Reliance Globalcom Posts 15% Growth, Signs Infrastructure Sharing Deal with Etisalat

India's Reliance Globalcom (RCOM) posted revenue of Rs. 6,145 crore (US$ 1,283 million) for the quarter ended 3-June-2009, up 15.5% from Rs. 5,322 crore (US$ 1,240 million) in the same quarter a year earlier. There was a net profit of Rs. 1,637 crore (US$ 342 million), higher by 8.3% compared to the net profit of Rs. 1,512 crore (US$ 352 million) in the corresponding quarter last year.In addition, Reliance Infratel (RITL), a subsidiary of RCOM, signed a long term agreement with Etisalat DB, a new wireless mobile services provider for sharing...

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Soapstone Completes Liquidation and Dissolution by Stockholders

The stockholders of Soapstone Networks voted to approve the liquidation and dissolution of the company. In connection with the approval of the company's Plan of Liquidation, the company's Board of Directors has approved an extraordinary cash dividend of $3.75 per share of the company's common stock. A certificate of dissolution has been filed with the Delaware Secretary of State. http://www.soapstonenetworks.comSoapstone Networks, which was the company created when Avici Systems decided to exit the core router business, developed control plane...

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Extreme Networks Reports Revenue of $81.3 Million

Extreme Networks reported quarterly net revenue of $81.3 million, representing a sequential increase of 5 percent as compared to revenue of $77.2 million in the previous quarter and a 17 percent decrease as compared to revenue of $98.3 million in the same period last year. Non-GAAP net income was $2.3 million or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $3.0 million or $0.03 per diluted share in the fourth quarter last year. Non-GAAP financial results exclude the impact of stock-based compensation and restructuring charges.Net...

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HK Broadband Network Upgrades with Juniper M Series

Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited (HKBN) has deployed Juniper Networks' M Series Multiservice Edge Routers to support continued expansion of its international network connectivity. Financial terms were not disclosed.HKBN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of City Telecom (H.K.), offers residential broadband Internet access up to 1Gbps, telephony, IPTV, corporate and mobile data services with its self-built Metro Ethernet IP network.HKBN already has more than 350,000 FTTX broadband customers in Hong Kong, giving it the second largest market share. It...

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Cisco Collaborates with Landis+Gyr on Smart Grid

Cisco and Landis+Gyr agreed to collaborate on smart grid communications infrastructure for helping utility companies and their customers better manage energy. The collaboration between Cisco and Landis+Gyr is expected to accelerate the delivery of standards-based solutions for the energy industry and facilitate the integration of existing capabilities with renewable power sources, plug-in vehicles and distribution automation functionality.Landis+Gyr specializes in in advanced metering infrastructure and applications.Landis+Gyr's and Cisco's collaboration...

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Corning and Soitec Collaborate on OLED Mobile Displays

Corning and the Soitec Group are collaborating on the development of high-performance silicon-on-glass (SiOG) substrates for the flat panel mobile display market and in particular for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) mobile displays.Corning is currently developing thin, single-crystal silicon film that can applied to Corning display glass. This development is expected to produce an engineered substrate with outstanding electrical mobility and material uniformity, upon which electronic circuits can be easily applied by display manufacturers....

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WSJ: FCC Looks Into Apple's Rejection of Google Voice App

The Wall Street Journal reported that FCC Commissioner Julius Genachowski sent letters of inquiry to Apple, AT&T and Google asking for more information on why the Google Voice iPhone application was rejected by Apple for inclusion in its popular iStore. http://www.wsj....

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Singapore's StarHub Implements 3G Direct Tunnel with NSN

Singapore-based StarHub has migrated its 3G core network to a flat network architecture using Nokia Siemes Networks' Direct Tunnel solution. This expansion will strengthen StarHub's HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access)-based wireless broadband service, which offers speeds of 21 Mbps and up. Financial terms were not disclosed."Data traffic has increased exponentially over the last two years, and StarHub is now geared to handle the current and future...

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Zeugma Adds SmartBoost Capability its Service Delivery Router

Zeugma Systems introduced a SmartBoost capability that enables its service delivery router (SDR) to instantly increase the bandwidth to an individual broadband subscriber. The new capability leverages the Zeugma Services Node's (ZSN's) Open Application Sandbox (OAS) and robust traffic management capabilities providing the ability for subscribers to self-provision temporary bandwidth increases. Subscribers could signal their desire for more bandwidth...

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Mobile Hard Drives Reach 1 TB Capacity

WD introduced the industry's first 2.5-inch hard drive reach 1 TB capacity. A 750 GB WD Scorpio Blue model also will be available.The WD Scorpio Blue 750 GB and 1 TB hard drives have a 12.5 mm form factor and are designed for use in portable storage solutions, such as the newly released My Passport Essential SE Portable USB Drives. Other applications include select notebooks and small form factor desktop PCs, where quiet and cool operation are important....

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Australia Picks Mike Quigley to Head National Broadband Network Initiative

The Australian government has appointed Mike Quigley as the Executive Chairman of the company established to deliver the National Broadband Network (NBNCo).Quigley most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Alcatel-Lucent. As a long-term Alcatel executive, he was instrumental in the merger with Lucent Technologies. During the course of his career, Mr. Quigley has led the development and integration of large scale Fibre-To-The-Premise (FTTP) and Fibre-To-The-Node (FTTN) implementations for some of the largest U.S. carriers....

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Corning's Telecom Sales Increase 14% Sequentially to $437 Million

Corning's telecommunications segment sales in Q2 2009 were $437 million, an increase of 14% over the previous quarter. In its quarterly financial report, Corning said it experienced strong demand for optical fiber and cable in China. In North America, the company saw increased demand for its fiber-to-the-home products. http://www.corning....

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BigBand Unveils Converged Video Exchange Software Control Plane

BigBand Networks introduced its Converged Video Exchange (CVEx), an intelligent software control plane that provides a unified means to deliver and manage linear and non-linear video services across the network edge, to traditional MPEG set-top boxes (STBs) and next-generation IP devices. BigBand said it developed the CVEx to remove the boundaries between disparate video service types by dynamically controlling the allocation of all RF and IP video services within a single bandwidth pool. The software is designed to offer a single control plane...

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ADTRAN Supplies Total Access 5000 to Iowa's Walnut Communications

Walnut Communications, a network operator serving west central Iowa, has selected Adtran's Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform (MSAP) for next-generation access and Ethernet transport throughout its network. Financial terms were not disclosed.Walnut will utilize ADTRAN's enhanced Pseudowire Emulation Edge to End (PWE3) technology via the Total Access 5000 for TDM service delivery and Ethernet transport over fiber. Walnut will also utilize the Total Access 5000's eSHDSL capabilities to provide high-bandwidth services...

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UNH-IOL Builds IPv6 Test for U.S. Government Compliance

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has just completed a test review event confirming the first test specifications for the US Government IPv6 (USGv6) Test Program. The new specifications resulting from the test review event will be used to test products for USGv6 compliance. As of July 2010, U.S. Government agencies will require IPv6...

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Huawei Opens LTE Laboratory in North America

Huawei inaugurated a Long Term Evolution (LTE) laboratory located in Richardson, Texas. Initially established with prototype equipment in fall of 2008, the facility has been upgraded to fully support commercial product releases for North America. The lab recently implemented Huawei's first commercial LTE solution release targeted at operators in the United States and Canada. Additionally, local research and development teams are now able to work more closely with North American operators to rigorously test LTE systems before delivery."It is a key...

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Tellabs Reports Q2 Revenue of $385 Million, Down 11% YoY

Tellabs' second-quarter 2009 revenue totaled $385 million, compared with $432 million in the second quarter of 2008. Tellabs earned $16 million or 4 cents per share on a GAAP (U.S. generally accepted accounting principles) basis, compared with $39 million or 10 cents per share in the year-ago quarter, which included a tax benefit of 9 cents per share.The company said more than half of overall revenue came from growth products, including the Tellabs 6300, 7100, 8600 and 8800 systems and professional services.GAAP gross profit margin was 43.5% in...

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Mobile Initiative for East Africa's Lake Victoria

Zain, and Ericsson, in an initiative coordinated by the GSM Association, have kicked off an effort to improve public security and bring development across the Lake Victoria region by extending the mobile network coverage. This initiative is expected to fuel economic and social development of the lakeside communities and potentially reduce the number of fishing-related deaths each year.The expanded mobile coverage will comprise the area of the lake...

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Swisscom Invests in Quantenna for Whole-Home 4x4 MIMO

Swisscom has made a strategic investment in Quantenna Communications, a start-up developing silicon for high-speed, wireless high definition (HD) video home networking. The investment expands Quantenna's Series C funding round, which also includes previous announced investors Grazia Equity, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners and Venrock Associates. To date, Quantenna has raised over $44 million.Quantenna leverages...

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CopperGate joins HomeGrid Forum Board

The HomeGrid Forum, which promotes the ITU-T's G.hn standardization efforts, has expanded its Board of Directors with the addition of CopperGate Communications. CopperGate joins Best Buy, BT, Infineon, Intel, Panasonic, and Sigma Designs in leading the HomeGrid Forum.CopperGate Communications offers standards-based chipsets enable carrier-class distribution of broadband digital content over all three types of existing wires in the home: coax, phone,...

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Solarflare Appoints VP of Engineering

Solarflare Communications, a start-up developing low-power 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) silicon, appointed Danny Shamlou as senior vice president of engineering. Prior to Solarflare, Shamlou served as general manager and engineering vice president at Mindspeed and Conexant. Recently, Shamlou worked for Starport Systems as vice president of engineering, where he led the development of ultra high-frequency radio frequency identification SoC devices and a 65 nanometer XFI SERDES IP core. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee...

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Verizon Offers Free Wi-Fi for Broadband Customers

Verizon has begun offering free Wi-Fi connectivity at its public hotspots to its broadband customers.New Verizon FiOS Internet customers who order an up-to- 25/15 Mbps or faster connection, or new HSI customers who order an up-to- 3 Mbps/768 Kbps or up-to- 7.1 Mbps/768 Kbps connection, can connect to the new Verizon Wi-Fi hot spots, at no additional charge as part of their broadband service. The new WiFi service is also available free of charge for existing FiOS Internet customers with up-to-20 Mbps or faster packages and existing HSI customers...

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Verizon Sees Continued Consumer Spending as Business Weakens

Despite the U.S. recession, consumer demand for wireless, broadband and video products continued to grow in Q2 at Verizon Communications, while sales at Verizon Business weakened.Verizon's total operating revenues grew 11.3 percent to $26.9 billion, compared with the second quarter 2008, including revenues from Alltel Corporation, which was acquired in January 2009. On a pro forma basis (determined by consolidating the operating results of Verizon...

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Rayspan Raises $12.5 million for Better Antennas

Rayspan, a start-up based in San Diego, raised $12.5 million in venture funding for its work with metamaterial air interface for wireless communications.Rayspan said its metamaterials provide breakthrough improvements in antenna and RF front-end component miniaturization, performance, cost reduction and ease of manufacture. The technology support a full range of fixed and mobile wireless WAN and LAN applications including all 2/3/4G cellular handsets, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. The new Series B financing was led by new investor Khosla Ventures, who...

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Ericsson Wins Bid for Nortel's Wireless Assets

Ericsson will acquire acquire Nortel's CDMA and LTE assets in North America in a deal valued at US$1.13 billion in cash. Ericsson's bid prevailed in the auction process initiated by Nortel. The deal is subject to approval by the United States and Canadian Bankruptcy Courts and the satisfaction of regulatory and other conditions.The agreement includes important CDMA contracts with North American operators such as Verizon, Sprint, U.S. Cellular,...

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Vodafone Revenue Falls Across Europe, Grows in India and Africa

Vodafone Group's Q2 revenue increased by 9.3% overall thanks to the positive impact of exchange rates (8.6% of the gain) and growth in India, South Africa and Italy, but its organic service revenue declined by 2.1% due to weakness across most of Europe and Central Europe due to economic conditions. The declines were primarily driven by reductions in voice revenue resulting from continued pricing pressure and slower usage growth in the current economic...

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Nokia to Acquire Cellity for Mobile Software Development

Nokia has agreed to acquire cellity, a start-up based in Hamburg, Germany, for an undisclosed sum.cellity currently offers a solution to collect and securely store users' contacts in one place. The service is an easy way to connect people on the mobile and the web.Nokia said it will acquire the cellity team to strengthen its competencies in the area of social networking. cellity's current service will not transfer to Nokia and the service will be discontinued. After closing, cellity's 14 employees will become part of Nokia's Services unit.http://www.nokia.com...

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Social Security Administration Chooses Verizon, AT&T

The U.S. Social Security Administration selected Verizon Business to serve as primary IP and data services provider, under a new Networx Universal task order. Under the agreement, valued at $140 million through 2017 if all options are exercised, Verizon Business will continue to advance and manage the SSA's wide-area network, known as the Enterprise-Wide Network Infrastructure (SSANet). In addition, Verizon Business will transition to an MPLS platform for the portion of the SSANet used for connecting to external business partners. Verizon Business...

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Aircell's Chairman and CEO Swap Positions

Aircell announced the transition of Ron LeMay from Chairman of the Board to President and CEO of the company. Jack Blumenstein, current President and CEO, will assume the position of Chairman of the Board.Aircell said it has experienced dramatic growth over the past few years since winning its exclusive FCC frequency license in 2006. Mr. Blumenstein has overseen the development of the Aircell Network and Gogo Inflight Internet service, as well as Aircell's airline partnerships, which represent the majority of the U.S. commercial aviation market.LeMay...

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Extreme Appoints Vish Nandlall as CTO

Extreme Networks has appointed Vish Nandlall to the position of Chief Technology Officer Nandlall previously served as CTO for Nortel's Carrier Networks division, overseeing the technology vision for the company's successful Wireless and in Carrier VoIP Applications businesses. In addition to his role as CTO for Carrier Networks at Nortel, Nandlall has served in various technical leadership roles, as the chief architect for Nortel's CDMA technologies and lead architect for Metro DWDM. He is also a key figure in networking standards bodies that...

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Verizon Wireless Adds Record 1.1 Million in Q2, Earnings Out Today

Verizon Wireless added 1,1 million net customers in Q2 2009. This gives the company a total base of 87.7 million customers, including 85.2 million retail customers, which are those it directly serves and manages, and who choose the Verizon Wireless brand. Verizon Communications is expected to release further operational data along with its quarterly financial results on July 27. http://www.verizonwireless....

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Verizon Wireless Adds Record 1.1 Million in Q2, Earnings Out Today

Verizon Wireless added 1,1 million net customers in Q2 2009. This gives the company a total base of 87.7 million customers, including 85.2 million retail customers, which are those it directly serves and manages, and who choose the Verizon Wireless brand. Verizon Communications is expected to release further operational data along with its quarterly financial results on July 27. http://www.verizonwireless....

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Nokia Siemens Networks Underscores Wireless in North America

Following the news that Ericsson had prevailed in the auction to acquire Nortel's key wireless assets, Nokia Siemens issued a statement confirming its commitment to the global wireless infrastructure industry and highlighting its recent momentum in the North American market."Our final offer for Nortel's assets represented a fair price, and we did not enter this process with a win-at-any-cost mindset," said Bosco Novak, Chief Markets Operations Officer, Nokia Siemens Networks. "Ours was an opportunistic bid aimed at supporting the great progress...

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US. Senate Confirms Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker as FCC Commissioners

The U.S. Senate confirmed Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker as FCC Commissioners. This brings the FCC back to having a full set of five 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...

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Riverbed Posts Q2 Revenue of $91 Million

Riverbed Technology reported Q2 revenue of $91.0 million, an increase of 12% from $81.6 million of GAAP revenue reported in the second quarter of fiscal year 2008. The GAAP net loss for Q2 was $290,000, or $0.00 per diluted share. This compares to a GAAP net loss of $869,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, in Q2'08."Riverbed has continued to deliver revenue growth in a persistently challenging global economic environment, and the second quarter marks our 14th consecutive quarter of year-over-year top line expansion," said Jerry M. Kennelly, Riverbed...

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ST-Ericsson Posts Revenue of $666 million; up 18% Sequentially

ST-Ericsson reported Q2 net sales of $666 million and an adjusted operating loss of $165 million. Net sales in the second quarter were higher than normal seasonal patterns and showed a progress of 18.5% compared to first quarter 2009 pro-forma sales. This was mainly due to the higher demand in China - driven by TD-SCDMA- and in the rest of Asia-Pacific and to the alignment of inventory to demand levels across the handset supply chain. President and CEO, Alain Dutheil, commented: "During the second quarter our sales performed above normal seasonal...

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TIA Issues Recommendations for National Broadband Plan

The Telecommunications Industry (TIA) issued its set of recommendations for creating a strong National Broadband Plan that will improve lives, enhance innovation, and help restore America's long-term prosperity. The comments filed with the FCC are intended to provide a "Roadmap" with targeted goals over the next three years.Specifically, the TIA believes that the FCC should work to:enhance efforts to stimulate investment and innovation in next-generation...

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Alvarion and Nokia Siemens Networks Expand OEM Deal

Nokia Siemens Networks has expanded an existing OEM agreement to include Alvarion's portfolio of mobile WiMAX solutions. As part of this new agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks will resell Alvarion's latest mobile WiMAX 802.16e solutions to Nokia Siemens Networks' current and prospective WiMAX customers. This includes the Alvarion 4Motion Mobile WiMAX Solution, including the BreezeMAX base stations, ASN Gateways and 4Motion Element Management System. The company will also provide deployment, management and maintenance Services for the products and...

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SEACOM Enters Service with Terabit Capacity for East Africa

SEACOM's 17,000 km, submarine fiber optic cable system entered into commercial service, linking south and east Africa to global networks via India and Europe with 1.28 Terabit per second (Tbps) of capacity.Backhauls linking Johannesburg, Nairobi and Kampala with the coastal landing stations have been established and SEACOM is also working with its national partners to commission the final links to Kigali and Addis Ababa shortly. The entire system...

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AT&T Posts Strong Wireless Growth

AT&T reported Q2 revenues of $30.7 billion, compared with $30.9 billion in the year-earlier quarter, as growth in wireless and advanced wireline data services in large part offset pressures from the macro-environment, including revenue declines in voice and legacy data products.Compared with results for the year-earlier quarter, AT&T's operating expenses for the second quarter of 2009 were $25.2 billion versus $24.3 billion; operating income...

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Indonesia's Bakrie Telecom Selects NEC + Juniper for IP Upgrade

PT Bakrie Telecom, Tbk, one of the Republic of Indonesia's leading providers of fixed wireless access services, has selected NEC to upgrade its IP backbone. Under the contract, NEC will provide a full-turnkey based communications system that includes multi-service edge routers and equipment installation. NEC will be supplying Juniper's routing gear. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.nec....

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Lockheed Martin Develops Submarine Communications System

Lockheed Martin completed a key systems requirement milestone in its effort to deliver a Communications at Speed and Depth (CSD) capability for U.S. Navy submarines. The capability will enable secure, two-way communications between submarines operating below periscope depth and at tactical speeds with surface ships, aircraft and land-based assets. All classes of U.S. Navy submarines will be equipped with this transformational capability.The Lockheed Martin-led industry team, which includes Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems and ERAPSCO, a joint venture...

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PMC-Sierra Reports Q2 Revenue of $123 Million, up 20% Sequentially

PMC-Sierra reported Q2 net revenue of $123.2 million, an increase of 20% compared to $102.6 million in the first quarter of 2009 and 12% lower than net revenues of $139.8 million reported in the second quarter of 2008. Net income (GAAP) was $7.8 million (GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.03) compared with a net loss of $3.9 million (GAAP loss per share of $0.02) in the first quarter of 2009 and net income of $135.9 million (GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.60) in the second quarter of 2008."In the second quarter of 2009, we benefited...

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Broadcom Reports Q2 Revenue of $1.040 Billion, Up 22% Sequentially

Broadcom Corporation reported Q2 revenue of $1.040 billion, up 21.9% compared with the $853.4 million reported for the first quarter of 2009 and a decrease of 13.4% compared with the $1.201 billion reported for the second quarter of 2008. Net income (GAAP) was $13.4 million, or $.03 per share (diluted), compared with GAAP net loss of $91.9 million, or $.19 net loss per share (basic and diluted), for the first quarter of 2009, and GAAP net income of $134.8 million, or $.25 per share (diluted), for the second quarter of 2008.On April 26, 2009, Broadcom...

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Juniper Posts Q2 Revenue of $786.4 million, up 3% Sequentially

Juniper Networks reported preliminary Q2 revenue of $786.4 million, up 3% from $764.2 million reported in the first quarter of 2009 and down 11% on a year-over-year basis. Net income (GAAP) was $14.8 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, and non-GAAP net income of $103.8 million, or $0.19 per diluted share. "We continue to take a disciplined approach to controlling operating expenses as we navigate this challenging economic period," said Kevin Johnson, Juniper's chief executive officer. "With service provider sales relatively flat quarter-over-quarter,...

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Nortel Enhances its Carrier VoIP Communications Server 1500

Nortel is preparing to release a new version of its Communications Server (CS) 1500 in Q3 that will enable carriers to be more efficient by taking advantage of remote upgrades and introduce new billing, operations, administration and maintenance capabilities. Some of the new features enabled include:SIP Business Trunking: Provides carriers an IP connection to PBXs, which allows them to use a single broadband connection for both voice and data traffic to businesses with on-site PBXs. Having a single connection helps cut costs because it eliminates...

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Comcast's DOCSIS 3.0 Rollout Nears 50% Completion

Comcast has reached nearly 50% of all homes passed by its DOCSIS 3. rollout, which means that nearly 25 million homes and businesses can now get download speeds of up to 50 Mbps. Comcast's latest DOCSIS 3.0 upgrade has occured in Philadelphia, including the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery, southern New Jersey and northern Delaware. The speed upgrades began in December 2008. http://www.comcast....

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Informa: Mobile broadband Subscriptions Surge Ahead

There were more than 225 million mobile broadband subscribers (all technologies) at the end of March 2009, representing 93% year-on-year growth, according to Informa Telecoms & Media's latest World Cellular Data Metrics report.Penetration of mobile broadband remains at its highest in Asia Pacific (over 90 million subscribers), while growth is most notable in Latin America (385% year-on-year growth to over 10 million subscribers). Informa notes...

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AT&T and Jasper Wireless Launch M2M Platform for Emerging Devices

AT&T, in partnership with Jasper Wireless, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, announced commercial availability of a new platform designed to connect and support a variety of emerging consumer electronic and business devices on AT&T's nationwide wireless network. This will enable the wireless connection of personal navigation, in-car navigation, e-readers, mobile Internet devices, gaming, healthcare, tracking, and other devices....

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Alvarion Offers WiMAX Management for Service Providers

Alvarion launch its new Star Management Suite, a network management solution designed to manage complete WiMAX network infrastructure with the necessary level of control, and to enable operators to simplify management of IP services such as VoIP and IPTV while enhancing quality of service in a centralized, integrated manner.Star Management Suite is designed to deliver greater network control capabilities with a common feature set across the entire family of BreezeMAX solutions. This new carrier class management system provides critical capabilities...

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NTT Com Offers Integrated Security Solution for Corporate OCN

NTT Communications launched OCN Security Gateway, an integrated security solution for unified threat management (UTM) covering virus protection, an intrusion detection/prevention system (IDS/IPS) and filtering for corporate customers of NTT Com's OCN-branded Internet access services in Japan. The service provides router function, firewall, IDS, and monthly reports covering Web log and general trends in network security. One-stop support, which begins prior to system installation, covers system configuration, operation, and maintenance. The "Basic...

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iControl Raises $23 Million for Broadband Home Management

iControl Networks, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, raised $23 million in Series C funding for its broadband home management solution.iControl's broadband home management solution allows homeowners to see and control their homes -- including security and energy systems -- via the Internet, iPhone and other mobile devices. Broadband operators, security providers and utilities could used the technology to deliver home security, energy management,...

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Plastic Logic eReader to Connect via AT&T 3G Network

Plastic Logic, a start-up developing an eReading device for business users, has chosen AT&T's 3G network to provide the mobile broadband connection. The Plastic Logic Reader, which is also Wi-Fi enabled, is expected to launch in 2010. The company is targetting busy, on-the-go business professionals who want to keep up to date on key information and who need to read and review multiple documents throughout the day. The Plastic Logic device is...

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Zhone Posts Q2 Revenue of $30.3 Million

Zhone Technologies reported Q2 revenue of $30.3 million compared with $24.1 million for the first quarter of 2009 and $40.1 million for the second quarter of 2008. Net loss (GAAP) was $2.3 million or $0.02 per share compared with a net loss of $6.9 million or $0.05 per share for the first quarter of 2009, and a net loss of $80.3 million or $0.53 per share for the second quarter of 2008. "Strong sequential revenue growth, improving gross margins and continued expense control contributed to better than expected earnings for the quarter," stated Mory...

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NETGEAR's Q2 Revenue Falls to $144 Million from $205 Million in Q2 Last Year

Netgear reported Q2 revenue of $144.7 million, compared to $204.5 million for the second quarter ended June 29, 2008, and $152.0 million in the first quarter ended March 29, 2009. Net loss (GAAP) was $3.3 million, or $0.10 per diluted share. This compared to net income of $11.1 million for the second quarter of 2008 and net loss of $3.8 million in the first quarter of 2009. Patrick Lo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NETGEAR, commented, "Due to normal seasonality, the second quarter is generally the slowest quarter of our fiscal year. Given...

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LSI to Acquire ONStor for Clustered NAS Solutions

LSI Corporation has agreed to acquire ONStor, a privately-held developer of clustered network-attached storage (NAS) solutions, for approximately $25 million in cash inclusive of assumed debt and other net liabilities.ONStor, which is based in Campbell, California, offers NAS solutions designed to help enterprises consolidate, protect and manage the accelerating growth of unstructured data. ONStor products include NAS gateways, NAS systems and unified storage systems sold to end users through a worldwide network of channel partners and original...

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Qualcomm Posts Revenue of $2.75 Billion

Qualcomm reported revenue of $2.75 billion for its third quarter of fiscal 2009 ended June 28, 2009, compared to $2.76 billion in the prior year and $2.46 billion in the prior quarter. Net income was $737 million, compared to $748 million in the prior year and a net loss of $289 million in the prior quarter."We delivered a strong quarter as the worldwide migration to 3G-enabled products and services remains robust," said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm. "Our revenues were at the high end of our prior guidance, and our operating...

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GSMA: Global Mobile Broadband Connections Near 150 million

With more than 300 networks across 127 countries now supporting HSPA, the number of mobile broadband connections will pass the 150 million mark by the end of the summer, according to the GSM Association. Moreover, this figure is expected to reach 200 million connections by early next year and as many as one billion connections by 2013. This includes HSPA, HSPA+ and forthcoming LTE connections via dongles, external data cards, internal laptop modems,...

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IBM to Resell Juniper's Ethernet Product under OEM License

IBM has entered into an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) agreement to resell Juniper's Ethernet networking products and support within the IBM data center portfolio of products. The companies said the deal reflects their shared vision of advancing the economics of networking and the data center by reducing costs, improving services and managing risk.The agreement builds on an existing partnership between IBM and Juniper. Earlier this year,...

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Parks Associates: 40 Million Telco/IPTV Households Worldwide in 2009

The number of subscribers worldwide to telco/IPTV services will approach 40 million by year-end 2009, according to a new report from Parks Associates. Parks Associates reports the number of telco/IPTV households worldwide grew by nearly 80% in 2008 to exceed 20 million. The growth rate will exceed 50% in 2009, according to the firm. http://www.parksassociates....

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NTT Com Selects Infinera for Tokyo Metro Backbone

NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) has selected Infinera for its new IP backbone network in the Tokyo Metropolitan area. The new network will leverage Infinera's Digital Optical Networks to deliver a broader range of services with greater speed and flexibility to Internet Service Providers.NTT Com operates an extensive infrastructure including the Arcstar Global IP-VPN and Global e-VLAN, as well as a Tier-1 IP backbone reaching more than 150 countries in partnership with major Internet service providers, and secure data centers in Asia,...

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Infinera Posts Q2 Revenues of $69M, Stronger Orders, CEO to Step Down

Infinera reported Q2 revenues of $68.9 million compared to $66.6 million for the first quarter of 2009 and $90.8 million on an adjusted GAAP basis in the second quarter of 2008. GAAP gross margins for the quarter were 29%. GAAP net loss for the quarter was $27.1 million, or $0.28 per share. "We saw a number of positive developments in the second quarter, with both existing and new customers," said Jagdeep Singh, president and chief executive officer at Infinera. "There was a significant quarter-over-quarter increase in orders, including over...

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TerreStar Completes Handset-to-Handset VoIP Call Over New Satellite

TerreStar Networks successfully completed the first end-to-end VoIP phone call over its newly launched TerreStar-1, the world's largest, most advanced commercial communications satellite. The call used two handsets developed by EB (Elektrobit). The satellite-terrestrial smartphone reference design represents the world's first quad-band GSM and tri-band WCDMA/HSPA device running the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, and offering integrated...

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MatlinPatterson Bids $725 Million for Nortel's CDMA/LTE, Topping NSN

MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners III, a private equity firm with $9 billion under management, announced a bid to acquire substantially all of Nortel's CDMA and LTE Access assets for US$725 million. The bid effectively tops the $650 million acquisition proposal from Nokia Siemens Networks submitted last month.MatlinPatterson is proposing to form a "New Nortel" with long-term viability in order to maximize value for all stakeholders. This independently held business would provide a range of opportunities -- from additional bolt-on...

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Qwest and DIRECTV Extend Agreement for 5 More Years

Qwest Communications and DIRECTV announced a 5-year extension to their existing strategic partnership that allows Qwest to continue to offer DIRECTV services to residential customers. Financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed.The agreement extends a strategic alliance that started in October 2004. Under the deal, Qwest will provide an enhanced customer experience through streamlined customer support and the development of integrated products and services in partnership with DIRECTV.In addition to the new agreement, Qwest and DIRECTV...

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Samsung Launches "Mondi" WiMAX-Enabled Mobile Internet Device

Samsung Mobile is launching the "Mondi" -- a mobile WiMAX-enabled handheld device for the Clear Mobile WiMAX service now available in Atlanta, Las Vegas, Portland, OR and future WiMAX markets.The Mondi slides open horizontally to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. The device offers instant access to E-mail, Internet, video content and business applications. The device also supports various services including Fring, Gypsii, and Windows Live Messenger....

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Vietnam's Viettel selects NSN for 3G network

Viettel, the leading telecommunications provider in Vietnam has selected Nokia Siemens Networks for Vietnam's first 3G network. Under the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will provide the hardware, software and services required to build and manage the network, including skills training for Viettel's team. Product deliveries begin this month. http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks....

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Zain Nigeria Selects NSN for Optical Backbone

Zain Nigeria has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to expand its existing 4000 km nationwide fiber backbone network by an additional 600 km. The Nokia Siemens Networks' Outside Plant Turnkey Solution for fixed networks ensures that all elements including project management, logistics and installation services are designed to optimize CAPEX and lower OPEX. NSN said Zain has already profited from the efficient roll-out of Phase 1 resulting in savings of close to US$7 million. http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks....

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Alcatel-Lucent's LGS Supplies Optics for U.S. Army in Germany

LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, has completed the European Dense Wave Division Multiplexed -- Optical Transport Network (DWDM-OTN) for the U.S. Army. This project, valued at more than $35 million, caps off a three and a half year effort to design, deploy and system test an installation information infrastructure in Europe that will link the forward-deployed soldiers to worldwide Command and Control (C2) and information systems. The DWDM-OTN Network project, awarded in the spring of 2006, consists of three DWDM rings spanning some 2,100 kilometers...

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China Mobile Deploys Alcatel-Lucent's GPON

China Mobile has named Alcatel-Lucent as sole supplier for the deployment of a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network in 10 cities across the provinces of Guangdong and Anhui. Guangdong Mobile and Anhui Mobile will use GPON to deliver broadband services over distances of up to 20km. The contracts were secured through Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell. Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its 7342 Intelligent Services Access Manager Fiber-to-the-User (ISAM FTTU) platform, the company's flagship GPON solution for the delivery of ultra-high-speed services to residential...

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China Mobile selects Alcatel-Lucent and Datang for TD-SCDMA Phase 3

China Mobile has selected Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, and Datang Mobile for deployment of its phase III TD-SCDMA mobile networks in 11 provinces. The consortium has now captured an overall market presence in 16 out of 31 provincial markets in China. Notably, the consortium secured prominent market positions in Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, the four provinces with the highest gross domestic product (GDP) and network growth potential in...

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Huawei Names Oclaro as Strategic Supplier

Oclaro, the new company that resulted from the merger of Bookham and Avanex, has received official designation as a Strategic Supplier by Huawei Technologies. Huawei indicated that Oclaro was chosen for this relationship due to the breadth of its product portfolio and enabling technologies, and the scale of the current business relationship. http://www.huawei....

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