Belgium's VOO Deploys ADVA's Optical+Ethernet

VOO, the leading provider of cable television service to Belgium'sBrussels and Wallonia regions, is interconnecting distribution networks and centralizing transport platforms with the implementation of a new Optical+Ethernet solution from ADVA Optical Networking, supported bysystem integrator Arcadiz Telecom.VOO serves more than 1.2 million business and residential customers. Following the merger of multiple sub-regionalnetworks, VOO found itself...

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Holland's Ziggo Selects ADVA's FSP 3000 Platform

Ziggo, the Netherlands' top provider of cable television, digital television, Internet services and telephony, has deployed a new 10 Gbps C/DWDM (Coarse/Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) network from ADVA Optical Networking, supported by system integrator Arcadiz Telecom. The network is built on the ADVA FSP 3000, which provides Ziggo a scalable platform for delivering voice, video and Internet services to its almost 8 million customers. In...

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Apparent Raises $12 Million for Network Path-based Mgt for Clouds

Apparent Networks, a start-up based in Wellesley Hills, Mass., raised an upsized $12 million in Series C funding for its performance management solution for cloud applications. Apparent Networks provides a means for assessing, measuring and diagnosing complex networks, including LANs, WANs and service providers' clouds. The company's patented path-based solutions deliver end-to-end insight into the entire application path, including areas previously...

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Ocarina Raises $20 Million for Storage Optimization

Ocarina Networks, a start-up based in San Jose, California, closed a $20 million Series B round of financing for its online storage optimization technology.Ocarina's leverages patented content-aware compression and object deduplication technologies to reduce the space taken by online file data by up to 90%. This is accomplished in three steps: extract, correlate and optimize. As a result, the company claims this can drastically reduce capital and...

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Support Grows for ITU-T G.hn Standard

HomeGrid Forum, a non-profit trade group promoting United Nations' ITU-T G.hn standardization efforts, announced new agreements with the Consumer Electronics Powerline Communication Alliance (CEPCA), HomePNA Alliance, and Universal Powerline Association (UPA). These organizations include the world's top consumer electronics manufacturers, service providers, PC manufacturers, network equipment manufacturers, semiconductor, and software companies....

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Nokia Siemens Networks wins EUR 880 Million Contracts in China

China Mobile and China Unicom have signed framework agreements with Nokia Siemens Networks valued at 7.6 billion RMB (approx. EUR 880 million). Specifically, the carriers agreed to purchase 2G and 3G mobile equipments and services from Nokia Siemens Networks during 2009. Under the framework agreements Nokia Siemens Networks will roll out WCDMA networks for China Unicom in 11 provinces across China. In addition, it will provide China Mobile with...

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HP to Distribute Sun Solaris on HP ProLiant Servers

HP has agreed to distribute and provide software technical support for Sun's Solaris 10 Operating System on the HP ProLiant server and blade system platforms. Under the terms of a new multi-year original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and support agreement, Sun becomes a strategic HP ProLiant OS distribution partner and Solaris is now elevated to the lineup of key operating environments for the HP ProLiant platform. "The endorsement of Solaris on...

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Alloptic Selects Xelerated's Wirespeed Network Processor

Alloptic has chosen Xelerated's X11 network processor unit (NPU) for deployment in its Edge10 EPON system. Based on Xelerated's wirespeed dataflow architecture, the X11 is a high-function, low-cost processor that enables Alloptic to extend its access network portfolio into the next generation of GEPON and 10GEPON systems for network operators and enterprises. http://www.xelerated.com http://www.alloptic....

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Tata Communications Expands with London 2 Data Centre

Tata Communications announced it plans for London 2, a Tier-3 data centre, that will provide a state-of-the-art environment for supporting mission critical infrastructures, with advanced cooling, power, redundancy, and sustainability features to ensure that Tata Communications client's critical systems and applications are readily available while optimizing energy efficiency. The 21,400 square foot London 2 data centre will be ready for service during...

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BT Global Services Delivers "Laptop Protection" Powered by Alcatel-Lucent

BT Global Services will begin offering laptop data protection service based on Alcatel-Lucent's laptop security technology.Alcatel-Lucent's technology ensures that if a laptop is reported lost or stolen, all data held on the device can be immediately and automatically destroyed, even if the computer is turned off. It also enables organizations to take remote control of any laptop in order to apply security patches or track its location."Laptop Protection...

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Dominican Republic's Codetel Launches IPTV service with Alcatel-Lucent

Compania Dominicana de Telefonos (Codetel), the leading telecommunications operator in the Dominican Republic, launched a nationwide IPTV offering, providing subscribers across the country with TV programming, video on demand and other multimedia content services. Enhanced features include picture in picture, karaoke entertainment and digital video recording.The new IPTV service is supported by Alcatel-Lucent's end-to-end IPTV solution, including...

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Motorola Supplies Real Time Video Surveillance in Abu Dhabi

The Abu Dhabi police force has awarded a contract to Motorola to provide an end to end wireless mobile video surveillance solution for the force's vehicles and personnel. The contract will see Motorola supplying the latest from itsMOTOA4 mission critical portfolio and delivering innovative and reliable wireless solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.The new service will enable control room operators to interact with the video system that delivers real time streaming of video from police vehicles and personnel; in contrast to previous solutions...

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Canada's Shaw Pick Motorola for DOCSIS 3.0-enabled services

Shaw Communications has committed to deploy a DOCSIS 3.0-qualified cable modem termination system (CMTS) containing Motorola BSR 64000 TX32 Decoupled Downstream Modules, and DOCSIS 3.0-certified SURFboard cable modems. Shaw is a long standing Motorola customer. Financial terms were not disclosed.The TX32 downstream module slides directly into one of the 16-slots of the Motorola BSR 64000 chassis, ultimately offering a five-fold increase in bandwidth capacity while reducing the cost per downstream channel. The Motorola TX32 supports 32 QAM channels...

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Nortel Announces Additional 3,200 Job Cuts

Nortel intends to reduce its workforce by an additional net 3,200 positions worldwide. The company expects to carry out these reductions over the next several months, in accordance with local country legal requirements. These new reductions are incremental to the 1,800 remaining reductions from previously announced plans that require completion. As previously announced, Nortel confirmed that it is working with several parties, including its creditors, to define the best plan forward to present to the bankruptcy courts. The company hopes to emerge...

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