Devicescape Survey Finds a Willingness to Pay for Citywide Wi-Fi

An overwhelming number of Wi-Fi users expect Wi-Fi while on the road (91%) and there is a willingness to pay for it, especially if it is bundled as part of a 3G subscription, according to a survey of more than 2,700 Wi-Fi users conducted by Decipher, Inc. on behalf of Devicescape and other Wi-Fi leaders. Some other key findings of the"Devicescape Wi-Fi Report": showed: Most respondents want citywide Wi-Fi (84%) and, surprisingly, many are willing...

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Norwegian railway Awards 20-Year Deal to NSN

The Norwegian National Rail Administration (Jernbaneverket) awarded a 20-year support contract to Nokia Siemens Networks for the complete maintenance of the country's railway communications network. The contract which includes hardware services, spare-parts management, software support and upgrades will provide Norway's rail system with a high-performance, always-on communications system. It follows Nokia Siemens Networks' implementation of a new...

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mobilkom austria Picks Nortel and Kapsch CarrierCom

The mobilkom austria group, which serves nearly 15 million mobile customers in eight countries in Central and Eastern Europe., is using an enhanced network based on a IMS-ready Mobile Switching Center (MSC) solution supplied by Kapsch CarrierCom AG and Nortel. The companies have completed the first phase of the project in Austria and work has already begun on the Liechtenstein and Slovenia upgrades. Financial terms were not disclosed.Nortel said the enhanced mobilkom austria network meets the standards defined by the Third Generation Partnership...

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Nortel Ends Joint Agreement with Alvarion for Mobile WiMAX

Nortel will discontinue its mobile WiMAX business and end its joint agreement with Alvarion. The agreement, announced in June 2008, outlined the integration of Alvarion's advanced radio access network technology with Nortel's core network solutions, backhaul solutions, and global services. It also covered the resale by Nortel of the Alvarion platform of WiMAX access products.Nortel said its decision will allow it to narrow its focus, better manage...

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Verizon Wireless Stay Up Through Ice Storms in Ohio

Verizon Wireless noted that is network in Ohio continued to operate throughout last week's ice and snow storm thanks to permanent backup generators that have been installed at more than 90 percent of the company's cell sites across the state. The company invested more than $258 million in 2008 to enhance its digital network in Ohio, and $1.4 billion since the company was formed in the year 2000."In 2008, Verizon Wireless completed the installation...

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Western Digital Debuts 2TB Hard Drive

Western Digital (WD) introduced the world's first 2 terabyte (TB) hard drive. Based on the company's WD Caviar Green product family, the new 3.5-inch platform uses 500 GB/platter technology (with 400 Gb/in2 areal density) with 32 MB cache. In addition, the drive incorporates "StableTrac" technology, which secures the motor shaft at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking during read and write...

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Samsung Announces 4Gb DDR3 Memory Chip

Samsung Electronics Co. announced the world's first four gigabit (Gb) DDR3 DRAM chip, using 50 nanometer (nm) process technology. The 4Gb DDR3 can be produced in 16 gigabyte (GB) registered dual in-line memory modules (RDIMM) for servers, as well as 8GB unbuffered DIMM (UDIMM) for workstations and desktop PCs, and 8GB small outline DIMM (SODIMM) for laptops. By applying dual-die package technology, this new device can deliver modules of up to 32GB -- offering twice as much capacity as memory modules based on the previous highest chip density...

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Digital Britain Seeks Stimulus for the Digital Economy

The British government published a plan to boost the nation's digital economy by spurring investment in the telecom sector. The Interim Report outlines Britain's progress in building a digital market-place, while also setting priorities for industry engagement. A final Digital Britain Report is due before the summer. Currently, the UK's digital economy accounts for around 8% of GDP. The Digital Britain has five objectives:Upgrading and modernizing...

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Stanford University Researchers Develop Sub-atomic Scale Writing

Stanford University announced a breakthrough with the potential to vastly increase digital data storage. Researchers at the university demonstrated the ability to assemble subatomic sized bits as small as 0.3 nanometers, or roughly one third of a billionth of a meter. The team used a scanning tunneling microscope to drag single carbon monoxide molecules into a desired pattern on a copper chip the size of a fingernail.A two-dimensional "molecular holograms" were created not by using laser light as in a traditional hologram but by the electrons...

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AT&T Moves 5,000 Outsourced Jobs Back In-House

AT&T announced a milestone in its program to move some 5,000 high-tech jobs that had previously been outsourced back to the payrolls of AT&T's U.S. operating companies. The vast majority of the jobs had been placed offshore by contract vendors.AT&T said it has met its goal of bringing back on shore and in-house more than 3,000 jobs that previously had been outsourced by BellSouth outside the U.S., and it met its goal of completing this...

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Charter Launches 60 Mbps DOCSIS 3 Service in St. Louis

Charter Communications announced the launch of 60 Mbps Internet service in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Additional markets will follow. Nationwide, the ompany will soon boost its Charter High-Speed Internet Max from 16 Mbps to 20 Mbps. http://www.charter....

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RAD's Megaplex-4100 Aggregates Ethernet and Legacy over Fiber and Copper

RAD Data Communications introduced an all-in-one cross-generation platform for both legacy and next generation networks. Version 2.0 of the modular Megaplex-4100, the company's modular central site solution for its widely deployed Multiservice Access Platform (MAP) and copper and fiber Last Mile products, aggregates both next generation Ethernet services over legacy networks and legacy services over packet switched networks (PSNs). The Megaplex-4100...

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Broadcom Swings to Loss in Q4 2008

Broadcom reported Q4 net revenue of $1.127 billion, a decrease of 13.2% compared with the $1.298 billion reported for the third quarter of 2008 and an increase of 9.7% compared with the $1.027 billion reported for the fourth quarter of 2007. There was a Q4 net loss (GAAP) of $159.2 million, or $.32 net loss per share (basic and diluted), compared with GAAP net income of $164.9 million, or $.31 per share (diluted), for the third quarter of 2008, and GAAP net income of $90.3 million, or $.16 per share (diluted), for the fourth quarter of 2007. The...

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Infinera Reports Q4 Financials, New Contract with Greece's OCE

Infinera reported Q4 2008 revenue (GAA) of $99.3 million compared to $120.5 million in the third quarter of 2008 and $76.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. GAAP gross margins were 38% in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to 45% in the third quarter of 2008 and 36% in the fourth quarter of 2007. Infinera noted that its top 10 customers accounted for 72% of total revenue, the lowest concentration in the history of the company. The largest customer for the fourth quarter was an internet content provider at 23%. With the seven new customer...

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Deutsche Telekom Posts Growth Numbers for DSL, Mobiles

Despite slower growth, Deutsche Telekom continues to substantially increase its customer numbers in the DSL and mobile communications. The company credits its growth to special pricing, bundles and products, such as its Call&Surf all-in packages, the Max mobile flat rates or the community service MyFaves in the United States and products like Entertain, the Apple iPhone 3G or the Android-based T-Mobile G1, for its competitive differentiation....

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Dell'Oro: Rapid Rise in 40 Gbps Wavelength Shipments Despite Market

The total worldwide Optical Transport equipment revenue is forecasted to decline 9 percent in 2009 and resume growth in 2010, reaching $14.5 billion in 2013, according to a newly released Optical 5-year forecast report by Dell'Oro Group. Shipments of 40 Gbps wavelengths are forecast to grow at least 50 percent in each of the next five years and contribute nearly one-third of the capacity shipped in DWDM Long Haul systems by 2013. The report also indicates that shipments of 100 Gbps wavelengths are expected in late 2011."The economy of most major...

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ZTE and RadiSys Partner on Color Ring Back Tones

ZTE and RadiSys announced an integrated solution for color ring back tones that is already deployed and generating revenues for leading service providers in China. Color Ring Back Tone (CRBT) is a network-based service that plays a fragment of music, advertisement, or message predefined by the called party. When a caller makes a phone call to a called party with CRBT service, rather than hearing a generic ringing tone, the caller hears the personalized audio clip. CRBT services are similar to the popularity and appeal of today's downloadable ringtones...

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Ceragon Awarded a $3.5m Follow on Order in Indochina

Ceragon Networks announced follow-on orders for its advanced FibeAir all-indoor trunk solution from a leading mobile operator in one of Indochina's emerging markets. Contributing over $3.5 million in revenue in Q4, these orders follow previous successful deployment during 2008 and further expand the carrier's network.http://www.ceragon....

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Level 3 Vyxx to Deliver Broadcast Feeds for Super Bowl XLIII

Level 3 Communications' Vyxx division will provide live standard and high-definition (HD) television broadcast video services for Super Bowl XLIII to multiple major broadcasters. This is the 20th consecutive year that the National Football League (NFL) has relied on Level 3 Vyvx services to deliver the live event broadcast.For the Super Bowl, Level 3 Vyvx services will deliver a specialized solution that includes HD acquisition, encoding and transmission of the video broadcast signal from the game. In total, over 2,800 hours of video content will...

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EXFO Releases Integrated IMS-HSS Emulator

EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering released an integrated Home Subscriber Servers (HSS) emulator for Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks. The HSS, the master database in IMS architectures, plays a critical role in the authentication and authorization of subscribers. Without proper access to the HSS, subscribers cannot access network services, resulting in significant network downtime, customer churn and loss of revenue.EXFO's said its new hssFlex can wrap around an IMS network to provide end-to-end testing, or simply characterize...

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Verizon Business Wins GSA Contract Worth Up to $120.8 Million

Verizon Business will provide a range of local voice and data services to federal agencies in five Mid-Atlantic states under a new agreement, valued at as much as $120.8 million, with the U.S. General Services Administration. The agreement, known as the Mid-Atlantic Local Services Acquisition (LSA) contract, covers three years and four renewable option years. Under terms of the deal, the GSA and other federal agencies in the Mid-Atlantic region -- which covers Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia -- can immediately buy...

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PMC-Sierra Reports Q4 Revenue of $120.8 Million

PMC-Sierra reported Q4 2008 net revenue of $120.8 million, compared with $123.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2007 and $139.4 million reported in the third quarter of 2008. Revenues in the fourth quarter of 2008 declined two percent year over year and 13 percent sequentially. Net income was $13.7 million (GAAP diluted net income per share of $0.06). This compares with a GAAP net loss of $5.1 million (GAAP loss per share of $0.02) in the fourth quarter of 2007 and GAAP net income of $5.7 million (GAAP income per share of $0.03) in the third...

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Juniper Posts Preliminary Revenue of $923.5 Million, up 14% YoY

Juniper Networks reported preliminary net revenue for Q$ 2008 of $923.5 million, up 14% on a year-over-year basis. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2008, Juniper's revenue increased 26% on a year-over-year basis to $3.57 billion. Juniper posted GAAP net income of $132.5 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, and non-GAAP net income of $169.0 million, or $0.32 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2008. "Even in this tough economy, we managed to grow year-over-year quarterly revenue by 14% and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share by...

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Google Introduces Internet Measurement Lab

Google unveiled its Measurement Lab (M-Lab), an open platform that researchers can use to deploy Internet measurement tools. Over the course of early 2009, Google will provide researchers with 36 servers in 12 locations in the U.S. and Europe. All data collected via M-Lab will be made publicly available for other researchers to build on. Google said its M-Lab is intended to be a truly community-based effort. The idea for M-Lab was developed with...

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European Commission Drops Telecom Cases Against Five Countries

The European Commission closed five infringement proceedings against EU Member States (Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Cyprus) after they took steps at national level to correct the problems. The cases against Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia concerned the adoption of the single European emergency number (112), which has now become available in those countries. Thcase against Luxembourg concerned the reorganization of the Media and Communications...

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RadiSys and Enea Team on Managed ATCA Platform

RadiSys has teamed up with Enea, a supplier of network software, to offer a managed ATCA platform for telecom applications that provides configuration, monitoring, control and platform software upgrade capabilities. The solution, which is based on the Enea System Manager software and the RadiSys Promentum ATCA 10G platform, provides telecom equipment manufacturers with a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) platform offering. The companies estimate...

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Qualcomm Announces Revenues of $2.5 Billion, up 3% YoY, Down 19% Sequentially

Qualcomm reported quarterly revenue of $2.52 billion, up 3 percent year-over-year and down 25 percent sequentially. Operating income came in at $745 million, down 2 percent year-over-year and 44 percent sequentially. Net income was $341 million, down 56 percent year-over-year and 61percent sequentially. Diluted earnings per share were $0.20, down 57 percent year-over-year and 62 percent sequentially.Qualcomm noted that its revenues were at the high end of prior guidance and operating income exceeded prior guidance. However, net income and diluted...

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Extreme Networks Posts Net Revenue of $87.5 Million

Extreme Networks reported quarterly net revenue of $87.5 million, compared to $92.5 million in the year-ago quarter. Net income on a GAAP basis was $2.5 million or $0.03 per diluted share. That compares to the year-ago net income of $4.1 million or $0.04 per diluted share. Excluding stock-based compensation charges, non-GAAP net income for the second fiscal quarter of 2009 was $3.5 million or $0.04 per diluted share, which compares to non-GAAP net income of $5.5 million or $0.05 per diluted share in the year-ago quarter. For the second fiscal...

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Alcatel-Lucent to De-List Shares from Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Alcatel-Lucent has submitted an application for the delisting of its ordinary shares from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE). The company cited small trading volumes, in recent years, of Alcatel-Lucent shares on the FSE compared to the total trading volumes of Alcatel-Lucent shares globally. The company's shares will continue to trade on major stock exchanges such as Euronext Paris, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the London Stock Exchange.http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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Alcatel-Lucent and Institut TELECOM inaugurate Joint Laboratory

Alcatel-Lucent and the Institut TELECOM have inaugurated a joint research laboratory, the aim of which is to work on future applications for digital media sector. This virtual laboratory comprises 64 researchers enjoying international recognition in the engineering sciences (networks, service architecture, security, semantics mining, etc.) and the social and human sciences, including one third of young researchers (doctoral research students, engineers...

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BroadSoft's Xtended Delivers Voice 2.0 and Telephony Mashups

BroadSoft cited progress in the rollout of its Xtended framework, which brings together its carrier-grade BroadWorks voice applications with leading Web 2.0 solutions. Launched in March 2008, BroadSoft's Xtended program enables service providers to offer enhanced, productivity-improving applications that extend the value of their telephony service. Several service providers, including Alteva, SimpleSignal, Telesphere, Unity, and WorldxChange Communications,...

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NetXen Ramps up Production of Dual Port 10GbE and Quad Port 1GbE Adapters

NetXen announced high volume production of its new line of Dual Port 10GbE and Quad Port 1GbE adapters. The products, which are based on NetXen's third-generation Intelligent NIC silicon, support the PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 standard and are offered with various cabling options: the NX3-20GxR supports pluggable SFP+ modules for SR and LR optics, whereas the NX3-20GCU uses direct attach twinax copper cabling. The 10GbE adapters have a starting price...

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IntelliNet Unveils Femtocell Gateway

IntelliNet Technologies introduced a femtocell gateway which combines a femtocell access point controller with a carrier grade security gateway in an AdvancedTCA platform. The security gateway was acquired by IntelliNet in 2008 from Azaire Networks and has subsequently been enhanced and is being integrated with the access point controller.IntelliNet's platform provider network operators with the ability to manage thousands of femtocells simultaneously....

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Juniper Networks Names Lauren Flaherty as CMO

Juniper Networks announced the appointment of Lauren Flaherty to the position of executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Flaherty will oversee the full breadth of the company's global marketing activities, and will report directly to company CEO, Kevin Johnson. Most recently, she served as CMO of Nortel Networks from 2006--2008. Prior to Nortel, Flaherty spent 26 years at IBM in a variety of product marketing leadership positions including...

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Verizon Wireless Invested $6.5 Billion in Net Improvements in 2008

In 2008, Verizon Wireless invested $6.5 billion to enhance its nationwide digital network. The enhancements included building new and upgrading existing cell sites; adding new coverage areas and increasing capacity within existing coverage areas; and completing a high-speed wireless broadband network expansion. Since the company was formed in 2000, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $50 billion -- an average of $5.5 billion each year -- on improvements...

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Motorola Publishes Survey on Wireless Network Security

A new survey by Motorola's Enterprise Mobility business finds that 44 percent of the wireless devices used by retailers - such as laptops, mobile computers and barcode scanners - could be compromised. This significantly lower than results from the same retail shopping survey conducted in 2007 which showed security vulnerabilities in 85 percent of wireless devices.Survey research included a review of wireless data security at more than 4,000 stores in some of the world's busiest shopping cities including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles,...

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NTT Com to Launch Data Center & e-VLAN POP in Shanghai

NTT Communications and China Telecom Shanghai announced the opening of a joint Yuanqu Data Center in Shanghai on February 2. The facility will provide co-location, managed operation (monitoring, maintenance, security, etc.) and network, including NTT Com's Arcstar Global IP-VPN and Global e-VLAN services. Shanghai NTT Telecommunications Engineering Co., Ltd. will provide customer support in Japanese, Chinese and English on a 24/7 basis.NTT Com also...

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U.S. House Fails to Approve Delay in DTV Transition

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 258-168 in favor of delaying the mandatory transition to digital TV. However, the vote fell short of the two-thirds majority required to approve the measure on an expedited basis. Earlier in the week, the Senate voted to approve a DTV delay of four months. The deadline for the DTV switchover currently remains February 17, unless the issue is brought before the House for a second time and approved. The...

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AT&T Reports Robust Wireless Data Growth, but Slows U-verse Rollout in Some Markets

Citing robust wireless data growth, accelerated take-up of its U-verse TV service and double digit IP growth, AT&T reported Q4 revenues of $31.1 billion, net income of $2.4 billion and cash from operating activities of $10.9 billion. Full-year revenues totaled $124.0 billion, net income was $12.9 billion and cash from operating activities totaled $33.7 billion. However, the company is trimming its Capex forecast by 10% to 15% compared with 2008,...

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Global Connectivity Scorecard 2009 Measures Infrastructure + Usage

The key to improving the economic and productivity performance of every country in the world lies with the greater and better-focused use of Information and Communications Technology, according to the Connectivity Scorecard 2009, a unique study by Professor Leonard Waverman, Fellow of the London Business School, and commissioned by Nokia Siemens Networks.The study measured the extent to which governments, businesses and consumers in 50 countries...

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IBM Examines Social Networking Impact on Telecom Providers

Social Networks have become primary destinations for a rapidly expanding universe of online users to manage and enrich their digital lifestyles both personally and professionally. This rapid rise in traffic to social networking sites will have a major impact on telecom service providers, according to a new report from IBM on "The Changing Face of Communications." Social networking has moved beyond being a fad. In June 2008, unique monthly visitors...

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Cisco Unveils Nexus & Catalyst Products for Data Centers

Cisco unveiled a number of additions to its Nexus family of switches along with several enhancements to its Catalyst product line. These include:The new Cisco Nexus 7018 joins the Nexus 7000 Series with an 18-Slot Chassis that provides up to 16 I/O module slots supporting up to 512 10Gigabit Ethernet ports to meet the demands of the largest data center deployments. The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series supports end-to-end data center connectivity, consolidating...

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ADC Supplies Broadcast Gear for Super Bowl

ADC's connectivity broadcast gear has been deployed in Corplex Inc.'s mobile HD production units, which will support the upcoming Super Bowl in Tampa Florida this week. Specifically, ADC's ProPatch Miniature (PPM) System is deployed in Corplex's Iridium and Zinc HD mobile production vehicles.ADC also announced that its InterReach Fusion in-building cellular solution has been deployed at Tampa's 65,000-seat Raymond James Stadium to support mobile...

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Yankee Group Predicts $1 Trillion Global Connectivity Market by 2012

Despite the overall turmoil in the global economy, the Yankee Group predicts that consumer demand for broadband connectivity experiences will drive a $1 trillion market worldwide in the next five years. Specifically, Yankee Group analysts believe the emergence of the Anywhere Consumer -- a consumer who's able to connect to personalized, interactive content, communities and commerce at any time from anywhere -- will be among the most significant global trends in the next decade. Yankee Group data reveals:The 3.9 billion network connections worldwide...

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Barracuda Acquires Yosemite Technologies for Backup Software

Barracuda Networks, which supplies email and Web security appliances, has acquired Yosemite Technologies, a provider of data backup and disaster recovery solutions. Barracuda has incorporated the Yosemite Backup technology in its Barracuda Backup Service providing complete Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, and Microsoft Windows state backup at no additional charge.In addition to the immediate availability of Barracuda Backup Service with Yosemite Backup, Barracuda Networks has also acquired the full Yosemite Technologies product portfolio, including...

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France's RTE Deploys ECI Telecom's Broadgate Platform

RTE, the electrical transport utility in France, has selected ECI Telecom for a multi-million dollar project to transport mission-critical applications in the carrier's high-voltage power environment. Specifically, ECI's BroadGate platform will contribute to support the RTE's nationwide utility network, Europe's largest, addressing the carrier's unique requirements for high quality of service and carrier-class capabilities in the provisioning of...

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BigBand Delivers 1 GHz Capabilities in BEQ6000 Edge QAM

BigBand Network introduced new capabilities for its BEQ 6000 Edge QAM platform for deep digital transport services delivery. The enhanced edge QAM supports the delivery of switched video (SDV), video on demand (VOD), and broadcast services and can be rapidly deployed in virtually any network frequency range.The enhanced BEQ6000 RF Module covers the entire RF frequency range from 54 MHz to 1GHz, enabling service providers to quickly leverage their extended RF spectrum for SDV, VOD, and broadcast services. To ensure maximum flexibility, the enhanced...

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PMC-Sierra Supplies 6Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip for HP Smart Array

PMC-Sierra is supplying its PM8011 SRC 8x6G 6Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip (RoC) for the new high-performance Smart Array RAID controller cards from HP. The PMC-Sierra's SRC RoC enables the next-generation 6Gb/s SAS RAID platform to more than double the performance of existing RAID solutions. The device's RoCstar architecture efficiently interconnects all device subsystems, eliminating internal bottlenecks and resource contentions. PMC-Sierra said data center demands for higher computing power, networking bandwidth and support for virtualization applications...

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EMBARQ Selects Alcatel-Lucent for Multivendor Network Maintenance

EMBARQ has selected Alcatel-Lucent as the single point of contact for network maintenance, including Remote Technical Support (RTS) for most of EMBARQ's equipment across the company's 18-state serving area. Total implementation of the service should be completed in the first quarter of this year. Financial terms were not disclosed.Alcatel-Lucent's Multivendor Maintenance solution provides streamlined operations associated with managing different...

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Aricent Develops User Interface for Sprint

Aricent's global innovation arm frog design, along with its communications applications and mobile device practice, partnered closely with Sprint to integrate strategic planning, front-end design, software development and engineering into one concurrent end-to-end process that brought One Click to market in less than 10 months. The Brew-based interface provides a consistent user experience across a range of Sprint's consumer mobile phones.The customizable...

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CenturyTel and EMBARQ Shareholders Approve Merger

Shareholders of CenturyTel and EMBARQ approved all proposals related to the CenturyTel/EMBARQ merger.Combined, CenturyTel and EMBARQ will have an operating presence in 33 states, nearly eight million access lines, approximately two million broadband customers and more than 400,000 video subscribers, based on data as of Sept. 30, 2008. The merger, announced Oct. 27, 2008, is expected to close during the second quarter of 2009 after federal and state...

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Nokia to Acquire bit-side GmbH for Mobile Map Developers

Nokia has acquired bit-side GmbH, a privately owned Berlin-based professional services and software company with 39 employees. Nokia said the bit-side team will strengthen and accelerate its mobile development for Nokia Maps. http://www.nokia....

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Cisco and Dell to Partner on Data Center Solutions

Cisco and Dell have agreed to collaborate on next-generation data center infrastructure solutions. According to the agreement, Dell will add Cisco's Nexus 5020 switches that support both 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) to its Dell Power Edge server and Dell EqualLogic, PowerVault, and Dell/EMC storage solutions. The Cisco and Dell combined solutions offers a unified networking fabric that consolidates LAN, SAN and server cluster network environments into a single high speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric and supports protocols...

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Tellabs Posts Q4 Revenue of $408 Million, Down 13%

Tellabs reported Q4 2008 revenue of $408 million, down 13% from $469 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. For the year 2008, Tellabs revenue totaled $1.7 billion, down 10% from $1.9 billion in 2007. On a GAAP basis, Tellabs earned 3 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2008, up from 1 cent per share in the fourth quarter of 2007. GAAP earnings in the fourth quarter of 2008 were $13 million, up 103% from $6 million in the year-ago quarter. Fourth-quarter 2008 earnings were positively impacted by a tax benefit."Customers continued to choose...

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Cisco Debuts EnergyWise for Catalyst Switches

Cisco unveiled its EnergyWise technology for enabling Cisco Catalyst switches to play a key role in measuring, reporting and reducing electricity consumption across an entire organization, including IP-enabled devices such as phones, laptops and access points along with entire building systems such as lights, elevators, and air conditioning and heating.Cisco EnergyWise will roll out in three phases to improve IT and building system energy utilization:In...

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Bookham and Avanex to Merge

Bookham and Avanex, both leading suppliers of optical networking components, agreed to merge in an all- stock transaction. Avanex shareholders will receive 5.426 shares of Bookham common stock for every share of Avanex common stock and will own approximately 46.75% of the combined company.The combined company, which will offer an extensive portfolio of terminal and line products for the metro and long haul markets, will be led by Alain Couder who...

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Verizon Posts Strong Results, Q4 Revenue up 3.4%

Defying the general economic trends, Verizon Communications reported growing sales of broadband, wireless and strategic business services in the fourth quarter 2008. Strong customer and revenue growth contributed to 43 cents in diluted earnings per share (EPS) in the quarter, compared with 37 cents per share in the fourth quarter 2007. On an adjusted basis (non-GAAP), fourth-quarter 2008 EPS was 61 cents, compared with 62 cents in the fourth quarter...

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Sun Unveils its Latest Energy-Efficient Datacenter

Sun Microsystems opened its latest energy-efficient datacenter in Broomfield, Colorado. datacenter. The facility incorporates the latest in Sun's portfolio of energy-efficient systems and expertise, including new datacenter design and power and cooling technologies. Sun estimates it will save more than $1 million in electricity costs and 11,000 metric tons of CO2 per year in Broomfield, helping the company reduce its carbon footprint by 6 percent...

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Deutsche Telekom ICSS Launches CDN with Edgecast

Deutsche Telekom's international wholesale division (ICSS) is launching a content delivery network (CDN) service in partnership with EdgeCast Networks. The new service, which delivers both live and on-demand media, is targeted at premium video, audio and content publishers, gaming companies, advertisers or service or hosting provider."The combination of Deutsche Telekom's powerful global network and EdgeCast's cutting edge content delivery technology offers a tremendous value proposition to publishers" says James Segil, President of EdgeCast Networks,...

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Wintegra and PMC-Sierra Team on T1/E1 Transport over Carrier Ethernet

Wintegra introduced its first platform dedicated to Carrier Transport applications that include essential support for the emulation of up to 336 T1/E1 circuits with independent clock domains. Wintegra's new Multi-Service Access Platform includes PMC-Sierra's PM8310 TEMUX 336 framer solution plus its own UFE3 and WinPath2 access processor. The fast deployment of Carrier Ethernet and MPLS networks requires means of transporting SONET and SDH data using pseudo-wires. Wintegra said this can be achieved in two ways, either using one pseudo-wire for...

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T-Mobile USA Teams with Meru for FMC

T-Mobile USA is teaming up with Meru Networks to offer fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) to enterprise customers using unlicensed mobile access (UMA) technology. The solution lets users of T-Mobile GSM/GPRS devices roam between outdoor cellular infrastructures and indoor Wi-Fi networks without interruption to the call. T-Mobile has also joined Meru's WINS (Wireless Interoperability and Network Solutions) Partner Program, and the two companies have...

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ZyXEL Wins Powerline Contract with Chunghwa Telecom

ZyXEL Communications has won the procurement tender of Chunghwa Telecom's Digital Home project. Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) serves over 12.7 million fixed lines throughout Taiwan and connects 4.3 million broadband access customers. ZyXEL has been a frequent winner of CHT's Central Office and Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) tenders including a recent 480,000 port VDSL2 tender. Chunghwa Telecom's MOD (Media-on-Demand) is expected to reach 1.2 to 1.4 million users early next year -- surpassing its first million customers in 2008. Every MOD customer receives...

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Nigeria's ECAS Selects DragonWave for IP Backhaul

ECAS Telecommunications & Systems Ltd., which serves an array of leading network operators, service providers, enterprises, governments and state agencies in Nigeria, has selected DragonWave's the Horizon Compact for IP backhaul of WiMAX, 3.5G, Evolution Data Only (EVDO) and Long-Term Evolution (LTE) services in Nigeria. The Horizon Compact -- a single, 9-inch-square all outdoor unit integrating all traditional indoor and outdoor backhaul...

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