficiency of layer 2, IP network switches from D-Link.The energy-efficiency tests performed by Broadband-Testing Labs involved D-Link's line of Enterprise-level 24-port, X-Stack DGT-3627, DGT-3426 Layer 2/3 Gigabit Ethernet switches and the "Web Smart" 24-port, layer-2 DGT-1224T Gigabit Ethernet switch from D-Link's "Green Ethernet" range. Testing was conducted at Ixia's test labs in Marlow, U.K.The maximum power consumption...

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Taiwan Looks to Innovation and Investment to Weather Financial Storm

"Taiwan is back in the game," said the recently inaugurated President Ma Ying-jeou, speaking at the 2008 Taiwan Business Alliance Conference in Taipei. After decades of strong economic growth, especially in the electronics sector, Taiwan was hit hard by the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997. This was followed by years of confrontational politics with mainland China under the previous government, said President Ma, which led to lost opportunities while...

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ECI Supplies 9000 CESR and XDM Platforms in Caribbean

Triton Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cobian International Group Inc., has selected ECI Telecom's 9000 Carrier Ethernet Switch Router (CESR) family and the XDM Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP) for a multi-million dollar network project spanning the distance of Florida, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. This network is the first in the region to use submarine cable based on a native 10 G system, supporting up to 40G per channel, and significantly improving bandwidth capacity and service delivery to customers. In addition...

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FCC Grants Spectrum License Extensions and Renewals to FiberTower

FiberTower announced that all of its Area-Wide licenses in the 38.6 to 40.0 GHz spectrum bands received either renewals for another 10 years or construction extensions until June 1, 2012 from the FCC. These 566 licenses, coupled with 103 licenses for 24 GHz spectrum, allow FiberTower's hybrid microwave/fiber network to extend over virtually the entire continental U.S. covering 284 million people."We are extremely pleased by the FCC's action as it...

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Verizon Business Adds IP Termination Capability

Verizon Business is adding an IP termination service to its switchless-termination and dedicated-termination toll free services, which use traditional telephony technology.This service comes with new online features -- via Verizon's wholesale Web portal, Portfolio -- that allow access to electronic order-entry systems, call-detail records and online bill presentation.With these enhancements to Advanced Toll Free service also come new rating options: Access-Based Billing and Operating Company Number (OCN)-Based Billing. OCN rates are based on the...

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Verizon Says 100G Trial with Nortel Demonstrates Commercial-Quality

Commenting on a recent trial of Nortel's 100 Gbps in its network, Verizon said the optical transmission technology performed with better tolerance for signal distortion than typically found in today's standard wavelength of 10G. Transporting data over 73 kilometers of field fiber in northeastern Texas at a 92 Gbps rate, the recent trial demonstrated twice the tolerance for signal distortion when compared with today's standard 10G signal. The Nortel Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 convergence platform equipped with 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine...

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NSN Wins Expansion Project with Teletalk Bangladesh

Nokia Siemens Networks has won a contract with Teletalk Bangladesh to will enhance the carrier's existing network coverage. Specifically, Nokia Siemens Networks will build out capacity for Teletalk with the modernization of its core network, including mobile softswitching, packet core, and Home Location Register (HLR). The Release 4 architecture of the MSC Server softswitching will enable Teletalk to accelerate the deployment of new, converged wireless services, while optimizing costs. This marks the first supply deal in Bangladesh for the Nokia...

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NTT Com Buys APTT for Hong Kong Data Center

NTT Com Asia Ltd. has acquired APT Satellite Telecommunications Limited (APTT) in Hong Kong, aiming to expand the company's Tai Po Data Center, one of the largest in Hong Kong. NTT Com Asia purchased APTT for approximately HK$161 million from its former owners Skywork Corporation (55%) and Singasat Pte Limited (45%).The NTT Com Group has been offering data center services in Hong Kong since 2001, with dedicated leased space from the Tai Po Data...

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