Lightower Selects Juniper for IP/MPLS

Lightower Fiber Networks, a leading digital fiber network and broadband service provider in the northeast United States, has expanded its network with Juniper Networks MX Series Ethernet Services Routers. Based on lab tests performed in conjunction with Juniper, Lightower estimates that the use of optimized IP/MPLS in its Carrier Ethernet networks will provide transit times measurably faster than other approaches such as pure Layer 2, while also providing superior traffic management and resiliency. Fast transit times, recovery and high availability...

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Korea's Hyosung ITX Deploys Juniper Ethernet Services Router

Hyosung ITX, a major Korean business solution provider, has deployed Juniper Networks' MX Series Ethernet Services Routers to support its content deliver network (CDN), enables the streaming of high-quality video, smooth downloads for online games and maintenance software, and the caching of other high-bandwidth content. To manage content effectively, Hyosung ITX operates six server farms nationwide and employs data mirroring techniques to route data via the fastest and most reliable path from server to user. The network is using Juniper's MX960...

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Ceragon Posts Q1 Revenues of $43.9 Million, Down 7%

Ceragon Networks, a supplier of high-capacity LTE ready wireless backhaul solutions, reported Q1 2009 revenues of $43.9 million, down 7% from $47.2 million for the first quarter of 2008 and down 23% from $56.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2008. Net income (GAAP) was $0.2 million or $0.01 per basic and diluted share, compared to net income of $4.3 million in the first quarter of 2008, or $0.12 per basic share and $0.11 per diluted share."Underlying long term growth drivers remain in place and we are encouraged by improving demand from expansion...

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Tellme to Provide "One Button" Voice Access in Windows Mobile 6.5

Microsoft's Tellme service will provide "one-button" access for Windows Mobile 6.5 phones due out this fall. The new service puts many of the most popular phone functions behind a single button. Windows phone users just press the side button of their phone to do the following: Send a text by saying "text" to open a text box, then speak the text message and say "send" to send it to anyone in their contact listInitiate a call simply by saying "call" and then the name of anyone in their contact list Search the Web with Microsoft Live Search by speaking...

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Microsoft's Tellme Advances its Voice-in-the-Cloud Platform

Microsoft's Tellme group announced three core speech and network innovations that advance its platform for cloud-based voice services. These advancements include the rollout of a VoIP carrier service that reduces customer transport costs, advanced speech services that improve automation of customer service calls, and a new "voice font" technology that delivers a more natural text-to-speech experience. Because Tellme operates as an on-demand service,...

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QLogic Acquires NetXen for 10GigE Datacenter Silicon

QLogic, a supplier of high performance network infrastructure, has acquired NetXen, a start-up specializing in 10 Gigabit Ethernet networking chips for enterprise datacenters for approximately $21 million in cash.QLogic said the deal provides it with complementary networking products and intellectual property. The acquisition further expands QLogic's expertise in strategic areas of technology and enables the company to better address a wider range of emerging customer requirements for converged networks. http://www.qlogic.com http://www.netxen...

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NetLogic to Acquire IDT's Search Engine Assets

NetLogic Microsystems agreed to acquire certain assets associated with Integrated Device Technology Inc.'s (IDT) network search engine products for $90 million, plus the costs of inventory on hand. The acquisition includes IDT's search accelerator, network search engine and route accelerator product families and related patents and intellectual property. NetLogic said these products and technologies will complement and further expand its existing portfolio of knowledge-based processors, NETLite processors and network search engines, and will...

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Agilent Teams with Datang on TD-SCDMA

Agilent Technologies and Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Holdings agreed to collaborate in the development of TD-SCDMA and related technologies in the test and measurement areas. As the initiator of the TD-SCDMA 3G mobile communication international standard, the owner of core patents, the driver of industry development and the leader of equipment market, Datang Holdings plays a key role in the creation and global deployment of TD-SCDMA and TD LTE. Agilent and Datang Holdings will work together to support the TD-SCDMA. http://www.agilent.com...

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Acme Packet Acquires Covergence for Software SBCs

Acme Packet has acquired privately-held Covergence, a supplier of software-based session border controllers (SBCs), for approximately $22.8 million, consisting of approximately $22.2 million of Acme Packet common stock and an aggregate of $0.6 million in cash payments to stockholders of Covergence and tax withholding payments. Covergence, which is based in Maynard, Massachusetts, supplies SBC functionality as hardened Unix-based software for Intel x86-class servers. Applications include VoIP/IP telephony, Unified Communications and Service-Oriented...

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Comcast's Revenue Grows 5% in Q1, All-Digital Transition Underway

Citing customer upgrades to digital and advanced video services as well as continued growth in high-speed Internet (HSI),Comcast's revenue from its cable operations increased 5% to $8.3 billion for the first quarter of 2009 as compared to $7.9 billion in the first quarter of 2008. The gains were partially offset by video customer losses and lower advertising revenue. The monthly average total revenue per video customer increased 8% from $106.70...

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Motorola Posts Q1 Sales of $5.4 billion

Motorola reports Q1 2009 sales of $5.4 billion. The total GAAP net loss in the first quarter of 2009 was $231 million, or $0.10 per share, which includes net income of $0.03 per share from discontinued operations. The GAAP net loss from continuing operations was $291 million, or $0.13 per share. The GAAP net loss from continuing operations includes net charges of $0.05 per share from highlighted items, primarily related to cost-reduction initiatives.Some highlights from the quarterly report:Mobile Devices segment sales were $1.8 billion, down...

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Equinix Opens Development Center in Singapore

Equinix announced the opening of a new global IT development center in Singapore. The facility will provide dedicated global application development support, database management and technical support services to all Equinix business units globally. http://www.equinix....

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Verizon Enhances its Internet Security Suite

Verizon has enhanced its Internet Security Suite (VISS) for broadband subscribers with new Wi-Fi security capabilities. The VISS, which uses Radialpoint's ISP-delivered security and support technology, is available to Verizon FiOS Internet and Verizon High Speed Internet customers, as well as other broadband users.The new Wi-Fi Security feature helps protect subscribers from hackers, eavesdroppers and other security threats associated with unsecured...

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IBM Unveils Cloudburst Appliance

IBM introduced two new products to extend its service-oriented architecture (SOA) into a cloud services environment. These new offerings enable clients to easily create application environments that can be deployed and managed in a "private cloud". The goal is to combine the flexibility of SOA with the adaptability of the cloud. The new products include:IBM WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance -- a new hardware appliance that provides access to software...

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Obama Nominates Clyburn for FCC Commissioner

President Obama nominated Mignon L. Clyburn to serve as one of the five FCC Commissioners.Since 1998, Mignon Clyburn has been a member of South Carolina's Public Service Commission, which regulates the state's investor owned public utilities, including providers of telecommunications services. The South Carolina General Assembly elected Clyburn as a Commissioner representing the Sixth Congressional District in May of 1998, and she has been re-elected three times. She chaired the Commission from 2002 to 2004. Clyburn is a past chair of the Southeastern...

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One Minute Video: Test Authoring

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Defense Department's JITC Certifies Alcatel-Lucent's IP Routers

The U.S. Department of Defense's Joint Interoperability Test Command has certified the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 and 7710 Service Routers. The equipment will be added to the IPv6 Approved Products List. http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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IBM Global Finance Arranges up to $2 Billion to Support Stimulus

In a bid to support the rollout smart technology solutions tied to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), IBM Global Financing is making up to $2 billion available to finance IT initiatives in key economic stimulus areas. The move will help US organizations move ahead with IT projects that could improve their infrastructure or competitive edge and point them in the direction of economic recovery. IBM noted that its consulting and technology business units are active in some of the key stimulus areas identified in the Act -- including...

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Integrated Device Technology and Tundra Sign Merger Agreement

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) and Tundra Semiconductor signed a definitive acquisition agreement under which IDT will acquire Tundra for CDN$6.25 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately CDN$120.8 million.Gennum, which had made an earlier offer to acquire Tundra, declined to match the IDT bid."IDT is excited about the proposed acquisition of Tundra. We look forward to better serving our customers by utilizing the Tundra core strengths in serial switching and bridging using PCI Express, RapidIO and VME, with the existing...

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Airtel Picks Alcatel-Lucent for Managed Services, Tops 96 Million Mobiles

Bharti Airtel and Alcatel-Lucent have formed a joint venture to manage Bharti Airtel's pan-India broadband and telephone services and help Airtel's transition to next generation networks. A new legal entity is being formed which will be operated by Alcatel-Lucent. Under the joint venture, Alcatel-Lucent will design, plan, deploy, optimize and manage Bharti Airtel's broadband and telephone network across India. This managed services partnership...

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Ericsson Sees Limited Impact from Global Downturn, Sales up 5%

Ericsson's ales in Q1 2009 increased 12% year-over-year and 16% for comparable units, i.e. excluding Ericsson Mobile Platforms and PBX operations. Excluding currency exchange rate effects, growth amounted to 5% for comparable units. "We have started the year with good growth ahead of the market and a positive margin trend but with a weaker cash flow," said Carl-Henric Svanberg, President and CEO of Ericsson. "Sales of network infrastructure are...

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TeliaSonera International Carrier Selects Infinera for US Network

TeliaSonera International Carrier, one of the leading pan-European wholesale providers of quality cross-border IP, voice and wholesale services, has selected Infinera to build a new nationwide network in the United States. Financial terms were not disclosed. TeliaSonera International Carrier offers services on more than 43,000 kilometers (27,000 miles) of its own fiber optic network throughout the world. The carrier is upgrading its nationwide US network by deploying the Infinera DTN in order to support its vision of becoming "the global IP...

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AMCC Licenses Elliptic's 3G Security

AppliedMicro (AMCC) has licensed Elliptic's SNOW 3G security engine in support of AppliedMicro customers implementing 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution) base stations. AMCC's Power Architecture family of processors is targeted at mobile base stations for the 3GPP LTE standard. The engine supports a high bandwidth SNOW 3G cryptographic core required by the new standard as well as direct memory access (DMA) capability. This DMA feature allows the security engine to act as a co-processor to the PowerPC processor and it can take full control of the system...

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Quantenna Raises $14 Million for its 4X4 MIMO 802.11n Chipsets

Quantenna Communications, a start-up based in Fremont, California, raised $13.85 million in Series C funding for its 4X4 MIMO 802.11n chipsets designed for next gen home networking applications. Quantenna leverages dynamic digital beamforming to deliver very high-speed wireless coverage throughout the whole home for sharing high definition (HD) video and multimedia content between home gateways and TVs. Quantenna's silicon is targeted at devices...

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Qwest's Revenue Declines 7% YoY as Wireless Transition Gets Underway

Qwest Communications reported Q1 revenue in the quarter was $3.2 billion, a decline of 7 percent compared to $3.4 billion in the first quarter of 2008 and a decline of 4 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2008. In the quarter, net income was $206 million, an increase of 37 percent compared to $150 million for the first quarter of 2008. Earnings per share for the quarter were 12 cents, a 50 percent increase from the first quarter of 2008....

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LSI Posts Q1 Revenue of $482 Million, Down 27% YoY

LSI's first quarter 2009 revenues were $482 million, a 27% decrease year-over-year compared to $661 million reported in the first quarter of 2008, and down 21% sequentially compared to $610 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2008. First quarter 2009 GAAP net loss was $104 million or 16 cents per share, compared to first quarter 2008 GAAP net loss of $14 million or 2 cents per share. First quarter 2009 GAAP results compare to fourth quarter 2008 GAAP net loss of $606 million or 94 cents per share. First quarter 2009 GAAP net loss included...

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Extreme's BlackDiamond Ethernet Switches Gain RUS Certification

Extreme Networks' Ethernet solutions, including its BlackDiamond Ethernet transport switches and certain Summit Series Ethernet switches, are now listed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Telecommunications Program as acceptable for deployment by companies using USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) funding to build networks. http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/index.htmhttp://www.extremenetworks....

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Wisconsin's Vernon Telephone Deploys Extreme Carrier Ethernet Switches

Vernon Telephone Cooperative, an independent local exchange carrier servicing customers in southwestern Wisconsin, has selected Extreme Networks' Carrier Ethernet solutions, including its recently announced BlackDiamond 20808, to deliver Triple Play services to its 7,000 customers in nine rural communities. Specifically, Extreme Networks has provided Vernon Telephone Cooperative with BlackDiamond 20808 metro Ethernet transport switches for the core, as well as Summit X450 aggregation switches for the edge. Financial terms were not disclosed.h...

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CP Technologies Releases Portable 3G Wireless Router

CP Technologies introduced a portable 3G wireless router that lets the user share a UMTS, EV-DO, or HSDPA network with any Wi-Fi enabled device. The LevelOne MobileSpot Portable Wireless Hotspot (WBR-3800) provides CardBus slot for inserting a compatible broadband wireless data card. The Mac and PC compatible MobileSpot is 802.11b and 802.11g compliant and offers enhanced security features including WPA, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK authentication with TKIP/AES...

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China Mobile Takes Stake in Taiwan's Far EasTone

China Mobile will acquire a 12% equity stake in Taiwan-based Far EasTone Telecommunications Co.. Specifically, China Mobile will acquire 444,341,020 new shares of Far EasTone, representing 12% of its enlarged issued share capital, for approximately NT$17.77 bn (approximately HK$4.08 bn) in total or NT$40.00 (approximately HK$9.17) per share. China Mobile and Far EasTone also agreed to cooperate closely in a number of areas, including procurement,...

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Sees 3.6% Revenue Decline

Citing the global economic condition and the increasing market competition, Chunghwa Telecom reported that total revenue for the first quarter of 2009 decreased by 3.6% year-over-year to NT$49.1 billion, of which 26.7% was from fixed-line services, 35.8% was from mobile services, 25.4% was from Internet and data services, and the remainder was mainly from handset sales from Chunghwa's subsidiary SENAO on a consolidated basis.For the mobile business,...

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ARRIS Reports Q1 Revenue of $254 Million

ARRIS expects Q1 2009 revenues of $253.5 million as compared to first quarter 2008 revenues of $273.5 million and as compared to fourth quarter 2008 revenues of $292.4 million. Non-GAAP net income in the first quarter 2009 was $0.18 per diluted share, as compared to the first quarter 2008 of $0.12 per diluted share and the fourth quarter 2008 of $0.25 per diluted share.Order backlog at the end of the first quarter 2009 was $155.0 million and the Company's book to bill ratio in the first quarter was approximately 1.16. This amount compares to order...

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Ixia Offers Testing for Virtualized Data Centers

Ixia announced its expansion into virtual network and virtualization testing. Legacy network resources are straight-forward to isolate, balance and test. However, new virtual infrastructure makes it extremely challenging to isolate the network functions and bottlenecks and data center managers need to evaluate system performance under load. Ixia said its new IxVM product enables data center managers to assess virtual infrastructure performance and capacity. IxVM builds on the company's library of layer 2-7 performance test tools that discover,...

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Sonus Joins Avaya DevConnect Program for SIP Trunks

Sonus Networks has joined the Avaya DevConnect program to accelerate the rapid deployment and use of SIP based IP business trunks. Avaya's program supports the development, compliance-testing and co-marketing of innovative solutions that are compatible with standards-based Avaya solutions. Sonus IP Business Trunks replace legacy TDM voice circuits, making it easier for carriers and enterprises to connect disparate locations, overlay new services and reduce operating costs by eliminating duplicate PRI circuits for voice and data. http://www.sonusnet.com...

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Verizon Business Launches De-Duplication Remote Backup for Corporate Networks

Verizon Business is launching a Remote Backup and Restore managed service for corporate servers and PCs -- without overburdening corporate networks. Using "de-duplication" technology, Verizon's new offering employs "variable block size" analysis, a specialized feature that automatically identifies new data for storage and greatly reduces the amount of data transmitted daily. This eliminates the backup of redundant data, reducing network bandwidth...

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NSN Launches High-Density hiT 7080 Optical Transmission Platform

Nokia Siemens Networks has launched version 4.2 of its hiT 7080 multi-service optical network platform. As a metro/core platform, the hiT 7080 is capable of supporting switching capacities of 40G low order and 340G high order as well as multiple interfaces including: Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and 10G Ethernet connections. In addition, the platform offers a high degree of automation as well as remote management features.With a higher port density than previous versions -- 16 versus eight -- the new hiT 7080 reduces the number of extra cards...

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Aricent and the IMS Forum Offer NGN Testing Resources

Aricent and the IMS Forum have teamed up to launch a new web resource to serve as industry-wide collaborative platform of comprehensive test cases for the validation of IMS and NGN equipment and services.The www.TestNGN.org site offers community-based, open repository for NGN testing that allows network equipment manufacturers and service providers to significantly reduce the time, complexity, and cost required to introduce next generation networks...

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Tellabs Reports Q1 Revenue of $362 Million

Tellabs' first-quarter 2009 revenue totaled $362 million, down 22% compared with $464 million in the first quarter of 2008. Tellabs earned $7 million or 2 cents per share on a GAAP (U.S. generally accepted accounting principles) basis, compared with $17 million or 4 cents per share in the year-ago quarter.GAAP gross profit margins were 44.2% in the first quarter of 2009, higher than in any quarter since the third quarter of 2006. "Tellabs continues to focus on improving profitability - both our customers' and our own - by helping customers generate...

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Level 3 Reports Post Q1 Revenue of $980 million, 150 Job Cuts

Level 3 Communications reported consolidated revenue of $980 million for the first quarter 2009, compared to consolidated revenue of $1.09 billion for the first quarter 2008. Total Communications Revenue for the first quarter 2009 was $962 million, versus $1.07 billion for the first quarter 2008.The net loss for the first quarter 2009 was $132 million, or ($0.08) per share, which compared to a net loss of $190 million, or ($0.12) per share for the...

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Comcast Launches 50 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 in Boston

Comcast has launched DOCSIS 3.0 service for small- and medium-sized businesses in the Greater Boston area, offering speeds of up to 50 Mbps.Starting this week, Comcast will offer two new tiers of wideband service - Deluxe at 50 Mbps ($190 per month) and Premium at 22 Mbps ($100 per month) -- to small and medium-sized businesses in more than 300 communities in Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. http://www.comcast....

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Online Video Surges 11% in March over February

U.S. Internet users viewed 14.5 billion online videos during the March, representing an increase of 11 percent versus February, according to the latest data from the comScore Video Metrix service.In March, Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with 5.9 billion videos viewed (40.9 percent online video market share), with YouTube.com accounting for more than 99 percent of all videos viewed at the property. Fox Interactive Media...

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Green Packet and GCT Semiconductor Target Wi-Fi-WiMAX Roaming

GCT Semiconductor, which supplies mobile WiMAX silicon, and Green Packet, adeveloper of next generation mobile broadband and networking solutions, announced a strategic collaboration to offer a seamless solution for wireless devices to roam between WiFi and WiMAX networks.The solution includes GCT's single-chip supporting both mobile WiMAX IEEE 802.16e Wave 2 and WiFi 802.11 b/g, and Green Packet's Intouch Connection Manager (CM) software. Green Packet's software combines intelligent connection management, seamless connectivity between different...

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Juniper Networks and IBM Extend Alliance

Juniper Networks and IBM announced plans to broadden their relationship. Specifically in the data center, IBM has included Juniper Networks switching, routing and security products into their data center network portfolio with IBM serving in the role of systems integrator.The two companies have recently demonstrated how enterprises can seamlessly extend their private data center clouds. The demonstration between Silicon Valley and Ireland showed...

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IBM to Resell Brocade Enterprise IP Networking Portfolio

IBM has agreed to rebrand and sell the Brocade enterprise IP networking family of products through the IBM global sales force and authorized IBM Business Partners. The OEM deal extends the existing relationship between Brocade and IBM for storage area networking (SAN) products. Initially, IBM plans to sell the following Brocade IP networking product families under the OEM agreement, with additional products to be added over time. IBM will offer...

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Bytemobile Releases Unison Mobile Internet Platform

Bytemobile announced the general availability of its new Unison Mobile Internet Platform for processing all data traffic for Bytemobile applications deployed in mobile networks. The latest Unison release includes Bytemobile's new Media Optimization, Widget Bar and MobileMatch applications.Key features ofthe Bytemobile product portfolio on the Unison platform include:Optimization and Services Node (OSN)The OSN Web Optimization application reduces...

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ADVA Selects Xelerated's Network Processor to Extend Carrier Ethernet

ADVA Optical Networking is using Xelerated's X11 network processor unit (NPU) in the ADVA FSP 3000 Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) system, which enables service providers to extend Carrier Ethernet services into fiber access and aggregation networks. The X11's architecture guarantees deterministic, low latency packet behavior, regardless of packet size, traffic pattern or number of instructions used per packet. http://www.xelerated....

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Fujitsu Supplies FLASHWAVE 9500 to South Dakota's SDN

SDN Communications, a regional fiber optic networking provider owned by 18 South Dakota independent telephone companies, has selected the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform (Packet ONP) for its statewide network. SDN is using the platform for high-capacity, SONET and Ethernet transport and cross-connecting between interexchange carriers and its member companies. SDN will continue to use the Fujitsu NETSMART 1500 Element Management...

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DigitalBridge Signs WiMAX Distribution Agreement with NRTC

DigitalBridge Communications Corp. (DBC), a private operator of WiMAX 4G broadband networks in underserved regions, has signed a distribution agreement with the not-for-profit National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC).The agreement gives NRTC members the opportunity to expand next-generation broadband service to underserved and unserved areas in rural America. NRTC has also made a significant investment in DigitalBridge, the terms of which...

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Nokia Realigns Services Group, Cuts 450 Jobs

Nokia announced a realignment of its Services unit with the goal of creating a more simplified user experience and deeper and greater opportunities for third parties. Further, Nokia will focus investments on fewer initiatives and increase the use of common enablers across certain services. As part of the announced changes, all mobile games will now become available through the Ovi Store, in addition to through their existing channels. Nokia also announced plans to streamline its internal IT and Compatibility & Industry Collaboration activities...

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Cablevision Introduces 101 Mbps Internet Service

Cablevision Systems, which passes 5 million homes in the New York metropolitan area, introduced a 101 Mbps downstream Internet access service over its DOCSIS 3.0 infrastructure. The service, which delivers upstream speeds of up to 15 Mbps, will be offered across the company's entire service area starting May 11. The new level of Internet service will be available for $99.95 per month and includes up to 15 email addresses with 1GB of storage each.Cablevision...

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Packet Design's Route Explorer Adds IPv6 Support

Packet Design has added IPv6 support to Route Explorer, its network management system that gives enterprises and service providers visibility into routing operations on their IP networks. With the new IPv6 capability, Route Explorer, which works by passively "listening" to routing protocol exchanges and computing a real-time, network-wide layer-3 topology, will now be able to monitor and analyze IPv6 networks, as well as those running IPv4. The company said its solution enables network engineers to quickly identify and resolve problems, perform...

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Tundra Receives Higher Acquisition Bid from IDT

Integrated Device Technology has bid to acquire Tundra Semiconductor for Cdn $6.25 per share in cash, representing an aggregate purchase price of approximately Cdn $120.8 million. The IDT Offer is not subject to any due diligence condition, and IDT has indicated that the purchase price payable under its offer will be funded from IDT's cash balance.On March 19 Gennum Corporation make an offer to acquire Tundra. Under the agreement (which was amended on April 16), Gennum agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Tundra for consideration...

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Alcatel-Lucent Signs US$1.7 Billion Deals with China Mobile, China Telecom

Alcatel-Lucent announced two framework agreements valued US$1.7 billion in total with China Mobile and China Telecom.Under an agreement valued approximately US$1 billion with China Mobile Alcatel-Lucent will provide its GSM/EDGE solutions, TD-SCDMA wireless networking equipment, optical, microwave and IP transmission offerings, IP service routers, application platforms and related services.In a comparable agreement with China Telecom, valued at approximately...

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Oclaro (Bookham + Avanex) Makes Debut

Bookham and Avanex Corporation, both suppliers of optical networking components, completed their merger and officially launched a new company -- Oclaro. Oclaro, with headquarters in San Jose, California, will leverage proprietary core technologies and vertically integrated product development to provide innovative optical devices, modules and subsystems. The company's stock will trade on the NASDAQ Global Market with the stock symbol "OCLR," beginning...

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Qualcomm Posts Revenues $2.5 Billion

A day after announcing its settlement with Broadcom, Qualcomm reported quarterly revenue of $2.46 billion, compared to $2.61 billion in the prior year and $2.52 billion in the prior quarter. While the quarterly revenues were at the high end of prior guidance, strong operating results were offset by costs related to a settlement and patent agreement with Broadcom. In addition, results for the quarter were adversely impacted by other-than-temporary impairments to marketable securities.There was a net loss of $289 million, compared to net income...

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General Dynamics Taps Juniper for U.S. Army WIN-T Program

Juniper Networks is providing network routing hardware, software, technological expertise and engineering support to General Dynamics C4 Systems, the prime contractor developing the U.S. Army s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. WIN-T is the U.S. Army s fully mobile, tactical communications network system, designed to provide reliable, secure and seamless video, data, imagery and voice services that enable decisive, on-the-move (OTM) information sharing among deployed forces. Specifically, Juniper has been working with the...

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Orange Business deploy Cisco TelePresence for Single Buoy Moorings

Orange Business Services will supply a Cisco TelePresence solution for Single Buoy Moorings, a multinational group of companies that provides systems and services to the oil and gas industry. An all-inclusive Cisco TelePresence implementation managed by Orange Business Services will help Single Buoy Moorings improve productivity by allowing employees to collaborate effectively on projects and capitalize on the talent it has across the organization...

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NTT Com Expanding in Russia, Europe and India

NTT Communications (NTT Com) is establishing subsidiaries in St. Petersburg, Russia; Brussels, Belgium and Neemrana, India/ The Brussels branch will be set up by NTT Europe Limited, an NTT Com subsidiary that already manages branch offices in other European cities. NTT Com also operates a representative office in Moscow. The Indian branch will be located in the first Japanese-exclusive industrial park in India, Neemrana Industrial Area, which was...

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Etisalat and Nokia Collaborate on Mobile Apps

Etisalat and Nokia announced a joint collaboration to provide advanced mobile Internet based services based on the Ovi platform in the Middle East. These services include maps, navigation and games on Nokia devices. In the first phase of the collaboration, Etisalat's UAE mobile customers will gain access to Ovi Maps and N-Gage Games on their Nokia devices through a payment mechanism linked to their Etisalat account. The payment will be directed to...

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ZigBee Alliance Sees SmartGrid Integration with IP Networks

The ZigBee Alliance plans to Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards into its specification portfolio of low-power wireless networking in order to accelerate the growth of Smart Grid applications. ZigBee Smart Energy products will enhance their application capabilities with native IP support, allowing seamless integration of Internet connectivity into each product. The ZigBee Alliance said that through cooperative efforts with the IETF,...

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Texas Instruments Endorses ZigBee + IP for SmartGrid

Texas Instruments announced its strong endorsement of the ZigBee Alliance's plan to integrate Internet Protocol (IP) and open standards. The plan to incorporate IETF standards will allow continued growth of smart grid applications beyond the smart meter. "The ZigBee Alliance decision to expand its leading wireless networking standard to incorporate IP standards will solidify and accelerate developments and innovation of rapidly growing smart grid applications," said Laurent Giai-Miniet, general manager of TI's Low-Power RF business. "TI is a leading...

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Verizon Sees Continued Growth in Wireless Despite Economy

Despite the general economic climate, Verizon Communications' reported strong sales for its wireless services along with continued growth for its FiOS and strategic business initiatives. Verizon's total operating revenues grew 11.6 percent to $26.6 billion, compared with the first quarter 2008, as the company added revenues from its acquisition of Alltel Corporation in early January 2009. On a pro forma basis (determined by consolidating the operating...

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Qualcomm and Broadcom Settle Their Disputes

Qualcomm and Broadcom reached a settlement and signed a multi-year patent agreement that ends the long-running legal dispute between the companies. The agreement will result in the dismissal with prejudice of all litigation between the companies, including all patent infringement claims in the International Trade Commission and U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, as well as the withdrawal by Broadcom of its complaints to the European Commission and...

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