RadiSys and Enea Team on Managed ATCA Platform

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

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

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

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Extreme Networks Posts Net Revenue of $87.5 Million

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

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

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

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Alcatel-Lucent and Institut TELECOM inaugurate Joint Laboratory

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

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BroadSoft's Xtended Delivers Voice 2.0 and Telephony Mashups

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

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

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

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IntelliNet Unveils Femtocell Gateway

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

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Juniper Networks Names Lauren Flaherty as CMO

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

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Verizon Wireless Invested $6.5 Billion in Net Improvements in 2008

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

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Motorola Publishes Survey on Wireless Network Security

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Global Connectivity Scorecard 2009 Measures Infrastructure + Usage

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

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IBM Examines Social Networking Impact on Telecom Providers

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

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