Qwest Wins Veterans Affairs (VA) VPN Contract

Qwest Communications was awarded a $60 million contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to serve as its contractor for the delivery of voice and data services connecting the VA's headquarters in Washington, D.C., and nearly 1,300 hospitals, regional offices and other facilities across the nation. Qwest will deliver the services under the federal Networx Universal contract, which is part of Networx, the largest government communications procurement program in the world. Also, the VA is permitted to order additional voice and data...

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AT&T Reports Gains with iPhones, Wireless Data, U-verse

AT&T reported solid financial results for Q3 driven by strong wireless gains and stable trends in business services, including continued double-digit IP data growth and a major turnaround in wholesale revenue growth. The performance was led by the Apple iPhone 3G -- which was launched on July 11 -- with a total of 2.4 million activations in the quarter, approximately 40 percent of them to new wireless AT&T customers. AT&T's earnings...

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Verizon Business Expands Carrier Ethernet with 10 GigE

Verizon Business is expanding its Carrier Ethernet service portfolio with a standardized 10 GigE offering for its Metro Ethernet service in the U.S. Previously, 10 GigE speed -- the fastest commercially available -- had been available from Verizon Business only on a customized basis. The company now offers 10 GigE for Ethernet LAN Service (E-LAN) and Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) to customers in Verizon's sprawling U.S. footprint in 100 metro...

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Telefonica and Boingo Sign Wi-Fi Access Deal

Boingo Wireless and Telefónica announced a Wi-Fi roaming agreement. The deal gives Boingo members access to nearly 2,600 incremental hotspots in Spain and elsewhere. Additionally, Telefónica customers will be able to login to 7,000 Boingo hotspots throughout the world, including more than 20 of the top airports in North America.Telefónica operates the largest roaming network in Spain with close to 2,200 hotspots. Telefónica Spain is the first affiliate...

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Rackspace Acquires Two Start-ups in the Cloud Hosting Space

Rackspace Hosting announced its entrance into the cloud hosting space through the acquisition of two start-ups -- Slicehost and Jungle Disk. The purchase price of the combined acquisitions is approximately $11.5 million payable in cash and stock, with the potential for up to $16.5 million in additional payouts of cash and stock based on certain performance criteria.Slicehost is a leader in Xen-based virtual machine hosting with more than 15,000...

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ADC Trims Financial Guidance, Product Lines, Workforce

ADC updated its financial guidance and unveiled plans to realign its business operations with areas of strategic focus in light of "the uncertainties presented by the current macroeconomic environment. "ADC currently expects sales from continuing operations for fiscal year 2008 to be in the range of $1.470-$1.495 billion. Previous annual guidance provided on Sept. 4, 2008 reflected ADC's earlier expectation that fiscal 2008 sales would be in the range of $1.500-$1.520 billion. ADC now expects to have 11%-13% year-over-year sales growth for fiscal...

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Equinix Plans Construction of New Data Centers in London, Singapore

Equinix announced plans to build a new 300,000 square foot data center in London and a new 110,000 square foot data center in Singapore. The expansions come at a time when demand in the London and Singapore markets continues to outpace supply, providing a favorable pricing environment, and as businesses are increasingly challenged to meet the growing power requirements of their IT operations. The company said the expansion plan is fully funded.The site selected for the London expansion (LD5), located in the suburb of Slough, will augment Equinix's...

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Comcast Begins Rollout of 50 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 Service

Comcast announced the launch of DOCSIS 3.0 "wideband" Internet access service in New England, including the Extreme 50 tier at up to 50 Mbps. In the next few weeks, the service will be rolled out to homes and businesses in parts of New England, including the Boston Metropolitan region and Southern New Hampshire, as well as areas of Philadelphia and New Jersey. These services also will be available in the Twin Cities where wideband was launched...

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Equinix Posts Q3 Revenues to $183.7 million, up 77% YoY

Equinix, which operates network-neutral data centers, reported Q3 revenues of $183.7 million, a 7% increase over the previous quarter and a 77% increase over the same quarter last year, which includes an approximate negative $2.5 million impact as a result of a strengthening U.S. dollar during the quarter. Recurring revenues, consisting primarily of colocation, interconnection and managed services, were $173.5 million, a 6% increase over the prior quarter and a 75% increase over the same quarter last year. Non-recurring revenues were $10.2 million...

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Motorola Offer NBBS Management for its IPTV Set-Tops

Motorola introduced an NBBS device management system for its IPTV set-tops. Motorola NBBS is a scaleable, carrier-grade software platform that enables operators to remotely access, configure, monitor and troubleshoot a full portfolio of consumer devices, home networks and services. These include gateways, modems, webcams and now IP set-tops - namely, the VIP set-top series, adding more flexibility for service providers. The NBBS platform supports multiple protocols such as TR-069, telnet and HTTP management interfaces for seamless integration...

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Honda Demonstrates Motorcycle 2 CAR Communication

Honda demonstrated a motorcycle-to-car communication system that could be used to transmit positioning warnings to nearby vehicles as the rider approaches an intersection or if the vehicles are headed along a collision path. The system was demonstrated as part of the CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium event taking place at the Opel Test Track in Dudenhofen, Germany, from 22-23 October 2008.Honda's ad hoc wireless networking system generates warnings...

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AT&T Highlights Q3 Updates to its Business Services

During the third quarter 2008, AT&T made the following updates to its portfolio of services for business customers.Enterprise Mobility, Device Protection & Control -- AT&T introduced an over-the-air solution that allows customers to configure, monitor and enhance the security of AT&T smartphones through a single, hosted Web console. Device Protection & Control allows company telecom managers to install software, configure devices,...

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