Poste Italiane Upgrades Core Network with Italtel Softswitch Platform

Poste Italiane, which offers integrated communication and logistic services in addition to mail delivery and collection, will upgrade its core network based on Italtel's Softswitch Platform i-SSW. Poste Italiane has chosen Italtel to develop, integrate and install the basic infrastructure for the delivery of secure network services while handling the issues authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) and identity management within IP networks....

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IPI: Say No to Stimulus Spending on Municipal Broadband Projects

The Institute for Policy Innovation, a non-profit public policy organization based in Dallas, Texas is calling on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to reject any plans to fund municipal broadband networks when its meet this week to discuss the stimulus spending. According to a new report authored by IPI senior fellow Barry M. Aarons, municipal broadband has been plagued by failure nearly every time it has been attempted, and at great cost to taxpayers.In the report, entitled "We Told You So: Continue to Say...

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Clearwire Appoints William T. Morrow as CEO

Clearwire has appointed William (Bill) T. Morrow, 49, as its new CEO, replacing co-Founder and current CEO Benjamin G. Wolff, who will continue with the company as Co-Chairman, a position he will share with current Chairman Craig O. McCaw.Morrow most recently served as President and CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric in San Francisco where he oversaw operations and successfully directed an overhaul aimed at improving the company's efficiency, supply...

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Fanfare Announces Partnership with Agilent Technologies

Fanfare announced a partnership with Agilent Technologies to offer joint customers the ability to seamlessly integrate their test assets and automate complex system testing. Fanfare's test automation solution, iTest will be more tightly integrated with Agilent's N2X multi-services test solution, accelerating the configuration and automation of test scenarios. The Agilent N2X is widely used by NEMs and SPs to validate the performance and scalability...

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Seagate and AMD Unveil World's 6 Gbps Serial ATA Drive

Seagate and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) demonstrated Serial ATA 6Gigabit/second data transfer technology for the first time. The Seagate and AMD demonstration features two Seagate SATA disk drives - one a shipping Barracuda 7200.12 3 Gbps hard drive and the other a prototype Barracuda 6Gb/second drive - in a desktop PC to show the performance difference between the two generations. The PC is powered by an AMD prototype SATA 6 Gbps chipset. The Seagate SATA 3 Gbps drive runs at more than 2.5 Gbps and the SATA 6 Gbps drive at 5.5Gigabits per second,...

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Iridium Replaces Satellite Lost in Collision

Iridium completed the replacement of the operational Iridium satellite lost in the collision in February with a non-operational Russian satellite. The unique architecture of Iridium's fully-meshed network of 66 satellites enabled the continuity of service to Iridium's customers while one of Iridium's in-orbit spares was prepared and maneuvered into the constellation. Iridium also said the satellite collision demonstrated the need to improve assessment and warning of potential hazards for satellites. Some specific future activities that Iridium...

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Chelsio and IBM to Develop 10 GigE for Enterprise Servers

Chelsio Communications, which develops 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) adapters and ASIC solutions, announced an agreement with IBM on high-speed Ethernet connectivity solutions. Specifically, IBM will initially integrate Chelsio's technology in IBM Power System platforms. Chelsio will also explore additional joint development activities over time. This agreement expands the current relationship between IBM and Chelsio. IBM will manufacture Chelsio Ethernet ASICs at IBM's 300mm fab in East Fishkill, N.Y.This agreement is expected to accelerate the...

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Kingston Boosts Memory Shipments in 2008

Kingston Technology Corporation reported 41-percent increase in total memory units shipped in 2008 over 2007 volume. Kingston said that despite oversupply, average selling price erosion and a weakened global economy, it gained significant market share in both DRAM and Flash memory. The company's global sales totaled $4.0 billion U.S., a $500 million decrease from record-setting revenues in 2007. http://www.kingston....

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Verizon's FiOS TV Adds Sony, Turner Content

Verizon announced programming deals with Turner Networks and Sony for its FiOS TV VOD service. Turner will add programming from eight TV channels and an array of movies. Sony will add HD movies for the FiOS TV HD VOD service.http://www.verizon.com/fio...

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Dell'Oro: Record Base Station Shipments, Steep Price Erosion in '08

The worldwide total mobile infrastructure market revenue grew 5 percent in 2008, driven by the nearly doubling and quadrupling of revenue of the WCDMA and WiMAX markets, respectively, according to a recently published report by Dell'Oro Group. The report also shows that despite 30 percent growth and a record number of base station deployments for the combined GSM and CDMA markets, higher than normal price erosion of over 25 percent, resulted in...

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TI Revenue Guidance Meets Expected Range

Texas Instruments narrowed its expected ranges for revenue and earnings per share (EPS). The company now expects:Revenue: $1.79 - $2.05 billion, compared with the prior range of $1.62 - $2.12 billionEPS: $0.08 loss - $0.00 breakeven, compared with the prior range of $0.11 loss - $0.03 profit.The EPS estimate includes $0.04 per share impact resulting from about $80 million of estimated restructuring charges. Previously, the company had estimated restructuring charges of about $50 million in the quarter, or $0.03 per share. http://www.ti.com...

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Juniper Expands Security Portfolio with SRX3000 Services Gateways

Building upon its new family of SRX dynamic services gateways and "Dynamic Services Architecture", which were launched last September, Juniper Networks introduced a midrange SRX3000 line of security gateways designed for data center, enterprise, public sector and service provider environments.Juniper's Dynamic Services Architecture aims to consolidate multiple specialized networking appliances for enabling key services such as Intrusion Prevention...

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Cisco Collaborates on Vision 2030 for Sustainable Cities

Cisco is working with Metropolis, an association comprised of 106 of the world's largest cities, to develop its "Vision 2030" for sustainable cities around the world. Specifically, Cisco and Metropolis have agreed to collaborate on the following main areas:Develop the 'Vision 2030' for Sustainable Cities: Cisco and Metropolis will develop a long term vision for sustainable cities enabled by networked technologies.Collaboration for Urban Innovation:...

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OKI Offers Wideband Codec Conversion in Its Session Border Controller

OKI Electric Industry has added a carrier-grade wideband codec conversion function to its session border controller (SBC) "CenterStage NX3200." The equipment is compatible with wideband codecs such as ITU-T G.711.1, and can simultaneously transfer large amounts of data between voice and video codecs used in mobile and fixed networks. The product is now available in Japan."We believe the new wideband codec function for both fixed and mobile networks will enable telecom carriers to offer ubiquitous services to their customers," said Hidetoshi Saigou,...

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ITU: Three Times More Mobiles than Fixed Telephone Lines

"In these difficult times, reliable data become essential to monitor progress and to assess the impact of the crisis. In particular, the monitoring of the digital divide and whether it will increase as a result of the crisis becomes imperative," said Sami Al Basheer El Morshid, Director, BDT, ITU., speaking at the opening of the 7th ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators meeting last week in Cairo. The ITU acknowledges that it is not yet possible...

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