Limelight Networks Exceeds Two Terabit Per Second Global Capacity

Limelight Networks' global content delivery network has exceeded two terabits per second (Tbps) capacity. The company calculates that 2 Tbps is roughly the raw capacity required to deliver content to the equivalent of four Nielsen ratings points of audience. Even taking network overhead into account, this milestone means Limelight's capacity could support delivering broadcast-quality content to over two million simultaneous Internet users.Limelight's...

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Nokia Siemens Networks Inaugurates Chennai Facility

Nokia Siemens Networks inaugurated a new facility for the manufacture and distribution of mobile communications infrastructure at Oragadam near Chennai. NSN plans to invest INR 300 Crore (approximately US$70 million) over the next three years and to generate 400 new jobs.The new Oragadam facility will manufacture Nokia Siemens Networks mobile Base Station Controllers, Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi EDGE BTS, Microwave Radio and Access line-card products, as well as other telecom equipment. The first deliveries of Radio Access products manufactured...

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Acme Packet Cites Role in Nearly 100 IMS Projects

Acme Packet cited its involvement in nearly 100 IMS projects around the world. In part, the company noted:European deployments lead the way: European service providers account for 50% of Acme Packet's IMS projects, followed by 22% in Asia-Pacific, 15% in Central & South America and 13% in North America. Interoperability with all major IMS vendors proven: Acme Packet SBCs are deployed with IMS core infrastructure (e.g., S/I-CSCF, HSS, application servers, etc.) provided by eight different major communications equipment vendors. Wireline service...

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Harmonic Supplies Transcoding for 3 Italia Mobile TV

Harmonic's Rhozet Carbon Coder video transcoding solution has been selected by 3 Italia as part of its cross-media strategy, designed to deliver mobile TV over its DVB-H network. Harmonic said its solution was chosen to provide media transcoding due to its extensive format support, the high quality of its format output, as well as its transcoding speed and automated features. Financial terms were not disclosed.In 2006, 3 Italia was the world's first mobile operator to offer a DVB-H mobile TV service. Since the service launch, 3 Italia's DVB-H...

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PMC-Sierra Posts Q3 Revenue of $139.4 Million, up 19% YoY

PMC-Sierra,reported Q3 2008 revenue of $139.4 million, an increase of 19% compared with net revenues in the third quarter of 2007 of $117.5 million. The company reported net revenues of $139.8 million in the second quarter of 2008.Net income in the third quarter of 2008 on a GAAP basis was $16.2 million (GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.07) compared with a GAAP net loss in the third quarter of 2007 of $5.9 million (GAAP net loss per share of $0.03). "In the third quarter, we experienced solid growth in our WAN infrastructure business primarily...

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Cisco Launches Global Talent Acceleration Program in Bangalore

Cisco has launched a Global Talent Acceleration Program in Bangalore aimed at creating local engineering and sales talent in India and other emerging countries. India is the third country to be selected for the Cisco GTAP initiative, following the establishment of facilities in Amman, Jordan, and Johannesburg, South Africa.Through the GTAP in India, Cisco plans to train Indian engineering students at the CCIE level, the highest stage professional certification offered by Cisco. Cisco Learning Solutions Partners, Datacraft, Fast Lane Global Knowledge,...

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Maxim Acquires Mobilygen for H.264 Silicon

Maxim Integrated Products agreed to acquire Mobilygen, a privately held, fabless semiconductor company specializes in H.264 video compression, for an undisclosed sum. Maxim said the acquisition will position it to become a key supplier to the $2B video security semiconductor market.Mobilygen' MG3500 family of H.264 Codecs provide High Definition (HD) or Multi-Channel SD encoding, HD or Multi-Channel SD decoding in System On Chip (SOC) solutions. The MG1264 coprocessor provides a low power solution for Standard Definition (SD) encoding, decoding...

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Ceragon Confirms Q3 Guidance for 30% YoY Growth

Ceragon Networks, a supplier of Ethernet and TDM wireless backhaul solutions, confirmed its Q3 2008 financial guidance.Ceragon expects revenues for the third quarter of 2008 to be approximately $58 million, an increase of about 30% from Q3 of 2007 and in-line with the company's previous guidance.Gross margin is expected to dip to approximately 31% to 32% in Q3, primarily as a result of a spike in OEM-related revenues to about 43% of total revenues, compared with 31% of total revenues in Q2, as well as a less favorable geographic mix. Gross margin...

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Verizon Adds Interactive Features for FiOS TV in NY

Verizon introduced a number of interactive features for FiOS TV service in New York. These include:Streaming of Recorded HD Video -- Verizon's Home Media DVR now allows customers to stream recorded high-definition (HD) programs to six other TV sets throughout the home equipped with HD set-top boxes. The feature, which has been available for standard-definition programming,includes the ability to watch three separately recorded shows on three sets...

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Nokia Posts Q3 Sales Decline, Mobile Shipments Rise

Nokia's third quarter 2008 net sales decreased 5% to EUR 12.2 billion, compared with EUR 12.9 billion in thethird quarter 2007. At constant currency, group net sales would have increased 1% year on year anddecreased 7% sequentially. The company said despite the global economic condition, it was able to achieve solid margins and operating cash flow of EUR 1.3 billion for Q3 because of its scale and low-cost structure. Some highlights of the report:Nokia...

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