Telegent Appoints CEO as Mobile TV Chip Shipments Top 50 Million

Telegent Systems, which supplies single-chip mobile TV solutions, appointed Dr. Samuel Sheng as its new CEO. Sheng has served as Telegent's Chief Technology Officer and executive Chairman of the Board since co-founding the company. In tandem with Sheng's appointment, Dr. Weijie Yun, the driving force behind Telegent since co-founding the company with Sheng in 2004, will take up Sheng's prior post of executive Chairman of the Board and carry operational...

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ViaSat to Acquire WildBlue for Satellite Broadband

ViaSat agreed to acquire privately-held WildBlue Communications, which operates Ka-band satellite broadband service across the U.S., in a cash and stock transaction valued at $568 million. In less than five years since launching its residential broadband satellite service, WildBlue has grown to over 400,000 customers, making it one of the top ISPs in the country. WildBlue, which is powered exclusively by the ViaSat SurfBeam networking system, pioneered...

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GSMA Launches Global Number Portability Registry Service

The GSMA launched a PathFinder Number Portability Discovery managed service that serves as a state-of-the-art solution for global number portability. The new service, which is operated by Neustar, encompasses 2.2 billion telephone numbers that are impacted by number portability worldwide, a figure which is expected to rise rapidly. Number portability is currently implemented in over 52 countries globally, with many more, including China and India,...

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AT&T to Manage Global Network Services for MEI

AT&T won a new three-year contract to provide an array of managed network services to MEI, one of the leading manufacturers of electronic bill acceptors, coin mechanisms and other unattended transaction systems. MEI's global network links is headquarters in West Chester, Pa., U.S. distribution centers and other operations in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Australia and China.http://www.att....

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AT&T Completes Acquisition of VeriSign's Global Security Consulting Business

AT&T completed its acquisition of VeriSign's global security consulting business. The transaction aligns VeriSign's security consulting experience in comprehensive risk assessment with AT&T's suite of network-based cybersecurity services. http://www.att....

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Tyco Tests 10/40 Gbps over Same Undersea Fiber

Tyco Telecommunications demonstrated 40 Gbps transmission capabilities using an existing 2,500 km undersea system originally designed for 10 Gbps transmission. In-field testing on a live network demonstrated the capability for simultaneous transmission of 40 Gbps and 10 Gbps traffic. Tyco was able to transmit 64 wavelengths of 40 Gbps traffic, which increases system capacity to 2.56 terabits on a single fiber pair.http://www.tycotelecom....

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Verizon Provides Free Wi-Fi to its Small-Business Broadband Customers

Verizon is now offering free Wi-Fi hot spot access at more than 14,000 locations nationwide to its small business broadband customers. Free Verizon Wi-Fi hot spot locations include hotels, airports, restaurants, coffee shops, retailers, convention centers and public locations across the U.S. http://www.verizon.net/hotsp...

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Actus Networks Debuts G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection for Carrier Ethernet

Korea-based Actus Networks debuted an access ring Ethernet protection solution compliant to G.8032 Recommendation version 1 and version 2, which enables 50 ms protection switching for packet transport in a ring network.The company said its products open a new market window for PBB-TE, OAM (802.3ah, 802.1ag, Y.1731), MEF E-LINE and E-LAN, and PWE3 services on mobile backhaul and access rings.In comparison with the IEEE802.17 Resilient Packet Ring Standard, Actus notes the following benefits:50 ms protection switching using generic standards of IEEE802.1...

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Nokia Joins Wireless Power Consortium

Nokia has joined the Wireless Power Consortium, an industry group whose mission is to create and promote wide market adoption of Qi (pronounced "chee") as the international wireless power standard for interoperability across rechargeable electronic devices. Members include ConvenientPower, Duracell, Hosiden, Fulton Innovation, Leggett & Platt, National Semiconductor, Nokia, Olympus, Philips, Samsung, Sanyo, Shenzhen Sangfei Consumer Communications,...

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Cisco + TANDBERG See $34 Billion Collaboration Market

In a bid to consolidate its position in telepresence and teleconferencing, Cisco launched a cash tender offer to purchase all the outstanding shares of TANDBERG for 153.5 Norwegian Kroner per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $3.0 billion. This represents an 11.0% premium to the previous day closing price of TANDBERG's stock, and a 25.2% premium to the 3-month volume weighted average closing price for TANDBERG's stock. TANDBERG's...

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Huawei Launches its 100G Router + WDM Solution

Huawei rolled out its 100 Gbps core networking solution. Product offerings include 100GE cards (1x100GE and 10x10GE) for routers and a 100G OTU for its WDM platform. These capabilities are provided via Huawei's in-house developed "Solar 2.0" 100G chipsets. The T100GE cards (1x100GE and 10x10GE) for routers will increase switching capacity of the Huawei NE5000E router cluster system to 200 Tbps. The 100GE cards for routers will increase switching...

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Telefónica Commissions Six LTE Trials

Telefónica has selected six vendors for a set of LTE trials in six countries. These suppliers are Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Network and ZTE. The countries selected for testing are Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany and the Czech Republic in Europe, and Brazil and Argentina in Latin America. Telefónica said the LTE field trials will be coordinated globally and that by testing in various geographies it will be better prepared...

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NSN Outlines its "Network of One" Strategic Blueprint

Nokia Siemens Networks officially unveiled its long term vision of how telecom operators can transform their business models, infrastructure and operations. The "Network of One" aims to provide a unified approach to cope with the tidal wave of information being created and shared as billions of people and trillions of ‘things' link up from every corner of the planet."The market evolution presents many opportunities for operators, but they are also...

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Hutchison 3G Austria modernizes for HSPA+ and LTE with NSN

Hutchison 3G Austria has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to modernize its radio access network to be ready for HSPA+ and LTE. Nokia Siemens Networks will undertake this upgrade starting in autumn 2009. New base stations will allow the operator to halve the energy consumption of its base stations. The operator's network will be ready for download data rates of 21 Mbps (High-Speed Packet Access, HSPA+) in early 2010. As of 2011 the network can be upgraded to LTE, offering theoretical data rates as high as 100Mbps or more. Financial terms were...

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Blackwave Raises $7 Million for Video Storage Infrastructure

Blackwave, a start-up based in Acton, MA., closed $7 million in series C funding to support its integrated storage and delivery platform. The Blackwave R6 platform allows Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), telcos, wireless network operators, content publishers and video aggregators to store and deliver video in multiple protocols from a single platform. A single rack of Blackwave's system enables storage and delivery of video and rich media via...

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AT&T to Market Terrestar's Satellite Cellular Smartphone Service

AT&T has agreed to market Terrestar's satellite cellular smartphone.The TerreStar GENUS Smartphone combines AT&T's 3G terrestrial wireless service with Terrerstar's all-IP satellite voice and data as a back-up throughout the United States. The TerreStar satellite footprint also covers Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and offshore coastal waters.The GENUS smartphone uses the Windows Mobile operating system and includes premium features...

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Union Ratifies Contract with AT&T

Another group of AT&T's core wireline employees have voted to ratify a three-year work agreement. The agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers covers about 8,900 employees.Roughly half of the 120,000 employees covered under AT&T's core wireline contracts now have ratified or tentative agreements. In addition to the IBEW agreement, agreements between AT&T and the Communications Workers of America have been ratified in the Midwest and West regions, and a tentative agreement with the CWA is pending ratification...

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AT&T Acquires Plusmo for Mobile Applications Strategy

AT&T has acquired privately-held Plusmo, a cross-platform mobile application developer. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Plusmo platform helps other developers to create widgets and applications using common web development standards that enable easy deployment across multiple mobile operating systems and devices. AT&T said the acquisition provides it with an open standards technology that will simplify mobile application development,...

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Orange Signs $2 Billion, 7-year Deal with SITA

SITA, which provides global communications for the air transport industry, and Orange Business Services announced a seven-year agreement, valued in excess of US$2 billion. The deal renews and broadens their existing partnership and covers an extensive range of Orange Business Services' communications services which SITA will provide to airlines, airports and other air industry participants around the world.Francesco Violante, SITA CEO, said: "SITA is a leading provider of critical services to airports and airlines worldwide. Our extended partnership...

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Huawei Appoints Matt Bross as CTO

Matt Bross, the former BT Group Chief Technology Officer and CEO of BT innovate, has joined Huawei as its Chief Technology Officer, with effect from October 1. Bross will focus on identifying global telecommunications industry and network architecture trends that will guide Huawei' s continuous customer-centric innovation of products and solutions. He will also support the company' s efforts in delivering the latest products and solutions for North American customers.Most recently, Bross was Group Chief Technology Officer of BT Group and CEO of...

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NTT Com to Launch Services Subsidiary in Philippines

NTT Communications has established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Manila to provide system integration, security solutions and other ICT services. NTT Com Philippines will provide local multinational companies with one-stop global-quality communication systems and ICT environments, from design and implementation to operation and support, as well as system consulting, PBX/LAN/server installation and security services, including both staff education and solutions for protection against information leaks. http://www.ntt.co...

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China Mobile Deploys First ATCA-Based Mobile Softswitch with Huawei

China Mobile has deployed its first ATCA-based mobile softswitch in Guangdong province using Huawei's platform. The companies claim the deployment holds the record for the single largest user-supported service by any vendor, serving 1.7 million subscribers in Dongguan City. Huawei said its ATCA mobile softswitch system can support 12 million subscribers with one device.http://www.huawei....

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Hitachi Node+Zero Single-Fiber RFoG Gains USDA RUS

Hitachi Communication Technologies America's Node+Zero RFoG module has been accepted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for use on projects funded by the Rural Telecom Infrastructure and by the Broadband Loan and Loan Guarantee Programs. The Node+Zero joins Hitachi's AMN 1200 BPON and AMN1220 GPON systems on the RUS List of Materials Acceptable for Use on RUS Financed Projects in category "ae", "Access Equipment". RUS listing also means that the Node+Zero module can be deployed under the ARRA (American Recovery...

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Japan's JPIX Internet Exchange Installs Force10 for 10 GbE

Japan Internet Exchange Co. Ltd. (JPIX) has selected Force10 Networks' ExaScale E-Series family of switch/routers to provide high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) services for its growing network. With support for 140 line-rate 10 GbE SFP+ ports per chassis, the ExaScale E-Series delivers 100 Gbps of useable data capacity per slot. In addition to capacity, the E1200 delivers total throughput of more than two billion packets per second across a switching fabric capacity of 3.5 Tbps or 250 Gbps full duplex per slot. http://www.force10...

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Level 3 to Deliver Services to Cypress in 29 U.S. Markets

Cypress Communications, a provider of managed voice, data and Internet solutions for more than 6,000 companies across the U.S., selected Level 3 Communications to provide colocation, voice and a variety of Ethernet-based and dedicated high-bandwidth services (e.g., Ethernet private line, Ethernet virtual private line, high-speed dedicated Internet access, etc.)."Level 3 is an appealing strategic partner for us because of the company's nationwide...

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Taiwan's Chief Telecom Selects Acme Packet for IMS

Chief Telecom, a subsidiary of Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom, has deployed the Acme Packet Net-Net session border controllers (SBCs) to offer advanced, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) based enterprise VoIP services throughout the island. Specifically, Chief Telecom is using Acme Packet's Net-Net SBCs for their IMS-based, enterprise solution, which includes SIP trunking, IP-Centrex, audio conferencing, video telephony, voice mail and messaging services. Acme Packet's SBCs also secure and connect Chief Telecom's Microsoft MSN VoIP service for consumers...

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CipherOptics Appoints Tom Gill as CEO

CipherOptics, which offers network encryption technologies, has appointed Thomas J. Gill as its new Chairman and CEO. Gill is the former CEO and President of FORE Systems. Several other former FORE Systems executives have also joined CipherOptics including Gary Brunner as Chief Financial Officer, Kevin Nigh as Senior Vice President of Engineering, and Kirk Wrigley as Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development. Jim Doherty will continue in his role as Chief Marketing Officer. http://www.CipherOptics....

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Xelerated Enhances its Processors and Programmable Ethernet Switches

Xelerated released version 5.0 of its Software Development Kit (SDK) for its new generation of HX Carrier Ethernet network processors (NPUs) and AX Programmable Ethernet Switches. Enhancements enable system vendors to develop and customize data plane software for their unified fiber access and next generation Metro Ethernet platforms. The SDK 5.0 instruction set and programming model are compatible with previous NPU generations, thus easing reuse of existing applications and migration of code for existing X11 customers that are looking to optimize...

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Verizon CTO: All-Fiber is a Game Changer

"The real opportunity of a fiber-access network is created by the seamless interconnection with our wireless broadband and global IP networks," said Dick Lynch, Verizon executive vice president and chief technology officer, speaking at the Fiber to the Home Conference and Expo in Houston.In the five years since beginning its FiOS rollout in Keller, Texas, Verizon's FTTH network has grown to where it will pass 15 million homes and businesses by year-end. The network delivers access for all its customers to Internet service at up to 50 Mbps downstream...

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Cavalier Upgrades its Legacy Switches with Metaswitch

Cavalier, a full-service competitive telecom operator serving markets in the eastern United States, selected MetaSwitch to transform its network. Cavalier is leveraging its investment in MetaSwitch to launch hosted PBX and unified communications services under the "IPeer" brand. Specifically, the MetaSphere Enhanced Application Server is deployed in a central data center and is complemented by nine MetaSwitch MG3510 media gateways deployed throughout the Cavalier service territory. This allows Cavalier's business customers to have immediate access...

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MPEG LA Cites Progress in Sorting Out LTE Essential Patents Owners

The MPEG LA, which administers patent pools, held its first meeting of essential LTE patent owners in September in Tokyo, Japan. At the meeting, 12 patent owners from five countries on three continents discussed the specific structure and terms of a patent pool for licensing patents that are essential to the LTE standards developed by 3GPP. The patent owners represent a broad spectrum of the LTE marketplace, including handset manufacturers, network...

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FCC's Broadband Task Force Delivers Initial Assessment

With 141 days remaining before the FCC must deliver a National Broadband Plan to Congress, the task force issued a preliminary report on the state of broadband in the United States. The FCC's forthcoming plan, which was mandated by The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, will address broadband deployment, adoption, affordability, and the use of broadband to advance solutions to national priorities, including health care, education, energy,...

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Infonetics: Carrier Ethernet Equipment Market to Hit $34 billion in 2013

Infonetics is predicting the Carrier Ethernet equipment market will grow to $34 billion by 2013. The largest investments are expected to be in IP core and edge routers, carrier Ethernet switches, and optical gear. "Carrier Ethernet technology is integral to service provider IP next gen network projects aimed at transforming from TDM- to packet-based networks to handle ever-growing consumer, business, mobile backhaul, and video traffic. Service provider investment in carrier Ethernet continues to defy the economic downturn and outpace overall...

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Alcatel-Lucent Sets Optical Transmission Record -- 155 X 100 Gbps

Researchers at Bell Labs have set a new WDM optical transmission record of more than 100 Petabits per second.kilometer (equivalent to 100 million Gigabits per second.kilometer). To achieve these record-breaking results researchers from the Bell Labs facility in Villarceaux, France used 155 lasers, each operating at a different frequency and carrying 100 Gbps. The 100 Petabit per second.kilometer figure was derived by multiplying the number of lasers by their 100 Gbps transmission rate and then multiplying the aggregate 15.5 Terabit per second...

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Zhone Transfers to the NASDAQ Capital Market

NASDAQ has approved Zhone Technologies' ' application to transfer the listing of its common stock from The NASDAQ Global Market to The NASDAQ Capital Market. Zhone voluntarily filed its transfer application on September 10, 2009 and received NASDAQ approval on September 23, 2009. Zhone's common stock will continue to trade under the symbol "ZHNE."http://www.zhone....

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Equinix and Japan's JPNAP Extend Interconnection and Peering

Equinix and INTERNET MULTIFEED (MF), which operates the Japan Network Access Point (JPNAP) announced an extended interconnection and peering agreement. Under the arrangement, the JPNAP peering fabric will be extended into the Equinix Tokyo-2 (TY2) International Business Exchange (IBX) data center. As a part of the agreement, MF will establish a point-of-presence for the JPNAP service in Equinix's TY2 IBX center, enabling Equinix customers to directly exchange IP traffic, or "peer," with JPNAP's customers, including Internet Service Providers (ISPs),...

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Ciena's Modular 5400 Switch Converges Ethernet, OTN and TDM

Ciena unveiled plans for a series of performance-optimized, multi-terabit Ethernet, OTN and TDM switching systems with integrated transport functionality. Ciena said its design goals for the new product family, which will be commercially launched next year, is to create a modular platform that can be configured and reconfigured at any time for a variety of high-capacity optical, TDM or packet functions, including optical cross-connect switching,...

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Ciena Upgrades its CoreDirector with OTN, FlexiPorts, 1,000 Node Scale

Ciena rolled out a number of key hardware and software enhancements to its flagship CoreDirector FS Multiservice Optical Switch to support the transition from SONET/SDH architectures to next-generation Ethernet/OTN-based networks. Ciena's CoreDirector, which is deployed in both terrestrial and submarine networks at some of the world's largest operators, was originally designed to automate the core of SONET/SDH networks via intelligent software-based...

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G.hn Approved by NIST for SmartGrid

The National Institute Standards Technologies (NIST) has been approved G.hn technology for use in Smart Grid applications.G.hn is the next-generation wired networking standard developed by the United Nation's ITU-T that supports high-speed communication over power lines, phone lines, and coaxial cable. Most devices that consume or monitor energy and that are connected to AC power can benefit from G.hn technology. Examples include smart electricity...

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Occam Networks Expands into Europe with FTTP

Occam Networks announced its expansion into European FTTP access markets. Occam offers a wide range of Gigabit Ethernet and GPON optical line terminals (OLTs), including its BLC 6000 multi service access platform (MSAP), optical network terminals (ONTs) and service management solutions.The company said it is building a network of value added resellers throughout Europe as it ramps up efforts to support the region. This initiative started with the relationships it gained through the acquisition of certain Terawave assets in October 2007. These...

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Video Interview: ZTE on 3G/4G for North America

Dr. Li Mo, Chief Architect, ZTE USAhttp://wwwen.zte.com.cn/...

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Brazil's Ativas Data Center Deploys Cisco Nexus 5000

Ativas Data Center, an Asamar Group company, has invested in a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch-based solution to underpin its next-generation data center architecture. The facility, which is planned to start operations in early 2010 in the state of Minas Gerais, will employ the latest data center virtualization techniques. http://www.cisco....

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ZTE Launches Multiservice Ethernet Switches

ZTE unveiled new multi-service switches designed for the service edge layer of metro networks or the edge layer of enterprise networks. The new ZXR10 3900E and 5900E series switches leverage an ASIC that was developed in-house. The ZXR10 scales to support 1,776 GE and 296 XGE ports. The ZXR10 3900E and 5900E can monitor 8K links per 3.3 ms to provide 50ms carrier-class Ethernet and MPLS switchover."The ZTE data product R&D Team designed the...

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NTT and NTT DOCOMO to Showcase LTE in Geneva

NTT and NTT DOCOMO announced plans to showcase their LTE endeavours at the upcoming ITU Telecom World 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 5 to 9.The NTT Group stand will showcase wide-ranging exhibits and demonstrations of the latest services and technologies offered in Japan, as well as highly advanced services to be offered over Next-Generation Network (NGN) and super-fast Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile network. NTT will show optical...

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Vodafone Readies Mobile App Store, Unveils "Keeper"

Vodafone is preparing to launch its Mobile App store, called Vodafone360, in time for the holidays.The service will be launched on two new phones from Samsung and several hundred additional handsets. Included in this launch will be the popular password and data storage app, Keeper Mobile by Callpod. Keeper allows users to quickly and easily store passwords, account numbers, website logins, notes, lists and other business or personal information...

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AT&T Criticizes Google on Net Neutrality

AT&T filed a letter with the FCC reiterating its support for a vibrant, open Internet, while also criticizing Google for its own disregard for Net Neutrality. Specifically, AT&T said Google is systematically blocking telephone calls from consumers that use Google Voice to call phone numbers in certain rural communities and, as a result, is reducing its access expenses. A June 2007 FCC decision prohibits other providers, including those with which Google Voice competes, from taking such action. Google has dismissed the Commission's order,...

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DragonWave Files for U.S. IPO and NASDAQ Listing

DragonWave has filed for an initial public offering of common shares in the United States (the "U.S. IPO"), proposing to ffer 7,454,050 common shares while certain selling shareholders propose to offer 5,518,250 common shares (the "Offering"). In connection with its U.S. IPO, DragonWave has received conditional approval to list its common shares on the NASDAQ Global Market. DragonWave expects to use the net proceeds from the Offering (excluding any net proceeds to the selling shareholders) primarily: to strengthen the company's balance sheet in...

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Orange Business Services Sets up in Vietnam

Orange Business Services has established direct sales & marketing operations in Vietnam. While Orange Business Services' operations have been present in Vietnam for more than 30 years, the new sales and marketing entity, Orange Business (Vietnam) Co. Limited, will address the information and communication technology needs of local and global multinational enterprises as well as public sector organizations in the country. Orange Business (Vietnam)'s...

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Time Warner Cable Launches 50 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 in NYC

Time Warner Cable is rolling out DOCSIS 3.0-based wideband Internet service in in New York City. Warner Cable residential customers can now get speeds up to 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream for $99.95 per month. Business Class Wideband Internet customers can subscribe to two new Internet offerings: up to 50 Mbps downstream / 5 Mbps upstream, and up to 20 Mbps downstream / 2 Mbps upstream. Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet and Business Class Wideband Internet is now available in Manhattan (below 79th Street), Staten Island and Queens (Fresh...

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BT Wholesale to Double its Next Gen Access Footprint

BT Wholesale announced its intent to significantly expand the availability of next generation copper broadband network, which delivers customers speeds of up to 24 Mbps. BT now aims to double the current footprint for the service -- bringing it within reach of 20 million homes and businesses by Spring 2011. The company also revealed substantial reductions for the price it charges communications providers in order to encourage the take up of next...

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Intel Demos 10 Gbps "Light Peak" Cable for Consumer Electronics

At this week's Intel Developer's Forum in San Francisco, Intel demonstrated a new high-speed optical cable technology, expected to be ready by next year, that can be used to connect mainstream electronic devices such as laptops, HD displays, cameras, video players, iPods, docking stations and solid-state drives (SSDs) to each other using optical fiber rather than copper wires. The Intel developed "Light Peak" cable delivers 10 Gbps of bandwidth,...

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Intel's Upcoming "Moorestown" Targets Smartphones and MIDs

Intel detailed progress on its "Moorestown" platform, scheduled for 2010 and targeting MIDs and smartphones. The chip will leverage Distributed Power Gating technology that along with other techniques will help to achieve up to a 50x improvement in platform idle power reduction compared to Intel's first generation "Menlow" platform. Intel said these reductions are enabling it to establish new thresholds in ultra low power while making it possible to run the full Internet and media-rich applications in handheld devices.Intel's third generation...

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Intel Unveils 45nm Atom Chip for STBs

Intel its CE4100 "Atom" processor designed to bring Internet content and services to digital TVs, DVD players and advanced set-top boxes.The CE4100 processor, formerly codenamed "Sodaville," is the first 45nm-manufactured consumer electronics (CE) SoC based on Intel architecture. It supports Internet and broadcast applications on one chip, and has the processing power and audio/video components necessary to run rich media applications such as 3-D...

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3Com Reports Quarterly Revenue of $291 Million, down 15% YoY

3Com reported quarterly revenue of $290.5 million for its fiscal 2010 first quarter, which ended August 28, 2009. This compares to revenue of $342.7 million in the corresponding period in fiscal 2009, a 15.2 percent decrease.Net income in the quarter was $7.5 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, compared with net income of $79.8 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. Fiscal year 2009 first quarter results included a $70.0 million favorable patent dispute resolution, representing a benefit of $0.17 per diluted...

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Alcatel-Lucent Selected for New CDMA/EV-DO Network in Iraq

Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded a new contract by HI LINK TELECOM LTD, the winner of Western Iraq's CDMA fixed wireless license, for the deployment of its greenfield wireless broadband network in Al Anbar province in the West of Iraq. The network will use CDMA/EV-DO wireless technology to deliver voice and broadband data services.Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will CDMA radio access, core network elements and microwave backhaul solutions. Additionally, Alcatel-Lucent will be responsible for installation, commissioning, project...

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Britain's Manx Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent for FTTx

Manx Telecom, which is the Isle of Man's largest telecommunications and Internet provider, selected Alcatel-Lucent for its FTTx rollout. Specifically, Manx is using Alcatel-Lucent's outdoor cabinets in combination with its ISAM family of IP access nodes. http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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NSN Announces Executive Appointments

Nokia Siemens Networks appointed Kalevi Kostiainen as the head of its operations for Australia and New Zealand. Prior to this appointment, Kalevi headed Nokia Siemens Networks Converged Core business in Asia Pacific. Nokia Siemens Networks also appointed Paul Tyler as its Head of Sales, Asia Pacific. Prior to this appointment Paul headed Nokia Siemens Networks business in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks....

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NSN Integrates Carrier Ethernet with FlexiPacket Microwave for Backhaul

Nokia Siemens Networks is introducing a new Ethernet-based wireless mobile backhaul solution. The solution combines Carrier Ethernet transport (CET) in its FlexiPacket Microwave Radio in a "zero footprint" -- taking up no additional space - backhaul site solution that eliminates the need for a separate indoor unit for the microwave radio. The CET feature set allows network and transport sharing to be realized with strict guarantees for all parties...

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FCC Seeks Input on New Spectrum for BB Wireless

The FCC is seeking public comment on the sufficiency of current spectrum allocations, including but not limited to the prime spectrum bands below 3.7 GHz, for purposes developing its National Broadband Plan. The FCC's Public Notice asks for detailed, fact-based responses and, to the extent possible, quantitative data and analytical justification. Specifically, the FCC is seeking public input on the following subjects:1. What is the ability of current...

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Aruba Networks Debuts Low Cost 802.11N AP

Aruba Networks introduced a compact, dual-radio AP-105 802.11n Access Point priced at $695 (U.S. list). The dual radio, 2x2 MIMO design delivers up to 300Mbps per radio. Software reconfiguration allows repurposing for connectivity, mesh, intrusion sensor, and remote access applications. It includes a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which securely stores network credentials and cipher keys to protect network integrity even if the access point is...

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T-Mobile Austria Picks NSN for 3G Upgrade

T-Mobile Austria, which serves 3.4 million mobile customers, has signed on Nokia Siemens Networks to modernize its 3G radio access network by mid-2010. As part of the project, Nokia Siemens Networks will conduct a nationwide deployment of its energy efficient Flexi Multiradio Base Station. This includes the deployment of 2,500 base stations nationwide on a tight schedule and without interruption.http://www.nsn....

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Alcatel-Lucent signs EU's Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption

Alcatel-Lucent has signed the European Union's Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment, agreeing to make "all reasonable efforts to achieve the power consumption targets defined in the Code of Conduct for at least 90 percent of the total port count of new model items introduced.""Alcatel-Lucent understands the concern our customers have about the impact their networks have on the environment, and we have taken an advanced, structured...

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Singapore's Nucleus Connect Selects Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent

Nucleus Connect, which has been appointed by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) as the operating company (OpCo) to design, build and operate the active infrastructure for Singapore's Next Gen National Broadband Network, has selected Huawei Technologies and Alcatel-Lucent as primary vendors. Financial terms were not disclosed.Huawei has been awarded a seven year contract to provide the end-to-end full turn-key active network solution...

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Symmetricom Announces IEEE 1588 Clock over Ethernet

Symmetricom introduced a GPS referenced grandmaster clock and IEEE 1588 measurement and validation tool supporting Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Version 2. The solution provides ultra-precise time and frequency synchronization over Ethernet networks. Symmetricom's XLi IEEE 1588 Grandmaster contains a dedicated 1588 time stamp processor and functions as an IEEE 1588 slave with the ability to measure PTP client performance by assessing time transfer accuracy across a network.http://www.symmetricom....

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IEEE Ratifies 802.11w, WLAN Specification

The IEEE has ratified IEEE 802.11w-2009, Standard for Information Technology-Telecommunications and Information Exchange between systems-Local and Metropolitan networks-Specific requirements-Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications: Protected Management Frames Amendment.This new amendment to the IEEE 802.11 base standard defines that provide enhanced protection for wireless local area networks (WLANs), http://www.ieee....

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Skype for SIP Now Interoperable with Cisco UC

The beta version of Skype for SIP has been certified as interoperable with the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series for Small Business. This opens the doors for small and medium-sized businesses who manage their networking and communications to direct their outbound calls to mobiles and landlines via Skype, while also allowing them to receive inbound calls from Skype users.http://www.skype....

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Verizon Business Offers Cisco Integrated Services Router for SMBs

Verizon Business introduced a new Managed Router Solution that provides secure dedicated Internet access at speeds ranging from 1.5 Mbps T1 to 50 Mbps Ethernet coupled with proactive monitoring and premium maintenance and installation services. The 24 x 7 proactive router monitoring and management service uses customer premises equipment from Cisco, including the Cisco 1800 Series Integrated Services Routers, Cisco 500 Series Secure Routers and Cisco 800 Series Routershttp://www.verizonbusiness....

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Aricent and Juni Collaborate on WiMAX

Aricent and Juni Global (Juni) announced a collaboration to provide an end-to-end WiMAX infrastructure solution for in-campus (enterprise / residential) and private networks. The joint solution combines Aricent's standards-based WiMAX Integrated Gateway (WING) software framework and Juni's extensive suite of Femto / Pico Base Stations, which are designed for operators looking to expand high bandwidth mobile Internet services within campuses and small private networks. http://www.aricent.com http://www.juniglobal.c...

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AT&T Extends its Application Services to Customers in Mexico

AT&T has extended its portfolio of advanced application services to Mexico through a collaboration with a local telecommunications supplier. Services in the AT&T Business Solutions portfolio now available in Mexico include AT&T Connect , AT&T Managed IP Telephony services and AT&T Telepresence Solution.http://www.att....

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TeliaSonera Acquires Estonia's Eesti Telekom

The Government of Estonia agreed to accept TeliaSonera's cash offer for its shares of Eesti Telekom after having agreed with TeliaSonera on the payment of an extra dividend from Eesti Telekom this year and a dividend policy for the coming three years. The total offer amount is EEK 5,117 million (SEK 3,333 million).http://www.teliasonera.com http://www.telekom....

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Video Interview: NSN on Mobile Broadband Evolution

Tommi Uitto, Nokia Siemens Networkshttp://www.nsn....

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Video Interview: Packet One Brings WiMAX to Malaysia

Michael Lai, CEO, Packet One Netwo...

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Video Interview: GSMA on Mobile Broadband Rollouts

Jaikishan Rajaraman, Senior Director of Services, GSMAhttp://www.gsmworkd....

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HSPA Mobile Broadband Gains Enterprise Traction

HSPA Mobile Broadband technology is growing in popularity amongst global organizations, according to a new survey commissioned by the GSMA of 1000 enterprises across the US, Europe and Asia Pacific.The survey shows that on average, 12.3% of global workforces (per business) have access to mobile broadband. This figure is set to increase by 25% over the next 12 months.A vast majority of enterprises surveyed revealed that of the equipment they provide...

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Calix Introduces Fifteen New ONTs

Calix has extended its portfolio of optical network terminals (ONTs) from 9 models to 24, each optimized for unique service-provider deployment scenarios. The company said new applications, such as mobile backhaul, multi-dwelling unit (MDU) services, and small and medium-sized business (SMB) deployments, are emerging as large revenue opportunities that often complement residential fiber access networks. Each application requires a different set of ONT form factors and features. Each of the 15 new ONTs is optimized for one of four applications:Mobile...

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HP Introduces "SkyRoom" Business Videoconferencing

HP unveiled its "SkyRoom" high-definition videoconferencing software that offers live, real-time collaboration for instant face-to-face meetings with no subscription fees.HP SkyRoom, which is based on video and image communication technology developed in HP Labs, offers real-time collaboration for up to four people over a standard business network for $149. It will be included as a standard feature -- at no cost -- on select HP business desktop...

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Nominum Launches SKYE Cloud Services for DNS

Nominum has launched an independent business unit called "SKYE" that offers a suite of cloud-based services to address infrastructure and new service needs, such as web services that connect to and augment Nominum's installed base of Intelligent DNS systems worldwide. Specifically, SKYE is being offered by Nominum to:Ensure that Nominum's Intelligent DNS technology is available to the broadest market segment of enterprises and Internet Service Providers....

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Vuclip Raises $6 Million for Cloud-based Mobile Video Transcoding

Vuclip, a start-up based in Milpitas, California, announced a Series B funding round of $6 million supporting its cloud-based, real-time transcoding service.Vuclip said it is already delivering more than one million mobile videos every day to mobile users on more than 3,000 unique mobile handsets in 150 countries around the world, including India, China and the United States. Vuclip's service enables video to play on any phone with a mobile browser...

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Verizon Wireless Outlines its Road to LTE

Verizon Wireless must focus not only on building the most reliable next-generation 4G LTE wireless network in the country -- and one of the first on the globe -- but must also take a proactive approach in developing the mobile ecosystem, said Tony Melone, Verizon Wireless senior vice president and chief technology officer, speaking at the 2009 PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show. Melone confirmed the company's LTE network build plan, saying Verizon...

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ARRIS Purchases Digeo for DVR and IP Video Engineering Talent

ARRIS agreed to purchase the assets of Digeo, including its intellectual property portfolio, for a cash purchase price of approximately $20 million. ARRIS plans to continue to develop and market the current line of Digeo Digital Video Recorder (DVR) products, including Digeo's Moxi Cable DVR and consumer HD DVR. Approximately 75 employees in Kirkland, Washington will join ARRIS.ARRIS said the Digeo acquisition, along with the recently announced acquisition of EG Technology (EGT), provides it with substantial technical expertise in video networking...

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Nortel Seeks Sale of Packet Core Network Components

Nortel Networks is seeking a buyer for the assets of its Carrier Networks business associated with the development of Next Generation Packet Core network components (Packet Core Assets). The Packet Core Assets consist of software to support the transfer of data over existing wireless networks and the next generation of wireless communications technology, including relevant non-patent intellectual property, equipment and other related tangible assets. In connection with this proposed sale, NNL also expects to grant the purchaser a non-exclusive...

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Stoke Enhances Mobile Broadband Gateway for 3 LTE eNodeB Aggregation

Stoke released a software upgrade that enables its mobile broadband gateway to immediately support initial 4G/LTE deployments, while enhancing the profit potential of their current 3G networks. Specifically, the new StokeOS software and SSX-3000 platform now address the requirements of high availability, reduced operational expense, high performance and end-to-end security in eNodeB aggregation.The new features in StokeOS 4.5 support deployments...

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